The Mayor’s office issued Emergency Executive Order No. 2.45 to extend Section 1 of a prior emergency order for five days. The order takes effect immediately and remains in force for five days unless terminated or modified earlier. It is signed by Dean Fuleihan, First Deputy Mayor.
The order says the city has operated Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Centers to provide temporary housing in response to a substantial increase in new arrivals. It cites a state of emergency first declared by Emergency Executive Order No. 224 and subsequent orders that authorized those operations. The order also notes that earlier emergency orders did not require a plan to end the suspensions and modifications of laws and rules used to operate the facilities.
Emergency Executive Order No. 2.45 instructs the Department of Social Services and the Department of Homeless Services, in consultation with the Law Department, to regularly update the Mayor on an implementation action plan. Those updates must address efforts to phase out continued use of facilities that relied on suspensions or modifications of laws and rules. The order ties the short extension of emergency authority to expedited development and implementation of that plan.
Implications And Next Steps
The limited extension preserves the city's current emergency flexibilities while setting a deadline-driven expectation for planning. By requiring regular reports to the Mayor, the order creates a formal oversight channel intended to accelerate a transition away from emergency measures. The order frames the continuation as temporary and contingent on the plan's progress.
The document invokes legal authority under state and city statutes and the common law power to protect the public during an emergency. It emphasizes that the state of emergency will continue for the present while the action plan is developed and implemented. The order therefore keeps existing operational arrangements in place but conditions them on the timely creation and review of a phase-out strategy.
Departments named in the order must now deliver recurring updates to the Mayor about implementation milestones and facility transitions. The order’s short effective period and reporting requirements signal that city officials expect to move from emergency operations toward normal regulatory arrangements once the plan is in place.
