Benjamin, et al., v. Horn, et al.,

Filing 680

ORDER RE: TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF DOHMH ENVIRONMENTAL INSPECTIONS. IT IS HEREBY ORDERED: 1. Paragraph "6" of the April 26, 2001 Order on Environmental Conditions is suspended during the current public health crisis; 2. DOC shall continue to conduct its own mandated inspections of the City jails; 3. Defendants' counsel shall notify Plaintiffs' counsel and the Office of Compliance Consultants when the DOHMH inspections can be resumed. SO ORDERED. (Signed by Judge Loretta A. Preska on 3/24/2020) (va)

Case 1:75-cv-03073-LAP Document 679-2 Filed 03/23/20 Page 1 of 2

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
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JAMES BENJAMIN, et al.,
Plaintiffs,
-againstCYNTHIA BRANN, et al.,,

ORDER RE: TEMPORARY
SUSPENSION OF DOHMH
ENVIRONMENTAL
INSPECTIONS.
75 Civ. 3073 (LAP)

Defendants.
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WHEREAS, pursuant to an order of District Judge Harold Baer, Jr., Order on:
Environmental Conditions (dated April 26, 2001) (hereinafter, the “Environmental Order”), the
Defendant New York City Department of Correction (“DOC”) undertakes various measures,
including weekly and monthly inspections, to ensure that its detention facilities are maintained
in a clean and sanitary manner;
WHEREAS, paragraph “6” of the Environmental Order requires the New York
City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (“DOHMH”) to also conduct its own monthly
inspections at DOC facilities;
.WHEREAS, there presently exist municipal, state and federal States of
Emergency relating to the coronavirus outbreak in the United States;
WHEREAS, DOHMH wishes to dispatch its inspection workforce to other areas
of the City to deal with the coronavirus outbreak, and temporarily suspend its inspections in the
City jails;
WHEREAS, the more frequent inspections in the City jails will continue to be
conducted under the auspices of the DOC inspection workforce as set out in paragraph “4” of the
Environmental Order;

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IT IS HERBY ORDERED:
1.

Paragraph “6” of the April 26, 2001 Order on Environmental Conditions is
suspended during the current public health crisis;

2.

DOC shall continue to conduct its own mandated inspections of the City
jails;

3.

Defendants’ counsel shall notify Plaintiffs’ counsel and the Office of
Compliance Consultants when the DOHMH inspections can be resumed.

SO ORDERED:
U.S.D.J.

Dated:

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New York, New York
March 24, 2020