There is a difference between locking down New York City and New York STATE.
Locking down Manhattan is almost trivial. Its an island.
Similarly locking down L.I. is also trivial (which includes Queens and Brooklyn). Same with Staten Island, although in those cases there are an awful lot of boats (hundreds of thousands?), so you would need a large part of the Navy and/or Coast Guard to help lock it down as well.
For the entire rest of the state however, there are hundreds of roads out. There are an infinite number of places you can walk, ride or 4 wheel your way across.
The amount of resources to enforce a "statewide travel ban" in earnest is astounding. I'm not saying it couldn't be done, but it would take the full weight of the military and NSA etc.
There is a difference between locking down New York City and New York STATE.
Locking down Manhattan is almost trivial. Its an island.
Similarly locking down L.I. is also trivial (which includes Queens and Brooklyn). Same with Staten Island, although in those cases there are an awful lot of boats (hundreds of thousands?), so you would need a large part of the Navy and/or Coast Guard to help lock it down as well.
For the entire rest of the state however, there are hundreds of roads out. There are an infinite number of places you can walk, ride or 4 wheel your way across.
The amount of resources to enforce a "statewide travel ban" in earnest is astounding. I'm not saying it couldn't be done, but it would take the full weight of the military and NSA etc.