Emergency Executive Order 316 | City of New York – nyc.gov
December 13, 2021
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WHEREAS, the COVID-19 pandemic has severely impacted New York City and its economy, and is addressed effectively only by joint action of the City, State, and Federal governments; and
WHEREAS, the state of emergency to address the threat and impacts of COVID-19 in the City of New York first declared in Emergency Executive Order No. 98, and extended most recently by Emergency Executive Order No. 296, remains in effect; and
WHEREAS, on October 29, 2021, U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized the emergency use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine for the prevention of COVID-19 to include children 5 through 11 years of age; and
WHEREAS, on November 26, 2021, New York State Governor Kathy Hochul issued Executive Order No. 11 to address new emerging threats across the State posed by COVID-19, finding that New York is experiencing COVID-19 transmission at rates the State has not seen since April 2020 and that the rate of new COVID-19 hospital admissions has been increasing over the past month to over 300 new admissions a day; and
WHEREAS, the recent appearance in the City of the highly transmissible Omicron variant of COVID-19 suggests an increased risk of reinfection; and
WHEREAS, 70% of City residents are fully vaccinated and mandating vaccinations at the types of establishments that residents frequent will incentivize vaccinations, increasing the City’s vaccination rates and saving lives; and
WHEREAS, additional reasons for requiring the measures continued in this Order are set forth in Emergency Executive Order No. 228;
NOW, THEREFORE, pursuant to the powers vested in me by the laws of the State of New York and the City of New York, including but not limited to the New York Executive Law, the New York City Charter and the Administrative Code of the City of New York, and the common law authority to protect the public in the event of an emergency:
Section 1. I hereby direct that Emergency Executive Order No. 250, dated September 24, 2021 and last extended by Emergency Executive Order No. 312, shall be superseded in its entirety by the provisions of section 2 of this Order.
§ 2. a. The program set forth in this section shall be known as the “Key to NYC” program.
For a non-employee worker, such as a contractor, a covered entity may request that the worker’s employer confirm the proof of vaccination in lieu of maintaining the above records. A covered entity shall maintain a record of such request and confirmation.
Records created or maintained pursuant to this section shall be treated as confidential.
A covered entity shall, upon request by a City agency, make available for inspection records required to be maintained by this section, consistent with applicable law.
§ 3. This Emergency Executive Order shall take effect immediately.
Bill de Blasio,
MAYOR
