---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to conducting a study on the impacts of the urban heat island effect on disadvantaged communities"
description: "Directs the department of environmental conservation, in consultation with the environmental justice interagency coordinating council and the climate justice working group, to conduct a study on the impacts of the urban heat island effect on disadvantaged communities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 10001"
citation: "New York A 10001 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["CUNNINGHAM"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-04-29"
last_action: "2022-09-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d9322bb1-ec2c-45d7-9204-c7854ac1afee"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A10001"
source_hash: "eee3ad89c2e05b638d1dba7b3c44e914862168d1da98e223c9079c7471d1d6b3"
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 A 10001 (2021-2022) — Relates to conducting a study on the impacts of the urban heat island effect on disadvantaged communities

Directs the department of environmental conservation, in consultation with the environmental justice interagency coordinating council and the climate justice working group, to conduct a study on the impacts of the urban heat island effect on disadvantaged communities.

## Version chain

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

1. **A10001** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A10001&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **A10001A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A10001A)
3. **A10001B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A10001B)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: B — **60–1** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **143–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- CUNNINGHAM — primary (person)
- CARROLL — cosponsor (person)
- OTIS — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-04-29** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-06** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-06** PRINT NUMBER 10001A `amendment-passage`
- **2022-05-09** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-10** REPORTED
- **2022-05-10** RULES REPORT CAL.149
- **2022-05-10** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.149
- **2022-05-11** AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 10001B `amendment-passage`
- **2022-05-16** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-05-16** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2022-05-16** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-25** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8431A
- **2022-05-25** 3RD READING CAL.1443
- **2022-05-25** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-05-25** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-09-23** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-09-23** SIGNED CHAP.563 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d9322bb1-ec2c-45d7-9204-c7854ac1afee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).