The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- New York
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Executive Law 29-a
- Issued
- 2020-03-16 Mar. 16, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-16, 8 p.m. (restaurants, bars, casinos, gyms, movie theaters); gathering cap immediate (read as 2020-03-16)
- End
- Directives stated 'through April 15, 2020' and 'until further notice'; aligned and continued by EO 202.13, 202.14, 202.18, 202.28, 202.31 and successors as New York on PAUSE; modified by phase (outdoor dining EO 202.38, June 6; indoor dining EO 202.41, June 12, outside New York City; gyms Aug. 24, 2020; movie theaters Oct. 23, 2020 and Mar. 5, 2021; casinos Sept. 9, 2020); rescinded June 25, 2021 (EO 210) (read as 2021-06-30)
- In force
- Mar. 16, 2020 to June 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Business closureGathering capAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesOther
- Addressees
- every restaurant and bar
- casinos and video lottery facilities
- gyms, fitness centers and classes, movie theaters
- organizers of gatherings over 50
- all local governments
- Functions reached
- DR dining room
- BA bar
- GATH events
- FC fitness facilities
- PE cinemas
- AM casinos
- CB customer base
- Collection
- New York NY
Operative words
any large gathering or event (concert, conference, worship service, performance before a large audience, etc.) shall be cancelled or postponed if more than fifty persons are expected in attendance, at any location in New York State until further notice. Any restaurant or bar in the state of New York shall cease serving patrons food or beverage on-premises effective at 8 pm on March 16, 2020, and until further notice shall only serve food or beverage for off-premises consumption.... Any gym, fitness centers or classes, and movie theaters shall also cease operation effective at 8 pm on March 16, 2020 until further notice. No local government or political subdivision shall issue any local emergency order or declaration of emergency or disaster inconsistent with, conflicting with or superseding the foregoing directives
Enforcement
Executive Law 29-a; EO 202.11 (occupancy violations deemed Uniform Code violations; police removal); EO 202.14 (Public Health Law 12-b(2), $1,000); State Liquor Authority license discipline
Notes
Also authorized on-premises licensees to sell alcohol for off-premises consumption 'subject to reasonable limitations set by the State Liquor Authority'