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A08160 Summary:

A08160 Actions:

A08160 Committee Votes:

Committee:GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS   Chair:McDonald      
DATE:05/27/2025AYE/NAY:14/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules        
McDonald
Aye
Beephan
Aye
Glick
Aye
Simpson
Aye
Kim
Aye
Novakhov
Aye
Bichotte Hermel
Aye
Norber
Aye
Williams
Aye
Raga
Aye
Simone
Aye
Shimsky
Aye
Kassay
Aye
Burroughs
Aye

Committee:RULES   Chair:Pretlow      
DATE:06/06/2025AYE/NAY:27/0  Action: Favorable         
Heastie
Excused
Barclay
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Hawley
Aye
Cook
Aye
Blankenbush
Aye
Glick
Excused
Ra
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Brabenec
Aye
Colton
Aye
Palmesano
Aye
Magnarelli
Excused
Reilly
Aye
Paulin
Aye
Smith
Excused
Peoples-Stokes
Aye
Jensen
Aye
Benedetto
Aye
Lavine
Aye
Lupardo
Aye
Braunstein
Aye
Davila
Aye
Hyndman
Aye
Rozic
Aye
Bronson
Aye
Hevesi
Aye
Hunter
Aye
Taylor
Aye
Cruz
Aye
Vanel
Aye

A08160 Floor Votes:

A08160 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         8160--A
 
                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                       May 2, 2025
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M. of A. EPSTEIN, ROSENTHAL, COLTON, SHIMSKY, SEAWRIGHT,
          REYES, LEVENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on Govern-
          mental Operations  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law; in relation to
          directing state agencies to adopt a waste diversion plan
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a
     2  new section 27-0111 to read as follows:
     3  § 27-0111. State entities waste reduction and diversion.
     4    1. Definitions. For purposes of this section:
     5    (a) "Affected entities" shall mean any agency or department over which
     6  the governor has executive authority, including all  offices  and  divi-
     7  sions  thereof, as well as all public authorities for which the governor
     8  appoints the chair, the  chief  executive,  or  the  majority  of  board
     9  members,  including  all  offices  and divisions thereof, except for the
    10  port authority of New York and New Jersey. This shall include the  state
    11  university of New York and the city university of New York.
    12    (b)  "Council"  shall  mean  the  GreenNY Council, created pursuant to
    13  executive order twenty-two on September twentieth, two thousand  twenty-
    14  two.
    15    2.  (a) The council shall be comprised of the commissioner of environ-
    16  mental conservation; the director of the division  of  the  budget;  the
    17  commissioner  of  general  services;  the  commissioner  of  health; the
    18  commissioner of economic development; the  commissioner  of  transporta-
    19  tion;  the commissioner of parks, recreation, and historic preservation;
    20  the president of the environmental facilities corporation; the president
    21  of the New York state energy research  and  development  authority;  the
    22  president of the New York power authority; the president of the dormito-
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11202-02-5
        A. 8160--A                          2
 
     1  ry  authority  of the state of New York; and the chief executive officer
     2  of the metropolitan transportation authority.
     3    (b) Members of the council may designate a staff member, and an alter-
     4  nate, to represent them and participate on the council on their behalf.
     5    (c)  The  council  shall  be led and co-chaired by the commissioner of
     6  general services, the commissioner of  environmental  conservation,  the
     7  director  of  the  division of the budget, the president of the New York
     8  state energy research and development authority, and  the  president  of
     9  the New York power authority, or their designees. The day-to-day work of
    10  the  council  shall be performed by executive and program staff of these
    11  leadership agencies and authorities,  in  consultation  with  any  other
    12  agency or authority staff that participate in council work.
    13    3.  (a) All affected entities, in consultation with the department and
    14  the council, shall create a waste diversion plan and file such plan with
    15  the council, that outlines how they will achieve  a  decrease  in  waste
    16  disposal  of ten percent every five years from a baseline of fiscal year
    17  two thousand eighteen-two thousand nineteen, until reaching a goal of an
    18  overall seventy-five percent decrease.
    19    (b) Waste data reported for these goals shall be broken out  into  the
    20  following categories:
    21    (i) recycled materials;
    22    (ii) compostable materials and other organics;
    23    (iii)  material  sent to landfills, including construction and demoli-
    24  tion waste; and
    25    (iv) special waste, including hazardous waste.
    26    (c) The waste diversion plan shall incorporate at least the  following
    27  elements:
    28    (i)  a  schedule for conducting routine waste audits of facilities and
    29  how the findings from the waste audit  will  be  utilized  in  advancing
    30  waste reduction;
    31    (ii)  a  plan  for  diverting organic waste from landfills to meet the
    32  diversion goals;
    33    (iii) identifying all instances where single-use plastics are used and
    34  creating a plan to eliminate their use in all circumstances where  doing
    35  so will not endanger employee or public health and safety; and
    36    (iv)  consideration  of  whether the affected entity should be transi-
    37  tioning to dual-stream recycling that source separates recyclable  items
    38  into  subcategories  of  mixed paper and commingled containers (plastic,
    39  glass, and metal), at all facilities where it is practicable  and  where
    40  dual-stream  material  recovery facilities are available, cost-effective
    41  and efficient.
    42    (d) The council, in consultation with the department,  shall  reassess
    43  the waste diversion goals of this subdivision at least every five years,
    44  and  if  the goals are updated by the council, the council shall require
    45  updated waste diversion plans to be submitted by affected entities.
    46    4. All waste diversion plans prepared pursuant to this  section  shall
    47  be posted on the department's website.
    48    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.