New York S 3154: Requires the city of New York to mitigate property damage caused by environmental issues which are caused by acts or omissions of such municipality

Bill Text

STATE OF NEW YORK
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3154
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 27, 2021
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Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities 1
AN ACT relating to requiring the city of New York to mitigate certain
property damage caused by environmental issues which are caused by
acts or omissions of such municipality
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. In the city of New York, where the municipality or its
2 departments by acts of omission or commission either creates or greatly
3 contributes to an environmental crisis which impacts a sizable segment
4 of its citizens, creating property damage and threatening residents'
5 health, and where such municipality or its departments either owns or
6 controls the infrastructure that can substantially mitigate this envi-
7 ronmental issue and bring relief to those residents, then such munici-
8 pality shall be required and directed to utilize that infrastructure to
9 provide a clear, objective and quantifiable plan to obtain relief in a
10 timely manner.
11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in (underscored) is new; matter in bracketsitalics
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD06670-01-1