Proclamation of Emergency June 17, 2023
BY THIS PROCLAMATION, I, J. RYAN MCMAHON, II, ONONDAGA COUNTY EXECUTIVE, HEREBY DECLARE A LOCAL STATE OF EMERGENCY WITHIN THE TERRITORIAL LIMITS OF ONONDAGA COUNTY
WHEREAS, illegal border crossings are occurring into the United States in historic numbers; and
WHEREAS, over the past several months, tens of thousands of migrants with immediate housing and service needs have arrived in the City of New York resulting in a humanitarian crisis; and
WHEREAS, the federal Public Health Emergency for COVID-19 expired May 11, 2023, at which time the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Public Health Reassessment and Order Suspending the Right to Introduce Certain Persons from Countries Where a Quarantinable Communicable Disease Exists (the “Title 42 Order”), issued pursuant . to 42 U.S.C §§ 362 and 365 and suspending the allowance of certain persons travelling from Canada or Mexico, will also expire; and
WHEREAS, the County of Onondaga serves as a designated refugee resettlement community and does not have the capacity or resources to receive and sustain an increase in the number of migrants, imperiling public health and safety within the County, and is expecting to house and resettle nearly 1,900 legal refugees over the next year; and
NOW, THEREFORE, by the authority vested in me by the Onondaga County Charter and Administrative Code, and the laws of the State of New York, I hereby find, pursuant to Section 24 of Article 2-B of the New York State Executive Law, that the public safety is sufficiently imperiled such that a Proclamation of Emergency is declared within the territorial limits of Onondaga County.
This Proclamation of Emergency is effective immediately and shall remain in effect for thirty (30) days through July 17, 2023, unless extended by the Onondaga County Executive.
As the County Executive of Onondaga County, I exercise the authority given me under state law, including New York State Executive Law § 25 to use any and all facilities, equipment, supplies, personnel and other resources of the County in such manner as may be necessary or appropriate to cope with this disaster or emergency resulting therefrom.
J. Ryan McMahon II
County Executive