Three Republican lawmakers and a citizens’ group have sued the New York Department of Health for an emergency rule establishing isolation and quarantine procedures for those suspected of having a communicable disease during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The ink was barely dry on the complaint, which was filed in state Supreme Court of Cattaraugus County on Monday, as the plaintiffs—Sen. George M. Borrello, R-Sunset Bay; Assemblyman Christopher W. Tague, R-Schoharie; and Michael Lawler, R-Pearl River; and Uniting NYS LLC— held a news conference outside the Capitol building in Albany on Tuesday. 

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