De Blasio Insists on NYC Shelter-in-Place Order; Cuomo Resists

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio continued to press Governor Andrew Cuomo to further tighten restrictions on people’s commercial and social lives with a “shelter in place” order that would close all businesses except groceries, pharmacies and health-care facilities.

“Every place that is in the front line of this crisis needs to move to shelter in place to protect ourselves,” de Blasio said on MSNBC on Friday. “Anything nonessential needs to stop, people need to get home, stay close to their families, and social distance to the maximum.”

Even as New York City’s documented cases of the new coronavirus hit ...