EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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year; to amend chapter 756 of the laws of 1992, relating to funding a
program for work force education conducted by the consortium for work-
er education in New York city, in relation to withholding a portion of
employment preparation education aid and in relation to the effective-
ness thereof; to amend chapter 89 of the laws of 2016, relating to
supplementary funding for dedicated programs for public school
students in the East Ramapo central school district, in relation to
reimbursement to such school district and in relation to the effec-
tiveness thereof; to amend chapter 147 of the laws of 2001, amending
the education law relating to conditional appointment of school
district, charter school or BOCES employees, in relation to the effec-
tiveness thereof; relating to school bus driver training; relates to
special apportionment for salary expenses and public pension accruals;
relating to the city school district of the city of Rochester; relates
to total foundation aid for the purpose of the development, mainte-
nance or expansion of certain magnet schools or magnet school programs
for the 2017-2018 school year; and relates to the support of public
libraries (Part A); to amend the education law, in relation to total
foundation aid; to amend chapter 507 of the laws of 1974, relating to
providing for the apportionment of state monies to certain nonpublic
schools, to reimburse them for their expenses in complying with
certain state requirements for the administration of state testing and
evaluation programs and for participation in state programs for the
reporting of basic educational data, in relation to the state's immun-
ization program; to amend the education law, in relation to charter
school participation in universal pre-kindergarten programs, in
relation to the total number of charter schools, in relation to build-
ing aid for schools, in relation to funding for critical support
personnel, in relation to the salary of certain teachers providing
instruction in career and technical education to school age students,
in relation to establishing the state office of nonpublic schools, in
relation to grants for hiring teachers, in relation to contracting
with school districts to educate Native American pupils, in relation
to compliance with certain regulations for hiring a teacher who is
dual-certified, in relation to a waiver program for school districts,
in relation to the internal audit function of certain school
districts, in relation to moneys apportioned for students with disa-
bilities, in relation to state aid adjustments, in relation to extend-
ing provisions for internal audits by school districts from annually
to every five years, in relation to criminal background checks of
certain prospective employees, authorizing the withdrawal of certain
funds by school districts; to amend the tax law, in relation to
exempting school buses and certain equipment from sales and compensat-
ing use tax; to amend the education law, in relation to transportation
reimbursement of certain costs incurred by licensed transportation
carriers in the city of New York and in relation to the extension of
certain transportation contracts; to amend the education law, in
relation to requiring the board of regents to request a fiscal note;
to amend the public authorities law, in relation to special financing
authority for public school districts impacted by tax certiorari
settlements in excess of the total budget of the school district; to
amend the education law, in relation to universal pre-kindergarten
aid; to amend part CC of chapter 56 of the laws of 2014, amending the
education law relating to universal full-day pre-kindergarten, in
relation to providing for the repeal of such provisions; to amend the
education law, in relation to the eligibility of parents of children
S. 2006--B 3
attending pre-kindergarten programs to serve on a community district
education council; to amend chapter 57 of the laws of 2008 amending
the education law relating to the universal pre-kindergarten program,
in relation to extending the expiration of certain provisions of such
chapter; to amend the education law, in relation to security
reimbursements for nonpublic schools; to repeal subdivision 11 of
section 94 of part C of chapter 57 of the laws of 2004 relating to
support of education, relating thereto; and providing for the repeal
of certain provisions upon expiration thereof (Part A-1); to amend the
education law, in relation to enacting "Erin Merryn's law" (Part A-2);
in relation to the closure of the Indian Point nuclear power plant
located within the Hendrick Hudson central school district (Part A-3);
to amend the education law, in relation to the establishment of Recov-
ery High Schools by boards of cooperative educational services; and
providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
(Part B); to amend the education law, in relation to the education of
homeless children (Part C); intentionally omitted (Part D); inten-
tionally omitted (Part E); intentionally omitted (Part F); inten-
tionally omitted (Part G); intentionally omitted (Part H); inten-
tionally omitted (Part I); intentionally omitted (Part J); to amend
chapter 83 of the laws of 2002, amending the executive law and other
laws relating to funding for children and family services, in relation
to extending the effectiveness thereof (Subpart A); and to amend the
social services law and the education law, in relation to restructur-
ing financing for residential school placements (Subpart B) (Part K);
to amend the family court act, in relation to the definition of an
abused child (Part L); to amend the executive law, the social services
law and the family court act, in relation to increasing the age of
youth eligible to be served in RHYA programs and to allow for addi-
tional length of stay for youth in residential programs (Part M);
intentionally omitted (Part N); to amend the social services law and
the tax law, in relation to increasing the amount of lottery winnings
that the state can recoup related to current and former public assist-
ance recipients (Part O); to amend the social services law, in
relation to increasing the standards of monthly need for aged, blind
and disabled persons living in the community (Part P); to amend the
social services law, in relation to expanding inquiries of the state-
wide central register of child abuse and maltreatment and allowing
additional reviews of criminal history information (Part Q); to
utilize reserves in the mortgage insurance fund for various housing
purposes (Part R); to amend the real property tax law, in relation to
the affordable New York housing program; to amend the emergency hous-
ing rent control law, the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen
seventy-four, and the administrative code of the city of New York, in
relation to making technical corrections; and to repeal subdivision
16-a of section 421-a and section 467-i of the real property tax law
relating to real property tax abatement and the affordable New York
housing program (Part S); to amend the criminal procedure law, the
judiciary law and the executive law, in relation to removal of a crim-
inal action to a veterans treatment court (Part T); intentionally
omitted (Part U); to amend the education law, in relation to state
appropriations to the state university of New York and the city
university of New York (Part V); to amend the education law, the state
finance law, the civil practice law and rules and the tax law, in
relation to establishing the New York state pre-paid tuition plan
(Part W); to establish a private student loan refinance task force;
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and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration there-
of (Part X); to amend the education law, in relation to college room
and board price disclosure (Part Y); to amend the education law, in
relation to the New York state science, technology, engineering and
mathematics incentive program (Part Z); to amend the education law, in
relation to the college affordability planning committee (Part AA); to
amend the education law, in relation to the state university of New
York student telecounseling network (Part BB); to amend the private
housing finance law, in relation to the mobile and manufactured home
replacement program (Part CC); to amend the private housing finance
law, in relation to establishing the New York state first home savings
program, which authorizes first time home buyers to establish savings
accounts to purchase a home; and to amend the tax law, in relation to
establishing a personal income tax deduction for deposits into such
accounts (Part DD); to amend the private housing finance law, in
relation to establishing the affordable senior housing and services
program (Part EE); to amend the real property tax law, in relation to
tax abatements for dwelling units occupied by certain persons residing
in rent-controlled or rent regulated properties (Part FF); to estab-
lish the New York city tax reform study commission, and providing for
its powers and duties (Part GG); to amend the general municipal law
and the municipal home rule law, in relation to establishing limita-
tions upon real property tax levies in cities with a population of one
million or more (Part HH); to amend the real property tax law, the
administrative code of the city of New York and the real property law,
in relation to classifying properties held in condominium and cooper-
ative form for assessment purposes as class one-a properties; and to
repeal certain provisions of the real property tax law relating there-
to (Part II); to amend the real property tax law, in relation to
increasing the allowable maximum income of persons occupying rental
units otherwise eligible for tax abatement in certain cases (Part JJ);
to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation
to the establishment of homeless shelters and the use of units in
privately owned hotels for the provision of housing for homeless indi-
viduals (Part KK); to amend the public housing law and the New York
city charter, in relation to authorizing the New York city council to
oversee the activities of the New York city housing authority (Part
LL); to amend the administrative code of the city of New York and the
public housing law, in relation to establishing the New York city
housing authority repair certificate program (Part MM); to amend the
public housing law, in relation to preferences and priorities for
prospective public housing and section 8 tenants in the city of New
York (Part NN); to amend the public housing law, in relation to veter-
ans' eligibility for public housing (Part OO); to amend the labor law,
in relation to exemptions from licensure requirements for mold
inspection, assessment and remediation (Part PP); to amend the public
housing law, in relation to providing for the appointment of an inde-
pendent monitor for the New York city housing authority, and providing
for the powers and duties of such monitor (Part QQ); to amend the
social services law and the banking law, in relation to authorizing
banking institutions to refuse to disburse moneys in circumstances of
financial exploitation of a vulnerable adult (Part RR); to direct the
office of children and family services to examine, evaluate and make
recommendations on the availability of day care for children; and
providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
(Part SS); to amend the social services law, in relation to safety in
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child day care programs (Part TT); to amend the education law, in
relation to establishing the New York State child welfare worker
incentive scholarship program and the New York State child welfare
worker loan forgiveness incentive program (Part UU); to amend the
education law, in relation to tuition assistance program awards for
certain graduate students (Part VV); to amend the education law, in
relation to establishing enhanced tuition assistance program awards
(Part WW); to amend the education law, in relation to establishing
part-time tuition assistance program awards for community college
students at the state university of New York (Part XX); to amend the
education law, in relation to establishing the community college fund-
ing study (Part YY); to amend part K of chapter 54 of the laws of 2016
relating to the rate of minimum wage, in relation to smoothing wages
and modifying an existing wage order (Part ZZ); and to amend the
retirement and social security law, in relation to the earnings limi-
tation for certain retired police officers (Part AAA)
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. This act enacts into law major components of legislation
which are necessary to implement the state fiscal plan for the 2017-2018
state fiscal year. Each component is wholly contained within a Part
identified as Parts A through AAA. The effective date for each partic-
ular provision contained within such Part is set forth in the last
section of such Part. Any provision in any section contained within a
Part, including the effective date of the Part, which makes a reference
to a section "of this act", when used in connection with that particular
component, shall be deemed to mean and refer to the corresponding
section of the Part in which it is found. Section three of this act sets
forth the general effective date of this act.
PART A
Section 1. Paragraph e of subdivision 1 of section 211-d of the educa-
tion law, as amended by section 1 of part A of chapter 54 of the laws of
2016, is amended to read as follows:
e. Notwithstanding paragraphs a and b of this subdivision, a school
district that submitted a contract for excellence for the two thousand
eight--two thousand nine school year shall submit a contract for excel-
lence for the two thousand nine--two thousand ten school year in
conformity with the requirements of subparagraph (vi) of paragraph a of
subdivision two of this section unless all schools in the district are
identified as in good standing and provided further that, a school
district that submitted a contract for excellence for the two thousand
nine--two thousand ten school year, unless all schools in the district
are identified as in good standing, shall submit a contract for excel-
lence for the two thousand eleven--two thousand twelve school year which
shall, notwithstanding the requirements of subparagraph (vi) of para-
graph a of subdivision two of this section, provide for the expenditure
of an amount which shall be not less than the product of the amount
approved by the commissioner in the contract for excellence for the two
thousand nine--two thousand ten school year, multiplied by the
district's gap elimination adjustment percentage and provided further
that, a school district that submitted a contract for excellence for the
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two thousand eleven--two thousand twelve school year, unless all schools
in the district are identified as in good standing, shall submit a
contract for excellence for the two thousand twelve--two thousand thir-
teen school year which shall, notwithstanding the requirements of
subparagraph (vi) of paragraph a of subdivision two of this section,
provide for the expenditure of an amount which shall be not less than
the amount approved by the commissioner in the contract for excellence
for the two thousand eleven--two thousand twelve school year and
provided further that, a school district that submitted a contract for
excellence for the two thousand twelve--two thousand thirteen school
year, unless all schools in the district are identified as in good
standing, shall submit a contract for excellence for the two thousand
thirteen--two thousand fourteen school year which shall, notwithstanding
the requirements of subparagraph (vi) of paragraph a of subdivision two
of this section, provide for the expenditure of an amount which shall be
not less than the amount approved by the commissioner in the contract
for excellence for the two thousand twelve--two thousand thirteen school
year and provided further that, a school district that submitted a
contract for excellence for the two thousand thirteen--two thousand
fourteen school year, unless all schools in the district are identified
as in good standing, shall submit a contract for excellence for the two
thousand fourteen--two thousand fifteen school year which shall,
notwithstanding the requirements of subparagraph (vi) of paragraph a of
subdivision two of this section, provide for the expenditure of an
amount which shall be not less than the amount approved by the commis-
sioner in the contract for excellence for the two thousand thirteen--two
thousand fourteen school year; and provided further that, a school
district that submitted a contract for excellence for the two thousand
fourteen--two thousand fifteen school year, unless all schools in the
district are identified as in good standing, shall submit a contract for
excellence for the two thousand fifteen--two thousand sixteen school
year which shall, notwithstanding the requirements of subparagraph (vi)
of paragraph a of subdivision two of this section, provide for the
expenditure of an amount which shall be not less than the amount
approved by the commissioner in the contract for excellence for the two
thousand fourteen--two thousand fifteen school year; and provided
further that a school district that submitted a contract for excellence
for the two thousand fifteen--two thousand sixteen school year, unless
all schools in the district are identified as in good standing, shall
submit a contract for excellence for the two thousand sixteen--two thou-
sand seventeen school year which shall, notwithstanding the requirements
of subparagraph (vi) of paragraph a of subdivision two of this section,
provide for the expenditure of an amount which shall be not less than
the amount approved by the commissioner in the contract for excellence
for the two thousand fifteen--two thousand sixteen school year; AND
PROVIDED FURTHER THAT, A SCHOOL DISTRICT WITH A POPULATION OF ONE
MILLION OR MORE THAT SUBMITTED A CONTRACT FOR EXCELLENCE FOR THE TWO
THOUSAND SIXTEEN--TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN SCHOOL YEAR, UNLESS ALL SCHOOLS
IN THE DISTRICT ARE IDENTIFIED AS IN GOOD STANDING, SHALL SUBMIT A
CONTRACT FOR EXCELLENCE FOR THE TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN--TWO THOUSAND
EIGHTEEN SCHOOL YEAR WHICH SHALL, NOTWITHSTANDING THE REQUIREMENTS OF
SUBPARAGRAPH (VI) OF PARAGRAPH A OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION,
PROVIDE FOR THE EXPENDITURE OF AN AMOUNT WHICH SHALL BE NOT LESS THAN
THE AMOUNT APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER IN THE CONTRACT FOR EXCELLENCE
FOR THE TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN--TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN SCHOOL YEAR. For
purposes of this paragraph, the "gap elimination adjustment percentage"
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shall be calculated as the sum of one minus the quotient of the sum of
the school district's net gap elimination adjustment for two thousand
ten--two thousand eleven computed pursuant to chapter fifty-three of the
laws of two thousand ten, making appropriations for the support of
government, plus the school district's gap elimination adjustment for
two thousand eleven--two thousand twelve as computed pursuant to chapter
fifty-three of the laws of two thousand eleven, making appropriations
for the support of the local assistance budget, including support for
general support for public schools, divided by the total aid for adjust-
ment computed pursuant to chapter fifty-three of the laws of two thou-
sand eleven, making appropriations for the local assistance budget,
including support for general support for public schools. Provided,
further, that such amount shall be expended to support and maintain
allowable programs and activities approved in the two thousand nine--two
thousand ten school year or to support new or expanded allowable
programs and activities in the current year.
§ 2. The education law is amended by adding a new section 2590-v to
read as follows:
§ 2590-V. NOTICE TO STUDENTS REGARDING CERTAIN TEST SCORES. THE OFFICE
OF THE CHANCELLOR SHALL INCLUDE A NOTICE IN THE OFFICIAL SCORE REPORT OF
ALL STUDENTS WHO RECEIVED A SCORE OF "ADVANCED" ON THE EIGHTH GRADE
STATE ASSESSMENT IN EITHER ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS OR MATHEMATICS, INFORM-
ING THE STUDENT OF OPPORTUNITIES TO APPLY FOR ADMISSION TO THE SPECIAL-
IZED HIGH SCHOOLS AUTHORIZED IN PARAGRAPH (B) OF SUBDIVISION 1 OF
SECTION TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED NINETY-H OF THIS ARTICLE.
§ 3. Subdivision 2 of section 701 of the education law, as amended by
section 1 of part A-1 of chapter 58 of the laws of 2011, is amended to
read as follows:
2. A text-book, for the purposes of this section shall mean: (i) any
book, or a book substitute, which shall include hard covered or paper-
back books, work books, or manuals and (ii) for expenses incurred after
July first, nineteen hundred ninety-nine, any courseware or other
content-based instructional materials in an electronic format, as such
terms are defined in the regulations of the commissioner, which a pupil
is required to use as a text, or a text-substitute, in a particular
class or program in the school he or she legally attends. For expenses
incurred on or after July first, two thousand eleven, a text-book shall
also mean items of expenditure that are eligible for an apportionment
pursuant to sections seven hundred eleven, seven hundred fifty-one
and/or seven hundred fifty-three of this title, where such items are
designated by the school district as eligible for aid pursuant to this
section, provided, however, that if aided pursuant to this section, such
expenses shall not be aidable pursuant to any other section of law. FOR
EXPENSES INCURRED ON OR AFTER JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN, A
TEXT-BOOK SHALL ALSO MEAN EXPENDITURES FOR HIGH QUALITY PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT, WHERE SUCH ITEMS ARE DESIGNATED BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AS
ELIGIBLE FOR AID PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE
TOTAL EXPENDITURES FOR HIGH QUALITY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ELIGIBLE
FOR AID PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL NOT EXCEED THE AMOUNT EQUAL TO
THE DOCUMENTED REDUCTION OF TEXTBOOK EXPENDITURES IN THE BASE YEAR
RESULTING FROM THE USE OF COURSEWARE OR OTHER CONTENT-BASED INSTRUC-
TIONAL MATERIALS IN AN ELECTRONIC FORMAT PROVIDED TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT
WITHOUT CHARGE AND PROVIDED FURTHER THAT IF AIDED PURSUANT TO THIS
SECTION, SUCH EXPENSES SHALL NOT BE AIDABLE PURSUANT TO ANY OTHER
SECTION OF LAW. Expenditures aided pursuant to this section shall not be
eligible for aid pursuant to any other section of law. Courseware or
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other content-based instructional materials in an electronic format
included in the definition of textbook pursuant to this subdivision
shall be subject to the same limitations on content as apply to books or
book substitutes aided pursuant to this section.
§ 4. Intentionally omitted.
§ 5. Subparagraph 5 of paragraph (e) of subdivision 3 of section 2853
of the education law, as amended by section 11 of part A of chapter 54
of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
(5) For a new charter school whose charter is granted or for an exist-
ing charter school whose expansion of grade level, pursuant to this
article, is approved by their charter entity, if the appeal results in a
determination in favor of the charter school, FOR ANY PAYMENTS MADE
AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE CHAPTER OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND
SEVENTEEN THAT AMENDED THIS SUBPARAGRAPH, the city school district shall
pay the charter school an amount attributable to the grade level expan-
sion or the formation of the new charter school that is equal to the
lesser of:
(A) the actual TOTAL FACILITY rental cost, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED
TO LEASE PAYMENTS, MAINTENANCE, COSTS OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, COSTS OF
OCCUPANCY, SECURITY, INSURANCE AND REAL PROPERTY TAXES, of an alterna-
tive privately owned site selected by the charter school or
(B) [twenty] THIRTY percent of the product of the charter school's
basic tuition for the current school year and (i) for a new charter
school that first commences instruction on or after July first, two
thousand fourteen, the charter school's current year enrollment; or (ii)
for a charter school which expands its grade level, pursuant to this
article, the positive difference of the charter school's enrollment in
the current school year minus the charter school's enrollment in the
school year prior to the first year of the expansion.
§ 5-a. Paragraph c of subdivision 6-g of section 3602 of the education
law, as amended by section 11-a of part A of chapter 54 of the laws of
2016, is amended to read as follows:
c. For purposes of this subdivision, the approved expenses attribut-
able to a lease by a charter school of a privately owned site shall be
the lesser of the actual [rent paid] TOTAL FACILITY RENTAL COST, INCLUD-
ING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LEASE PAYMENTS, MAINTENANCE, COSTS OF CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENTS, COSTS OF OCCUPANCY, SECURITY, INSURANCE AND REAL PROPERTY
TAXES, under the lease or the maximum cost allowance established by the
commissioner for leases aidable under subdivision six of this section.
§ 5-b. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 3 of section 2853 of the education
law is amended by adding a new subparagraph 1-a to read as follows:
(1-A) THE CO-LOCATION SITE OR ALTERNATIVE SPACE OFFERED PURSUANT TO
SUBPARAGRAPH ONE OF THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL BE SUFFICIENT TO ACCOMMODATE
ALL OF A CHARTER SCHOOL'S GRADES AT A GIVEN SCHOOL LEVEL, AS DEFINED BY
THE SCHOOL, TO BE EDUCATED AT A SINGLE LOCATION.
