NY S06583

Provides free fishing, hunting, and trapping licenses to New York State residents who participated in World Trade Center rescue, recovery, or cleanup operations and suffered a permanent disability

Requires applicants to demonstrate their participation in a manner acceptable to the Department of Environmental Conservation, with participation defined under section 161 of the workers' compensation law

Defines permanent disability according to subdivision 21 of section 292 of the executive law

Reorganizes existing license exemption provisions into lettered subparagraphs (a) through g) while adding the new WTC participant category

Takes effect September 1, 2026