N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 58-0703: Programs, plans and projects

§ 58-0703. Programs, plans and projects.

1. Eligible climate change mitigation projects include, but are not

limited to:

a. costs associated with green building projects, projects that

increase energy efficiency or the use or siting of renewable energy on

state-owned buildings or properties including buildings owned by the

state university of the state of New York, city university of the state

of New York, community colleges, and public schools;

b. costs associated with projects that utilize natural and working

lands to sequester carbon and mitigate methane emissions from

agricultural sources, such as manure storage through cover and methane

reduction technologies;

c. costs associated with implementing climate adaptation and

mitigation projects pursuant to section 54-1523 of this chapter;

d. costs associated with urban forestry projects such as forest and

habitat restoration, for purchase and planting of street trees and for

projects to expand the existing tree canopy and bolster community

health;

e. costs associated with projects that reduce urban heat island

effect, such as installation of green roofs, open space protection,

community gardens, cool pavement projects, projects that create or

upgrade community cooling centers, and the installation of reflective

roofs where installation of green roofs is not possible;

f. costs associated with projects to reduce or eliminate air pollution

from stationary or mobile sources of air pollution affecting

disadvantaged communities;

g. costs associated with projects which would reduce or eliminate

water pollution, whether from point or non-point discharges, affecting

disadvantaged communities; and

h. costs associated with the purchase or conversion to zero emission

school buses, including costs associated with the supporting

infrastructure.

2. The department, the department of agriculture and markets, the

office of parks, recreation and historic preservation, the New York

state energy research and development authority and the office of

general services are authorized to provide state assistance payments or

grants to municipalities and not-for-profit corporations or undertake

projects pursuant to this section.

3. Provided that for the purposes of selecting projects for funding

under this section, the relevant agencies shall develop eligibility

guidelines and post information on the department's website in the

environmental notice bulletin providing for a thirty-day public comment

period and upon adoption post such eligibility guidelines on the

relevant agency's website.