§ 6. Subdivision 41 of section 3602 of the education law, as added by
section 18 of part B of chapter 57 of the laws of 2007, the subdivision
heading and opening paragraph as amended by section 20 of part B of
chapter 57 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
41. Transitional aid for charter school payments. In addition to any
other apportionment under this section, for the two thousand seven--two
thousand eight school year and thereafter, a school district other than
a city school district in a city having a population of one million or
more shall be eligible for an apportionment in an amount equal to the
sum of
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(a) the product of (i) the product of eighty percent multiplied by the
charter school basic tuition computed for such school district for the
base year pursuant to section twenty-eight hundred fifty-six of this
chapter, multiplied by (ii) the positive difference, if any, of the
number of resident pupils enrolled in the charter school in the base
year less the number of resident pupils enrolled in a charter school in
the year prior to the base year, provided, however, that a school
district shall be eligible for an apportionment pursuant to this para-
graph only if the number of its resident pupils enrolled in charter
schools in the base year exceeds two percent of the total resident
public school district enrollment of such school district in the base
year or the total general fund payments made by such district to charter
schools in the base year for resident pupils enrolled in charter schools
exceeds two percent of total general fund expenditures of such district
in the base year, plus
(b) the product of (i) the product of sixty percent multiplied by the
charter school basic tuition computed for such school district for the
base year pursuant to section twenty-eight hundred fifty-six of this
chapter, multiplied by (ii) the positive difference, if any, of the
number of resident pupils enrolled in the charter school in the year
prior to the base year less the number of resident pupils enrolled in a
charter school in the year two years prior to the base year, provided,
however, that a school district shall be eligible for an apportionment
pursuant to this paragraph only if the number of its resident pupils
enrolled in charter schools in the year prior to the base year exceeds
two percent of the total resident public school district enrollment of
such school district in the year prior to the base year or the total
general fund payments made by such district to charter schools in the
year prior to the base year for resident pupils enrolled in charter
schools exceeds two percent of the total general fund expenditures of
such district in the year prior to the base year, plus
(c) the product of (i) the product of forty percent multiplied by the
charter school basic tuition computed for such school district for the
base year pursuant to section twenty-eight hundred fifty-six of this
chapter, multiplied by (ii) the positive difference, if any, of the
number of resident pupils enrolled in the charter school in the year two
years prior to the base year less the number of resident pupils enrolled
in a charter school in the year three years prior to the base year,
provided, however, that a school district shall be eligible for an
apportionment pursuant to this paragraph only if the number of its resi-
dent pupils enrolled in charter schools in the year two years prior to
the base year exceeds two percent of the total resident public school
district enrollment of such school district in the year two years prior
to the base year or the total general fund payments made by such
district to charter schools in the year two years prior to the base year
for resident pupils enrolled in charter schools exceeds two percent of
the total general fund expenditures of such district in the year two
years prior to the base year[.], PLUS
(d) FOR AID PAYABLE IN THE TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN--TWO THOUSAND NINE-
TEEN SCHOOL YEAR THE PRODUCT OF (I) NINETY PERCENT, MULTIPLIED BY (II)
THE POSITIVE DIFFERENCE, IF ANY, OF THE CHARTER SCHOOL BASIC TUITION
COMPUTED FOR SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THE BASE YEAR PURSUANT TO SECTION
TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED FIFTY-SIX OF THIS CHAPTER LESS THE CHARTER SCHOOL
BASIC TUITION COMPUTED FOR SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THE TWO THOUSAND
TEN--TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN SCHOOL YEAR PURSUANT TO SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT
HUNDRED FIFTY-SIX OF THIS CHAPTER, MULTIPLIED BY (III) THE NUMBER OF
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RESIDENT PUPILS ENROLLED IN THE CHARTER SCHOOL IN THE BASE YEAR,
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT A SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR AN
APPORTIONMENT PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH ONLY IF THE NUMBER OF ITS RESI-
DENT PUPILS ENROLLED IN CHARTER SCHOOLS IN THE BASE YEAR EXCEEDS FIVE
THOUSANDTHS (0.005) OF THE TOTAL RESIDENT PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT ENROLL-
MENT OF SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE BASE YEAR OR THE TOTAL GENERAL FUND
PAYMENTS MADE BY SUCH DISTRICT TO CHARTER SCHOOLS IN THE BASE YEAR FOR
RESIDENT PUPILS ENROLLED IN CHARTER SCHOOLS EXCEEDS FIVE THOUSANDTHS
(0.005) OF THE TOTAL GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES OF SUCH DISTRICT IN THE
BASE YEAR, PLUS
(E) FOR AID PAYABLE IN THE TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY
SCHOOL YEAR THE PRODUCT OF (I) SIXTY PERCENT, MULTIPLIED BY (II) THE
POSITIVE DIFFERENCE, IF ANY, OF THE CHARTER SCHOOL BASIC TUITION
COMPUTED FOR SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THE YEAR PRIOR TO THE BASE YEAR
PURSUANT TO SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED FIFTY-SIX OF THIS CHAPTER LESS
THE CHARTER SCHOOL BASIC TUITION COMPUTED FOR SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR
THE TWO THOUSAND TEN--TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN SCHOOL YEAR PURSUANT TO
SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED FIFTY-SIX OF THIS CHAPTER, MULTIPLIED BY
(III) THE NUMBER OF RESIDENT PUPILS ENROLLED IN THE CHARTER SCHOOL IN
THE YEAR PRIOR TO THE BASE YEAR, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT A SCHOOL
DISTRICT SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR AN APPORTIONMENT PURSUANT TO THIS PARA-
GRAPH ONLY IF THE NUMBER OF ITS RESIDENT PUPILS ENROLLED IN CHARTER
SCHOOLS IN THE YEAR PRIOR TO THE BASE YEAR EXCEEDS FIVE THOUSANDTHS
(0.005) OF THE TOTAL RESIDENT PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT ENROLLMENT OF SUCH
SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE YEAR PRIOR TO THE BASE YEAR OR THE TOTAL GENERAL
FUND PAYMENTS MADE BY SUCH DISTRICT TO CHARTER SCHOOLS IN THE YEAR PRIOR
TO THE BASE YEAR FOR RESIDENT PUPILS ENROLLED IN CHARTER SCHOOLS EXCEEDS
FIVE THOUSANDTHS (0.005) OF THE TOTAL GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES OF SUCH
DISTRICT IN THE YEAR PRIOR TO THE BASE YEAR, PLUS
(F) FOR AID PAYABLE IN THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-
ONE SCHOOL YEAR THE PRODUCT OF (I) THIRTY PERCENT, MULTIPLIED BY (II)
THE POSITIVE DIFFERENCE, IF ANY, OF THE CHARTER SCHOOL BASIC TUITION
COMPUTED FOR SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THE YEAR TWO YEARS PRIOR TO THE
BASE YEAR PURSUANT TO SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED FIFTY-SIX OF THIS
CHAPTER LESS THE CHARTER SCHOOL BASIC TUITION COMPUTED FOR SUCH SCHOOL
DISTRICT FOR THE TWO THOUSAND TEN--TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN SCHOOL YEAR
PURSUANT TO SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED FIFTY-SIX OF THIS CHAPTER,
MULTIPLIED BY (III) THE NUMBER OF RESIDENT PUPILS ENROLLED IN THE CHAR-
TER SCHOOL IN THE YEAR TWO YEARS PRIOR TO THE BASE YEAR, PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, THAT A SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR AN APPORTIONMENT
PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH ONLY IF THE NUMBER OF ITS RESIDENT PUPILS
ENROLLED IN CHARTER SCHOOLS IN THE YEAR TWO YEARS PRIOR TO THE BASE YEAR
EXCEEDS FIVE THOUSANDTHS (0.005) OF THE TOTAL RESIDENT PUBLIC SCHOOL
DISTRICT ENROLLMENT OF SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE YEAR TWO YEARS PRIOR
TO THE BASE YEAR OR THE TOTAL GENERAL FUND PAYMENTS MADE BY SUCH
DISTRICT TO CHARTER SCHOOLS IN THE YEAR TWO YEARS PRIOR TO THE BASE YEAR
FOR RESIDENT PUPILS ENROLLED IN CHARTER SCHOOLS EXCEEDS FIVE THOUSANDTHS
(0.005) OF THE TOTAL GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES OF SUCH DISTRICT IN THE
YEAR TWO YEARS PRIOR TO THE BASE YEAR.
(G) For purposes of this subdivision the number of pupils enrolled in
a charter school shall not include pupils enrolled in a charter school
for which the charter was approved by a charter entity contained in
paragraph a of subdivision three of section twenty-eight hundred fifty-
one of this chapter.
S. 2006--B 11
§ 7. Paragraph a of subdivision 33 of section 305 of the education
law, as amended by chapter 621 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read
as follows:
a. The commissioner shall establish procedures for the approval of
providers of supplemental educational services in accordance with the
provisions of subsection (e) of section one thousand one hundred sixteen
of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 and shall adopt regulations to
implement such procedures. Notwithstanding any other provision of state
or local law, rule or regulation to the contrary, any local educational
agency that receives federal funds pursuant to title I of the Elementary
and Secondary Education Act of nineteen hundred sixty-five, as amended,
shall be authorized to contract with the approved provider selected by a
student's parent, as such term is defined in subsection [thirty-one]
THIRTY-EIGHT of section [nine] EIGHT thousand one hundred one of the [No
Child Left Behind Act of 2001] ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT OF
NINETEEN HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE, AS AMENDED, for the provision of supple-
mental educational services to the extent required under such section
one thousand one hundred sixteen. Eligible approved providers shall
include, but not be limited to, public schools, BOCES, institutions of
higher education, and community based organizations.
§ 8. Subdivision 7 of section 2802 of the education law, as amended by
chapter 425 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read as follows:
7. Notwithstanding any other provision of state or local law, rule or
regulation to the contrary, any student who attends a persistently
dangerous public elementary or secondary school, as determined by the
commissioner pursuant to paragraph a of this subdivision, or who is a
victim of a violent criminal offense, as defined pursuant to paragraph b
of this subdivision, that occurred on the grounds of a public elementary
or secondary school that the student attends, shall be allowed to attend
a safe public school within the local educational agency to the extent
required by section [ninety-five] EIGHTY-FIVE hundred thirty-two of the
[No Child Left Behind Act of 2001] ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
ACT OF NINETEEN HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE, AS AMENDED.
a. The commissioner shall annually determine which public elementary
and secondary schools are persistently dangerous in accordance with
regulations of the commissioner developed in consultation with a repre-
sentative sample of local educational agencies. Such determination shall
be based on data submitted through the uniform violent incident report-
ing system over a period prescribed in the regulations, which shall not
be less than two years.
b. Each local educational agency required to provide unsafe school
choice shall establish procedures for determinations by the superinten-
dent of schools or other chief school officer of whether a student is
the victim of a violent criminal offense that occurred on school grounds
of the school that the student attends. Such superintendent of schools
or other chief school officer shall, prior to making any such determi-
nation, consult with any law enforcement agency investigating such
alleged violent criminal offense and consider any reports or records
provided by such agency. The trustees or board of education or other
governing board of a local educational agency may provide, by local rule
or by-law, for appeal of the determination of the superintendent of
schools to such governing board. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law to the contrary, the determination of such chief school officer
pursuant to this paragraph shall not have collateral estoppel effect in
any student disciplinary proceeding brought against the alleged victim
or perpetrator of such violent criminal offense. For purposes of this
S. 2006--B 12
subdivision, "violent criminal offense" shall mean a crime that involved
infliction of serious physical injury upon another as defined in the
penal law, a sex offense that involved forcible compulsion or any other
offense defined in the penal law that involved the use or threatened use
of a deadly weapon.
c. Each local educational agency, as defined in subsection [twenty-
six] THIRTY of section [ninety-one] EIGHTY-ONE hundred one of the [No
Child Left Behind Act of 2001] ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT OF
NINETEEN HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE, AS AMENDED, that is required to provide
school choice pursuant to section [ninety-five] EIGHTY-FIVE hundred
thirty-two of the [No Child Left Behind Act of 2001] ELEMENTARY AND
SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT OF NINETEEN HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE, AS AMENDED,
shall establish procedures for notification of parents of, or persons in
parental relation to, students attending schools that have been desig-
nated as persistently dangerous and parents of, or persons in parental
relation to, students who are victims of violent criminal offenses of
their right to transfer to a safe public school within the local educa-
tional agency and procedures for such transfer, except that nothing in
this subdivision shall be construed to require such notification where
there are no other public schools within the local educational agency at
the same grade level or such transfer to a safe public school within the
local educational agency is otherwise impossible or to require a local
educational agency that has only one public school within the local
educational agency or only one public school at each grade level to
develop such procedures. The commissioner shall be authorized to adopt
any regulations deemed necessary to assure that local educational agen-
cies implement the provisions of this subdivision.
§ 9. Subdivision 7 of section 3214 of the education law, as added by
chapter 101 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
7. Transfer of disciplinary records. Notwithstanding any other
provision of law to the contrary, each local educational agency, as such
term is defined in subsection [twenty-six] THIRTY of section [ninety-
one] EIGHTY-ONE hundred one of the Elementary and Secondary Education
Act of 1965, as amended, shall establish procedures in accordance with
section [forty-one hundred fifty-five] EIGHTY-FIVE HUNDRED THIRTY-SEVEN
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended, and
the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, to facilitate the
transfer of disciplinary records relating to the suspension or expulsion
of a student to any public or nonpublic elementary or secondary school
in which such student enrolls or seeks, intends or is instructed to
enroll, on a full-time or part-time basis.
§ 10. Intentionally omitted.
§ 11. Intentionally omitted.
§ 12. Section 4 of chapter 425 of the laws of 2002, amending the
education law relating to the provision of supplemental educational
services, attendance at a safe public school and the suspension of
pupils who bring a firearm to or possess a firearm at a school, as
amended by section 35 of part A of chapter 54 of the laws of 2016, is
amended to read as follows:
§ 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2002 and shall expire and be
deemed repealed June 30, [2017] 2018.
§ 13. Section 5 of chapter 101 of the laws of 2003, amending the
education law relating to the implementation of the No Child Left Behind
Act of 2001, as amended by section 36 of part A of chapter 54 of the
laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
S. 2006--B 13
§ 5. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that sections
one, two and three of this act shall expire and be deemed repealed on
June 30, [2017] 2018.
§ 14. Paragraph o of subdivision 1 of section 3602 of the education
law, as amended by section 15 of part A of chapter 54 of the laws of
2016, is amended to read as follows:
o. "English language learner count" shall mean the number of pupils
served in the base year in programs for pupils [with limited English
proficiency] WHO ARE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS approved by the commis-
sioner pursuant to the provisions of this chapter and in accordance with
regulations adopted for such purpose.
§ 15. The commissioner of education shall include direct certification
data, for the three most recently available school years, as referenced
in the report submitted by such commissioner pursuant to section 46 of
part A of chapter 54 of the laws of 2016 in the updated electronic data
files prepared pursuant to paragraph b of subdivision 21 of section 305
of the education law.
§ 16. Intentionally omitted.
§ 17. Intentionally omitted.
§ 18. Intentionally omitted.
§ 19. Intentionally omitted.
§ 20. Intentionally omitted.
§ 21. Intentionally omitted.
§ 22. The closing paragraph of subdivision 5-a of section 3602 of the
education law, as amended by section 2 of part A of chapter 54 of the
laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
For the two thousand eight--two thousand nine school year, each school
district shall be entitled to an apportionment equal to the product of
fifteen percent and the additional apportionment computed pursuant to
this subdivision for the two thousand seven--two thousand eight school
year. For the two thousand nine--two thousand ten through two thousand
[sixteen] SEVENTEEN--two thousand [seventeen] EIGHTEEN school years,
each school district shall be entitled to an apportionment equal to the
amount set forth for such school district as "SUPPLEMENTAL PUB EXCESS
COST" under the heading "2008-09 BASE YEAR AIDS" in the school aid
computer listing produced by the commissioner in support of the budget
for the two thousand nine--two thousand ten school year and entitled
"SA0910".
§ 23. Paragraph b of subdivision 6-c of section 3602 of the education
law, as amended by section 24 of part A of chapter 54 of the laws of
2016, is amended to read as follows:
b. For projects approved by the commissioner authorized to receive
additional building aid pursuant to this subdivision for the purchase of
stationary metal detectors, security cameras or other security devices
approved by the commissioner that increase the safety of students and
school personnel, provided that for purposes of this paragraph such
other security devices shall be limited to electronic security systems
and hardened doors, and provided that for projects approved by the
commissioner on or after the first day of July two thousand thirteen and
before the first day of July two thousand [seventeen] EIGHTEEN such
additional aid shall equal the product of (i) the building aid ratio
computed for use in the current year pursuant to paragraph c of subdivi-
sion six of this section plus ten percentage points, except that in no
case shall this amount exceed one hundred percent, and (ii) the actual
approved expenditures incurred in the base year pursuant to this subdi-
vision, provided that the limitations on cost allowances prescribed by
S. 2006--B 14
paragraph a of subdivision six of this section shall not apply, and
provided further that any projects aided under this paragraph must be
included in a district's school safety plan. The commissioner shall
annually prescribe a special cost allowance for metal detectors, and
security cameras, and the approved expenditures shall not exceed such
cost allowance.
§ 24. Subdivision 12 of section 3602 of the education law is amended
by adding a new undesignated paragraph to read as follows:
FOR THE TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN--TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN SCHOOL YEAR,
EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL BE ENTITLED TO AN APPORTIONMENT EQUAL TO THE
AMOUNT SET FORTH FOR SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT AS "ACADEMIC ENHANCEMENT"
UNDER THE HEADING "2016-17 ESTIMATED AIDS" IN THE SCHOOL AID COMPUTER
LISTING PRODUCED BY THE COMMISSIONER IN SUPPORT OF THE BUDGET FOR THE
TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN--TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN SCHOOL YEAR AND ENTITLED
"SA161-7", AND SUCH APPORTIONMENT SHALL BE DEEMED TO SATISFY THE STATE
OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE AN APPORTIONMENT PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION EIGHT OF
SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED FORTY-ONE OF THIS ARTICLE.
§ 25. The opening paragraph of subdivision 16 of section 3602 of the
education law, as amended by section 4 of part A of chapter 54 of the
laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
Each school district shall be eligible to receive a high tax aid
apportionment in the two thousand eight--two thousand nine school year,
which shall equal the greater of (i) the sum of the tier 1 high tax aid
apportionment, the tier 2 high tax aid apportionment and the tier 3 high
tax aid apportionment or (ii) the product of the apportionment received
by the school district pursuant to this subdivision in the two thousand
seven--two thousand eight school year, multiplied by the due-minimum
factor, which shall equal, for districts with an alternate pupil wealth
ratio computed pursuant to paragraph b of subdivision three of this
section that is less than two, seventy percent (0.70), and for all other
districts, fifty percent (0.50). Each school district shall be eligible
to receive a high tax aid apportionment in the two thousand nine--two
thousand ten through two thousand twelve--two thousand thirteen school
years in the amount set forth for such school district as "HIGH TAX AID"
under the heading "2008-09 BASE YEAR AIDS" in the school aid computer
listing produced by the commissioner in support of the budget for the
two thousand nine--two thousand ten school year and entitled "SA0910".
Each school district shall be eligible to receive a high tax aid appor-
tionment in the two thousand thirteen--two thousand fourteen through
[two thousand sixteen--two thousand seventeen] TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN--
TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN school years equal to the greater of (1) the
amount set forth for such school district as "HIGH TAX AID" under the
heading "2008-09 BASE YEAR AIDS" in the school aid computer listing
produced by the commissioner in support of the budget for the two thou-
sand nine--two thousand ten school year and entitled "SA0910" or (2) the
amount set forth for such school district as "HIGH TAX AID" under the
heading "2013-14 ESTIMATED AIDS" in the school aid computer listing
produced by the commissioner in support of the executive budget for the
2013-14 fiscal year and entitled "BT131-4".
§ 26. Intentionally omitted.
§ 27. Intentionally omitted.
§ 28. Paragraphs b and f of subdivision 12 of section 3602-e of the
education law, as amended by section 19 of part B of chapter 57 of the
laws of 2007, are amended to read as follows:
b. [minimum] curriculum standards [that] CONSISTENT WITH THE NEW YORK
STATE PREKINDERGARTEN EARLY LEARNING STANDARDS TO ensure that such
S. 2006--B 15
programs have strong instructional content that is integrated with the
school district's instructional program in grades kindergarten [though]
THROUGH twelve;
f. time requirements which reflect the needs of the individual school
districts [for flexibility, but meeting a minimum weekly time require-
ment]; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT A FULL-DAY SHALL BE CONSIDERED A MINIMUM
OF FIVE HOURS PER SCHOOL DAY, AND A HALF-DAY SHALL BE A MINIMUM OF TWO
AND ONE-HALF HOURS PER SCHOOL DAY;
§ 29. Subdivision 14 of section 3602-e of the education law, as
amended by section 19 of part B of chapter 57 of the laws of 2007, is
amended to read as follows:
14. On February fifteenth, two thousand, and annually thereafter, the
commissioner and the board of regents shall include in its annual report
to the legislature AND THE GOVERNOR, information on school districts
receiving grants under this section; the amount of each grant; a
description of the program that each grant supports and an assessment by
the commissioner of the extent to which the program meets measurable
outcomes required by the grant program or regulations of such commis-
sioner; and any other relevant information, WHICH SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT
BE LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING: (A) (I) THE TOTAL NUMBER OF STUDENTS SERVED
IN STATE-FUNDED DISTRICT-OPERATED PREKINDERGARTEN PROGRAMS, (II) THE
TOTAL NUMBER OF STUDENTS SERVED IN STATE-FUNDED COMMUNITY-BASED PREKIN-
DERGARTEN PROGRAMS, (III) THE TOTAL NUMBER OF STUDENTS SERVED IN STATE-
FUNDED HALF-DAY PREKINDERGARTEN PROGRAMS, AND (IV) THE TOTAL NUMBER OF
STUDENTS SERVED IN STATE-FUNDED FULL-DAY PREKINDERGARTEN PROGRAMS; (B)
(I) THE TOTAL NUMBER OF STUDENTS SERVED IN STATE, FEDERAL AND LOCALLY
FUNDED DISTRICT-OPERATED PREKINDERGARTEN PROGRAMS, (II) THE TOTAL NUMBER
OF STUDENTS SERVED IN STATE, FEDERAL AND LOCALLY FUNDED COMMUNITY-BASED
PREKINDERGARTEN PROGRAMS, (III) THE TOTAL NUMBER OF STUDENTS SERVED IN
STATE, FEDERAL AND LOCALLY FUNDED HALF-DAY PREKINDERGARTEN PROGRAMS, AND
(IV) THE TOTAL NUMBER OF STUDENTS SERVED IN STATE, FEDERAL AND LOCALLY
FUNDED FULL-DAY PREKINDERGARTEN PROGRAMS; (C) THE TOTAL SPENDING ON
PREKINDERGARTEN PROGRAMS FROM STATE, FEDERAL, AND LOCAL SOURCES; AND (D)
FOR EACH PROGRAM DESCRIBED IN SUBPARAGRAPHS (I), (II), (III) AND (IV) OF
PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, AND SUBPARAGRAPHS (I), (II), (III)
AND (IV) OF PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF
STUDENTS SERVED WITH DISABILITIES THAT HAVE AN INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION
PLAN AND, OF THOSE, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF STUDENTS REQUIRING ANY OF THE
FOLLOWING APPROVED SERVICES: SPECIAL EDUCATION ITINERANT SERVICES;
SPECIAL CLASS IN AN INTEGRATED SETTING; OR A SPECIAL CLASS. Such report
shall also contain any recommendations to improve or otherwise change
the program.
