The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- New York City · New York
- Level
- City
- Authority
- N.Y. Executive Law s. 24; N.Y.C. Charter; Administrative Code; common-law emergency authority (recited)
- Issued
- 2020-03-16 Mar. 16, 2020
- Effective
- Closures effective Monday, March 16, 2020 at 8:00 p.m.; elective procedures to cease within 96 hours (read as 2020-03-16)
- End
- ss. 7-9 renewed and amended by EEO 102 s. 4 (Mar. 20, 2020) and successors; gyms permitted to reopen Sept. 2, 2020 by EEO 144 s. 2; restaurants governed by State phases from June 22, 2020; ss. 11-16 (Department of Correction) still being extended June 30, 2021 (EEO 214 s. 1(a)) (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- Mar. 16, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Business closureGathering capHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesCourts and public offices
- Addressees
- all establishments that offer food or drink (restaurants, bars, cafes)
- all entertainment venues (movie theaters, clubs, cinemas, theatres, concert venues)
- all commercial gyms
- NYC Health + Hospitals
- all hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers in New York City
- City Council
- Board of Elections
- Functions reached
- DR dining room
- BA bar service
- TO take-out only
- PE performances, cinemas, clubs
- FC gyms
- SX elective surgery and procedures
- CT courts and public bodies (Council, ULURP, election)
- Collection
- New York City MET-NYC
Operative words
s. 7. I hereby direct all establishments- including restaurants, bars, cafes - that offer food or drink shall close until further notice, effective Monday, March 16, 2020 at 8:00 PM.... establishments serving food and/or drink... may remain open for the sole purpose of providing take-out or delivery service... s. 8. Additionally, all entertainment venues, including those with seating capacity below 500, are hereby closed effective Monday, March 16, 2020 at 8:00 PM.... s. 9. Additionally, all commercial gyms are closed effective Monday, March 16, 2020 at 8:00PM.... s. 6. I hereby direct other hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers in New York City to immediately move to cancel or postpone elective procedures and to cease performing such procedures within 96 hours of the issuance of this Order.
Enforcement
s. 10 authorizes all agencies to enforce EEO 99 and the Governor's gathering limits; Executive Law s. 24 class B misdemeanor; Health Code ss. 3.07 and 3.11 violations under later renewals
Notes
s. 5 directs NYC Health + Hospitals system-wide to cease elective procedures within 96 hours; s. 6 extends the same command to every other hospital and ambulatory surgery center in the City, four days before the State's EO 202.10. s. 2 suspends and tolls ULURP, landmarks and land-use time limits; s. 3 suspends procurement rules; s. 4 cancels the Mar. 24, 2020 Queens Borough President special election.
Retrieval noteThe two are separate instruments (Mar. 16 and Mar. 20, 2020) and are saved separately here.