S 8881: Authorizes the dormitory authority to provide additional services to local governments and the department of environmental conservation.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8881  IN SENATE January 13, 2026 ___________ Introduced by Sen. COONEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to authorizing the dormitory authority to provide additional services to local governments and the department of environmental conservation The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 2 of section 1676 of the 2 public authorities law is amended by adding a new undesignated paragraph 3 to read as follows: 4 Any county, city, town, and village, for the construction, recon- 5 struction, development, improvement, expansion and/or equipping of a 6 facility or facilities and necessary ancillary and related facilities; 7 provided, however, that any alternative delivery authorization derived 8 pursuant to the Infrastructure Investment Act, part F of chapter 60 of 9 the laws of 2015, as amended by part DD of chapter 58 the laws of 2020, 10 shall not be applicable to any project undertaken by the authority on 11 behalf of any county, city, town, and village pursuant to this section 12 and further providing that nothing in this section shall result in the: 13 (1) displacement of any currently employed worker or loss of position 14 (including partial displacement such as a reduction in the hours of 15 non-overtime work, wages or employment benefits), or result in the 16 impairment of existing collective bargaining agreements; and (2) trans- 17 fer of existing duties and functions currently performed by existing 18 public employees for a public employer that becomes eligible to utilize 19 the dormitory authority pursuant to this section. 20 § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 1680 of the public authorities law is 21 amended by adding a new undesignated paragraph to read as follows: 22 Any county, city, town, and village, for the construction, recon- 23 struction, development, improvement, expansion and/or equipping of a 24 facility or facilities and necessary ancillary and related facilities; 25 provided, however, that any alternative delivery authorization derived 26 pursuant to the Infrastructure Investment Act, part F of chapter 60 of EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD13537-02-5 
 S. 8881 2 1 the laws of 2015, as amended by part DD of chapter 58 the laws of 2020 2 shall not be applicable to any project undertaken by the authority on 3 behalf of any county, city, town, and village pursuant to this section 4 and that nothing in this section shall result in the: (1) displacement 5 of any currently employed worker or loss of position (including partial 6 displacement such as a reduction in the hours of non-overtime work, 7 wages or employment benefits), or result in the impairment of existing 8 collective bargaining agreements; and (2) transfer of existing duties 9 and functions currently performed by existing public employees for a 10 public employer that becomes eligible to utilize the dormitory authority 11 pursuant to this section. 12 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.