§ 30. Section 3602-e of the education law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 17 to read as follows:
17. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION OF LAW, AS A CONDITION
OF ELIGIBILITY FOR RECEIPT OF FUNDING PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION, A
SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL AGREE TO ADOPT APPROVED QUALITY INDICATORS WITHIN
TWO YEARS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, VALID AND RELIABLE MEASURES OF
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, THE QUALITY OF TEACHER-STUDENT INTERACTIONS AND
CHILD OUTCOMES, AND ENSURE THAT ANY SUCH ASSESSMENT OF CHILD OUTCOMES
SHALL NOT BE USED TO MAKE HIGH-STAKES EDUCATIONAL DECISIONS FOR INDIVID-
UAL CHILDREN.
§ 31. Subdivision 16 of section 3602-ee of the education law, as
amended by section 23 of part A of chapter 54 of the laws of 2016, is
amended to read as follows:
S. 2006--B 16
16. The authority of the department to administer the universal full-
day pre-kindergarten program shall expire June thirtieth, two thousand
[seventeen] EIGHTEEN; provided that the program shall continue and
remain in full effect.
§ 32. Intentionally omitted.
§ 33. The opening paragraph of section 3609-a of the education law, as
amended by section 10 of part A of chapter 54 of the laws of 2016, is
amended to read as follows:
For aid payable in the two thousand seven--two thousand eight school
year through the two thousand sixteen--two thousand seventeen school
year, "moneys apportioned" shall mean the lesser of (i) the sum of one
hundred percent of the respective amount set forth for each school
district as payable pursuant to this section in the school aid computer
listing for the current year produced by the commissioner in support of
the budget which includes the appropriation for the general support for
public schools for the prescribed payments and individualized payments
due prior to April first for the current year plus the apportionment
payable during the current school year pursuant to subdivision six-a and
subdivision fifteen of section thirty-six hundred two of this part minus
any reductions to current year aids pursuant to subdivision seven of
section thirty-six hundred four of this part or any deduction from
apportionment payable pursuant to this chapter for collection of a
school district basic contribution as defined in subdivision eight of
section forty-four hundred one of this chapter, less any grants provided
pursuant to subparagraph two-a of paragraph b of subdivision four of
section ninety-two-c of the state finance law, less any grants provided
pursuant to subdivision six of section ninety-seven-nnnn of the state
finance law, less any grants provided pursuant to subdivision twelve of
section thirty-six hundred forty-one of this article, or (ii) the appor-
tionment calculated by the commissioner based on data on file at the
time the payment is processed; provided however, that for the purposes
of any payments made pursuant to this section prior to the first busi-
ness day of June of the current year, moneys apportioned shall not
include any aids payable pursuant to subdivisions six and fourteen, if
applicable, of section thirty-six hundred two of this part as current
year aid for debt service on bond anticipation notes and/or bonds first
issued in the current year or any aids payable for full-day kindergarten
for the current year pursuant to subdivision nine of section thirty-six
hundred two of this part. The definitions of "base year" and "current
year" as set forth in subdivision one of section thirty-six hundred two
of this part shall apply to this section. [For aid payable in the two
thousand sixteen--two thousand seventeen school year, reference to such
"school aid computer listing for the current year" shall mean the print-
outs entitled "SA161-7".] FOR AID PAYABLE IN THE TWO THOUSAND SEVEN-
TEEN--TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN SCHOOL YEAR AND THEREAFTER, "MONEYS APPOR-
TIONED" SHALL MEAN THE LESSER OF: (I) THE SUM OF ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF
THE RESPECTIVE AMOUNT SET FORTH FOR EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT AS PAYABLE
PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION IN THE SCHOOL AID COMPUTER LISTING FOR THE
CURRENT YEAR PRODUCED BY THE COMMISSIONER IN SUPPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE
BUDGET REQUEST WHICH INCLUDES THE APPROPRIATION FOR THE GENERAL SUPPORT
FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR THE PRESCRIBED PAYMENTS AND INDIVIDUALIZED
PAYMENTS DUE PRIOR TO APRIL FIRST FOR THE CURRENT YEAR PLUS THE APPOR-
TIONMENT PAYABLE DURING THE CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISIONS
SIX-A AND FIFTEEN OF SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWO OF THIS PART MINUS
ANY REDUCTIONS TO CURRENT YEAR AIDS PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF
SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED FOUR OF THIS PART OR ANY DEDUCTION FROM
S. 2006--B 17
APPORTIONMENT PAYABLE PURSUANT TO THIS CHAPTER FOR COLLECTION OF A
SCHOOL DISTRICT BASIC CONTRIBUTION AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION EIGHT OF
SECTION FORTY-FOUR HUNDRED ONE OF THIS CHAPTER, LESS ANY GRANTS PROVIDED
PURSUANT TO SUBPARAGRAPH TWO-A OF PARAGRAPH B OF SUBDIVISION FOUR OF
SECTION NINETY-TWO-C OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW, LESS ANY GRANTS PROVIDED
PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISIONS SIX OF SECTION NINETY-SEVEN-NNNN OF THE STATE
FINANCE LAW, LESS ANY GRANTS PROVIDED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWELVE OF
SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED FORTY-ONE OF THIS ARTICLE, OR (II) THE APPOR-
TIONMENT CALCULATED BY THE COMMISSIONER BASED ON DATA ON FILE AT THE
TIME THE PAYMENT IS PROCESSED; PROVIDED HOWEVER, THAT FOR THE PURPOSES
OF ANY PAYMENTS MADE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION PRIOR TO THE FIRST BUSI-
NESS DAY OF JUNE OF THE CURRENT YEAR, MONEYS APPORTIONED SHALL NOT
INCLUDE ANY AIDS PAYABLE PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISIONS SIX AND FOURTEEN, IF
APPLICABLE, OF SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWO OF THIS PART AS CURRENT
YEAR AID FOR DEBT SERVICE ON BOND ANTICIPATION NOTES AND/OR BONDS FIRST
ISSUED IN THE CURRENT YEAR OR ANY AIDS PAYABLE FOR FULL-DAY KINDERGARTEN
FOR THE CURRENT YEAR PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION NINE OF SECTION THIRTY-SIX
HUNDRED TWO OF THIS PART. FOR AID PAYABLE IN THE TWO THOUSAND SEVEN-
TEEN--TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN SCHOOL YEAR, REFERENCE TO SUCH "SCHOOL AID
COMPUTER LISTING FOR THE CURRENT YEAR" SHALL MEAN THE PRINTOUTS ENTITLED
"BT171-8".
§ 34. Paragraph b of subdivision 2 of section 3612 of the education
law, as amended by section 26 of part A of chapter 54 of the laws of
2016, is amended to read as follows:
b. Such grants shall be awarded to school districts, within the limits
of funds appropriated therefor, through a competitive process that takes
into consideration the magnitude of any shortage of teachers in the
school district, the number of teachers employed in the school district
who hold temporary licenses to teach in the public schools of the state,
the number of provisionally certified teachers, the fiscal capacity and
geographic sparsity of the district, the number of new teachers the
school district intends to hire in the coming school year and the number
of summer in the city student internships proposed by an eligible school
district, if applicable. Grants provided pursuant to this section shall
be used only for the purposes enumerated in this section. Notwithstand-
ing any other provision of law to the contrary, a city school district
in a city having a population of one million or more inhabitants receiv-
ing a grant pursuant to this section may use no more than eighty percent
of such grant funds for any recruitment, retention and certification
costs associated with transitional certification of teacher candidates
for the school years two thousand one--two thousand two through [two
thousand sixteen--two thousand seventeen] TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN--TWO
THOUSAND EIGHTEEN.
§ 35. Subdivision 6 of section 4402 of the education law, as amended
by section 27 of part A of chapter 54 of the laws of 2016, is amended to
read as follows:
6. Notwithstanding any other law, rule or regulation to the contrary,
the board of education of a city school district with a population of
one hundred twenty-five thousand or more inhabitants shall be permitted
to establish maximum class sizes for special classes for certain
students with disabilities in accordance with the provisions of this
subdivision. For the purpose of obtaining relief from any adverse fiscal
impact from under-utilization of special education resources due to low
student attendance in special education classes at the middle and
secondary level as determined by the commissioner, such boards of educa-
tion shall, during the school years nineteen hundred ninety-five--nine-
S. 2006--B 18
ty-six through June thirtieth, two thousand [seventeen] EIGHTEEN of the
[two thousand sixteen--two thousand seventeen] TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN--
TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN school year, be authorized to increase class sizes
in special classes containing students with disabilities whose age rang-
es are equivalent to those of students in middle and secondary schools
as defined by the commissioner for purposes of this section by up to but
not to exceed one and two tenths times the applicable maximum class size
specified in regulations of the commissioner rounded up to the nearest
whole number, provided that in a city school district having a popu-
lation of one million or more, classes that have a maximum class size of
fifteen may be increased by no more than one student and provided that
the projected average class size shall not exceed the maximum specified
in the applicable regulation, provided that such authorization shall
terminate on June thirtieth, two thousand. Such authorization shall be
granted upon filing of a notice by such a board of education with the
commissioner stating the board's intention to increase such class sizes
and a certification that the board will conduct a study of attendance
problems at the secondary level and will implement a corrective action
plan to increase the rate of attendance of students in such classes to
at least the rate for students attending regular education classes in
secondary schools of the district. Such corrective action plan shall be
submitted for approval by the commissioner by a date during the school
year in which such board increases class sizes as provided pursuant to
this subdivision to be prescribed by the commissioner. Upon at least
thirty days notice to the board of education, after conclusion of the
school year in which such board increases class sizes as provided pursu-
ant to this subdivision, the commissioner shall be authorized to termi-
nate such authorization upon a finding that the board has failed to
develop or implement an approved corrective action plan.
§ 36. The education law is amended by adding a new section 4403-a to
read as follows:
§ 4403-A. WAIVERS FROM CERTAIN DUTIES. 1. A LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT,
APPROVED PRIVATE SCHOOL OR BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES MAY
SUBMIT AN APPLICATION FOR A WAIVER FROM ANY REQUIREMENT IMPOSED ON SUCH
DISTRICT, SCHOOL OR BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES PURSUANT
TO SECTION FORTY-FOUR HUNDRED TWO OR SECTION FORTY-FOUR HUNDRED THREE OF
THIS ARTICLE, AND REGULATIONS PROMULGATED THEREUNDER, FOR A SPECIFIC
SCHOOL YEAR. SUCH APPLICATION MUST BE SUBMITTED AT LEAST SIXTY DAYS IN
ADVANCE OF THE PROPOSED DATE ON WHICH THE WAIVER WOULD BE EFFECTIVE AND
SHALL BE IN A FORM PRESCRIBED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
2. BEFORE SUBMITTING AN APPLICATION FOR A WAIVER, THE LOCAL SCHOOL
DISTRICT, APPROVED PRIVATE SCHOOL OR BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL
SERVICES SHALL PROVIDE NOTICE OF THE PROPOSED WAIVER TO THE PARENTS OR
PERSONS IN PARENTAL RELATIONSHIP TO THE STUDENTS THAT WOULD BE IMPACTED
BY THE WAIVER IF GRANTED. SUCH NOTICE SHALL BE IN A FORM AND MANNER THAT
WILL ENSURE THAT SUCH PARENTS AND PERSONS IN PARENTAL RELATIONSHIP WILL
BE AWARE OF ALL RELEVANT CHANGES THAT WOULD OCCUR UNDER THE WAIVER, AND
SHALL INCLUDE INFORMATION ON THE FORM, MANNER AND DATE BY WHICH PARENTS
MAY SUBMIT WRITTEN COMMENTS ON THE PROPOSED WAIVER. THE LOCAL SCHOOL
DISTRICT, APPROVED PRIVATE SCHOOL, OR BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL
SERVICES SHALL PROVIDE AT LEAST SIXTY DAYS FOR SUCH PARENTS AND PERSONS
IN PARENTAL RELATIONSHIP TO SUBMIT WRITTEN COMMENTS, AND SHALL INCLUDE
IN THE WAIVER APPLICATION SUBMITTED TO THE COMMISSIONER PURSUANT TO
SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION ANY WRITTEN COMMENTS RECEIVED FROM SUCH
PARENTS OR PERSONS IN PARENTAL RELATIONSHIP TO SUCH STUDENTS.
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3. THE COMMISSIONER MAY GRANT A WAIVER FROM ANY REQUIREMENT IMPOSED ON
A LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, APPROVED PRIVATE SCHOOL OR BOARD OF COOPERATIVE
EDUCATIONAL SERVICES PURSUANT TO SECTION FORTY-FOUR HUNDRED TWO OR
SECTION FORTY-FOUR HUNDRED THREE OF THIS ARTICLE, UPON A FINDING THAT
SUCH WAIVER WILL ENABLE A LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, APPROVED PRIVATE SCHOOL
OR BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES TO IMPLEMENT AN INNOVATIVE
SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAM THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH APPLICABLE FEDERAL
REQUIREMENTS, AND WILL ENHANCE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND/OR OPPORTUNITIES
FOR PLACEMENT IN REGULAR CLASSES AND PROGRAMS. IN MAKING SUCH DETERMI-
NATION, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL CONSIDER ANY COMMENTS RECEIVED BY THE
LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, APPROVED PRIVATE SCHOOL OR BOARD OF COOPERATIVE
EDUCATIONAL SERVICES FROM PARENTS OR PERSONS IN PARENTAL RELATION TO THE
STUDENTS THAT WOULD BE DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY THE WAIVER IF GRANTED.
4. ANY LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, APPROVED PRIVATE SCHOOL OR BOARD OF
COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES GRANTED A WAIVER SHALL SUBMIT AN ANNUAL
REPORT TO THE COMMISSIONER REGARDING THE OPERATION AND EVALUATION OF THE
PROGRAM NO LATER THAN THIRTY DAYS AFTER THE END OF EACH SCHOOL YEAR FOR
WHICH A WAIVER IS GRANTED.
§ 37. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph a of subdivision 10 of section
4410 of the education law is amended by adding a new clause (D) to read
as follows:
(D) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, RULE OR REGULATION TO
THE CONTRARY, COMMENCING WITH THE TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN--TWO THOUSAND
NINETEEN SCHOOL YEAR, APPROVED PRESCHOOL INTEGRATED SPECIAL CLASS
PROGRAMS SHALL BE REIMBURSED FOR SUCH SERVICES BASED ON AN ALTERNATIVE
METHODOLOGY FOR REIMBURSEMENT TO BE ESTABLISHED BY THE COMMISSIONER. THE
ALTERNATIVE METHODOLOGY, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE
BUDGET, SHALL BE PROPOSED BY THE DEPARTMENT NO LATER THAN OCTOBER FIRST,
TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN.
§ 38. Intentionally omitted.
§ 39. Subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 9 of section
103 of the general municipal law, as amended by chapter 62 of the laws
of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
(ii) such association of producers or growers is comprised of owners
of farms who also operate such farms and have combined to fill the order
of a school district, and where such order is for [twenty-five thousand]
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND dollars or less as herein authorized, provided
however, that a school district may apply to the commissioner of educa-
tion for permission to purchase orders of more than [twenty-five thou-
sand] ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND dollars from an association of owners of such
farms when no other producers or growers have offered to sell to such
school;
§ 40. Section 7 of chapter 472 of the laws of 1998, amending the
education law relating to the lease of school buses by school districts,
as amended by section 18 of part A of chapter 56 of the laws of 2015, is
amended to read as follows:
§ 7. This act shall take effect September 1, 1998, and shall expire
and be deemed repealed September 1, [2017] 2019.
§ 41. Subdivision 6-a of section 140 of chapter 82 of the laws of
1995, amending the education law and certain other laws relating to
state aid to school districts and the appropriation of funds for the
support of government, as amended by section 17-a of part A of chapter
57 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
(6-a) Section seventy-three of this act shall take effect July 1, 1995
and shall be deemed repealed June 30, [2017] 2022;
§ 42. Intentionally omitted.
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§ 43. Intentionally omitted.
§ 44. Subdivision b of section 2 of chapter 756 of the laws of 1992,
relating to funding a program for work force education conducted by the
consortium for worker education in New York city, as amended by section
28 of part A of chapter 54 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as
follows:
b. Reimbursement for programs approved in accordance with subdivision
a of this section for [the 2012--2013 school year shall not exceed 63.3
percent of the lesser of such approvable costs per contact hour or
twelve dollars and thirty-five cents per contact hour, reimbursement for
the 2013--2014 school year shall not exceed 62.3 percent of the lesser
of such approvable costs per contact hour or twelve dollars and sixty-
five cents per contact hour, reimbursement for the 2014--2015 school
year shall not exceed 61.6 percent of the lesser of such approvable
costs per contact hour or thirteen dollars per contact hour, reimburse-
ment for] the 2015--2016 school year shall not exceed 60.7 percent of
the lesser of such approvable costs per contact hour or thirteen dollars
and forty cents per contact hour, [and] reimbursement for the 2016--2017
school year shall not exceed 60.3 percent of the lesser of such approva-
ble costs per contact hour or thirteen dollars ninety cents per contact
hour, AND REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE 2017--2018 SCHOOL YEAR SHALL NOT EXCEED
60.4 PERCENT OF THE LESSER OF SUCH APPROVABLE COSTS PER CONTACT HOUR OR
THIRTEEN DOLLARS AND NINETY CENTS PER CONTACT HOUR, where a contact hour
represents sixty minutes of instruction services provided to an eligible
adult. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, [for
the 2012--2013 school year such contact hours shall not exceed one
million six hundred sixty-four thousand five hundred thirty-two
(1,664,532) hours; whereas for the 2013--2014 school year such contact
hours shall not exceed one million six hundred forty-nine thousand seven
hundred forty-six (1,649,746) hours; whereas for the 2014--2015 school
year such contact hours shall not exceed one million six hundred twen-
ty-five thousand (1,625,000) hours; whereas] for the 2015--2016 school
year such contact hours shall not exceed one million five hundred nine-
ty-nine thousand fifteen (1,599,015) hours; whereas for the 2016--2017
school year such contact hours shall not exceed one million five hundred
fifty-one thousand three hundred twelve (1,551,312); AND FOR THE
2017--2018 SCHOOL YEAR SUCH CONTACT HOURS SHALL NOT EXCEED ONE MILLION
FIVE HUNDRED FORTY-NINE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE (1,549,463).
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the appor-
tionment calculated for the city school district of the city of New York
pursuant to subdivision 11 of section 3602 of the education law shall be
computed as if such contact hours provided by the consortium for worker
education, not to exceed the contact hours set forth herein, were eligi-
ble for aid in accordance with the provisions of such subdivision 11 of
section 3602 of the education law.
§ 45. Section 4 of chapter 756 of the laws of 1992, relating to fund-
ing a program for work force education conducted by the consortium for
worker education in New York city, is amended by adding a new subdivi-
sion v to read as follows:
V. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL NOT APPLY AFTER THE
COMPLETION OF PAYMENTS FOR THE 2017--2018 SCHOOL YEAR. NOTWITHSTANDING
ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISIONS OF LAW, THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION SHALL
WITHHOLD A PORTION OF EMPLOYMENT PREPARATION EDUCATION AID DUE TO THE
CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK TO SUPPORT A PORTION OF THE
COSTS OF THE WORK FORCE EDUCATION PROGRAM. SUCH MONEYS SHALL BE CREDITED
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TO THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION FUND-LOCAL ASSISTANCE ACCOUNT
AND SHALL NOT EXCEED THIRTEEN MILLION DOLLARS ($13,000,000).
§ 45-a. Enhanced credentials program. The legislature hereby author-
izes reimbursement by the state education department for workforce
education conducted by the consortium for worker education, a private
not-for-profit located in the city of New York. In order to be eligible
for reimbursement, such programs conducted by the consortium for worker
education must be approved by the commissioner of education with the
goals of enabling adults who are twenty-one years or older to obtain
recognized industry credentials that will enhance their opportunities to
achieve increased earning, career advancement and long term job
retention. Such credentialing programs shall operate between July first
and June thirtieth and many include, but not be limited to, day and
evening programs which provide instruction designed to achieve specific
industry recognized credentials as approved by such commissioner. Other
authorized expenditures include those related to assessment, counseling,
administration, purchase of instructional materials, purchase or lease
of equipment, personal services related to development of curriculum,
necessary and reasonable costs of credential acquisition, cost of inser-
vice training for participating teachers or counselors and other admin-
istrative costs as approved by such commissioner. Allowable approved
expenditures for this enhanced credentials program shall be reimbursed
according to the payment schedule indicated in chapter 756 of the laws
of 1992.
§ 46. Section 6 of chapter 756 of the laws of 1992, relating to fund-
ing a program for work force education conducted by the consortium for
worker education in New York city, as amended by section 30 of part A of
chapter 54 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
§ 6. This act shall take effect July 1, 1992, and shall be deemed
repealed on June 30, [2017] 2018.
§ 47. Subdivisions 22 and 24 of section 140 of chapter 82 of the laws
of 1995, amending the education law and certain other laws relating to
state aid to school districts and the appropriation of funds for the
support of government, as amended by section 33 of part A of chapter 54
of the laws of 2016, are amended to read as follows:
(22) sections one hundred twelve, one hundred thirteen, one hundred
fourteen, one hundred fifteen and one hundred sixteen of this act shall
take effect on July 1, 1995; provided, however, that section one hundred
thirteen of this act shall remain in full force and effect until July 1,
[2017] 2018 at which time it shall be deemed repealed;
(24) sections one hundred eighteen through one hundred thirty of this
act shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and after
July 1, 1995; provided further, however, that the amendments made pursu-
ant to section one hundred twenty-four of this act shall be deemed to be
repealed on and after July 1, [2017] 2018;
§ 48. Paragraphs a-1 and (b) of section 5 of chapter 89 of the laws of
2016 relating to supplementary funding for dedicated programs for public
school students in the East Ramapo central school district, are amended
to read as follows:
(a-1) The East Ramapo central school district shall be eligible to
receive reimbursement [from such funds made available] pursuant to
[paragraph (a) of] this [section] ACT, SUBJECT TO AVAILABLE APPROPRI-
ATION, for its approved expenditures IN THE TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN--TWO
THOUSAND SEVENTEEN SCHOOL YEAR AND THEREAFTER on services to improve and
enhance the educational opportunities of students attending the public
schools in such district. Such services shall include, but not be limit-
S. 2006--B 22
ed to, reducing class sizes, expanding academic and enrichment opportu-
nities, establishing and expanding kindergarten programs, expanding
extracurricular opportunities and providing student support services,
provided, however, transportation services and expenses shall not be
eligible for reimbursement from such funds.
