A5543 • 2025

Provides that the department of environmental conservation place a community air monitoring system and similar systems as necessary within a one-mile radius of New York city airports

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Larinda Hooks
Last action: 2026-05-05
Official status: In Assembly Committee
Effective date: Not listed

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Provides that the department of environmental conservation place a community air monitoring system and similar systems as necessary within a one-mile radius of New York city airports

Provides that the department of environmental conservation place a community air monitoring system and similar systems as necessary within a one-mile radius of New York city airports Provides that the department of environmental conservation place a community air monitoring system and similar systems as deemed necessary by the department within a one-mile radius of New York city airports; provides for publication of air quality data.

What This Bill Does

Provides that the department of environmental conservation place a community air monitoring system and similar systems as necessary within a one-mile radius of New York city airports Provides that the department of environmental conservation place a community air monitoring system and similar systems as deemed necessary by the department within a one-mile radius of New York city airports; provides for publication of air quality data.

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Bill History

2026-05-05 Assembly
REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
2026-05-01 Assembly
AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
2026-05-01 Assembly
PRINT NUMBER 5543A
2026-01-07 Assembly
REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
2025-02-14 Assembly
REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

Official Summary Text

Provides that the department of environmental conservation place a community air monitoring system and similar systems as necessary within a one-mile radius of New York city airports
Provides that the department of environmental conservation place a community air monitoring system and similar systems as deemed necessary by the department within a one-mile radius of New York city airports; provides for publication of air quality data.

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          5543

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                                  I N  A S S E M B L Y

                                    February 14, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. HOOKS -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Environmental Conservation

        AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
          requiring  the  commissioner  of  environmental  conservation to place
          certain air quality monitoring systems within a one-mile radius of all
          airports located within a city having a population of one  million  or
          more

          THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
        BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

     1    Section 1. The environmental conservation law is amended by  adding  a
     2  new section 19-0322 to read as follows:
     3  §  19-0322.  AIR  QUALITY  MONITORING SYSTEMS REQUIRED WITHIN A ONE-MILE
     4               RADIUS OF ALL AIRPORTS WITHIN A CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF
     5               ONE MILLION OR MORE.
     6    1. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PLACE AND OPERATE  AN  AMBIENT  AIR  QUALITY
     7  MONITOR  NETWORK  WITHIN  A  ONE-MILE  RADIUS  OF ALL AIRPORTS IN CITIES
     8  HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE. THE  NETWORK  SHALL  CONTIN-
     9  UOUSLY  MEASURE  DATA  FOR  OZONE,  SULFUR  DIOXIDE, OXIDES OF NITROGEN,
    10  CARBON DIOXIDE, METEOROLOGICAL DATA, PM 1.0  AND  PM  2.5.  THE  NETWORK
    11  SHALL ALSO INCLUDE AN AUTOMATED DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM EMPLOYED TO POLL
    12  THE  SITES  TO  RETRIEVE READINGS INTO A CENTRAL DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.
    13  THE DATA SHALL UNDERGO VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION BY A SUPERVISING SITE
    14  ENGINEER WHICH SHALL FOLLOW ESTABLISHED QUALITY  ASSURANCE  AND  QUALITY
    15  CONTROL PROCEDURES.
    16    2. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PLACE AND OPERATE A PHOTOCHEMICAL ASSESSMENT
    17  MONITORING  STATION  AND A NATIONAL AMBIENT TOXIC TREND STATION WITHIN A
    18  ONE-MILE RADIUS OF ALL AIRPORTS LOCATED WITHIN A  CITY  HAVING  A  POPU-
    19  LATION  OF  ONE  MILLION  OR  MORE. SUCH STATIONS SHALL MONITOR VOLATILE
    20  ORGANIC COMPOUNDS AS OZONE PRECURSORS DURING THE SUMMER OZONE SEASON FOR
    21  THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING THE QUALITY OF  AMBIENT  AIR  AND  DEVELOPING
    22  PROGRAMS TO TARGET APPROPRIATE SOURCE CATEGORIES FOR EMISSION REDUCTION.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06131-01-5
        A. 5543                             2

     1    3. THE COMMISSIONER OR SUCH COMMISSIONER'S REPRESENTATIVE, SHALL PERI-
     2  ODICALLY  MEET  WITH  SITE  ENGINEERS, LOCAL COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND
     3  ELECTED OFFICIALS REPRESENTING THE AREA IN WHICH AN AIRPORT IS  LOCATED,
     4  TO  INFORM  THEM  OF  THE  RESULTS OF THE AIR QUALITY MONITORING AND, IF
     5  NECESSARY,  TO  RECOMMEND  OR ESTABLISH PROGRAMS TO MITIGATE ANY ADVERSE
     6  AMBIENT AIR QUALITY.
     7    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
     8  it shall have become a law.