Good afternoon,
Monday morning, Governor Cuomo posted Executive Order 202.67, his seventieth Executive Order during the COVID-19 state of emergency. Executive Order 202.67, dated October 4, 2020, continues the suspensions and modifications of law, and any directives, not superseded by a subsequent directive contained in made by Executive Orders 202 up to and including 202.21, and 202.27, 202.28, 202.29, 202.30, 202.38, 202.39, 202.40, 202.48, 202.49, 202.50, 202.55 and 202.55.1, as extended, and Executive Order 202.60 for another thirty days through November 3, 2020. Executive Order 202.67 is effective from October 4, 2020 through November 3, 2020. A copy of Executive Order 202.67 can be found here.
RESTORATION OF LAWS, CODES AND REGULATIONS
Executive Order 202.67 also announces that certain directives as well as the suspension and modification of certain laws, codes and regulations that had occurred in previously issued Executive Orders will be discontinued at a later date. Pursuant to Executive Order 202.67, the following directive and certain statutes, codes and regulations will be in full force and effect as of November 3, 2020 (except with to certain provisions related to section 30.30 of the NY Criminal Procedure Law, which has different dates):
- Subdivision 1 of Section 491 of the Vehicle and Traffic law, to the extent that it provides for a period of validity and expiration of a non-driver identification card, shall no longer be suspended or modified as of November 3, 2020;
- Sections 401, 410, 2222, 2251, 2251, and 2282(4) of the Vehicle and Traffic law, to the extent that it provides for a period of validity and expiration of a registration certificate or number plate for a motor vehicle or trailer, a motorcycle, a snowmobile, a vessel, a limited use vehicle, and an all-terrain vehicle, shall no longer be suspended or modified as of November 3, 2020;
- Section 420-a of the Vehicle and Traffic law, to the extent that it provides an expiration for temporary registration documents issued by auto dealers shall no longer be suspended or modified as of November 3, 2020; and
- The suspension in Executive Order 202.8, as modified and extended in subsequent Executive Orders, that tolled any specific time limit for the commencement, filing, or service of any legal action, notice, motion, or other process or proceeding as prescribed by the procedural laws of the state, including but not limited to the criminal procedure law, the family court act, the civil practice law and rules, the court of claims act, the surrogate’s court procedure act, and the uniform court acts, or by any statute, local law, ordinance, order, rule, or regulation, or part thereof, is hereby continued, as modified by prior executive orders, provided however, for any civil case, such suspension is only effective until November 3, 2020, and after such date any such time limit will no longer be tolled, and provided further;
- The suspension and modification of Section 30.30 of the criminal procedure law, as continued and modified in EO 202.60, is hereby no longer in effect, except for felony charges entered in the counties of New York, Kings, Queens, Bronx, and Richmond, where such suspension and modification continues to be effective through October 19, 2020; thereafter for these named counties the suspension is no longer effective on such date or upon the defendant’s arraignment on an indictment, whichever is later, for indicted felony matters, otherwise for these named counties the suspension and modification of Section 30.30 of the criminal procedure law for all criminal actions proceeding on the basis of a felony complaint shall no longer be effective, irrespective, 90 days from the signing of this Executive Order on January 2, 2021.