New York City Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani announced on April 25 that Emergency Executive Order No. 2.22 has been issued, extending Section 1 of the previous Emergency Executive Order No. 2.21 for an additional five days.
The extension is part of the city’s ongoing response to a state of emergency first declared in October 2022, which led to the creation of Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Centers to provide temporary housing due to a significant increase in new arrivals over recent years.
According to the executive order, prior directives issued before January 5, 2026 did not include requirements for plans detailing how suspensions and modifications of laws would be phased out. The current state of emergency remains in effect as city agencies work on developing and implementing such a plan.
The order instructs the Department of Social Services and the Department of Homeless Services, with input from the Law Department, to regularly update Mayor Mamdani about progress on an action plan aimed at phasing out reliance on facilities operating under suspended or modified regulations.
This latest executive order takes effect immediately and will remain active for five days unless it is terminated or modified earlier by city authorities.
