New York Quarantine Station

Jurisdiction

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) operates a quarantine station in New York City (NYC). The station’s jurisdiction includes all ports in New York, Connecticut, and Vermont, as well as the U.S.-Canadian land border crossings in New York and Vermont. The New York Quarantine Station also operates the preclearance ports of Montreal and Bermuda, as well as Shannon and Dublin, Ireland. CDC New York Quarantine Station staff are temporarily covering the Boston Quarantine Station jurisdiction which includes all airports and seaports in Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Maine, and Massachusetts as well as the U.S.-Canada land border crossings in Maine.

Quarantine Station Activities

• Respond to reports of illness on airplanes, maritime vessels (cruise and cargo), and at land border crossings.
• Review medical records of migrants who will reside permanently in the United States. Notify state and local health departments and refer any migrants with infectious tuberculosis and other communicable diseases.
• Partner with other federal agencies and local and state health departments in preparedness activities related to quarantine and isolation at ports of entry.
• Collaborate on binational border projects.
• Coordinate binational case detection, notification, and investigation with state and local health departments and border protection agencies.
• Conduct public health research.
• Monitor importations that may have pathogens infectious to humans.

Annual Ports of Entry Statistics