STATE OF NEW YORK
________________________________________________________________________
8747
IN ASSEMBLY
January 11, 2022
___________
Introduced by M. of A. GRIFFIN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Environmental Conservation
AN ACT to amend a chapter of the laws of 2021 directing the department
of environmental conservation and other state departments and agencies
to conduct a study on the quality of life and human health impacts at
John F. Kennedy international airport and LaGuardia airport, as
proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 966-B and A. 2140-B, in
relation to the study on the quality of life and human health impacts
at John F. Kennedy international airport and LaGuardia airport
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 1 of a chapter of the laws of 2021 directing the
2 department of environmental conservation and other state departments and
3 agencies to conduct a study on the quality of life and human health
4 impacts at John F. Kennedy international airport and LaGuardia airport,
5 as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 966-B and A. 2140-B, is
6 amended to read as follows:
7 Section 1. [The] To the extent practicable under and consistent with
8 state and federal law, the department of [environmental conservation]
9 health, [with the assistance of] in consultation with the department of
10 [health] environmental conservation, the department of transportation,
11 and any other state agencies the governor deems appropriate, shall
12 conduct a study describing the [environmental,] noise[,] and human
13 health impacts, including asthma, caused by runways, including new
14 runways, and air traffic at John F. Kennedy international airport and
15 LaGuardia airport. In conducting this study, such departments and state
16 agencies shall monitor actual noise levels experienced in 2022 and 2023
17 and shall pay particular attention to the impact of noise pollution [and
18 air pollution including but not limited to volatile organic compounds
19 and nitrogen dioxide, particulate matter 2.5, ultrafine particulates,
20 black carbon,] and fluids by aircraft, and similar factors on the quali-
21 ty of life and health of persons who live under and adjacent to flight
22 paths used by aircraft at John F. Kennedy international airport and
23 LaGuardia airport. [Funding to conduct this study may include $500,000
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD03797-10-2
A. 8747 2
1 appropriated in chapter 54 of the laws of 2021 for such purposes.] The
2 department of [environmental conservation] health shall deliver a writ-
3 ten report of its findings, which shall include all raw and aggregate
4 data, and any recommendations to the governor and the legislature on or
5 before March 31, 2024.
6 § 2. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same
7 manner as a chapter of the laws of 2021, directing the department of
8 environmental conservation and other state departments and agencies to
9 conduct a study on the quality of life and human health impacts at John
10 F. Kennedy international airport and LaGuardia airport, as proposed in
11 legislative bills numbers S. 966-B and A. 2140-B, takes effect.
