{"id":"MET-NYC-059","kind":"order","level":"county","jurisdiction":"Suffolk County, New York","state":"NY","metro":"NYC","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"County Executive Steven Bellone","authority":"N.Y. Executive Law art. 2-B, s. 24","instrument":"Proclamation of a Local State of Emergency under Section 24 of Article 2-B of the Executive Law","title":"State of emergency proclaimed in Suffolk County from 1:00 p.m. March 12, 2020 for up to thirty days; all County departments directed to take whatever steps are necessary to protect life and property","dateIssued":"2020-03-12","effective":"March 12, 2020 at 1:00 p.m..","end":"Renewed through 2020-2021 (not verified here)","startDate":"2020-03-12","endDate":"2020-06-30","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["EMER"],"addressees":["all Suffolk County departments, agencies and divisions","the public"],"clause":"A State of Emergency is hereby proclaimed in Suffolk County, New York for a period of time beginning at 1:00 p.m. on March 12, 2020 and continuing in effect for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days. The State of Emergency has been declared to address the threat to the health and welfare of Suffolk County residents and visitors posed by COVID-19 and to perform such emergency measures as deemed necessary.... I hereby direct all Suffolk County Departments, Agencies, and Divisions take whatever steps are necessary to protect life and property and to perform other such emergency assistance as deemed necessary.","enforcement":"Predicate for Suffolk emergency orders under Executive Law s. 24","functions":["all (predicate)"],"notes":"The earliest of the three suburban county declarations (Mar. 12, 2020, the same day as NYC\u0027s EEO 98). Suffolk\u0027s numbered 2020 emergency orders (county facility closures, school closure, park rules) were not located in any archive reached in this session and are not catalogued; the State\u0027s EO 202 series governed Suffolk businesses.","sourceUrl":"https://suffolkcountyny.gov/portals/0/formsdocs/countyexecutive/pdf/Executed%20State%20of%20Emergency.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":23549,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-NYC","url":"/library/MET-NYC-059","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-NYC-059","citation":"County Executive Steven Bellone, Proclamation of a Local State of Emergency under Section 24 of Article 2-B of the Executive Law (Mar. 12, 2020) (Ex. MET-NYC-059)","stateName":"New York","related":[]}