The Metros

Boston

Name: Boston: local governmental orders, March 2020 through September 2021
Creator: The COVID Project

The Boston file holds 83 instruments from the counties, cities, health officers, courts and transit authorities of the area, 83 of them with the exhibit file held by The COVID Project. The statewide orders that ran over the same ground are in the Massachusetts file.

Code BOSState MassachusettsFirst closure or stay-at-home order Mar. 17, 2020 Ex. MET-BOS-004Orders reaching 2021 Q3 21Primary source read 61 Confirmed from a secondary source 22

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The record in brief

ScopeBoston metropolitan area, Massachusetts: City of Boston and Suffolk County (Boston Public Health Commission, Mayor, Licensing Board); Cambridge; Somerville; Brookline; Chelsea; Brockton; Salem; Worcester; Springfield; Provincetown; Nantucket; the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA).

The Boston metropolitan regime was a two-layer regime from March 2020 through September 30, 2021: the Governor's numbered COVID-19 Orders (No. 1 through No. 69) set the statewide floor, and the region's boards of health, city managers and mayors, acting under G.L. c. 111, sections 30, 31, 95-105 and 122, 310 CMR 11.05 and 105 CMR 300.200, repeatedly imposed stricter local orders that closed businesses earlier, kept them closed longer, delayed each reopening phase, rolled reopening back in December 2020 and reimposed indoor mask mandates in August and September 2021 after the State had rescinded its own. Second quarter 2020 (with the March 13-31, 2020 run-up): the Boston Public Health Commission declared a public health emergency on March 15, 2020 (Ex. MET-BOS-001), the Boston Licensing Board cut restaurant, bar and club capacity by 50 percent and imposed an 11:00 p.m. close the same day (Ex. 007), Boston paused all non-essential permitted construction from March 17, 2020 with sites secured by March 23 and 'until further notice' from March 25 (Ex. 004, 015), Cambridge declared a state of emergency on March 19, 2020 and imposed a construction moratorium on March 18, 2020 (recited in Ex. 020, 022), Somerville declared a local emergency on March 15, 2020 (Ex. 049), ordered all in-person retail and personal-care services discontinued at 12:01 a.m. March 22, 2020 and all non-emergency construction ceased by March 27 (Ex. 050, 054), Provincetown ordered every resident to stay home and every non-essential business to cease operations at its physical location effective 5:00 p.m. March 23, 2020 (Ex. 080), Nantucket suspended all construction from March 20, 2020, issued a stay-at-home order March 22 and reaffirmed both on March 30 after the Governor's counsel confirmed that local governments retain authority to enact regulations more stringent than the Governor's orders (Ex. 122), Brockton closed personal-care services after March 22, 2020 (Ex. 171), Salem ordered face coverings in all essential businesses and 40 percent retail occupancy caps from April 12, 2020 (Ex. 162), Somerville ordered face coverings in essential businesses and building common areas from April 10, 2020 (Ex. 052) and a universal mask mandate from April 26-27, 2020 (recited in Ex. 053, 065), Cambridge ordered masks in all public places and businesses from April 27, 2020 (recited in Ex. 021, 034), the Boston Public Health Commission advised all residents to stay home between 9:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. from April 6 to May 18, 2020 (Ex. 005, 006), and the MBTA ran a reduced schedule from March 17, 2020, told riders to make no non-essential trips from March 23, and required face coverings from May 6, 2020 (Ex. 090-092). Third quarter 2020: the State's Phase III Step 1 began July 6, 2020 but Boston delayed it to July 13 (Ex. 011 recital) and Somerville kept every closed business closed by order of July 3, 2020, with gatherings capped at 10 (Ex. 057); the Boston Licensing Board enforced the August 11, 2020 food-with-alcohol rule and a six-person party cap (Ex. 008, 009); Salem imposed a downtown and parks mask zone from July 18, 2020 (Ex. 160); Brockton imposed an 11:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. citywide curfew from August 22, 2020 (Ex. 172); Cambridge kept its mask order in force through the summer (Ex. 021, 024) and capped restaurant parties at six from September 28, 2020 (Ex. 025). Fourth quarter 2020: Cambridge, Somerville and Salem refused Phase III Step 2 on October 2-5, 2020 (Ex. 026, 027, 056, 067, 161); Nantucket issued an island-wide face-covering order October 6, 2020 (Ex. 121); the MBTA began enforcing face coverings November 6, 2020 (Ex. 093) and approved Forging Ahead service cuts December 14, 2020 (Ex. 094); the Boston Public Health Commission ordered a modified rollback to Phase II Step 2 effective December 16, 2020, closing gyms, museums, movie theaters, indoor event spaces, sightseeing tours and indoor recreation and capping gatherings at 10 indoors and 25 outdoors (Ex. 010, 011), joined by Somerville (December 15, 2020, Ex. 058), Cambridge (December 23, 2020, effective December 26, Ex. 029), Brockton (December 14, 2020, Ex. 172) and, by Boston's own account, Arlington, Lynn, Newton and Winthrop. First quarter 2021: Boston's rollback was extended to at least January 27, 2021 (Ex. 016) and Cambridge's to February 8, 2021 (Ex. 030, 031); Somerville moved only to a limited Phase 3 Step 1 on February 1, 2021 (Ex. 060); Boston entered a modified Phase 3 Step 2 on March 1, 2021 with indoor performance venues and live music still barred until March 22 (Ex. 012, 017) and a modified Phase 4 Step 1 on March 22, 2021 with gatherings capped below the State's limits and bars, nightclubs, beer gardens, parades and festivals still closed (Ex. 018); Cambridge delayed Phase IV Step 1 on March 22, 2021 and capped event venues at 50 indoors and 100 outdoors (Ex. 033, 035 recital); Brockton's curfew ran to January 25, 2021 (Ex. 170). Second quarter 2021: Cambridge rescinded its reopening orders effective May 6, 2021 (Ex. 035) and its face-covering order May 29, 2021 (Ex. 039 recital); Somerville advanced to a limited Phase IV Step 1 on May 7, 2021 with 50 percent indoor capacity and no dance floors (Ex. 061) and rescinded those orders May 29, 2021 (Ex. 062); Chelsea's Board of Health orders expired May 29, 2021 (Ex. 112); the State's general restrictions ended May 29, 2021 (COVID-19 Order No. 69) and its emergency June 15, 2021, but the Boston Public Health Commission's emergency declaration, extended April 24, 2020 'until rescinded', remained in force (Ex. 002, 013, 040), Somerville's local emergency remained in force to October 19, 2022 and its eviction moratorium was renewed June 17, 2021 (Ex. 064). Third quarter 2021: the Provincetown cluster produced the July 19, 2021 public health advisory (Ex. 083); Worcester ordered masks in all municipal buildings from August 12, 2021 (Ex. 131); Boston's City employee vaccination-verification-or-weekly-testing policy issued August 16, 2021 with compliance dates of September 20, October 4 and October 18, 2021 (Ex. 041); Somerville's Board of Health ordered masks in every indoor public location from 12:01 a.m. August 20, 2021 (Ex. 063); the Boston Public Health Commission ordered face coverings in every indoor premises open to the public from 8:00 a.m. August 27, 2021 'until rescinded' (Ex. 013, 014, 019); Brookline's Department of Public Health ordered masks in businesses and building common areas from August 27, 2021 (Ex. 150, 151); the Boston Public Health Commission imposed a temporary eviction moratorium August 31, 2021 (Ex. 040); Cambridge ordered masks in indoor public places from September 3, 2021 and amended the order September 15, 2021 (Ex. 036); Worcester's Medical Director ordered masks in all schools and required every employer in the city to report positive cases from September 7, 2021 (Ex. 130); Somerville extended its eviction moratorium to April 30, 2022 on September 9, 2021 (Ex. 066); and face coverings remained mandatory on every MBTA vehicle, station and platform under the federal conveyance order and TSA directives, with refusal grounds for removal from the system (Ex. 095). Every one of these instruments is an order 'from an appropriate governmental authority limiting commerce, travel, or group meetings' within the Suspension Clause, and the record shows no State preemption or injunction of any of them.

The six quarters

What the record shows in force in Boston on the first day and the last day of each quarter. Every exhibit named here opens its record. The orders of March 13 to 31, 2020 belong to the second quarter of 2020, because wages paid after March 12, 2020 fall in that quarter.

