N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 9, § 3.47 – Executive Order No. 47: Directing that the Chief of Staff order into active service the organized militia to assist authorities in guaranteeing public safety and protecting property in Erie County.

(1) Major General Vito J. Castellano, Chief of Staff to the Governor, is hereby appointed commander of all personnel ordered into the active service of the State.
(2) Units and members of the organized militia to be designated by order of the Chief of Staff to the Governor will immediately assemble at their local armories when ordered, and will remain assembled pending further orders as to their disposition by the Chief of Staff to the Governor.
(3) All enlistments, reenlistments, or voluntary extension of enlistments which expire after 27 January 1977 and during the period for which the members are currently ordered into the active service of the State are hereby extended for the duration of such duty in the active service of the State.
Signed: Hugh L. Carey Dated: January 27, 1977

I, HUGH L. CAREY, by virtue of authority vested in me as Governor, under the Military Law of the State, do hereby direct by Executive Order that the Chief of Staff to the Governor order into the active service of the State, for such period, to such extent, and in such manner as he may deem necessary, all or any part of the organized militia to assist agencies in Erie County, New York in alleviating the effects of the natural disaster resulting from the severe weather conditions existing in the County.