Yea but, This 1909 thing has been stretched to make Acton an absolute dictator for as long as she is willing to say she needs to be. Witness her suspending our right to vote without a second though or any possibility of review.
Certainly, this is unconstitutional, but you have to get this all of the way through the courts and people are starving. People are stealing stuff to live. And, they know that the law will not pursue them.
And, its going to get worse unless someone reigns this in. The facts and the science have turned on the whole shelter in place concept. It didn’t and doesn’t work. 60% of the admits to New York Hospitals are coming from shelter in place citizens. And, people are gaining weight, the very one thing that makes them more likely to get sick. Meanwhile, we find out the one place where this stuff can’t live is outdoors in the sunlight. Imagine that.
The legislature could have filed suit and won if they’d have wanted to. My opinion, but the constitution would have given a solid chance.