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Governor Cuomo Announces New York Ending COVID-19
State Disaster Emergency on June 24
Published: June 23, 2021 at
11:30 p.m.
By: Press Release from Governor Cuomo’s Office
Governor Cuomo
Announces New York Ending COVID-19 State Disaster Emergency on June 24
Statewide 7-Day
Average Positivity is 0.36%—Record Low for 26 Consecutive
Days, Has Declined for 79 Consecutive Days
52,526
Vaccine Doses Administered Over Last 24 Hours
6 COVID-19
Deaths Statewide Yesterday
Governor Andrew
M. Cuomo today announced that New York will end the state
disaster emergency declared
on March 7, 2020 to fight COVID-19. Given New York's dramatic
progress against COVID-19, with the success in vaccination rates, and
declining hospitalization and positivity statewide the state of emergency
will expire after Thursday, June 24.
Federal CDC
guidance will remain in effect, which includes masks for unvaccinated
individuals, as well as all riders on public transit and in
certain settings, such as health care, nursing homes, correctional
facilities, and homeless shelters. State and local government health
departments will still be able to ensure mask rules and other health
precautions are adhered to in those settings.
Since March of
2020, a variety of actions had been taken by executive order to assist
in the rapid response to the pandemic by state agencies, local
governments, hospitals, and businesses by both temporarily
suspending or modifying laws as well as utilizing temporary
directives. Hospitals were able to add space and staffing, meetings
were authorized to occur virtually, and various deadlines
were extended to accommodate a changed landscape.
"New York
went from one of the worst infection rates to the lowest infection rate in
the country, and it was all because of the efforts of New Yorkers who were
smart, united and did what they needed to do throughout this entire
pandemic," Governor Cuomo said. "Now we're starting to write a new chapter for a post-COVID
New York--the state disaster emergency is ending and we can focus on
reimaging, rebuilding and renewing our state. This doesn't mean COVID is
gone, we still have to get more New Yorkers vaccinated, but we are getting
back on track and starting to live life once again."
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