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Category: COVID-19

  • EXPIRATION OF EXECUTIVE ORDER 202 & THE STATE DISASTER EMERGENCY

    On June 24, 2021, Governor Cuomo signed Executive Order 210, which stated in part: WHEREAS, it has been determined that Executive Orders 202 through 202.111 and Executive Orders 205 through 205.3 are no longer necessary.NOW, THEREFORE, I, ANDREW M. CUOMO, Governor of the State of New York, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the…

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  • STATE DISASTER EMERGENCY EXTENDED TO APRIL 25, 2021

    A few days after this post Governor Cuomo issued Executive Order 202.99, which extended the State Disaster Emergency through April 25, 2021. This is important for LOSAP only if your fire department continues to operate under restricted call response protocols or are continuing to cancel events due to the pandemic. By extending the Emergency, it extends the…

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  • CURRENT STATE OF THE STATE DISASTER EMERGENCY

    This pandemic has required us to change our behavior and routine in ways most of us have never experienced. Although not very significant, we would have never guessed that we’d be studying Executive Orders issued by the Governor in order to track how that might impact LOSAP. But here we are! If you have any…

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  • STATE DISASTER EMERGENCY EXTENDED TO FEBRUARY 26, 2021

    At this time, most Fire Departments are back to some variation of normal. However, the Governor did extend the State Disaster Emergency through February 26, 2021, which means it could be possible to award more points for cancelled events in 2021. We will continue to monitor and keep you updated.

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  • STATE DISASTER EMERGENCY EXTENDED AGAIN

    On December 30, 2020, Governor Cuomo signed Executive Order 202.87, which effectively extended the State Disaster Emergency until January 29, 2021. Therefore, this means that if fire departments continue to be in a situation where events are cancelled or firefighter responses are being limited, that  points could be awarded for January 2021. Since the statute…

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  • STATE DIASTER EMERGENCY EXTENDED TO JANUARY 1, 2021

    Yesterday, December 3, 2020, Governor Cuomo issued Executive Order 202.79, which continued the State Disaster Emergency through January 1, 2021.  Although this was expected, we now know officially that the time period for which points could be awarded in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic is from March 7, 2020 to December 31, 2020. This…

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  • STATE DISASTER EMERGENCY EXTENDED TO DECEMBER 3, 2020

    Governor Cuomo has issued Executive Order 202.72, which extends the State Disaster Emergency that was originally declared by Executive Order 202 through December 3, 2020. This is important to fire departments that may still be operating under restrictions due to the State Disaster Emergency, such as cancelling events or limiting at-risk volunteers from responding to calls.…

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  • STATE DISASTER EMERGENCY EXTENDED AGAIN

    Governor Cuomo has issued Executive Order 202.67, which extends the State Disaster Emergency that was originally declared by Executive Order 202 through November 3, 2020. This is important to fire departments that may still be operating under restrictions due to the State Disaster Emergency, such as cancelling events or limiting at-risk volunteers from responding to calls.…

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  • LOSAP POINTS DURING COVID-19: BREAKING DOWN THE STATUTE FOR CLARITY

    As a result of the Governor extending the State Disaster Emergency to October 4, 2020, it has highlighted some confusion about the new legislation that allows sponsors to credit up to five (5) points per month during this Emergency. We thought it could be helpful to analyze the statute a different way, with the hopes…

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  • UPDATE ON LOSAP POINTS DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC

    On Friday afternoon (September 4, 2020), Governor Cuomo issued Executive Order 202.60, which “continued” the declared State Disaster Emergency until October 4, 2020. The original order that declared the Emergency was 202, and there have now been 61 “continuations” of that original order. (There was an order 202.55.1 if you are wondering if we can…

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