Why is this an issue?

Array literals are more compact than array creation expressions.

Noncompliant code example

Module Module1
    Sub Main()
        Dim foo = New String() {"a", "b", "c"} ' Noncompliant
    End Sub
End Module

Compliant solution

Module Module1
    Sub Main()
        Dim foo = {"a", "b", "c"}              ' Compliant
    End Sub
End Module