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Other measures passed by Assembly: waste reduction, HDC bonding increase and multiple resolutions
Summary
On the same floor day the Assembly passed an environmental bill to codify state waste‑reduction executive orders and increased bonding authority for the New York City Housing Development Corporation by $1 billion; lawmakers also approved a package of proclamations and awareness resolutions.
Alongside debated items, the Assembly advanced several additional measures.
Environmental waste reduction: Assembly No. 8160-A (rules report 4-63) would codify an executive order requiring waste reduction and diversion goals in state‑owned properties and create reporting requirements and a Green New York council framework. Sponsor Mister Epstein said legislation gives the policy statutory force, rather than relying on executive guidance. The measure passed Ayes 145, Noes 0.
Housing Development Corporation bonding increase: Assembly No. 8663 (rules report 5-41) raises the New York City Housing Development Corporation's bonding authority from $19 billion to $20 billion to fund affordable housing projects. Sponsors said the increase is routine to support projects in the pipeline; the clerk recorded Ayes 100, Noes 46 on final passage.
Resolutions and proclamations: The Assembly adopted a package of legislative resolutions proclaiming awareness days and months (for example, gun violence awareness month, Colombian Independence Day, Panamanian Independence Day and several health and community observances). Those resolutions were adopted without recorded opposition where noted.
Clerks announced effective dates where applicable; for example, the waste reduction statute was recorded as taking effect immediately and carries reporting updates tied to executive agency budgets.