Quarter	First day	Last day
2020 Q2Second quarter of 2020The quarter nationally →	In force: BPHC Declaration of Public Health Emergency (Mar. 15, 2020; Ex. 001); Boston Licensing Board 50 percent capacity and 11 p.m. close for restaurants, bars and clubs (Mar. 15, 2020; Ex. 007) (overtaken by the State's on-premises consumption ban of Mar. 17); Boston non-essential construction pause (Mar. 17, 2020, 'until further notice' from Mar. 25; Ex. 004, 015); Cambridge state of emergency (Mar. 19, 2020) and Temporary Emergency Construction Moratorium Order (Mar. 18, 2020) (recited, Ex. 020, 022); Somerville Declaration of Emergency (Mar. 15; Ex. 049), Emergency Order discontinuing in-person retail and personal-care services (Mar. 22, 2020; Ex. 050), construction cessation (by Mar. 27; Ex. 054 recital), eviction moratorium (Mar. 27; Ex. 051); Provincetown stay-at-home and business-cessation order (Mar. 23, 2020; Ex. 080); Nantucket Emergency Orders No. 1 (construction suspension, Mar. 20), No. 3 (stay-at-home, Mar. 22) and Supplemental Order (Mar. 30; Ex. 122); Brockton personal-care closure (Mar. 22; Ex. 171); MBTA reduced schedule (Mar. 17; Ex. 090) and non-essential-travel notice (Mar. 23; Ex. 091). Statewide: COVID-19 Order No. 13 (Mar. 23, 2020, closing non-essential workplaces and capping gatherings at 10) and the DPH Stay-at-Home Advisory (cite State exhibits).	In force: BPHC emergency as extended Apr. 24, 2020 'until rescinded' (Ex. 002); Cambridge Second Amended Temporary Emergency Order requiring masks in all public places and businesses (June 23, 2020; Ex. 021), Amended Temporary Emergency Construction Order Amendment No. 2 (June 22, 2020; Ex. 022), Amended Temporary Emergency Restrictions on City meetings and permitted events (June 30, 2020, cancelling City-permitted events through July 30; Ex. 023), Cambridge eviction moratorium (Apr. 3, 2020; Ex. 037); Somerville universal face-covering mandate as revised June 22, 2020 (effective June 19; Ex. 053), Somerville phased construction restart (Phase One May 18, Phase Two June 1, 2020; Ex. 054), Somerville eviction moratorium (Ex. 051); Salem face coverings in essential businesses and 40 percent retail occupancy (Apr. 12, 2020; Ex. 162); MBTA face-covering requirement (May 6, 2020; Ex. 092) and reduced service; Boston Licensing Board notices (June 24, 2020 emergency hearing on Phase II standards, not saved). Statewide: Phase II Step 2 (COVID-19 Order No. 40, June 22, 2020), Order No. 31 face coverings (May 6, 2020).
2020 Q3Third quarter of 2020The quarter nationally →	In force: everything listed for June 30, 2020; Boston remained in Phase II Step 2 until July 13, 2020 while the State entered Phase III Step 1 on July 6 (Ex. 011 recital: 'The City of Boston had been in Step One of Phase Three... since July 6, 2020' is the City's later description; the Licensing Board and Mayor set July 13 for Boston's Phase III; cite State exhibits for Order No. 43).	In force: Somerville Emergency Order Extending Business Closure (July 3, 2020, keeping every closed business closed and gatherings at 10 'until further notice'; Ex. 057) as modified by the Sept. 8, 2020 limited Phase 3 Step 1 reopening (Somerville news pages, verified_secondary); Somerville universal mask mandate (Ex. 053); Cambridge Third Amended mask order (Sept. 25, 2020; Ex. 024) and Temporary Emergency Order Regarding Restaurant Operations (Sept. 25, 2020, six-person parties, bar seating only from Oct. 3 after inspection; Ex. 025); Boston Licensing Board Advisories of Aug. 10, 2020 (food with alcohol; no lines; masks while waiting) and Sept. 23, 2020 (party size stays at six; bar seating conditions) (Ex. 008, 009); Salem downtown B-5 district and parks mask zone (July 18, 2020; Ex. 160); Brockton citywide curfew 11 p.m.-5 a.m. (Aug. 22, 2020; Ex. 172); MBTA face-covering rule and rear-door boarding (Ex. 092). Statewide: Phase III Step 1 (Order No. 43), Order No. 46 (Aug. 11, 2020 gatherings), Travel Order No. 45 (Aug. 1, 2020).
2020 Q4Fourth quarter of 2020The quarter nationally →	In force: all Sept. 30 items; on Oct. 2, 2020 Cambridge ordered that it 'shall not advance to Step 2 of Phase III... until further notice' (Ex. 027), issued its Fourth Amended mask order (Ex. 028) and a Temporary Emergency Order Concerning Gatherings (Ex. 026); on Oct. 2, 2020 Salem ordered that it 'shall remain in Step 1 of Phase III' until at least Nov. 5, 2020, barred performers on the Essex Street pedestrian mall, capped parties at six and imposed a local traveler form (Ex. 161); on Oct. 5, 2020 Somerville issued its Phase III Business Operations and Phase III Gathering Limitations orders (Ex. 056, 067); Nantucket Board of Health Emergency Order No. 13 (Oct. 6, 2020, island-wide face covering; Ex. 121).	In force: BPHC Order Establishing Supplemental COVID-19 Restrictions (Dec. 14, 2020, effective Dec. 16: fitness centers, movie theaters, museums, aquariums, indoor recreation, sightseeing tours, indoor historic sites, indoor event spaces and arcades closed; restaurants without bar seating, 90-minute limit, no live entertainment; gatherings 10 indoors/25 outdoors) (Ex. 010, 011); Somerville Emergency Order Establishing Supplemental Restrictions (Dec. 15, 2020; Ex. 058); Cambridge Temporary Emergency Order Requiring a Modified Rollback to Phase II Step 2 (Dec. 23, 2020, effective 12:00 a.m. Dec. 26, 2020 to Jan. 16, 2021, fitness centers at 25 percent with 90-minute limit; Ex. 029); Brockton Executive Order of Dec. 14, 2020 (Phase 2 Step 2 from Dec. 16 for three weeks) and curfew (Ex. 172); MBTA face-covering enforcement (Nov. 6, 2020; Ex. 093) and Forging Ahead reductions approved Dec. 14, 2020 (Ex. 094); Cambridge and Somerville mask orders and eviction moratoria. Statewide: Orders No. 53-55 (Nov. 6, 2020), No. 58 (Dec. 13), No. 59 (Dec. 26, 25 percent capacity).
2021 Q1First quarter of 2021The quarter nationally →	In force: all Dec. 31, 2020 items; Boston extended its modified Phase 2 Step 2 on Jan. 5, 2021 to at least Jan. 27, 2021 (Ex. 016); Cambridge extended its rollback Jan. 12 and Jan. 29, 2021 to 12:00 a.m. Feb. 8, 2021 (Ex. 030, 031); Brockton curfew until 5:00 a.m. Jan. 25, 2021 (Ex. 170).	In force: Boston modified Phase 4 Step 1 (Mar. 22, 2021: private gatherings 10/25; public gatherings 60/100 against the State's 100/150; bars, nightclubs, beer gardens, parades, festivals, amusement parks, saunas closed 'until further notice') (Ex. 018) and the Licensing Board's Mar. 1, 2021 rules (six-person parties, 90 minutes, no live entertainment until Mar. 22) (Ex. 012); Cambridge Temporary Emergency Order Delaying Phase IV Step 1 (Mar. 22, 2021: 50 indoors/100 outdoors at event venues; Ex. 033), Phase III Step 2 order with exceptions (Feb. 26, 2021: no live music in restaurants; performance venues only after ISD inspection; Ex. 032), fitness-center requirements order (Feb. 9, 2021, recited in Ex. 035), Cambridge mask order; Somerville Emergency Order Adjusting Operational Limits (Feb. 1, 2021, limited Phase 3 Step 1 with Order No. 59 capacity limits and Appendix A; Ex. 060), Somerville mask mandate and Phase III gathering order (Ex. 053, 067), amended eviction moratorium (Feb. 1, 2021); MBTA face coverings; Forging Ahead bus and rapid-transit cuts effective Mar. 14, 2021 (Ex. 094). Statewide: Order No. 66 (Phase IV Step 1, Mar. 22, 2021).
2021 Q2Second quarter of 2021The quarter nationally →	In force: all Mar. 31, 2021 items.	In force: BPHC public health emergency declaration (Ex. 001, 002); Somerville Declaration of Emergency (Ex. 049) and Emergency Order Revoking and Replacing Moratorium on Eviction Enforcement (June 17, 2021, to Sept. 15, 2021; Ex. 064); Provincetown Joint Emergency Rule and Order (Mar. 4, 2021, 'until amended or rescinded'; Ex. 082); MBTA face coverings under federal order (Ex. 095). Not in force: Cambridge reopening orders (rescinded 12:00 a.m. May 6, 2021; Ex. 035), Cambridge face-covering and gathering orders (rescinded May 29, 2021) and eviction moratorium (rescinded June 15, 2021) (Ex. 039); Somerville Phase IV and gathering orders (rescinded May 29, 2021; Ex. 062) and face-covering mandate (rescinded Apr. 30, 2021; Ex. 065); Chelsea Board of Health orders (expired May 29, 2021; Ex. 112); Boston's capacity and gathering rules (ended with COVID-19 Order No. 69, May 29, 2021).
2021 Q3Third quarter of 2021The quarter nationally →	In force: BPHC Declaration of Public Health Emergency of Mar. 15, 2020 as extended Apr. 24, 2020 'until rescinded' (Ex. 001, 002); Somerville Declaration of Emergency (Ex. 049) and eviction-enforcement moratorium of June 17, 2021 (Ex. 064); Provincetown Joint Emergency Rule and Order of Mar. 4, 2021 (Ex. 082); MBTA systemwide face-covering requirement under 86 Fed. Reg. 8025 and TSA directives, with removal from the system for refusal (Ex. 095). Not in force: every local capacity, closure, curfew and general mask order listed above.	In force: BPHC Order Requiring Face Coverings in the City of Boston (Aug. 20, 2021, effective 8:00 a.m. Aug. 27, 2021, 'until rescinded'; Ex. 013) with the Licensing Board Advisory of Aug. 23, 2021 (Ex. 014); BPHC Temporary Order Establishing an Eviction Moratorium (Aug. 31, 2021; Ex. 040); City of Boston vaccination-verification-or-weekly-testing policy for 18,000 employees, onsite contractors and volunteers (Aug. 16, 2021; compliance Sept. 20, Oct. 4 and Oct. 18, 2021; Ex. 041); Somerville Order and Regulation Revising Face Coverings Mandate (Aug. 19, 2021, effective 12:01 a.m. Aug. 20, 2021; Ex. 063) and eviction moratorium extended Sept. 9, 2021 to Apr. 30, 2022 (Ex. 066); Cambridge Temporary Emergency Order Requiring the Wearing of Masks in Indoor Public Places (effective Sept. 3, 2021) as amended Sept. 15, 2021 (Ex. 036); Brookline Department of Public Health mask orders for businesses and building common areas (effective Aug. 27, 2021; Ex. 150, 151); Worcester Executive Orders requiring masks in all municipal buildings (Aug. 12, 2021; Ex. 131) and Emergency Orders requiring masks in all schools and employer reporting of positive cases (Sept. 7, 2021; Ex. 130); Provincetown/Barnstable County Public Health Advisory (July 19, 2021; Ex. 083); MBTA face coverings under the federal order (Ex. 095).

The end of general restrictions

The day the general business restrictions ended in Boston, the instrument that ended them, and what the record shows still in force afterward. The end of the general orders is not the end of the record: sector rules, standing duties and the federal layer continue past it.

End of general restrictions

May 29, 2021

Instrument Commonwealth: COVID-19 Order No. 69 (May 28, 2021, effective May 29, 2021), rescinding the statewide capacity, gathering and general face-covering orders; State of Emergency terminated June 15, 2021. Local: Cambridge Order Rescinding reopening orders effective 12:00 a.m. May 6, 2021 (Ex. MET-BOS-035) and rescission of the Cambridge face-covering and gathering orders as of May 29, 2021 (recited in Ex. MET-BOS-039); Somerville Emergency Order Rescissions (May 24, 2021, effective May 29, 2021) (Ex. MET-BOS-062); Chelsea Board of Health notice that all its COVID restriction orders expire May 29, 2021 (Ex. MET-BOS-112); Boston's last capacity restrictions were the modified Phase 4 Step 1 rules of March 22, 2021 (Ex. MET-BOS-018) that ran until the State's May 29, 2021 rescission.

What remained in force

The Boston Public Health Commission's Declaration of a Public Health Emergency of March 15, 2020, extended April 24, 2020 'until rescinded' (Ex. 001, 002; recited as 'in full force and effect' on Aug. 20 and Aug. 31, 2021); Somerville's Declaration of Emergency of March 15, 2020 (revoked Oct. 19, 2022) and its eviction-enforcement moratorium (Mar. 27, 2020; replaced June 17, 2021; extended Sept. 9, 2021 to Apr. 30, 2022) (Ex. 049, 051, 064, 066); Provincetown's Joint Emergency Rule and Order of March 4, 2021 'until amended or rescinded' (Ex. 082); the federal CDC conveyance mask order and TSA directives applied systemwide by the MBTA (Ex. 095; federal exhibits); then the Delta-wave local instruments of July-September 2021 listed in q3_2021_in_force.

The State and the local orders

Massachusetts did not preempt local COVID-19 orders at any time in the period. The Governor's Chief Legal Counsel issued guidance on March 24, 2020 on the scope of local authority under COVID-19 Order No. 13, and on March 29, 2020 the Governor's Legal Counsel, Legislative Director and Chief Secretary 'affirmed that local governments retain the authority to enact regulations that are more stringent than the Governor's orders, to regulate activities within their jurisdictions based on their individual circumstances' (recited in Nantucket's Supplemental Emergency Order of March 30, 2020, Ex. MET-BOS-122). Boston, Cambridge, Somerville and Nantucket kept construction moratoria in place while the State treated construction as essential (Ex. 004, 015, 020, 022, 050, 054, 122); Cambridge, Somerville, Salem and Boston delayed or refused Phase III Step 2 (Oct. 2020), Phase IV Step 1 (Mar. 2021) and imposed December 2020 rollbacks stricter than COVID-19 Orders No. 58 and 59 (Ex. 010, 026, 027, 029, 033, 056, 058, 161); every Cambridge order recites that where a State order 'contains stricter provisions than this Order, such stricter provisions shall govern' and the State orders imposed no reciprocal ceiling. After COVID-19 Order No. 69 (May 29, 2021) and the June 15, 2021 termination of the State emergency, local boards of health continued to legislate under G.L. c. 111 and 105 CMR 300.200 (Boston Aug. 20, 2021; Somerville Aug. 19, 2021; Brookline Aug. 27, 2021; Cambridge Sept. 3 and 15, 2021; Worcester Aug. 10 and Sept. 3, 2021). No injunction against any Boston-area local COVID-19 order was found in this research.

Third quarter of 2021

July 1 through September 30, 2021, the last claimable quarter: the instruments the record shows in force in Boston. An order in force on any day of the quarter is an order in force during it. The quarter nationally →

In force (16)

MET-BOS-001 and MET-BOS-002 (BPHC public health emergency, Mar. 15, 2020, extended Apr. 24, 2020 until rescinded; recited in force Aug. 20 and Aug. 31, 2021)
MET-BOS-013 (BPHC Order Requiring Face Coverings, issued Aug. 20, 2021, effective 8:00 a.m. Aug. 27, 2021)
MET-BOS-014 (Boston Licensing Board Advisory, Aug. 23, 2021: masks for all employees and patrons of licensed premises from Aug. 27, 2021)
MET-BOS-019 (City of Boston announcement of the indoor mask mandate, Aug. 20, 2021)
MET-BOS-040 (BPHC Temporary Order Establishing an Eviction Moratorium, Aug. 31, 2021)
MET-BOS-041 (City of Boston employee vaccination verification or weekly testing policy, Aug. 16, 2021; compliance Sept. 20, Oct. 4, Oct. 18, 2021)
MET-BOS-036 (Cambridge Temporary Emergency Order requiring masks in indoor public places, effective Sept. 3, 2021, amended Sept. 15, 2021; $300 fine)
MET-BOS-049 (Somerville Declaration of Emergency, Mar. 15, 2020, in force to Oct. 19, 2022)
MET-BOS-063 (Somerville Order and Regulation Revising Face Coverings Mandate, Aug. 19, 2021, effective 12:01 a.m. Aug. 20, 2021)
MET-BOS-064 and MET-BOS-066 (Somerville eviction-enforcement moratorium: June 17, 2021 order to Sept. 15, 2021; Sept. 9, 2021 order to Apr. 30, 2022)
MET-BOS-150 and MET-BOS-151 (Brookline Department of Public Health: masks required indoors in businesses and in common areas of buildings, effective Aug. 27, 2021)
MET-BOS-131 (Worcester City Manager Executive Orders: masks for all employees and visitors in municipal buildings and City indoor events, effective Aug. 12, 2021)
MET-BOS-130 (Worcester Medical Director Emergency Orders: masks in all public, private, parochial and charter schools and school transportation; employers must report positive cases; effective Sept. 7, 2021)
MET-BOS-083 (Provincetown Select Board, Board of Health and Barnstable County Public Health Advisory, July 19, 2021: unvaccinated persons required to mask indoors and in crowded outdoor areas; masks mandatory on all transportation, in health care and congregate settings)
MET-BOS-082 (Provincetown Joint Emergency Rule and Order, Mar. 4, 2021, in effect 'until amended or rescinded'; rescission date not verified)
MET-BOS-095 (MBTA: face coverings required on all vehicles, stations and platforms regardless of vaccination status under federal and State regulations; refusal grounds for removal; the federal conveyance order ran through Sept. 30, 2021 and beyond, see FED exhibits)

Sector chronology

How the orders reached each kind of business in Boston, sector by sector, in the order the record gives. Open a sector to read its chronology; every exhibit named opens its record.

