Executive Orders & Actions
A chronological public record of Governor Kathy Hochul’s executive orders, the legislation she has signed or vetoed, and the state regulations advanced under her administration. Every entry links to its official source document.
Executive Orders
EO No. 62 — Temporary moratorium on hyperscale data centers
Nation's first statewide moratorium on new hyperscale data centers, signed July 14, 2026. Pauses DEC discretionary environmental permits for up to one year while DPS develops a Generic Environmental Impact Statement setting statewide standards on energy demand, water use and air quality; press coverage puts the threshold at projects drawing 50+ MW. Also directs ESD to issue a Community Investment Framework within 60 days, directs DPS to consider a Grid Acceleration Fund, and Hochul says she will pursue legislation repealing sales-tax exemptions for large data centers. Comes weeks after the Legislature passed its own one-year data-center moratorium bill, which she has not signed.
EO No. 61 — Regulatory Reset
Directs all state agencies to review and reform outdated regulations, fees, and reporting requirements (with AI tools plus staff) as part of the EXPRESS NY efficiency push.
EO No. 60 — Barring state employees from profiting on insider information
Prohibits state employees from using government information for personal financial gain.
EO No. 59 — Naming the Harriman Campus DOL building
Names a Department of Labor building on the Harriman Campus.
EO No. 58 — Multi-county winter storm emergency
Declares a disaster emergency across multiple counties for a winter storm.
EO No. 57 — Statewide winter disaster emergency
Declares a statewide disaster emergency to mobilize resources for a winter storm.
EO No. 47.7 — Correction officer strike / National Guard deployment
Declared a disaster emergency and deployed thousands of National Guard members into state prisons during an illegal February 2025 work stoppage.
EO No. 31 — Model Employer for People With Disabilities
Directs state agencies to plan to improve disability hiring and retention.
EO No. 28 — Asylum seeker / migrant state of emergency
Declared a disaster emergency ahead of the expiration of Title 42.
EO No. 23 — Master Plan for Aging
Establishes New York's first Master Plan for Aging.
EO No. 22 — "Leading by Example" sustainability
Directs net-zero state operations, a 100% zero-emission light-duty state fleet by 2035, and Buy Clean Concrete standards.