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Assembly Bill A11305

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Establishes the New York state office of ocean economy within the department of environmental conservation

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2025-A11305 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add §3-0323, En Con L

2025-A11305 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "New York state blue economy development act" to establish the New York state office of ocean economy within the department of environmental conservation to strengthen coastal communities, promote sustainable economic growth and innovation, support working waterfront and maritime industries; enhance environmental protection and coastal resilience, and align public, private and academic stakeholders under a coordinated statewide strategy.

2025-A11305 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   11305
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 11, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Blumencranz)
   --  read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conserva-
   tion
 
 AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
   establishing the New York state office of ocean economy
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
 the "New York state blue economy development act".
   §  2.  Legislative  intent.  The legislature hereby finds and declares
 that:
   1. New York's coastal and marine environments-including  the  Atlantic
 Ocean,  Long  Island  Sound, Oyster Bay Harbor, the Peconic Estuary, and
 interconnected bays, harbors, and waterways-are among the  State's  most
 valuable natural and economic assets.
   2.  Long  Island,  and particularly the North Shore and Town of Oyster
 Bay, has a historic and ongoing relationship with the water, serving  as
 a  hub  for  maritime  commerce, shellfishing, marine research, environ-
 mental stewardship, and coastal tourism.
   3. Ocean- and coastal-based industries-including maritime  transporta-
 tion,  aquaculture,  fisheries, marine construction, tourism, waterfront
 redevelopment, and emerging ocean technologies-represent  a  significant
 and  underutilized  driver  of  economic growth, job creation, and inno-
 vation.
   4. The "ocean economy," also known as the "blue economy,"  encompasses
 a wide range of economic activities tied to ocean and coastal resources,
 and  when properly managed, can simultaneously advance economic develop-
 ment, environmental sustainability, and community resilience.
   5. Other states have successfully implemented  centralized  models  to
 coordinate  and  grow their ocean economies, including the establishment
 of dedicated offices  to  align  research,  workforce  development,  and
 economic strategy.
   6.  New  York currently lacks a unified framework to coordinate stake-
 holders, leverage academic institutions, support  industry  growth,  and

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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