No. 55.1: Declaring a Disaster Emergency in the State of New York

No. 55.1

E X EC U T I V E O R D E R

DECLARING A DISASTER EMERGENCY IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK

WHEREAS, on December 26, 2025, I issued Executive Order Number 55 declaring a State disaster emergency in the counties of Albany, Allegany, Bronx, Broome, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Chemung, Chenango, Clinton, Columbia, Cortland, Delaware, Dutchess, Erie, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Genesee, Greene, Hamilton, Herkimer, Jefferson, Kings, Lewis, Livingston, Madison, Monroe, Montgomery, Nassau, New York, Niagara, Oneida, Onondaga, Ontario, Orange, Orleans, Oswego, Otsego, Putnam, Queens, Rensselaer, Richmond, Rockland, St. Lawrence, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Suffolk, Sullivan, Tioga, Tompkins, Ulster, Warren, Washington, Wayne, and Westchester;

WHEREAS, severe winter weather continues to affect the State producing heavy snow, high winds, white out conditions, icing, and freezing temperatures resulting in road closures, travel disruptions, power outages, and damage to public and private property throughout the State, which pose a threat to the public health and safety;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, KATHY HOCHUL, 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 do hereby continue the State Disaster Emergency as set forth in Executive Order 55 and amend the State Disaster Emergency to include all counties in the State of New York, adding the counties of Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Chemung, Clinton, Erie, Essex, Franklin, Genesee, Hamilton, Jefferson, Lewis, Livingston, Monroe, Niagara, Ontario, Orleans, St. Lawrence, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Tioga, Tompkins, Warren, Washington, Wyoming, and Yates, and do hereby continue the terms, conditions, and suspensions contained in Executive Order 55 until January 28, 2026.

G I V E N under my hand and the Privy Seal of the State in the

City of Albany this twenty-ninth day of December

in the year two thousand twenty-five.

BY THE GOVERNOR

Secretary to the Governor