Order of the Commissioner of Health and Mental Hygiene to Cease In-Person Instruction in Certain Areas of the City

The record

Jurisdiction

New York City (State-designated Red and Orange Zones in Brooklyn and Queens, later Staten Island, the Bronx and Manhattan) · New York City · New York

Level

City

Authority

N.Y.C. Health Code ss. 3.01, 3.07, 3.09, 11.03(e); N.Y.C. Charter s. 556; Administrative Code s. 17-142 (nuisance); Governor's EO 202.68 (Oct. 6, 2020) (recited)

Issued

2020-10-12 Oct. 12, 2020

Effective

Immediately (zones in force from Oct. 8-9, 2020 under EO 202.68); for the duration of the zone designations (read as 2020-10-12)

End

As zones were re-designated or lifted by the State (read as 2021-03-31)

In force

Oct. 12, 2020 to Mar. 31, 2021

Quarters

2020 Q42021 Q1

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Business closureGathering capSchools and child care

Addressees

• all New York City public schools in Red or Orange Zones
• all non-public schools serving pre-K to grade 12 students in Red or Orange Zones

Functions reached

• IN in-person instruction (public and private schools in zones)
• WF workforce (parents in zoned neighborhoods)
• CB families

Collection

New York City MET-NYC

Operative words

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that, in accordance with the Governor's Executive Order No. 202.68, all New York City public schools and all non-public schools serving any students between pre-kindergarten and grade 12 in any area designated as a 'Red Zone' or 'Orange Zone' pursuant to the State Cluster Action Initiative, cease all in-person instruction. Red Zones and Orange Zones are the areas of the City indicated on the maps provided by the State Department of Health, available at https://forward.ny.gov.

Enforcement

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