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 3.66 - Executive Order No. 66: Directing that the Chief of Staff order into active service the organized militia to assist authorities in guaranteeing public safety and protecting property in Nassau and Suffolk Counties
Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 39, September 25, 2024
I, Hugh L. Carey, by virtue of authority vested in me as Governor, under 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 agencies in Nassau and Suffolk Counties, New York, in alleviating the effects of a severe ice storm which has resulted in loss of electric power thereby endangering public health and safety.
(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 16 January 1978 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 16, 1978
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 three of the Military Law; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of Section six of the Military Law, the Governor as Commander-in-Chief of the Militia has the power to order into the active service of the State in case of disaster or imminent danger thereof, such units of the organized militia which may be necessary to assist authority in protecting life and property, in maintaining essential life services and to alleviate damages and losses from a severe ice storm that has caused the loss of electric power; and
WHEREAS, Nassau and Suffolk Counties, New York, require assistance from the organized militia and the public interest requires such action at the State level for the preservation of public and private property and the welfare of the Counties' populations;
NOW THEREFORE, I, Hugh L. Carey, Governor of the State of New York, pursuant to authority vested in me by paragraph one of Section six of the Military Law, have this day by Executive Order, ordered Major General Vito J. Castellano, the 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 any part of the organized militia to meet this emergency.
Signed: Hugh L. Carey
Dated: January 16, 1978