Restaurants and bars

Mar. 15, 2020 Boston Licensing Board: 50 percent capacity, no lines, 11 p.m. close, takeout authorized (Ex. 007); State on-premises consumption ban Mar. 17 to June 8, 2020 (State exhibits); Boston Phase III Step 1 July 13, 2020; Aug. 11, 2020 food-with-alcohol rule enforced by the Board with license suspension (Ex. 008); Sept. 23, 2020 Boston keeps six-person parties when the State allowed ten (Ex. 009); Cambridge Sept. 25, 2020 six-person parties and bar seating only after inspection from Oct. 3 (Ex. 025); Salem Oct. 2, 2020 six-person parties (Ex. 161); Nov. 6, 2020 State 9:30 p.m. close (Order No. 53); Dec. 16, 2020 Boston: bar seating prohibited, 90-minute limit, no live entertainment, no billiards or darts (Ex. 010); Somerville Dec. 15, 2020 and Feb. 1, 2021 orders (Ex. 058, 060); Mar. 1, 2021 Boston: no percentage cap but six-person parties, 90 minutes, no live entertainment until Mar. 22 (Ex. 012); Cambridge Feb. 26, 2021: no live music in restaurants (Ex. 032); Somerville May 7, 2021: seated service only, 50 percent indoors (Ex. 061); all lifted May 29, 2021; Aug. 27, 2021 Boston: employees and patrons masked unless actively eating or drinking, including private events at licensed premises (Ex. 013, 014); Somerville Aug. 20, 2021 and Cambridge Sept. 3, 2021 the same (Ex. 063, 036).

Retail

Somerville Mar. 22, 2020: all in-person retail discontinued except groceries, hardware, liquor, bicycle shops, laundromats, dry cleaners and essential household goods (Ex. 050); Provincetown Mar. 23, 2020 all non-essential businesses cease activities at facilities (Ex. 080); Salem Apr. 12, 2020: masks in every essential business, 40 percent occupancy caps posted, no reusable bags, non-essential departments closed (Ex. 162); Somerville Apr. 10, 2020 masks in essential businesses (Ex. 052); Cambridge masks in every business open to the public from Apr. 27, 2020 through May 29, 2021 (Ex. 021, 024, 028, 034); Aug.-Sept. 2021 indoor mask orders in Boston, Somerville, Brookline and Cambridge reach every retail establishment (Ex. 013, 063, 150, 036).

Personal care

Somerville Mar. 22, 2020 hairdressers, barbers, nail salons, massage, spa, body art discontinued (Ex. 050); Brockton Emergency Order Regarding Personal Care Services after Mar. 22, 2020 (Ex. 171); State Phase II reopening; Somerville kept closed businesses closed July 3, 2020 'until further notice' (Ex. 057) and reopened by approved Health and Safety Plan from Oct. 5, 2020 (Ex. 056); Aug.-Sept. 2021 mask orders name 'personal care and fitness establishments' (Ex. 036, 111).

Fitness and entertainment

Boston delayed Phase III to July 13, 2020; Cambridge Oct. 2, 2020 order barred Phase III Step 2 enterprises (indoor performance venues, arcades, recreation) and barred fitness centers from the Step 2 capacity increases (Ex. 027); Salem Oct. 2, 2020 stayed in Step 1 (Ex. 161); Boston Dec. 16, 2020: fitness centers, movie theaters, museums, aquariums, bowling, batting cages, rock climbing, arcades, sightseeing tours and indoor event spaces closed, outdoor venues 25 persons (Ex. 010); Cambridge Dec. 26, 2020: Phase III Step 1 enterprises closed, fitness 25 percent and 90 minutes (Ex. 029), Cambridge fitness-center requirements order Feb. 9, 2021 (recited Ex. 035); Boston Mar. 1, 2021: indoor performance venues and indoor recreation closed until Mar. 22 (Ex. 017); Boston Mar. 22, 2021: performance venues 50 percent/500, stadiums 12 percent, bars, dance clubs, amusement parks, saunas closed 'until further notice' (Ex. 018); Cambridge Mar. 22, 2021 delayed Phase IV (Ex. 033); Somerville May 7, 2021: no dance floors, 50 percent (Ex. 061); masks on indoor dance floors required again in Boston from Aug. 27, 2021 (Ex. 013).

Hotels and short-term rentals

Salem Oct. 2, 2020: hotels, motels, B&Bs and short-term rental operators must notify guests of the local travel order and guests from high-risk States must complete the Salem travel form with test or quarantine (Ex. 161); Provincetown Mar. 4, 2021 joint order regulates lodging and dining for the summer season (Ex. 082); Cambridge reopening letter to short-term rentals June 8, 2020 (not saved); State Travel Order No. 45 governed Aug. 1, 2020 to Mar. 22, 2021.

Offices and telework

State Order No. 13 closed non-essential workplaces Mar. 24 to May 18/25, 2020 and Boston offices reopened at 25 percent only from June 1, 2020 under the City's Return to Workplace Framework (secondary); Cambridge mask orders required masks in commercial office buildings, industrial buildings and construction sites, with removal only when working alone (Ex. 021, 028, 034); Cambridge Sept. 15, 2021 order exempts private offices inaccessible to the public (Ex. 036); Boston Aug. 27, 2021 order reaches every indoor premises open to the public and all municipal buildings (Ex. 013); Boston City workforce vaccination-or-testing policy from Sept. 20, 2021 (Ex. 041); Worcester municipal-building mask order Aug. 12, 2021 and employer case-reporting order Sept. 7, 2021 (Ex. 131, 130).

Manufacturing

State Order No. 13 governed; Cambridge mask orders reached industrial buildings and equipment or vehicle storage yards from Apr. 27, 2020 (Ex. 021, 028); no separate local manufacturing closure found.

Construction

Boston pause on all non-essential permitted construction from Mar. 17, 2020 (sites secured by Mar. 23), 'until further notice' from Mar. 25, exceptions only for emergency, utility, health-care, shelter and habitability work by ISD or Public Works permission (Ex. 004, 015); Boston phased restart May 5 (hospitals and schools), May 18 and May 26, 2020 with a COVID-19 safety affidavit (secondary); Somerville cessation of non-emergency construction by Mar. 27, 2020 and phased restart May 18 and June 1, 2020 with Jobsite Hazard Analysis and Site Specific Safety Plan (Ex. 054); Nantucket Emergency Order No. 1 (Mar. 20, 2020) suspending all construction and commercial landscaping, reaffirmed Mar. 30, 2020 (Ex. 122); Cambridge mask orders name construction sites and equipment yards (Ex. 021, 028).

Real estate

Somerville eviction-enforcement moratorium (residential and commercial) from Mar. 27, 2020, replaced June 17, 2021 and extended Sept. 9, 2021 to Apr. 30, 2022, with 48-hour notice and masks for landlord entry and $300/$1,000 penalties (Ex. 051, 064, 066); Cambridge eviction moratorium Apr. 3, 2020 (residential and commercial; no non-essential landlord entry or showings), amended July 23, 2020 with requirements for all real estate showings of occupied units, rescinded June 15, 2021 (Ex. 037, 039); BPHC eviction moratorium Aug. 31, 2021 with 48-hour notice and masked entry (Ex. 040).

Hospitals and long-term care

BPHC declaration directs all Boston health-care partners to report to the Medical Intelligence Center (Ex. 001); Somerville ordered senior buildings to file COVID-19 safety plans Apr. 22, 2020 (order listed, not saved); Boston's Dec. 14, 2020 order recites 90 percent occupancy of non-surge adult ICU beds as the predicate (Ex. 010).

Dental and elective health care

Local orders exempt licensed health-care providers (Somerville Ex. 050, 056, 057); the State's elective-procedure orders govern (State exhibits); Cambridge issued dental emergency guidance June 24, 2020 (not saved); Provincetown advisory July 19, 2021 keeps masks mandatory in health-care facilities (Ex. 083).

Schools

Boston Public Schools closed districtwide Mar. 17, 2020 (Ex. 007); Somerville Emergency Order Requiring Testing in Schools for In-Person Learning (Nov. 2, 2020: no K-12 institution may open in person without a Board of Health-reviewed plan with ongoing testing of all staff, masks, distancing, flu-vaccine compliance) (Ex. 059); Worcester mask mandate in all public, private, parochial and charter schools and school transportation from Sept. 7, 2021 (Ex. 130).

Child care

State Order No. 10 closed child care Mar. 23, 2020 (State exhibits); Somerville's Mar. 22, 2020 closure order expressly excluded child care (Ex. 050).

Worship and gatherings

State caps (Orders No. 13, 38, 46, 52, 54, 63) governed; Somerville capped gatherings at 10 indoors and outdoors July 3 and Oct. 5, 2020 'until further notice' (Ex. 057, 067); Boston Dec. 16, 2020: all indoor gatherings 10, outdoor 25, religious gatherings excepted but subject to State worship rules (Ex. 010); Cambridge Oct. 2, 2020 gatherings order (Ex. 026) and Mar. 22, 2021 event-venue caps of 50/100 (Ex. 033); Boston Mar. 22, 2021 public gatherings 60/100 (Ex. 018); Somerville Apr. 30, 2021: private gatherings 10 indoors, events 100/150 with approved Health and Safety Plan (Ex. 055); Cambridge City-permitted events cancelled June 1 to July 30, 2020 and all prior approvals revoked (Ex. 023); Boston suspended parades and festivals through Sept. 7, 2020 (secondary) and barred road races, street festivals and parades 'until further notice' on Mar. 22, 2021 (Ex. 018); houses of worship named in the Cambridge Sept. 15, 2021 and Chelsea Dec. 2021 mask orders (Ex. 036, 111).

Courts and public offices

Massachusetts Trial Court and SJC orders are statewide (State and ECO-C exhibits); Cambridge cancelled or moved online all public meetings, hearings of the Board of Zoning Appeal, Planning Board, License Commission and Historical Commission and revoked event permits June 1 to July 30, 2020 (Ex. 023); Boston City buildings and Brockton City buildings closed to walk-in public (Brockton from Dec. 7, 2020, by appointment only; Ex. 172); Worcester masks in all municipal buildings from Aug. 12, 2021 (Ex. 131).

Travel and quarantine

MBTA reduced schedule from Mar. 17, 2020 and 'discourages all non-essential travel' Mar. 23, 2020 (Ex. 090, 091); Provincetown Mar. 23, 2020 order prohibited all travel except essential travel (Ex. 080); Nantucket restricted construction and landscaping worker travel to the island (Ex. 122); Salem local traveler form Oct. 2020 (Ex. 161); Forging Ahead cuts to commuter rail and ferry Jan. 23, 2021 and bus and subway Mar. 14, 2021 (Ex. 094); State Travel Order No. 45 (Aug. 1, 2020 to Mar. 22, 2021).

Face coverings

Somerville Apr. 10, 2020 (essential businesses and common areas; Ex. 052) and Apr. 26-27, 2020 universal mandate, $300 fine, revised June 22, 2020 for summer (Ex. 053), rescinded Apr. 30, 2021 (Ex. 065); Salem Apr. 12, 2020 essential businesses (Ex. 162) and July 18, 2020 downtown and parks (Ex. 160); Cambridge Apr. 27, 2020 order amended June 23, Sept. 25, Oct. 2, 2020 and Apr. 29, 2021 (Ex. 021, 024, 028, 034), rescinded May 29, 2021; BPHC advisory Apr. 5, 2020 (encouraged); MBTA May 6, 2020 requirement and Nov. 6, 2020 enforcement (Ex. 092, 093); Nantucket Emergency Order No. 13 Oct. 6, 2020 (Ex. 121); State Orders No. 31 (May 6, 2020), 55 (Nov. 6, 2020), 67 (Apr. 30, 2021), rescinded May 29, 2021; Delta reinstatements: Worcester municipal buildings Aug. 12, 2021 (Ex. 131), Somerville Aug. 20, 2021 (Ex. 063), Boston Aug. 27, 2021 (Ex. 013), Brookline Aug. 27, 2021 (Ex. 150, 151), Cambridge Sept. 3 and 15, 2021 (Ex. 036), Worcester schools Sept. 7, 2021 (Ex. 130); MBTA under federal order throughout (Ex. 095); Chelsea Dec. 3, 2021 (post-period; Ex. 111).

Vaccination mandates

City of Boston employees, onsite contractors and volunteers: verify vaccination or test weekly, phased Sept. 20, Oct. 4 and Oct. 18, 2021 (Ex. 041); Provincetown advisory July 19, 2021 urges venues to enforce vaccine verification (Ex. 083); Boston's B Together proof-of-vaccination order for indoor dining, fitness and entertainment (Dec. 20, 2021) and Somerville's draft Board of Health vaccination order are post-period and are not relied on.

On the calendar

Every dated instrument in the Boston file across the nineteen months from March 2020 through September 2021, in the order it took effect. A bar takes the color of the instrument's first limitation type and runs from its effective month through its end month; a fading edge marks an instrument whose end the record does not date. Point at a bar for its dates; open the bar for the record.

