WHEREAS, on March 7, 2020, I issued Executive Order Number 202, declaring a State disaster emergency for the entire State of New York; and

WHEREAS, both travel-related cases and community contact transmission of COVID-19 have been documented in New York State and are expected to continue;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Andrew M. Cuomo, Governor of the State of New York, by virtue of the authority vested in me by Section 29-a of Article 2-B of the Executive Law to temporarily suspend or modify any statute, local law, ordinance, order, rule, or regulation, or parts thereof, of any agency during a State disaster emergency, if compliance with such statute, local law, ordinance, order, rule, or regulation would prevent, hinder, or delay action necessary to cope with the disaster emergency or if necessary to assist or aid in coping with such disaster, I hereby extend any directive contained in Executive Order 202.34 and 202.35, provided such directive has not been superseded by a subsequent directive, and further, I hereby temporarily suspend or modify, for the period from the date of this Executive Order through July 26, 2020 the following:

• Paragraph (e) of subdivision 1 of Section 581 of the Labor Law, to the extent necessary to authorize the Commissioner of Labor to issue a finding related to experience rating charges as permitted by the Families First Coronavirus Response Act and incurred beginning with the benefit week starting March 9, 2020;

• Subdivision 4 of section 1 of chapter 25 of the laws of 2020 is modified to the extent necessary to provide that in addition to any travel to a country for which the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has a level two or three travel health notice, an employee shall not be eligible for paid sick leave benefits or any other paid benefits pursuant to this chapter if such employee voluntarily travels which commences after June 25, 2020 to a state with a positive test rate higher than 10 per 100,000 residents, or higher than a 10% test positivity rate, over a seven day rolling average, and which the commissioner of the department of health has designated as meeting these conditions as outlined in the advisory issued pursuant to Executive Order 205, and the travel was not taken as part of the employee’s employment or at the direction of the employee’s employer;

• Section 28-66 of the Charter of the City of Buffalo, to the extent necessary to allow the Mayor to waive the additions prescribed therein on unpaid 2019-2020 city taxes for the months of April, May and June of 2020, and to require payments of 2019-2020 city taxes that are made after June 30, 2020 to be made without additions for the months of April, May and June of 2020;

IN ADDITION, by virtue of the authority vested in me by Section 925-a of the Real Property Tax Law to extend during a State disaster emergency the period for paying property taxes without interest or penalties upon request of the chief executive officer of an affected county, city, town, village or school district, I do hereby extend by twenty-one days the period for paying, without interest or penalty, property taxes that are due in the following localities that have requested such an extension: Village of Ossining, Westchester County; Village of Pomona, Rockland County;

IN ADDITION, by virtue of the authority vested in me by Section 29-a of Article 2-B of the Executive Law to issue any directive during a disaster emergency necessary to cope with the disaster, I hereby issue the following directives for the period from the date of this Executive Order through July 26, 2020:

• The directive contained in Executive Order 202.35, as extended and as amended by Executive Order 202.38 and Executive Order 202.42, which amended the directive in Executive Order 202.10 that limited all non-essential gatherings, is hereby further modified to allow gatherings of fifty (50) or fewer individuals for any lawful purpose or reason, so long as any such gatherings occurring indoors do not exceed 50% of the maximum occupancy for a particular indoor area, and provided that the location of the gathering is in a region that has reached Phase 4 of the State’s reopening, and provided further that social distancing, face covering, and cleaning and disinfection protocols required by the Department of Health are adhered to.

• Executive Order 202.41, which extended the provisions of Executive Orders 202.3, 202.4, 202.5, 202.6, 202.7, 202.8, 202.10, 202.11, 202.13, 202.14, 202.28, 202.31, 202.34, and 202.35 which each closed or otherwise restricted public or private businesses or places of public accommodation, is hereby continued until and unless later amended or extended by a future Executive Order, provided, however:

о That effective on June 26, 2020, the reductions and restrictions on the in-person workforce at non-essential businesses or other entities shall no longer apply to Phase Four industries, as determined by the Department of Health, in eligible regions, including:

Higher Education;

Film and Music Production;

Low-risk indoor arts and entertainment;

Low-risk outdoor arts and entertainment; and

Professional Sports without fans.

о Businesses or entities in industries open in Phase Four must be operated in compliance with the guidance promulgated by the Department of Health.

о As of June 26, 2020 the regions meeting the prescribed public health and safety metrics required for Phase Four reopening are: Finger Lakes, Central New York, Mohawk Valley, Southern Tier, and the North Country. Any additional regions which meet the criteria after such date will be deemed to be incorporated into this Executive Order without further revision and will be permitted to re-open Phase Four industries, subject to the same terms and conditions.

о Any previous directive that restricted operation of any industry, business, or facility that is permitted to open in Phase One, Phase Two, Phase Three, or Phase Four is hereby superseded, only insofar as it is inconsistent with any Executive Order allowing businesses, industries, and facilities to reopen.

• The directive contained in Executive Order 202.44 regarding elective surgeries is hereby amended to provide that the directive contained in Executive Order 202.10 authorizing the Commissioner of Health to direct all general hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, office-based surgery practices and diagnostic and treatment centers to increase the number of beds available to patients, including by canceling all elective surgeries and procedures, is hereby modified to authorize general hospitals to perform elective surgeries and procedures so long as the established criteria are met currently, whether or not such criteria were met on the dates set forth in such directive, and as modified by the June 14th Department of Health guidance.

• Executive Order 202.34, which extended the directive contained in Executive Orders 202.28, 202.18, 202.14 and 202.4 as amended by Executive Order 202.11 related to the closure of schools statewide, is hereby continued to provide that all schools shall remain closed to in-person instruction except for the purpose of provision of special education services. School districts must ensure the availability of meals, and child care, with an emphasis on serving children of essential workers. Meals may be provided by an alternative entity, provided that the school district shall be responsible for ensuring that all children have access to free meals. Should the students not have access through an alternative entity, the school district must provide the meals.