New York S 1829: Establishes the office of flooding prevention and mitigation

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S01829 Summary:

BILL NOS01829 

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SAME ASSAME AS A00133

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SPONSORMAYER

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COSPNSRADDABBO, BRISPORT, GOUNARDES, HARCKHAM, HINCHEY, JACKSON, MYRIE, RAMOS, SANDERS, SKOUFIS

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 26-A §§730 - 736, Exec L

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Establishes the office of flooding prevention and mitigation to manage and coordinate the work of task forces, commissions, and other bodies and programs tasked with examining issues related to flooding, to review and assess best practices and make recommendations regarding flood prevention and mitigation, and to assist municipalities in developing strategies and policies to combat flooding.

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BILL NOS01829 

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01/14/2025REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1829

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 14, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. MAYER, ADDABBO, BRISPORT, GOUNARDES, HARCKHAM,
 HINCHEY, JACKSON, MYRIE, RAMOS, SANDERS, SKOUFIS -- read twice and
 ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
 Environmental Conservation

 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing the
 office of flooding prevention and mitigation

 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 26-A
 2 to read as follows:
 3 ARTICLE 26-A
 4 OFFICE OF FLOODING PREVENTION AND MITIGATION
 5 Section 730. Declaration of findings and legislative intent.
 6 731. Office of flooding prevention and mitigation.
 7 732. Functions and duties of the office.
 8 733. Support for counties and municipalities.
 9 734. Government entity coordination; intragovernmental meetings.
 10 735. Public availability of information; reporting.
 11 736. Flooding resiliency.
 12 § 730. Declaration of findings and legislative intent. 1. The legisla-
 13 ture finds that flooding events constitute a significant and ongoing
 14 threat to people and property in the state and that the threats of
 15 flooding are expected to be exacerbated by the increasing effects of
 16 climate change. The legislature further finds that there is a need for
 17 better coordination and direction of state and local efforts to prevent
 18 and mitigate flooding.
 19 2. The legislature determines that there is a need for a new executive
 20 office to manage and coordinate the work of various existing task forc-
 21 es, commissions, and other bodies and programs tasked with examining
 22 issues related to flooding, to review and assess best practices and make
 23 recommendations regarding flood prevention and mitigation, and to assist

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00150-01-5

 S. 1829 2

 1 municipalities in developing strategies and policies to combat flooding.
 2 Accordingly, it is the legislature's intent that a new office of flood-
 3 ing prevention and mitigation be created to accomplish these purposes.
 4 § 731. Office of flooding prevention and mitigation. There is hereby
 5 created an office of flooding prevention and mitigation in the executive
 6 department. For the purposes of this article, "the office" shall mean
 7 the office of flooding prevention and mitigation. The office shall be
 8 headed by a director, who shall be appointed by the governor by and with
 9 the advice and consent of the senate and shall hold office during the
 10 pleasure of the governor. The director shall have significant profes-
 11 sional experience in flooding planning, prevention, mitigation, and
 12 resiliency. The director shall receive a salary to be fixed by the
 13 governor within the amount appropriated therefor. The director shall
 14 appoint staff and perform such other functions to ensure the efficient
 15 operation of the office within the amounts made available therefor by
 16 appropriation.
 17 § 732. Functions and duties of the office. The office shall have the
 18 following functions and duties:
 19 1. To