⁍ New York City will put up COVID-19 quarantine checkpoints at key entry points to ensure that travelers from 35 states comply with the state’s 14-day quarantine mandate.

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⁍ Fines for not observing the quarantine order could be as high as $10,000.

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⁍ The Sheriff’s Office, in coordination with other law enforcement agencies, will begin deploying checkpoints at major bridge and tunnel crossings into New York City on Wednesday.

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– New York City is going to enforce New York state’s mandatory, 14-day quarantine for travelers from 35 states who recently traveled to New York, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Wednesday. De Blasio said travelers from those states will be given information about the quarantine and “will be reminded that it is required, not optional,” adding that fines for not following the quarantine could be as high as $10,000, Reuters reports. The mayor said checkpoints will be set up at major bridge and tunnel crossings into New York City. “This is serious stuff and it’s time for everyone to realize that if we’re going to hold at this level of health and safety in this city, and get better, we have to deal with the fact that the quarantine must be applied consistently to anyone who’s traveled,” he said.