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Emergency Executive Order No. 141

Hotels, motels, inns, short-term rentals and temporary lodging businesses required to verify completion of the State Traveler Health Form by guests arriving from Restricted List States

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 ss. 24, 25; N.Y.C. Charter; Administrative Code s. 26-2101 (short-term rental definition)
Issued
2020-08-18 Aug. 18, 2020
Effective
August 21, 2020 at 12:00 a.m. (s. 6) (read as 2020-08-21)
End
Restated Nov. 3, 2020 by EEO 159 s. 1 (Ex. MET-NYC-012) and renewed every five days; revoked May 22, 2021 by EEO 203 s. 2 (Ex. MET-NYC-013) (read as 2021-06-30)
In force
Aug. 21, 2020 to June 30, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
Limitation types
Travel and quarantineWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation
Addressees
  • all transitory hotels, motels, inns
  • dwellings offered for short-term rental (Admin. Code s. 26-2101)
  • private for-profit businesses providing temporary lodging for fewer than 30 days
  • guests arriving from Restricted List States
Functions reached
  • LG lodging and occupancy (front-desk protocol compelled; rooms withheld)
  • GS group sales
  • TV travel demand
  • HK operating protocols
Collection
New York City MET-NYC

Operative words

Section 1. I hereby direct that prior to granting a guest access to lodging upon their arrival in New York City, all transitory hotels, motels, inns, dwellings offered for 'short term rental,'... and private for-profit businesses providing temporary lodging for fewer than 30 days shall inquire whether the guest has travelled from a state or territory on the Restricted List within the last 14 days, and require guests who answer affirmatively to provide proof of a completed Traveler Health Form.... If a guest who has travelled from such a state or territory within the last 14 days does not provide such proof, they shall not be allowed access to a room until they have completed the Traveler Health Form...

Enforcement

s. 4: Sheriff and designated agencies; Health Code ss. 3.07 and 3.11 violations; s. 5: knowing violation a class B misdemeanor under Executive Law s. 24

Notes

Reaches every hotel and Airbnb-type operator in the five boroughs for nine months (Aug. 21, 2020 to May 22, 2021).

Retrieval note

The rule was first imposed by EEO 141 effective Aug. 21, 2020 and restated in EEO 159.

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