Assembly Bill A266

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Adds Doodletown Brook to the definition of inland waterways eligible for the local waterfront revitalization program

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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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2025-A266 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §911, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A9888
2023-2024: A5206

2025-A266 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Adds Doodletown Brook to the definition of inland waterways eligible for the local waterfront revitalization program.

2025-A266 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    266
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. EACHUS -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the executive law, in relation to including Doodletown
   Brook in the list of inland waterways eligible for  the  local  water-
   front revitalization program

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 4 of section 911 of the execu-
 tive law, as separately amended by chapters 382 and 397 of the  laws  of
 2023, is amended to read as follows:
   (c) the state's major creeks AND BROOKS comprised of the 18 Mile Creek
 located  in  Erie  county,  Chittenango  Creek, Bash Bish and Kinderhook
 Creek located in Columbia county, Kinderhook Creek located in Rensselaer
 county, Basher Kill, Bushkill, Cattaraugus, Cayadutta, North  Chuctanun-
 da,  Cincinnati, East Kill, Esopus (including upper and lower branches),
 Ferguson, Fish (including east and  west  branches),  Gooseberry,  Great
 Valley,  Kennyetto,  Little  Sandy,  Moyer,  Mud Creek located in Oneida
 county, Ninemile Creek, Onondaga,  Oriskany,  Peekskill  Hollow,  Reall,
 Roeliff  Jansen  Kill,  Rondout,  Sandy, Sauquoit, Schoharie, Shawangunk
 Kill, Six Mile Creek, South Sandy, Oatka, Tonawanda, West  Kill,  Scaja-
 quada,  Wappinger,  Webatuck,  Wassaic, Willsey in the village of Wurts-
 boro, Wood Creek located in Herkimer county, Wood Creek located in Onei-
 da county, Black Creek located in Monroe county, Black Creek located  in
 Genesee  and  Wyoming  counties,  Ellicott Creek located in Erie county,
 Wynantskill, Claverack, Taghkanic, Agawamuck, Wyomanock, and  Ley  Creek
 and  Butternut  Creek  located in Onondaga county, Nanticoke and Sawkill
 (in Ulster county), Saw Kill and Fall Kill located in  Dutchess  county,
 Otter Kill Creek located in Orange county, Black Meadow Creek located in
 Orange  county,  [and] the Silver Lake Outlet located in Wyoming county,
 AND THE DOODLETOWN BROOK LOCATED IN ROCKLAND COUNTY;
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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