S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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5050
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
April 29, 2015
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Introduced by Sen. AVELLA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities
AN ACT to amend the New York city charter, in relation to notification
by the New York city board of standards and appeals to certain
affected state senators and assembly members
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 196 of the New York city charter, as amended by a
vote of the people of the city of New York at the general election held
in November of 1989, is amended to read as follows:
S 196. Affected boards and borough presidents. For purposes of this
chapter: the term "affected community board" shall mean the community
board for a community district in which land included in a plan or an
application pursuant to this chapter is located; the term "affected
borough president" shall mean the president of a borough in which land
included in such a plan or an application is located; and a borough
board shall be deemed "affected" if such a plan or application includes
land within two or more community districts within the borough repres-
ented by such borough board; AND "AFFECTED SENATOR OR ASSEMBLY MEMBER"
SHALL MEAN THE RESPECTIVE SENATOR OR ASSEMBLY MEMBER FOR THE LAND
INCLUDED IN A PLAN OR AN APPLICATION PURSUANT TO THIS CHAPTER.
S 2. Section 197-b of the New York city charter, as amended by a vote
of the people of the city of New York at the general election held in
November of 1989, is amended to read as follows:
S 197-b. Notification of plans and proposals. a. Advance notice of
all preliminary and final plans of public agencies and public benefit
corporations or of private agencies, entities or developers filed with
the city that relate to the use, development or improvement of land
subject to city regulation shall be given to the affected community
board or boards [and], the office of the affected borough president AND
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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THE AFFECTED SENATOR OR ASSEMBLY MEMBER, provided that exceptions may be
made in matters of no appreciable public concern by agency rule.
b. Copies of (1) all requests for proposals and other solicitations of
proposals issued by or on behalf of the city, whether or not issued by
an agency, a local development corporation or other entity, and (2) all
letters of intent executed by or on behalf of the city, whether or not
executed by an agency, a local development corporation or other entity,
that relate to the private use or the disposition of city-owned land,
shall be conveyed to the community boards where such land is located
[and], the office of the borough president where such land is located
AND THE AFFECTED SENATOR OR ASSEMBLY MEMBER WHERE SUCH LAND IS LOCATED
promptly after issuance or execution.
S 3. Paragraph 1 of subdivision a of section 200 of the New York city
charter, as amended by a vote of the people of the city of New York at
the general election held in November of 1989, is amended to read as
follows:
1. The city planning commission may upon its own initiative at any
time or upon application as provided in section two hundred one, adopt a
resolution to amend the text of the zoning resolution subject to the
limitations provided by law. Before adopting any such resolution, the
commission shall notify any community board [or], borough board, SENATOR
OR ASSEMBLY MEMBER affected by the resolution and shall afford persons
interested an opportunity to be heard at a time and place to be speci-
fied in a notice of hearing to be published in the City Record for the
ten days of publication of the City Record immediately prior thereto
setting forth in general terms the nature of the proposed resolution and
a statement of the place at which the entire resolution may be examined.
S 4. Subdivision a of section 201 of the New York city charter, as
amended by a vote of the people of the city of New York at the general
election held in November of 1989, is amended to read as follows:
a. Applications for changes in the zoning resolution may be filed by
any taxpayer, community board, borough board, borough president, by the
mayor or by the land use committee of the council if two-thirds of the
members of the committee shall have voted to approve such filing with
the city planning commission. All such applications involving changes
in the designation of zoning districts under the zoning resolution shall
be subject to review and approval pursuant to section one hundred nine-
ty-seven-c and one hundred ninety-seven-d. For applications involving
other changes in zoning resolutions and regulations, the commission
prior to taking action upon any such application shall refer it to the
affected community boards [or], borough boards, SENATORS OR ASSEMBLY
MEMBERS for a public hearing and recommendation.
S 5. This act shall take effect immediately.