---
type: "Bill"
title: "Removes restrictions in the clean water infrastructure act of 2017 that emergency financial assistance will not be available under section 1285-t of the public authorities law"
description: "Removes restrictions in the clean water infrastructure act of 2017 that emergency financial assistance will not be available under section 1285-t of the public authorities law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "S 5902"
citation: "New York S 5902 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["HELMING"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-05-05"
last_action: "2017-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e797e81-14e9-4f98-a1c1-a4d470399a87"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/S5902"
source_hash: "e4a7cced00c764cc189a3eafb00e33cd0411600ad29bb8dd0b16be4a0e37defb"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
---

# New York S 5902 (2017-2018) — Removes restrictions in the clean water infrastructure act of 2017 that emergency financial assistance will not be available under section 1285-t of the public authorities law

Removes restrictions in the clean water infrastructure act of 2017 that emergency financial assistance will not be available under section 1285-t of the public authorities law.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **S5902 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S5902&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **S5902 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/S5902)

## Votes

- Rules Vote — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **139–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- HELMING — primary (person)
- DEFRANCISCO — cosponsor (person)
- FUNKE — cosponsor (person)
- GRIFFO — cosponsor (person)
- ORTT — cosponsor (person)
- RITCHIE — cosponsor (person)
- ROBACH — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-05-05** REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-09** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-09** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.809
- **2017-05-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2017-05-09** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2017-05-09** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-23** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7712
- **2017-05-23** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.476
- **2017-05-23** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2017-05-23** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2017-05-24** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-29** SIGNED CHAP.30 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0e797e81-14e9-4f98-a1c1-a4d470399a87`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).