Emergency declaration 4Stay-at-home 4Business closure 30Capacity limit 24Gathering cap 18Face-covering requirement 30Travel and quarantine 9Schools and child care 4Health care orders 1Curfew and hours 7Alcohol and bars 9Events and venues 12Courts and public offices 2Workplace rules 28Vaccination or testing 3Quarantine and isolation 3Other 19

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Ex. MET-BOS-001 Declaration of a Public Health Emergency Relative to COVID-19 in the…Boston Public Health Commission, acting through… · Mar. 15, 2020

Declaration of a Public…

Ex. MET-BOS-007 City of Boston announcement of Mar. 15, 2020: public health emergency…Mayor Martin J. Walsh; Licensing Board for the… · Mar. 15, 2020

City of Boston announcement…

Ex. MET-BOS-049 Declaration of Emergency (local State of Emergency)Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone · Mar. 15, 2020

Declaration of Emergency…

Ex. MET-BOS-004 Temporary Guidance for Construction in the City of Boston (the Boston…City of Boston (Mayor Martin J. Walsh… · Mar. 17, 2020

Temporary Guidance for…

Ex. MET-BOS-090 MBTA schedule revisions: all services on a reduced schedule effective…MBTA (General Manager Steve Poftak) · Mar. 17, 2020

MBTA schedule revisions: all…

Ex. MET-BOS-050 Emergency Order Regarding Retail and Personal Care Services (and…Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Board of… · Mar. 22, 2020

Emergency Order Regarding…

Ex. MET-BOS-171 Emergency Order Regarding Personal Care Services (closure after March…City of Brockton (Mayor and Board of Health) · Mar. 22, 2020

Emergency Order Regarding…

Ex. MET-BOS-080 Emergency Order of the Provincetown Select Board and Board of Health…Provincetown Select Board and Board of Health · Mar. 23, 2020

Emergency Order of the…

Ex. MET-BOS-091 MBTA notice: MBTA discourages all non-essential travelMBTA · Mar. 23, 2020

MBTA notice: MBTA…

Ex. MET-BOS-110 City of Chelsea page 'Closures, Businesses, and Public Gathering…City of Chelsea (City Manager; Board of Health) · Mar. 24, 2020

City of Chelsea page…

Ex. MET-BOS-015 Extension 'until further notice' of the City of Boston order pausing…Mayor Martin J. Walsh · Mar. 25, 2020

Extension 'until further…

Ex. MET-BOS-051 Emergency Order Establishing a Moratorium on Eviction EnforcementMayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Board of… · Mar. 27, 2020

Emergency Order Establishing…

Ex. MET-BOS-122 Supplemental Emergency Order (Emergency Order No. 3 supplement)…Town of Nantucket (Select Board and Board of… · Mar. 30, 2020

Supplemental Emergency Order…

Ex. MET-BOS-020 Mandatory Guidelines for Construction During COVID-19 Pandemic for…Commissioners of Inspectional Services (Ranjit… · Apr. 2, 2020

Mandatory Guidelines for…

Ex. MET-BOS-037 Temporary Emergency Order by the Commissioner of Public Health and the…Cambridge Commissioner of Public Health and City… · Apr. 3, 2020

Temporary Emergency Order by…

Ex. MET-BOS-005 Advisory of the Boston Public Health Commission Requesting Residents…Boston Public Health Commission, Interim… · Apr. 6, 2020

Advisory of the Boston…

Ex. MET-BOS-052 Order of the Mayor in Conjunction with the Board of Health requiring…Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone in conjunction with… · Apr. 10, 2020

Order of the Mayor in…

Ex. MET-BOS-162 Emergency Order requiring face coverings in essential businesses, on…Mayor and Board of Health of the City of Salem… · Apr. 12, 2020

Emergency Order requiring…

Ex. MET-BOS-002 Order Extending Public Health Emergency Relative to COVID-19 in the…Boston Public Health Commission, Interim… · Apr. 24, 2020

Order Extending Public…

Ex. MET-BOS-006 Order Extending Advisory of the Boston Public Health Commission…Boston Public Health Commission, Interim… · Apr. 29, 2020

Order Extending Advisory of…

Ex. MET-BOS-155 Town of Brookline COVID-19 page as of May 1, 2020 (banner: 'Face…Town of Brookline · May 1, 2020

Town of Brookline COVID-19…

Ex. MET-BOS-092 MBTA face-covering requirement for all customers effective May 6, 2020…MBTA (implementing COVID-19 Order No. 31) · May 6, 2020

MBTA face-covering…

Ex. MET-BOS-054 Memorandum: Phased lifting of COVID construction restrictions…Infrastructure and Asset Management (IAM) with… · May 18, 2020

Memorandum: Phased lifting…

Ex. MET-BOS-023 Amended Temporary Emergency Restrictions on City Public Meetings, City…City Manager Louis A. DePasquale · June 1, 2020

Amended Temporary Emergency…

Ex. MET-BOS-053 Emergency Order Revising Face Coverings Mandate for Summer Months…Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Board of… · June 19, 2020

Emergency Order Revising…

Ex. MET-BOS-022 Amended Temporary Emergency Construction Order, Amendment No. 2 of…Cambridge Commissioner of Public Health (Assaad… · June 22, 2020

Amended Temporary Emergency…

Ex. MET-BOS-021 Second Amended Temporary Emergency Order Requiring the Wearing of…Cambridge Commissioner of Public Health (Assaad… · June 23, 2020

Second Amended Temporary…

Ex. MET-BOS-057 Emergency Order Extending Business ClosureMayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Board of… · July 3, 2020

Emergency Order Extending…

Ex. MET-BOS-160 Emergency Order Regarding Use of Face Coverings in the Downtown B-5…Mayor and Board of Health of the City of Salem… · July 18, 2020

Emergency Order Regarding…

Ex. MET-BOS-008 Licensing Board Advisory Regarding Governor's Executive Order…Licensing Board for the City of Boston (Kathleen… · Aug. 11, 2020

Licensing Board Advisory…

Ex. MET-BOS-172 Brockton COVID-19 Executive Orders and Announcements page: Executive…Mayor Robert F. Sullivan · Aug. 22, 2020

Brockton COVID-19 Executive…

Ex. MET-BOS-024 Third Amended Temporary Emergency Order Requiring the Wearing of Masks…Cambridge Commissioner of Public Health and City… · Sept. 25, 2020

Third Amended Temporary…

Ex. MET-BOS-009 Licensing Board Advisory Regarding Updates to the Commonwealth's…Licensing Board for the City of Boston · Sept. 28, 2020

Licensing Board Advisory…

Ex. MET-BOS-025 Temporary Emergency Order Regarding Restaurant OperationsCambridge Commissioner of Public Health and City… · Sept. 28, 2020

Temporary Emergency Order…

Ex. MET-BOS-026 Temporary Emergency Order Concerning Gatherings in the City of…Cambridge Commissioner of Public Health and City… · Oct. 2, 2020

Temporary Emergency Order…

Ex. MET-BOS-028 Fourth Amended Temporary Emergency Order Requiring the Wearing of…Cambridge Commissioner of Public Health and City… · Oct. 2, 2020

Fourth Amended Temporary…

Ex. MET-BOS-161 Emergency Order for the month of October 2020: Step 2 of Phase III…Mayor and Board of Health of the City of Salem · Oct. 2, 2020

Emergency Order for the…

Ex. MET-BOS-027 Temporary Emergency Order Delaying Step 2 of Phase III of Governor…Cambridge Commissioner of Public Health and City… · Oct. 5, 2020

Temporary Emergency Order…

Ex. MET-BOS-056 Emergency Order Regarding Phase III Business Operations (with Exhibit…Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Board of… · Oct. 5, 2020

Emergency Order Regarding…

Ex. MET-BOS-067 Emergency Order Regarding Phase III Gathering LimitationsMayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Board of… · Oct. 5, 2020

Emergency Order Regarding…

Ex. MET-BOS-121 Nantucket Board of Health Emergency Order No. 13, island-wide face…Nantucket Board of Health · Oct. 6, 2020

Nantucket Board of Health…

Ex. MET-BOS-059 Emergency Order Requiring Testing in Schools for In-Person LearningMayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Board of… · Nov. 2, 2020

Emergency Order Requiring…

Ex. MET-BOS-093 MBTA notice: face covering enforcement takes effect November 6, 2020MBTA · Nov. 6, 2020

MBTA notice: face covering…

Ex. MET-BOS-010 Order Establishing Supplemental COVID-19 Restrictions in the City of…Boston Public Health Commission, Interim… · Dec. 16, 2020

Order Establishing…

Ex. MET-BOS-011 City of Boston announcement: Boston to temporarily return to a…Mayor Martin J. Walsh (announcing the BPHC order… · Dec. 16, 2020

City of Boston announcement…

Ex. MET-BOS-058 Emergency Order Establishing Supplemental Restrictions in the City of…Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Board of… · Dec. 16, 2020

Emergency Order Establishing…

Ex. MET-BOS-029 Temporary Emergency Order Requiring a Modified Rollback to Phase II…Cambridge Commissioner of Public Health (Assaad… · Dec. 26, 2020

Temporary Emergency Order…

Ex. MET-BOS-016 City of Boston announcement extending the modified Phase 2 Step 2…Mayor Martin J. Walsh (announcing continuation… · Jan. 5, 2021

City of Boston announcement…

Ex. MET-BOS-030 Order Extending Temporary Emergency Order Requiring a Modified…Cambridge Commissioner of Public Health and City… · Jan. 16, 2021

Order Extending Temporary…

Ex. MET-BOS-094 FMCB approval of Forging Ahead short-term service reductions for FY21…MBTA Fiscal and Management Control Board (FMCB) · Jan. 23, 2021

FMCB approval of Forging…

Ex. MET-BOS-170 Executive Order - Public Health Curfew Rescission (withdrawing the…Mayor Robert F. Sullivan · Jan. 25, 2021

Executive Order - Public…

Ex. MET-BOS-031 Order Extending Temporary Emergency Order Requiring a Modified…Cambridge Commissioner of Public Health and City… · Jan. 29, 2021

Order Extending Temporary…

Ex. MET-BOS-060 Emergency Order Adjusting Operational Limits in the City of Somerville…Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Board of… · Feb. 1, 2021

Emergency Order Adjusting…

Ex. MET-BOS-012 Licensing Board Advisory Regarding Changes to Restaurant Capacity…Licensing Board for the City of Boston · Mar. 1, 2021

Licensing Board Advisory…

Ex. MET-BOS-017 City of Boston announcement: Boston enters a modified Phase 3, Step 2…Mayor Martin J. Walsh; Chief of Health and Human… · Mar. 1, 2021

City of Boston announcement…

Ex. MET-BOS-032 Temporary Emergency Order Advancing to Phase III, Step 2 of the…Cambridge Commissioner of Public Health and City… · Mar. 1, 2021

Temporary Emergency Order…

Ex. MET-BOS-082 Joint Emergency Rule and Order Imposing Certain Measures to Prevent…Provincetown Select Board and Board of Health · Mar. 4, 2021

Joint Emergency Rule and…

Ex. MET-BOS-018 City of Boston announcement: modified Phase 4, Step 1 effective March…Mayor Martin J. Walsh · Mar. 22, 2021

City of Boston announcement…

Ex. MET-BOS-033 Temporary Emergency Order Delaying Phase IV, Step 1 of the…Cambridge Commissioner of Public Health and City… · Mar. 22, 2021

Temporary Emergency Order…

Ex. MET-BOS-034 Fourth Amended Temporary Emergency Order Amending Outdoor Mask…Cambridge Commissioner of Public Health and City… · Apr. 30, 2021

Fourth Amended Temporary…

Ex. MET-BOS-055 Emergency Order Regarding Phase IV Gathering LimitationsMayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Board of… · Apr. 30, 2021

Emergency Order Regarding…

Ex. MET-BOS-065 Order Rescinding Face Coverings MandateMayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Board of… · Apr. 30, 2021

Order Rescinding Face…

Ex. MET-BOS-035 Order Rescinding the City's Emergency Orders Concerning (1)…Cambridge Commissioner of Public Health and City… · May 6, 2021

Order Rescinding the City's…

Ex. MET-BOS-061 Emergency Order Advancing to Limited Phase IV, Step I OperationsMayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Board of… · May 7, 2021

Emergency Order Advancing to…

Ex. MET-BOS-095 MBTA reminder: face coverings required on all MBTA vehicles, stations…MBTA (applying the CDC conveyance mask order, 86… · May 14, 2021

MBTA reminder: face…

Ex. MET-BOS-062 Emergency Order RescissionsMayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Board of… · May 29, 2021

Emergency Order Rescissions

Ex. MET-BOS-112 Notice that all Orders of the Chelsea Board of Health imposing COVID…Chelsea Board of Health · May 29, 2021

Notice that all Orders of…

Ex. MET-BOS-039 Order Rescinding the Amended Temporary Emergency Order Establishing a…Cambridge Commissioner of Public Health and City… · June 15, 2021

Order Rescinding the Amended…

Ex. MET-BOS-064 Emergency Order Revoking and Replacing Moratorium on Eviction…Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Board of… · June 17, 2021

Emergency Order Revoking and…

Ex. MET-BOS-083 Public Health Advisory: Provincetown Residents and Visitors Urged to…Provincetown Select Board, Provincetown Board of… · July 19, 2021

Public Health Advisory…

Ex. MET-BOS-131 Executive Orders Regarding Mandatory Face Coverings for Employees and…City Manager Edward M. Augustus, Jr. · Aug. 12, 2021

Executive Orders Regarding…

Ex. MET-BOS-063 Order and Regulation Revising Face Coverings Mandate (indoor public…Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Board of… · Aug. 20, 2021

Order and Regulation…

Ex. MET-BOS-013 Order Requiring Face Coverings in the City of BostonBoston Public Health Commission, Interim… · Aug. 27, 2021

Order Requiring Face…

Ex. MET-BOS-014 Licensing Board Advisory Regarding Updated COVID-19 Operational…Licensing Board for the City of Boston (under… · Aug. 27, 2021

Licensing Board Advisory…

Ex. MET-BOS-019 City of Boston announcement of the indoor mask mandate and Five-Point…Acting Mayor Kim Janey (announcing the BPHC… · Aug. 27, 2021

