Amid social distancing violations, Cuomo urges local leaders 'do your job'

He said the state's continuing decline in the rate of positive tests and in hospitalizations supported the move.

Cuomo urged local governments to keep on top of enforcing social distancing rules and criticized images of people crowding the streets outside bars in New York City over the weekend.

"We have months of data now that the guidelines makes sense: keep following them," Cuomo said at a news conference of the Mario Cuomo Bridge in Westchester, where he was opening a new pedestrian crossing. "To the local governments I say, 'Do your job.'