NY State Senate Bill 2023-S8178

Senate Bill S8178

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Directs the department of environmental conservation to develop and implement a tree planting pilot program in the ten zip codes in the state with the highest incidence of asthma; appropriation

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 11, 2024	referred to finance

2023-S8178 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A9323
Current Committee:: Senate Finance
Law Section:: Appropriations

2023-S8178 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the department of environmental conservation to develop and implement a tree planting pilot program in the ten zip codes in the state with the highest incidence of asthma.

2023-S8178 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S8178

SPONSOR: CLEARE
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act in relation to directing the department of environmental conser-
vation to develop and implement a tree planting pilot program in the ten
zip codes in the state with the highest incidence of asthma; and making
an appropriation therefor

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

The purpose of The Clean Air New York Act is to enhance air quality by
establishing a pilot program to plant trees in the ten zip code areas
with the highest incidence of asthma.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

The Act directs the Department of Environmental Conservation to develop
and implement a tree planting pilot program in the ten zip codes in the
state with the highest incidence of asthma.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Asthma is a chronic lung disease that affects an estimated 1.4 million
New Yorkers, and occurs most frequently in children. Nationally, nearly
one in 13 school-age children have asthma, and that rate is rising more
rapidly in preschool-aged children and those living in urban inner
cities than in any other group. Although there is no cure for asthma,
asthma attacks can be prevented by reducing environmental triggers.

New York's underserved communities are disproportionately exposed to air
pollution and this leads to residents being routinely overexposed to
asthma triggers. Trees are one of nature's best air purifiers:  they are
able to clean the air and prevent the occurrence of respiratory
illnesses and chronic respiratory diseases, including asthma. A study by
Exeter University in England found that an extra 300 trees per square
kilometer was associated with around 50 fewer emergency asthma cases per
100,000 residents.

The bill identifies the 10 zip codes that have the highest incidence of
asthma and supports planting of trees in those 10 areas. This would
benefit those communities victims of environmental injustice with better
air quality and, consequently, better health conditions.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

None until April 1, 2024.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This Act shall take effect April 1, 2024.

2023-S8178 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8178
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 11, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
 
 AN ACT in relation to directing the department of environmental  conser-
   vation  to  develop and implement a tree planting pilot program in the
   ten zip codes in the state with the highest incidence of  asthma;  and
   making an appropriation therefor

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Within amounts appropriated  therefor,  the  department  of
 environmental  conservation  shall develop and implement a tree planting
 pilot program in the state. The department of environmental conservation
 shall consult with the department of health to  determine  the  ten  zip
 codes  in the state with the highest incidence of asthma. The department
 of environmental conservation,  in  consultation  with  local  agencies,
 shall  plant  trees  in  such  zip codes to ameliorate the environmental
 conditions in those areas. Such pilot program shall continue for a peri-
 od of five years after the effective date of this act.  At  the  end  of
 such  period, the department of environmental conservation, in consulta-
 tion with the department of health, shall report to  the  governor,  the
 temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly on the
 results  of  such  pilot program and any recommendations for legislative
 action.
   § 2. The sum of ten million dollars ($10,000,000), or so much  thereof
 as  may  be necessary, is hereby appropriated to the department of envi-
 ronmental conservation from the general fund, for implementation of  the
 tree planting pilot program required by section one of this act.
   § 3. This act shall take effect April 1, 2024.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10126-01-3

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