Posted on January 4, 2016 by Bryce Covert in Think Progress Think Progress, By Bryce Covert On Sunday, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) announced an executive order that will require all local officials to bring homeless people inside when the temperatures dip below freezing, even against their will. It also requires shelters to extend their hours whenever there is dangerous inclement weather. The cold can be deadly for someone outside without shelter, even at temperatures above freezing. “It’s about love. It’s about compassion. It’s about helping one another and basic human decency,” Cuomo told NY1 in describing the new policy. He also told WCBS radio, “I’m not going to argue an individual’s right to freeze to death.”
