Requires Storm Energy Outage Restoration to Prioritize 1st Responders and Residents With Life Assist Medical Gadgets

ALBANY, NY — December 28, 2022 — As our local weather warms, we’re experiencing stronger blizzards, extra flash flooding, and extra harmful storms. Due to this fact, I’m happy to announce that Governor Kathy Hochul has signed two extra of my payments into legislation, requiring utility corporations to prioritize service restoration for our most susceptible residents and first responders. The laws prioritizes restoration for residents who depend upon life-saving medical gadgets, and restoring energy to 1st responders together with police, fireplace, and ambulance providers.

Legislation (A.3217A/S.931A) assures that People Who Use Sure Medical Gadgets Have Entry to Electrical energy throughout Emergencies. Legislation (A.3318C/S.926C) Requires Electrical Firms Restoring Companies to Police Departments, Fireplace Departments, and Ambulance Companies to Notify Native County Places of work of Emergency Administration inside 24 Hours if the Firm Can not Restore Their Electrical Energy.

From billing to blackouts, we should proceed to carry utility corporations accountable. These common sense reforms handed with robust bipartisan assist in each homes of the legislature and I thank my colleague, Senator Anna M. Kaplan for her assist and Governor Kathy Hochul for signing the laws into legislation.

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Supply: Kerry Donovan | Director of Communications | Workplace of NYS Assemblyman Nader Sayegh (NYS-AD 90 – Yonkers, NY).