{"id":"MET-NYC-036","kind":"order","level":"city","jurisdiction":"New York City","state":"NY","metro":"NYC","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Commissioner of Health and Mental Hygiene Dave A. Chokshi, M.D.","authority":"N.Y.C. Health Code s. 3.01(d); N.Y.C. Charter ss. 556, 558; Administrative Code ss. 17-104, 17-109(b)","instrument":"Order of the Commissioner of Health and Mental Hygiene to Require COVID-19 Vaccination or Testing for Staff in Residential and Congregate Settings","title":"Weekly PCR testing of every unvaccinated staff member or contractor at City-operated or City-contracted shelters, drop-in centers, domestic violence and HASA shelters, supportive housing, reentry hotels, transitional housing and runaway and homeless youth programs","dateIssued":"2021-08-10","effective":"August 16, 2021; in effect until rescinded","end":"Superseded by later City mandates (post-period)","startDate":"2021-08-16","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["VAX","EMP","QUAR"],"addressees":["Department of Homeless Services, Human Resources Administration, DOHMH, Mayor\u0027s Office of Criminal Justice and Department of Youth and Community Development","their contractors (not-for-profit shelter, housing and youth-service providers)","every staff member or contractor working at a residential or congregate setting"],"clause":"1. Effective August 16, 2021, each staff member or contractor working at a residential or a congregate setting who has not submitted proof of full vaccination against COVID-19 to the agency or contractor for which they work must provide proof of a negative COVID-19 PCR diagnostic test (not an antibody test) at least once per week, to be provided in accordance with city policy.","enforcement":"Health Code s. 3.01(d) order; Health Code s. 3.07","functions":["HR staffing of contracted social-service providers","WF workforce","FS shelter and social services","RS residential care operations"],"notes":"Reaches the private not-for-profit operators of the City\u0027s shelter and supportive-housing system as \u0027contractors\u0027.","sourceUrl":"https://www.nyc.gov/assets/doh/downloads/pdf/covid/covid-19-vaccination-or-testing-staff-residential-congregational-081021.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":130440,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-NYC","url":"/library/MET-NYC-036","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-NYC-036","citation":"Commissioner of Health and Mental Hygiene Dave A. Chokshi, M.D, Order of the Commissioner of Health and Mental Hygiene to Require COVID-19 Vaccination or Testing for Staff in Residential and Congregate Settings (Aug. 10, 2021) (Ex. MET-NYC-036)","stateName":"New York","related":["MET-NYC-037","MET-NYC-040","MET-NYC-041","MET-NYC-043","MET-NYC-042"]}