Scope
Town of Newport Local Law No. 4 of 2026 is titled "A Local Law Establishing a Temporary Moratorium on the Development, Construction, and Operation of Data Centers and Commercial Cryptocurrency Mining Operations within the Town of Newport." The town states that during the term of the local law no application for any Town-level approval will be accepted, processed or issued for these uses, with no minimum megawatt threshold. Data centers and mining operations lawfully in place before it takes effect may continue as pre-existing nonconforming uses but may not be expanded.
- Geographic scope
- Town of Newport, New York
- Jurisdiction
- Local
- Authority type
- Local government
- Issuing authority
- Newport Town Board
Dates
- Adopted
- 10 August 2026
- Effective
- Effective status not verified
- Scheduled expiration
- See completion condition
- Ended
- Not recorded as ended
- Completion condition
- The town describes the local law as establishing its moratorium for one year but does not say from which day; no end date is printed.
- Source document
- 13 August 2026
- Last checked
- 30 October 2026
Summary
The Newport Town Board passed Local Law No. 4 of 2026 at its 10 August 2026 meeting, according to a 13 August 2026 town announcement, after a public hearing set for that evening. The town describes the local law as a one-year moratorium on data centers and commercial cryptocurrency mining operations under which no application for any Town-level approval will be accepted, processed or issued for those uses. Lawfully pre-existing data centers and mining operations may continue as nonconforming uses but may not expand. The announcement does not state when the local law takes effect, so whether it has taken effect is not verified.
What this does not establish
- The adoption date and the description of the law come from the town's own announcement and hearing notice; the adopted local law text and any filing with the New York Secretary of State were not read.
- The local law also covers commercial cryptocurrency mining operations, which are listed separately from data centers.
- The one-year term is stated without a start day, so no end date is stored.
Unresolved questions
- When Local Law No. 4 of 2026 took effect.
- Whether the adopted text matches the town's description, including the exception for lawful pre-existing uses.
Relationships
Supersession means a later instrument replaces the earlier legal effect. Repeal links identify the repeal instrument and the measure it ends. A later implementation or related letter is not treated as a replacement unless the record says so.
- No related action is recorded.
Sources
Primary source: Newport Town Board page on townofnewportny.gov
- Notice of public hearing on Local Law No. 4 of 2026 — Town Clerk notice giving the full title of the proposed local law and the 10 August 2026 hearing · 30 July 2026