New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › Subtitle A - Governor's Office › Chapter I - Executive Orders › Part 8 - Executive Orders (Andrew M. Cuomo) › Section 8.79 - Executive Order No. 79: Temporary Suspension of Provisions Relating to State Contracts and for the Repair of State Facilities for the State Disaster Emergency

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
WHEREAS, on October 26, 2012, I issued Executive Order
					 Number 47, declaring a disaster emergency in all 62 counties in the State of
					 New York;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, ANDREW M. CUOMO, Governor of the State
					 of New York, by virtue of the authority vested in me by Section 29-a of Article
					 2-B of the Executive Law to temporarily suspend specific provisions of any
					 statute, local law, ordinance, orders, rules or regulations, or parts thereof,
					 of any agency during a State disaster emergency, if compliance with such
					 provisions would prevent, hinder or delay action necessary to cope with the
					 disaster, hereby temporarily suspend, for the period the disaster emergency was
					 declared pursuant to Executive Order Number 47, issued on October 26, 2012,
					 until further notice, the following laws:
Section 3  of the Public Buildings Law, to the extent the
					 Commissioner of General Services determines it necessary to lease space for
					 relocation and support of ongoing operations of State agencies, departments,
					 commissions, boards and officers;
Section 9 (2) and (4)  of the Public Buildings Law, to the
					 extent the Commissioner of General Services determines it necessary to
					 authorize the award of emergency contracts and/or to combine design and
					 construction services in contracts and/or to use such contracts and services
					 when needed at a threshold above three hundred thousand dollars;
Sections 135 and 136-a  of the State Finance Law, to the
					 extent the Commissioner of General Services determines it necessary to combine
					 design and construction services in one contract and/or to obtain design and
					 construction inspection services;
Section 163  of the State Finance Law, to the extent that
					 the Commissioner of General Services may enter into contracts and purchase
					 necessary commodities, services, technology and materials without following the
					 standard procurement processes;
Section 112  of the State Finance Law, to the extent
					 consistent with Article V, Section
					 1 of the State Constitution, and to
					 the extent that the Commissioner of General Services determines it necessary to
					 add additional work, sites and time to State contracts, to award leases for
					 relocation and support of state operations under Public Buildings Law Section
					 3, to award emergency contracts under Public Buildings Law Section 9, to award
					 emergency contracts for professional services under Section 136-a  of the State
					 Finance Law and to award emergency contracts for commodities, services,
					 technology and materials pursuant to Section 163  of the State Finance Law;
					 and
Article 8 of the Environmental Conservation Law, and Part
					 15 of Title 17 and Part 617 of Title 6 of the New York Codes, Rules and
					 Regulations, to the extent that the Commissioner of General Services determines
					 that work is immediately necessary for the replacement, rehabilitation, or
					 reconstruction of structures and facilities.
Executive Order Number 55, issued November 2, 2012, is
					 superseded by this Executive Order.
Signed: Andrew M. Cuomo
Dated: November 20, 2012