The Failure of Cuomo and DeBlasio
1) Recent studies tracing the origins of COVID-19 in New York and New Jersey have concluded that it entered through JFK International before the ban on European flights and not from China!
2) Neither the Governor nor the Mayor are responsible for creating a COVID-19 test to detect the virus on international flights coming into JFK - that responsibility lies with the CDC, a federal agency in the Trump Administration!
3) JFK International in the major eastern entry point for flights coming to the USA and is served by over 90 different airlines that handle approximately 61 million passengers a year.
4) That averages 5 million passengers per month, which is more than the total population of many Republican states that aren't exposed to the medical problems associated with a major international airport!
5) Although the New York Port Authority operates the JFK facility, the FFA, a federal agency in the Department of Transportation, is responsible for all aviation matters in the nation.
6) As the President is so fond of reminding us of his decision to ban flights from China, neither the Governor nor the Mayor of New York have the authority to ban international flights even if they are entering into their jurisdictions!
7) Unlike the President, the Governor and the Mayor do not receive daily briefings from America's intelligence agencies and are therefore not in a position to received advanced warnings of a worldwide pandemic!
1) Recent studies tracing the origins of COVID-19 in New York and New Jersey have concluded that it entered through JFK International before the ban on European flights and not from China!
2) Neither the Governor nor the Mayor are responsible for creating a COVID-19 test to detect the virus on international flights coming into JFK - that responsibility lies with the CDC, a federal agency in the Trump Administration!
3) JFK International in the major eastern entry point for flights coming to the USA and is served by over 90 different airlines that handle approximately 61 million passengers a year.
4) That averages 5 million passengers per month, which is more than the total population of many Republican states that aren't exposed to the medical problems associated with a major international airport!
5) Although the New York Port Authority operates the JFK facility, the FFA, a federal agency in the Department of Transportation, is responsible for all aviation matters in the nation.
6) As the President is so fond of reminding us of his decision to ban flights from China, neither the Governor nor the Mayor of New York have the authority to ban international flights even if they are entering into their jurisdictions!
7) Unlike the President, the Governor and the Mayor do not receive daily briefings from America's intelligence agencies and are therefore not in a position to received advanced warnings of a worldwide pandemic!
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