2020 New York Laws
ENV - Environmental Conservation
Article 54 - Environmental Protection Act
Title 15 - Climate Smart Community Projects
54-1523 - Climate Adaptation and Mitigation Projects.

§ 54-1523. Climate adaptation and mitigation projects.
1.  The  commissioner is authorized to provide on a competitive basis,
  within amounts appropriated, state assistance payments to a municipality
  toward the cost of any climate adaptation or mitigation  projects.  Such
  projects shall include:
a.  the  construction  of natural resiliency measures, conservation or
  restoration of riparian areas and tidal marsh migration areas;
b. nature-based solutions  such  as  wetland  protections  to  address
  physical  climate risk due to sea level rise, and/or storm surges and/or
  flooding, based on available data predicting the  likelihood  of  future
  extreme   weather   events,  including  hazard  risk  analysis  data  if
  applicable;
c. relocation or retrofit of facilities to  address  physical  climate
  risk due to sea level rise, and/or storm surges and/or flooding based on
  available  data  predicting  the  likelihood  of  future extreme weather
  events, including hazard risk analysis data if applicable;
d. flood risk reduction;
e. greenhouse gas emission reductions outside the power sector;
f. enabling communities to become certified under  the  climate  smart
  communities   program,   including   by   developing  natural  resources
  inventories, right sizing of municipal  fleets  and  developing  climate
  adaptation strategies;
g.   climate   change  adaptation  planning  and  supporting  studies,
  including but not limited to vulnerability assessment and risk  analysis
  of    municipal   drinking   water,   wastewater,   and   transportation
  infrastructure; and
h. to  establish  and  implement  easily-replicated  renewable  energy
  projects, including solar arrays, heat pumps and wind turbines in public
  low-income housing in suburban, urban and rural areas.
2. To the fullest extent practicable, it is the policy of the state to
  promote  an  equitable  regional  distribution of climate adaptation and
  mitigation projects, consistent with the purpose of this  title,  taking
  into account regional differences in climate change risks, socioeconomic
  conditions and ecological resources.
3. No monies shall be expended for land acquisition.