The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- New York
- Level
- State
- Authority
- N.Y. Exec. Law s. 29-a (as amended by ch. 23 of 2020); EO 202.6 and 202.8 (non-essential business closure); EO 202.31 and successors conditioning reopening on 'adherence to Department of Health guidance' (NY-022)
- Issued
- 2020-06-22 June 22, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-06-23 (Phase Two regions; New York City July 6, 2020 with Phase Three) - 'When you have read this document, you can affirm at the bottom' (read as 2020-06-23)
- End
- 2021-06-15 / 2021-06-25 (industry guidance lifted with EO 202.111 and the rescission of the EO 202 series, NY-057, NY-049) (read as 2021-06-15)
- In force
- June 23, 2020 to June 15, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Telework mandateCapacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation
- Addressees
- owners and managers of film, television, music and other media production businesses and their employees, contractors and vendors
- Functions reached
- FP film, television and commercial production (crew caps, testing, screening, cohorts)
- AV staging, lighting and sound
- EN performers
- HR hiring and screening
- OP production offices under office guidance
- WF workforce
- CB studios, networks and advertisers
- Collection
- Weddings, Events and Production Services SEC-25
Operative words
For the purpose of this guidance, 'media production activities' encompass all activities undertaken in motion picture, music, television, and streaming productions on set, on location, or at any production or recording site... any activities taking place in offices must operate in accordance with 'Interim Guidance for Office-Based Work'...; any activities related to construction must operate in accordance with 'Interim Guidance for Construction Activities'...; any activities related to hair and make-up must operate in accordance with 'Interim Guidance for Hair Salons and Barbershops'... and 'Interim Guidance for Personal Care Services'...; any activities related to food services must operate in accordance with 'Interim Guidance for Food Services'...; and any activities related to real estate for locations or property scouting must operate in accordance with 'Interim Guidance for Real Estate Services'... These guidelines are minimum requirements only... The Responsible Parties - as defined below - are accountable for adhering to all local, state and federal requirements relative to media production.
Enforcement
Reopening conditioned on affirmation and compliance under the Executive Orders (EO 202.31 et seq.); N.Y. Pub. Health Law s. 12 civil penalties and Exec. Law s. 29-a directives
Notes
The Background section recites EO 202 (Mar. 7, 2020), EO 202.6 (Mar. 20: 'directing all non-essential businesses to close in-office personnel functions'), EO 202.16, 202.17 and 202.18 (face coverings), so the document is the State's own account that media production was closed as non-essential from Mar. 22, 2020 and reopened only under these conditions.
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