2020 NEW YORK STATE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA
CCE works to advance legislation that will protect our natural environment and public health, while working to oppose legislation that will have an adverse impact on our shared environment. Below is a list of proposed legislative and budget items that CCE will be working to advance or oppose in the 2020 New York State legislative session.
Legislative Agenda Items:
Birds and Bees Protection Act (A.7639A – Englebright / S.5816 – Hoylman)
Enacts a five-year moratorium on “neonic” pesticides
CCE’s Memo in Support of Prohibiting the Use of Neonics
Expanded Stream Protection (A.8349 – Ryan / S.5612 – Harckham)
Includes class C waterways as “protected streams”
CCE’s Memo in Support of Expanding Stream Protections
Stop Illegal Dumping (A.8672 – Stern / S.6758 – Kaminsky)
Provides accountability to those responsible for illegal dumping and sand mining schemes
CCE’s Memo in Support to Stop Illegal Dumping
Honey Bee Protection (A.8704 – Thiele / S.6763 – Biaggi)
Requires exterminators to take steps to relocate and not exterminate beehives
CCE’s Memo in Support of Honey Bee Protection
Test Drinking Water for Emerging Contaminants (A.7839 – Gottfried / S.6625 – Skoufis)
Requires small water suppliers to test for emerging contaminants in drinking water
CCE’s Memo in Support of Testing for Emerging Contaminants
Ban PFAS in Food Packaging (A. 4739 – Fahy / S.2000 Hoylman)
Bans the the use of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl chemicals in food packaging
CCE’s Memo in Support for Banning PFAS in Food Packaging
Ban Coal Tar in Pavement Products (A.1304 – Rosenthal / S. 6308 - Metzger)
Bans the sale and use of coal tar in pavement products
CCE’s Memo in Support of Banning Coal Tar in Pavement Products
Close the Hazardous Waste Loophole (A.2655 – Englebright / S.3392 – May)
If waste from oil and gas activities meets the definition of hazardous waste it would be classified and treated as such
CCE’s Memo in Support of Closing the Hazardous Waste Loophole
Skip the Straw (A.90 – Rosenthal / S.1477 Hoylman)
Only allow plastic straws upon request at restaurants
CCE’s Memo in Support of Skipping the Straw
Wetlands Protection (A.3658 – Englebright / S.5576 - Mayer)
Protects and regulates all New York State freshwater wetlands one acre or greater
CCE’s Memo of Support for Wetlands Protection
Flexible Financing for Clean Water Infrastructure (A.6316 – Otis/S. 4520 Harckham)
Allows the EFC to offer forty-year financing through the CWSRF
CCE’s Memo in Support of Flexible Financing for Clean Water Infrastructure
Private Well Testing Act (A.1103A – Jaffee / S.1854A – Hoylman)
Requires the testing of private drinking water wells upon the transfer of property
CCE’s Memo in Support of the Private Well Testing Act
Adirondack Road Salt Reduction (A. 8767 – Jones / S. 6824 – Little)
Establishes a task force and pilot program to reduce road salt pollution in the Adirondacks
CCE’s Memo in Support of Adirondack Road Salt Reduction
Budget
CCE’s Testimony on the 2020-21 Budget from January 27, 2020
CCE’s Budget Priorities Memo
CCE’s Memo in Support of Banning Styrofoam in the SFY 2020-21 Budget