What's happening
This bill allocates $5 million from environmental remediation funds specifically to support the Brownfield Opportunity Area program in New York.
Why it matters
Directs a specific portion of hazardous waste remediation funds ($5 million) to the Brownfield Opportunity Area (BOA) program, rather than leaving allocation entirely at agency discretion. This ensures targeted support for community-driven redevelopment planning in areas with brownfield sites.
May accelerate the revitalization of neighborhoods impacted by former industrial or contaminated sites. by giving local governments and community organizations more predictable access to planning and assessment resources needed for brownfield redevelopment.
Could enhance local economic development and environmental justice efforts. , since the BOA program often supports projects that aim to transform blighted or underused properties into assets that benefit residents, create jobs, and improve public health.
Signals legislative recognition of the importance of community planning in environmental cleanup strategies. , potentially encouraging more municipalities to participate in the BOA program and leverage additional state or private investment for long-term neighborhood improvement.
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- Referred to environmental conservation
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STATE OF NEW YORK
3862
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 31, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. ORTIZ -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
AN ACT in relation to providing certain funding for the brownfield opportunity area program
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Of the one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) appropriated to the department of environmental conservation pursuant to the capital projects budget for state fiscal year 2019-2020 for payment of the state share of the costs of hazardous waste site remediation projects, in accordance with title 13 of article 27 of the environmental conservation law and section 97-b of the state finance law, for projects, and for payment of state costs associated with the remediation of offsite contamination at significant threat sites as provided for in section 27-1411 of the environmental conservation law, including personal service and fringe benefits of the departments of environmental conservation, health and law and including suballocations to the departments of health and law and including costs incidental and appurtenant thereto, provided that a portion of such amount may be available for environmental restoration projects in accordance with title 5 of article 56 of the environmental conservation law, five million dollars ($5,000,000) shall be dedicated and made available solely for the purposes of providing funding for the brownfield opportunity area program established pursuant to section 970-r of the general municipal law.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD08185-01-9
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