New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › Subtitle A - Governor's Office › Chapter I - Executive Orders › Part 5 - Executive Orders (George E. Pataki) › Section 5.21 - Executive Order No. 21: Declaring a Disaster Emergency in New York City and the Counties of Westchester, Putnam, Rockland, Orange, Nassau, and Suffolk. [*][DAGGER]

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
WHEREAS, beginning on January 7, 1996, excessive snowfall
					 combined with high winds and extreme cold are creating blizzard conditions
					 which are causing personal hardship, damage to residential and commercial
					 properties, as well as the disruption of vital public transportation and public
					 safety systems within New York City and the counties of Westchester, Putnam,
					 Rockland, Orange, Nassau, and Suffolk; and
WHEREAS, the National Weather Service has predicted that up
					 to two feet or more of snow could accumulate in the affected areas by midday
					 January 8, 1996, making this one of the most powerful snowstorms of the
					 century; and continued weather conditions may cause severe coastal erosion and
					 pose a threat to flood protection structures;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE E. PATAKI, Governor of the State
					 of New York, do hereby find that a disaster has occurred for which the affected
					 local governments are unable to respond adequately. Therefore, pursuant to the
					 authority vested in me by the Constitution, the Laws of the State of New York
					 and section 28 of article 2-B of the Executive Law, I hereby declare a disaster
					 emergency, effective January 7, 1996, within the territorial boundaries of New
					 York City and the counties of Westchester, Putnam, Rockland, Orange, Nassau,
					 and Suffolk.
FURTHER, pursuant to section 29 of article 2-B of the
					 Executive Law, I direct implementation of the State Disaster Preparedness Plan
					 and authorize, effective January 7, 1996, the State Emergency Management
					 Office, the State Department of Transportation, and other State agencies as
					 necessary, to take appropriate actions to assist those affected counties in
					 restoring vital public transportation systems and to provide such other
					 assistance as necessary to protect public health and safety.
Signed: George E. Pataki
Dated: January 7, 1996
Executive Order No. 21.1
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Declaring a Disaster Emergency in New York City, the
					 Counties of Westchester, Putnam, Rockland, Orange, Nassau, Suffolk, Sullivan,
					 Dutchess, Ulster, Columbia, and Their Contiguous Areas.
WHEREAS, beginning on January 7, 1996, excessive snowfall
					 combined with high winds and extreme cold are creating blizzard conditions
					 which are causing personal hardship, damage to residential and commercial
					 properties, as well as the disruption of vital public transportation and public
					 safety systems within New York City, the counties of Westchester, Putnam,
					 Rockland, Orange, Nassau, Suffolk, Sullivan, Dutchess, Ulster, Columbia, and
					 their contiguous areas; and
WHEREAS, the National Weather Service has declared this one
					 of the most powerful snowstorms of the century; snow accumulation exceeds two
					 feet in some of the affected areas, with drifts as high as 20 feet at the
					 metropolitan area airports; and continued weather conditions may cause severe
					 coastal erosion and pose a threat to flood protection structures;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE E. PATAKI, Governor of the State
					 of New York, do hereby find that a disaster has occurred for which the affected
					 local governments are unable to respond adequately. Therefore, pursuant to the
					 authority vested in me by the Constitution, the Laws of the State of New York
					 and section 28 of article 2-B of the Executive Law, I hereby declare a disaster
					 emergency, effective January 7, 1996, within the territorial boundaries of New
					 York City, the counties of Westchester, Putnam, Rockland, Orange, Nassau,
					 Suffolk, Sullivan, Dutchess, Ulster, Columbia, and their contiguous areas;
					 and
FURTHER, pursuant to section 29 of article 2-B of the
					 Executive Law, I direct implementation of the State Disaster Preparedness Plan
					 and authorize, effective January 7, 1996, the State Emergency Management
					 Office, the State Department of Transportation, and other State agencies as
					 necessary, to take appropriate actions to assist those affected counties in
					 restoring vital public transportation systems and to provide such other
					 assistance as necessary to protect public health and safety.
Signed: George E. Pataki
Dated: January 8, 1996
Footnotes
* Superseded by Executive Order
					 No. 21.1,
infra.
[DOUBLE DAGGER] Supersedes
					 Executive Order No. 21,
supra.
[DAGGER] [Revoked by Executive
					 Order No. 5 (Eliot Spitzer),
infra.
] [Revoked by Executive
					 Order No. 9 (David A. Paterson),
infra.
] [Revoked by Executive
					 Order No. 2 (Andrew M. Cuomo),
infra.
]