Rensselaer County is just the latest to say it doesn’t want people coming from New York City, saying social distancing means to stay where you are. 

The county says it has about 50 confirmed cases of COVID-19. Six of those cases come from New York City area residents who traveled upstate. That’s something County Executive Steve McLaughlin says shouldn’t be happening. 

"Certainly, a travel ban should be enacted but if it’s not going to be enacted, then we need a 14-day quarantine, which is exactly the same thing you’re seeing the Florida Governor say," McLaughlin said. 

The sunshine state is not the only one not welcoming New Yorkers. On Thursday, Rhode Island joined the call for New Yorkers crossing state lines to self-quarantine. If McLaughlin gets his way, he’d also prevent travel from those coming from Westchester south, which is the hardest-hit area in the nation.

"Why would we turn a blind eye to that? We need to contain that," McLaughlin said. 

But McLaughlin recognizes he can’t block out everyone. Albany County has more than 160 confirmed cases but he isn’t about to cut off Rensselaer’s next-door neighbors. 

"We have a lot of people that work there so there’s going to be limits on what we can do, but that doesn’t mean we throw the door wide open and say, 'Hey! Come on up from the hotspot in the nation.'”

Governor Andrew Cuomo has said he isn’t going to enforce a travel ban, though that is something McLaughlin says is a mistake.