NEW YORK, NY – Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani signed Emergency Executive Order 2.7 on Tuesday, extending the city’s long-running state of emergency tied to the operation of Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Centers, while directing agencies to develop a plan to end reliance on those emergency measures.
The order, issued under the city’s emergency authority, continues the provisions of Emergency Executive Order 2.6 for an additional five days. It maintains temporary suspensions and modifications of certain local laws that have allowed the city to operate large-scale emergency shelters for asylum seekers since 2022.
According to the directive, the Department of Social Services (DSS) and the Department of Homeless Services (DHS), in consultation with the Law Department, must submit a comprehensive plan to the mayor by February 19, 2026, outlining steps to “phase out the continued use of facilities that have been operated in reliance on the suspensions and modifications of laws and rules.”
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The order cites the ongoing “substantial increase in arrivals” as justification for maintaining the state of emergency, first declared by Emergency Executive Order 224 on October 7, 2022, and repeatedly extended since then. It also acknowledges that prior extensions did not include a plan for ending the need for these extraordinary measures — something this order now mandates.
Under Section 3, the new order takes effect immediately and will remain in effect for five days unless modified or terminated earlier.
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- Mayor Mamdani extends NYC’s state of emergency for asylum-seeker response
- DSS and DHS must deliver a phase-out plan by February 19, 2026
- Order 2.7 remains active for five days pending further review
The move signals a shift toward winding down the city’s emergency housing network — even as shelters and temporary relief centers remain filled beyond capacity.
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