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; incorporates Governor's EO 202 and successors (s. 4)
- Issued
- 2020-03-25 Mar. 25, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-25 (immediately; five days, renewed) (read as 2020-03-25)
- End
- Extended by EEO 104 (Mar. 30), 105 (Apr. 4), 106 (Apr. 9) and successors; overtaken by the State's NY Forward reopening for the City (Phase 1 June 8, 2020) (read as 2020-06-08)
- In force
- Mar. 25, 2020 to June 8, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering cap
- Addressees
- all businesses and not-for-profit entities in the City
- retail shopping malls
- all persons (gatherings)
- Functions reached
- OF office premises closed to in-person work (100 percent)
- SF sales floors of non-essential retail
- PF non-essential production floors
- GATH every non-essential gathering of any size
- WS worship gatherings
- MK events
- WF workforce
- CB customer base
- Collection
- New York City MET-NYC
Operative words
s. 2. I hereby direct: a. 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. b. Except as provided in subdivision c of this section, each such business and not-for-profit entity shall reduce its in-person workforce at any locations by 100%. c. Any essential business or entity providing essential services or functions, as defined by Governor Cuomo's Executive Order 202.6 and guidance issued by the Empire State Development Corporation... shall not be subject to the in-person restrictions. s. 3(b) In order to avoid the mass congregation of people in public places and to reduce the opportunity for the spread of COVID-19 any non-essential gathering of individuals of any size for any reason shall be cancelled or postponed.
Enforcement
s. 5: FDNY, NYPD, DOB, the Sheriff and other agencies to enforce immediately under Admin. Code ss. 15-227(a), 28-201.1 and Fire Code s. 107.6; Executive Law s. 24 misdemeanor
Notes
The City's own PAUSE order, tracking the State's EO 202.8 (in force Mar. 22, 2020 8:00 p.m.) and enforced by City agencies and the Sheriff.