S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
2758
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 29, 2019
___________
Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities
AN ACT relating to requiring the city of New York to mitigate certain
property damage caused by environmental issues which are caused by
acts or omissions of such municipality
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. In the city of New York, where the municipality or its
departments by acts of omission or commission either creates or greatly
contributes to an environmental crisis which impacts a sizable segment
of its citizens, creating property damage and threatening residents'
health, and where such municipality or its departments either owns or
controls the infrastructure that can substantially mitigate this envi-
ronmental issue and bring relief to those residents, then such munici-
pality shall be required and directed to utilize that infrastructure to
provide a clear, objective and quantifiable plan to obtain relief in a
timely manner.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD06204-01-9