NY Legislature Restricts Governor's Power
Advertisement NY Legislature ‘To Restore the Pre-Pandemic Balance of Power’; Restricts Governor’s Authority to Continue or Issue New Directives Without Legislative or Local Government Involvement Monday, March 8, 2021 In March 2020, the New York State Legislature passed and the governor signed legislation authorizing “the governor to issue by executive order any directive necessary to respond to a state disaster emergency.” That statutory change, scheduled to sunset on April 30, 2021, expanded the governor’s traditional executive authority to issue orders suspending cert...
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