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A04236 Summary:

BILL NOA04236 

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SAME ASSAME AS S01532

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SPONSORCunningham

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §3-0320, En Con L

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Establishes a sea level rise mitigation and adaptation plan for cities with a population of one million or more to be implemented by the department of environmental conservation; requires a sea level rise vulnerability and adaptation report to be submitted.

Go to top A04236 Actions:

BILL NOA04236 

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01/31/2025referred to environmental conservation

01/07/2026referred to environmental conservation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4236

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 31, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. CUNNINGHAM -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Environmental Conservation

 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
 establishing a sea level rise mitigation and adaptation 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 3-0320 to read as follows:
 3 § 3-0320. Sea level rise mitigation and adaptation plan; cities with a
 4 population of one million or more.
 5 1. The department, in consultation with the New York city emergency
 6 management department, shall:
 7 (a) establish a sea level rise mitigation and adaptation plan for
 8 cities with a population of one million or more, to identify land and
 9 existing and planned facilities, including critical infrastructure, that
 10 have been affected by or are vulnerable to sea level rise, flooding
 11 impacts, and natural hazards. The department shall utilize information,
 12 projections and map data from the most recent update of the sea level
 13 rise vulnerability and adaptation report, the New York city mayor's
 14 office of resiliency's climate resilience master plan and any other
 15 agency report with pertinent related data, and any other pertinent data
 16 and scientific reports the department deems necessary;
 17 (b) assess a range of options, including environmental, social, and
 18 economic factors, for mitigating impacts of sea level rise;
 19 (c) submit an annual sea level rise vulnerability and adaptation
 20 report to the governor, the mayor of the city of New York, and the
 21 department of state no later than ninety days after the completion of
 22 such report; and
 23 (d) thirty days after the submission of such report required pursuant
 24 to paragraph (c) of this subdivision, conduct public hearings for public

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04481-01-5

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 1 comment in five different counties within cities with a population of
 2 one million or more.
 3 2. (a) One hundred eighty days following the submission of the sea
 4 level rise vulnerability and adaptation report, the department shall be
 5 authorized to implement and administer climate adaptation and mitigation
 6 projects. Such projects shall include:
 7 (i) the construction of natural resiliency measures and the conserva-
 8 tion or restoration of riparian areas and tidal marsh migration areas;
 9 (ii) nature-based solutions such as wetland protections to address
 10 physical climate risk due to sea level rise, storm surges and/or flood-
 11 ing, based on available data predicting the likelihood of future extreme
 12 weather events, including hazard risk analysis data if applicable;
 13 (iii) relocation or retrofitting of facilities to address physical
 14 climate risk due to sea level rise, storm surges and/or flooding based
 15 on available data predicting the likelihood of future extreme weather
 16 events, including hazard risk analysis data if applicable; and
 17 (iv) flood risk reduction.
 18 (b) With respect to such climate adaptation and mitigation projects
 19 authorized pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subdivision, the department
 20 shall:
 21 (i) provide state and regional information to the public and provide
 22 support to local, regional, and ot