Assembly Bill A2547

2023-2024 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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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-A2547 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1084
Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
New York City
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S4035
2015-2016: S5412
2017-2018: A7811, S1671
2019-2020: A3938, S2758
2021-2022: A2405, S3154

2023-A2547 (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.

2023-A2547 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2547
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 26, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. HYNDMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Environmental Conservation
 
 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.
                                                            LBD03350-01-3

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