New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
Subtitle A - Governor's Office
Chapter I - Executive Orders
Part 3 - Executive Orders (Hugh L. Carey)
Section 3.106 - Executive Order No. 106: Directing that the Chief of Staff to the Governor order into active service the organized militia to staff armories throughout the State in order to provide temporary shelter for individuals and families without heat during the period of severe cold weather
Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 39, September 25, 2024
I, Hugh L. Carey, by virtue of the authority vested in me as Governor under section 6 of the Military Law of the State, do hereby direct by Executive Order that the Chief of Staff to the Governor order into the active service of the State, for such period, to such extent, and in such manner as he may deem necessary, all or any part of the organized militia to assist local county social services departments throughout the State of New York in providing temporary shelter in New York State armories for individuals who, during this current period of extreme cold, live in residences without adequate heat.
(1) Major General Vito J. Castellano, Chief of Staff to the Governor, is hereby appointed commander of all personnel ordered into the active service of the State.
(2) Units and members of the organized militia to be designated by order of the Chief of Staff to the Governor will immediately assemble at their local armories when ordered, and will remain assembled pending further orders as to their disposition by the Chief of Staff to the Governor.
(3) All enlistments, reenlistments or voluntary extension of enlistments which expire after January 5, 1981, and during the period for which the members are currently ordered into the active service of the State, are hereby extended for the duration of such duty in the active service of the State.
Signed: Hugh L. Carey
Dated: January 5, 1981
PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, The Governor is Commander-in-Chief of the Militia of the State, pursuant to the Constitution of the State, as restated in section 3 of the Military Law; and
WHEREAS, Pursuant to the provisions of section 6 of the Military Law, the Governor as Commander-in-Chief of the Militia has the power to order into active service of the State in the case of disaster or imminent danger those units of the organized militia which may be needed to assist local social services departments in providing individuals with temporary shelter in New York State armories, from the extreme cold in the northeast; and
WHEREAS, The public interest requires such action to provide individuals and families with temporary shelter from the cold throughout the entire State of New York;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Hugh L. Carey, Governor of the State of New York, pursuant to authority vested in me by subdivision 1 of section 6 of the Military Law, have this day, by executive order, ordered Major General Vito J. Castellano, Chief of Staff to the Governor, to order into the active service of the State, for such period, to such extent and in such manner as he may deem necessary, all or part of the organized militia to meet this emergency.
Signed: Hugh L. Carey
Dated: January 5, 1981
