New York A 11032: Directs state agencies to adopt a waste diversion plan

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A11032 Summary:

BILL NOA11032 

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SAME ASSAME AS S06931-A

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SPONSORBichotte Hermelyn

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §27-0111, En Con L

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Directs state agencies to adopt a waste diversion plan.

Go to top A11032 Actions:

BILL NOA11032 

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04/23/2026referred to governmental operations

05/05/2026reported 

05/07/2026advanced to third reading cal.491

Go to topA11032 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS Chair:McDonald 
DATE:05/05/2026AYE/NAY:11/0 Action: Favorable McDonaldAyeBeephanAye

GlickAyeSimpsonAye

KimAyeNovakhovExcused

Bichotte HermelExcusedNorberAye

WilliamsAye

RagaExcused

SimoneAye

ShimskyAye

KassayAye

BurroughsAye

Go to topA11032 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA11032 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 11032

 IN ASSEMBLY

 April 23, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. BICHOTTE HERMELYN -- read once and referred to
 the Committee on Governmental Operations

 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law; in relation to
 directing state agencies to adopt a waste diversion plan

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

 1 Section 1. The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a
 2 new section 27-0111 to read as follows:
 3 § 27-0111. State entities waste reduction and diversion.
 4 1. Definitions. For purposes of this section:
 5 (a) "Affected entities" shall mean any agency or department over which
 6 the governor has executive authority, including all offices and divi-
 7 sions thereof, as well as all public authorities for which the governor
 8 appoints the chair, the chief executive, or the majority of board
 9 members, including all offices and divisions thereof, except for the
 10 port authority of New York and New Jersey. This shall include the state
 11 university of New York and the city university of New York.
 12 (b) "Council" shall mean the GreenNY Council, created pursuant to
 13 executive order twenty-two on September twentieth, two thousand twenty-
 14 two.
 15 2. (a) The council shall be comprised of the commissioner of environ-
 16 mental conservation; the director of the division of the budget; the
 17 commissioner of general services; the commissioner of health; the
 18 commissioner of economic development; the commissioner of transporta-
 19 tion; the commissioner of parks, recreation, and historic preservation;
 20 the president of the environmental facilities corporation; the president
 21 of the New York state energy research and development authority; the
 22 president of the New York power authority; the president of the dormito-
 23 ry authority of the state of New York; and the chief executive officer
 24 of the metropolitan transportation authority.
 25 (b) Members of the council may designate a staff member, and an alter-
 26 nate, to represent them and participate on the council on their behalf.
 27 (c) The council shall be led and co-chaired by the commissioner of
 28 general services, the commissioner of environmental conservation, the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11202-04-6

 A. 11032 2

 1 director of the division of the budget, the president of the New York
 2 state energy research and development authority, and the president of
 3 the New York power authority, or their designees. The day-to-day work of
 4 the council shall be performed by executive and program staff of these
 5 leadership agencies and authorities, in consultation with any other
 6 agency or authority staff that participate in council work.
 7 3. (a) All affected entities, in consultation with the department and
 8 the council, shall create a waste diversion plan and file such plan with
 9 the council, that outlines how they will achieve a decrease in waste
 10 disposal of ten percent every five years from a baseline of fiscal year
 11 two thousand eighteen-two thousand nineteen, until reaching a goal of an
 12 overall seventy-five percent decrease.
 13 (b) Waste data reported for these goals shall be broken out into the
 14 following categories:
 15 (i) recycled materials;
 16 (ii) compostable material