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Home News Covid-19 Updates

A list of what New York state considers an “essential business”

Jim Franco by Jim Franco
March 20, 2020
in Covid-19 Updates, Government, News
Reading Time: 4 mins read
A screen shot of the governor's press conference on Wednesday, March 18.

A screen shot of the governor's press conference on Wednesday, March 18.

The state Department of Economic Development released guidelines as to what is considered an “essential business” and is exempt from the governor’s mandate to make every employee work from home.

Basically, business or entities are broken into 12 categories that operate or provide both essential and non-essential services, supplies or support, only those lines and/or business operations that are necessary to support the essential services, supplies, or support are exempt from the restrictions.

According to the NYSED they are:

  1. Essential health care operations including

  • •Research and laboratory services
  • Hospitals
  • Walk-in-care health facilities
  • Veterinary and animal health services
  • Elder care
  • Medical wholesale and distribution
  • Home health care workers or aides
  • Doctor and dentist offices
  • Nursing homes, or residential health care facilities or congregate care facilities
  • Medical supplies and equipment providers
  1. Essential infrastructure including

  • Utilities including power generation, fuel supply and transmission
  • Public water and wastewater
  • Telecommunications and data centers
  • Airports/airlines
  • Transportation infrastructure such as bus, rail, or for-hire vehicles, garages
  1. Essential manufacturing including

  • Food processing, including all foods and beverages
  • Chemicals
  • Medical equipment/instruments
  • Pharmaceuticals
  • Safety and sanitary products
  • Telecommunications
  • Microelectronics/semi-conductor
  • Agriculture/farms
  • Paper products
  1. Essential retail including

  • Grocery stores including all food and beverage stores
  • Pharmacies
  • Convenience stores
  • Farmer’s markets
  • Gas stations
  • Restaurants/bars (but only for take-out/delivery)
  • Hardware and building material stores
  1. Essential services including

  • Trash and recycling collection, processing and disposal
  • Mail and shipping services
  • Laundromats/dry cleaning
  • Building cleaning and maintenance
  • Child care services
  • Auto repair
  • Warehouse/distribution and fulfillment
  • Funeral homes, crematoriums and cemeteries
  • Storage for essential businesses
  • Animal shelters or animal care or management
  1. News media

  2. Financial Institutions including

  • Banks
  • Insurance
  • Payroll
  • Accounting
  1. Providers of basic necessities to economically disadvantaged populations including

  • Homeless shelters and congregate care facilities
  • Food banks
  • Human services providers whose function includes the direct care of patients in state-licensed or funded voluntary programs; the care, protection, custody and oversight of individuals both in the community and in state-licensed residential facilities; those operating community shelters and other critical human services agencies providing direct care or support
  1. Construction including

  • Skilled trades such as electricians, plumbers
  • Other related construction firms and professionals for essential infrastructure or for emergency repair and safety purposes
  1. Defense

  • Defense and national security-related operations supporting the U.S. Government or a contractor to the US government
  1. Essential services necessary to maintain the safety, sanitation and essential operations of residences or other essential businesses including

  • Law enforcement
  • Fire prevention and response
  • Building code enforcement
  • Security
  • Emergency management and response
  • Building cleaners or janitors
  • General maintenance whether employed by the entity directly or a vendor
  • Automotive repair
  • Disinfection
  • Doormen
  1. Vendors that provide essential services or products, including logistics and technology support, child care and services needed to ensure the continuing operation of government agencies and provide for the health, safety and welfare of the public including

  • Logistics
  • Technology support
  • Child care programs and services
  • Government owned or leased buildings
  • Essential government services

 

If the function of your business is not listed above, but you believe that it is essential or it is an entity providing essential services or functions, you may request designation as an essential business.

To request designation as an essential business, please click here.

Restrictions on requesting designation as an essential business:

  • Any business that only has a single occupant/employee (i.e. gas station) has been deemed exempt and need not submit a request to be designated as an essential business.
  • Businesses ordered to close on Monday, March 15 under the restrictions on any gathering with 500 or more participants, including but not limited to, bars, restaurants, gyms, movie theaters, casinos, auditoriums, concerts, conferences, worship services, sporting events, and physical fitness centers, are presumed to be compliant with state issued restrictions and must remain closed and are not eligible for designation as an essential business for purposes of this guidance.

For Guidance on cleaning and disinfection of facilities, refer to the New York State Department of Health Interim Guidance for Cleaning and Disinfection of Public and  Private Facilities for COVID -19 at http://www.health.ny.gov/diseases/communicable/coronavirus/docs/cleaning_guidance _general_building.pdf.

 

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