(b) In order to receive such funds, the school district in consulta-
tion with the monitor or monitors shall develop a long term strategic
academic and fiscal improvement plan within 6 months from the enactment
of this act AND SHALL ANNUALLY REVISE SUCH PLAN BY OCTOBER FIRST OF EACH
YEAR THEREAFTER. Such plan, INCLUDING SUCH ANNUAL REVISIONS THERETO,
shall be submitted to the commissioner for approval and shall include a
set of goals with appropriate benchmarks and measurable objectives and
identify strategies to address areas where improvements are needed in
the district, including but not limited to its financial stability,
academic opportunities and outcomes, education of students with disabil-
ities, education of English language learners, and shall ensure compli-
ance with all applicable state and federal laws and regulations. This
improvement plan shall also include a comprehensive expenditure plan
that will describe how the funds made available to the district pursuant
to this section will be spent IN THE APPLICABLE SCHOOL YEAR. The
comprehensive expenditure plan shall ensure that funds supplement, not
supplant, expenditures from local, state and federal funds for services
provided to public school students, EXCEPT THAT SUCH FUNDS MAY BE USED
TO CONTINUE SERVICES FUNDED PURSUANT TO THIS ACT IN PRIOR YEARS. Such
expenditure plan shall be developed AND ANNUALLY REVISED in consultation
with the monitor or monitors appointed by the commissioner. The board of
education of the East Ramapo central school district must ANNUALLY
conduct a public hearing on the expenditure plan and shall consider the
input of the community before adopting such plan. Such expenditure plan
shall also be made publicly available and shall be ANNUALLY submitted
along with comments made by the community to the commissioner for
approval once the plan is finalized. Upon review of the improvement
plan and the expenditure plan, required to be submitted pursuant to this
subdivision or section seven of this act, the commissioner shall approve
or deny such plan in writing and, if denied, shall include the reasons
therefor. The district in consultation with the monitors may resubmit
such plan or plans with any needed modifications thereto.
§ 49. Section 8 of chapter 89 of the laws of 2016 relating to supple-
mentary funding for dedicated programs for public school students in the
East Ramapo central school district, is amended to read as follows:
§ 8. This act shall take effect July 1, 2016 and shall expire and be
deemed repealed June 30, [2017] 2018.
§ 50. Section 12 of chapter 147 of the laws of 2001, amending the
education law relating to conditional appointment of school district,
charter school or BOCES employees, as amended by section 34 of part A of
chapter 54 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
§ 12. This act shall take effect on the same date as chapter 180 of
the laws of 2000 takes effect, and shall expire July 1, [2017] 2018 when
upon such date the provisions of this act shall be deemed repealed.
§ 51. School bus driver training. In addition to apportionments other-
wise provided by section 3602 of the education law, for aid payable in
the 2017--2018 school year, the commissioner of education shall allocate
school bus driver training grants to school districts and boards of
cooperative educational services pursuant to sections 3650-a, 3650-b and
3650-c of the education law, or for contracts directly with not-for-pro-
fit educational organizations for the purposes of this section. Such
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payments shall not exceed four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000) per
school year.
§ 52. Special apportionment for salary expenses. a. Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, upon application to the commissioner of
education, not sooner than the first day of the second full business
week of June 2018 and not later than the last day of the third full
business week of June 2018, a school district eligible for an apportion-
ment pursuant to section 3602 of the education law shall be eligible to
receive an apportionment pursuant to this section, for the school year
ending June 30, 2018, for salary expenses incurred between April 1 and
June 30, 2017 and such apportionment shall not exceed the sum of (i) the
deficit reduction assessment of 1990--1991 as determined by the commis-
sioner of education, pursuant to paragraph f of subdivision 1 of section
3602 of the education law, as in effect through June 30, 1993, plus (ii)
186 percent of such amount for a city school district in a city with a
population in excess of 1,000,000 inhabitants, plus (iii) 209 percent of
such amount for a city school district in a city with a population of
more than 195,000 inhabitants and less than 219,000 inhabitants accord-
ing to the latest federal census, plus (iv) the net gap elimination
adjustment for 2010--2011, as determined by the commissioner of educa-
tion pursuant to chapter 53 of the laws of 2010, plus (v) the gap elimi-
nation adjustment for 2011--2012 as determined by the commissioner of
education pursuant to subdivision 17 of section 3602 of the education
law, and provided further that such apportionment shall not exceed such
salary expenses. Such application shall be made by a school district,
after the board of education or trustees have adopted a resolution to do
so and in the case of a city school district in a city with a population
in excess of 125,000 inhabitants, with the approval of the mayor of such
city.
b. The claim for an apportionment to be paid to a school district
pursuant to subdivision a of this section shall be submitted to the
commissioner of education on a form prescribed for such purpose, and
shall be payable upon determination by such commissioner that the form
has been submitted as prescribed. Such approved amounts shall be paya-
ble on the same day in September of the school year following the year
in which application was made as funds provided pursuant to subparagraph
(4) of paragraph b of subdivision 4 of section 92-c of the state finance
law, on the audit and warrant of the state comptroller on vouchers
certified or approved by the commissioner of education in the manner
prescribed by law from moneys in the state lottery fund and from the
general fund to the extent that the amount paid to a school district
pursuant to this section exceeds the amount, if any, due such school
district pursuant to subparagraph (2) of paragraph a of subdivision 1 of
section 3609-a of the education law in the school year following the
year in which application was made.
c. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 3609-a of the education
law, an amount equal to the amount paid to a school district pursuant to
subdivisions a and b of this section shall first be deducted from the
following payments due the school district during the school year
following the year in which application was made pursuant to subpara-
graphs (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5) of paragraph a of subdivision 1 of
section 3609-a of the education law in the following order: the lottery
apportionment payable pursuant to subparagraph (2) of such paragraph
followed by the fixed fall payments payable pursuant to subparagraph (4)
of such paragraph and then followed by the district's payments to the
teachers' retirement system pursuant to subparagraph (1) of such para-
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graph, and any remainder to be deducted from the individualized payments
due the district pursuant to paragraph b of such subdivision shall be
deducted on a chronological basis starting with the earliest payment due
the district.
§ 53. Special apportionment for public pension accruals. a. Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, upon application to the commission-
er of education, not later than June 30, 2018, a school district eligi-
ble for an apportionment pursuant to section 3602 of the education law
shall be eligible to receive an apportionment pursuant to this section,
for the school year ending June 30, 2018 and such apportionment shall
not exceed the additional accruals required to be made by school
districts in the 2004--2005 and 2005--2006 school years associated with
changes for such public pension liabilities. The amount of such addi-
tional accrual shall be certified to the commissioner of education by
the president of the board of education or the trustees or, in the case
of a city school district in a city with a population in excess of
125,000 inhabitants, the mayor of such city. Such application shall be
made by a school district, after the board of education or trustees have
adopted a resolution to do so and in the case of a city school district
in a city with a population in excess of 125,000 inhabitants, with the
approval of the mayor of such city.
b. The claim for an apportionment to be paid to a school district
pursuant to subdivision a of this section shall be submitted to the
commissioner of education on a form prescribed for such purpose, and
shall be payable upon determination by such commissioner that the form
has been submitted as prescribed. Such approved amounts shall be payable
on the same day in September of the school year following the year in
which application was made as funds provided pursuant to subparagraph
(4) of paragraph b of subdivision 4 of section 92-c of the state finance
law, on the audit and warrant of the state comptroller on vouchers
certified or approved by the commissioner of education in the manner
prescribed by law from moneys in the state lottery fund and from the
general fund to the extent that the amount paid to a school district
pursuant to this section exceeds the amount, if any, due such school
district pursuant to subparagraph (2) of paragraph a of subdivision 1 of
section 3609-a of the education law in the school year following the
year in which application was made.
c. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 3609-a of the education
law, an amount equal to the amount paid to a school district pursuant to
subdivisions a and b of this section shall first be deducted from the
following payments due the school district during the school year
following the year in which application was made pursuant to subpara-
graphs (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5) of paragraph a of subdivision 1 of
section 3609-a of the education law in the following order: the lottery
apportionment payable pursuant to subparagraph (2) of such paragraph
followed by the fixed fall payments payable pursuant to subparagraph (4)
of such paragraph and then followed by the district's payments to the
teachers' retirement system pursuant to subparagraph (1) of such para-
graph, and any remainder to be deducted from the individualized payments
due the district pursuant to paragraph b of such subdivision shall be
deducted on a chronological basis starting with the earliest payment due
the district.
§ 54. Intentionally omitted.
§ 55. Notwithstanding the provision of any law, rule, or regulation to
the contrary, the city school district of the city of Rochester, upon
the consent of the board of cooperative educational services of the
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supervisory district serving its geographic region may purchase from
such board for the 2017--2018 school year, as a non-component school
district, services required by article 19 of the education law.
§ 56. The amounts specified in this section shall be set aside from
the state funds which each such district is receiving from the total
foundation aid: for the purpose of the development, maintenance or
expansion of magnet schools or magnet school programs for the 2017--2018
school year. To the city school district of the city of New York there
shall be paid forty-eight million one hundred seventy-five thousand
dollars ($48,175,000) including five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000)
for the Andrew Jackson High School; to the Buffalo city school district,
twenty-one million twenty-five thousand dollars ($21,025,000); to the
Rochester city school district, fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000);
to the Syracuse city school district, thirteen million dollars
($13,000,000); to the Yonkers city school district, forty-nine million
five hundred thousand dollars ($49,500,000); to the Newburgh city school
district, four million six hundred forty-five thousand dollars
($4,645,000); to the Poughkeepsie city school district, two million four
hundred seventy-five thousand dollars ($2,475,000); to the Mount Vernon
city school district, two million dollars ($2,000,000); to the New
Rochelle city school district, one million four hundred ten thousand
dollars ($1,410,000); to the Schenectady city school district, one
million eight hundred thousand dollars ($1,800,000); to the Port Chester
city school district, one million one hundred fifty thousand dollars
($1,150,000); to the White Plains city school district, nine hundred
thousand dollars ($900,000); to the Niagara Falls city school district,
six hundred thousand dollars ($600,000); to the Albany city school
district, three million five hundred fifty thousand dollars
($3,550,000); to the Utica city school district, two million dollars
($2,000,000); to the Beacon city school district, five hundred sixty-six
thousand dollars ($566,000); to the Middletown city school district,
four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000); to the Freeport union free
school district, four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000); to the Green-
burgh central school district, three hundred thousand dollars
($300,000); to the Amsterdam city school district, eight hundred thou-
sand dollars ($800,000); to the Peekskill city school district, two
hundred thousand dollars ($200,000); and to the Hudson city school
district, four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000). Notwithstanding the
provisions of this section, a school district receiving a grant pursuant
to this section may use such grant funds for: (i) any instructional or
instructional support costs associated with the operation of a magnet
school; or (ii) any instructional or instructional support costs associ-
ated with implementation of an alternative approach to reduction of
racial isolation and/or enhancement of the instructional program and
raising of standards in elementary and secondary schools of school
districts having substantial concentrations of minority students. The
commissioner of education shall not be authorized to withhold magnet
grant funds from a school district that used such funds in accordance
with this paragraph, notwithstanding any inconsistency with a request
for proposals issued by such commissioner. For the purpose of attendance
improvement and dropout prevention for the 2017--2018 school year, for
any city school district in a city having a population of more than one
million, the setaside for attendance improvement and dropout prevention
shall equal the amount set aside in the base year. For the 2017--2018
school year, it is further provided that any city school district in a
city having a population of more than one million shall allocate at
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least one-third of any increase from base year levels in funds set aside
pursuant to the requirements of this subdivision to community-based
organizations. Any increase required pursuant to this subdivision to
community-based organizations must be in addition to allocations
provided to community-based organizations in the base year. For the
purpose of teacher support for the 2017--2018 school year: to the city
school district of the city of New York, sixty-two million seven hundred
seven thousand dollars ($62,707,000); to the Buffalo city school
district, one million seven hundred forty-one thousand dollars
($1,741,000); to the Rochester city school district, one million seven-
ty-six thousand dollars ($1,076,000); to the Yonkers city school
district, one million one hundred forty-seven thousand dollars
($1,147,000); and to the Syracuse city school district, eight hundred
nine thousand dollars ($809,000). All funds made available to a school
district pursuant to this section shall be distributed among teachers
including prekindergarten teachers and teachers of adult vocational and
academic subjects in accordance with this section and shall be in addi-
tion to salaries heretofore or hereafter negotiated or made available;
provided, however, that all funds distributed pursuant to this section
for the current year shall be deemed to incorporate all funds distrib-
uted pursuant to former subdivision 27 of section 3602 of the education
law for prior years. In school districts where the teachers are repres-
ented by certified or recognized employee organizations, all salary
increases funded pursuant to this section shall be determined by sepa-
rate collective negotiations conducted pursuant to the provisions and
procedures of article 14 of the civil service law, notwithstanding the
existence of a negotiated agreement between a school district and a
certified or recognized employee organization. For the purpose of
continuing contractual obligations of conversion charter schools and
their employees for the 2017-2018 school year, to the city school
district of the city of New York, eleven million dollars ($11,000,000).
For teacher centers located in Bronx county, to the city of New York,
one million two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($1,250,000).
§ 57. Support of public libraries. The moneys appropriated for the
support of public libraries by a chapter of the laws of 2017 enacting
the aid to localities budget shall be apportioned for the 2017-2018
state fiscal year in accordance with the provisions of sections 271,
272, 273, 282, 284, and 285 of the education law as amended by the
provisions of this chapter and the provisions of this section, provided
that library construction aid pursuant to section 273-a of the education
law shall not be payable from the appropriations for the support of
public libraries and provided further that no library, library system or
program, as defined by the commissioner of education, shall receive less
total system or program aid than it received for the year 2001-2002
except as a result of a reduction adjustment necessary to conform to the
appropriations for support of public libraries. Notwithstanding any
other provision of law to the contrary the moneys appropriated for the
support of public libraries for the year 2017-2018 by a chapter of the
laws of 2017 enacting the education, labor and family assistance budget
shall fulfill the state's obligation to provide such aid and, pursuant
to a plan developed by the commissioner of education and approved by the
director of the budget, the aid payable to libraries and library systems
pursuant to such appropriations shall be reduced proportionately to
assure that the total amount of aid payable does not exceed the total
appropriations for such purpose.
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§ 58. Severability. The provisions of this act shall be severable, and
if the application of any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision,
section or part of this act to any person or circumstance shall be
adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such
judgment shall not necessarily affect, impair or invalidate the applica-
tion of any such clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section, part
of this act or remainder thereof, as the case may be, to any other
person or circumstance, but shall be confined in its operation to the
clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section or part thereof
directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment shall have
been rendered.
§ 59. This act shall take effect immediately, and shall be deemed to
have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2017, provided,
however, that:
1. sections one, three, five, five-a, five-b, six, fifteen, twenty-
two, twenty-three, twenty-four, twenty-five, twenty-eight, twenty-nine,
thirty, thirty-three, thirty-four, thirty-five, forty-four, forty-eight,
forty-nine, fifty-one, fifty-five, and fifty-six of this act shall take
effect July 1, 2017;
2. the amendments to chapter 756 of the laws of 1992, relating to
funding a program for work force education conducted by a consortium for
worker education in New York city, made by sections forty-four and
forty-five of this act, shall not affect the repeal of such chapter and
shall be deemed repealed therewith;
3. the amendments to chapter 89 of the laws of 2016, relating to
supplementary funding for dedicated programs for public school students
in the East Ramapo central school district, made by section forty-eight
of this act shall not affect the repeal of such chapter and shall be
deemed repealed therewith;
4. the amendments to subdivision 33 of section 305 of the education
law, made by section seven of this act, shall not affect the repeal of
such subdivision and shall be deemed repealed therewith;
5. the amendments to subdivision 7 of section 2802 of the education
law, made by section eight of this act, shall not affect the repeal of
such subdivision and shall be deemed repealed therewith;
6. the amendments to subdivision 7 of section 3214 of the education
law, made by section nine of this act, shall not affect the repeal of
such subdivision and shall be deemed repealed therewith; and
7. section forty-seven of this act shall take effect immediately and
shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and after July
1, 2017.
PART A-1
Section 1. Clause (ii) of subparagraph 2 of paragraph b of subdivision
4 of section 3602 of the education law, as amended by section 7 of part
A of chapter 54 of the laws of 2016, is amended and a new paragraph
(b-3) is added to read as follows:
(ii) Phase-in foundation increase factor. For the two thousand
eleven--two thousand twelve school year, the phase-in foundation
increase factor shall equal thirty-seven and one-half percent (0.375)
and the phase-in due minimum percent shall equal nineteen and forty-one
hundredths percent (0.1941), for the two thousand twelve--two thousand
thirteen school year the phase-in foundation increase factor shall equal
one and seven-tenths percent (0.017), for the two thousand thirteen--two
thousand fourteen school year the phase-in foundation increase factor
S. 2006--B 28
shall equal (1) for a city school district in a city having a population
of one million or more, five and twenty-three hundredths percent
(0.0523) or (2) for all other school districts zero percent, for the two
thousand fourteen--two thousand fifteen school year the phase-in founda-
tion increase factor shall equal (1) for a city school district of a
city having a population of one million or more, four and thirty-two
hundredths percent (0.0432) or (2) for a school district other than a
city school district having a population of one million or more for
which (A) the quotient of the positive difference of the foundation
formula aid minus the foundation aid base computed pursuant to paragraph
j of subdivision one of this section divided by the foundation formula
aid is greater than twenty-two percent (0.22) and (B) a combined wealth
ratio less than thirty-five hundredths (0.35), seven percent (0.07) or
(3) for all other school districts, four and thirty-one hundredths
percent (0.0431), and for the two thousand fifteen--two thousand sixteen
school year the phase-in foundation increase factor shall equal: (1) for
a city school district of a city having a population of one million or
more, thirteen and two hundred seventy-four thousandths percent
(0.13274); or (2) for districts where the quotient arrived at when
dividing (A) the product of the total aidable foundation pupil units
multiplied by the district's selected foundation aid less the total
foundation aid base computed pursuant to paragraph j of subdivision one
of this section divided by (B) the product of the total aidable founda-
tion pupil units multiplied by the district's selected foundation aid is
greater than nineteen percent (0.19), and where the district's combined
wealth ratio is less than thirty-three hundredths (0.33), seven and
seventy-five hundredths percent (0.0775); or (3) for any other district
designated as high need pursuant to clause (c) of subparagraph two of
paragraph c of subdivision six of this section for the school aid
computer listing produced by the commissioner in support of the enacted
budget for the two thousand seven--two thousand eight school year and
entitled "SA0708", four percent (0.04); or (4) for a city school
district in a city having a population of one hundred twenty-five thou-
sand or more but less than one million, fourteen percent (0.14); or (5)
for school districts that were designated as small city school districts
or central school districts whose boundaries include a portion of a
small city for the school aid computer listing produced by the commis-
sioner in support of the enacted budget for the two thousand fourteen--
two thousand fifteen school year and entitled "SA1415", four and seven
hundred fifty-one thousandths percent (0.04751); or (6) for all other
districts one percent (0.01), and for the two thousand sixteen--two
thousand seventeen school year THE FOUNDATION AID PHASE-IN INCREASE
FACTOR shall equal for an eligible school district the greater of: (1)
for a city school district in a city with a population of one million or
more, seven and seven hundred eighty four thousandths percent (0.07784);
or (2) for a city school district in a city with a population of more
than two hundred fifty thousand but less than one million as of the most
recent federal decennial census, seven and three hundredths percent
(0.0703); or (3) for a city school district in a city with a population
of more than two hundred thousand but less than two hundred fifty thou-
sand as of the most recent federal decennial census, six and seventy-two
hundredths percent (0.0672); or (4) for a city school district in a city
with a population of more than one hundred fifty thousand but less than
two hundred thousand as of the most recent federal decennial census, six
and seventy-four hundredths percent (0.0674); or (5) for a city school
district in a city with a population of more than one hundred twenty-
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five thousand but less than one hundred fifty thousand as of the most
recent federal decennial census, nine and fifty-five hundredths percent
(0.0955); or (6) for school districts that were designated as small city
school districts or central school districts whose boundaries include a
portion of a small city for the school aid computer listing produced by
the commissioner in support of the enacted budget for the two thousand
fourteen--two thousand fifteen school year and entitled "SA141-5" with a
combined wealth ratio less than one and four tenths (1.4), nine percent
(0.09), provided, however, that for such districts that are also
districts designated as high need urban-suburban pursuant to clause (c)
of subparagraph two of paragraph c of subdivision six of this section
for the school aid computer listing produced by the commissioner in
support of the enacted budget for the two thousand seven--two thousand
eight school year and entitled "SA0708", nine and seven hundred and
nineteen thousandths percent (0.09719); or (7) for school districts
designated as high need rural pursuant to clause (c) of subparagraph two
of paragraph c of subdivision six of this section for the school aid
computer listing produced by the commissioner in support of the enacted
budget for the two thousand seven--two thousand eight school year and
entitled "SA0708", thirteen and six tenths percent (0.136); or (8) for
school districts designated as high need urban-suburban pursuant to
clause (c) of subparagraph two of paragraph c of subdivision six of this
section for the school aid computer listing produced by the commissioner
in support of the enacted budget for the two thousand seven--two thou-
sand eight school year and entitled "SA0708", seven hundred nineteen
thousandths percent (0.00719); or (9) for all other eligible school
districts, forty-seven hundredths percent (0.0047), and for the two
thousand [seventeen] EIGHTEEN--two thousand [eighteen] NINETEEN school
year and thereafter the commissioner shall annually determine the phase-
in foundation increase factor subject to allocation pursuant to the
provisions of subdivision eighteen of this section and any provisions of
a chapter of the laws of New York as described therein.
B-3. TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN--TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN FOUNDATION AID.
NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, FOR
THE TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN--TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN SCHOOL YEAR A SCHOOL
DISTRICT SHALL BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE TOTAL FOUNDATION AID EQUAL TO THE
GREATER OF (A) THE SUM OF THE AMOUNT DESIGNATED ON THE DATA FILE
PRODUCED BY THE COMMISSIONER IN SUPPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE BUDGET FOR THE
TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN--TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN SCHOOL YEAR ENTITLED
"BT1718" FOR FOUNDATION AID PLUS THE SUM OF THE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS
PAYMENT, THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNER PAYMENT, THE SMALL CITIES PAYMENT,
THE SPARSITY PAYMENT, THE LARGE CITY PAYMENT, AND THE ADDITIONAL SMALL
SCHOOLS PAYMENT, AS COMPUTED PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH, OR (B) THE
PRODUCT OF TOTAL FOUNDATION AID PAYABLE FOR THE TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN--
TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN SCHOOL YEAR MULTIPLIED BY TWENTY-TWO THOUSANDTHS
(0.022), SUBJECT TO THE MAXIMUM INCREASE AS COMPUTED PURSUANT TO THIS
PARAGRAPH.
(1) COMMUNITY SCHOOLS PAYMENT. THE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS PAYMENT, FOR ANY
DISTRICT THAT HAS AN ALLOCATION AS SET FORTH AS "COMMUNITY SCH INCR" IN
THE DATA FILE PRODUCED BY THE COMMISSIONER IN SUPPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE
BUDGET FOR THE TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN--TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN SCHOOL YEAR
AND ENTITLED "BT1718", SHALL EQUAL THE SUM OF TIER ONE PLUS TIER TWO.
(A) TIER ONE, FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHERE THE QUOTIENT ARRIVED AT BY
DIVIDING THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNER COUNT PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH O OF
SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION BY THE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT ENROLLMENT
PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH N OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION IS LESS THAN
S. 2006--B 30
ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE ONE-THOUSANDTHS (0.125) AND THE STATE SHARING
RATIO FOR TOTAL FOUNDATION AID PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH G OF SUBDIVISION
THREE OF THIS SECTION IS LESS THAN FIVE HUNDRED TWELVE ONE-THOUSANDTHS
(0.512), SHALL EQUAL THE MAXIMUM OF (I) THE PRODUCT OF PUBLIC SCHOOL
DISTRICT ENROLLMENT MULTIPLIED BY THIRTY-TWO DOLLARS ($32.00), OR (II)
THE PRODUCT OF PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT ENROLLMENT MULTIPLIED BY ONE
HUNDRED SIXTY-NINE DOLLARS AND FORTY CENTS ($169.40) MULTIPLIED BY THE
DIFFERENCE OF THE QUOTIENT OF THE NUMBER OF PERSONS AGED FIVE TO SEVEN-
TEEN WITHIN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, BASED ON THE MOST RECENT DECENNIAL
CENSUS AS TABULATED BY THE NATIONAL CENTER ON EDUCATION STATISTICS, WHO
WERE ENROLLED IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND WHOSE FAMILIES HAD INCOMES BELOW THE
POVERTY LEVEL, DIVIDED BY THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PERSONS AGED FIVE TO
SEVENTEEN WITHIN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, BASED ON SUCH DECENNIAL CENSUS,
WHO WERE ENROLLED IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, COMPUTED TO FOUR DECIMALS WITHOUT
ROUNDING LESS ONE ONE-HUNDREDTH (0.01).
(B) TIER TWO, FOR ANY DISTRICT ELIGIBLE FOR THE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS
PAYMENT BUT NOT ELIGIBLE FOR TIER ONE, SHALL EQUAL THE MAXIMUM OF (I)
THE PRODUCT OF PUBLIC SCHOOL ENROLLMENT MULTIPLIED BY TWENTY-SIX DOLLARS
($26.00) OR (II) THE PRODUCT OF PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT ENROLLMENT MULTI-
PLIED BY TEN DOLLARS ($10.00) MULTIPLIED BY THE SUM OF THE STATE SHARING
RATIO FOR TOTAL FOUNDATION AID PLUS THE QUOTIENT ARRIVED AT WHEN DIVID-
ING THE DIFFERENCE OF FIVE MINUS THE PUPIL WEALTH RATIO FOR TOTAL FOUN-
DATION AID COMPUTED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH A OF SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS
SECTION BY THE SUM OF TWO.
(2) ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNER PAYMENT. FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS NOT LOCATED
IN A CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND OR
MORE, AND (A) THREE-YEAR AVERAGE FREE AND REDUCED PRICE LUNCH PERCENT
COMPUTED PURSUANT TO SUBPARAGRAPH (II) OF PARAGRAPH P OF SUBDIVISION ONE
OF THIS SECTION GREATER THAN ONE HUNDRED FIFTEEN ONE-THOUSANDTHS
(0.115), (B) A COMBINED WEALTH RATIO FOR TOTAL FOUNDATION AID COMPUTED
PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH C OF SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION OF LESS
THAN ONE AND THREE HUNDREDTHS (1.03), AND (C) WHERE THE QUOTIENT WHEN
ARRIVED AT BY DIVIDING THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNER COUNT PURSUANT TO
PARAGRAPH O OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION BY THE PUBLIC SCHOOL
DISTRICT ENROLLMENT PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH N OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS
SECTION IS GREATER THAN TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY-FIVE TEN-THOUSANDTHS
(0.0285), THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNER PAYMENT SHALL EQUAL THE PRODUCT
OF PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT ENROLLMENT MULTIPLIED BY SIXTY DOLLARS
($60.00).
(3) SMALL CITIES PAYMENT. FOR ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT WERE DESIG-
NATED AS SMALL CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTS OR CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHOSE
BOUNDARIES INCLUDE A PORTION OF A SMALL CITY FOR THE SCHOOL AID COMPUTER
LISTING PRODUCED BY THE COMMISSIONER IN SUPPORT OF THE ENACTED BUDGET
FOR THE TWO THOUSAND FOURTEEN--TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN SCHOOL YEAR AND
ENTITLED "SA1415" (A) THAT ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
LEARNER PAYMENT PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH, THE SMALL CITIES PAYMENT
SHALL EQUAL THE PRODUCT OF PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT ENROLLMENT MULTIPLIED
BY SIXTY DOLLARS ($60.00), AND (B) THAT ARE ELIGIBLE FOR SUCH ENGLISH
LANGUAGE LEARNER PAYMENT, THE SMALL CITIES PAYMENT SHALL EQUAL THE PROD-
UCT OF PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT ENROLLMENT MULTIPLIED BY THIRTY DOLLARS
($30.00).
(4) SPARSITY PAYMENT. FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS (A) OPERATING A KINDERGAR-
TEN THROUGH GRADE TWELVE SCHOOL PROGRAM WITH A POSITIVE QUOTIENT, IF
ANY, COMPUTED TO THREE DECIMALS WITHOUT ROUNDING, OF THE POSITIVE
REMAINDER OF TWENTY-FIVE (25) MINUS THE ENROLLMENT PER SQUARE MILE
DIVIDED BY FIFTY AND NINE-TENTHS (50.9), (B) A COMBINED WEALTH RATIO OF
S. 2006--B 31
LESS THAN SIX-TENTHS (0.6), AND (C) NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THE ENGLISH
LANGUAGE LEARNER PAYMENT PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH, THE SPARSITY
PAYMENT SHALL EQUAL THE PRODUCT OF PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT ENROLLMENT
MULTIPLIED BY FIFTY-FIVE DOLLARS ($55.00).
(5) LARGE CITY PAYMENT. FOR A SCHOOL DISTRICT LOCATED IN A CITY WITH A
POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, THE LARGE CITY PAYMENT SHALL EQUAL
NINETY-NINE MILLION TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
(6) ADDITIONAL SMALL SCHOOLS PAYMENT. FOR A SCHOOL DISTRICT NOT
LOCATED IN A CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE THOU-
SAND OR MORE, THE ADDITIONAL SMALL SCHOOLS PAYMENT SHALL EQUAL THE SUM
OF (A) THE PRODUCT OF FIVE ONE-THOUSANDTHS (0.005) MULTIPLIED BY THE
TOTAL FOUNDATION AID PAYABLE IN THE TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN--TWO THOUSAND
SEVENTEEN SCHOOL YEAR PLUS (B) THE QUOTIENT ARRIVED AT WHEN DIVIDING THE
PAYMENT FACTOR BY THE EXPENSE PER PUPIL COMPUTED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH F
OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION. THE PAYMENT FACTOR SHALL EQUAL THE
PRODUCT OF PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT ENROLLMENT MULTIPLIED BY TWO HUNDRED
TWENTY-SIX THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS (226,500.00) MULTIPLIED BY
CALCULATION ONE MULTIPLIED BY CALCULATION TWO. CALCULATION ONE SHALL
EQUAL THE PRODUCT OF TWO MULTIPLIED BY ONE MINUS THE PRODUCT OF THE
LOCAL TAX FACTOR MULTIPLIED BY THE INCOME WEALTH INDEX. CALCULATION TWO
SHALL EQUAL THE DIFFERENCE OF TEN MINUS THE QUOTIENT ARRIVED AT WHEN
DIVIDING THE COMBINED WEALTH RATIO FOR TOTAL FOUNDATION AID COMPUTED
PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH C OF SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION DIVIDED BY
TWO AND NINE-TENTHS (2.9).
(7) MAXIMUM INCREASE. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION OF
THIS PARAGRAPH TO THE CONTRARY, NO SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL RECEIVE TOTAL
FOUNDATION AID FOR THE TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN--TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN
SCHOOL YEAR IN EXCESS OF THE PRODUCT OF TOTAL FOUNDATION AID PAYABLE IN
THE TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN--TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN SCHOOL YEAR MULTIPLIED
BY (A) FOR DISTRICTS ELIGIBLE FOR ANY OF THE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS PAYMENT,
THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNER PAYMENT, THE SMALL CITIES PAYMENT, OR THE
SPARSITY PAYMENT AS COMPUTED PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH, SIXTEEN
HUNDREDTHS (0.16), AND (B) FOR ALL OTHER DISTRICTS, TWELVE HUNDREDTHS
(0.12).
§ 1-a. Paragraph e of subdivision 4 of section 3602 of the education
law, as added by section 8 of part A of chapter 54 of the laws of 2016,
is amended to read as follows:
e. Community schools aid set-aside. Each school district [shall] MAY
set aside from its total foundation aid computed for the current year
pursuant to this subdivision an amount equal to [the following amount,
if any, for such district and shall] THE SUM OF (I) THE AMOUNT, IF ANY,
SET FORTH FOR SUCH DISTRICT AS "COMMUNITY SCHL AID (BT1617)" IN THE DATA
FILE PRODUCED BY THE COMMISSIONER IN SUPPORT OF THE ENACTED BUDGET FOR
THE TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN--TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN SCHOOL YEAR AND ENTI-
TLED "SA161-7" AND (II) THE AMOUNT, IF ANY, OF THE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS
PAYMENT COMPUTED PURSUANT TO SUBPARAGRAPH ONE OF PARAGRAPH B-3 OF THIS
SUBDIVISION. EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT MAY use [the] SUCH "COMMUNITY SCHL AID
(BT1617)" amount [so set aside] to support the transformation of school
buildings into community hubs to deliver co-located or school-linked
academic, health, mental health, nutrition, counseling, legal and/or
other services to students and their families, including but not limited
to providing a community school site coordinator, or to support other
costs incurred to maximize students' academic achievement[:]. EACH
SCHOOL DISTRICT MAY USE SUCH COMMUNITY SCHOOLS PAYMENT AMOUNT TO SUPPORT
THE TRANSFORMATION OF SCHOOL BUILDINGS INTO COMMUNITY HUBS TO DELIVER
CO-LOCATED OR SCHOOL LINKED ACADEMIC, HEALTH, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND
S. 2006--B 32
PERSONNEL, AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMMING, DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAMS, NUTRITION,
COUNSELING, LEGAL AND/OR OTHER SERVICES TO STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES,
TO MAXIMIZE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROVIDING
A COMMUNITY SCHOOL SITE COORDINATOR AND PROGRAMS FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE
LEARNERS, PROVIDED FURTHER THAT A SCHOOL DISTRICT WHOSE COMMUNITY
SCHOOLS PAYMENT AMOUNT EXCEEDS ONE MILLION DOLLARS ($1,000,000) MAY USE
AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE GREATER OF ONE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS
($150,000) OR TEN PERCENT OF SUCH COMMUNITY SCHOOLS PAYMENT AMOUNT TO
SUPPORT SUCH TRANSFORMATION AT ADDITIONAL SCHOOLS WITH EXTRAORDINARY
HIGH LEVELS OF STUDENT NEED AS IDENTIFIED BY THE COMMISSIONER, SUBJECT
TO THE APPROVAL OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET.
[Addison $132,624
Adirondack $98,303
Afton $62,527
Albany $2,696,127
Albion $171,687
Altmar-Parish-Williamstown $154,393
Amityville $140,803
Amsterdam $365,464
Andover $41,343
Auburn $211,759
Ausable Valley $82,258
Avoca $40,506
Batavia $116,085
Bath $139,788
Beacon $87,748
Beaver River $67,970
Beekmantown $98,308
Belfast $44,520
Belleville Henderson $21,795
Binghamton $477,949
Bolivar-Richburg $102,276
Bradford $28,058
Brasher Falls $146,944
Brentwood $2,089,437
Bridgewater-West Winfield (Mt. Markham) $101,498
Brocton $63,939
Brookfield $24,973
Brushton-Moira $102,613
Buffalo $12,524,617
Camden $243,929
Campbell-Savona $81,862
Canajoharie $78,428
Canaseraga $24,622
Candor $69,400
Canisteo-Greenwood $105,783
Carthage $273,578
Cassadaga Valley $99,547
Catskill $69,599
Cattaraugus-Little Valley $89,771
Central Islip $650,359
Central Valley $154,059
Charlotte Valley $27,925
Chateaugay $43,580
Cheektowaga-Sloan $68,242
Chenango Valley $46,359
S. 2006--B 33
Cherry Valley-Springfield $29,704
Cincinnatus $71,378
Clifton-Fine $17,837
Clyde-Savannah $84,797
Clymer $28,267
Cohoes $110,625
Copenhagen $35,037
Copiague $308,995
Cortland $147,875
Crown Point $24,277
Cuba-Rushford $67,917
Dalton-Nunda (Keshequa) $65,630
Dansville $136,766
De Ruyter $38,793
Deposit $37,615
Dolgeville $82,884
Downsville $10,000
Dundee $59,404
Dunkirk $224,658
East Ramapo (Spring Valley) $360,848
Edmeston $30,288
Edwards-Knox $95,261
Elizabethtown-Lewis $14,844
Ellenville $128,950
Elmira $501,348
Fallsburg $111,523
Fillmore $84,252
Forestville $34,773
Fort Edward $32,403
Fort Plain $86,187
Franklin $19,086
Franklinville $84,503
Freeport $479,702
Friendship $51,013
Fulton $241,424
Genesee Valley $65,066
Geneva $146,409
Georgetown-South Otselic $34,626
Gilbertsville-Mount Upton $30,930
Glens Falls Common $10,000
Gloversville $257,549
Gouverneur $197,139
Gowanda $122,173
Granville $86,044
Green Island $17,390
Greene $87,782
Hadley-Luzerne $37,868
Hammond $18,750
Hancock $34,174
Hannibal $149,286
Harpursville $89,804
Hempstead $3,123,056
Herkimer $64,467
Hermon-Dekalb $49,211
Heuvelton $53,905
Hinsdale $47,128
S. 2006--B 34
Hornell $152,327
Hudson $86,263
Hudson Falls $125,709
Indian River $404,452
Jamestown $422,610
Jasper-Troupsburg $65,899
Jefferson $22,350
Johnson $179,735
Johnstown $98,329
Kingston $241,138
Kiryas Joel $10,000
La Fargeville $36,602
Lackawanna $293,188
Lansingburgh $170,080
Laurens $32,110
Liberty $141,704
Lisbon $56,498
Little Falls $76,292
Livingston Manor $32,996
Lowville $117,907
Lyme $15,856
Lyons $89,298
Madison $43,805
Madrid-Waddington $59,412
Malone $241,483
Marathon $79,560
Margaretville $10,000
Massena $227,985
Mcgraw $51,558
Medina $135,337
Middleburgh $58,936
Middletown $683,511
Milford $28,281
Monticello $185,418
Moriah $76,592
Morris $45,012
Morristown $25,106
Morrisville-Eaton $62,490
Mt Morris $58,594
Mt Vernon $517,463
New York City $28,491,241
Newark $137,556
Newburgh $837,244
Newfield $60,998
Niagara Falls $733,330
North Rose-Wolcott $107,958
Northern Adirondack $84,115
Norwich $155,921
Norwood-Norfolk $116,262
Odessa-Montour $70,110
Ogdensburg $126,942
Olean $129,603
Oppenheim-Ephratah-St. Johnsville $86,646
Otego-Unadilla $72,613
Oxford Acad & Central Schools $80,443
Parishville-Hopkinton $35,003
S. 2006--B 35
Peekskill $230,795
Penn Yan $71,001
Pine Valley (South Dayton) $67,455
Plattsburgh $75,055
Poland $37,498
Port Chester-Rye $241,428
Port Jervis $189,220
Poughkeepsie $1,747,582
Prattsburgh $35,110
Pulaski $89,146
Putnam $10,000
Randolph $88,646
Red Creek $87,007
Remsen $32,650
Rensselaer $74,616
Richfield Springs $37,071
Ripley $18,495
Rochester $7,624,908
Rome $369,655
Romulus $22,112
Roosevelt $353,005
Salamanca $139,051
Salmon River $200,831
Sandy Creek $72,287
Schenectady $642,884
Schenevus $29,516
Scio $47,097
Sharon Springs $26,994
Sherburne-Earlville $154,286
Sherman $45,067
Sidney $98,699
Silver Creek $68,538
Sodus $100,038
Solvay $85,506
South Kortright $23,420
South Lewis $95,627
South Seneca $49,768
Spencer-Van Etten $76,108
St Regis Falls $30,078
Stamford $20,137
Stockbridge Valley $38,537
Syracuse $10,186,478
Ticonderoga $36,467
Tioga $99,411
Troy $277,420
Unadilla Valley $90,571
Uniondale $362,887
Utica $273,267
Van Hornesville-Owen D. Young $18,604
Walton $82,541
Warrensburg $57,996
Waterloo $123,111
Watertown $222,343
Watervliet $94,487
Waverly $120,319
Wayland-Cohocton $125,273
S. 2006--B 36
Wellsville $114,359
West Canada Valley $58,917
Westbury $403,563
Westfield $46,542
Whitehall $46,192
Whitesville $26,719
Whitney Point $152,109
William Floyd $492,842
Worcester $26,862
Wyandanch $402,010
Yonkers $4,286,726
Yorkshire-Pioneer $210,306]
§ 2. Section 3 of chapter 507 of the laws of 1974, relating to provid-
ing for the apportionment of state monies to certain nonpublic schools,
to reimburse them for their expenses in complying with certain state
requirements for the administration of state testing and evaluation
programs and for participation in state programs for the reporting of
basic educational data, as amended by chapter 903 of the laws of 1984,
is amended to read as follows:
§ 3. Apportionment. a. The commissioner shall annually apportion to
each qualifying school, for school years beginning on and after July
first, nineteen hundred seventy-four, an amount equal to the actual cost
incurred by each such school during the preceding school year for
providing services required by law to be rendered to the state in
compliance with the requirements of the state's pupil evaluation
program, the basic educational data system, regents examinations, the
statewide evaluation plan, the uniform procedure for pupil attendance
reporting, THE STATE'S IMMUNIZATION PROGRAM AND OTHER HEALTH-RELATED
REQUIREMENTS and other similar state prepared examinations and reporting
procedures.
b. The commissioner shall annually apportion to each qualifying school
in the cities of New York, Buffalo and Rochester, for school years
beginning on or after July first[, nineteen hundred eighty-four] TWO
THOUSAND SIXTEEN, an amount equal to the actual cost incurred[, up to
sixty cents per pupil,] by each such school during the preceding school
year in meeting the recording and reporting requirements of the state
school immunization program.
§ 3. Subdivision 12 of section 3602-ee of the education law, as added
by section 1 of part CC of chapter 56 of the laws of 2014, is amended to
read as follows:
12. Notwithstanding paragraph (a) of subdivision one of section twen-
ty-eight hundred fifty-four of this chapter and paragraph (c) of subdi-
vision two of section twenty-eight hundred fifty-four of this chapter,
charter schools shall be eligible to participate in universal full-day
pre-kindergarten programs under this section, provided that all such
monitoring, programmatic review and operational requirements under this
section shall be the responsibility of the charter entity and shall be
consistent with the requirements under article fifty-six of this
chapter; WHEREFORE, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, PARTIC-
IPATION BY A CHARTER SCHOOL IN UNIVERSAL PRE-KINDERGARTEN PROGRAMS MAY
NOT BE CONDITIONED UPON THE CHARTER SCHOOL AGREEING TO CONTRACTUAL TERMS
OR CONDITIONS IMPOSED BY A NON-CHARTER ENTITY. The provisions of para-
graph (b) of subdivision two of section twenty-eight hundred fifty-four
of this chapter shall apply to the admission of pre-kindergarten
students, except parents of pre-kindergarten children may submit appli-
cations for the two thousand fourteen--two thousand fifteen school year
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by a date to be determined by the charter school upon selection to
participate in the universal full-day pre-kindergarten program. The
limitations on the employment of uncertified teachers under paragraph
(a-1) of subdivision three of section twenty-eight hundred fifty-four of
this chapter shall apply to all teachers from pre-kindergarten through
grade twelve.
