senate Bill S2758

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires the city of New York to mitigate property damage caused by environmental issues which are caused by acts or omissions of such municipality

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Jan 08, 2020 referred to cities
Jan 29, 2019 referred to cities

S2758 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3938
Law Section:
New York City
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S4035
2015-2016: S5412
2017-2018: S1671, A7811
2021-2022: S3154, A2405
2023-2024: S1084, A2547

S2758 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the city of New York to mitigate property damage caused by environmental issues which are caused by acts or omissions of such municipality.

S2758 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S2758 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf


                    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

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