---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to creating the upstate flood mitigation task force within the canal corporation"
description: "Creates the upstate flood mitigation task force and grant program within the canal corporation to conduct studies on the impact of floods and on preventative or mitigation measures."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "S 6754"
citation: "New York S 6754 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["VALESKY"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-06-16"
last_action: "2017-11-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/60f3ab4f-0d56-493b-bae7-d388f8b212ad"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/S6754"
source_hash: "484f49c872a0743e786ed59aa1261491ec80937e6257c1a9f4d2c064b543e5b3"
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 6754 (2017-2018) — Relates to creating the upstate flood mitigation task force within the canal corporation

Creates the upstate flood mitigation task force and grant program within the canal corporation to conduct studies on the impact of floods and on preventative or mitigation measures.

## Version chain

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

1. **S6754 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6754&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **S6754 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/S6754)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **143–0** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote — **25–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- VALESKY — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-06-16** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-20** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.2103
- **2017-06-20** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2017-06-20** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2017-06-20** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-20** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6716B
- **2017-06-20** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.491
- **2017-06-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2017-06-20** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2017-11-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2017-11-29** SIGNED CHAP.448 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/60f3ab4f-0d56-493b-bae7-d388f8b212ad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).