There are five International airports in New York State. A state government does not have the authority to ban all International incoming flights. The State Department is the only government agency that is legally able to ban International flights. Remember, back in the end of February and beginning of March, the WHO didn't even know where it was coming from.
On April 24th Governor Andrew Cuomo pointed to research showing that strains of the novel coronavirus entered his state from Europe, not China, and said that travel bans for people coming from China enacted by Trump were too late to halt its spread.
Donald Trump himself bans international flights from Europe. At least that is how the media phrases it. "Trump bans travel from the EU to the United States" or something like that. I guess he orders the State Department to enforce such a ban but have not read any executive orders. If this is true, not only are all five international airports in New York affected, but so is EWR (Newark Liberty International Airport), which serves the New York City area.
Actually,
Closing down international Flights is not what really happened.
Thus the hard hit states of New York, New Jursey, Michigan, Washington and California back in February, March and April.
President Trump started implementing U.S. travel restrictions from China on February 2.
Detroit Metro Airport is one of only two Midwest airports with flights from China and Europe after Trump’s travel bans.
Detroit Metropolitan airport is a huge airport with a lot of domestic and international travel.
Guess what ? One of the first two persons identified with Covid had been in our airport on March 1st before they tested positive.
From Homeland Security:
Effective Sunday, February 2nd at 5:00 PM EST, Americans flying to the United States from China will be re-routed to the following airports at no cost to the traveler:
John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK),
New York
Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD), Illinois
San Francisco International Airport (SFO),
California
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA),
Washington
Daniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL), Hawaii
Los Angeles International Airport, (LAX),
California
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL), Georgia
Washington-Dulles International Airport (IAD), Virginia
Effective at 6:30 AM EST on Monday, February 3rd, this list of airports is expanded to include:
Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR),
New Jersey
Effective at 7:30 AM EST on Monday, February 3rd, this list of airports is expanded to include:
Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW), Texas
Detroit Metropolitan Airport (DTW),
Michigan