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Senate Bill S952

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Creates the Long Island workforce housing incentive program

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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

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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