N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 9 § 9.4
WHEREAS, on September 1, 2021 and continuing thereafter, Post-Tropical Depression Ida created hazardous conditions in New York State which pose an imminent danger to public transportation, utility service, public health, and public safety systems within the counties of Bronx, Dutchess, Kings, Nassau, New York, Orange, Putnam, Queens, Richmond, Rockland, Suffolk, Sullivan, Ulster, Westchester, and contiguous counties;
WHEREAS, Tropical Storm Ida produced torrential rainfall, and flooding. These conditions caused in excess of 31,300 power outages, downed trees, localized flash flooding, road closures, travel disruptions, and damage to public and private property throughout the impacted areas, which continue to pose a threat to the public health and safety;
WHEREAS, on September 2, 2021,1 issued Executive Order 2 declaring a State Disaster Emergency within the counties of Bronx, Dutchess, Kings, Nassau, New York, Orange, Putnam, Queens, Richmond, Rockland, Suffolk, Sullivan, Ulster, Westchester, and contiguous counties;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, KATHY HOCHUL, Governor of the State of New York, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution of the State of New York and Section 28 of Article 2-B of the Executive Law, do hereby extend the state disaster emergency as set forth in Executive Order 2 and continue the terms, conditions, and suspensions contained in Executive Order 2 and its successor until November 16, 2021.
GIVEN under my hand and the Privy Seal of the State in the City of Albany this seventeenth day of October in the year two thousand twenty-one.
Signed: Kathy Hochul
Dated: October 17, 2021
N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 9 § 9.4