Right, it isn’t banned, they are just prioritizing it for those in highest need. If there is enough to expand distribution to confirmed cases, but not hospitalized, they should do it.
Cuomo DID ban the use on March 23 - In a March 23 executive order, Mr. Cuomo barred pharmacists from filling prescriptions for chloroquine or hydroxychloroquine, its next-generation derivative, except for FDA-approved uses, such as for treating malaria or lupus, or as part of clinical trials for COVID-19.
You have to be in the hospital to get the drugs and in their “trial”. Many people are being sent home from hospitals after testing positive and told to just quarantine. NO medication, Cuomo’s orders.