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Home/Bills/S 2646New York · 2025–2026 Legislative Session
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S 2646: Adds Falls Brook, Jones Brook, Kelso Brook, Minerva Stream, and Trout Brook to the definition of inland waterways for the purposes of waterfront revitalization.

New York · Senate · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified May 6, 2026

What S 2646 does, verified May 6, 2026

The bill aims to add certain waterways in New York to the definition of inland waterways for the purposes of waterfront revitalization. These waterways include major creeks, streams, and rivers in various counties, such as Erie, Columbia, and Essex counties. The added waterways include Falls Brook, Jones Brook, Kelso Brook, Minerva Stream, and Trout Brook. The bill will take effect immediately, expanding the list of eligible waterways for waterfront revitalization projects.

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5GovernorPending
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Last action: referred to environmental conservation (2026-05-05)Alert me
Recent actions16 total · showing 5
May. 05, 2026referred to environmental conservation
May. 05, 2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
May. 05, 2026PASSED SENATE
Feb. 26, 2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
Feb. 25, 20262ND REPORT CAL.
Full action history, 11 earlier actionsConnect Plus
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 22, 2025 · 400 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2646 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE January 22, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. STEC -- 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 adding Falls Brook, Jones Brook, Kelso Brook, Minerva Stream, and Trout Brook to the defi- nition of inland waterways for the purposes of waterfront revitaliza- tion 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 comprised of the 18 Mile Creek located in 5 Erie county, Chittenango Creek, Bash Bish and Kinderhook Creek located 6 in Columbia county, Kinderhook Creek located in Rensselaer county, Bash- 7 er Kill, Bushkill, Cattaraugus, Cayadutta, North Chuctanunda, Cincinna- 8 ti, East Kill, Esopus (including upper and lower branches), Falls Brook 9 in Essex county, Ferguson, Fish (including east and west branches), 10 Gooseberry, Great Valley, Jones Brook in Essex county, Kelso Brook in 11 Essex county, Kennyetto, Little Sandy, Minerva Stream in Essex county, 12 Moyer, Mud Creek located in Oneida county, Ninemile Creek, Onondaga, 13 Oriskany, Peekskill Hollow, Reall, Roeliff Jansen Kill, Rondout, Sandy, 14 Sauquoit, Schoharie, Shawangunk Kill, Six Mile Creek, South Sandy, 15 Oatka, Tonawanda, Trout Brook in Essex county, West Kill, Scajaquada, 16 Wappinger, Webatuck, Wassaic, Willsey in the village of Wurtsboro, Wood 17 Creek located in Herkimer county, Wood Creek located in Oneida county, 18 Black Creek located in Monroe county, Black Creek located in Genesee and 19 Wyoming counties, Ellicott Creek located in Erie county, Wynantskill, 20 Claverack, Taghkanic, Agawamuck, Wyomanock, and Ley Creek and Butternut 21 Creek located in Onondaga county, Nanticoke and Sawkill (in Ulster coun- 22 ty), Saw Kill and Fall Kill located in Dutchess county, Otter Kill Creek 23 located in Orange county, Black Meadow Creek located in Orange county, 24 and the Silver Lake Outlet located in Wyoming county; 25 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04902-01-5 
Text of S 2646 as introduced, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions
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