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Bill No.: Summary Actions Committee&nbspVotes Floor&nbspVotes Memo Text LFIN Chamber&nbspVideo/Transcript S09311 Summary: BILL NO S09311 &nbsp SAME AS No Same As &nbsp SPONSOR PERSAUD &nbsp COSPNSR CHAN, COONEY, MYRIE, WEBB &nbsp MLTSPNSR &nbsp

&nbsp Directs the department of environmental conservation to conduct a study of ecological restoration needs of Jamaica Bay; imposes a five-year moratorium on placing sediment or fill in the borrow pits in Jamaica Bay.

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STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________

9311

IN SENATE

February 27, 2026 ___________

Introduced by Sens. PERSAUD, COONEY, WEBB -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environ- mental Conservation

AN ACT directing the department of environmental conservation to conduct a study on ecological restoration needs of Jamaica Bay

The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows:

1 Section 1. (a) The department of environmental conservation shall 2 conduct a beneficial use study to determine ecological restoration needs 3 in Jamaica Bay. Such study shall include, but not be limited to: 4 (i) a description of the bathymetry of target areas of Jamaica Bay and 5 a map of the borrow pits; 6 (ii) the ecological service quality of the borrow pits over multiple 7 weather seasons at multiple depths, including in-depth analysis of the 8 populations of fin fish species that utilize such areas during different 9 seasons; 10 (iii) the geotechnical conditions of all pit bottoms; 11 (iv) the significance of the borrow pits regarding the absorption of 12 heat during summer months when adjacent shallow areas experience ulva 13 sulfide conditions; and 14 (v) any other policy recommendations regarding the ecological restora- 15 tion of Jamaica Bay. 16 (b) The department of environmental conservation shall: 17 (i) issue a report on the findings of such study to the governor, the 18 temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly no 19 later than March 30, 2031; and 20 (ii) publish such report on the department of environmental conserva- 21 tion's website. 22 (c) There shall be a moratorium of any placement of any type of sedi- 23 ment or fill into the borrow pits in Jamaica Bay for a period of five 24 years commencing on the effective date of this act, or until the study 25 is completed and published, whichever is later. 26 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03536-02-6

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