§ 4. Subdivision 1 of section 2856 of the education law is amended by
adding a new paragraph (e) to read as follows:
(E) THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL ALSO PAY DIRECTLY TO ANY CHARTER SCHOOL
REIMBURSEMENT FOR ALLOWABLE COSTS RELATED TO THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY
NURSES, SECURITY GUARDS, CUSTODIANS, FOOD SERVICE WORKERS, OR OTHER
NECESSARY SUPPORT PERSONNEL EMPLOYED BY THE CHARTER SCHOOL, IN THE
AMOUNT OF TEN PERCENT OF THE CHARTER SCHOOL BASIC TUITION PAID TO THE
CHARTER SCHOOL, IF SUCH STAFF ARE NOT PROVIDED BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
§ 5. Subdivision 9 of section 2852 of the education law, as amended by
section 2 of subpart A of part B of chapter 20 of the laws of 2015, is
amended to read as follows:
9. The total number of charters issued pursuant to this article state-
wide shall not [exceed four hundred sixty. (a) All charters issued on or
after July first, two thousand fifteen and counted toward the numerical
limits established by this subdivision shall be issued by the board of
regents upon application directly to the board of regents or on the
recommendation of the board of trustees of the state university of New
York pursuant to a competitive process in accordance with subdivision
nine-a of this section. Fifty of such charters issued on or after July
first, two thousand fifteen, and no more, shall be granted to a charter
for a school to be located in a city having a population of one million
or more. The failure of any body to issue the regulations authorized
pursuant to this article shall not affect the authority of a charter
entity to propose a charter to the board of regents or the board of
regents' authority to grant such charter. A conversion of an existing
public school to a charter school, or the renewal or extension of a
charter approved by any charter entity, shall not be counted toward the
numerical limits established by this subdivision.
(b) A charter that has been surrendered, revoked or terminated on or
before July first, two thousand fifteen, including a charter that has
not been renewed by action of its charter entity, may be reissued pursu-
ant to paragraph (a) of this subdivision by the board of regents either
upon application directly to the board of regents or on the recommenda-
tion of the board of trustees of the state university of New York pursu-
ant to a competitive process in accordance with subdivision nine-a of
this section. Provided that such reissuance shall not be counted toward
the statewide numerical limit established by this subdivision, and
provided further that no more than twenty-two charters may be reissued
pursuant to this paragraph.
(c) For purposes of determining the total number of charters issued
within the numerical limits established by this subdivision, the
approval date of the charter entity shall be the determining factor.
(d)] BE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS. Notwithstanding any provision of this
article to the contrary, any charter authorized to be issued by chapter
fifty-seven of the laws of two thousand seven effective July first, two
thousand seven, and that remains unissued as of July first, two thousand
fifteen, may be issued pursuant to the provisions of law applicable to a
charter authorized to be issued by such chapter in effect as of June
fifteenth, two thousand fifteen[; provided however that nothing in this
paragraph shall be construed to increase the numerical limit applicable
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to a city having a population of one million or more as provided in
paragraph (a) of this subdivision, as amended by a chapter of the laws
of two thousand fifteen which added this paragraph].
§ 6. The opening paragraph of paragraph (a) of subdivision 9-a of
section 2852 of the education law, as amended by section 2 of subpart A
of part B of chapter 20 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as
follows:
The board of regents is hereby authorized and directed to issue [four
hundred sixty] charters statewide upon either applications submitted
directly to the board of regents or upon the recommendation of the board
of trustees of the state university of New York pursuant to a compet-
itive request for proposals process.
§ 7. Section 3602 of the education law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 6-i to read as follows:
6-I. BUILDING AID FOR SCHOOLS AUTHORIZED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE FIFTY-SIX
OF THIS CHAPTER. A. SCHOOLS AUTHORIZED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE FIFTY-SIX OF
THIS CHAPTER SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR BUILDING AID TO THE SAME EXTENT AS
SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN A PROCESS PRESCRIBED BY THE COMMISSIONER, PROVIDED,
THAT (1) AID APPORTIONMENTS FOR SUCH SCHOOLS SHALL BE CALCULATED BASED
ON THE ACTUAL AMORTIZATION AND ACTUAL INTEREST RATE, (2) THE BUILDING
AID RATIO USED SHALL BE THE RATIO FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN WHICH THE
SCHOOL IS LOCATED, AND THE CHARTER SCHOOL SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR
PAYMENT OF THE LOCAL SHARE OF ANY AIDABLE BUILDING EXPENSES, AND (3) AID
ON EXPENDITURES FOR LEASE PAYMENTS SHALL BE APPORTIONED ONLY IF THE
LEASE HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE SCHOOL'S BOARD OF TRUSTEES, THE AUTHORIZ-
ING ENTITY, AND THE COMMISSIONER.
B. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL BE AUTHORIZED TO GRANT SPECIFIC WAIVERS FROM
BUILDING AID PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS TO SCHOOLS AUTHORIZED PURSUANT TO
ARTICLE FIFTY-SIX OF THIS CHAPTER UPON A SHOWING THAT COMPLIANCE WITH
SUCH REQUIREMENTS WOULD CREATE AN UNDUE ECONOMIC HARDSHIP OR THAT SOME
OTHER GOOD CAUSE EXISTS THAT MAKES COMPLIANCE EXTREMELY IMPRACTICAL.
C. SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT COLLECT PAYMENTS FROM A SCHOOL AUTHORIZED
PURSUANT TO ARTICLE FIFTY-SIX OF THIS CHAPTER UNDER A LEASE OR ANY OTHER
ARRANGEMENT FOR THE USE OF DISTRICT-OWNED FACILITIES SHALL HAVE ITS
BUILDING AID APPORTIONMENT REDUCED BY AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE SCHOOL'S
PAYMENTS TO THE DISTRICT PROVIDED, HOWEVER, NOTHING IN THIS SUBDIVISION
SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO AUTHORIZE A REDUCTION IN BUILDING AID ATTRIBUTABLE
TO BUILDING PROJECTS SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION FOUR OF
SECTION TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED NINETY-NINE-TT OF THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES
LAW.
D. IN THE EVENT THAT A SCHOOL IS NO LONGER AUTHORIZED PURSUANT TO
ARTICLE FIFTY-SIX OF THIS CHAPTER, BUILDING AID PAYMENTS SHALL CEASE
IMMEDIATELY.
E. A CHARTER SCHOOL AUTHORIZED UNDER THIS ARTICLE SHALL NOT BE ENTI-
TLED TO RECEIVE BOTH BUILDING AID UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION AND UNDER
SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED FIFTY-THREE OF THIS
CHAPTER.
§ 8. Paragraph b of subdivision 5 of section 1950 of the education
law, as amended by chapter 296 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read
as follows:
b. The cost of services herein referred to shall be the amount allo-
cated to each component school district by the board of cooperative
educational services to defray expenses of such board, including
approved expenses from the testing of potable water systems of occupied
school buildings under the board's jurisdiction as required pursuant to
section eleven hundred ten of the public health law, except that that
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part of the salary paid any teacher, supervisor or other employee of the
board of cooperative educational services which is in excess of thirty
thousand dollars shall not be such an approved expense, and except also
that administrative and clerical expenses shall not exceed ten percent
of the total expenses for purposes of this computation. PROVIDED HOWEV-
ER, THAT FOR TEACHERS PROVIDING INSTRUCTION IN CAREER AND TECHNICAL
EDUCATION TO SCHOOL AGE STUDENTS, THE SALARY, TO BE CONSIDERED AS AN
APPROVED EXPENSE, SHALL NOT EXCEED THIRTY-FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE
TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN--TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN SCHOOL YEAR; THIRTY-EIGHT
THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN--TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN
SCHOOL YEAR; FORTY-TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN--
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY SCHOOL YEAR; FORTY-SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE TWO
THOUSAND TWENTY--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE SCHOOL YEAR; AND FIFTY THOUSAND
DOLLARS FOR THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO SCHOOL
YEAR, AND THEREAFTER. Any gifts, donations or interest earned by the
board of cooperative educational services or on behalf of the board of
cooperative educational services by the dormitory authority or any other
source shall not be deducted in determining the cost of services allo-
cated to each component school district. Any payments made to a compo-
nent school district by the board of cooperative educational services
pursuant to subdivision eleven of section six-p of the general municipal
law attributable to an approved cost of service computed pursuant to
this subdivision shall be deducted from the cost of services allocated
to such component school district. The expense of transportation
provided by the board of cooperative educational services pursuant to
paragraph q of subdivision four of this section shall be eligible for
aid apportioned pursuant to subdivision seven of section thirty-six
hundred two of this chapter and no board of cooperative educational
services transportation expense shall be an approved cost of services
for the computation of aid under this subdivision. Transportation
expense pursuant to paragraph q of subdivision four of this section
shall be included in the computation of the ten percent limitation on
administrative and clerical expenses.
§ 9. The education law is amended by adding a new section 3037 to read
as follows:
§ 3037. GRANTS FOR HIRING TEACHERS. 1. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION,
THE FOLLOWING TERM SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANING: "ELIGIBLE TEACHER"
SHALL MEAN AN INDIVIDUAL THAT: (A) IS CERTIFIED TO TEACH IN NEW YORK
STATE PURSUANT TO SECTION THREE THOUSAND FOUR OF THIS CHAPTER; OR HOLDS
A MASTER'S DEGREE OR PH.D. IN MATHEMATICS, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY OR EDUCA-
TION; OR HOLDS A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN MATHEMATICS, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
OR EDUCATION AND IS CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN A MASTER'S OR PH.D. PROGRAM
IN MATHEMATICS, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY OR EDUCATION WITHIN FIVE YEARS FROM
THE LATER OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION OR THE EMPLOYMENT START
DATE WITH THE NONPUBLIC SCHOOL, (B) TEACHES MATHEMATICS, SCIENCE OR
TECHNOLOGY IN ANY GRADES FROM THREE THROUGH TWELVE, AND (C) IS EMPLOYED
BY A NONPUBLIC SCHOOL.
2. (A) WITHIN AMOUNTS APPROPRIATED THEREFOR, NONPUBLIC SCHOOLS SHALL,
UPON APPLICATION, BE REIMBURSED BY THE DEPARTMENT FOR THE SALARIES OF
ELIGIBLE TEACHERS. EACH SCHOOL WHICH SEEKS A REIMBURSEMENT PURSUANT TO
THIS SECTION SHALL SUBMIT TO THE OFFICE OF RELIGIOUS AND INDEPENDENT
SCHOOLS AN APPLICATION THEREFOR, TOGETHER WITH SUCH ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS
AS THE COMMISSIONER MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE, AT SUCH TIMES, IN SUCH FORM
AND CONTAINING SUCH INFORMATION AS THE COMMISSIONER MAY PRESCRIBE BY
REGULATION. APPLICATIONS FOR REIMBURSEMENT PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION
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MUST BE RECEIVED BY AUGUST FIRST OF EACH YEAR FOR SCHOOLS TO BE REIM-
BURSED FOR THE SALARIES OF ELIGIBLE TEACHERS IN THE PRIOR YEAR.
(B) PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, REIMBURSEMENT FOR
ELIGIBLE TEACHERS SHALL BE THE AVERAGE COMPARABLE TEACHER SALARY AND
PERSONAL SERVICE, PER SUBJECT AREA, OF PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS IN THE
SCHOOL DISTRICT IN WHICH SUCH NONPUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE LOCATED, MULTIPLIED
BY THE PERCENTAGE OF FULL TIME EQUIVALENT SECULAR INSTRUCTIONAL HOURS
COMPLETED IN THE SCHOOL DAY PER SUBJECT AREA. REIMBURSEMENTS SHALL NOT
BE PROVIDED FOR ELIGIBLE TEACHERS WHO PROVIDE INSTRUCTION IN MATHEMAT-
ICS, SCIENCE OR TECHNOLOGY IF SUCH TEACHERS ALSO PROVIDE NON-SECULAR
INSTRUCTION IN ANY CAPACITY.
(C) IN THE EVENT THAT THE APPLICATIONS FOR REIMBURSEMENT UNDER THIS
SECTION EXCEED THE APPROPRIATION AVAILABLE FOR THIS PROGRAM, THEN EACH
APPLICANT SHALL ONLY BE REIMBURSED AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE PERCENTAGE
THAT EACH SUCH APPLICANT REPRESENTS TO THE TOTAL OF ALL APPLICATIONS
SUBMITTED.
3. THE COMMISSIONER MAY PROMULGATE ANY RULES OR REGULATIONS NECESSARY
TO CARRY OUT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
§ 10. Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 4101 of the education law,
subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 387 of the laws of 1954, subdivision
2 as amended by section 30 of part B of chapter 57 of the laws of 2008,
are amended to read as follows:
1. The commissioner of education shall establish schools in such plac-
es and maintain such courses of instruction therein for the education of
the Indian children of the state as he OR SHE shall deem necessary. He
OR SHE shall have general supervision of such education and shall cause
to be erected where necessary convenient and suitable school buildings
for the accommodation of all the Indian children of the state.
2. [The] NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, RULE OR REGU-
LATION TO THE CONTRARY, THE commissioner in his OR HER discretion may,
instead of establishing schools and maintaining courses of instruction
therein for the education of the Indian children of the state, contract,
FOR A PERIOD OF UP TO TEN YEARS, with any school district for the educa-
tion of such Indian children. The consideration for any such contract
shall not exceed the total cost to the school district of the education
of Indian children pursuant to such contract, less any public moneys
received by the school district by reason of the attendance of such
Indian children in regular day school, except any public moneys received
by the district as a building quota pursuant to the provisions of subdi-
vision six-a of section thirty-six hundred two of this chapter. The
commissioner of taxation and finance shall pay on the warrant of the
comptroller bills, for the costs and expenses attending such contract,
approved by the commissioner of education from the appropriation for the
support and education of Indian children. In carrying out the provisions
of this article the commissioner, notwithstanding any other provision of
law, may lease any school ground, site or building established for a
reservation and owned by the state of New York to any school district
upon such terms and conditions as he OR SHE shall deem necessary,
convenient and proper. Nothing herein contained shall alter the title of
the Indians to their lands.
§ 11. Section 4119 of the education law, as added by chapter 387 of
the laws of 1954, is amended to read as follows:
§ 4119. School district may contract to educate Indian children.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the trustee, trustees or
board of education of any school district shall have power to contract
with the commissioner of education for the instruction of Indian chil-
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dren FOR A PERIOD OF TEN YEARS. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the trustee, trustees or board of education of any school district
shall have authority to lease a site or school building owned by the
state of New York whether located on or off an Indian reservation and
such trustee, trustees or board of education shall have authority to
maintain school in such building notwithstanding the fact that such
building may not be located within the district boundary lines of such
school district.
§ 12. The education law is amended by adding a new section 3006-b to
read as follows:
§ 3006-B. COMPLIANCE WITH PART 154 OF THE COMMISSIONERS REGULATIONS.
1. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW, RULE, OR REGULATION THIS
SECTION SHALL APPLY TO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS FOR PURPOSES OF COMPLYING
WITH PART 154 OF THE COMMISSIONERS REGULATIONS (8 NYCRR 154).
2. SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT MAKE A GOOD FAITH EFFORT TO HIRE A TEACHER
THAT IS DUAL-CERTIFIED, BUT CANNOT HIRE SUCH TEACHER DUE TO A LACK OF
QUALIFIED OR ACCEPTABLE CANDIDATES THE DISTRICT MAY SATISFY SUCH
REQUIREMENT BY HIRING AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS NOT DUAL-CERTIFIED, BUT WHO
MEETS ONE OF THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA: (I) HAS AT LEAST AN INITIAL TEACH-
ING CERTIFICATE AND HAS SCORED PROFICIENTLY ON A CONTENT SPECIALTY TEST
IN THE LANGUAGE TO BE INSTRUCTED IN; OR (II) IS CERTIFIED FOR "TEACHING
ENGLISH TO SPEAKERS OF OTHER LANGUAGES" (TESOL). SUCH INDIVIDUALS SHALL
BE DEEMED TO SATISFY INSTANCES WHERE A SECOND CERTIFIED TEACHER IS
REQUIRED FOR INSTRUCTION IN THE NATIVE LANGUAGE OF THE STUDENT BECAUSE
THE PRIMARY TEACHER IS NOT DUAL-CERTIFIED AND THE PRIMARY TEACHER IS
PROVIDING CONTENT SPECIFIC INSTRUCTION.
3. INDIVIDUALS MEETING EITHER OF THE CRITERIA FOR SUBDIVISION TWO OF
THIS SECTION MAY ALSO BE USED FOR PURPOSES OF ADMINISTERING THE HOME
LANGUAGE QUESTIONNAIRE THAT IS USED FOR INITIAL IDENTIFICATION PURPOSES.
§ 13. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 56 to read as follows:
56. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY LAW, RULE, OR REGULATION TO THE CONTRARY, THE
COMMISSIONER SHALL DEVELOP A WAIVER PROGRAM FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO
STREAMLINE AND CONSOLIDATE STAFF TRAINING REQUIREMENTS IN ORDER TO
PROMOTE EFFICIENCY. IN DEVELOPING THE WAIVER, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL
CONSIDER CONSOLIDATING VARIOUS DATES FOR TRAINING, CHANGING ANNUAL
REQUIREMENTS TO BIENNIAL OR FIVE-YEAR REQUIREMENTS, ALTERNATIVE NOTIFI-
CATION AND PRESENTATION OF TRAINING INFORMATION, AND ANY OTHER OPTIONS
DEEMED PROPER BY THE COMMISSIONER. SUCH WAIVER PROGRAM SHALL BE DEVEL-
OPED BY JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN AND DISTRICTS SHALL BE FIRST
ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR WAIVERS BEGINNING WITH THE TWO THOUSAND SEVEN-
TEEN--EIGHTEEN SCHOOL YEAR, AND THEREAFTER.
§ 14. The opening paragraph of section 3609-b of the education law, as
amended by section 33 of part B of chapter 57 of the laws of 2007, is
amended to read as follows:
Moneys apportioned to school districts for the excess cost aid seta-
side pursuant to subdivision four of section thirty-six hundred two of
this article and the apportionments for students with disabilities due
in accordance with the provisions of subdivisions five and five-a of
section thirty-six hundred two of this article and section forty-four
hundred five of this chapter, shall be paid to or on behalf of school
districts in accordance with the provisions of this section, provided,
however, that payments made to or on behalf of any school district
pursuant to this section shall be adjusted subsequent to the filing, in
an acceptable manner, of aid claim forms prescribed by the commissioner,
PROVIDED, THAT THE APPORTIONMENTS FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES DUE IN
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ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION FIVE OF SECTION THIRTY-SIX
HUNDRED TWO OF THIS ARTICLE AND SECTION FORTY-FOUR HUNDRED FIVE OF THIS
CHAPTER, WHO ENROLL IN SCHOOL DISTRICTS AFTER OCTOBER FIRST, SHALL BE
BASED ON ATTENDANCE IN THE CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR AND SHALL BE PAID IN THE
CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR SUBJECT TO THIS SECTION AND SUBJECT TO THE STAC AND
AVL FILING DEADLINES ESTABLISHED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
§ 15. Paragraph a of subdivision 5 of section 3604 of the education
law, as amended by chapter 161 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read
as follows:
a. State aid adjustments. All errors or omissions in the apportionment
shall be corrected by the commissioner. Whenever a school district has
been apportioned less money than that to which it is entitled, the
commissioner may allot to such district the balance to which it is enti-
tled. Whenever a school district has been apportioned more money than
that to which it is entitled, the commissioner may, by an order, direct
such moneys to be paid back to the state to be credited to the general
fund local assistance account for state aid to the schools, or may
deduct such amount from the next apportionment to be made to said
district, PROVIDED THAT ANY RECOVERY INITIATED BY THE COMMISSIONER UNDER
THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL FIRST BE OFFSET BY ANY PENDING PAYMENT OF MONEYS
DUE TO SAID DISTRICT AS A PRIOR YEAR ADJUSTMENT PAYABLE PURSUANT TO
PARAGRAPH C OF THIS SUBDIVISION, AND THAT THE COMMISSIONER SHALL REMOVE
SUCH CLAIM FROM THE ORDERED LIST HE OR SHE PREPARES FOR SUCH PARAGRAPH
C, AND provided, however, that, upon notification of excess payments of
aid for which a recovery must be made by the state through deduction of
future aid payments, a school district may request that such excess
payments be recovered by deducting such excess payments from the
payments due to such school district and payable in the month of June in
(i) the school year in which such notification was received and (ii) the
two succeeding school years, provided further that there shall be no
interest penalty assessed against such district or collected by the
state. Such request shall be made to the commissioner in such form as
the commissioner shall prescribe, and shall be based on documentation
that the total amount to be recovered is in excess of one percent of the
district's total general fund expenditures for the preceding school
year. The amount to be deducted in the first year shall be the greater
of (i) the sum of the amount of such excess payments that is recognized
as a liability due to other governments by the district for the preced-
ing school year and the positive remainder of the district's unreserved
fund balance at the close of the preceding school year less the product
of the district's total general fund expenditures for the preceding
school year multiplied by five percent, or (ii) one-third of such excess
payments. The amount to be recovered in the second year shall equal the
lesser of the remaining amount of such excess payments to be recovered
or one-third of such excess payments, and the remaining amount of such
excess payments shall be recovered in the third year. Provided further
that, notwithstanding any other provisions of this subdivision, any
pending payment of moneys due to such district as a prior year adjust-
ment payable pursuant to paragraph c of this subdivision for aid claims
that had been previously paid as current year aid payments in excess of
the amount to which the district is entitled and for which recovery of
excess payments is to be made pursuant to this paragraph, shall be
reduced at the time of actual payment by any remaining unrecovered
balance of such excess payments, and the remaining scheduled deductions
of such excess payments pursuant to this paragraph shall be reduced by
the commissioner to reflect the amount so recovered. The commissioner
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shall certify no payment to a school district based on a claim submitted
later than three years after the close of the school year in which such
payment was first to be made. For claims for which payment is first to
be made in the nineteen hundred ninety-six--ninety-seven school year,
the commissioner shall certify no payment to a school district based on
a claim submitted later than two years after the close of such school
year. For claims for which payment is first to be made in the nineteen
hundred ninety-seven--ninety-eight school year and thereafter, the
commissioner shall certify no payment to a school district based on a
claim submitted later than one year after the close of such school year.
Provided, however, no payments shall be barred or reduced where such
payment is required as a result of a final audit of the state. It is
further provided that, until June thirtieth, nineteen hundred ninety-
six, the commissioner may grant a waiver from the provisions of this
section for any school district if it is in the best educational inter-
ests of the district pursuant to guidelines developed by the commission-
er and approved by the director of the budget.
