I think you are correct. The boiling the frog strategy has really worked for the left in so many ways. They would overplay their hand with a sudden, draconian seizure or mandatory turn in. However, Cuomo may be trying to spark violence so he can crush it and justify even more authoritarian actions.
this is just proof that politicians DO NOT know the law or the constution. Politicans, rinos and democrats, rule by fiat and use law to control. For politicians it is them vs serfs.