NYS Emergency Rule on Wearing Masks
The New York State Department of Health has issued an emergency rule, effective July 9, that addresses the enforcement of several “social distancing” measures including an explicit, enforceable requirement on all building owners and operators that reads:
- Business operators and building owners, and those authorized on their behalf shall deny admittance to any person who fails to comply with this section [requiring face-coverings] and shall require or compel such persons’ removal
- The rule does specify that any individual violating any provision of this rule is subject to civil penalty up to $1,000 per violation, while businesses are subject to civil penalties specified in statute, up to $2,000 per day of violation.
- Read the Full Emergency Rule at this link.
Concerns about Clarkson community members not following COVID -19 University Policy or New York State rules can be made to Human Resources confidentially at https://intranet.clarkson.edu/administrative/hr/contact-hr/
You may also file social distancing, mask and PPE concerns directly with New York State:
File a complaint against your employer or place of work.
File a complaint about a business, location or incident in your community.
You may also call the NYS hotline at 1-833-789-0470.
NYS Mandated Travel Advisory (Applies to both work & non-work travel)
In response to increased rates of COVID-19 transmission in certain states within the United States, and to protect New York’s successful containment of COVID-19, the State has joined with New Jersey and Connecticut in jointly issuing a travel advisory for anyone returning from travel to states that have a significant degree of community-wide spread of COVID-19. If you have traveled from within one of the designated states with significant community spread, you must quarantine when you enter New York for 14 days from the last travel within such designated state, provided on the date you enter into New York State that such state met the criteria for requiring such quarantine. The requirements of the travel advisory do not apply to any individual passing through designated states for a limited duration (i.e., less than 24 hours) through the course of travel.
To file a report of an individual failing to adhere to the quarantine pursuant to the NYS travel advisory click here or call 1-833-789-0470.
Student groups will be encouraged to host their regular meetings online and host in-person events as space and NYS guidelines allow. Groups that can participate in outdoor activities will host games and local trips to outdoor areas. Clubs and organizations will be required to register all travel outside of the University grounds with the Office of Student Life prior to departure with a participant list.
Athletic leagues are moving forward and working on schedules to hold their fall and winter seasons in a way for student-athletes to compete in a safe and healthy manner. The leagues are currently establishing travel protocols for locker room standards, scheduling, and transportation as well as setting ground rules for fan attendance that may further be defined by NYS guidelines and directives on gathering sizes. We do not anticipate competitive play for Fall sports to start until the end of September.
