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Home/Bills/A 4221New York · 2025–2026 Legislative Session
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A 4221: Prohibits certain types of pollution in the Long Island Sound and Great South Bay.

New York · Assembly · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified January 8, 2026

What A 4221 does, verified January 8, 2026

The bill aims to prohibit certain types of pollution in the Long Island Sound and Great South Bay. The making or use of an outlet or point source discharging into these waters is prohibited, as well as the operation or construction of disposal systems that discharge into these waters. This measure is intended to protect the environment and prevent pollution in these sensitive waterways. The bill takes effect one year after it becomes a law.

Bill journey
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3First Chamber FloorPending
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5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to environmental conservation (2026-01-07)Alert me
Recent actions2 total · showing 2
Jan. 07, 2026referred to environmental conservation
Jan. 31, 2025referred to environmental conservation
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 31, 2025 · 242 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4221 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY January 31, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. K. BROWN -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Environmental Conservation AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to prohibiting certain types of pollution in the Long Island Sound and Great South Bay 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 17-0513 to read as follows: 3 § 17-0513. Prohibition against point source pollution in the Long Island 4 Sound and Great South Bay. 5 The making or use of an outlet or point source discharging into the 6 waters of the Long Island Sound or the Great South Bay, and the opera- 7 tion or construction of disposal systems which discharge into such 8 waters are prohibited. 9 § 2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a 10 law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any 11 rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its 12 effective date are authorized to be made and completed on or before such 13 effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04744-01-5 
Text of A 4221 as introduced, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions
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