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Executive Order No. 202

Declaring a Disaster Emergency in the State of New York

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo · New York (State)

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Jurisdiction
New York
Level
State
Authority
Executive Law art. 2-B, 28, 29, 29-a
Issued
2020-03-07 Mar. 7, 2020
Effective
2020-03-07
End
Declared 'in effect until September 7, 2020'; continued in thirty-day increments by EO 202.14 (to May 7), 202.28 (June 6), 202.38 (July 6), 202.48 (Aug. 5), 202.55 (Sept. 4), 202.60 (Oct. 4), 202.68 (Nov. 5), 202.70 (Nov. 19), 202.79 (Jan. 1, 2021), 202.87 (Jan. 29), 202.91 (Feb. 22), 202.94 (Mar. 16), 202.96 (Mar. 28), 202.98 (Apr. 20), 202.100 (Apr. 30), 202.103 (May 25), 202.106 (June 5), 202.107 (June 9), 202.108 (June 16), 202.109 (June 24), 202.110 (July 5); rescinded effective June 25, 2021 by EO 210 (read as 2021-06-30)
In force
Mar. 7, 2020 to June 30, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
Limitation types
Emergency declaration
Addressees
  • the State
  • all local governments
  • all State agencies
Functions reached
  • all functions (predicate)
Collection
New York NY

Operative words

I... hereby find, pursuant to Section 28 of Article 2-B of the Executive Law, that a disaster is impending in New York State, for which the affected local governments are unable to respond adequately, and I do hereby declare a State disaster emergency for the entire State of New York. This Executive Order shall be in effect until September 7, 2020

Enforcement

Predicate order; enforcement provisions supplied by successor directives (EO 202.11: Uniform Code violation, police removal, Do Not Occupy orders; EO 202.14: Public Health Law 12-b(2), fine up to $1,000)

Notes

Suspended provisions of Public Health Law, Education Law, State Finance Law and others through Apr. 6, 2020 to permit hospital surge, out-of-State practitioners and emergency procurement

Retrieval note

Governor's own publication of the order text, archived Mar. 8, 2020, rendered locally to PDF.