NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A9946
SPONSOR: Galef TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the executive law, in relation to including Furnace
Brook in the list of inland waterways eligible for the local waterfront
revitalization program
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
Designates Furnace Brook Lake as an inland waterway for the purposes of
waterfront revitalization.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1. Paragra ph (a) of subdivision 4 of section 911 of the Execu-
tive Law is amended by adding Furnace Brook to the list of the state's
major inland lakes.
Section 2. Establishes the effective date.
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ORIGINAL AND AMENDED VERSION (IF APPLICABLE):
Cortlandt Lake was removed from the bill.
JUSTIFICATION:
Nearly every lake and river in the Hudson-Peekskill Hollow Creek
Watershed of the Lower Hudson Sub-Basin of the Lower Hudson River Basin
is now part of the state's inland waterway program. However, major lakes
in Westchester such as Furnace Brook still have yet to be classified as
inland waterway.
By designating this important lakes as inland waterways, municipalities
can align their use with the State's Coastal and Inland Waterway Poli-
cies, and will be able to pursue our shared goals of improved water
quality, preservation of open space and wildlife habitat, promotion of
tourism and economic development opportunities, as well as combating the
aforementioned threats to the Peekskill Hollow Creek Watershed.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
A.7211-A and S.8866 of 2019/2020
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
There are no fiscal implications associated with the passage of this
legislation.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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9946
IN ASSEMBLY
April 19, 2022
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Introduced by M. of A. GALEF -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Environmental Conservation
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to including Furnace
Brook in the list of inland waterways eligible for the local water-
front revitalization program
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 4 of section 911 of the execu-
2 tive law, as separately amended by chapters 154, 217 and 238 of the laws
3 of 2020, is amended to read as follows:
4 (a) the state's major inland lakes consisting of lakes Baldwin, Ball-
5 ston, Big Tupper, Black, Brant, Campfire, Canadarago, Canandaigua,
6 Carmel, Casse, Cazenovia, Cayuga, Champlain, Charles, Chateaugay, Chau-
7 tauqua, Chazy, Conesus, Cranberry, Dean Pond (in the county of Putnam),
8 Drew, East Caroga, Dickiebusch, Echo (in the county of Westchester),
9 George, Gilead, Glencoma, Great Sacandaga, Honeoye, Indian, Journeys
10 End, Junior (in the county of Westchester), Furnace Brook, Katonah,
11 Kentwood, Keuka, Kirk, Kitchawan, Little Wolf (in the county of Frank-
12 lin), Lincolndale, Long, Lost (in the county of Putnam), Meahagh,
13 Mirror, MacGregor, Mahopac, Minerva, Mohegan, Nimham, Neatahwanta,
14 Northville, Oceola, Oneida, Onondaga, Oscaleta, Ossi, Otisco, Otsego,
15 Owasco, Palmer, Paradox, Peach, Placid, Purdys, Putnam, Raquette, Rippo-
16 wam, Ronkonkoma, Round, Sacandaga, Saratoga, Schroon, Secor, Seneca,
17 Shenorock, Skaneateles, Silver (in the county of Wyoming), Sagamore,
18 Saranac, Seven Hills, Sparkle, Tibet, Tonetta, Teakettle Spout, Trues-
19 dale, Waccabuc, West Caroga and Wixon, Simon (in the county of Franklin)
20 and the Fulton chain of lakes;
21 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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