City of Boston announcement…

Ex. MET-BOS-150 Order of the Brookline Department of Public Health: masks mandated…Brookline Department of Public Health, Dr.… · Aug. 27, 2021

Order of the Brookline…

Ex. MET-BOS-151 Order of the Brookline Department of Public Health: face coverings…Brookline Department of Public Health, Dr.… · Aug. 27, 2021

Order of the Brookline…

Ex. MET-BOS-040 Temporary Order Establishing an Eviction Moratorium in the City of…Boston Public Health Commission, Interim… · Aug. 31, 2021

Temporary Order Establishing…

Ex. MET-BOS-036 Amended Temporary Emergency Order Requiring the Wearing of Masks in…Cambridge Commissioner of Public Health and City… · Sept. 3, 2021

Amended Temporary Emergency…

Ex. MET-BOS-130 Two Emergency Orders: (1) Mandating Face Coverings in Public, Private…Medical Director Michael P. Hirsh, M.D.… · Sept. 7, 2021

Two Emergency Orders: (1)…

Ex. MET-BOS-066 Emergency Order Extending Moratorium on Eviction EnforcementMayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Board of… · Sept. 9, 2021

Emergency Order Extending…

Ex. MET-BOS-041 City of Boston COVID-19 vaccination verification or weekly testing…Acting Mayor Kim Janey (City of Boston as… · Sept. 20, 2021

City of Boston COVID-19…

Ex. MET-BOS-111 Chelsea Board of Health Indoor Mask Mandate for all Indoor Public…Chelsea Board of Health · Dec. 3, 2021

