LEGAL NOTICE EMERGENCY ORDER No. 8 of 2026 of Saratoga
County
LOCAL STATE OF EMER- GENCY ORDER I, Philip C. Barrett, the Chief Executive of Saratoga County, in accordance with a declaration of a State of Emergency issued on February 3, 2026, and pursuant to Section 24 of the New York State Executive Law, do hereby order: On May 19, 2023, the Saratoga County Chief Executive declared a lo- cal state of emergency for the County of Sara- toga because the public safety and public health is imperiled due to the immediate danger of an extraordinary increase in the number of asylum seekers entering the County of Saratoga. The State of Emergency was renewed per statute on June 19, 2023, July 18, 2023, August 18, 2023, September 16, 2023, Oc- tober 16, 2023, Novem- ber 16, 2023, December 16, 2023, January 15, 2024, February 14, 2024, March 15, 2024, April 14, 2024, May 14, 2024, June 13, 2024, July 13, 2024, August 12, 2024, September 11, 2024, Oc- tober 11, 2024, Novem- ber 10, 2024, Decem- ber 10, 2024, January 9, 2025, February 8, 2025, March 10, 2025, April 9, 2025, May 9, 2025, June 8, 2025, July 8, 2025, Au- gust 7, 2025, September 6, 2025, October 6, 2025, November 5, 2025, De- cember 5, 2025 and Jan- uary 4, 2026. It has been deemed necessary to extend the state of
emergency another thirty days effective February 3, 2026. Section 5. Effective Date and Expiration:
A. This Local Emergency Order shall take effect immediately and shall remain in effect for a period of five (5) days unless sooner modified, extended, or revoked. This Local Emergency Order may be renewed for additional periods of five (5) days each during the pendency of the local state of emer- gency.
This Local Emergency Order shall be executed in quadruplicate and filed within seventy-two hours or as soon there- after as practicable in the office of the Clerk of Boards of Legislators, the office the County Clerk, the New York Secretary of State, and the New York State Of- fice of Emergency Man- agement withing the Division of Homeland Security and Emergen- cy Services. The Local Emergency Order is be- ing extended for an ad- ditional 5 days: 2/8/2026 through 2/12/2026 GIVEN, under my hand and the Seal of the County of Saratoga this February 7, in the year Two Thousand Twenty-
Six. COUNTY OF SARATOGA PHILIP C. BARRETT CHAIRMAN, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
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