New York S 6728: Insures that the incorporation of a certain village in Westchester county does not have a significant adverse impact on the remaining town

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S06728 Summary:

BILL NOS06728 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORHARCKHAM

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 59 §§59-0101 - 59-0121, En Con L

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Creates the "Great Swamp protection act" for lands in Dutchess and Putnam counties.

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BILL NOS06728 

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03/21/2025REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

05/28/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 6728

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 21, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation

 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
 enacting the "Great Swamp protection act"

 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 GREAT SWAMP PROTECTION ACT
 5 Section 59-0101. Short title.
 6 59-0103. Legislative declaration.
 7 59-0105. Legislative findings and intent.
 8 59-0107. Definitions.
 9 59-0109. Great Swamp reserve commission.
 10 59-0111. Duties of the commission.
 11 59-0113. Great Swamp protection land use and management plan.
 12 59-0115. Dedications to the Great Swamp preserve; legislative
 13 protection.
 14 59-0117. Limitations on regulation of hunting, fishing and
 15 recreational activities; nonregulation of federal
 16 conservation activities.
 17 59-0119. Effect on other laws.
 18 59-0121. Severability.
 19 § 59-0101. Short title.
 20 This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Great Swamp
 21 protection act".
 22 § 59-0103. Legislative declaration.
 23 The legislature hereby declares it to be in the public interest to
 24 protect and manage the Great Swamp, in the counties of Dutchess and
 25 Putnam, by establishing the Great Swamp reserve. It is further in the
 26 public interest to establish a commission made up of representatives of
 27 state, county, and local governments to prepare a Great Swamp protection
 28 land use and management plan and make recommendations to preserve,

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11174-01-5

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 1 protect and enhance the natural, recreational, economic and educational
 2 values of the region, which the state and local governments may adopt.
 3 § 59-0105. Legislative findings and intent.
 4 The legislature hereby finds that the counties of Dutchess and Putnam
 5 contain a wetland ecosystem of statewide importance known as the Great
 6 Swamp.
 7 The legislature finds that within the Great Swamp the federal, state,
 8 county and local governments own and manage significant properties in
 9 the form of parks, preserves, historic sites and protected open space,
 10 where there is an interdependent and reciprocal relationship between
 11 human activities and natural processes, and where fishing, agriculture
 12 and tourism have been the dominant industries for more than three
 13 hundred fifty years.
 14 The legislature finds that the Great Swamp, an area encompassing over
 15 six thousand acres in the counties of Dutchess and Putnam, is of crit-
 16 ical importance to the state because it is a wetland comprised of two
 17 critical watersheds. The Great Swamp is interconnected by the Swamp
 18 River and the East Branch Croton River, and the ecologic and hydrologic
 19 integrity of this system must be protected.
 20 The legislature also finds that the Great Swamp contains one of the
 21 greatest concentrations and diversities of endangered, threatened and
 22 special concern species of plants and animals to be found in the state,
 23 and that protection of their habitats is in the best interest of the
 24 people of New York. The legislature further finds that the Great Swamp
 25 contains many other unique natural, agricultural, historical, cultural
 26 and recreational resources that are mutuall