§ 16. a. All the acts done and proceedings heretofore had and taken or
caused to be had and taken by a school district and by all officers,
employees or agents of each such school district relating to or in
connection with transportation contracts (1) identified by the state
education department as having been filed or executed late prior to June
30, 2017, and (2) for which an aid adjustment or recovery has not been
initiated by the state education department as of the effective date of
this act are hereby legalized, validated, ratified and confirmed,
notwithstanding any failure to comply with the contract filing
provisions of the education law, other than those filing provisions
defined in paragraph a of subdivision 5 of section 3604 of the education
law, in relation to any omission, error, defect, irregularity or ille-
gality in such proceeding had and taken.
b. The education department is hereby directed to consider the afore-
mentioned contracts for transportation aid as valid and proper obli-
gations of such school district.
§ 17. a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
the actions or omissions of an school district which failed to submit a
final building project cost report by June 30 of the school year follow-
ing June 30 of the school year in which the certificate of substantial
completion of the project is issued by the architect or engineer, or six
months after issuance of such certificate, whichever is later, are here-
by ratified and validated, provided the following conditions have been
met: (i) that such building project was eligible for aid in a year for
which the commissioner of education is required to prepare an estimate
of apportionments due and owing pursuant to paragraph c of subdivision
21 of section 305 of the education law, and (ii) (A) that the school
district was notified in writing by the state education department after
March 1, 2015 but before July 1, 2017 that such final building cost
reports were late, or (B) such building project was eligible for an
installment recovery pursuant to sections 48, 49, 50, 51, and 52 of part
A of chapter 54 of the laws of 2016 or sections 25-a, 25-b, 25-c, 25-d,
and 25-e of part A of chapter 56 of the laws of 2015 or section 9-a of
part A of chapter 56 of the laws of 2014 or section 24-a of part A of
chapter 57 of the laws of 2013; provided, however, that notwithstanding
any other provision of law to the contrary, the state education depart-
ment shall not refund any monies for which recovery of excess payments
has already been made pursuant to paragraph c of subdivision 5 of
section 3604 of the education law and this act.
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b. The education department is hereby directed to adjust the approved
costs of the aforementioned projects for the 2016-2017 school year and
thereafter to reflect the ratification and validation provided in this
act and to consider such adjusted approved costs as valid and proper
obligations of such school districts.
§ 18. Subdivisions 1, 2 and 7 of section 2116-b of the education law,
subdivisions 1 and 7 as added by chapter 263 of the laws of 2005, and
subdivision 2 as amended by section 4 of part A of chapter 57 of the
laws of 2013, are amended to read as follows:
1. No later than July first, two thousand six, each school district
shall establish an internal audit function to be in operation no later
than the following December thirty-first. Such function shall include:
(a) development of a risk assessment of district operations, including
but not limited to, a review of financial policies and procedures and
the testing and evaluation of district internal controls; (b) [an annu-
al] A review and update of such risk assessment; and (c) preparation of
reports[, at least annually or more frequently as the trustees or board
of education may direct,] which analyze significant risk assessment
findings, recommend changes for strengthening controls and reducing
identified risks, and specify timeframes for implementation of such
recommendations. AUDITS PERFORMED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE
COMPLETED EVERY FIVE YEARS.
2. School districts of less than eight teachers, school districts with
actual general fund expenditures totaling less than five million dollars
in the previous school year, or school districts with actual enrollment
of less than [one] FIVE thousand [five hundred] students in the previous
school year shall be exempt from this requirement. Any school district
claiming such exemption shall annually certify to the commissioner that
such school district meets the requirements set forth in this subdivi-
sion.
7. Nothing in this section shall be construed as requiring a school
district in any city with a population of one hundred twenty-five thou-
sand or more to replace or modify an existing internal audit function
where such function already exists by special or local law, so long as
the superintendent of the district [annually] certifies to the commis-
sioner that the existing internal audit function meets or exceeds the
requirements of this section; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY
SPECIAL OR LOCAL LAW TO THE CONTRARY, SCHOOL DISTRICTS SHALL PERFORM
SUCH INTERNAL AUDITS EVERY FIVE YEARS.
§ 19. Section 3035 of the education law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 3-b to read as follows:
3-B. UPON REQUEST FROM A PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEE WHO HAS BEEN CLEARED BY
THE COMMISSIONER OF MOTOR VEHICLES PURSUANT TO SECTION FIVE HUNDRED
NINE-CC OR SECTION TWELVE HUNDRED TWENTY-NINE-D OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAF-
FIC LAW, THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES SHALL BE AUTHORIZED TO FORWARD
A COPY OF SUCH INDIVIDUAL'S CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD AND SUCH INDIVID-
UAL'S FINGERPRINTS TO THE COMMISSIONER FOR PURPOSES OF CONDUCTING A
CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD CHECK PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION. FURTHERMORE,
UPON NOTIFICATION THAT SUCH PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEE HAS BEEN CLEARED FOR
EMPLOYMENT BY THE COMMISSIONER PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION, THE DIVISION OF
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES SHALL HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE SUBSEQUENT
CRIMINAL HISTORY NOTIFICATIONS DIRECTLY TO THE COMMISSIONER.
§ 20. Subdivision (a) of section 1115 of the tax law is amended by
adding a new paragraph 44 to read as follows:
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(44) SCHOOL BUSES AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED
FORTY-TWO OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, AND PARTS, EQUIPMENT, LUBRI-
CANTS AND FUEL PURCHASED AND USED IN THEIR OPERATION.
§ 21. Paragraph a of subdivision 14 of section 305 of the education
law, as amended by chapter 273 of the laws of 1999, is amended to read
as follows:
a. All contracts for the transportation of school children, all
contracts to maintain school buses owned or leased by a school district
that are used for the transportation of school children, all contracts
for mobile instructional units, and all contracts to provide, maintain
and operate cafeteria or restaurant service by a private food service
management company shall be subject to the approval of the commissioner,
who may disapprove a proposed contract if, in his OR HER opinion, the
best interests of the district will be promoted thereby. Except as
provided in paragraph e of this subdivision, all such contracts involv-
ing an annual expenditure in excess of the amount specified for purchase
contracts in the bidding requirements of the general municipal law shall
be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder, which responsibility shall
be determined by the board of education or the trustee of a district,
with power hereby vested in the commissioner to reject any or all bids
if, in his OR HER opinion, the best interests of the district will be
promoted thereby and, upon such rejection of all bids, the commissioner
shall order the board of education or trustee of the district to seek,
obtain and consider new proposals. All proposals for such transporta-
tion, maintenance, mobile instructional units, or cafeteria and restau-
rant service shall be in such form as the commissioner may prescribe.
Advertisement for bids shall be published in a newspaper or newspapers
designated by the board of education or trustee of the district having
general circulation within the district for such purpose. Such adver-
tisement shall contain a statement of the time when and place where all
bids received pursuant to such advertisement will be publicly opened and
read either by the school authorities or by a person or persons desig-
nated by them. All bids received shall be publicly opened and read at
the time and place so specified. At least five days shall elapse between
the first publication of such advertisement and the date so specified
for the opening and reading of bids. The requirement for competitive
bidding shall not apply to an award of a contract for the transportation
of pupils or a contract for mobile instructional units, if such award is
based on an evaluation of proposals in response to a request for
proposals pursuant to paragraph e of this subdivision. The requirement
for competitive bidding shall not apply to annual, biennial, or trienni-
al extensions of a contract nor shall the requirement for competitive
bidding apply to quadrennial or quinquennial year extensions of a
contract involving transportation of pupils, maintenance of school buses
or mobile instructional units secured either through competitive bidding
or through evaluation of proposals in response to a request for
proposals pursuant to paragraph e of this subdivision, when such exten-
sions (1) are made by the board of education or the trustee of a
district, under rules and regulations prescribed by the commissioner,
and, (2) do not extend the original contract period beyond five years
from the date cafeteria and restaurant service commenced thereunder and
in the case of contracts for the transportation of pupils, for the main-
tenance of school buses or for mobile instructional units, that such
contracts may be extended, except that power is hereby vested in the
commissioner, in addition to his OR HER existing statutory authority to
approve or disapprove transportation or maintenance contracts, (i) to
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reject any extension of a contract beyond the initial term thereof if he
OR SHE finds that amount to be paid by the district to the contractor in
any year of such proposed extension fails to reflect any decrease in the
regional consumer price index for the N.Y., N.Y.-Northeastern, N.J.
area, based upon the index for all urban consumers (CPI-U) during the
preceding twelve month period; and (ii) to reject any extension of a
contract after ten years from the date transportation or maintenance
service commenced thereunder, or mobile instructional units were first
provided, if in his OR HER opinion, the best interests of the district
will be promoted thereby. Upon such rejection of any proposed extension,
the commissioner may order the board of education or trustee of the
district to seek, obtain and consider bids pursuant to the provisions of
this section; AND TO REJECT ANY EXTENSION OF A CONTRACT FOR TRANSPORTA-
TION, OR NEW CONTRACT, IF HE OR SHE FINDS THAT THE AMOUNT TO BE PAID BY
THE DISTRICT TO THE CONTRACTOR IN ANY YEAR OF SUCH PROPOSED CONTRACT
FAILS TO REFLECT THE SAVINGS REALIZED FROM THE SALES TAX EXEMPTION ON
SCHOOL BUSES, PARTS, EQUIPMENT, LUBRICANTS AND FUEL USED FOR SCHOOL
PURPOSES PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH FORTY-FOUR OF SUBDIVISION (A) OF SECTION
ELEVEN HUNDRED FIFTEEN OF THE TAX LAW. The board of education or the
trustee of a school district electing to extend a contract as provided
herein, may, in its discretion, increase the amount to be paid in each
year of the contract extension by an amount not to exceed the regional
consumer price index increase for the N.Y., N.Y.-Northeastern, N.J.
area, based upon the index for all urban consumers (CPI-U), during the
preceding twelve month period, provided it has been satisfactorily
established by the contractor that there has been at least an equivalent
increase in the amount of his OR HER cost of operation, during the peri-
od of the contract.
§ 22. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 3627 of the education
law, as amended by section 7 of part A of chapter 56 of the laws of
2014, is amended to read as follows:
(b) reimbursing the cost incurred by licensed transportation carriers
pursuant to contracts, WHICH MAY INCLUDE FRINGE BENEFITS INCLUDING, BUT
NOT LIMITED TO, QUALIFIED TUITION REDUCTIONS ALLOWABLE UNDER FEDERAL
LAW, with such school district for providing transportation for those
children attending public and nonpublic schools in grades kindergarten
through six who remain at the same school for which they are enrolled
for regularly scheduled academic classes from half-past nine o'clock in
the morning or earlier until four o'clock in the afternoon or later, on
weekdays, and reside at least one mile from their school of attendance
for grades three through six, and at least one-half mile from their
school of attendance for grades kindergarten through two.
§ 23. Subdivision 1 of section 3623-a of the education law is amended
by adding a new paragraph g to read as follows:
G. FOR TRANSPORTATION CONTRACTS PROVIDED PURSUANT TO SECTION THIRTY-
SIX HUNDRED TWENTY-SEVEN OF THIS PART, WHICH MAY INCLUDE FRINGE BENEFITS
INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, QUALIFIED TUITION REDUCTIONS ALLOWABLE
UNDER FEDERAL LAW.
§ 24. Section 207 of the education law is amended to read as follows:
§ 207. Legislative power. 1. Subject and in conformity to the consti-
tution and laws of the state, the regents shall exercise legislative
functions concerning the educational system of the state, determine its
educational policies, and, except, as to the judicial functions of the
commissioner [of education], establish rules for carrying into effect
the laws and policies of the state, relating to education, and the func-
tions, powers, duties and trusts conferred or charged upon the universi-
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ty and the [education] department. But no enactment of the regents
shall modify in any degree the freedom of the governing body of any
seminary for the training of priests or clergymen to determine and regu-
late the entire course of religious, doctrinal or theological instruc-
tion to be given in such institution. No rule by which more than a
majority vote shall be required for any specified action by the regents
shall be amended, suspended or repealed by a smaller vote than that
required for action thereunder. Rules or regulations, or amendments or
repeals thereof, adopted or prescribed by the commissioner [of educa-
tion] as provided by law shall not be effective unless and until
approved by the regents, except where authority is conferred by the
regents upon the commissioner [of education] to adopt, prescribe, amend
or repeal such rules or regulations.
2. PRIOR TO PROMULGATION OF ANY RULE, REGULATION, AMENDMENT OR REPEAL,
PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION OF ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW GRANTING RULEMAK-
ING OR REGULATORY AUTHORITY, THE REGENTS SHALL REQUEST A FISCAL NOTE
FROM THE DIVISION OF BUDGET. NO RULE, REGULATION, AMENDMENT, OR REPEAL
SHALL BE PROMULGATED UNLESS A FISCAL NOTE FROM THE DIVISION OF BUDGET
HAS BEEN FILED WITH THE SECRETARY OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS. SUCH FISCAL
NOTE SHALL STATE THE ESTIMATED ANNUAL COSTS OF IMPLEMENTING THE RULE,
REGULATION, AMENDMENT, OR REPEAL TO THE STATE, SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND ANY
OTHER APPLICABLE POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS. THE REQUIREMENT FOR A FISCAL
NOTE MAY BE WAIVED AT THE DISCRETION OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE DIVISION OF
BUDGET FOR RULES, REGULATIONS, AMENDMENTS, OR REPEALS PROMULGATED PURSU-
ANT TO SUBDIVISION SIX OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED TWO OF THE STATE ADMINIS-
TRATIVE PROCEDURE ACT.
§ 25. The public authorities law is amended by adding a new section
1680-s to read as follows:
§ 1680-S. SPECIAL FINANCING AUTHORITY FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS
FACING TAX CERTIORARI SETTLEMENTS IN EXCESS OF THE TOTAL SCHOOL BUDGET.
1. "ELIGIBLE SCHOOL DISTRICT" SHALL MEAN A SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT IS A
PARTY TO A TAX CERTIORARI SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, THE TOTAL COSTS OF WHICH
EXCEED THE TOTAL ANNUAL SCHOOL BUDGET AT THE TIME THE DISTRICT APPLIES
FOR REFINANCING THROUGH THE AUTHORITY.
2. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF ANY LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THE
AUTHORITY AND THE URBAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ARE AUTHORIZED, UPON
APPLICATION BY AN ELIGIBLE SCHOOL DISTRICT, TO ISSUE BONDS AND NOTES IN
ONE OR MORE SERIES FOR PURPOSES OF ASSUMING DEBT AND INTEREST FROM AN
ELIGIBLE SCHOOL DISTRICT RELATED TO THE REPAYMENT OF A TAX CERTIORARI
SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. THE AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF SUCH BONDS AND
NOTES SHALL NOT EXCEED THE TOTAL COSTS OF SUCH PAYMENTS AND INTERESTS AS
DETERMINED BY THE AUTHORITY OR THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-NINE MILLION DOLLARS,
WHICHEVER IS LESS. SUCH BONDS AND NOTES OF THE AUTHORITY AND THE URBAN
DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION SHALL NOT BE A DEBT OF THE STATE, AND THE STATE
SHALL NOT BE LIABLE THEREON.
§ 26. Subdivision 10 of section 3602-e of the education law, as
amended by section 22 of part B of chapter 57 of the laws of 2008, the
opening paragraph as amended by section 5 of part A of chapter 54 of the
laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
10. Universal prekindergarten aid. A. Notwithstanding any provision
of law to the contrary,
(I) for aid payable in the two thousand eight--two thousand nine
school year, the grant to each eligible school district for universal
prekindergarten aid shall be computed pursuant to this subdivision, and
(II) for the two thousand nine--two thousand ten and two thousand
ten--two thousand eleven school years, each school district shall be
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eligible for a maximum grant equal to the amount computed for such
school district for the base year in the electronic data file produced
by the commissioner in support of the two thousand nine--two thousand
ten education, labor and family assistance budget, provided, however,
that in the case of a district implementing programs for the first time
or implementing expansion programs in the two thousand eight--two thou-
sand nine school year where such programs operate for a minimum of nine-
ty days in any one school year as provided in section 151-1.4 of the
regulations of the commissioner, for the two thousand nine--two thousand
ten and two thousand ten--two thousand eleven school years, such school
district shall be eligible for a maximum grant equal to the amount
computed pursuant to paragraph a of subdivision nine of this section in
the two thousand eight--two thousand nine school year, and
(III) for the two thousand eleven--two thousand twelve school year
each school district shall be eligible for a maximum grant equal to the
amount set forth for such school district as "UNIVERSAL PREKINDERGARTEN"
under the heading "2011-12 ESTIMATED AIDS" in the school aid computer
listing produced by the commissioner in support of the enacted budget
for the 2011-12 school year and entitled "SA111-2", and
(IV) for two thousand twelve--two thousand thirteen through two thou-
sand sixteen--two thousand seventeen school years each school district
shall be eligible for a maximum grant equal to the greater of [(i)] (A)
the amount set forth for such school district as "UNIVERSAL PREKINDER-
GARTEN" under the heading "2010-11 BASE YEAR AIDS" in the school aid
computer listing produced by the commissioner in support of the enacted
budget for the 2011-12 school year and entitled "SA111-2", or [(ii)] (B)
the amount set forth for such school district as "UNIVERSAL PREKINDER-
GARTEN" under the heading "2010-11 BASE YEAR AIDS" in the school aid
computer listing produced by the commissioner on May fifteenth, two
thousand eleven pursuant to paragraph b of subdivision twenty-one of
section three hundred five of this chapter, and [provided further that
the maximum grant shall not exceed the total actual grant expenditures
incurred by the school district in the current school year as approved
by the commissioner.
a. Each school district shall be eligible to receive a grant amount
equal to the sum of (i) its prekindergarten aid base plus (ii) the prod-
uct of its selected aid per prekindergarten pupil multiplied by the
positive difference, if any of the number of aidable prekindergarten
pupils served in the current year, as determined pursuant to regulations
of the commissioner, less the base aidable prekindergarten pupils calcu-
lated pursuant to this subdivision for the two thousand seven--two thou-
sand eight school year, based on data on file for the school aid comput-
er listing produced by the commissioner in support of the enacted budget
for the two thousand seven--two thousand eight school year and entitled
"SA070-8". Provided, however, that in computing an apportionment pursu-
ant to this paragraph, for districts where the number of aidable prekin-
dergarten pupils served is less than the number of unserved prekinder-
garten pupils, such grant amount shall be the lesser of such sum
computed pursuant to this paragraph or the maximum allocation computed
pursuant to subdivision nine of this section.]
(V) FOR THE TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN--TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN SCHOOL YEAR,
EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE A GRANT AMOUNT EQUAL
TO THE SUM OF (A) THE AMOUNT SET FORTH FOR SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT AS
"UNIVERSAL PREKINDERGARTEN" UNDER THE HEADING "2016-17 ESTIMATED AIDS"
IN THE SCHOOL AID COMPUTER LISTING PRODUCED BY THE COMMISSIONER IN
SUPPORT OF THE ENACTED BUDGET FOR THE TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN--TWO THOUSAND
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SEVENTEEN SCHOOL YEAR AND ENTITLED "SA161-7", WHERE, FOR THE PURPOSES OF
SUCH RUN, THE SELECTED AID PER FULL-DAY KINDERGARTEN PUPIL SHALL BE
COMPUTED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH B OF THIS SUBDIVISION PLUS (B) THE AMOUNT
AWARDED TO SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THE PRIORITY FULL-DAY PREKINDERGAR-
TEN AND EXPANDED HALF-DAY PREKINDERGARTEN GRANT PROGRAM FOR HIGH NEED
STUDENTS FOR THE TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN--TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN SCHOOL
YEAR PURSUANT TO CHAPTER FIFTY-THREE OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND FOUR-
TEEN, AND
(VI) FOR THE TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN--TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN SCHOOL YEAR,
EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE A GRANT AMOUNT EQUAL
TO THE SUM OF (A) THE AMOUNT SET FORTH FOR SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT AS
"UNIVERSAL PREKINDERGARTEN" FOR THE CURRENT YEAR IN THE SCHOOL AID
COMPUTER LISTING PRODUCED BY THE COMMISSIONER IN SUPPORT OF THE ENACTED
BUDGET FOR THE TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN--TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN SCHOOL YEAR
PLUS (B) THE AMOUNT AWARDED TO SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THE FEDERAL
PRESCHOOL DEVELOPMENT EXPANSION GRANT FOR THE TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN--
TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN SCHOOL YEAR PURSUANT TO THE AMERICAN RECOVERY AND
REINVESTMENT ACT OF 2009 (ARRA), SECTIONS 14005, 14006, AND 14013, TITLE
XIV, (PUBLIC LAW 112-10), AS AMENDED BY SECTION 1832(B) OF DIVISION B OF
THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND FULL-YEAR CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT,
2011 (PUB. L. 112-10), AND THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
ACT, 2012 (TITLE III DIVISION F OF PUB. L. 112-74, THE CONSOLIDATED
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2012), AND
(VII) FOR THE TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY SCHOOL YEAR,
EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE A GRANT AMOUNT EQUAL
TO THE SUM OF (A) THE AMOUNT SET FORTH FOR SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT AS
"UNIVERSAL PREKINDERGARTEN" FOR THE CURRENT YEAR IN THE SCHOOL AID
COMPUTER LISTING PRODUCED BY THE COMMISSIONER IN SUPPORT OF THE ENACTED
BUDGET FOR THE TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN--TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN SCHOOL YEAR
PLUS (B) THE AMOUNT AWARDED TO SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THE STATEWIDE
FULL-DAY PREKINDERGARTEN PROGRAM FOR THE TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN--TWO
THOUSAND NINETEEN SCHOOL YEAR PURSUANT TO SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED
TWO-EE OF THIS PART, AND
(VIII) FOR THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE SCHOOL
YEAR, EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE A GRANT AMOUNT
EQUAL TO THE SUM OF (A) THE AMOUNT SET FORTH FOR SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT AS
"UNIVERSAL PREKINDERGARTEN" FOR THE CURRENT YEAR IN THE SCHOOL AID
COMPUTER LISTING PRODUCED BY THE COMMISSIONER IN SUPPORT OF THE ENACTED
BUDGET FOR THE TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY SCHOOL YEAR
PLUS (B) THE AMOUNT AWARDED TO SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THE EXPANDED
PREKINDERGARTEN PROGRAM FOR THREE AND FOUR YEAR-OLDS FOR THE TWO THOU-
SAND NINETEEN--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY SCHOOL YEAR PURSUANT TO CHAPTER
SIXTY-ONE OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN, AND
(IX) FOR THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO SCHOOL
YEAR, EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE A GRANT AMOUNT
EQUAL TO THE SUM OF (A) THE AMOUNT SET FORTH FOR SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT AS
"UNIVERSAL PREKINDERGARTEN" FOR THE CURRENT YEAR IN THE SCHOOL AID
COMPUTER LISTING PRODUCED BY THE COMMISSIONER IN SUPPORT OF THE ENACTED
BUDGET FOR THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE SCHOOL YEAR
PLUS (B) THE AMOUNT AWARDED TO SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THE EXPANDED
PREKINDERGARTEN FOR THREE YEAR-OLDS IN HIGH NEED DISTRICTS PROGRAM FOR
THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE SCHOOL YEAR PURSUANT TO
CHAPTER FIFTY-THREE OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN, AND
(X) FOR THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE SCHOOL
YEAR AND THEREAFTER, EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE A
GRANT AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE AMOUNT SET FORTH FOR SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT AS
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"UNIVERSAL PREKINDERGARTEN" FOR THE CURRENT YEAR IN THE SCHOOL AID
COMPUTER LISTING PRODUCED BY THE COMMISSIONER IN SUPPORT OF THE ENACTED
BUDGET FOR THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO SCHOOL
YEAR.
