New York Senate Bill S01812 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1812--A 2023-2024 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE January 17, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sens. ADDABBO, SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered print- ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance -- recommitted to the Committee on Environmental Conservation in accord- ance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to require the department of environmental conservation to conduct a study on the feasibility of constructing a seawall along the coastline of the city of New York; 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. No later than December 31, 2027, 2 the department of environmental conservation shall transmit to the 3 governor, the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the 4 assembly a report identifying the feasibility, costs, impacts, and best 5 locations for construction of a seawall to protect the city of New York 6 from sea level rise and storm surge along the entire coastline. The 7 report shall contain the following: 8 (a) coastal areas at greatest risk from sea level rise based on 9 projections established pursuant to section 3-0319 of the environmental 10 conservation law; 11 (b) areas at risk from storm surge based on current sea levels; 12 (c) areas that are more likely to be at risk from coastal hazards 13 including rising groundwater levels, saltwater intrusion, coastal flood- 14 ing, and extreme weather events including coastal storms, with such 15 projections extending through the year 2100; 16 (d) the locations for construction of a seawall and any communities 17 likely to be at risk from such construction; 18 (e) the feasibility, costs and locations of natural and nature-based 19 solutions and onshore measures to protect New York city from sea level 20 rise and storm surge; EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04620-02-4 
 S. 1812--A 2 1 (f) the costs, including fiscal impacts, impacts on vulnerable popu- 2 lations and natural resources, of such construction of a seawall; and 3 (g) recommendations on state and local regulatory and/or statutory 4 alterations. 5 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be 6 deemed repealed January 1, 2028.