New York is hoping on board the Indiana travel boycott.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Tuesday that he was banning New York state employees from traveling to Indiana because of the passage of that state's Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which critics say can be used to discriminate against gays and lesbians.

"Today, I direct all agencies, departments, boards and commissions to immediately review all requests for state funded or state sponsored travel to the State of Indiana and to bar any such publicly funded travel that is not essential to the enforcement of state law or public health and safety. The ban on publicly funded travel shall take effect immediately," Mr. Cuomo said in his statement.

New York now becomes the third state to ban its employees from enjoying non-essential "Hoosier hospitality." On Monday, Connecticut Gov. Dannell Malloy signed an executive order banning state-funded travel to Indiana, as did Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee.