Senate Bill S2646

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Adds Falls Brook, Jones Brook, Kelso Brook, Minerva Stream, and Trout Brook to the definition of inland waterways for the purposes of waterfront revitalization

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Environmental Conservation 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-S2646 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3211
Current Committee:
Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §911, Exec L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S8654, A9496

2025-S2646 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Adds Falls Brook, Jones Brook, Kelso Brook, Minerva Stream, and Trout Brook to the definition of inland waterways for the purposes of waterfront revitalization.

2025-S2646 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S2646 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2646
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 22, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  STEC  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to  adding  Falls  Brook,
   Jones Brook, Kelso Brook, Minerva Stream, and Trout Brook to the defi-
   nition  of inland waterways for the purposes of waterfront revitaliza-
   tion
 
   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 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, Bash-
 er  Kill, Bushkill, Cattaraugus, Cayadutta, North Chuctanunda, Cincinna-
 ti, East Kill, Esopus (including upper and lower branches), FALLS  BROOK
 IN  ESSEX  COUNTY,  Ferguson,  Fish  (including east and west branches),
 Gooseberry, Great Valley, JONES BROOK IN ESSEX COUNTY,  KELSO  BROOK  IN
 ESSEX  COUNTY,  Kennyetto, Little Sandy, MINERVA STREAM IN ESSEX COUNTY,
 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,  TROUT  BROOK IN ESSEX COUNTY, West Kill, Scajaquada,
 Wappinger, Webatuck, Wassaic, Willsey in the village of Wurtsboro,  Wood
 Creek  located  in Herkimer county, Wood Creek located in Oneida 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 coun-
 ty), 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;
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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