Bill Text: NY A03938 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 3938 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

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

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to environmental conservation [A03938 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A03938-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3938
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 31, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  HYNDMAN,  VANEL,  CRESPO, DICKENS, ABBATE --
          Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. SIMON -- read once and referred to  the
          Committee on Environmental Conservation
        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 italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06204-01-9