Cold Spring board backs state packaging‑reduction bill, adopts resolution

The board read and adopted a resolution urging the New York State Legislature and the governor to pass the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act (Senate Bill 1464, Assembly Bill 1749). The resolution cites packaging as a large share of the state's waste stream and calls for producer responsibility to reduce municipal waste‑management costs. "The village of Cold Spring urges the New York State Legislature to pass and governor Kathy Hochul to sign into law a strong and effective packaging reduction and recycling infrastructure act, Senate Bill 1464, Assembly Bill 1749," the mayor read into the record.