{"id":"MET-NYC-058","kind":"order","level":"county","jurisdiction":"Westchester County, New York","state":"NY","metro":"NYC","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"County Executive George S. Latimer","authority":"N.Y. Executive Law art. 2-B, s. 24; N.Y. Education Law s. 3604(7)","instrument":"Westchester County Local Emergency Order #1 of 2020 (with the County of Westchester Local State of Emergency Declaration of March 16, 2020)","title":"All public and private schools in Westchester County closed to all students and staff except for administrative, instructional, professional and classified staff functions; local state of emergency declared for thirty days","dateIssued":"2020-03-16","effective":"Order effective Wednesday, March 18, 2020 (signed Mar. 16, 2020 at 3:22 p.m.); five days, extendable; declaration effective Mar. 16, 2020 for 30 days","end":"Subsumed by the State\u0027s EO 202.4 (schools statewide closed from Mar. 18, 2020) and successors.","startDate":"2020-03-18","endDate":"2020-06-30","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["SCH","CLOSE","EMER"],"addressees":["all public and private schools situated in Westchester County (including Chapter 853 schools and Special Act school districts)","students and staff"],"clause":"1. All public and private schools situated in Westchester County shall be closed to all students and staff except for the performance of administrative, instructional, professional and classified staff functions as determined by each school or school district.... 3. This Order shall take effect on Wednesday March 18, 2020.... 5. Failure to obey the Order is a criminal offense punishable by law under section 24(5) of the New York State Executive Law. [Declaration:] DECLARED, that a local state of emergency exists for the County of Westchester for a period beginning on this 16th day of March 2020 and shall remain in effect for thirty (30) days or until rescinded by subsequent order or extended.","enforcement":"Executive Law s. 24(5) (criminal offense, recited)","functions":["IN in-person instruction (public and private schools)","WF workforce (parents)","CB families"],"notes":"The declaration recites that \u0027on March 10, 2020, the governor announced the establishment of a containment area in the Westchester city of New Rochelle\u0027.","sourceUrl":"https://www.westchestergov.com/images/stories/execorders/2020leo1.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":63263,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-NYC","url":"/library/MET-NYC-058","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-NYC-058","citation":"County Executive George S. Latimer, Westchester County Local Emergency Order #1 of 2020 (with the County of Westchester Local State of Emergency Declaration of March 16, 2020) (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. MET-NYC-058)","stateName":"New York","related":[]}