NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A9408
SPONSOR: Jensen TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the executive law, in relation to adding Salmon Creek in
Monroe County to the definition of inland waterways
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
Adds Salmon Creek in Monroe County to the definition of inland water-
ways.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 4 of section 911 of the execu-
tive law, as separately amended by chapters 382 and 397 of the laws of
2023, is amended to read as follows: (c) the state's major creeks
comprised of the 18 Mile Creek located in Erie county, Chittenango
Creek, Bash Bish and Kinderhook Creek located in Columbia county,
Kinderhook Creek located in Rensselaer county, Basher Kill, Bushkill,
Cattaraugus, Cayadutta, North Chuctanunda, Cincinnati, East Kill, Esopus
(including upper and lower branches), Ferguson, Fish
(including east and west branches), Gooseberry, Great Valley, Kennyetto,
Little Sandy, Moyer, Mud Creek located in Oneida county, Ninemile Creek,
Onondaga, Oriskany, Peekskill Hollow, Reall, Roeliff Jansen Kill, Rond-
out, Salmon (in Monroe county), Sandy, Sauquoit, Schoharie, Shawangunk
Kill, Six Mile Creek, South Sandy, Oatka, Tonawanda, West Kill, Scaja-
quada, Wappinger, Webatuck, Wassaic, Willsey in the village of Wurts-
boro, Wood Creek located in Herkimer county, Wood Creek located in Onei-
da county, Black Creek located in Monroe county, Black Creek located in
Genesee and Wyoming counties, Ellicott Creek located in Erie county,
Wynantskill, Claverack, Taghkanic, Agawamuck, Wyomanock, and Ley Creek
and Butt ernut Creek located in Onondaga county, Nanticoke and Sawkill
(in Ulster county), Saw Kill and Fall Kill located in Dutchess county,
Otter Kill Creek located in Orange county, Black Meadow Creek located in
Orange county, and the Silver Lake Outlet located in Wyoming county.
JUSTIFICATION:
New York's inland waterways are among the state's most valuable environ-
mental and economic resources, offering diverse natural, recreational,
ecological, cultural, and aesthetic benefits. One such resource is
Salmon Creek, located in Monroe County.
Designating Salmon Creek as an official inland waterway will enable
nearby municipalities to become eligible for New York State's Local
Waterfront Revitalization Program (LWRP) grants. These grants provide
critical funding for planning and implementing land use, conservation,
and watershed management initiatives that protect water quality, enhance
public access, and support sustainable community development.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New Bill.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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9408
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
December 19, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. JENSEN -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Environmental Conservation
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to adding Salmon Creek in
Monroe County to the definition of inland waterways
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 4 of section 911 of the execu-
2 tive law, as separately amended by chapters 382 and 397 of the laws of
3 2023, is amended to read as follows:
4 (c) the state's major creeks comprised of the 18 Mile Creek located in
5 Erie county, Chittenango Creek, Bash Bish and Kinderhook Creek located
6 in Columbia county, Kinderhook Creek located in Rensselaer county, Bash-
7 er Kill, Bushkill, Cattaraugus, Cayadutta, North Chuctanunda, Cincinna-
8 ti, East Kill, Esopus (including upper and lower branches), Ferguson,
9 Fish (including east and west branches), Gooseberry, Great Valley,
10 Kennyetto, Little Sandy, Moyer, Mud Creek located in Oneida county,
11 Ninemile Creek, Onondaga, Oriskany, Peekskill Hollow, Reall, Roeliff
12 Jansen Kill, Rondout, Salmon (in Monroe county), Sandy, Sauquoit, Scho-
13 harie, Shawangunk Kill, Six Mile Creek, South Sandy, Oatka, Tonawanda,
14 West Kill, Scajaquada, Wappinger, Webatuck, Wassaic, Willsey in the
15 village of Wurtsboro, Wood Creek located in Herkimer county, Wood Creek
16 located in Oneida county, Black Creek located in Monroe county, Black
17 Creek located in Genesee and Wyoming counties, Ellicott Creek located in
18 Erie county, Wynantskill, Claverack, Taghkanic, Agawamuck, Wyomanock,
19 and Ley Creek and Butternut Creek located in Onondaga county, Nanticoke
20 and Sawkill (in Ulster county), Saw Kill and Fall Kill located in Dutch-
21 ess county, Otter Kill Creek located in Orange county, Black Meadow
22 Creek located in Orange county, and the Silver Lake Outlet located in
23 Wyoming county;
24 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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