New York A 10752: Relates to personal protective equipment standards for employers

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A10752 Summary:

BILL NOA10752 

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SAME ASSAME AS S02179

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SPONSORShimsky

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 27 Title 34 §§27-3401 - 27-3405, amd §27-0107, En Con L

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Enacts the state and local government food waste prevention and diversion act; requires facilities generating excess food waste to take measures to minimize such waste.

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BILL NOA10752 

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03/27/2026referred to environmental conservation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 10752

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 27, 2026
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 Introduced by M. of A. SHIMSKY -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Environmental Conservation

 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
 prevention and diversion of food waste

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

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "state and local government food waste prevention and diversion
 3 act".
 4 § 2. Article 27 of the environmental conservation law is amended by
 5 adding a new title 34 to read as follows:
 6 TITLE 34
 7 STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT FOOD WASTE PREVENTION AND DIVERSION
 8 ACT
 9 Section 27-3401. Definitions.
 10 27-3403. Required state and municipal food service organics
 11 waste management.
 12 27-3405. Powers of municipalities.
 13 § 27-3401. Definitions.
 14 For the purposes of this title, the following terms shall have the
 15 following meanings:
 16 1. "Agency" means any state department, agency, board, public benefit
 17 corporation, public authority, or commission.
 18 2. "Compostable" means all the materials in the product or package
 19 will (a) undergo degradation by biological processes during composting
 20 to yield carbon dioxide, water, inorganic compounds, and biomass at a
 21 rate consistent with other known compostable materials and (b) leave no
 22 visible, distinguishable or toxic residue, including no adverse impact
 23 on the ability of composts to support plant growth once the finished
 24 compost is placed in soil.
 25 3. "Contractors" and "lessees" mean any person or entity that has a
 26 contract with an agency, municipality or local education agency for
 27 public works or improvements to be performed, for a franchise, conces-
 28 sion or lease of property, for grant monies or goods and services or

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04342-01-5

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 1 supplies to be purchased at the expense of the agency, municipality or
 2 local education agency or to be paid out of monies deposited in the
 3 treasury or out of trust monies under the control or collected by the
 4 agency, municipality or local education agency.
 5 4. "Covered food service establishment" means any premises or part of
 6 a premises to which all of the following apply:
 7 (a) it is operated by an agency, municipality, local education agency,
 8 or any contractor or lessee of an agency, municipality, or local educa-
 9 tion agency;
 10 (b) it generates, from its food preparation and service, as averaged
 11 over the course of the previous ten weeks:
 12 (i) in two thousand twenty-five and two thousand twenty-six, over two
 13 thousand pounds of food waste per week;
 14 (ii) in two thousand twenty-seven and two thousand twenty-eight, over
 15 one thousand pounds of food waste per week; and
 16 (iii) in two thousand twenty-nine and thereafter, over five hundred
 17 pounds of food waste per week; and
 18 (c) it is located where food is prepared and provided directly to the
 19 consumer, whether such food is provided free of charge or sold, and
 20 whether consumption occurs on or off the premises. "Covered food service
 21 establishments" shall include, but not be limited to, the following
 22 which also meet the conditions of this paragraph and paragraphs (a) and
 23 (b) of this subdivision: full-service restaurants, fast food restau-
 24 rants, cafes, delicatessens, coffee shops, and cafeterias, but shall not
 25 include retail food s