New York A 266: Adds Doodletown Brook to the definition of inland waterways eligible for the local waterfront revitalization program

Status: REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION (as of 2026-01-07)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: A 266

Sponsors: Christopher Eachus

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A00266 Summary:

BILL NOA00266 

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Adds Doodletown Brook to the definition of inland waterways eligible for the local waterfront revitalization program.

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01/08/2025referred to environmental conservation

01/07/2026referred to environmental conservation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 266

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to including Doodletown
 Brook in the list of inland waterways eligible for the local water-
 front revitalization program

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 4 of section 911 of the execu-
 2 tive law, as separately amended by chapters 382 and 397 of the laws of
 3 2023, is amended to read as follows:
 4 (c) the state's major creeks and brooks comprised of the 18 Mile Creek
 5 located in Erie county, Chittenango Creek, Bash Bish and Kinderhook
 6 Creek located in Columbia county, Kinderhook Creek located in Rensselaer
 7 county, Basher Kill, Bushkill, Cattaraugus, Cayadutta, North Chuctanun-
 8 da, Cincinnati, East Kill, Esopus (including upper and lower branches),
 9 Ferguson, Fish (including east and west branches), Gooseberry, Great
 10 Valley, Kennyetto, Little Sandy, Moyer, Mud Creek located in Oneida
 11 county, Ninemile Creek, Onondaga, Oriskany, Peekskill Hollow, Reall,
 12 Roeliff Jansen Kill, Rondout, Sandy, Sauquoit, Schoharie, Shawangunk
 13 Kill, Six Mile Creek, South Sandy, Oatka, Tonawanda, West Kill, Scaja-
 14 quada, Wappinger, Webatuck, Wassaic, Willsey in the village of Wurts-
 15 boro, Wood Creek located in Herkimer county, Wood Creek located in Onei-
 16 da county, Black Creek located in Monroe county, Black Creek located in
 17 Genesee and Wyoming counties, Ellicott Creek located in Erie county,
 18 Wynantskill, Claverack, Taghkanic, Agawamuck, Wyomanock, and Ley Creek
 19 and Butternut Creek located in Onondaga county, Nanticoke and Sawkill
 20 (in Ulster county), Saw Kill and Fall Kill located in Dutchess county,
 21 Otter Kill Creek located in Orange county, Black Meadow Creek located in
 22 Orange county, [and] the Silver Lake Outlet located in Wyoming county,
 23 and the Doodletown Brook located in Rockland county;
 24 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01375-01-5

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