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A10779 Summary:

A10779 Actions:

A10779 Committee Votes:

Committee:ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION   Chair:Englebright      
DATE:07/14/2020AYE/NAY:26/1  Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means        
Englebright
Aye
Stec
Aye
Glick
Aye
Palumbo
Aye
Colton
Excused
Miller ML
Aye
Cymbrowitz
Aye
Miller B 
Aye
Lifton
Aye
Tague
Aye
O'Donnell
Aye
LiPetri
Nay
Gunther
Aye
Smullen
Aye
Jaffee
Aye
Crouch
Aye
Thiele
Aye
Abinanti
Aye
Ryan
Aye
Fahy
Aye
Otis
Aye
Williams
Aye
Barrett
Aye
D'Urso
Aye
Carroll
Aye
Burke
Aye
Griffin
Aye
Epstein
Aye

Committee:WAYS AND MEANS   Chair:Weinstein      
DATE:07/22/2020AYE/NAY:32/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules        
Weinstein
Aye
Ra
Aye
Lentol
Aye
Crouch
Aye
Schimminger
Excused
Fitzpatrick
Aye
Glick
Aye
Hawley
Aye
Nolan
Aye
Malliotakis
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Montesano
Aye
Perry
Aye
Blankenbush
Aye
Colton
Aye
Palmesano
Aye
Cook
Aye
Norris
Aye
Cahill
Aye
Brabenec
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Cusick
Aye
Ortiz
Aye
Benedetto
Aye
Weprin
Aye
Rodriguez
Aye
Ramos
Aye
Braunstein
Aye
McDonald
Aye
Rozic
Aye
Simotas
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Miller
Aye
Joyner
Excused

Committee:RULES   Chair:Heastie      
DATE:07/22/2020AYE/NAY:29/0  Action: Favorable         
Heastie
Aye
Barclay
Aye
Gottfried
Aye
Crouch
Aye
Lentol
Aye
Finch
Excused
Nolan
Aye
Hawley
Aye
Weinstein
Aye
Giglio
Aye
Ortiz
Aye
Malliotakis
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Blankenbush
Aye
Cook
Aye
Norris
Aye
Glick
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Englebright
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Colton
Aye
Magnarelli
Aye
Perry
Aye
Paulin
Aye
Peoples-Stokes
Aye
Benedetto
Aye
Lavine
Aye
Lupardo
Aye
Zebrowski
Aye
Thiele
Aye

A10779 Floor Votes:

A10779 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          10779
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                      July 10, 2020
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Barnwell) --
          read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
 
        AN  ACT  to  establish a commission to be known as the "New York seawall
          study commission"; and providing for the  repeal  of  such  provisions
          upon expiration thereof
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. New York seawall study commission.  1.    There  is  hereby
     2  established,  within  the  department  of  environmental conservation, a
     3  seawall study  commission  ("commission")  which  shall  consist  of  16
     4  members who shall be appointed as follows:
     5    (a)  the  commissioner  of  environmental  conservation  or his or her
     6  designee;
     7    (b) the secretary of state or his or her designee;
     8    (c) three members appointed by the governor,  at  least  one  of  whom
     9  shall have expertise in environmental justice issues;
    10    (d)  two  members  to  be  appointed by the temporary president of the
    11  senate;
    12    (e) two members to be appointed by the speaker of the assembly;
    13    (f) one member to be appointed by the minority leader of the senate;
    14    (g) one member to be appointed by the minority leader of the assembly;
    15    (h) two members to be appointed by the mayor of the city of New York;
    16    (i) one member to be appointed by the county executive of  the  county
    17  of Nassau;
    18    (j)  one  member to be appointed by the county executive of the county
    19  of Suffolk; and
    20    (k) one member to be appointed by the county executive of  the  county
    21  of Westchester.
    22    2.  The  at large members should include individuals with expertise in
    23  one or more of the following  areas:  climatology;  hydrology;  environ-
    24  mental;  aquaculture;  flood  risk  management;  environmental  justice;
    25  ecological restoration and management;  oceanography  or  coastal  ocean
    26  science; and engineering.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD16829-02-0
        A. 10779                            2
 
     1    3. Commission members shall receive no compensation for their services
     2  but  shall  be  reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in
     3  the performance of their duties.
     4    4.  The  chairperson  of  the  commission shall be the commissioner of
     5  environmental conservation or his or her designee. The commission  shall
     6  meet  no  less  than  four  times  and at other times at the call of the
     7  chairperson.
     8    5. Any vacancies on the commission  shall  be  filled  in  the  manner
     9  provided for in the initial appointment.
    10    6.  The  commission  shall  be  authorized to hold public hearings and
    11  meetings to enable it to accomplish its duties.
    12    7. The commission  may  consult  with  any  organization,  educational
    13  institution,  other government entity or agency or person including, but
    14  not limited to, the army corps of engineers, in the development  of  its
    15  report required by subdivision 10 of this section.
    16    8.  The  department  of  environmental  conservation shall provide the
    17  commission with such facilities, assistance and data as will enable  the
    18  commission  to carry out its powers and duties.  Additionally, all other
    19  agencies of the state or subdivisions thereof may, at the request of the
    20  chairperson, provide the commission with  such  facilities,  assistance,
    21  and  data  as  will  enable  the  commission to carry out its powers and
    22  duties.
    23    9. The purpose of the New York seawall study commission  shall  be  to
    24  identify  the  feasibility,  costs,  impacts,  and  best  locations  for
    25  construction of a seawall to protect the city of New York from sea level
    26  rise and storm surge along the entire coastline.
    27    10. No later than December 31, 2023, the commission shall transmit  to
    28  the  governor,  the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of
    29  the assembly a report containing the following:
    30    (a) coastal areas at greatest  risk  from  sea  level  rise  based  on
    31  projections  established pursuant to section 3-0319 of the environmental
    32  conservation law;
    33    (b) areas at risk from storm surge based on current sea levels;
    34    (c) areas that are more likely to be  at  risk  from  coastal  hazards
    35  including rising groundwater levels, saltwater intrusion, coastal flood-
    36  ing,  and  extreme  weather  events  including coastal storms, with such
    37  projections extending through year 2100;
    38    (d) the locations for construction of a seawall  and  any  communities
    39  likely to be at risk from such construction;
    40    (e)  the  feasibility, costs and locations of natural and nature-based
    41  solutions and onshore measures to protect New York city from  sea  level
    42  rise and storm surge;
    43    (f)  the  costs, including fiscal impacts, impacts on vulnerable popu-
    44  lations and natural resources, of such construction of a seawall; and
    45    (g) recommendations on state and  local  regulatory  and/or  statutory
    46  alterations.
    47    §  2.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
    48  deemed repealed January 1, 2024.