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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 1829: Establishes the office of flooding prevention and mitigation

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

S 1829 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on January 14, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Establishes the office of flooding prevention and mitigation. Primary sponsor: Shelley Mayer (Democratic/Working Families). It lists 10 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 7, 2026): REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Establishes the office of flooding prevention and mitigation to manage and coordinate the work of task forces, commissions, and other bodies and programs tasked with examining issues related to flooding, to review and assess best practices and make recommendations regarding flood prevention and mitigation, and to assist municipalities in developing strategies and policies to combat flooding.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 5 · Democratic/Working Families 6

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Shelley MayerPrimary sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate37
Joe AddabboCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate15
Jabari BrisportCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate25
Andrew GounardesCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate26
Pete HarckhamCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate40
Michelle HincheyCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate41
Robert JacksonCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate31
Zellnor MyrieCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate20
Jessica RamosCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate13
James SandersCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate10
James SkoufisCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate42

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
  2. REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source