Chelsea Board of Health…

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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Level	Effective	End	Quarters	Limitations	Source	File
Ex. MET-BOS-001	Declaration of a Public Health Emergency Relative to COVID-19 in the City of Boston	Boston Public Health Commission, acting through Interim Executive Director Rita Nieves	City	Mar. 15, 2020	Sept. 30, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationHealth care orders	Primary source read	PDF 975 KB
Ex. MET-BOS-007	City of Boston announcement of Mar. 15, 2020: public health emergency declared; Boston Public Schools closure from Mar. 17; Licensing Board restrictions on restaurants, bars and clubsPublic health emergency declared, details for BPS, restrictions for restaurants, bars, clubs (boston.gov…	Mayor Martin J. Walsh; Licensing Board for the City of Boston; Boston Public Schools	City	Mar. 15, 2020	Mar. 15, 2020	2020 Q2	Emergency declarationCapacity limitSchools and child careCurfew and hoursAlcohol and bars	Confirmed from a secondary source	PDF 109 KB
Ex. MET-BOS-049	Declaration of Emergency (local State of Emergency)City of Somerville, Massachusetts, Mayor, Declaration of Emergency	Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone	City	Mar. 15, 2020	Oct. 19, 2022	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Primary source read	PDF 304 KB
Ex. MET-BOS-004	Temporary Guidance for Construction in the City of Boston (the Boston construction moratorium)Temporary Guidance for Construction in the City of Boston, March 16, 2020	City of Boston (Mayor Martin J. Walsh; Inspectional Services Department; Public Works Department)	City	Mar. 17, 2020	June 30, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 48 KB
Ex. MET-BOS-090	MBTA schedule revisions: all services on a reduced schedule effective March 17, 2020 until further noticeMBTA Announces Schedule Revisions to Take Effect Tuesday, March 17 (posted March 16, 2020)	MBTA (General Manager Steve Poftak)	Sector regulator	Mar. 17, 2020	June 9, 2020	2020 Q2	Travel and quarantineOther	Primary source read	PDF 124 KB
Ex. MET-BOS-050	Emergency Order Regarding Retail and Personal Care Services (and construction)City of Somerville Mayor and Board of Health Emergency Order Regarding Retail and Personal Care Services	Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Board of Health, acting through its agent Douglas Kress, Director of Health and Human Services	City	Mar. 22, 2020	July 3, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Business closure	Primary source read	PDF 134 KB
Ex. MET-BOS-171	Emergency Order Regarding Personal Care Services (closure after March 22, 2020)Emergency Order Regarding Personal Care Services (brockton.ma.us news, March 2020)	City of Brockton (Mayor and Board of Health)	City	Mar. 22, 2020	June 30, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closure	Confirmed from a secondary source	PDF 355 KB
Ex. MET-BOS-080	Emergency Order of the Provincetown Select Board and Board of Health directing all individuals to stay at their place of residence, directing all businesses to cease non-essential operations at physical locations, prohibiting all non-essential gatherings and ordering cessation of all non-essential travelEmergency Order of the Provincetown Select Board and Board of Health, Effective March 23, 2020 at 5:00 PM	Provincetown Select Board and Board of Health	City	Mar. 23, 2020	Mar. 4, 2021	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capTravel and quarantine	Primary source read	PDF 124 KB
Ex. MET-BOS-091	MBTA notice: MBTA discourages all non-essential travelMBTA Discourages All Non-Essential Travel (posted March 23, 2020)	MBTA	Sector regulator	Mar. 23, 2020	June 30, 2020	2020 Q2	Travel and quarantineOther	Confirmed from a secondary source	PDF 367 KB
Ex. MET-BOS-110	City of Chelsea page 'Closures, Businesses, and Public Gathering Restrictions' (April 2020), including the Chelsea Emergency Order delivered to Market Basket, Compare and other large retailersClosures, Businesses, and Public Gathering Restrictions (chelseama.gov, captured April 17, 2020)	City of Chelsea (City Manager; Board of Health)	City	Mar. 24, 2020	May 29, 2021	2020 Q2	Business closureGathering capSchools and child careWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source	PDF 121 KB
Ex. MET-BOS-015	Extension 'until further notice' of the City of Boston order pausing non-essential construction on City-permitted sitesMayor Walsh extends order pausing non-essential construction work in Boston (boston.gov, March 25, 2020)	Mayor Martin J. Walsh	City	Mar. 25, 2020	May 26, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source	PDF 126 KB
Ex. MET-BOS-051	Emergency Order Establishing a Moratorium on Eviction EnforcementCity of Somerville Mayor and Board of Health Emergency Order Establishing a Moratorium on Eviction Enforcement	Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Board of Health (agent Douglas Kress)	City	Mar. 27, 2020	June 30, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Other	Primary source read	PDF 139 KB
Ex. MET-BOS-122	Supplemental Emergency Order (Emergency Order No. 3 supplement) reaffirming the construction and commercial landscaping suspension (Emergency Order No. 1, Mar. 20, 2020) and the stay-at-home order (Emergency Order No. 3, Mar. 22, 2020)Supplemental Emergency Order, March 30, 2020	Town of Nantucket (Select Board and Board of Health)	City	Mar. 30, 2020	June 30, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTravel and quarantine	Primary source read	PDF 120 KB
Ex. MET-BOS-020	Mandatory Guidelines for Construction During COVID-19 Pandemic for Contractors Working During the MoratoriumCity of Cambridge Commissioners of Inspectional Services' and Public Works' Mandatory Guidelines for…	Commissioners of Inspectional Services (Ranjit Singanayagam) and Public Works (Owen O'Riordan), City of Cambridge	City	Apr. 2, 2020	May 20, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 393 KB
Ex. MET-BOS-037	Temporary Emergency Order by the Commissioner of Public Health and the City Manager Establishing a Moratorium on Eviction Enforcement and Non-Essential Entry by Property Owners and Their Agents into Occupied Dwelling UnitsTemporary Emergency Order... Establishing a Moratorium on Eviction Enforcement and Non-Essential Entry by…	Cambridge Commissioner of Public Health and City Manager	City	Apr. 3, 2020	July 23, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Other	Primary source read	PDF 655 KB
Ex. MET-BOS-005	Advisory of the Boston Public Health Commission Requesting Residents to Stay at Home During Certain Hours	Boston Public Health Commission, Interim Executive Director Rita Nieves	City	Apr. 6, 2020	May 4, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeCurfew and hoursOther	Primary source read	PDF 113 KB
Ex. MET-BOS-052	Order of the Mayor in Conjunction with the Board of Health requiring face coverings in essential businesses and building common areasOrder of the Mayor in Conjunction with the Board of Health (face coverings), April 10, 2020	Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone in conjunction with the Board of Health (agent Douglas Kress)	City	Apr. 10, 2020	Apr. 30, 2021	2020 Q2	Face-covering requirement	Primary source read	PDF 92 KB
Ex. MET-BOS-162	Emergency Order requiring face coverings in essential businesses, on employees, in building common areas; retail occupancy limits; ice cream trucks prohibitedAdditional Emergency Order from the Salem Board of Health (April 9, 2020)	Mayor and Board of Health of the City of Salem (David Greenbaum, Health Agent)	City	Apr. 12, 2020	Sept. 30, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Business closureCapacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 214 KB
Ex. MET-BOS-002	Order Extending Public Health Emergency Relative to COVID-19 in the City of Boston	Boston Public Health Commission, Interim Executive Director Rita Nieves	City	Apr. 24, 2020	Sept. 30, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Primary source read	PDF 122 KB
Ex. MET-BOS-006	Order Extending Advisory of the Boston Public Health Commission Requesting Residents to Stay at Home During Certain HoursOrder Extending Advisory... Requesting Residents to Stay at Home During Certain Hours (Extension ordered April…	Boston Public Health Commission, Interim Executive Director Rita Nieves	City	Apr. 29, 2020	May 18, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeCurfew and hoursOther	Primary source read	PDF 103 KB
Ex. MET-BOS-155	Town of Brookline COVID-19 page as of May 1, 2020 (banner: 'Face coverings must be worn in public'; links to Voluntary Construction Suspension and Emergency Parking Rules)Brookline COVID-19 information page (brooklinema.gov/covid-19, raw Wayback capture of May 1, 2020)	Town of Brookline	City	May 1, 2020	June 30, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureFace-covering requirementOther	Confirmed from a secondary source	PDF 203 KB
Ex. MET-BOS-092	MBTA face-covering requirement for all customers effective May 6, 2020 (with rear-door boarding and disinfection protocols)Executive Order for Face Coverings Takes Effect Wednesday, May 6 (posted May 5, 2020)	MBTA (implementing COVID-19 Order No. 31)	Sector regulator	May 6, 2020	Sept. 30, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantine	Primary source read	PDF 138 KB
Ex. MET-BOS-054	Memorandum: Phased lifting of COVID construction restrictions (Somerville construction suspension and restart schedule)Phased lifting of COVID construction restrictions, 7 May 2020	Infrastructure and Asset Management (IAM) with Inspectional Services Department and OSPCD, City of Somerville (implementing the Mayor and Board of Health construction order)	City	May 18, 2020	May 18, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 158 KB
Ex. MET-BOS-023	Amended Temporary Emergency Restrictions on City Public Meetings, City Events, and City Permitted Events Due to COVID-19Amended Temporary Emergency Restrictions on City Public Meetings, City Events, and City Permitted Events Due…	City Manager Louis A. DePasquale	City	June 1, 2020	July 30, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Gathering capEvents and venuesCourts and public offices	Primary source read	PDF 1.7 MB
Ex. MET-BOS-053	Emergency Order Revising Face Coverings Mandate for Summer Months (universal mask mandate, $300 fine)City of Somerville Mayor and Board of Health Emergency Order Revising Face Coverings Mandate for Summer Months	Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Board of Health (agent Douglas Kress)	City	June 19, 2020	Apr. 30, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 175 KB
Ex. MET-BOS-022	Amended Temporary Emergency Construction Order, Amendment No. 2 of June 22, 2020City of Cambridge Amended Temporary Emergency Construction Order, Amendment No. 2 of June 22, 2020	Cambridge Commissioner of Public Health (Assaad J. Sayah, M.D.), Commissioner of Inspectional Services, Commissioner of Public Works	City	June 22, 2020	June 30, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Business closureWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 1.7 MB
Ex. MET-BOS-021	Second Amended Temporary Emergency Order Requiring the Wearing of Masks or Cloth Face Coverings in All Public Places, Businesses, and in Common Areas of Residential BuildingsSecond Amended Temporary Emergency Order Requiring the Wearing of Masks or Cloth Face Coverings in All Public…	Cambridge Commissioner of Public Health (Assaad J. Sayah, M.D.) and City Manager (Louis A. DePasquale)	City	June 23, 2020	Sept. 25, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 1.6 MB
Ex. MET-BOS-057	Emergency Order Extending Business ClosureCity of Somerville Mayor and Board of Health Emergency Order Extending Business Closure	Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Board of Health (agent Douglas Kress)	City	July 3, 2020	Oct. 5, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q4	Business closureCapacity limitGathering cap	Primary source read	PDF 170 KB
Ex. MET-BOS-160	Emergency Order Regarding Use of Face Coverings in the Downtown B-5 District and All City Owned ParksCity of Salem, Massachusetts, Board of Health, Emergency Order Regarding Use of Face Coverings in the Downtown…	Mayor and Board of Health of the City of Salem (David Greenbaum, Health Agent)	City	July 18, 2020	May 29, 2021	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 1.1 MB
Ex. MET-BOS-008	Licensing Board Advisory Regarding Governor's Executive Order Effective August 11, 2020The Licensing Board for the City of Boston's Advisory Regarding Governor's Executive Order Effective August…	Licensing Board for the City of Boston (Kathleen M. Joyce, Chairman; Lesley Delaney Hawkins, Executive Secretary and General Counsel)	City	Aug. 11, 2020	Sept. 23, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Gathering capFace-covering requirementAlcohol and barsWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 104 KB
Ex. MET-BOS-172	Brockton COVID-19 Executive Orders and Announcements page: Executive Order of Aug. 21, 2020 (citywide curfew 11 p.m.-5 a.m. from Aug. 22, 2020); Executive Order of Dec. 14, 2020 (return to Phase Two, Step Two from Dec. 16, 2020, lifted Jan. 6, 2021); City buildings closed to the public from Dec. 7, 2020City of Brockton COVID-19 page: Executive Orders and Announcements (brockton.ma.us/covid19)	Mayor Robert F. Sullivan	City	Aug. 22, 2020	Jan. 25, 2021	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Business closureCapacity limitCurfew and hoursCourts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source	PDF 1.5 MB
Ex. MET-BOS-024	Third Amended Temporary Emergency Order Requiring the Wearing of Masks or Cloth Face Coverings in All Public Places, Businesses, and in Common Areas of Residential BuildingsThird Amended Temporary Emergency Order Requiring the Wearing of Masks..., Amended on September 25, 2020	Cambridge Commissioner of Public Health and City Manager	City	Sept. 25, 2020	Oct. 2, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q4	Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 1.8 MB
Ex. MET-BOS-009	Licensing Board Advisory Regarding Updates to the Commonwealth's Safety Standards for RestaurantsThe Licensing Board for the City of Boston's Advisory Regarding Updates to the Commonwealth's Safety Standards…	Licensing Board for the City of Boston	City	Sept. 28, 2020	Mar. 1, 2021	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Capacity limitAlcohol and barsWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 115 KB
Ex. MET-BOS-025	Temporary Emergency Order Regarding Restaurant OperationsTemporary Emergency Order Regarding Restaurant Operations (September 25, 2020)	Cambridge Commissioner of Public Health and City Manager	City	Sept. 28, 2020	May 29, 2021	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Capacity limitAlcohol and barsWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 422 KB
Ex. MET-BOS-026	Temporary Emergency Order Concerning Gatherings in the City of CambridgeTemporary Emergency Order Concerning Gatherings in the City of Cambridge (October 2, 2020)	Cambridge Commissioner of Public Health and City Manager	City	Oct. 2, 2020	Mar. 22, 2021	2020 Q42021 Q1	Gathering capFace-covering requirementEvents and venues	Primary source read	PDF 1.5 MB
Ex. MET-BOS-028	Fourth Amended Temporary Emergency Order Requiring the Wearing of Masks or Cloth Face Coverings in All Public Places, Businesses, and in Common Areas of Residential Buildings (the 'October 2, 2020 Mask Order')Fourth Amended Temporary Emergency Order Requiring the Wearing of Masks..., Amended on October 2, 2020	Cambridge Commissioner of Public Health and City Manager	City	Oct. 2, 2020	Apr. 29, 2021	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 2.1 MB
Ex. MET-BOS-161	Emergency Order for the month of October 2020: Step 2 of Phase III postponed; table capacity remains six; pedestrian mall restrictions; local traveler formEmergency Order - October 2020: Step 2 Reopening Postponed; Table Capacity Remains 6; Pedestrian Mall Area…	Mayor and Board of Health of the City of Salem	City	Oct. 2, 2020	Nov. 5, 2020	2020 Q4	Business closureCapacity limitTravel and quarantineEvents and venues	Primary source read	PDF 200 KB
Ex. MET-BOS-027	Temporary Emergency Order Delaying Step 2 of Phase III of Governor Baker's Reopening Plan in the City of CambridgeTemporary Emergency Order Delaying Step 2 of Phase III of Governor Baker's Reopening Plan in the City of…	Cambridge Commissioner of Public Health and City Manager	City	Oct. 5, 2020	Dec. 23, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Business closureCapacity limit	Primary source read	PDF 1.5 MB
Ex. MET-BOS-056	Emergency Order Regarding Phase III Business Operations (with Exhibit A)City of Somerville Mayor and Board of Health Emergency Order Regarding Phase III Business Operations	Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Board of Health (agent Douglas Kress)	City	Oct. 5, 2020	Dec. 15, 2020	2020 Q4	Business closureCapacity limitWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 347 KB
Ex. MET-BOS-067	Emergency Order Regarding Phase III Gathering LimitationsCity of Somerville Mayor and Board of Health Emergency Order Regarding Phase III Gathering Limitations	Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Board of Health (agent Douglas Kress)	City	Oct. 5, 2020	Apr. 30, 2021	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Gathering capEvents and venues	Primary source read	PDF 174 KB
Ex. MET-BOS-121	Nantucket Board of Health Emergency Order No. 13, island-wide face covering order (as described on the Town's Face Covering Orders page)Face Covering Orders (nantucket-ma.gov, captured Nov. 27, 2020): 'EMERGENCY ORDER No. 13... On Tuesday…	Nantucket Board of Health	City	Oct. 6, 2020	Mar. 31, 2021	2020 Q42021 Q1	Face-covering requirement	Confirmed from a secondary source	PDF 288 KB
Ex. MET-BOS-059	Emergency Order Requiring Testing in Schools for In-Person LearningCity of Somerville Mayor and Board of Health Emergency Order Requiring Testing in Schools for In-Person…	Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Board of Health	City	Nov. 2, 2020	June 30, 2021	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Schools and child careWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read	PDF 139 KB
Ex. MET-BOS-093	MBTA notice: face covering enforcement takes effect November 6, 2020Face Covering Enforcement Takes Effect November 6 (posted November 6, 2020)	MBTA	Sector regulator	Nov. 6, 2020	Sept. 30, 2021	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantine	Confirmed from a secondary source	PDF 272 KB
