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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7365

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                     April 11, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation

        AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to smart
          growth public infrastructure criteria

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of  section  6-0107  of the environmental
     2  conservation law, as added by chapter  433  of  the  laws  of  2010,  is
     3  amended to read as follows:
     4    1.  In  addition  to  meeting  other  criteria and requirements of law
     5  governing  approval,  development,  financing  and  state  aid  for  the
     6  construction  of  new  or  expanded  public infrastructure or the recon-
     7  struction thereof, no state infrastructure agency or the New York  state
     8  urban  development  corporation  shall  approve,  undertake,  support or
     9  finance a public infrastructure  project,  including  providing  grants,
    10  awards, loans or assistance programs, unless, to the extent practicable,
    11  it is consistent with the relevant criteria specified in subdivision two
    12  of this section.
    13    §  2.  Paragraphs i, j and k of subdivision 2 of section 6-0107 of the
    14  environmental conservation law, paragraphs i and j as added  by  chapter
    15  433  of  the laws of 2010 and paragraph k as added by chapter 355 of the
    16  laws of 2014, are amended and a new paragraph l  is  added  to  read  as
    17  follows:
    18    i. to ensure predictability in building and land use codes; [and]
    19    j.  to  promote  sustainability by strengthening existing and creating
    20  new communities which reduce greenhouse gas emissions and do not compro-
    21  mise the needs of future generations, by among other  means  encouraging
    22  broad based public involvement in developing and implementing a communi-
    23  ty plan and ensuring the governance structure is adequate to sustain its
    24  implementation[.];

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    k.  to  mitigate  future  physical climate risk due to sea level rise,
     2  and/or storm surges and/or flooding, based on available data  predicting
     3  the  likelihood  of future extreme weather events, including hazard risk
     4  analysis data if applicable[.]; and
     5    l.  to  promote  public  transit ridership and ensure existing transit
     6  riders are able to access  employment  opportunities  and  cultural  and
     7  recreational  amenities  with  ease  through the construction of transit
     8  facilities protected from extreme weather and traffic violence less than
     9  one quarter of a mile walking distance to such opportunities  and  amen-
    10  ities.
    11    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.