Assembly Bill A3938

2019-2020 Legislative Session

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

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-A3938 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2758
Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
New York City
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S4035
2015-2016: S5412
2017-2018: A7811, S1671
2021-2022: A2405, S3154
2023-2024: A2547, S1084

2019-A3938 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2019-A3938 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3938
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             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:
 
   Section 1. In the city of New York,  where  the  municipality  or  its
 departments  by acts of omission or commission either creates or greatly
 contributes to an environmental crisis which impacts a  sizable  segment
 of  its  citizens,  creating  property damage and threatening residents'
 health, and where such municipality or its departments  either  owns  or
 controls  the  infrastructure that can substantially mitigate this envi-
 ronmental issue and bring relief to those residents, then  such  munici-
 pality  shall be required and directed to utilize that infrastructure to
 provide a clear, objective and quantifiable plan to obtain relief  in  a
 timely manner.
   ยง 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

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