The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- New York City (Department of Education) · New York City · New York
- Level
- City
- Authority
- Mayoral control of the City school district (N.Y. Education Law art. 52-A); EEO 98 emergency
- Issued
- 2020-03-15 Mar. 15, 2020
- Effective
- Schools closed March 16, 2020; remote instruction from March 23, 2020 (read as 2020-03-16)
- End
- Buildings reopened in phases from Sept. 21-Oct. 1, 2020 (hybrid); State EO 202.4 (Mar. 16, 2020) closed schools statewide from Mar. 18, 2020 (read as 2020-10-01)
- In force
- Mar. 16, 2020 to Oct. 1, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Business closureSchools and child care
- Addressees
- all New York City public schools (about 1.1 million students; the largest school district in the United States)
- families and employers of parents
- Functions reached
- IN in-person instruction
- WF workforce of every employer in the City (parents of 1.1 million students)
- FS school food service
- TR school transport
- CB families
- Collection
- New York City MET-NYC
Operative words
Effective tomorrow, March 16, New York City schools will close. Starting March 23, the City will move towards a new Remote Learning Model for all school days until Spring Recess. Students will not report to school buildings for instruction during this time.
Enforcement
Administrative closure by the Department of Education
Notes
The release is the Mayor's own statement of the closure decision;
Retrieval noteGraded secondary because the instrument is the closure decision and the exhibit is the Mayor's release describing it.