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Executive Order No. 202.1

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

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo · New York (State)

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Jurisdiction
New York
Level
State
Authority
Executive Law 29-a
Issued
2020-03-12 Mar. 12, 2020
Effective
2020-03-12 (gathering directive effective Mar. 13, 2020, 5 p.m., as recited in contemporaneous accounts; not read in the order text) (read as 2020-03-12)
End
Gathering rule superseded by EO 202.3 (Mar. 16, 2020); suspensions continued to Apr. 11, 2020 and beyond (read as 2020-06-30)
In force
Mar. 12, 2020 to June 30, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Gathering capHealth care ordersEvents and venues
Addressees
  • organizers of events over 500
  • hospitals
  • laboratories
  • mental hygiene providers
Functions reached
  • GATH events
  • MK conferences and shows
  • CB venues
Collection
New York NY

Operative words

As recited in EO 202.3: 'The directive requiring large gatherings and events to be cancelled or postponed if they had anticipated attendance in excess of 500 people by virtue of Executive Order 202.1 dated March 12, 2020'. EO 202.1 itself: 'I hereby continue Executive Order 202, dated March 7, 2020, and I hereby continue any suspension or modification of law made by Executive Order 202 for thirty days until April 11, 2020'

Enforcement

Executive Law 29-a; later EO 202.11 and 202.14 enforcement provisions

Notes

The rendered Governor's page carries the suspensions (hospital physical plant, temporary facilities, laboratory collection stations, mental hygiene transport); the 500-person and 50-percent-venue directive is confirmed from EO 202.3's recital; the venue occupancy limit is not independently read here

Retrieval note

Gathering directive quoted from EO 202.3 (Ex. NY-010), a primary text.