Senate bill · S6129 (2025-26)
Permits structures to remain within a certain erosion hazard area or tidal wetland adjacent area
New York State Senate
Same as A7034, the matching bill in the Assembly.
Summary
Permits structures to remain where the local permitting authority has issued a permit for construction built within a certain erosion hazard area or tidal wetland adjacent area.
Summary from NY Open Legislation. How we handle summaries
Amends the Environmental Conservation Law.
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Purpose, from the sponsor's memo
To allow for existing structures within a coastal erosion hazard area. SUMMARY: OF PR VISIONS: Section 1 amends the environmental conservation law to allow structures built with local permitting to remain in an erosion hazard area. Section 2 provides an effective date.
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Where it stands
Assigned to a committee for review.
- Introduced
- In committee
- Up for a vote
- Passed one chamber
- Passed
- Enacted
Committee
Environmental Conservation · New York State Assembly
Also referred to Environmental Conservation · New York State Senate.
The sponsor's argument
Why Jessica Scarcella-Spanton says this is needed
The 1988 New York State Coastal Erosion Hazard Area law ("CEHA Act") prohibits building any structures seaward of a line that DEC drew on an aerial photo in the mid-1980s. On Nicolosi Drive on Staten Island, which was impacted heavily by Hurricane Sandy, that line cuts through coastal protective measures, homes, yards, decks, and other structures that homeowners built after the effective date of 1988. CEHA Act, with approval from the NYC Department of Buildings and DEC wetland permits. Homeowners are now at risk of losing existing struc- tures and shore protective features, due to new enforcement of CEHA permitting the owners were not made aware of. This legislation will make an exception for those homeowners, who built with the permits that were requested of them at the time, saving them from economic harm and future damage to their property, given evolving coastal conditions. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: New bill.
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Full history
- Jun 2, 2026
Amend (t) and Recommit to Environmental Conservation
AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
NY Assembly
- Jun 1, 2026
Amend (t) and Recommit to Environmental Conservation
AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
NY Senate
- May 11, 2026
Amend and Recommit to Environmental Conservation
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
NY Assembly
- May 8, 2026
Amend and Recommit to Environmental Conservation
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
NY Senate
- Jan 7, 2026
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
NY Senate
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- Jan 7, 2026
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
NY Assembly
- Mar 18, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
NY Assembly
- Mar 5, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
NY Senate