Acting Justice Ronald D. Ploetz ruled that the COVID-19 quarantine rules in New York are unconstitutional and illegal.
This month, a New York Supreme Court judge issued a confidential ruling declaring regulations requiring the quarantine of individuals who have been exposed to or infected with highly contagious communicable diseases to be illegal and void.
Rule 2.13, also known as the isolation and quarantine procedures, was implemented in February.
Under the rule, “whenever a...
