New York A 655: Establishes the municipal asbestos abatement grant program; appropriation

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A00655 Summary:

BILL NOA00655 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORBarclay

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COSPNSRManktelow, Morinello, Simpson, Lemondes, DeStefano, Brabenec, Bendett

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §92-s, St Fin L; add Art 54 Title 17 §§54-1701 & 54-1703, En Con L

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Directs the department of environmental conservation, in conjunction with the department of health and the department of labor, to establish the municipal asbestos abatement grant program to provide financial assistance to municipalities for the abatement of asbestos in vacant and/or abandoned commercial properties; makes a $15,000,000 appropriation therefor.

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BILL NOA00655 

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01/08/2025referred to environmental conservation

01/07/2026referred to environmental conservation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 655

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. BARCLAY, MANKTELOW, MORINELLO, SIMPSON, LEMONDES,
 DeSTEFANO, BRABENEC, BENDETT -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Environmental Conservation

 AN ACT to amend the state finance law and the environmental conservation
 law, in relation to establishing the municipal asbestos abatement
 grant program; and making an appropriation therefor

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

 1 Section 1. Legislative intent. Many of our local communities have
 2 buildings that are vacant and left abandoned by their original owners.
 3 Those buildings containing asbestos are especially difficult and costly
 4 to clean up. For decades asbestos was commonly used in building
 5 construction as a fire proofing material, as well as an additive to
 6 concrete, asphalt, pipes, siding and floor tiles. Asbestos becomes
 7 hazardous when damaged and its fibers are known to cause certain types
 8 of cancer. These asbestos filled buildings pose significant financial
 9 challenges to our local governments that cannot afford to renovate and
 10 reuse them.
 11 The Legislature seeks to support local government efforts to revital-
 12 ize economies by helping return these abandoned and vacant buildings to
 13 productive use. Therefore, the Legislature hereby creates The Municipal
 14 Asbestos Abatement Grant Program with the intention of providing finan-
 15 cial assistance to municipalities for the demolition, renovation or
 16 restoration of abandoned or vacant asbestos laden buildings for the
 17 purpose of returning them to productive use.
 18 § 2. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 6 of section 92-s of the state
 19 finance law, as amended by section 3 of part U of chapter 58 of the laws
 20 of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
 21 (b) Moneys from the solid waste account shall be available, pursuant
 22 to appropriation and upon certificate of approval of availability by the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02227-01-5

 A. 655 2

 1 director of the budget, for any non-hazardous municipal landfill closure
 2 project; municipal waste reduction or recycling project, as defined in
 3 article fifty-four of the environmental conservation law; for the
 4 purposes of section two hundred sixty-one and section two hundred
 5 sixty-four of the economic development law; any project for the develop-
 6 ment, updating or revision of local solid waste management plans pursu-
 7 ant to sections 27-0107 and 27-0109 of the environmental conservation
 8 law; environmental justice projects and grants [and], for the develop-
 9 ment of the pesticide sales and use data base pursuant to title twelve
 10 of article thirty-three of the environmental conservation law; and to
 11 establish the municipal asbestos abatement grant program.
 12 § 3. Article 54 of the environmental conservation law is amended by
 13 adding a new title 17 to read as follows:

 14 TITLE 17
 15 MUNICIPAL ASBESTOS ABATEMENT GRANT PROGRAM
 16 Section 54-1701. Municipal asbestos abatement grant program.
 17 54-1703. Municipal asbestos abatement grant progr