{"id":"SEC-14-014","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"New York","state":"NY","metro":"","industry":"14","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Empire State Development Corporation (under EO 202.6 and 202.8)","authority":"EO 202.6 (Mar. 18, 2020) delegation to ESD","instrument":"Guidance for Determining Whether a Business Enterprise is Subject to a Workforce Reduction Under Recent Executive Orders (real estate clause added Apr. 9, 2020)","title":"ESD essential business guidance","dateIssued":"2020-04-09","effective":"","end":"Phase 2 by region (May 29-June 22, 2020) for in-person showings; guidance superseded by NY Forward","startDate":"2020-04-09","endDate":"2020-06-22","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["TELE","CLOSE"],"addressees":["real estate services businesses"],"clause":"Real estate services shall be conducted remotely for all transactions, including but not limited to title searches, appraisals, permitting, inspections, and the recordation, legal, financial and other services necessary to complete a transfer of real property; provided, however, that any services and parts therein may be conducted in-person only to the extent legally necessary and in accordance with appropriate social distancing and cleaning/disinfecting protocols; and nothing within this provision should be construed to allow brokerage and branch offices to remain open to the general public (i.e. not clients).","enforcement":"EO 202.8; N.Y. Exec. Law 29-a; Public Health Law 12","functions":["SH in-person showings prohibited","LS","AP","CL","OP"],"notes":"","sourceUrl":"https://esd.ny.gov/guidance-executive-order-2026","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200415003503/https://esd.ny.gov/guidance-executive-order-2026","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":321315,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"SEC-14","url":"/library/SEC-14-014","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SEC-14-014","citation":"Empire State Development Corporation (under EO 202.6 and 202.8), Guidance for Determining Whether a Business Enterprise is Subject to a Workforce Reduction Under Recent Executive Orders (real estate clause added Apr. 9, 2020) (Ex. SEC-14-014)","stateName":"New York","related":[]}