The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- New York
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Executive Law 28, 29-a; Public Health Law 12, 12-a, 206
- Issued
- 2020-10-06 Oct. 6, 2020
- Effective
- 'effective immediately, and... shall be enforced no later than Friday, October 9, 2020'; continues the emergency and directives through Nov. 5, 2020 (read as 2020-10-09)
- End
- Zone regime modified (EO 202.79, Dec. 2, 2020: schools; EO 202.81, Dec. 11: orange-zone gyms and personal care) and discontinued by EO 202.106 (May 6, 2021) (read as 2021-06-30)
- In force
- Oct. 9, 2020 to June 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Business closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capSchools and child careAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules
- Addressees
- all non-essential businesses, houses of worship, restaurants, schools, gyms and personal care services within DOH-designated red, orange and yellow zones
- any individual who encourages, promotes or organizes a non-essential gathering
- local governments
- Functions reached
- OF (100 percent reduction in red zones)
- DR/BA (takeout only; outdoor only)
- WS worship
- FC gyms
- SL personal care
- IN schools
- GATH
- CB
- Collection
- New York NY
Operative words
in the most severe, or 'red zones,'... Non-essential gatherings of any size shall be postponed or cancelled; all non-essential businesses, as determined by the Empire State Development Corporation based upon published guidance, shall reduce in-person workforce by 100%; houses of worship shall be subject to a capacity limit of 25% of maximum occupancy or 10 people, whichever is fewer; any restaurant or tavern shall cease serving patrons food or beverage on-premises and may be open for takeout or delivery only; and the local Department of Health shall direct closure of all schools for in-person instruction... 'orange zones'... Non-essential gatherings shall be limited to 10 people; certain non-essential businesses... including gyms, fitness centers or classes, barbers, hair salons, spas, tattoo or piercing parlors, nail technicians and nail salons, cosmetologists, estheticians,... shall reduce in-person workforce by 100%; houses of worship... 33% of maximum occupancy or 25 people... any restaurant or tavern shall cease serving patrons food or beverage inside on-premises... 'yellow zones'... Non-essential gatherings shall be limited to no more than 25 people; houses of worship... 50%... any restaurant or tavern must limit any one seated group or party size to 4 people; and... mandatory testing of students and school personnel
Enforcement
Public Health Law 12 and 206 modified: 'any individual who encourages, promotes or organizes a non-essential gathering... shall be liable for a civil penalty not to exceed $15,000 per day'; local officials may assess and retain civil penalties up to $1,000 per violation for distancing and face-covering violations
Notes
Zones designated by DOH in Brooklyn, Queens, Rockland, Orange, Broome (Oct. 2020) and later Erie, Monroe, Onondaga, Westchester, Staten Island and Manhattan
Retrieval noteSignature date not printed in the rendered text; Oct. 6, 2020 from the thirty-day continuation 'through November 5, 2020' and contemporaneous accounts.