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 5.60 - Executive Order No. 60: Declaring a Disaster Emergency in the Counties of Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Jefferson and St. Lawrence and Contiguous Areas. [**][DAGGER]

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
WHEREAS, beginning on January 7, 1998, a severe storm
					 system with a combination of rain, freezing rain, and ice caused widespread
					 power outages and disrupted vital transportation and public safety systems in
					 the counties of Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Jefferson, and St. Lawrence;
					 and
WHEREAS, this event resulted in personal hardship and
					 damage to residential and commercial property, and it continues to pose a
					 threat to the public health and safety;
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 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, 1998, within the territorial boundaries of the counties of
					 Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Jefferson and St. Lawrence and their contiguous
					 areas;
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, 1998, the State Emergency Management
					 Office, the State Department of Transportation, the State Police, the State
					 Division of Military and Naval Affairs, the State Department of Environmental
					 Conservation, the Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, the
					 State Department of Correctional Services, the Public Service Commission 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 the public health and
					 safety; and
FURTHER, I have designated Edward F. Jacoby, Jr., Director
					 of the State Emergency Management Office, as the State Coordinating Officer for
					 this disaster emergency.
Signed: George E. Pataki
Dated: January 8, 1998
Executive Order No. 60.1
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[DOUBLE DAGGER]
*
Declaring a Disaster Emergency in the Counties of
					 Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Jefferson, St. Lawrence, Lewis and Contiguous
					 Areas.
WHEREAS, beginning on January 7, 1998, a severe storm
					 system with a combination of rain, freezing rain, and ice caused widespread
					 power outages and disrupted vital transportation and public safety systems in
					 the counties of Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Jefferson, St. Lawrence and Lewis;
					 and
WHEREAS, this event resulted in personal hardship and
					 damage to residential and commercial property, and it continues to pose a
					 threat to the public health and safety;
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 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, 1998, within the territorial boundaries of the counties of
					 Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Jefferson, St. Lawrence and Lewis and their
					 contiguous areas;
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, 1998, the State Emergency Management
					 Office, the State Department of Transportation, the State Police, the State
					 Division of Military and Naval Affairs, the State Department of Environmental
					 Conservation, the Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, the
					 State Department of Correctional Services, the Public Service Commission 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 the public health and
					 safety; and
FURTHER, I have designated Edward F. Jacoby, Jr., Director
					 of the State Emergency Management Office, as the State Coordinating Officer for
					 this disaster emergency.
Signed: George E. Pataki
Dated: January 10, 1998
Footnotes
** [Superseded by Executive
					 Order No. 60.1 (George E. Pataki),
infra.
]
[DAGGER] [Supersedes Executive
					 Order No. 60 (George E. Pataki),
supra.
]
[DOUBLE DAGGER] [Rescinded by
					 Executive Order No. 77 (George E. Pataki),
infra.
]
* [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.
]