STATE OF NEW YORK
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5128--A
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 11, 2021
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Introduced by M. of A. BENEDETTO, SAYEGH, WILLIAMS, CRUZ, COOK, HYNDMAN,
JACKSON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. DAVILA -- read once and
referred to the Committee on Cities -- committee discharged, bill
amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
tee
AN ACT to amend the public service law, the energy law and the adminis-
trative code of the city of New York, in relation to prohibiting wind
turbines from being located within 1500 feet of certain structures or
areas
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 168 of the public service law is amended by adding
2 a new subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
3 2-a. The board shall not grant a certificate or amendment thereof for
4 the construction or operation of a wind electric generation facility,
5 either as proposed or as modified by the board if any wind turbines
6 would be located, constructed, or operated within one thousand five
7 hundred feet of a residential or commercial structure.
8 § 2. Section 21-106 of the energy law is amended by adding a new
9 subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
10 2-a. No owner or operator of an alternate energy production facility
11 shall construct any wind turbines on or after the effective date of this
12 subdivision if such wind turbines would be located, constructed, or
13 operated within one thousand five hundred feet of a residential or
14 commercial structure.
15 § 3. Subchapter 7 of chapter 1 of title 27 of the administrative code
16 of the city of New York is amended by adding a new article 23 to read as
17 follows:
18 ARTICLE 23
19 WIND TURBINES
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 § 27-521.17 Wind turbines. No wind turbines shall be located,
2 constructed, or operated within one thousand five hundred feet of a
3 residential area and/or a commercial shopping district.
4 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
