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 4.76 - Executive Order No. 76: Directing that the Vice Chief of Staff order into active service the organized militia to assist authorities in guaranteeing public safety and protecting property in New York City, Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester, Rockland, Orange and Putnam Counties and contiguous areas. [*][DAGGER]

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
I, Mario M. Cuomo, by virtue of the authority vested in me
					 as Governor, under the Military Law of the State, do hereby direct by Executive
					 Order, and do hereby confirm the direction first given on September 25, 1985,
					 that the Vice 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 New
					 York City, Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester, Rockland, Orange and Putnam Counties
					 and contiguous areas, in alleviating the effects of Hurricane Gloria which has
					 endangered public health and safety.
1.
				  Brigadier General Lawrence P. Flynn, Vice 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 Vice 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
				  Vice Chief of Staff to the Governor.
3. All enlistments, reenlistments, or
				  voluntary extension of enlistments which expire after September 25, 1985 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: Mario M. Cuomo
Dated: September 27, 1985
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 in alleviating damage and loss from the severe weather conditions
					 that prevail; and
WHEREAS, the public interest requires such action at the
					 State level for the preservation of public and private property and the welfare
					 of the population of New York City, Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester, Rockland,
					 Orange and Putnam Counties and contiguous areas;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Mario M. Cuomo, Governor of the State of
					 New York, pursuant to authority vested in me by section six  of the Military
					 Law, have this day by Executive Order, and heretofore by direction, ordered
					 Brigadier General Lawrence P. Flynn, the Vice 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: Mario M. Cuomo
Dated: September 27, 1985
Footnotes
* [Revoked by Executive Order
					 No. 30 (George E. Pataki),
infra.
]
[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.
]