Relates to establishing the safe water infrastructure action program

Latest action Feb 25, 2026

Establishes the safe water and infrastructure action program for the purpose of making payments toward the replacement and rehabilitation of certain existing local drinking water, storm water and sanitary sewer systems; applies to any county, city, town, village or public authority drinking water system, storm water system or sanitary sewer system within the state that is not under the maintenance and/or operational jurisdiction of a private entity.

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Out of committee and scheduled for a vote by the full chamber.

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New York State Senate

Amends the Environmental Conservation Law.

Committee

Environmental Conservation · New York State Assembly

Also referred to Environmental Conservation · New York State Senate.

Purpose, from the sponsor's memo

This legislation seeks to create a water, sewer and stormwater local infrastructure funding program similar to the Consolidated Local Street and Highway Improvement Program.

Filed with the bill. Read it on nysenate.gov (opens in a new tab)

Recorded votes

Vote: Committee vote · Environmental Conservation
Senate Environmental ConservationFeb 24, 2026Result: passed
(11) (0) (0) (0)
Vote: Committee vote · Environmental Conservation
Senate Environmental ConservationFeb 25, 2025Result: passed
(11) (0) (0) (0)

Cosponsors

Brian Kavanagh, Christopher Ryan and 16 more on Agora

Republican12
Democratic6

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The sponsor's argument

Why Michelle Hinchey says this is needed

According to the federal government, 80% of all New York State water infrastructure, specifically drinking water, stormwater and sanitary sewer, is in dire need of repair, replacement or rehabilitation. These costs are ever increasing, while local municipalities struggle with less federal and state funding, as well as their tax cap being tied to the Consumer Price Index rendering their revenue generation static. Economic growth is completely dependent upon updated and sound infras- tructure that can handle added capacity. New York State will simply not be competitive unless we invest in our infrastructure to ensure it has the capacity for increased commercial growth and residential popu- lations, much less handle its current capacity. New businesses will not invest in our state if they cannot depend on the infrastructure to serve them. This legislation seeks to give local municipalities the funding stream they require to keep up with repairs and rehabilitation of their current local infrastructure. The formula for calculating the amount due to each municipality is based in part on the length and size of the pipe. It should be noted that municipalities that have greater total pipe length and size of pipe will correspond to older municipalities, particularly cities.

This is the sponsor's own case for the bill, quoted from their memorandum. It is not Agora's description of what the bill does.

Full history

Feb 25, 2026
Amend and Recommit to Finance
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE
NY Senate
Feb 24, 2026
Reported out of committee
REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
NY Senate
Jan 7, 2026
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
NY Senate
Mar 6, 2025
Amend and Recommit to Finance
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE
NY Senate
Feb 25, 2025
Reported out of committee
REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
NY Senate

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Jan 14, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
NY Senate

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