S 1126: 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.
The bill requires the New York Department of Environmental Conservation to conduct a study on the ecological restoration needs of Jamaica Bay. The study should include a description of the bay's bathymetry, analysis of the ecological service quality of borrow pits, and an examination of the geotechnical conditions of the pit bottoms. The study should also consider the absorption of heat during summer months and provide policy recommendations for restoring the bay. The results of the study must be published on the department's website and a report must be issued to the governor, the temporary president of the senate, and the speaker of the assembly by March 30, 2030. A moratorium on placing sediment or fill into the borrow pits in Jamaica Bay will be in effect for a period of five years.
| Dec. 05, 2025 | VETOED MEMO.79 |
| Dec. 01, 2025 | DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR |
| Apr. 30, 2025 | passed assembly |
| Apr. 30, 2025 | ordered to third reading rules cal.159 |
| Apr. 30, 2025 | substituted for a3398 |
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1126 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 8, 2025 ___________ 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, 2030; 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. LBD03536-01-5