S 9062 NY
Adds Salmon Creek in Monroe County to the definition of inland waterways
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Summary
This bill adds Salmon Creek in Monroe County to the state's official definition of inland waterways under New York's Executive Law. The change makes Salmon Creek eligible for waterfront revitalization programs and benefits that apply to the state's designated major creeks. This update expands the list of recognized inland waterways for which the state provides waterfront development and environmental initiatives.
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Official abstract
Adds Salmon Creek in Monroe County to the definition of inland waterways for the purposes of waterfront revitalization.
Sponsor (1)
- Robert Ortt Republican · primary
Action history (11)
- Jan 28, 2026 REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION · upper
- Apr 21, 2026 1ST REPORT CAL.735 · upper
- Apr 22, 2026 2ND REPORT CAL. · upper
- Apr 27, 2026 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING · upper
- May 6, 2026 PASSED SENATE · upper
- May 6, 2026 DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY · upper
- May 6, 2026 REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION · lower
- Jun 5, 2026 SUBSTITUTED FOR A9408 · lower
- Jun 5, 2026 ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.575 · lower
- Jun 5, 2026 PASSED ASSEMBLY · lower
- Jun 5, 2026 RETURNED TO SENATE · lower
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Bill No.: Summary Actions Committee Votes Floor Votes Memo Text LFIN Chamber Video/Transcript S09062 Summary: BILL NO S09062   SAME AS SAME AS A09408
  SPONSOR ORTT   COSPNSR   MLTSPNSR   Amd §911, Exec L   Adds Salmon Creek in Monroe County to the definition of inland waterways for the purposes of waterfront revitalization.
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STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________
9062
IN SENATE
January 28, 2026 ___________
Introduced by Sen. ORTT -- 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 Salmon Creek in Monroe County to the definition of inland waterways
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), Ferguson, 9 Fish (including east and west branches), Gooseberry, Great Valley, 10 Kennyetto, Little Sandy, Moyer, Mud Creek located in Oneida county, 11 Ninemile Creek, Onondaga, Oriskany, Peekskill Hollow, Reall, Roeliff 12 Jansen Kill, Rondout, Salmon (in Monroe county), Sandy, Sauquoit, Scho- 13 harie, Shawangunk Kill, Six Mile Creek, South Sandy, Oatka, Tonawanda, 14 West Kill, Scajaquada, Wappinger, Webatuck, Wassaic, Willsey in the 15 village of Wurtsboro, Wood Creek located in Herkimer county, Wood Creek 16 located in Oneida county, Black Creek located in Monroe county, Black 17 Creek located in Genesee and Wyoming counties, Ellicott Creek located in 18 Erie county, Wynantskill, Claverack, Taghkanic, Agawamuck, Wyomanock, 19 and Ley Creek and Butternut Creek located in Onondaga county, Nanticoke 20 and Sawkill (in Ulster county), Saw Kill and Fall Kill located in Dutch- 21 ess county, Otter Kill Creek located in Orange county, Black Meadow 22 Creek located in Orange county, and the Silver Lake Outlet located in 23 Wyoming 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. LBD13437-01-5
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