New York A 8088: Enacts the climate resilient New York act of 2025; establishes the office of resilience to assess and identify climate related threats

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A08088 Summary:

BILL NOA08088B

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SAME ASSAME AS S03590-A

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SPONSORBurdick

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COSPNSRKelles, Simone, Raga, Simon, Shimsky, Cook, Lavine

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 43 §§930 - 938, Exec L

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Enacts the climate resilient New York act; establishes the office of resilience and a resilience task force to assess and identify climate related threats and develop a statewide resilience plan.

Go to top A08088 Actions:

BILL NOA08088B

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04/24/2025referred to governmental operations

05/05/2025amend and recommit to governmental operations

05/05/2025print number 8088a

01/07/2026referred to governmental operations

01/21/2026amend (t) and recommit to governmental operations

01/21/2026print number 8088b

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Go to topA08088 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8088--B

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 April 24, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. BURDICK -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Governmental Operations -- committee discharged, bill amended,
 ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee --
 recommitted to the Committee on Governmental Operations in accordance
 with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended,
 ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to enacting the climate
 resilient New York act of 2026

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

 1 Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new article 43 to
 2 read as follows:
 3 ARTICLE 43
 4 CLIMATE RESILIENT NEW YORK ACT OF 2026
 5 Section 930. Short title.
 6 931. Declaration of purpose.
 7 932. Office of resilience.
 8 933. Chief resilience officer.
 9 934. Statewide resilience plan.
 10 935. Resilience task force.
 11 936. State agency resilience coordinators.
 12 937. Interagency resilience coordination team.
 13 938. Public engagement and reporting.
 14 § 930. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as the
 15 "climate resilient New York act of 2026".
 16 § 931. Declaration of purpose. The legislature recognizes that the
 17 state is particularly vulnerable to adverse impacts from climate change.
 18 In less than 15 years, the state has experienced sixteen climate disas-
 19 ter declarations. These rising risks pose economic, social, environ-
 20 mental, and public health and safety challenges. A coordinated approach
 21 is necessary to effectively, efficiently, and equitably address and

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04510-05-6

 A. 8088--B 2

 1 prepare for the adverse impacts of near-, mid-, and long-term climate
 2 threats on the state. This act therefore relates to establishing a
 3 statewide office of climate resilience; adding the office of climate
 4 resilience to the executive branch of government; creating the office of
 5 resilience within the office of the governor; establishing a chief resi-
 6 lience officer; establishing resilience coordinators in each state agen-
 7 cy; providing for a statewide resilience plan to be coordinated by the
 8 office of climate resilience; establishing an interagency resilience
 9 coordination team and providing for its members, meetings, and public
 10 engagement; and providing for related matters.
 11 § 932. Office of resilience. 1. There is hereby created in the execu-
 12 tive department an office of resilience, hereinafter in this article
 13 referred to as the "office".
 14 2. The office shall have the following functions, powers and duties:
 15 (a) Coordinate the resilience task force and provide strategic direc-
 16 tion for governmental resilience initiatives to build long-term climate
 17 resilience for a robust, vibrant economy, sustainable natural environ-
 18 ment, healthy communities, and an equitable and just transition to
 19 future climate;
 20 (b) Establish an interagency resilience coordination team;
 21 (c) Establish, in collaboration with the interagency resilience coor-
 22 dination team, a statewide resilience