De Blasio Declares NYC State of Emergency to Stem Coronavirus

EXCERPT:

DE BLASIO: "If you're hearing things are being attributed to the City of New York, please ask if it's true or not, we will confirm with you instantly. It’s very important that the people of the city know what is really coming from their government and what is not. But, now, again, it’s time to sign this state of emergency declaration. And continuing on the conversation with the governor, again, I fully support, we are in total agreement, his decision related to large gatherings, so we will be working with the state to enforce that new rule that relates obviously to anything where over 500 people would gather, parades, rallies, concerts, sports events, professional conferences, etc. And all of our largest venues will now no longer have gatherings until such time in this crisis as it’s acceptable to do so again, and again, I unfortunately suspect that will be a number of months. So places like Barclays, Madison Square Garden, Radio City, obviously, will not be operating.”