As reported on AgWeb.com
Neighbors Must Be Notified of Pesticide Applications in New York
   New York has passed a law that requires companies applying pesticides to
give at least a 48-hour warning to neighbors living within 150 feet of any
spraying site. It also requires schools and day care facilities to provide
parents and staff with a notice before pesticides are applied on school
grounds.
   Notices must contain information regarding the date and location of
applications, as well as the name of the product being applied. The law
allows exemptions for more than 30 specific types of pesticides with a low
toxicity, such as boric acid and horticultural oils, and for pesticide
applications to cemeteries and spot treatments of less than nine square feet.
   The neighbor notification law goes into effect March 1, 2001.