The bill, A.416, is among a host of Covid restriction and vaccine mandate bills set to be voted on during the next legislative session starting on January 5th.

According to the bill's text, A.416 would "allow the governor or the appropriate health official to order the removal and detention of any person afflicted with a communicable disease in the event that there is a state of health emergency declared by the governor in relation to such disease."

"[A]ny person or group removed or detained by order of the governor or his or her delegate shall be detained for as long as the department may direct," subdivision 3 of the bill further states.

As if this draconian legislation weren't enough, New Yorkers have highlighted several more bills up for vote next session that are equally abhorrent in terms of human rights violations.

• A8378 would require students to receive Covid-19 vaccines prior to attending school.