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Senate Bill S952
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Local Government Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
(D, WF) Senate District
(D) Senate District
(D, WF) 28th Senate District
(D) Senate District
2009-S952 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Local Government
- Law Section:
- General Municipal Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add Art 16-B ยงยง699-d - 699-f, Gen Muni L
2009-S952 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Creates the Long Island workforce housing incentive program; requires a local government that approves a subdivision plat or site plan for five or more residential units to require the set aside of at least ten percent of such units for affordable workforce housing, the payment of a fee to be used to provide affordable workforce housing or the provision of other lands for such purpose.
2009-S952 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S952 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the general municipal law, in relation to creating the Long Island workforce housing incentive program PURPOSE : Amends the General Municipal Law by adding a new Article 16-B establishing the Long Island Workforce Housing Incentive Program. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : This legislation amends the General Municipal Law by adding a new Article 16-B establishing the Long Island Workforce Housing Incentive Program. The bill provides that when a local government approves the construction of five or more residential units through site plan, subdivision or mixed use development, that the developer provides 10% of the total units be affordable housing units (rounding up--thus five units would result in one unit of affordable housing). The bill also provides for density bonuses for builders and developers subject to this legislation. JUSTIFICATION : More than one out of four households in the country, almost 24 million, confront housing cost burdens. According to the united States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), shelter costs should consume no more than approximately one-third -- in high costs
2009-S952 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 952 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 22, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sens. C. JOHNSON, DIAZ, KRUEGER, ONORATO, PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to creating the Long Island workforce housing incentive program THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Legislative findings. The legislature hereby finds that it is the public policy of the state of New York to foster the goal of home ownership and the provision of affordable workforce housing in areas of the state, such as Long Island, where there is a shortage of such hous- ing. It is further found by this legislature that local governments have a responsibility to assist in the providing of a fair share of the regional need for affordable housing. Further, each local government has the responsibility to establish a land use plan for its community that provides balanced and diverse housing options for all segments of the community. This act shall provide that when five or more residential units or mixed-use development with five or more residential units are seeking approval to be built, Long Island's local governments in exchange for a density bonus on site shall require that as a condition of approval for such site plans and subdivisions the provision of affordable workforce housing in an amount equal to at least ten percent of the housing units be set aside. In the alternative, where a local government determines that the provision of suitable affordable workforce housing may not be provided on site, that in lieu of said requirement, in exchange for a density bonus, either a payment may be made of a reasonable sum to be determined by the local government for the purpose of affordable work- force housing, which sum shall constitute a trust fund for that purpose, or other land and affordable workforce housing units constructed thereon may be provided off-site. It is the intent of the legislature that the EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD05831-01-9
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