Quarantine ‘Checkpoint’ Opens at New York City’s Penn Station to Enforce Travel Rules

Passengers on a train from Florida stop and register with officials during an effort to screen out-of-state travelers at Penn Station in New York City, on August 6, 2020. Carlo Allegri/Reuters

NEW YORK—A few dozen travelers got off a train from Miami at New York City’s Penn Station on Thursday and were greeted by a team of public health workers and mayoral office staff who handed them informational fliers about the state’s new COVID-19 quarantine rules.

The team, comprised of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s public engagement unit and the city’s COVID-19 Test & Trace Corps, were running a “checkpoint” starting at Penn Station on Thursday to ensure that visitors from any of the 35 states on New York’s travel advisory were aware of the 14-day quarantine mandate.