New York S 3590: Enacts the climate resilient New York act of 2026; establishes the office of resilience to assess and identify climate related threats

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S03590 Summary:

BILL NOS03590A

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SAME ASSAME AS A08088-B

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SPONSORHARCKHAM

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COSPNSRCLEARE, FAHY, HINCHEY, JACKSON, MARTINS, MATTERA, MAY, MAYER, PALUMBO, RHOADS, SALAZAR, SERRANO,
 SKOUFIS

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 43 §§930 - 938, Exec L

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Enacts the climate resilient New York act; establishes the office of resilience and a resilience task force to assess and identify climate related threats and develop a statewide resilience plan.

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BILL NOS03590A

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01/28/2025REFERRED TO FINANCE

04/29/20251ST REPORT CAL.758

04/30/20252ND REPORT CAL.

05/01/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

05/20/2025PASSED SENATE

05/20/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

05/20/2025referred to governmental operations

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO FINANCE

01/12/2026AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE

01/12/2026PRINT NUMBER 3590A

01/20/20261ST REPORT CAL.117

01/21/20262ND REPORT CAL.

01/27/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

03/04/2026PASSED SENATE

03/04/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

03/04/2026referred to governmental operations

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3590--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 28, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. HARCKHAM, CLEARE, FAHY, HINCHEY, JACKSON, MAY,
 MAYER, PALUMBO, SALAZAR, SERRANO, SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered
 printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
 -- recommitted to the Committee on Finance in accordance with Senate
 Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
 reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to enacting the climate
 resilient New York act of 2026

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

 1 Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new article 43 to
 2 read as follows:
 3 ARTICLE 43
 4 CLIMATE RESILIENT NEW YORK ACT OF 2026
 5 Section 930. Short title.
 6 931. Declaration of purpose.
 7 932. Office of resilience.
 8 933. Chief resilience officer.
 9 934. Statewide resilience plan.
 10 935. Resilience task force.
 11 936. State agency resilience coordinators.
 12 937. Interagency resilience coordination team.
 13 938. Public engagement and reporting.
 14 § 930. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as the
 15 "climate resilient New York act of 2026".
 16 § 931. Declaration of purpose. The legislature recognizes that the
 17 state is particularly vulnerable to adverse impacts from climate change.
 18 In less than 15 years, the state has experienced sixteen climate disas-
 19 ter declarations. These rising risks pose economic, social, environ-
 20 mental, and public health and safety challenges. A coordinated approach
 21 is necessary to effectively, efficiently, and equitably address and

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04510-04-6

 S. 3590--A 2

 1 prepare for the adverse impacts of near-, mid-, and long-term climate
 2 threats on the state. This act therefore relates to establishing a
 3 statewide office of climate resilience; adding the office of climate
 4 resilience to the executive branch of government; creating the office of
 5 resilience within the office of the governor; establishing a chief resi-
 6 lience officer; establishing resilience coordinators in each state agen-
 7 cy; providing for a statewide resilience plan to be coordinated by the
 8 office of climate resilience; establishing an interagency resilience
 9 coordination team and providing for its members, meetings, and public
 10 engagement; and providing for related matters.
 11 § 932. Office of resilience. 1. There is hereby created in the execu-
 12 tive department an office of resilience, hereinafter in this article
 13 referred to as the "office".
 14 2. The office shall have the following functions, powers and duties:
 15 (a) Coordinate the resilience task force and provide strategic direc-
 16 tion for governmental resilience initiatives to build l