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A02417 Summary:

BILL NOA02417 

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SAME ASSAME AS S04513

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SPONSORGallagher

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COSPNSRReyes, Gonzalez-Rojas, Colton, Taylor, Rosenthal, Hevesi, Seawright, Epstein, Mamdani, Shrestha,
 Simon, Carroll R, Shimsky, Zaccaro, Burdick, Levenberg, Simone, Forrest, Kelles, Tapia, Gibbs, De
 Los Santos, Raga, Otis

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 59 §§59-0101 - 59-0111, En Con L

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Requires applicants for major projects located near a disadvantaged community to submit an enhanced public participation plan.

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BILL NOA02417 

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01/16/2025referred to environmental conservation

01/07/2026referred to environmental conservation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2417

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 16, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. GALLAGHER, REYES, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, COLTON, TAYLOR,
 ROSENTHAL, HEVESI, SEAWRIGHT, EPSTEIN, MAMDANI, SHRESTHA, SIMON,
 R. CARROLL, SHIMSKY, ZACCARO, BURDICK, LEVENBERG, SIMONE, FORREST,
 KELLES, TAPIA, GIBBS, DE LOS SANTOS, RAGA, OTIS -- read once and
 referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation

 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
 requiring applicants for major projects located near disadvantaged
 communities to submit an enhanced public participation 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 article 59 to read as follows:
 3 ARTICLE 59
 4 ENHANCED PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES
 5 Section 59-0101. Declaration of legislative findings and intent.
 6 59-0103. Definitions.
 7 59-0105. Enhanced public participation plan.
 8 59-0107. Environmental assessment.
 9 59-0109. Applicant certification.
 10 59-0111. Prohibitions.
 11 § 59-0101. Declaration of legislative findings and intent.
 12 1. The legislature finds and declares that it is the policy of the
 13 state of New York to promote environmental justice and incorporate meas-
 14 ures for achieving environmental justice into the state's programs,
 15 policies, regulations, legislative proposals and activities. The legis-
 16 lature further finds and declares that economically distressed and
 17 minority communities in the state have long borne a disproportionate and
 18 inequitable pollution burden, caused by historic siting of sources of
 19 pollution in those communities.
 20 2. Many economically distressed and minority communities in the state
 21 suffer from elevated rates of respiratory illnesses, including asthma,

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00931-01-5

 A. 2417 2

 1 bronchitis, and emphysema, and other adverse health effects associated
 2 with the long-term and chronic exposure to multiple sources of pollution
 3 resulting from the disproportionate and inequitable siting of pollution
 4 sources in those communities.
 5 3. The intersection of high asthma rates, environmental pollution, and
 6 disadvantaged communities is prevalent in New York City's "Asthma
 7 Alley," which comprises parts of Queens, the Bronx, and Brooklyn. In
 8 Astoria, Queens, two generating stations provide nearly half of New York
 9 City's electricity. This area experiences asthma rates greater than the
 10 borough average.
 11 4. The disproportionate and inequitable siting of pollution sources in
 12 economically distressed and minority communities is in large part the
 13 result of inadequate notice to those communities of the proposed siting
 14 of those sources and inadequate opportunities for community input and
 15 participation during the environmental permit process.
 16 5. The legislature hereby finds it in the interest of public health
 17 and safety to require major projects located in or adjacent to disadvan-
 18 taged communities to undergo review and to comply with enhanced notice
 19 and public participation requirements. The legislature further finds
 20 that enhanced notice and public participation requirements for