NY State Senate Bill 2015-S7888

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May 20, 2016	referred to cities

2015-S7888 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Cities
Law Section:: New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:: Add §25-111-a, NYC Ad Cd
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2017-2018: S1900
2019-2020: S2381
2021-2022: S5852
2023-2024: S3013

2015-S7888 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the New York city planning commission to regulate and restrict the new location or continued operation of a social services facility.

2015-S7888 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S7888

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to amend the administrative code of the city
of New York, in relation to review and approval of all new facilities

 PURPOSE :

Requires the New York City Planning Commission to approve and regulate
the types of social services facilities throughout the city.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Section 1 amends the Administrative Code of the City of New York by
adding a new section 25111-a stating the City Planning Commission
shall regulate and restrict requests by an agency to provide services
at a new location as a social services facility, to expand the size of
an existing social services facility or to change the type of services
provided at an existing social services facility, including such
facilities where the leaseholder is not the tenant. This section
includes definitions for social services facilities. The City Planning
Commissioner shall consider the anticipated impact of the proposed
social services facility or the operation of the facility upon lease
renewal and shall give reasonable consideration, among other things,
to the character of the neighborhood, its peculiar suitability for
particular issues, the conservation of property values, and the
location of social services facilities in accord with a

well-considered plan.

Section 2 provides that this act shall take effect immediately.

 JUSTIFICATION :

Property owners in the vicinity of a proposed or existing supportive
housing sites are often unaware of the sponsoring agency's intent to
establish or transform a facility. There are certain areas of the city
that are oversaturated with facilities while other areas have none,
creating a huge rift among these agencies and the communities they
serve. Often times, agency officials don't take into account public
sentiment from hearings. There are also known cases where agencies
will repurpose buildings and change the definitions of supportive
housing to meet those needs. Giving power to the City Planning
Commission to review and approve each siting will alleviate public
concerns and take into account suitability uses, conservation of
property values and-make sure the location for a siting falls within a
well-considered plan. It has been demonstrated that agencies often
times have a complete lack of regard for the residents living in these
communities and delegating that task neutral third party who can
objectively review the facts of the case seems to be the only viable
option to ensure that resident concerns are adequately taken into
account.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

A new bill.

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

None to the state

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have
become law.

2015-S7888 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  7888

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 20, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities

AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the  city  of  New  York,  in
  relation to review and approval of all new facilities

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The administrative code of the city of New York is  amended
by adding a new section 25-111-a to read as follows:
  S  25-111-A  CITY  PLANNING COMMISSION TO REGULATE THE TYPES OF SOCIAL
SERVICES FACILITIES. A. THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION SHALL REGULATE  AND
RESTRICT  REQUESTS BY AN AGENCY TO PROVIDE SERVICES AT A NEW LOCATION AS
A SOCIAL SERVICES FACILITY, TO EXPAND THE SIZE  OF  AN  EXISTING  SOCIAL
SERVICES  FACILITY  OR  TO  CHANGE  THE  TYPE OF SERVICES PROVIDED AT AN
EXISTING SOCIAL SERVICES FACILITY, INCLUDING SUCH FACILITIES  WHERE  THE
LEASEHOLDER IS NOT THE TENANT.
  B.  FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "SOCIAL SERVICES FACILITY" SHALL
INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:
  1. ACS PLACEMENT FACILITIES. "ACS PLACEMENT FACILITIES" MEANS  FACILI-
TIES,  CERTIFIED  BY  THE  NEW  YORK STATE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY
SERVICES, FOR THE CARE OF YOUTH PLACED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS
OF THE FAMILY COURT ACT AND THE REGULATIONS OF THE NEW YORK STATE OFFICE
OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, MANAGED DIRECTLY BY THE  ADMINISTRATION
FOR  CHILDREN'S SERVICES OR UNDER CONTRACT OR SIMILAR AGREEMENT WITH THE
ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN'S SERVICES.
  2. CITY-ADMINISTERED FACILITIES. "CITY-ADMINISTERED FACILITIES"  MEANS
HOTELS,  SHELTERS  AND  OTHER  ACCOMMODATIONS  OR  ASSOCIATED  SERVICES,
MANAGED BY OR PROVIDED UNDER CONTRACT OR SIMILAR AGREEMENT WITH ANY CITY
AGENCY, PROVIDED TO INDIVIDUALS OR FAMILIES WHO NEED TEMPORARY EMERGENCY
HOUSING OR ASSISTANCE FINDING OR MAINTAINING STABLE HOUSING.
  3. DHS-ADMINISTERED FACILITIES.  "DHS-ADMINISTERED  FACILITIES"  MEANS
CITY-ADMINISTERED FACILITIES MANAGED DIRECTLY BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HOME-
LESS  SERVICES OR BY A PROVIDER UNDER CONTRACT OR SIMILAR AGREEMENT WITH
THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELESS SERVICES.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD15488-01-6

