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NY S07710

Bill

Status

Introduced

5/1/2025

Primary Sponsor

Stephen Chan

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Origin

Senate

2025-2026 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Prohibits construction or maintenance of energy storage systems with capacity exceeding 20 kilowatt hours within 500 feet of any school property or dwelling in cities with populations of one million or more (effectively targeting New York City)

  • Defines "school property" broadly to include buildings, athletic fields, playgrounds, parking lots, and land within property boundaries of daycares, preschools, elementary schools, secondary schools, colleges, and universities

  • Applies the restriction regardless of any other conflicting law, rule, or regulation

  • Takes effect 180 days after becoming law

Legislative Description

Prohibits the construction or maintenance of energy storage systems capable of storing more than twenty kilowatt hours within five hundred feet of a school or dwelling in a city with a population of one million or more.

Last Action

NOTICE OF COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION - REQUESTED

2/24/2026

Committee Referrals

Energy and Telecommunications5/1/2025

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