Posted by Chris Alarie on Wed, 09/29/2021 - 08:14
In December 2019, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the Nuisance Call Act into law. Among its most significant provisions is the following:
It shall be unlawful for any telemarketer doing business in this state to knowingly make an unsolicited telemarketing sales call to any person in a county, city, town or village under a declared state of emergency as described in sections twenty-four or twenty-eight of the executive law.
This provision banning unsolicited telemarketing sales calls to any person in the state who is living under a declared state of emergency has been enacted numerous times in the years since the law's passage—often without attracting notice.
We are using this page as a regularly updated resource to catalogue all of the New York Disaster Emergencies currently in effect that trigger the telemarketing restrictions from the Nuisance Call Act.
Current Status: Telemarketing Prohibited Statewide
| Executive Order | Expiration Date | Affected Counties | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.20 | 6/15/2023 | Statewide | This order extends an executive orders from the previous governor, Andrew Cuomo. It was a statewide disaster emergency (EO 211) on gun violence that triggers the calling ban |
| 4.21 | 6/8/2023 | Statewide | Healthcare staffing shortages |
| 5.20 | 5/30/2023 | Bronx, Kings, New York, Richmond, and Queens | Deaths at Rikers Island |
| 28 | 6/8/2023 | Statewide | Expiration of Title 42 and an expected increase in migrants arriving in New York |
