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NY S 4710

in committee

Requires forest management plans for certain lands and forbids clearcutting without, and increases the jurisdiction of the Adirondack park agency over clearcutting

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 4710 pass?

Not yet. NY S 4710 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

What is NY S 4710 about?

Requires forest management plans, subject to the approval of the department of environmental conservation, for certain lands subject to a conservation easement purchased by the state; forbids clearcutting on such lands without such forest management plan; increases the jurisdiction of the Adirondack park agency over clearcutting.

Who sponsors NY S 4710?

Patricia Fahy is the primary sponsor of NY S 4710.

Description

Requires forest management plans, subject to the approval of the department of environmental conservation, for certain lands subject to a conservation easement purchased by the state; forbids clearcutting on such lands without such forest management plan; increases the jurisdiction of the Adirondack park agency over clearcutting.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Patricia Fahyprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-12

    REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

    referral-committee

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Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: S 7617not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 985not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 4007not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 2831not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 1252

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S4710?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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