New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › Subtitle A - Governor's Office › Chapter I - Executive Orders › Part 3 - Executive Orders (Hugh L. Carey) › Section 3.66 - Executive Order No. 66: Directing that the Chief of Staff order into active service the organized militia to assist authorities in guaranteeing public safety and protecting property in Nassau and Suffolk Counties

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
I, Hugh L. Carey, by virtue of authority vested in me as
					 Governor, under the Military Law of the State, do hereby direct by Executive
					 Order that the Chief of Staff to the Governor 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 assist agencies in
					 Nassau and Suffolk Counties, New York, in alleviating the effects of a severe
					 ice storm which has resulted in loss of electric power thereby endangering
					 public health and safety.
(1) Major
				  General Vito J. Castellano, Chief of Staff to the Governor, is hereby appointed
				  commander of all personnel ordered into the active service of the
				  State.
(2) Units and members of the
				  organized militia to be designated by order of the Chief of Staff to the
				  Governor will immediately assemble at their local armories when ordered, and
				  will remain assembled pending further orders as to their disposition by the
				  Chief of Staff to the Governor.
(3)
				  All enlistments, reenlistments, or voluntary extension of enlistments which
				  expire after 16 January 1978 and 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: Hugh L. Carey
Dated: January 16, 1978
PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, the Governor is Commander-in-Chief of the Militia
					 of the State pursuant to the Constitution of the State as restated in Section three  of the Military Law; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of Section six  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 authority in protecting life and property, in maintaining essential life
					 services and to alleviate damages and losses from a severe ice storm that has
					 caused the loss of electric power; and
WHEREAS, Nassau and Suffolk Counties, New York, require
					 assistance from the organized militia and the public interest requires such
					 action at the State level for the preservation of public and private property
					 and the welfare of the Counties' populations;
NOW THEREFORE, I, Hugh L. Carey, Governor of the State of
					 New York, pursuant to authority vested in me by paragraph one of Section six  of
					 the Military Law, have this day by Executive Order, ordered Major General Vito
					 J. Castellano, the Chief of Staff to the Governor, 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.
Signed: Hugh L. Carey
Dated: January 16, 1978