What's happening
This bill changes the Adirondack Park Agency board composition, reducing local residents from five to three and increasing outsiders from three to five, while barring local government officials from serving as local representatives.
Why it matters
Shifts decision-making power. By increasing the number of board members from outside the Adirondack Park and decreasing local resident representation, the bill may give more influence to people and interests not directly affected by park policies, altering the balance of priorities in park governance.
Reduces direct local government input. The new restriction barring town or county government officials from serving as local representatives means that local voices on the board will no longer include those with formal government responsibilities, potentially weakening the advocacy for municipal concerns in agency decisions.
Could change policy outcomes. With more "outsider" votes and fewer local perspectives, decisions about land use, development, and environmental protection in the Adirondack Park may shift, possibly prioritizing broader state or environmental goals over local economic or community interests.
Impacts trust and accountability. Local residents may feel their interests are less protected and that the agency is less accountable to the communities most affected by its decisions, which could influence public perception and cooperation with park management.
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Change Adirondack Board Makeup
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History
- Referred to environmental conservation
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STATE OF NEW YORK
9938
IN ASSEMBLY
February 27, 2018
Introduced by M. of A. O'DONNELL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to amending the Adirondack park agency board construct
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The second undesignated paragraph of section 803 of the executive law, as amended by chapter 986 of the laws of 1984, is amended to read as follows:
[Five] Three members appointed by the governor shall be full-time residents within the Adirondack park provided, however, that no two such members shall be residents of the same county except for such members initially appointed before January first, nineteen hundred seventythree, who may be reappointed for additional successive terms. [Three] Five members appointed by the governor shall be residents of the state outside the Adirondack park. Not more than five appointed members shall be of the same political party. None of the members appointed by the governor who are full-time residents within the Adirondack park shall be officers or employees of any town or county government.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD14757-01-8
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