Ensure that no person suffers from the lack of environmental protection.

Statutory Language: 

EJ Law § 1 adds new ECL §48-0101(2)-(3): "2. It shall further be the policy of the state that no group of people, including a racial, ethnic or socioeconomic group, should be disproportionately exposed to pollution or bear a disproportionate share of the negative environmental consequences resulting from industrial, municipal or commercial operations, or the execution of federal, state, local or tribal programs and policies.

3. It shall further be the policy of the state that no group of people, including a racial, ethnic or socioeconomic group, should suffer from inequitable allocation of public resources or financial assistance for environmental protection and stewardship, including environmental remediation, pollution prevention, open space acquisition and/or other 6 protection and stewardship activities."