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S 1723: Adds Doodletown Brook to the definition of inland waterways eligible for the local waterfront revitalization program.

New York · Senate · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified May 29, 2026

What S 1723 does, verified May 29, 2026

The bill aims to amend the Executive Law to include the Doodletown Brook in the list of inland waterways eligible for the Local Waterfront Revitalization Program. The list of eligible waterways has been updated to include major creeks and brooks across the state, including those in various counties. This change will allow for more waterways to be eligible for the program, which is intended to support local waterfront revitalization efforts. The bill takes effect immediately upon passage.

Bill journey
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5GovernorPending
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Last action: referred to environmental conservation (2026-05-28)Alert me
Recent actions16 total · showing 5
May. 28, 2026referred to environmental conservation
May. 28, 2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
May. 28, 2026PASSED SENATE
Feb. 09, 2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
Feb. 05, 20262ND REPORT CAL.
Full action history, 11 earlier actionsConnect Plus
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 13, 2025 · 376 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1723 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE January 13, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to including Doodletown Brook in the list of inland waterways eligible for the local water- front revitalization program The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 4 of section 911 of the execu- 2 tive law, as separately amended by chapters 382 and 397 of the laws of 3 2023, is amended to read as follows: 4 (c) the state's major creeks and brooks comprised of the 18 Mile Creek 5 located in Erie county, Chittenango Creek, Bash Bish and Kinderhook 6 Creek located in Columbia county, Kinderhook Creek located in Rensselaer 7 county, Basher Kill, Bushkill, Cattaraugus, Cayadutta, North Chuctanun- 8 da, Cincinnati, East Kill, Esopus (including upper and lower branches), 9 Ferguson, Fish (including east and west branches), Gooseberry, Great 10 Valley, Kennyetto, Little Sandy, Moyer, Mud Creek located in Oneida 11 county, Ninemile Creek, Onondaga, Oriskany, Peekskill Hollow, Reall, 12 Roeliff Jansen Kill, Rondout, Sandy, Sauquoit, Schoharie, Shawangunk 13 Kill, Six Mile Creek, South Sandy, Oatka, Tonawanda, West Kill, Scaja- 14 quada, Wappinger, Webatuck, Wassaic, Willsey in the village of Wurts- 15 boro, Wood Creek located in Herkimer county, Wood Creek located in Onei- 16 da county, Black Creek located in Monroe county, Black Creek located in 17 Genesee and Wyoming counties, Ellicott Creek located in Erie county, 18 Wynantskill, Claverack, Taghkanic, Agawamuck, Wyomanock, and Ley Creek 19 and Butternut Creek located in Onondaga county, Nanticoke and Sawkill 20 (in Ulster county), Saw Kill and Fall Kill located in Dutchess county, 21 Otter Kill Creek located in Orange county, Black Meadow Creek located in 22 Orange county, [and] the Silver Lake Outlet located in Wyoming county, 23 and the Doodletown Brook located in Rockland county; 24 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01375-01-5 
Text of S 1723 as introduced, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions
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