Quarantine State Travelers Must Sign Forms For NYC Lodging: Mayor

NEW YORK CITY — Check-in at New York City hotels will be different for travelers from dozens of states under a coronavirus quarantine.

Mayor Bill de Blasio on Tuesday signed an executive order requiring hotels and short-term rentals to obtain health forms from travelers who arrived from restricted states. No signature means no check in, he said.

"Under this executive order that I'm about to sign, any hotel, any short-term rental must get that form from the traveler complete with the contact information," he said. "And if they don't have that form from the traveler they should not give them access to their room. Period."

The order builds upon Gov. Andrew Cuomo's measures designed to slow the virus' spread from high-infection rate states.

Currently, there are 35 states that fit that bill. Travelers coming from states on that quarantine list must isolate themselves for 14 days and fill out a contact form upon their arrival in New York.

De Blasio's order adds a strict local requirement for those travelers coming to New York City. He said it dovetails with recent coronavirus checkpoints at key city entry points.

"It all connects," he said.

Violations of the order are a Class B misdemeanor, it states.