New York S 2646: Adds Falls Brook, Jones Brook, Kelso Brook, Minerva Stream, and Trout Brook to the definition of inland waterways for the purposes of waterfront revitalization

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S02646 Summary:

BILL NOS02646 

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SAME ASSAME AS A03211

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SPONSORSTEC

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §911, Exec L

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Adds Falls Brook, Jones Brook, Kelso Brook, Minerva Stream, and Trout Brook to the definition of inland waterways for the purposes of waterfront revitalization.

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BILL NOS02646 

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01/22/2025REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

05/13/20251ST REPORT CAL.1052

05/14/20252ND REPORT CAL.

05/15/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/09/2025PASSED SENATE

06/09/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/09/2025referred to environmental conservation

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

02/24/20261ST REPORT CAL.377

02/25/20262ND REPORT CAL.

02/26/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

05/05/2026PASSED SENATE

05/05/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

05/05/2026referred to environmental conservation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2646

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 22, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. STEC -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation

 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to adding Falls Brook,
 Jones Brook, Kelso Brook, Minerva Stream, and Trout Brook to the defi-
 nition of inland waterways for the purposes of waterfront revitaliza-
 tion

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 4 of section 911 of the execu-
 2 tive law, as separately amended by chapters 382 and 397 of the laws of
 3 2023, is amended to read as follows:
 4 (c) the state's major creeks comprised of the 18 Mile Creek located in
 5 Erie county, Chittenango Creek, Bash Bish and Kinderhook Creek located
 6 in Columbia county, Kinderhook Creek located in Rensselaer county, Bash-
 7 er Kill, Bushkill, Cattaraugus, Cayadutta, North Chuctanunda, Cincinna-
 8 ti, East Kill, Esopus (including upper and lower branches), Falls Brook
 9 in Essex county, Ferguson, Fish (including east and west branches),
 10 Gooseberry, Great Valley, Jones Brook in Essex county, Kelso Brook in
 11 Essex county, Kennyetto, Little Sandy, Minerva Stream in Essex county,
 12 Moyer, Mud Creek located in Oneida county, Ninemile Creek, Onondaga,
 13 Oriskany, Peekskill Hollow, Reall, Roeliff Jansen Kill, Rondout, Sandy,
 14 Sauquoit, Schoharie, Shawangunk Kill, Six Mile Creek, South Sandy,
 15 Oatka, Tonawanda, Trout Brook in Essex county, West Kill, Scajaquada,
 16 Wappinger, Webatuck, Wassaic, Willsey in the village of Wurtsboro, Wood
 17 Creek located in Herkimer county, Wood Creek located in Oneida county,
 18 Black Creek located in Monroe county, Black Creek located in Genesee and
 19 Wyoming counties, Ellicott Creek located in Erie county, Wynantskill,
 20 Claverack, Taghkanic, Agawamuck, Wyomanock, and Ley Creek and Butternut
 21 Creek located in Onondaga county, Nanticoke and Sawkill (in Ulster coun-
 22 ty), Saw Kill and Fall Kill located in Dutchess county, Otter Kill Creek
 23 located in Orange county, Black Meadow Creek located in Orange county,
 24 and the Silver Lake Outlet located in Wyoming county;
 25 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04902-01-5

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