Research snapshot · Environmental · 31 August 2026

Environmental protection general in New York: 15 towns on the record, the pace easing

This page is a snapshot, cut 31 August 2026, of a topic that moves. Below is the shape of the movement, read from the towns' own meeting records, and the way to get a view of it that stays current.

Snapshot taken 31 August 2026, based on 23 dated municipal records flagged as environmental protection general in New York, spanning 15 municipalities. The topic moves; a later cut supersedes this page.

What this page is for one topic at state or national scope, told as a story: how it arrived, the shape of its movement, a dated snapshot of a moving record, and the door to a view of it that stays current. If it does not, write to us; that is what changes the next edition.

The story so far

The record starts in Niskayuna, 1 January 2013. Since then 15 New York towns have put the topic on a meeting record, the newest of them Lockport on 12 August 2026.

The last 90 days put 3 meetings on the record, down from 4 in the 90 days before. 1 more is already on posted agendas.

It runs through the rooms where budgets and ordinances are made: Planning Board, Disease Surveillance Reports and Historic Preservation Commission.

The shape of the movement

Dated meetings on the record at this scope, quarter by quarter, and the same 90-day count as a rolling line, whose right-hand point is that number. Counts of documents, never a reading of what they decided.
QuarterMeetingsTowns
Sep 2025 to Nov 202522
Dec 2025 to Feb 202655
Mar 2026 to May 202665
Jun 2026 to Aug 2026 (current)33

a rolling 90-day total, so the right-hand point is that same 90-day count. The busiest stretch was Mar 2026 to May 2026, with 6 meetings.

The towns on the record15, earliest first

Every New York town carrying the topic, the earliest first, each with its latest document.
Niskayunaearliest 2013-01-01 · 1 meeting · latest 2013-01-01 · the document Comprehensive Plan Committee — 2013 Comp Plan FINAL 2
Alfredearliest 2020-07-09 · 2 meetings · latest 2026-02-22 · the agenda February 2026 Agenda
Madison Countyearliest 2021-01-27 · 3 meetings · latest 2025-01-01 · a report January 2025 - Monthly Disease Surveillance Report (PDF)
Irondequoitearliest 2023-05-03 · 2 meetings · latest 2026-02-18 · the agenda Revised Planning Board Meeting Agenda - February 18, 2026
Elmiraearliest 2025-02-11 · 5 meetings · latest 2026-05-07 · the minutes Minutes — Planning Board
Uticaearliest 2025-11-07 · 1 meeting · latest 2025-11-07 · the agenda 111025 Town Board Meeting – Agenda
Glen Coveearliest 2026-01-13 · 1 meeting · latest 2026-01-13 · the agenda 2026-1-13 Agenda
Hempsteadearliest 2026-01-27 · 2 meetings · latest 2026-03-10 · the minutes Minutes — Town Board Agenda
Amsterdamearliest 2026-03-03 · 1 meeting · latest 2026-03-03 · the minutes Agenda center file Common Council Meeting - 03.03.2026
Garden Cityearliest 2026-05-06 · 1 meeting · latest 2026-05-06 · the document Mayor's Message - May 6, 2026 (PDF)
Newburghearliest 2026-06-01 · 1 meeting · latest 2026-06-01 · the agenda Conservation Advisory Council Meeting Agenda
Kingstonearliest 2026-06-24 · 1 meeting · latest 2026-06-24 · the agenda Agenda
Grand Islandearliest 2026-07-20 · 1 meeting · latest 2026-07-20 · the minutes Minutes — 2026-07-20
Lockportearliest 2026-08-12 · 1 meeting · latest 2026-08-12 · the agenda 8.12.2026 Agenda (2)
Cohoesdated to the year only

From the record

The most recent documents behind this page, one per town. Each link opens the town's own file.

12 August 2026 · Lockport

the agenda, on the town's own site 8.12.2026 Agenda (2)

20 July 2026 · Grand Island

the minutes, on the town's own site Minutes — 2026-07-20

24 June 2026 · Kingston Unknown

the agenda, on the town's own site Agenda

1 June 2026 · Newburgh Conservation Advisory Council

the agenda, on the town's own site Conservation Advisory Council Meeting Agenda

Companies on this record92 companies, 19 documents

Named in the same documents that carry this topic, read from the record itself: the firms designing, building and advising the work, each with where the record places them:
Madison County Public HealthMadison County
A&C PEST MANAGEMENT CORPORATIONHempstead
AaronElmira
ADRBGarden City
Advance Auto Parts (AAP)Amsterdam
Advanced Drainage SystemsHempstead
Advanced Drainage Systems (WMS)Amsterdam
AECOMHempstead
AES CorporationHempstead
AES Corporation (AES)Amsterdam
Airgas (AIQUY)Amsterdam
Albany County Executive Dan McCoyCohoes
All In Highway Services LLCMadison County
Amazon (AMZN)Amsterdam
AmbulnzCohoes
American Tower (AMT)Amsterdam
American Water WorksHempstead
American Water Works (AWK)Amsterdam
Assured Guaranty (AGO)Amsterdam
Badger Meter (BMI)Amsterdam
BMO Harris BankUtica
BrightspeedUtica
Brookfield Renewable EnergyCohoes
Buspatrol America, LLCHempstead
Cablevision Systems Long Island Corp.Glen Cove
Casella Waste SystemsHempstead
Casella Waste Systems (CWST)Amsterdam
CDW Corporation (CDW)Amsterdam
Chabad of the Five TownsHempstead
CHIPSCohoes

And 62 more companies.

The documents naming each, and the threads they sit in, are the account view. If one of these is you, those are your projects on the record. Ask and we will show you every one, and the towns around them, as they move.

A snapshot of a moving record

Everything above is frozen at 31 August 2026; the topic is not. 85 more events on this topic carry no usable date and are counted, never dated. The counts follow where we read most: a town or a state absent here was not read at depth, and absence is not evidence the topic is absent there. A lighter-read state is not a ceiling; where you care about a region, pointing the system there is the first thing an account changes. How coverage is built, and its known limits: municipalalpha.com/methodology.

How we can tell you about it ongoing

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Environmental protection general, New York

from the towns' own meeting records

Scope

New York

every topic this state carries

Area

Environmental

every topic in this area

Towns on the record

15

with a dated document on this topic

Earliest

1 January 2013

the documents' dates

Meetings, last 90 days

3 against 4 before

dated documents

Snapshot cut

31 August 2026

this page's date

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