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Emergency Executive Order No. 102

Extension and amendment of EEOs 99-101: closure of museums, all gyms and fitness classes, mall common areas, personal-care establishments and places of public amusement; cancellation of gatherings over 50; mandatory telecommuting and 50 percent in-person workforce reduction

Mayor Bill de Blasio · New York City (City)

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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
2020-03-20 Mar. 20, 2020
Effective
Workforce reduction and telecommuting effective March 20, 2020 at 8:00 p.m.; personal-care closures effective March 21, 2020 at 8:00 p.m.; other provisions immediately (read as 2020-03-20)
End
s. 6 superseded Mar. 25, 2020 by EEO 103 s. 2 (100 percent reduction); ss. 4(a)-(c), (e), (f) extended by EEO 103 s. 1 and successors; personal care reopened July 7, 2020 (EEO 130 s. 3); gyms Sept. 2, 2020 (EEO 144 s. 2); venues and amusements per State phases (read as 2020-09-30)
In force
Mar. 20, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q3
Limitation types
Business closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capEvents and venuesWorkplace rules
Addressees
  • all businesses and not-for-profit entities in the City
  • entertainment venues and museums
  • gyms, fitness centers and classes
  • retail shopping malls over 100,000 sq. ft.
  • barbershops, hair salons, tattoo and piercing parlors, nail technicians, cosmetologists, estheticians, electrolysis and laser hair removal providers
  • places of public amusement, indoor and outdoor
Functions reached
  • OF office premises (telework mandate; 50 percent workforce)
  • SL salon, barber, nail and spa services
  • ML malls
  • FC gyms and fitness classes
  • PE museums and venues
  • AM amusements
  • GATH events over 50
  • WF workforce
Collection
New York City MET-NYC

Operative words

s. 4(e) Effective March 21, 2020 at 8:00 p.m. and until further notice, all barbershops, hair salons, tattoo or piercing parlors and providers of related personal care services will be closed to members of the public.... s. 5(a) Any large gathering or event for which attendance is anticipated to be in excess of fifty people... is cancelled or postponed.... s. 6. I hereby direct, effective March 20, 2020 at 8:00 p.m., all businesses and not-for-profit entities in the City shall utilize, to the maximum extent possible, any telecommuting or work from home procedures that they can safely utilize. Each employer shall reduce the in-person workforce at any work locations by 50% no later than March 20, 2020 at 8:00 p.m., and shall further reduce its in-person workforce to the extent required by any order of the Governor... Any essential business or entity providing essential services or functions shall not be subject to the in-person restrictions.

Enforcement

Executive Law s. 24 class B misdemeanor (EEO 99 s. 6, EEO 101 s. 3, as extended); FDNY, NYPD, DOB enforcement under Admin. Code ss. 15-227(a), 28-201.1 and Fire Code s. 107.6

Notes

s. 6's own list of essential businesses (health care, utilities, telecommunications, airports and transportation, essential manufacturing including food processing and pharmaceuticals, grocery and pharmacy, trash, mail and shipping, news media, banks, construction, logistics and technology support, child care, government-support vendors) is the premise of the conditions imposed on every other business, not an exemption from the order's reach on their customers and suppliers.

Retrieval note

Mirrors the State's EO 202.6 (50 percent, Mar. 20) at the City level with the City's own enforcement agencies.

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