2019 NYSTA News



January 2019

2019 CAO Policy Book

NYSDEC Pesticides 6NYCRR Part 320-329 Rulemaking

Robert Nielsen earns Excellence in Government Affairs Award from GCSAA

February 2019

Invasive Species Identification and Management

$150,000 Appropriation for the Turfgrass Environmental Stewarship Fund

Legislative Bans of Pesticide Products 

Adoption of a State Definition of IPM

Nitrogen Fertilizer Restrictions

Budget Recommendations

Bills A1051 and S1145 Prohibits the Use of Pesticides at Children's Overnight or Summer Day Camps

Bills A3632 and S920 Provide Definition of Integrated Pest Management

Bill A4089 Requires Compilation of Additional Data on Pesticides (PRL)

Bills Introduced in New York Concerning the Sale or Use of Nitrogen Fertilizer

Chlorpyrifos Ban Bills Introduced in New York

March 2019

Tank Mixtures of Mineral Oil, Chlorothalonil and Manufactured Products Containing Chlorothalonil

State Dropping Proposed Call-in Scheduling Rules that Could have Cost Employers

NYSTA Awards 2019 Citation of Merit

April 2019

NYSTA Awards 2019 Scholarships

Jim Hornung, Jr. Recognized for His Service and Leadership at the Western Regional Conference!

NYSTA Awards 2019 Friend of the Green Industry!

NYSTA Elects 2019 Officers and Directors

May 2019

New York Golf Course Foundation Soliciting Input on Final NYS Facilities BMP Draft

Green Industry Ambassador

In Play with the New York Golf Course Foundation

July 2019

DEC and Agriculture & Markets Announce State's Sixth Annual Invasive Species Awareness Week, July 7-13

August 2019

Statement From Grow NY Farms on the Passage of the Farm Labor Bill

September 2019

Annual Bluegrass Weevils, White Grubs

October 2019

127 Attendees Took to Doubleday Field in Historic Cooperstown

November 2019

DEC and DAM Release Fall 2019 Update on Spotted Lanternfly in New York State

December 2019

Governor Vetoes Chlorpyrifos Ban Legislation