New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › Subtitle A - Governor's Office › Chapter I - Executive Orders › Part 4 - Executive Orders (Mario M. Cuomo) › Section 4.121 - Executive order no. 121: declaring a disaster emergency in the counties of delaware, dutchess, greene, orange, otsego, putnam, rockland, schoharie, sullivan, ulster and westchester, the city of new york, and contiguous areas

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
WHEREAS, during the period March 1988-February 1989
					 consistently below normal precipitation has caused critical reservoir water
					 storage shortfalls, reduced streamflows and below average groundwater levels in
					 the State Drought Region II, comprised of the Counties of Delaware, Dutchess,
					 Greene, Orange, Otsego, Putnam, Rockland, Schoharie, Sullivan, Ulster and
					 Westchester, the City of New York and contiguous areas; and
WHEREAS, there is no snow pack in the Catskills to
					 contribute normal spring snow melt runoff into the major water supply
					 reservoirs in area; and
WHEREAS, the National Weather Service outlook for the key
					 spring runoff months of March-May is for a 55 percent chance of below normal
					 precipitation; and
WHEREAS, these conditions will result in further shortages
					 of available water supplies and necessitate restrictions on public and private
					 water usage, thereby causing hardship for residential, business and industrial
					 communities, and threatening the public health, safety and welfare;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Mario M. Cuomo, Governor of the State of
					 New York, do hereby find that, as a result of the continuing water shortages, a
					 disaster situation exists for which the affected local governments are unable
					 to respond adequately and, pursuant to the authority vested in me by the
					 Constitution, the Laws of the State of New York and section 28 of article 2-E
					 of the Executive Law, I hereby declare a disaster emergency, effective March
					 16, 1989, for the Counties of Delaware, Dutchess, Greene, Orange, Otsego,
					 Putnam, Rockland, Schoharie, Sullivan, Ulster and Westchester, the City of New
					 York and contiguous areas.
FURTHER, pursuant to section 29 of article 2-B of the State
					 Executive Law, I hereby direct the implementation of the State Disaster
					 Preparedness Plan and applicable portions of the State Drought Preparedness
					 Plan, and authorize the State Emergency Management Office, the State Department
					 of Environmental Conservation, the State Department of Health, and other State
					 agencies as necessary to take all appropriate actions to provide assistance to
					 those affected localities in protecting the public health and safety.
					 Consistent with this objective, such plan shall, to the extent practicable,
					 protect natural resources and promote conservation of potable water
					 supplies.
FURTHER, I hereby enjoin all affected communities in the
					 State to prepare and/or update their drought disaster plans and to undertake
					 all reasonable efforts to increase public awareness of the continuing water
					 shortage as well as to implement both voluntary and mandatory water
					 conservation measures and, to the extent practicable, protect natural
					 resources.
Signed: Mario M. CuomoDated: March 16, 1989
[FN*] [Revoked by Executive Order No. 30 (George E.
					 Pataki), infra.]
[FN[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.]