Bill Text: NY A02140 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Directs the department of environmental conservation, with the assistance of other state departments and agencies, to conduct a study on the quality of life and human health impacts at John F. Kennedy international airport and LaGuardia airport.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-2)

Status: (Passed) 2021-12-22 - approval memo.91 [A02140 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A02140-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         2140--A

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 14, 2021
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  GRIFFIN,  SOLAGES, WILLIAMS, RA, BRAUNSTEIN,
          AUBRY, O'DONNELL, HYNDMAN, MONTESANO, COOK, ANDERSON -- read once  and
          referred  to  the Committee on Environmental Conservation -- committee
          discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
          to said committee

        AN ACT to direct the department of health and  other  state  departments
          and  agencies  to  conduct  a  study  on the quality of life and human
          health impacts at John F. Kennedy international airport and  LaGuardia
          airport

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

     1    Section 1. The department  of  health,  with  the  assistance  of  the
     2  department  of environmental conservation, the department of transporta-
     3  tion, and any other state agencies the governor deems appropriate, shall
     4  conduct a study describing the environmental, noise,  and  human  health
     5  impacts  caused  by  runways,  including new runways, and air traffic at
     6  John F. Kennedy international airport and LaGuardia airport. In conduct-
     7  ing this study, such departments and state agencies shall monitor actual
     8  noise levels experienced in 2022  and  2023  and  shall  pay  particular
     9  attention  to the impact of air pollution, noise pollution, the emission
    10  of gases, including but not limited to volatile  organic  compounds  and
    11  nitrogen  dioxide, particulate matter 2.5, ultrafine particulates, black
    12  carbon, and fluids by aircraft, and similar factors on  the  quality  of
    13  life  and  health of persons who live under and adjacent to flight paths
    14  used by aircraft at John F. Kennedy international airport and  LaGuardia
    15  airport.  The department of health shall deliver a written report of its
    16  findings and any recommendations to the governor and the legislature  on
    17  or before March 31, 2024.
    18    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03797-05-1