There sure are a lot of essential businesses in NY.
Below are the fields considered to be essential and thereby exempt from the mandate limiting the in-person workforce:
1. Essential health care operations:
7. Financial Institutions:
Even if a business is deemed essential, it is still requested that all employees engage in social distancing.
While houses of worship were not ordered to be closed, but it was strongly suggested by the state that no congregant services be held and social distancing maintained.
Below are the fields considered to be essential and thereby exempt from the mandate limiting the in-person workforce:
1. Essential health care operations:
- Research and laboratory services
- Hospitals
- Walk-in-care health facilities
- Emergency veterinary and livestock services
- Elder care
- Medical wholesale and distribution
- Home health care workers or aides for the elderly
- Doctor and emergency dental
- Nursing homes, residential health care facilities or congregate care facilities
- Medical supplies and equipment manufacturers and providers
- 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
- Hotels, and places of accommodation
- Food processing, manufacturing agents, including all foods and beverages
- Chemicals
- Medical equipment/instruments
- Pharmaceuticals
- Sanitary products
- Telecommunications
- Microelectronics/semi-conductor
- Agriculture/farms
- Household paper products
- 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
- Trash and recycling collection, processing and disposal
- Mail and shipping services
- Laundromats
- Building cleaning and maintenance
- Child care services
- Auto repair
- Warehouse/distribution and fulfillment
- Funeral homes, crematoriums and cemeteries
- Storage for essential businesses
- Animal shelters
7. Financial Institutions:
- Banks
- Insurance
- Payroll
- Accounting
- Services related to financial markets
- 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
- Skilled trades such as electricians, plumbers
- Other related construction firms and professionals for essential infrastructure or for emergency repair and safety purposes
- Defense and national security-related operations supporting the U.S. Government or a contractor to the US government
- 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
- Logistics
- Technology support for online services
- Child care programs and services
- Government owned or leased buildings
- Essential government services
Even if a business is deemed essential, it is still requested that all employees engage in social distancing.
While houses of worship were not ordered to be closed, but it was strongly suggested by the state that no congregant services be held and social distancing maintained.
