executive order 202

EXECUTIVE ORDER 202 Declaring a Disaster Emergency in the State of New York Editor’s Note: Here’s the beginning of the executive order Governor Cuomo issued on March 7, 2020, putting New York in a state of emergency while it combatted COVID. WHEREAS, on January 30, 2020, the World Health Organization designated the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, outbreak as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern; WHEREAS, on January 31, 2020, United States Health and Human Services Secretary Alex M. Azar II…