US New York State Buy Climate Friendly Purchasing Act

New York's Buy Clean Concrete guidelines derive from state legislation (State Finance Law §136-d, enacted via bill S542A in December 2021) and took effect in June 2022. The law requires the state Office of General Services (OGS) to develop guidelines mandating the procurement of low-carbon concrete for state projects the agency deems appropriate; formal guidelines were published in September 2023. In parallel, Executive Order 22 (issued June 2023, providing embodied carbon guidance) imposes a quantity-reporting obligation where an Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) exists. New York was also one of the founding member states of the Federal-State Buy Clean Partnership, and, as covered under [[gri-us]]'s companion card `us-federal-buy-clean-rescission-and-state-programs-2025`, this state-level program has continued to operate independently even after the rescission of federal Executive Order 14057 in January 2025. In 2025, a further bill—the Sustainable Building Materials Act (Assembly Bill A6566)—was also under consideration, covering steel and glass in addition to concrete, reflecting continued momentum toward expanded tax incentives for low-carbon building materials.