PFAS Water Contamination Lawsuit Lawsuit in New York

Federal PFAS claims are coordinated in MDL 2873 (In re: AFFF Products Liability Litigation) in the District of South Carolina (Charleston) before Judge Richard M. Gergel. New York has among the most active PFAS litigation in the nation, with Hoosick Falls and Petersburgh communities among the first U.S. populations to discover municipal PFAS contamination from industrial sources (Saint-Gobain/Honeywell). NY plaintiffs file into MDL 2873 for federal coordinated proceedings.

3M's $10.3 billion water utility settlement (December 2023) and the DuPont/Chemours/Corteva $1.185 billion settlement cover eligible public water systems nationwide. New York municipal water utilities near Stewart Air National Guard Base and other AFFF-using facilities are eligible. New York State also pursued separate state-law claims against PFAS manufacturers independent of MDL 2873.

New York's statute of limitations for personal injury is 3 years under CPLR § 214. For latent toxic exposure claims, CPLR § 214-c provides a discovery rule tolling until the claimant discovered (or reasonably should have discovered) the injury and its cause — critical for PFAS-linked cancers and diseases with long latency periods. New York also enacted a 2023 PFAS notification law requiring disclosure to affected residents.

Key New York PFAS contamination sources: Hoosick Falls (Saint-Gobain PFOA contamination of municipal supply — a landmark early PFAS case), Petersburgh (Taconic Plastics), Stewart Air National Guard Base (Newburgh, Orange County — PFAS in City of Newburgh drinking water), Gabreski Airport (Southampton, Long Island), former Plattsburgh AFB (Clinton County), Griffiss Business and Technology Park (Rome, Oneida County), and numerous Long Island groundwater plumes.