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 4.31 - Executive Order No. 31: Directing that the Chief of Staff to the Governor order into active service the organized militia to assist civil agencies and authorities in the City of Buffalo in disaster recovery efforts. [*][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 herby 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 civil agencies
					 and authorities in the City of Buffalo in disaster recovery efforts
					 necessitated by the destruction caused by an explosion in that City on December
					 27, 1983.
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
				  who shall perform State active duty by order of the Chief of Staff to the
				  Governor will immediately assemble at their local armories when so ordered, and
				  will remain assembled pending further orders as to their disposition by the
				  Chief of Staff to the Governor.
All enlistments, reenlistments or voluntary extension of
					 enlistments which expire after December 29, 1983, 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: December 29, 1983
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 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 authorities in disaster recovery efforts; and
WHEREAS, an explosion in the City of Buffalo, Erie County,
					 has caused widespread destruction in that City; and
WHEREAS, the City of Buffalo requires assistance from the
					 organized militia and the public interest requires such action at the State
					 level to provide assistance in recovery efforts in the aftermath of the
					 explosion;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Mario M. Cuomo, Governor of the State of
					 New York, pursuant to the authority vested in me by paragraph one of section 6 
					 of the Military Law, have this day, by executive order, ordered Major General
					 Vito J. Castellano, 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: December 29, 1983