STATE OF NEW YORK
________________________________________________________________________
4557--A
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
February 7, 2025
___________
Introduced by Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities 1 -- recommitted to
the Committee on Cities 1 in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --
committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to direct the city of New York to conduct an analysis of stormwa-
ter and groundwater issues in southeast Queens
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The city of New York shall conduct a detailed analysis of
2 stormwater and groundwater issues in southeast Queens including the
3 communities of Ozone Park, South Ozone Park, Jamaica, Hollis, Spring-
4 field Gardens, Laurelton, Rosedale and Brookville. The analysis shall,
5 at a minimum, include an evaluation of: the feasibility and efficacy of
6 the installation of reverse seepage basins; the status of stormwater
7 sewer upgrades; and the potential rehabilitation of former water supply
8 wells. A report on the findings of such analysis shall be submitted to
9 the legislature no later than June 30, 2027.
10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD09103-02-6
