{"id":"SEC-11-022","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"New York","state":"NY","metro":"","industry":"11","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"New York State Department of Health and Empire State Development (mandatory under EO 202.6, 202.31 and successors)","authority":"N.Y. Exec. Law § 29-a; EO 202.6 (Mar. 18, 2020) directing businesses to comply with DOH guidance; EO 202.31 (May 14, 2020) Phase 1 reopening conditioned on compliance with DOH guidance","instrument":"Interim COVID-19 Guidance for Wholesale Trade (NY Forward Phase 1 industry guidance; version \u0027As of June 26, 2020\u0027)","title":"Interim Guidance for the Wholesale Trade Sector During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency","dateIssued":"2020-06-26","effective":"2020-05-15 (Phase 1 regions; first issued May 15, 2020 for NY Forward Phase 1); New York City June 8, 2020; the saved exhibit is the revision of June 26, 2020","end":"Made optional for most industries June 15, 2021 (State reopening); EO 202 series expired June 24-25, 2021","startDate":"2020-05-15","endDate":"2021-06-15","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["CAP","EMP","MASK","GATH"],"addressees":["owners/operators of wholesale trade businesses and their employees and contractors (\u0027Responsible Parties\u0027)"],"clause":"These guidelines are minimum requirements only... Responsible Parties must ensure that for any work occurring indoors, the workforce presence is limited to 50% of the maximum occupancy for a particular area as set by the certificate of occupancy, excluding supervisors... Responsible Parties must ensure that a distance of at least six feet is maintained among workers at all times, unless safety or the core activity requires a shorter distance... Any time employees must come within six feet of another person, acceptable face coverings must be worn... Responsible Parties must limit in-person employee gatherings (e.g. team huddles, daily check-ins...)... When you have read this document, you can affirm at the bottom.","enforcement":"Compliance was a condition of operating under EO 202.31 et seq.; violations enforceable under Public Health Law § 12 and Exec. Law § 29-a (civil penalties; local enforcement)","functions":["WH warehouse and dock (50 percent workforce occupancy; six feet; face coverings; signage; small-area occupancy limits)","OP (in-person meetings limited)","CS (shippers and receivers under parallel guidance)","CB (wholesale customers reopening in phases)"],"notes":"Confirms that \u0027Wholesale Trade\u0027 was a Phase 1 reopening industry: non-essential wholesale trade could not conduct in-person operations under New York State on PAUSE (EO 202.8, Mar. 22, 2020) until Phase 1 (May 15, 2020 upstate; June 8, 2020 New York City), and then only under these mandatory minimums. ESD\u0027s essential-business list (Ex. SEC-07-023) named \u0027warehouse/distribution and fulfillment\u0027, \u0027medical wholesale and distribution\u0027, \u0027mail and shipping services\u0027 and \u0027logistics\u0027 as essential, not general wholesale trade.","sourceUrl":"https://www.governor.ny.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/WholesaleTradeMasterGuidance.pdf","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20210418071211/https://www.governor.ny.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/WholesaleTradeMasterGuidance.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":388100,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"SEC-11","url":"/library/SEC-11-022","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SEC-11-022","citation":"New York State Department of Health and Empire State Development (mandatory under EO 202.6, 202.31 and successors), Interim COVID-19 Guidance for Wholesale Trade (NY Forward Phase 1 industry guidance; version \u0027As of June 26, 2020\u0027) (Ex. SEC-11-022)","stateName":"New York","related":["SEC-07-023"]}