The first of two COVID emergency orders expires on Monday. The Democratic governor hasn’t said whether she will extend them again.
Gov. Kathy Hochul receives a COVID-19 booster shot at the Boriken Neighborhood Health Center in East Harlem on Sept. 7.Gov. Kathy Hochul receives a COVID-19 booster shot at the Boriken Neighborhood Health Center in East Harlem on Sept. 7.New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has until the end of Monday to decide whether to extend some of her last remaining emergency powers as she continues to scale back the state’s COVID-19 pandemic response.
So far, Hochul hasn’t said whether she will allow the orders to lapse, which could provide yet another signal that the state is winding down its COVID preventative measures. In August, the last time Hochul issued a monthly extension, she suggested she wanted to get through the early part of September before making a decision.
The two soon-to-lapse orders don’t have anything to do with masking requirements or similar COVID precautions, which have largely been issued by the Department of Health or other state agencies sinceInstead, they deal with two key areas of the state’s COVID response: contracting and health care personnel.
In August, Hochul cited EMT provision as the primary driver behind her decision to extend the orders. With the potential for a fall COVID wave, the governor said she didn’t want to hamstring the number of professions allowed to administer a COVID vaccine. Some people could interpret the ending of the emergency order as a sign the state isn’t taking COVID seriously anymore, Hammond said, but that wouldn’t be an accurate interpretation.
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