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