S. 7888                             2

  4. DYCD-ADMINISTERED FACILITIES. "DYCD-ADMINISTERED FACILITIES"  MEANS
CITY-ADMINISTERED FACILITIES MANAGED DIRECTLY BY THE DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH
AND  COMMUNITY  DEVELOPMENT  OR  BY A PROVIDER UNDER CONTRACT OR SIMILAR
AGREEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
  5.  HPD-ADMINISTERED  FACILITIES.  "HPD-ADMINISTERED FACILITIES" MEANS
CITY-ADMINISTERED FACILITIES MANAGED DIRECTLY BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUS-
ING PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT OR BY  A  PROVIDER  UNDER  CONTRACT  OR
SIMILAR AGREEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING PRESERVATION AND DEVEL-
OPMENT.
  6.  HRA-ADMINISTERED  FACILITIES.  "HRA-ADMINISTERED FACILITIES" MEANS
CITY-ADMINISTERED FACILITIES MANAGED DIRECTLY  BY  THE  HUMAN  RESOURCES
ADMINISTRATION OR BY A PROVIDER UNDER CONTRACT OR SIMILAR AGREEMENT WITH
THE  HUMAN  RESOURCES  ADMINISTRATION, EXCLUDING SHELTERS FOR VICTIMS OF
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE MANAGED DIRECTLY BY THE HUMAN RESOURCES ADMINISTRATION
OR BY A PROVIDER UNDER CONTRACT OR  SIMILAR  AGREEMENT  WITH  THE  HUMAN
RESOURCES ADMINISTRATION.
  7.  SUPPORTIVE  HOUSING  FACILITIES.  "SUPPORTIVE  HOUSING FACILITIES"
MEANS  AFFORDABLE,  INDEPENDENT,  AND  PERMANENT  HOUSING  WITH  SUPPORT
SERVICES  FOR TENANTS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN
HOMELESS, HAVE HISTORIES OF SUBSTANCE  ABUSE,  ARE  COPING  WITH  MENTAL
ILLNESS, HAVE CHRONIC ILLNESSES SUCH AS HIV/AIDS, ARE YOUNG ADULTS AGING
OUT  OF  FOSTER  CARE,  ARE  HOMELESS  VETERANS, OR GRANDPARENTS RAISING
GRANDCHILDREN, AND IS UNDER CONTRACT WITH A CITY  AGENCY  INCLUDING  BUT
NOT LIMITED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE AND THE HUMAN
RESOURCES ADMINISTRATION.
  C.  THE  COMMISSION  SHALL  CONSIDER  THE  ANTICIPATED  IMPACT  OF THE
PROPOSED SOCIAL SERVICES FACILITY OR THE OPERATION OF SUCH FACILITY UPON
RENEWAL OF THE LEASE.
  D. THE COMMISSION SHALL GIVE  REASONABLE  CONSIDERATION,  AMONG  OTHER
THINGS,  TO  THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, ITS PECULIAR SUITABILITY
FOR PARTICULAR USES,  THE  CONSERVATION  OF  PROPERTY  VALUES,  AND  THE
LOCATION  OF SOCIAL SERVICES FACILITIES IN ACCORD WITH A WELL-CONSIDERED
PLAN.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
have become a law.

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Cities Committee

2015-S7888 (ACTIVE) - Details

2015-S7888 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2015-S7888 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S7888 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Leroy Comrie

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Cities Committee

2015-S7888 (ACTIVE) - Details

2015-S7888 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2015-S7888 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S7888 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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