Enacts the climate resilient New York act of 2025; establishes the office of resilience to assess and identify climate related threats

Latest action Mar 4, 2026

Enacts the climate resilient New York act; establishes the office of resilience and a resilience task force to assess and identify climate related threats and develop a statewide resilience plan.

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Where it stands

Passed one of the two chambers; it still needs the other.

Introduced
In committee
Up for a vote
Passed one chamber
Passed
Enacted

New York State Senate

Same as A8088, the matching bill in the Assembly.

Amends the Executive Law.

Committee

Finance · New York State Senate

Also referred to Governmental Operations · New York State Assembly.

Recorded votes

Vote: Floor vote
NY SenateMar 4, 2026Result: passed
(51) (9) (0) (3)
Vote: Committee vote · Finance
Senate FinanceJan 20, 2026Result: passed
(19) (2) (0) (1)
Vote: Floor vote
NY SenateMay 20, 2025Result: passed
(58) (3) (0) (1)
Vote: Committee vote · Finance
Senate FinanceApr 29, 2025Result: passed
(21) (1) (0) (0)

Cosponsors

Anna Kelles, Anthony H. Palumbo and 18 more on Agora

Democratic16
Republican4

See the full list on nysenate.gov

The sponsor's argument

Why Pete Harckham says this is needed

Several agencies and departments are mandated to consider and take action for climate and sustainability efforts. However, there is no requirement for these entities to coordinate with one another when taking such actions. The lack of inter-agency coordination leads to redundancies and deficits as New York battles climate change and the associated impacts. By creating a centralized statewide resilience plan and facilitating communication between the leaders of agencies and departments, these entities can better allocate their respective efforts to maximize the aggregate public utility. Additionally, this legislation also estab- lishes teams, task forces, and liaisons to facilitate and improve the collective efforts of all charged departments and agencies. Many commu- nities across the state are already feeling the effects of climate change, and this legislation provides critical solutions for New York to prevail.

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

Mar 4, 2026
Sent to the executive
DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
NY Senate
Mar 4, 2026
Passed a chamber
PASSED SENATE
NY Senate
Mar 4, 2026
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS
NY Assembly
Jan 27, 2026
Advanced to Third Reading
ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
NY Senate
Jan 21, 2026
2ND Report CAL.
2ND REPORT CAL.
NY Senate

Show full history (15 earlier events)

Jan 21, 2026
Amend (t) and Recommit to Governmental Operations
AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS
NY Assembly
Jan 20, 2026
1ST Report CAL.117
1ST REPORT CAL.117
NY Senate
Jan 12, 2026
Amend (t) and Recommit to Finance
AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE
NY Senate
Jan 7, 2026
Died in Assembly
DIED IN ASSEMBLY
NY Assembly
Jan 7, 2026
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO FINANCE
NY Senate
Jan 7, 2026
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS
NY Assembly
May 20, 2025
Sent to the executive
DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
NY Senate
May 20, 2025
Passed a chamber
PASSED SENATE
NY Senate
May 20, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS
NY Assembly
May 5, 2025
Amend and Recommit to Governmental Operations
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS
NY Assembly
May 1, 2025
Advanced to Third Reading
ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
NY Senate
Apr 30, 2025
2ND Report CAL.
2ND REPORT CAL.
NY Senate
Apr 29, 2025
1ST Report CAL.758
1ST REPORT CAL.758
NY Senate
Apr 24, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS
NY Assembly
Jan 28, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO FINANCE
NY Senate

About this record

Summary: The summary comes from NY Open Legislation, the New York State Senate's public record. For more, see How we handle summaries.
Cosponsors: The list shows the cosponsors who are on Agora, A to Z. The official record may list more.
Party colors: Parties are shown in the same neutral colors.
Source: From NY Open Legislation, the NY Senate and Assembly, and official rosters. This record was last updated Nov 3, 2026. About our data

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