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 5.22 - Executive order no. 22: directing that the adjutant general order into active service the organizer militia to assist authorities in alleviating the effects of a severe snowstorm and guaranteeing public safety

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WHEREAS, the Governor is Commander-in-chief of the Militia
					 of the State, pursuant to the Constitution of the State, as restated in section 3  of the Military Law; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of section 6  of the
					 Military Law, the Governor as Commander-in-chief of the Militia has the power
					 to order into the active service of the State in case of disaster or imminent
					 danger thereof, such units of the organized militia which may be necessary to
					 assist civil authority in disaster recovery efforts; and
WHEREAS, beginning on January 7, 1996, a severe snowstorm
					 impacted New York City and the counties of Westchester, Putnam, Rockland,
					 Orange, Nassau, and Suffolk disrupting vital public transportation and safety
					 systems; and
WHEREAS, I have declared a disaster emergency in the
					 aforementioned areas; and the public interest requires that the organized
					 militia assist in alleviating the effects of the snowstorm and maintaining the
					 public safety;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE E. PATAKI, Governor of the State
					 of New York, by virtue of the authority vested in me by paragraph one of
					 section 6  of the Military Law, effective January 7, 1996, do hereby order
					 Brigadier General John H. Fenimore, V, The Adjutant General, or, in his
					 absence, his designee, to order into the active service of the State, for such
					 period, to such extent and in such manner as he may deem necessary, all or any
					 part of the organized militia to meet this emergency.
1. Brigadier General John H. Fenimore, V, The
				  Adjutant General, or, in his absence, his designee, is appointed commander of
				  all personnel ordered into the active service of the State.
2. Units and members of the organized militia
				  who shall perform state active duty by order of The Adjutant General will
				  immediately assemble at their local armories when so ordered, and will remain
				  assembled pending further orders as to their disposition by The Adjutant
				  General or his designee.
3. All
				  enlistments, reenlistments or voluntary extensions of enlistments which expire
				  after 7 January, 1996, or during the period for which the members are currently
				  ordered into the active service of the state are hereby extended for the
				  duration of such duty in the active service of the State.
Signed: George E. PatakiDated: January 7, 1996
WHEREAS, the Governor is Commander-in-chief of the Militia
					 of the State, pursuant to the Constitution of the State, as restated in section 3  of the Military Law;
WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of section 6  of the
					 Military Law, the Governor as Commander-in-chief of the Militia has the power
					 to order into the active service of the State in case of disaster or imminent
					 danger thereof, such units of the organized militia which may be necessary to
					 assist civil authority in disaster recovery efforts;
WHEREAS, beginning on January 7, 1996, a severe snowstorm
					 impacted New York City, the counties of Westchester, Putnam, Rockland, Orange,
					 Nassau, Suffolk, Sullivan, Dutchess, Ulster, Columbia, and their contiguous
					 areas disrupting vital public transportation and safety systems; and
WHEREAS, I have declared a disaster emergency in the
					 aforementioned areas; and the public interest requires that the organized
					 militia assist in alleviating the effects of the snowstorm and maintaining the
					 public safety;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE E. PATAKI, Governor of the State
					 of New York, by virtue of the authority vested in me by paragraph one of
					 section 6  of the Military Law, effective January 7, 1996, do hereby order
					 Brigadier General John H. Fenimore, V, The Adjutant General, or, in his
					 absence, his designee, to order into the active service of the State, for such
					 period, to such extent and in such manner as he may deem necessary, all or any
					 part of the organized militia to meet this emergency.
1. Brigadier General John H. Fenimore, V, The
				  Adjutant General, or, in his absence, his designee, is appointed commander of
				  all personnel ordered into the active service of the State.
2. Units and members of the organized militia
				  who shall perform state active duty by order of The Adjutant General will
				  immediately assemble at their local armories when so ordered, and will remain
				  assembled pending further orders as to their disposition by The Adjutant
				  General or his designee.
3. All
				  enlistments, reenlistments or voluntary extensions of enlistments which expire
				  after 7 January, 1996, or during the period for which the members are currently
				  ordered into the active service of the state are hereby extended for the
				  duration of such duty in the active service of the State.
Signed: George E. PatakiDated: January 8, 1996
[FN*] Superseded by Executive Order No. 22.1, 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.]
[FN*] Supersedes Executive Order No. 22, supra.
[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.]