Scope: State (New York)
Branch: Executive
Severity: Amber
Date occurred: February 12, 2026
Executive Order 56.8, signed February 12, 2026, extends a previously declared State disaster emergency covering Bronx County, New York County, and contiguous counties based on healthcare staffing shortages. New York disaster emergency declarations are issued under the Executive Law provisions that authorize the Governor to direct emergency response and to temporarily suspend specified statutory and regulatory requirements for the duration of the declaration.
Constitutional basis: Serial renewal of disaster-emergency authority permitting temporary statutory suspension, applied to an ongoing staffing condition rather than a discrete acute event.