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 3.67 - Executive Order No. 67: Directing that the Chief of Staff order into active service the organized militia to assist authorities in guaranteeing public safety and protecting property in the City of New York

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 the
					 City of New York, in alleviating the effects of a severe snow storm which has
					 endangered 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 20 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 20, 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 the severe weather conditions
					 that prevail; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor of the City of New York has requested
					 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 population of the City of New York;
NOW THEREFORE, I, Hugh L. Carey, Governor of the State of
					 New York, pursuant to authority vested in me by paragraph two 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 part of the organized militia to meet this
					 emergency.
Signed: Hugh L. Carey
Dated: January 20, 1978