The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- New York
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Executive Law 29-a
- Issued
- 2020-03-27 Mar. 27, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-27 (directives 'through April 26, 2020') (read as 2020-03-27)
- End
- School closure extended by EO 202.14 and 202.18; enforcement and DOH-supremacy directives continued with the 202 series to June 25, 2021 (read as 2021-06-25)
- In force
- Mar. 27, 2020 to June 25, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Schools and child careCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesOther
- Addressees
- all schools
- owners, operators and occupants of any facility or space subject to an occupancy or operation limit
- State, county and local police and code enforcement officials
- local boards and departments of health
- Department of State licensees
- Functions reached
- WF workforce (schools closed to Apr. 15)
- SF, DR, FC, PE premises (occupancy enforcement)
- HR licensing (Department of State license renewals extended)
- CB
- Collection
- New York NY
Operative words
all schools shall remain closed until April 15, 2020... During the period when an Executive Order limiting operation of a type of facility or limiting the number of persons who may occupy any space is in effect, any operation of such a facility or occupancy of any such space by more than the number of persons allowed by said Executive Order shall be deemed to be a violation of law and in particular... a violation of the Uniform Code or other local building code... any state, county, or local police officer... is authorized to remove persons from such space or facility... [and code officials may issue] an appearance ticket, a Notice of Violation, an Order to Remedy such violation, which shall require immediate compliance, and/or a Do Not Occupy Order... Any guidance issued by the New York State Department of Health related to prevention and infection control of COVID-19 shall be effective immediately and shall supersede... any guidance issued by any local board of health, any local department of health, or any other political subdivision of the State
Enforcement
Uniform Code and local building codes; police removal; appearance tickets; Orders to Remedy; Do Not Occupy Orders (all stated in the order)
Notes
Extended Department of State licenses (real estate brokers, appraisers, security guards, cosmetologists and others under General Business Law and Real Property Law articles) to the 30th day after the order's expiration; extended vehicle inspections