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Executive Order No. 202.17

Continuing Temporary Suspension and Modification of Laws Relating to the Disaster Emergency

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo · New York (State)

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The record

Jurisdiction
New York
Level
State
Authority
Executive Law 29-a
Issued
2020-04-15 Apr. 15, 2020
Effective
2020-04-17, 8 p.m. (read as 2020-04-17)
End
Continued through the series (EO 202.34 gave businesses discretion to deny entry; 10 NYCRR Subpart 66-3 codified it); fully vaccinated persons relieved indoors effective May 19, 2021 (EO 202.108); rescinded June 25, 2021; Subpart 66-3 kept the requirement for unvaccinated persons to Aug. 27, 2021 (read as 2021-05-19)
In force
Apr. 17, 2020 to May 19, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
Limitation types
Face-covering requirement
Addressees
  • every individual over age two in New York
Functions reached
  • CB customers (all premises)
  • SF
  • DR
  • SL
  • WF
Collection
New York NY

Operative words

Effective at 8 p.m. on Friday, April 17, 2020 any individual who is over age two and able to medically tolerate a face-covering shall be required to cover their nose and mouth with a mask or cloth face-covering when in a public place and unable to maintain, or when not maintaining, social distance.

Enforcement

Public Health Law 12 and 12-b via EO 202.14 ($1,000) and EO 202.68 (local officials may assess up to $1,000 per violation for face-covering and distancing violations)

Retrieval note

Exhibit is the signed scanned PDF; text read from the Governor's archived HTML publication (web.archive.org/web/20200416100757/https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/no-20217-continuing-temporary-suspension-and-modification-laws-relating-disaster-emergency).

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