# New York · firefighting personal protective equipment — US state PFAS product restriction effective dates by category

For New York, product category is firefighting personal protective equipment; effective date is 2020-03-22; restriction type is disclosure requirement; later phase effective date is 2028-01-01; later phase restriction type is sale ban, recorded from its source on 2026-10-06.

- **State:** New York _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Product Category:** firefighting personal protective equipment _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Effective Date:** 2020-03-22 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Restriction Type:** disclosure requirement _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Later Phase Effective Date:** 2028-01-01 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Later Phase Restriction Type:** sale ban _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Statute / Bill:** NY GBL § 391-u(5) (notice duty in (a) added by L. 2020, ch. 88 § 1, effective March 22, 2020 — the ninetieth day after L. 2019, ch. 702 became law on December 23, 2019; sale ban in (c) added by L. 2025, ch. 58, Part SS § 3) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **PFAS Definition:** intentionally added

## What the source says

> (a) A manufacturer or other person that sells firefighting personal protective equipment to any person, local government, or state agency must provide written notice to the purchaser at the time of sale if the firefighting personal protective equipment contains PFAS chemicals. The written notice must include a statement that the firefighting personal protective equipment contains PFAS chemicals and the reason PFAS chemicals are added to the equipment.

## Where each value comes from

This source states these in separate places, so each value is shown with the passage that states it.

### Later Phase Effective Date

> (c) Beginning January first, two thousand twenty-eight, a manufacturer shall not manufacture, knowingly sell, offer for sale, distribute for sale or distribute for use in the state any firefighting personal protective equipment to which PFAS chemicals have been intentionally added or that contains PFAS chemicals at or above a level established by the department of environmental conservation by regulation.

### Later Phase Restriction Type

> (c) Beginning January first, two thousand twenty-eight, a manufacturer shall not manufacture, knowingly sell, offer for sale, distribute for sale or distribute for use in the state any firefighting personal protective equipment to which PFAS chemicals have been intentionally added or that contains PFAS chemicals at or above a level established by the department of environmental conservation by regulation.

## Source

- https://newyork.public.law/laws/n.y._general_business_law_section_391-u*2
- https://nyassembly.gov/leg/?default_fld=&leg_video=&bn=A08979&term=2019&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y
- https://nyassembly.gov/leg/?default_fld=&leg_video=&bn=A00445&term=2019&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y
- https://nyassembly.gov/leg/?default_fld=&leg_video=&bn=S03008&term=2025&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y

Last verified: 2026-10-06. Review by: 2027-01-04.
Part of [US state PFAS product restriction effective dates by category](https://referencesource.org/state-pfas-product-restrictions/).