S9311 • 2025

Directs the department of environmental conservation to conduct a study of ecological restoration needs of Jamaica Bay

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Sponsor: Roxanne J. Persaud
Last action: 2026-04-28
Official status: In Assembly Committee
Effective date: Not listed

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Directs the department of environmental conservation to conduct a study of ecological restoration needs of Jamaica Bay

Directs the department of environmental conservation to conduct a study of ecological restoration needs of Jamaica Bay Directs the department of environmental conservation to conduct a study of ecological restoration needs of Jamaica Bay; imposes a five-year moratorium on placing sediment or fill in the borrow pits in Jamaica Bay.

What This Bill Does

Directs the department of environmental conservation to conduct a study of ecological restoration needs of Jamaica Bay Directs the department of environmental conservation to conduct a study of ecological restoration needs of Jamaica Bay; imposes a five-year moratorium on placing sediment or fill in the borrow pits in Jamaica Bay.

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Bill History

2026-04-28 Senate
PASSED SENATE
2026-04-28 Senate
DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
2026-04-28 Assembly
REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
2026-04-27 Senate
ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
2026-04-22 Senate
2ND REPORT CAL.
2026-04-21 Senate
1ST REPORT CAL.737
2026-02-27 Senate
REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

Official Summary Text

Directs the department of environmental conservation to conduct a study of ecological restoration needs of Jamaica Bay
Directs the department of environmental conservation to conduct a study of ecological restoration needs of Jamaica Bay; imposes a five-year moratorium on placing sediment or fill in the borrow pits in Jamaica Bay.

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

                                          9311

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                    February 27, 2026
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sens.  PERSAUD,  COONEY,  WEBB -- read twice and ordered
          printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environ-
          mental Conservation

        AN ACT directing the department of environmental conservation to conduct
          a study on ecological restoration needs of Jamaica Bay

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

     1    Section  1.  (a)  The  department  of environmental conservation shall
     2  conduct a beneficial use study to determine ecological restoration needs
     3  in Jamaica Bay. Such study shall include, but not be limited to:
     4    (i) a description of the bathymetry of target areas of Jamaica Bay and
     5  a map of the borrow pits;
     6    (ii) the ecological service quality of the borrow pits  over  multiple
     7  weather  seasons  at multiple depths, including in-depth analysis of the
     8  populations of fin fish species that utilize such areas during different
     9  seasons;
    10    (iii) the geotechnical conditions of all pit bottoms;
    11    (iv) the significance of the borrow pits regarding the  absorption  of
    12  heat  during  summer  months when adjacent shallow areas experience ulva
    13  sulfide conditions; and
    14    (v) any other policy recommendations regarding the ecological restora-
    15  tion of Jamaica Bay.
    16    (b) The department of environmental conservation shall:
    17    (i) issue a report on the findings of such study to the governor,  the
    18  temporary  president  of  the  senate and the speaker of the assembly no
    19  later than March 30, 2031; and
    20    (ii) publish such report on the department of environmental  conserva-
    21  tion's website.
    22    (c)  There shall be a moratorium of any placement of any type of sedi-
    23  ment or fill into the borrow pits in Jamaica Bay for a  period  of  five
    24  years  commencing  on the effective date of this act, or until the study
    25  is completed and published, whichever is later.
    26    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03536-02-6