Ex. MET-BOS-010	Order Establishing Supplemental COVID-19 Restrictions in the City of Boston (the Boston 'modified Phase 2 Step 2' rollback)Order Establishing Supplemental COVID-19 Restrictions in the City of Boston	Boston Public Health Commission, Interim Executive Director Rita Nieves	City	Dec. 16, 2020	Jan. 5, 2021	2020 Q42021 Q1	Business closureCapacity limitGathering capCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venues	Primary source read	PDF 115 KB
Ex. MET-BOS-011	City of Boston announcement: Boston to temporarily return to a modified Phase Two, Step Two of the Reopening Massachusetts planMayor Walsh announces Boston to temporarily return to modified Phase Two, Step Two of reopening plan…	Mayor Martin J. Walsh (announcing the BPHC order of Dec. 14, 2020)	City	Dec. 16, 2020	Jan. 5, 2021	2020 Q42021 Q1	Business closureCapacity limitGathering cap	Confirmed from a secondary source	PDF 504 KB
Ex. MET-BOS-058	Emergency Order Establishing Supplemental Restrictions in the City of Somerville (modified Phase II Step 2 rollback, with appendix)City of Somerville Mayor and Board of Health Emergency Order Establishing Supplemental Restrictions in the…	Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Board of Health	City	Dec. 16, 2020	Feb. 1, 2021	2020 Q42021 Q1	Business closureCapacity limitGathering cap	Primary source read	PDF 324 KB
Ex. MET-BOS-029	Temporary Emergency Order Requiring a Modified Rollback to Phase II, Step 2 of Governor Baker's Reopening Plan in the City of CambridgeTemporary Emergency Order Requiring a Modified Rollback to Phase II, Step 2 of Governor Baker's Reopening Plan…	Cambridge Commissioner of Public Health (Assaad J. Sayah, M.D.) and City Manager (Louis A. DePasquale)	City	Dec. 26, 2020	Jan. 16, 2021	2020 Q42021 Q1	Business closureCapacity limitGathering capEvents and venues	Primary source read	PDF 916 KB
Ex. MET-BOS-016	City of Boston announcement extending the modified Phase 2 Step 2 restrictions for at least three more weeksModified Phase 2, Step 2 of reopening plan extended in Boston (boston.gov, January 5, 2021)	Mayor Martin J. Walsh (announcing continuation of the BPHC order of Dec. 14, 2020)	City	Jan. 5, 2021	Jan. 27, 2021	2021 Q1	Business closureCapacity limitGathering capAlcohol and bars	Confirmed from a secondary source	PDF 313 KB
Ex. MET-BOS-030	Order Extending Temporary Emergency Order Requiring a Modified Rollback to Phase II, Step 2 of Governor Baker's Reopening Plan in the City of CambridgeOrder Extending Temporary Emergency Order Requiring a Modified Rollback to Phase II, Step 2..., Issued on…	Cambridge Commissioner of Public Health and City Manager	City	Jan. 16, 2021	Jan. 29, 2021	2021 Q1	Business closureCapacity limitGathering cap	Primary source read	PDF 5.5 MB
Ex. MET-BOS-094	FMCB approval of Forging Ahead short-term service reductions for FY21 (commuter rail and ferry from January 2021; bus and rapid transit from March 2021)MBTA Control Board Approves Short-Term Service Changes to Match Current Low Ridership Patterns (posted…	MBTA Fiscal and Management Control Board (FMCB)	Sector regulator	Jan. 23, 2021	June 30, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Travel and quarantineOther	Primary source read	PDF 116 KB
Ex. MET-BOS-170	Executive Order - Public Health Curfew Rescission (withdrawing the citywide 11:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. curfew)Citywide Curfew Repealed Effective January 25th at 5:00 AM (brockton.ma.us news)	Mayor Robert F. Sullivan	City	Jan. 25, 2021	Mar. 31, 2021	2021 Q1	Curfew and hoursOther	Confirmed from a secondary source	PDF 359 KB
Ex. MET-BOS-031	Order Extending Temporary Emergency Order Requiring a Modified Rollback to Phase II, Step 2... (January 29, 2021), then Phase III Step 1Order Extending Temporary Emergency Order Requiring a Modified Rollback to Phase II, Step 2 of Governor…	Cambridge Commissioner of Public Health and City Manager	City	Jan. 29, 2021	Feb. 8, 2021	2021 Q1	Business closureCapacity limitGathering cap	Primary source read	PDF 1.3 MB
Ex. MET-BOS-060	Emergency Order Adjusting Operational Limits in the City of Somerville (limited Phase 3 Step 1; Appendix A)City of Somerville Mayor and Board of Health Emergency Order Adjusting Operational Limits in the City of…	Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Board of Health (agent Douglas Kress)	City	Feb. 1, 2021	May 7, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Business closureCapacity limitWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 100 KB
Ex. MET-BOS-012	Licensing Board Advisory Regarding Changes to Restaurant Capacity RestrictionsThe Licensing Board for the City of Boston's Advisory Regarding Changes to Restaurant Capacity Restrictions	Licensing Board for the City of Boston	City	Mar. 1, 2021	Mar. 22, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venues	Primary source read	PDF 104 KB
Ex. MET-BOS-017	City of Boston announcement: Boston enters a modified Phase 3, Step 2 on March 1, 2021 with exceptionsBoston will enter modified version of Phase 3, Step 2 of the State's reopening plan on Monday (boston.gov…	Mayor Martin J. Walsh; Chief of Health and Human Services Marty Martinez	City	Mar. 1, 2021	Mar. 22, 2021	2021 Q1	Business closureCapacity limitEvents and venues	Confirmed from a secondary source	PDF 115 KB
Ex. MET-BOS-032	Temporary Emergency Order Advancing to Phase III, Step 2 of the Commonwealth's Reopening Plan with Certain ExceptionsTemporary Emergency Order Advancing to Phase III, Step 2 of the Commonwealth's Reopening Plan with Certain…	Cambridge Commissioner of Public Health and City Manager	City	Mar. 1, 2021	May 6, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Business closureCapacity limitEvents and venues	Primary source read	PDF 1.4 MB
Ex. MET-BOS-082	Joint Emergency Rule and Order Imposing Certain Measures to Prevent the Spread of COVID-19 Within the Town (revised March 4, 2021)Town of Provincetown Select Board and Board of Health Joint Emergency Rule and Order Imposing Certain Measures…	Provincetown Select Board and Board of Health	City	Mar. 4, 2021	Aug. 14, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Capacity limitGathering capWorkplace rulesOther	Primary source read	PDF 141 KB
Ex. MET-BOS-018	City of Boston announcement: modified Phase 4, Step 1 effective March 22, 2021Mayor Walsh announces Boston to move into modified Phase 4, Step 1 of the Massachusetts Reopening Plan…	Mayor Martin J. Walsh	City	Mar. 22, 2021	May 29, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Business closureCapacity limitGathering capAlcohol and barsEvents and venues	Confirmed from a secondary source	PDF 81 KB
Ex. MET-BOS-033	Temporary Emergency Order Delaying Phase IV, Step 1 of the Commonwealth's Reopening Plan and Concerning Gatherings in the City of CambridgeTemporary Emergency Order Delaying Phase IV, Step 1 of the Commonwealth's Reopening Plan and Concerning…	Cambridge Commissioner of Public Health and City Manager	City	Mar. 22, 2021	May 6, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Business closureCapacity limitGathering capEvents and venues	Primary source read	PDF 1.6 MB
Ex. MET-BOS-034	Fourth Amended Temporary Emergency Order Amending Outdoor Mask Requirements and Requiring the Wearing of Masks in All Indoor Public Places, Businesses, and in Common Areas of Residential BuildingsFourth Amended Temporary Emergency Order Amending Outdoor Mask Requirements and Requiring the Wearing of Masks…	Cambridge Commissioner of Public Health and City Manager	City	Apr. 30, 2021	May 29, 2021	2021 Q2	Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 321 KB
Ex. MET-BOS-055	Emergency Order Regarding Phase IV Gathering LimitationsCity of Somerville Mayor and Board of Health Emergency Order Regarding Phase IV Gathering Limitations	Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Board of Health (agent Douglas Kress)	City	Apr. 30, 2021	May 29, 2021	2021 Q2	Gathering capEvents and venues	Primary source read	PDF 153 KB
Ex. MET-BOS-065	Order Rescinding Face Coverings MandateCity of Somerville Mayor and Board of Health Order Rescinding Face Coverings Mandate	Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Board of Health	City	Apr. 30, 2021	June 30, 2021	2021 Q2	Other	Primary source read	PDF 146 KB
Ex. MET-BOS-035	Order Rescinding the City's Emergency Orders Concerning (1) Requirements for Fitness Center and Health Club Operations; (2) Advancing to Phase III, Step 2 with Certain Exceptions; and (3) Delaying Phase IV, Step 1 and Concerning GatheringsOrder Rescinding the City's Emergency Orders Concerning: (1) Requirements for Fitness Center and Health Club…	Cambridge Commissioner of Public Health and City Manager	City	May 6, 2021	June 30, 2021	2021 Q2	Other	Primary source read	PDF 909 KB
Ex. MET-BOS-061	Emergency Order Advancing to Limited Phase IV, Step I OperationsCity of Somerville Mayor and Board of Health Emergency Order Advancing to Limited Phase IV, Step I Operations	Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Board of Health (agent Douglas Kress)	City	May 7, 2021	May 29, 2021	2021 Q2	Business closureCapacity limitAlcohol and barsWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 148 KB
Ex. MET-BOS-095	MBTA reminder: face coverings required on all MBTA vehicles, stations and platforms regardless of vaccination status; refusal grounds for denial of boarding or removalReminder: Face Coverings Are Required on MBTA Vehicles, Stations, Platforms (posted May 14, 2021)	MBTA (applying the CDC conveyance mask order, 86 Fed. Reg. 8025, and TSA security directives)	Sector regulator	May 14, 2021	Sept. 30, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantine	Primary source read	PDF 62 KB
Ex. MET-BOS-062	Emergency Order RescissionsCity of Somerville Mayor and Board of Health Emergency Order Rescissions	Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Board of Health (agent Douglas Kress)	City	May 29, 2021	June 30, 2021	2021 Q2	Other	Primary source read	PDF 201 KB
Ex. MET-BOS-112	Notice that all Orders of the Chelsea Board of Health imposing COVID restrictions expire May 29, 2021Orders of the Chelsea Board of Health imposing COVID restrictions expires on May 29 (chelseama.gov, May 19…	Chelsea Board of Health	City	May 29, 2021	June 30, 2021	2021 Q2	Other	Confirmed from a secondary source	PDF 193 KB
Ex. MET-BOS-039	Order Rescinding the Amended Temporary Emergency Order Establishing a Moratorium on Eviction Enforcement, Establishing Requirements for Entry by Property Owners and Their Agents into Occupied Dwelling Units, and Establishing Requirements for All Real Estate Showings of Occupied Dwelling UnitsOrder Rescinding the Amended Temporary Emergency Order Establishing a Moratorium on Eviction Enforcement...…	Cambridge Commissioner of Public Health and City Manager	City	June 15, 2021	June 30, 2021	2021 Q2	Other	Primary source read	PDF 548 KB
Ex. MET-BOS-064	Emergency Order Revoking and Replacing Moratorium on Eviction EnforcementCity of Somerville Mayor and Board of Health Emergency Order Revoking and Replacing Moratorium on Eviction…	Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Board of Health	City	June 17, 2021	Sept. 15, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Face-covering requirementOther	Primary source read	PDF 143 KB
Ex. MET-BOS-083	Public Health Advisory: Provincetown Residents and Visitors Urged to Take Precautions Due to Uptick of COVID-19 CasesPublic Health Advisory, July 19, 2021	Provincetown Select Board, Provincetown Board of Health and Barnstable County Department of Health and Environment	County	July 19, 2021	July 25, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementVaccination or testingQuarantine and isolationOther	Primary source read	PDF 68 KB
Ex. MET-BOS-131	Executive Orders Regarding Mandatory Face Coverings for Employees and for Visitors in all municipal buildingsCity of Worcester to Require Masks in Municipal Buildings (worcesterma.gov, August 10, 2021)	City Manager Edward M. Augustus, Jr.	City	Aug. 12, 2021	Sept. 30, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source	PDF 90 KB
Ex. MET-BOS-063	Order and Regulation Revising Face Coverings Mandate (indoor public mask mandate)City of Somerville Mayor and Board of Health Order and Regulation Revising Face Coverings Mandate	Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Board of Health (agent Douglas Kress, Director of Health and Human Services)	City	Aug. 20, 2021	Sept. 30, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 175 KB
Ex. MET-BOS-013	Order Requiring Face Coverings in the City of Boston	Boston Public Health Commission, Interim Executive Director Rita Nieves	City	Aug. 27, 2021	Sept. 30, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 324 KB
Ex. MET-BOS-014	Licensing Board Advisory Regarding Updated COVID-19 Operational ProtocolsThe Licensing Board for the City of Boston's Advisory Regarding Updated COVID-19 Operational Protocols	Licensing Board for the City of Boston (under Acting Mayor Kim Janey)	City	Aug. 27, 2021	Sept. 30, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 113 KB
Ex. MET-BOS-019	City of Boston announcement of the indoor mask mandate and Five-Point Plan for the Delta VariantMayor Janey announces indoor mask mandate for City of Boston (boston.gov, August 20, 2021)	Acting Mayor Kim Janey (announcing the BPHC order of Aug. 20, 2021)	City	Aug. 27, 2021	Sept. 30, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementVaccination or testing	Confirmed from a secondary source	PDF 169 KB
Ex. MET-BOS-150	Order of the Brookline Department of Public Health: masks mandated indoors in businesses, effective August 27, 2021 (official notice poster)MASK REQUIRED even if you are vaccinated... Masks are mandated indoors by order of the Brookline Department of…	Brookline Department of Public Health, Dr. Swannie Jett, Director of Public Health	City	Aug. 27, 2021	Sept. 30, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirement	Confirmed from a secondary source	PDF 210 KB
Ex. MET-BOS-151	Order of the Brookline Department of Public Health: face coverings mandatory in all common areas in buildings, effective August 27, 2021 (official notice)By order of the Brookline Department of Public Health, FACE COVERINGS ARE MANDATORY IN ALL COMMON AREAS in…	Brookline Department of Public Health, Dr. Swannie Jett, Director of Public Health	City	Aug. 27, 2021	Sept. 30, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirement	Confirmed from a secondary source	PDF 360 KB
Ex. MET-BOS-040	Temporary Order Establishing an Eviction Moratorium in the City of Boston	Boston Public Health Commission, Interim Executive Director Rita Nieves	City	Aug. 31, 2021	Sept. 30, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementOther	Primary source read	PDF 93 KB
Ex. MET-BOS-036	Amended Temporary Emergency Order Requiring the Wearing of Masks in Indoor Public Places (original order effective September 3, 2021; amended September 15, 2021)Amended Temporary Emergency Order Requiring the Wearing of Masks in Indoor Public Places, Amended on September…	Cambridge Commissioner of Public Health and City Manager	City	Sept. 3, 2021	Sept. 30, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 1.0 MB
Ex. MET-BOS-130	Two Emergency Orders: (1) Mandating Face Coverings in Public, Private, Parochial and Charter Schools; (2) Requiring Employers to Report Positive Cases in the WorkplaceCity of Worcester Enacts Two Emergency Orders: Mask Mandate in All Public, Private, Parochial and Charter…	Medical Director Michael P. Hirsh, M.D., Worcester Division of Public Health (City of Worcester)	City	Sept. 7, 2021	Sept. 30, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Confirmed from a secondary source	PDF 131 KB
Ex. MET-BOS-066	Emergency Order Extending Moratorium on Eviction EnforcementCity of Somerville Mayor and Board of Health Emergency Order Extending Moratorium on Eviction Enforcement	Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Board of Health	City	Sept. 9, 2021	Apr. 30, 2022	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementOther	Primary source read	PDF 105 KB
Ex. MET-BOS-041	City of Boston COVID-19 vaccination verification or weekly testing policy for City employees, onsite contractors and volunteersVaccination mandate announced for City of Boston employees (boston.gov, August 16, 2021)	Acting Mayor Kim Janey (City of Boston as employer of 18,000 workers)	City	Sept. 20, 2021	Sept. 30, 2021	2021 Q3	Workplace rulesVaccination or testing	Confirmed from a secondary source	PDF 158 KB
Ex. MET-BOS-111	Chelsea Board of Health Indoor Mask Mandate for all Indoor Public Spaces (POST-PERIOD)Board of Health Implements Mask Mandate for all Indoor Public Spaces (chelseama.gov, December 1, 2021)	Chelsea Board of Health	City	Dec. 3, 2021	not dated		Face-covering requirement	Confirmed from a secondary source	PDF 201 KB
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Boston Public Health Commission, acting through Interim Executive Director Rita Nieves, Declaration of a Public Health Emergency Relative to COVID-19 in the City of Boston (Mar. 15, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-001)
Mayor Martin J. Walsh; Licensing Board for the City of Boston; Boston Public Schools, City of Boston announcement of Mar. 15, 2020: public health emergency declared; Boston Public Schools closure from Mar. 17; Licensing Board restrictions on restaurants, bars and clubs (Ex. MET-BOS-007)
Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone, Declaration of Emergency (local State of Emergency) (Mar. 15, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-049)
City of Boston (Mayor Martin J. Walsh; Inspectional Services Department; Public Works Department), Temporary Guidance for Construction in the City of Boston (the Boston construction moratorium) (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-004)
MBTA (General Manager Steve Poftak), MBTA schedule revisions: all services on a reduced schedule effective March 17, 2020 until further notice (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-090)
Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Board of Health, acting through its agent Douglas Kress, Director of Health and Human Services, Emergency Order Regarding Retail and Personal Care Services (and construction) (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-050)
