New York's Prop 65-Like Proposal Dropped From Budget, But Talks Continue

Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Consumer Right to Know Act, New York’s answer to Prop 65 in California, was scuttled by legislators in their budget bill signed into law April 12. However, related talks are ongoing in the state’s legislature, where the Safe Cosmetics Act is on the table again this session.

Legislation enacted to fund New York programs through fiscal 2020 does not include Governor Andrew Cuomo’s proposed “Consumer Right to Know Act,” which would have imposed chemical-of-concern labeling requirements on consumer product manufacturers à la California’s Proposition 65.

The program envisioned by Cuomo would have authorized New York’s Department of Environmental Conservation, in collaboration with the health and state departments, to develop a list of chemicals linked to cancer, developmental, reproductive or

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