Our Impact - Lead Free Kids New York

Policies we have supported and gotten passed:

Testing of school drinking water: Requires water testing of schools to go from “periodic” to triennial, tap water provided by school districts to be free to school occupants, sets the lead action level at 0.005 milligrams per liter, and laboratory reports be made public.
Public Health Law 1377 (The Lead Rental Registry Program): The Lead Rental Registry Program addresses rental units built before 1980 in Albany, Amsterdam, Auburn, Binghamton, Buffalo, Cheektowaga, Elmira, Gloversville, Jamestown, Kingston, Middletown, Mount Vernon, New Rochelle, Newburgh, Niagara Falls, Poughkeepsie, Rochester, Rome, Schenectady, Spring Valley, Syracuse, Troy, Utica, Watertown, and Yonkers. Requirements include: 1)Pre-1980 housing with two or more units must be registered in Lead Rental Registry data systems, regardless if units are owner-/family-occupied. 2) Rental units must be inspected. documented as free of lead hazards before they can be issued a lead safety certification. 3)Property owners and landlords must oversee prompt cleanup and lead safe repairs when hazards are identified. Compliance will be tracked, monitored, and enforced.
Lead Pipes Right to Know Act: Requires public water systems to take service line inventories and make such information available to the public

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