De Blasio warns a shelter-in-place order could be coming. Cuomo says ‘not so fast’
At a press briefing Tuesday, Mayor Bill de Blasio told New Yorkers to prepare to “shelter in place” due to the growing number of cases of the novel coronavirus in New York City.
The mayor said the decision about whether or not to impose an order barring New York City residents from leaving their homes except under specific circumstances would be made in the next two days.
As of 2:30 p.m. on March 17, there were 814 confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the city, 157 in Brooklyn.