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S 1924: Authorizes a county, city, town or village to override a governor's declaration of a state disaster emergency in all or part of the territorial limits of such local government.
What S 1924 does, verified January 14, 2026
The bill aims to give counties, cities, towns, or villages the authority to override a state disaster emergency declaration. A local state of emergency and local emergency orders can be issued by these local governments, which only apply to part or all of their territorial limits. This change allows local governments to have more control over disaster response and recovery efforts within their jurisdictions. The new authority takes effect immediately, but only applies to executive orders issued on or after January 1, 2025.
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Last action: REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS (2026-01-07)Alert me
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| Jan. 14, 2025 | REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 14, 2025 · 347 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1924 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 14, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sens. WEBER, BORRELLO, MATTERA, OBERACKER, O'MARA, ROLI- SON, TEDISCO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to authorizing a county, city, town or village to override a state disaster emergency in all or part of the territorial limits of such local government The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 28 of the executive law is amended by adding a new 2 subdivision 6 to read as follows: 3 6. A county, city, town or village may, at any time, limit or super- 4 sede a governor's declaration of a disaster emergency by executive order 5 issued under this section, by issuing a local state of emergency and 6 local emergency orders under section twenty-four of this article. The 7 local state of emergency and local emergency orders shall only effect 8 part or all of the territorial limits of such local government. 9 § 2. Section 29-a of the executive law is amended by adding a new 10 subdivision 5 to read as follows: 11 5. A county, city, town or village may, at any time, limit or super- 12 sede a governor's declaration of a disaster emergency by executive 13 order issued under this section, by issuing a local state of emergency 14 and local emergency orders under section twenty-four of this article. 15 The local state of emergency and local emergency orders shall only 16 effect part or all of the territorial limits of such local government. 17 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to any 18 executive order issued by the governor on or after January 1, 2025. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD03469-01-5
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