City of Brockton (Mayor and Board of Health), Emergency Order Regarding Personal Care Services (closure after March 22, 2020) (Mar. 22, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-171)
Provincetown Select Board and Board of Health, Emergency Order of the Provincetown Select Board and Board of Health directing all individuals to stay at their place of residence, directing all businesses to cease non-essential operations at physical locations, prohibiting all non-essential gatherings and ordering cessation of all non-essential travel (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-080)
MBTA, MBTA notice: MBTA discourages all non-essential travel (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-091)
City of Chelsea (City Manager; Board of Health), City of Chelsea page 'Closures, Businesses, and Public Gathering Restrictions' (April 2020), including the Chelsea Emergency Order delivered to Market Basket, Compare and other large retailers (Mar. 24, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-110)
Mayor Martin J. Walsh, Extension 'until further notice' of the City of Boston order pausing non-essential construction on City-permitted sites (Mar. 25, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-015)
Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Board of Health (agent Douglas Kress), Emergency Order Establishing a Moratorium on Eviction Enforcement (Mar. 27, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-051)
Town of Nantucket (Select Board and Board of Health), Supplemental Emergency Order (Emergency Order No. 3 supplement) reaffirming the construction and commercial landscaping suspension (Emergency Order No. 1, Mar. 20, 2020) and the stay-at-home order (Emergency Order No. 3, Mar. 22, 2020) (Mar. 30, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-122)
Commissioners of Inspectional Services (Ranjit Singanayagam) and Public Works (Owen O'Riordan), City of Cambridge, Mandatory Guidelines for Construction During COVID-19 Pandemic for Contractors Working During the Moratorium (Apr. 2, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-020)
Cambridge Commissioner of Public Health and City Manager, Temporary Emergency Order by the Commissioner of Public Health and the City Manager Establishing a Moratorium on Eviction Enforcement and Non-Essential Entry by Property Owners and Their Agents into Occupied Dwelling Units (Apr. 3, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-037)
Boston Public Health Commission, Interim Executive Director Rita Nieves, Advisory of the Boston Public Health Commission Requesting Residents to Stay at Home During Certain Hours (Apr. 5, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-005)
Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone in conjunction with the Board of Health (agent Douglas Kress), Order of the Mayor in Conjunction with the Board of Health requiring face coverings in essential businesses and building common areas (Apr. 10, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-052)
Mayor and Board of Health of the City of Salem (David Greenbaum, Health Agent), Emergency Order requiring face coverings in essential businesses, on employees, in building common areas; retail occupancy limits; ice cream trucks prohibited (Apr. 9, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-162)
Boston Public Health Commission, Interim Executive Director Rita Nieves, Order Extending Public Health Emergency Relative to COVID-19 in the City of Boston (Apr. 24, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-002)
Boston Public Health Commission, Interim Executive Director Rita Nieves, Order Extending Advisory of the Boston Public Health Commission Requesting Residents to Stay at Home During Certain Hours (Apr. 29, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-006)
Town of Brookline, Town of Brookline COVID-19 page as of May 1, 2020 (banner: 'Face coverings must be worn in public'; links to Voluntary Construction Suspension and Emergency Parking Rules) (Ex. MET-BOS-155)
MBTA (implementing COVID-19 Order No. 31), MBTA face-covering requirement for all customers effective May 6, 2020 (with rear-door boarding and disinfection protocols) (May 5, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-092)
Infrastructure and Asset Management (IAM) with Inspectional Services Department and OSPCD, City of Somerville (implementing the Mayor and Board of Health construction order), Memorandum: Phased lifting of COVID construction restrictions (Somerville construction suspension and restart schedule) (May 7, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-054)
City Manager Louis A. DePasquale, Amended Temporary Emergency Restrictions on City Public Meetings, City Events, and City Permitted Events Due to COVID-19 (June 30, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-023)
Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Board of Health (agent Douglas Kress), Emergency Order Revising Face Coverings Mandate for Summer Months (universal mask mandate, $300 fine) (June 22, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-053)
Cambridge Commissioner of Public Health (Assaad J. Sayah, M.D.), Commissioner of Inspectional Services, Commissioner of Public Works, Amended Temporary Emergency Construction Order, Amendment No. 2 of June 22, 2020 (Ex. MET-BOS-022)
Cambridge Commissioner of Public Health (Assaad J. Sayah, M.D.) and City Manager (Louis A. DePasquale), Second Amended Temporary Emergency Order Requiring the Wearing of Masks or Cloth Face Coverings in All Public Places, Businesses, and in Common Areas of Residential Buildings (June 23, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-021)
Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Board of Health (agent Douglas Kress), Emergency Order Extending Business Closure (July 3, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-057)
Mayor and Board of Health of the City of Salem (David Greenbaum, Health Agent), Emergency Order Regarding Use of Face Coverings in the Downtown B-5 District and All City Owned Parks (July 17, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-160)
Licensing Board for the City of Boston (Kathleen M. Joyce, Chairman; Lesley Delaney Hawkins, Executive Secretary and General Counsel), Licensing Board Advisory Regarding Governor's Executive Order Effective August 11, 2020 (Aug. 10, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-008)
Mayor Robert F. Sullivan, Brockton COVID-19 Executive Orders and Announcements page: Executive Order of Aug. 21, 2020 (citywide curfew 11 p.m.-5 a.m. from Aug. 22, 2020); Executive Order of Dec. 14, 2020 (return to Phase Two, Step Two from Dec. 16, 2020, lifted Jan. 6, 2021); City buildings closed to the public from Dec. 7, 2020 (Ex. MET-BOS-172)
Cambridge Commissioner of Public Health and City Manager, Third Amended Temporary Emergency Order Requiring the Wearing of Masks or Cloth Face Coverings in All Public Places, Businesses, and in Common Areas of Residential Buildings (Sept. 25, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-024)
Licensing Board for the City of Boston, Licensing Board Advisory Regarding Updates to the Commonwealth's Safety Standards for Restaurants (Sept. 23, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-009)
Cambridge Commissioner of Public Health and City Manager, Temporary Emergency Order Regarding Restaurant Operations (Sept. 25, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-025)
Cambridge Commissioner of Public Health and City Manager, Temporary Emergency Order Concerning Gatherings in the City of Cambridge (Oct. 2, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-026)
Cambridge Commissioner of Public Health and City Manager, Fourth Amended Temporary Emergency Order Requiring the Wearing of Masks or Cloth Face Coverings in All Public Places, Businesses, and in Common Areas of Residential Buildings (the 'October 2, 2020 Mask Order') (Oct. 2, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-028)
Mayor and Board of Health of the City of Salem, Emergency Order for the month of October 2020: Step 2 of Phase III postponed; table capacity remains six; pedestrian mall restrictions; local traveler form (Oct. 2, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-161)
Cambridge Commissioner of Public Health and City Manager, Temporary Emergency Order Delaying Step 2 of Phase III of Governor Baker's Reopening Plan in the City of Cambridge (Oct. 2, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-027)
Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Board of Health (agent Douglas Kress), Emergency Order Regarding Phase III Business Operations (with Exhibit A) (Oct. 5, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-056)
Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Board of Health (agent Douglas Kress), Emergency Order Regarding Phase III Gathering Limitations (Oct. 5, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-067)
Nantucket Board of Health, Nantucket Board of Health Emergency Order No. 13, island-wide face covering order (as described on the Town's Face Covering Orders page) (Oct. 6, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-121)
Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Board of Health, Emergency Order Requiring Testing in Schools for In-Person Learning (Nov. 2, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-059)
MBTA, MBTA notice: face covering enforcement takes effect November 6, 2020 (Nov. 6, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-093)
Boston Public Health Commission, Interim Executive Director Rita Nieves, Order Establishing Supplemental COVID-19 Restrictions in the City of Boston (the Boston 'modified Phase 2 Step 2' rollback) (Dec. 14, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-010)
Mayor Martin J. Walsh (announcing the BPHC order of Dec. 14, 2020), City of Boston announcement: Boston to temporarily return to a modified Phase Two, Step Two of the Reopening Massachusetts plan (Dec. 14, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-011)
Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Board of Health, Emergency Order Establishing Supplemental Restrictions in the City of Somerville (modified Phase II Step 2 rollback, with appendix) (Dec. 15, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-058)
Cambridge Commissioner of Public Health (Assaad J. Sayah, M.D.) and City Manager (Louis A. DePasquale), Temporary Emergency Order Requiring a Modified Rollback to Phase II, Step 2 of Governor Baker's Reopening Plan in the City of Cambridge (Dec. 23, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-029)
Mayor Martin J. Walsh (announcing continuation of the BPHC order of Dec. 14, 2020), City of Boston announcement extending the modified Phase 2 Step 2 restrictions for at least three more weeks (Jan. 5, 2021) (Ex. MET-BOS-016)
Cambridge Commissioner of Public Health and City Manager, Order Extending Temporary Emergency Order Requiring a Modified Rollback to Phase II, Step 2 of Governor Baker's Reopening Plan in the City of Cambridge (Jan. 12, 2021) (Ex. MET-BOS-030)
MBTA Fiscal and Management Control Board (FMCB), FMCB approval of Forging Ahead short-term service reductions for FY21 (commuter rail and ferry from January 2021; bus and rapid transit from March 2021) (Dec. 14, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-094)
Mayor Robert F. Sullivan, Executive Order - Public Health Curfew Rescission (withdrawing the citywide 11:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. curfew) (Jan. 22, 2021) (Ex. MET-BOS-170)
Cambridge Commissioner of Public Health and City Manager, Order Extending Temporary Emergency Order Requiring a Modified Rollback to Phase II, Step 2... (January 29, 2021), then Phase III Step 1 (Jan. 29, 2021) (Ex. MET-BOS-031)
Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Board of Health (agent Douglas Kress), Emergency Order Adjusting Operational Limits in the City of Somerville (limited Phase 3 Step 1; Appendix A) (Feb. 1, 2021) (Ex. MET-BOS-060)
Licensing Board for the City of Boston, Licensing Board Advisory Regarding Changes to Restaurant Capacity Restrictions (Mar. 1, 2021) (Ex. MET-BOS-012)
Mayor Martin J. Walsh; Chief of Health and Human Services Marty Martinez, City of Boston announcement: Boston enters a modified Phase 3, Step 2 on March 1, 2021 with exceptions (Feb. 26, 2021) (Ex. MET-BOS-017)
Cambridge Commissioner of Public Health and City Manager, Temporary Emergency Order Advancing to Phase III, Step 2 of the Commonwealth's Reopening Plan with Certain Exceptions (Feb. 26, 2021) (Ex. MET-BOS-032)
Provincetown Select Board and Board of Health, Joint Emergency Rule and Order Imposing Certain Measures to Prevent the Spread of COVID-19 Within the Town (revised March 4, 2021) (Mar. 4, 2021) (Ex. MET-BOS-082)
Mayor Martin J. Walsh, City of Boston announcement: modified Phase 4, Step 1 effective March 22, 2021 (Mar. 19, 2021) (Ex. MET-BOS-018)
Cambridge Commissioner of Public Health and City Manager, Temporary Emergency Order Delaying Phase IV, Step 1 of the Commonwealth's Reopening Plan and Concerning Gatherings in the City of Cambridge (Mar. 22, 2021) (Ex. MET-BOS-033)
Cambridge Commissioner of Public Health and City Manager, Fourth Amended Temporary Emergency Order Amending Outdoor Mask Requirements and Requiring the Wearing of Masks in All Indoor Public Places, Businesses, and in Common Areas of Residential Buildings (Apr. 29, 2021) (Ex. MET-BOS-034)
Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Board of Health (agent Douglas Kress), Emergency Order Regarding Phase IV Gathering Limitations (Apr. 30, 2021) (Ex. MET-BOS-055)
Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Board of Health, Order Rescinding Face Coverings Mandate (Apr. 30, 2021) (Ex. MET-BOS-065)
Cambridge Commissioner of Public Health and City Manager, Order Rescinding the City's Emergency Orders Concerning (1) Requirements for Fitness Center and Health Club Operations; (2) Advancing to Phase III, Step 2 with Certain Exceptions; and (3) Delaying Phase IV, Step 1 and Concerning Gatherings (Apr. 29, 2021) (Ex. MET-BOS-035)
Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Board of Health (agent Douglas Kress), Emergency Order Advancing to Limited Phase IV, Step I Operations (Apr. 30, 2021) (Ex. MET-BOS-061)
MBTA (applying the CDC conveyance mask order, 86 Fed. Reg. 8025, and TSA security directives), MBTA reminder: face coverings required on all MBTA vehicles, stations and platforms regardless of vaccination status; refusal grounds for denial of boarding or removal (May 14, 2021) (Ex. MET-BOS-095)
Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Board of Health (agent Douglas Kress), Emergency Order Rescissions (May 24, 2021) (Ex. MET-BOS-062)
Chelsea Board of Health, Notice that all Orders of the Chelsea Board of Health imposing COVID restrictions expire May 29, 2021 (May 19, 2021) (Ex. MET-BOS-112)
Cambridge Commissioner of Public Health and City Manager, Order Rescinding the Amended Temporary Emergency Order Establishing a Moratorium on Eviction Enforcement, Establishing Requirements for Entry by Property Owners and Their Agents into Occupied Dwelling Units, and Establishing Requirements for All Real Estate Showings of Occupied Dwelling Units (June 15, 2021) (Ex. MET-BOS-039)
Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Board of Health, Emergency Order Revoking and Replacing Moratorium on Eviction Enforcement (June 17, 2021) (Ex. MET-BOS-064)
Provincetown Select Board, Provincetown Board of Health and Barnstable County Department of Health and Environment, Public Health Advisory: Provincetown Residents and Visitors Urged to Take Precautions Due to Uptick of COVID-19 Cases (July 19, 2021) (Ex. MET-BOS-083)
City Manager Edward M. Augustus, Jr, Executive Orders Regarding Mandatory Face Coverings for Employees and for Visitors in all municipal buildings (Aug. 10, 2021) (Ex. MET-BOS-131)
Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Board of Health (agent Douglas Kress, Director of Health and Human Services), Order and Regulation Revising Face Coverings Mandate (indoor public mask mandate) (Aug. 19, 2021) (Ex. MET-BOS-063)
Boston Public Health Commission, Interim Executive Director Rita Nieves, Order Requiring Face Coverings in the City of Boston (Aug. 20, 2021) (Ex. MET-BOS-013)
Licensing Board for the City of Boston (under Acting Mayor Kim Janey), Licensing Board Advisory Regarding Updated COVID-19 Operational Protocols (Aug. 23, 2021) (Ex. MET-BOS-014)
Acting Mayor Kim Janey (announcing the BPHC order of Aug. 20, 2021), City of Boston announcement of the indoor mask mandate and Five-Point Plan for the Delta Variant (Aug. 20, 2021) (Ex. MET-BOS-019)
Brookline Department of Public Health, Dr. Swannie Jett, Director of Public Health, Order of the Brookline Department of Public Health: masks mandated indoors in businesses, effective August 27, 2021 (official notice poster) (Aug. 27, 2021) (Ex. MET-BOS-150)
Brookline Department of Public Health, Dr. Swannie Jett, Director of Public Health, Order of the Brookline Department of Public Health: face coverings mandatory in all common areas in buildings, effective August 27, 2021 (official notice) (Aug. 27, 2021) (Ex. MET-BOS-151)
Boston Public Health Commission, Interim Executive Director Rita Nieves, Temporary Order Establishing an Eviction Moratorium in the City of Boston (Aug. 31, 2021) (Ex. MET-BOS-040)
Cambridge Commissioner of Public Health and City Manager, Amended Temporary Emergency Order Requiring the Wearing of Masks in Indoor Public Places (original order effective September 3, 2021; amended September 15, 2021) (Sept. 15, 2021) (Ex. MET-BOS-036)
Medical Director Michael P. Hirsh, M.D., Worcester Division of Public Health (City of Worcester), Two Emergency Orders: (1) Mandating Face Coverings in Public, Private, Parochial and Charter Schools; (2) Requiring Employers to Report Positive Cases in the Workplace (Sept. 3, 2021) (Ex. MET-BOS-130)
Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Board of Health, Emergency Order Extending Moratorium on Eviction Enforcement (Sept. 9, 2021) (Ex. MET-BOS-066)
Acting Mayor Kim Janey (City of Boston as employer of 18,000 workers), City of Boston COVID-19 vaccination verification or weekly testing policy for City employees, onsite contractors and volunteers (Aug. 16, 2021) (Ex. MET-BOS-041)
Chelsea Board of Health, Chelsea Board of Health Indoor Mask Mandate for all Indoor Public Spaces (POST-PERIOD) (Dec. 1, 2021) (Ex. MET-BOS-111)