b. For purposes of paragraph a of this subdivision:
(i) "Selected aid per prekindergarten pupil", FOR THE TWO THOUSAND
SEVENTEEN--TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN SCHOOL YEAR AND THEREAFTER shall equal
the greater of (A) the [product of five-tenths and the] school
district's selected foundation aid for the current year, or (B) [the aid
per prekindergarten pupil calculated pursuant to this subdivision for
the two thousand six-two thousand seven school year, based on data on
file for the school aid computer listing produced by the commissioner in
support of the enacted budget for the two thousand six--two thousand
seven school year and entitled "SA060-7"; provided, however, that in the
two thousand eight--two thousand nine school year, a city school
district in a city having a population of one million inhabitants or
more shall not be eligible to select aid per prekindergarten pupil
pursuant to clause (A) of this subparagraph] TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS;
(ii) ["Base aidable prekindergarten pupils". "Base aidable prekinder-
garten pupils" shall equal the sum of the base aidable prekindergarten
pupils calculated pursuant to this subdivision for the base year, based
on data on file for the school aid computer listing produced by the
commissioner in support of the enacted budget for the base year, plus
the additional aidable prekindergarten pupils calculated pursuant to
this subdivision for the base year, based on data on file for the school
aid computer listing produced by the commissioner in support of the
enacted budget for the base year] "FULL-DAY PREKINDERGARTEN PUPILS"
SHALL EQUAL THE MAXIMUM AIDABLE FULL-DAY PREKINDERGARTEN PUPILS AND
CONVERSION PUPILS IN THE BASE YEAR IN ANY PROGRAM ELIGIBLE FOR UNIVERSAL
PREKINDERGARTEN FUNDING IN THE CURRENT YEAR;
(iii) "HALF-DAY PREKINDERGARTEN PUPILS" SHALL EQUAL (A) THE MAXIMUM
AIDABLE HALF-DAY PREKINDERGARTEN PUPILS AND CONVERSION PUPILS IN THE
BASE YEAR IN ANY PROGRAM ELIGIBLE FOR UNIVERSAL PREKINDERGARTEN FUNDING
IN THE CURRENT YEAR MINUS (B) THE NUMBER OF HALF-DAY PREKINDERGARTEN
PUPILS CONVERTED INTO FULL-DAY PREKINDERGARTEN PUPILS UNDER ANY PROGRAM
ELIGIBLE FOR UNIVERSAL PREKINDERGARTEN FUNDING IN THE CURRENT YEAR;
(IV) "BASE YEAR PREKINDERGARTEN MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT" SHALL MEAN THE
SUM OF MAXIMUM AIDABLE FULL DAY FOUR YEAR-OLD PREKINDERGARTEN PUPILS IN
THE BASE YEAR PLUS THE PRODUCT OF ONE HALF (0.5) MULTIPLIED BY THE MAXI-
MUM AIDABLE HALF DAY FOUR YEAR-OLD PREKINDERGARTEN PUPILS IN THE BASE
YEAR, PROVIDED THAT THREE YEAR-OLD PUPILS PREVIOUSLY SERVED IN ANY
PROGRAM SHALL NOT BE CONSIDERED FOR ANY MAINTENANCE EFFORT;
(V) "CURRENT YEAR PREKINDERGARTEN PUPILS SERVED" SHALL MEAN THE SUM OF
FULL-DAY FOUR YEAR-OLD PREKINDERGARTEN PUPILS SERVED IN THE CURRENT YEAR
PLUS THE PRODUCT OF ONE HALF (0.5) MULTIPLIED BY THE HALF-DAY FOUR YEAR-
OLD PREKINDERGARTEN PUPILS IN THE CURRENT YEAR;
(VI) "MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT FACTOR" SHALL MEAN THE QUOTIENT ARRIVED AT
WHEN DIVIDING THE CURRENT YEAR PREKINDERGARTEN PUPILS SERVED BY THE BASE
YEAR PREKINDERGARTEN MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT;
(VII) "Unserved prekindergarten pupils" shall mean the product of
eighty-five percent multiplied by the positive difference, if any,
between the sum of the public school enrollment and the nonpublic school
enrollment of children attending full day and half day kindergarten
programs in the district in the year prior to the base year less the
number of resident children who attain the age of THREE OR four before
December first of the base year, who were served during such school year
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by a prekindergarten program approved pursuant to section forty-four
hundred ten of this chapter, where such services are provided for more
than four hours per day[;
(iv) "Additional aidable prekindergarten pupils". For the two thousand
seven--two thousand eight through two thousand eight--two thousand nine
school years, "additional aidable prekindergarten pupils" shall equal
the product of (A) the positive difference, if any, of the unserved
prekindergarten pupils less the base aidable prekindergarten pupils
multiplied by (B) the prekindergarten phase-in factor;
(v) the "prekindergarten aid base" shall mean the sum of the amounts
the school district received for the two thousand six--two thousand
seven school year for grants awarded pursuant to this section and for
targeted prekindergarten grants;
(vi) The "prekindergarten phase-in factor". For the two thousand
eight--two thousand nine school year, the prekindergarten phase-in
factor shall equal the positive difference, if any, of the pupil need
index computed pursuant to subparagraph three of paragraph a of subdivi-
sion four of section thirty-six hundred two of this part less one,
provided, however, that: (A) for any district where (1) the maximum
allocation computed pursuant to subdivision nine of this section for the
base year is greater than zero and (2) the amount allocated pursuant to
this subdivision for the base year, based on data on file for the school
aid computer listing produced by the commissioner on February fifteenth
of the base year, pursuant to paragraph b of subdivision twenty-one of
section three hundred five of this chapter, is greater than the positive
difference, if any, of such maximum allocation for the base year less
twenty-seven hundred, the prekindergarten phase-in factor shall not
exceed eighteen percent, and shall not be less than ten percent, and (B)
for any district not subject to the provisions of clause (A) of this
subparagraph where (1) the amount allocated pursuant to this subdivision
for the base year is equal to zero or (2) the amount allocated pursuant
to this section for the base year, based on data on file for the school
aid computer listing produced by the commissioner on February fifteenth
of the base year, pursuant to paragraph b of subdivision twenty-one of
section three hundred five of this chapter, is less than or equal to the
amount allocated pursuant to this section for the year prior to the base
year, based on data on file for the school aid computer listing produced
by the commissioner on February fifteenth of the base year, pursuant to
paragraph b of subdivision twenty-one of section three hundred five of
this chapter, the prekindergarten phase-in factor shall equal zero, and
(C) for any district not subject to the provisions of clause (A) or (B)
of this subparagraph, the prekindergarten phase-in factor shall not
exceed thirteen percent, and shall not be less than seven percent;
(vii) "Base year" shall mean the base year as defined pursuant to
subdivision one of section thirty-six hundred two of this part].
c. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the total
grant payable pursuant to this section shall equal the lesser of: (i)
the total grant amounts computed pursuant to this subdivision for the
current year, based on data on file with the commissioner as of Septem-
ber first of the school year immediately following LESS THE MAINTENANCE
OF EFFORT REDUCTION PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ELEVEN OF THIS SECTION or
(ii) the total actual grant expenditures incurred by the school district
as approved by the commissioner.
§ 27. Subdivision 11 of section 3602-e of the education law, as
amended by section 10-b of part A of chapter 57 of the laws of 2012, is
amended to read as follows:
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11. [Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision ten of this
section, where the district serves fewer children during the current
year than the lesser of the children served in the two thousand ten--two
thousand eleven school year or its base aidable prekindergarten pupils
computed for the two thousand seven--two thousand eight school year, the
school district shall have its apportionment reduced in an amount
proportional to such deficiency in the current year or in the succeeding
school year, as determined by the commissioner, except such reduction
shall not apply to school districts which have fully implemented a
universal pre-kindergarten program by making such program available to
all eligible children. Expenses incurred by the school district in
implementing a pre-kindergarten program plan pursuant to this subdivi-
sion shall be deemed ordinary contingent expenses.] MAINTENANCE OF
EFFORT REDUCTION. WHERE A SCHOOL DISTRICT'S CURRENT YEAR PREKINDERGARTEN
PUPILS SERVED IS LESS THAN ITS BASE YEAR PREKINDERGARTEN MAINTENANCE OF
EFFORT, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL HAVE ITS CURRENT YEAR APPORTIONMENT
REDUCED BY THE PRODUCT OF THE MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT FACTOR COMPUTED IN
PARAGRAPH B OF SUBDIVISION TEN OF THIS SECTION MULTIPLIED BY THE GRANT
AMOUNT IT WAS ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE IN THE CURRENT YEAR PURSUANT TO PARA-
GRAPH A OF SUBDIVISION TEN OF THIS SECTION.
§ 28. Subdivision 21 of section 305 of the education law is amended by
adding a new paragraph d to read as follows:
D. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY,
FOR THE PURPOSES OF DETERMINING THE BASE YEAR LEVEL OF GENERAL SUPPORT
FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH B OF THIS SUBDIVISION FOR THE
TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN--TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN THROUGH TWO THOUSAND TWEN-
TY-ONE--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO SCHOOL YEARS, THE COMMISSIONER IS
DIRECTED TO INCLUDE THE GRANT AMOUNTS ALLOCATED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION
TEN OF SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWO-E OF THIS CHAPTER WHERE SUCH
GRANTS HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN ALLOCATED TO DISTRICTS BY MEANS OTHER THAN
GENERAL SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS, PROVIDED THAT, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY
PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, SUCH BASE YEAR GRANT AMOUNTS SHALL NOT
BE INCLUDED IN: (1) THE ALLOWABLE GROWTH AMOUNT COMPUTED PURSUANT TO
PARAGRAPH DD OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWO OF
THIS CHAPTER, (2) THE PRELIMINARY GROWTH AMOUNT COMPUTED PURSUANT TO
PARAGRAPH FF OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWO OF
THIS CHAPTER, AND (3) THE ALLOCABLE GROWTH AMOUNT COMPUTED PURSUANT TO
PARAGRAPH GG OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWO OF
THIS CHAPTER, AND SHALL NOT BE CONSIDERED, AND SHALL NOT BE AVAILABLE
FOR INTERCHANGE WITH, GENERAL SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
§ 29. Paragraph c of subdivision 1 of section 3602-e of the education
law, as amended by section 19 of part B of chapter 57 of the laws of
2007, is amended to read as follows:
c. "Eligible children" shall mean resident children who are THREE OR
four years of age on or before December first of the year in which they
are enrolled or who will otherwise be first eligible to enter public
school kindergarten commencing with the following school year.
§ 30. Subparagraphs (i) and (ii) of paragraph c of subdivision 8 of
section 3602-ee of the education law, as added by section 1 of part CC
of chapter 56 of the laws of 2014, are amended to read as follows:
(i) for teachers hired on or after the effective date of this section
as the teacher for a universal full-day pre-kindergarten classroom,
within [three] FIVE years after commencing employment, at which time
such certification shall be required for employment; and
(ii) for teachers hired by such provider prior to the effective date
of this section for other early childhood care and education programs,
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no later than June thirtieth, two thousand [seventeen] NINETEEN, at
which time such certification shall be required for employment.
§ 31. Section 2 of part CC of chapter 56 of the laws of 2014, amending
the education law relating to universal full-day pre-kindergarten, is
amended to read as follows:
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately, AND SHALL EXPIRE AND BE
DEEMED REPEALED JULY 1, 2019.
§ 32. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 2590-c of the educa-
tion law, as amended by chapter 345 of the laws of 2009, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) Nine voting members shall be parents whose children are attending
a school OR A PRE-KINDERGARTEN PROGRAM under the jurisdiction of the
community district, or have attended a school OR A PRE-KINDERGARTEN
PROGRAM under the jurisdiction of the community district within the
preceding two years, and shall be selected by the presidents and offi-
cers of the parents' association or parent-teachers' association. Such
members shall serve for a term of two years. Presidents and officers of
parents' associations or parent-teachers' associations who are candi-
dates in the selection process pursuant to this section shall not be
eligible to cast votes in such selection process. The association shall
elect a member to vote in the place of each such president or officer
for the purposes of the selection process.
§ 33. Subdivision 4 of section 51 of part B of chapter 57 of the laws
of 2008 amending the education law relating to the universal pre-kinder-
garten program, as amended by section 23 of part A of chapter 57 of the
laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
4. section [23] TWENTY-THREE of this act shall take effect July 1,
2008 and shall expire and be deemed repealed June 30, [2017] 2018;
§ 34. Subdivision 11 of section 94 of part C of chapter 57 of the laws
of 2004 relating to support of education is REPEALED.
§ 35. Section 3641 of the education law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 17 to read as follows:
17. SECURITY REIMBURSEMENTS FOR NONPUBLIC SCHOOLS. NOTWITHSTANDING
ANY LAW, RULE, OR REGULATION TO THE CONTRARY, THE STATE POLICE SHALL
DEVELOP RISK ASSESSMENT PLANS FOR NONPUBLIC SCHOOLS TO RECOMMEND PERSON-
NEL NEEDED TO ENSURE SCHOOL SAFETY AND INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS NEED-
ED TO ENSURE SCHOOL SAFETY. IN ADDITION TO EXISTING NONPUBLIC SAFETY AND
SECURITY GRANTS, NONPUBLIC SCHOOLS MAY BE REIMBURSED FOR THE COSTS OF
IMPLEMENTING SUCH RECOMMENDATIONS BEGINNING WITH EXPENSES INCURRED
DURING THE TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN--TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN SCHOOL YEAR.
SUCH REIMBURSEMENTS SHALL BE ANNUALLY LIMITED TO THIRTY-FOUR MILLION
DOLLARS AND SHALL BE DISTRIBUTED BY THE OFFICE OF RELIGIOUS AND INDE-
PENDENT SCHOOLS. IN THE EVENT THAT APPLICATIONS FOR REIMBURSEMENT EXCEED
THIRTY-FOUR MILLION DOLLARS, THEN EACH APPLICANT SHALL ONLY BE REIM-
BURSED AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE PERCENTAGE THAT EACH SUCH APPLICANT
REPRESENTS TO THE TOTAL OF ALL APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED. FOR NONPUBLIC
SCHOOLS LOCATED IN CITIES WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE,
LOCALLY FUNDED SAFETY AND SECURITY GRANTS MAY BE USED TO SATISFY THE
RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE RISK ASSESSMENT PLAN.
§ 36. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that:
(a) the amendments to subdivision 1 of section 2856 of the education
law made by section four of this act shall not affect the expiration of
such subdivision and shall expire therewith;
(b) section twelve of this act shall expire and be deemed repealed
July 1, 2019;
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(c) section eighteen of this act shall take effect on the first of
July next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law;
(d) section twenty of this act shall take effect on the first day of a
quarterly sales tax period as set forth in subdivision (b) of section
1136 of the tax law, next succeeding April 1, 2018;
(e) sections twenty-two and twenty-three of this act shall be deemed
to have been in full force and effect on and after section 23 of part A
of chapter 57 of the laws of 2013, took effect;
(f) the amendments to section 3602-ee of the education law, made by
section thirty of this act, shall not affect the expiration and repeal
of such section, and shall expire and be deemed repealed therewith; and
(g) the amendments to section 2590-c of the education law made by
section thirty-two of this act shall not affect the repeal of such
section and shall be deemed repealed therewith.
PART A-2
Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
"Erin Merryn's law".
§ 2. Legislative findings and intent. The legislature finds and
declares that child sexual abuse, estimated to affect up to one in four
girls and up to one in six boys, poses a grave threat to the health and
safety of young people, and its damaging effects can last a lifetime.
The legislature also finds and declares that child sexual exploita-
tion, including the use of children in pornography and prostitution, and
child abduction pose a similar threat to the health and safety of young
people, and put child victims at grave risk of death or severe bodily
harm.
The legislature also finds and declares that the incidence of child
sexual abuse, child sexual exploitation and child abduction can be
reduced by raising awareness among young children of common dangers and
warning signs, empowering children to better protect themselves from
sexual predators, and teaching children how to obtain any necessary
assistance or services.
It is hereby declared to be the public policy and in the public inter-
est of this state to establish a comprehensive program to provide an
age-appropriate course of instruction in the prevention of child abduc-
tion, child sexual exploitation and child sexual abuse.
§ 3. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 56 to read as follows:
56. A. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE REGENTS
RELATING TO INSTRUCTION TO PREVENT CHILD SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND CHILD
ABUSE IN GRADES KINDERGARTEN THROUGH EIGHT.
B. PRIOR TO MAKING THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE REGENTS, THE COMMISSION-
ER SHALL:
(I) SEEK THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF TEACHERS, SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS,
TEACHER EDUCATORS AND OTHERS WITH EDUCATIONAL EXPERTISE IN THE PROPOSED
CURRICULUM;
(II) SEEK COMMENT FROM PARENTS, STUDENTS AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES;
(III) CONSIDER THE AMOUNT OF INSTRUCTIONAL TIME SUCH CURRICULUM WILL
REQUIRE AND WHETHER SUCH TIME WOULD DETRACT FROM OTHER MANDATED COURSES
OF STUDY;
(IV) CONSIDER THE FISCAL IMPACT, IF ANY, ON THE STATE AND SCHOOL
DISTRICTS; AND
(V) CONSIDER ANY ADDITIONAL FACTORS THE COMMISSIONER DEEMS RELEVANT.
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C. NO LATER THAN ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY DAYS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF
THIS SUBDIVISION, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROVIDE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE
REGENTS TO EITHER ADOPT AND PROMULGATE APPROPRIATE RULES AND REGULATIONS
IMPLEMENTING SUCH CURRICULUM OR REJECT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SUCH
CURRICULUM. UPON RECEIVING A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE COMMISSIONER,
PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION, THE REGENTS SHALL VOTE TO EITHER ACCEPT OR
REJECT THE COMMISSIONER'S RECOMMENDATION NO LATER THAN SIXTY DAYS AFTER
RECEIVING SUCH RECOMMENDATION.
D. IF THE REGENTS ADOPT SUCH CURRICULUM, THE CURRICULUM REQUIREMENT
SHALL TAKE EFFECT NO LATER THAN THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR AFTER SUCH CURRIC-
ULUM HAS BEEN ADOPTED.
E. IF THE REGENTS REJECT SUCH CURRICULUM, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL
PROVIDE A REPORT AS TO THE DETERMINATION OF THE REGENTS TO THE GOVERNOR,
THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY AND
THE CHAIRS OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY COMMITTEES ON EDUCATION PROVIDING
THE REASONS FOR SUCH REJECTION NOT LATER THAN THIRTY DAYS AFTER THE
REGENTS REJECT SUCH CURRICULUM.
§ 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
PART A-3
Section 1. Legislative findings. The legislature hereby finds that the
closure of the Indian Point nuclear power plant located within the
Hendrick Hudson central school district may result in instability in the
real property tax base and the budgets of the district due to the uncer-
tainty of future payments and impact the closure will have on the
taxpayers.
§ 2. Definitions. As used in this act:
(a) "Board of education" or "board" means the board of education of
the Hendrick Hudson central school district.
(b) "Energy system tax stabilization reserve fund" means the energy
system tax stabilization fund established pursuant to this act.
(c) "School district" or "district" means the Hendrick Hudson central
school district.
§ 3. The board of education is hereby authorized to establish an ener-
gy system tax stabilization reserve fund to lessen or prevent increases
in the school district's real property tax levy resulting from decreases
in revenue due to the closure of the Indian Point nuclear power plant
provided, however, that no such fund shall be established unless
approved by a majority vote of the voters present and voting on a sepa-
rate ballot proposition therefor at either a special district meeting
which the board of education may call for such purpose or at the annual
district meeting and election, to be noticed and conducted in either
case in accordance with article 41 of the education law. Such separate
proposition shall set forth the maximum allowable balance to be deposit-
ed and held in the energy system stabilization reserve fund. Moneys
shall be paid into and withdrawn from the fund and the fund shall be
administered as follows:
(a) The board of education is hereby authorized to make payments into
the energy system tax stabilization reserve fund in an amount not to
exceed the balance over any maximum allowable balance in such unassigned
fund balance and from any reserve funds authorized or required by law in
amounts which the board of education shall determine are not reasonably
necessary for the purpose of such fund or funds and which accrued prior
to the establishment of the energy system tax stabilization reserve fund
provided that no such payment from any unassigned fund balance or any
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reserve fund shall cause the balance of the fund to exceed the amount
approved in the ballot proposal pursuant to this section.
(b) Moneys may be withdrawn from the energy system tax stabilization
reserve fund for any fiscal year to be expended for any lawful purpose.
Withdrawals from the fund shall be disclosed in a manner consistent with
the required disclosures of similar reserve funds held by the district,
including disclosures required by the property tax report card prepared
by the district pursuant to the provisions of subdivision 7 of section
1716 of the education law; and deposits and withdrawals made in each
fiscal year shall be subject to he district's annual budget approval
process.
(c) The moneys in the energy system tax stabilization reserve fund
shall be deposited, invested and accounted for in the manner provided
for in subdivisions 2 and 6 of section 3651 and section 3652 of the
education law.
§ 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
PART B
Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 1950 of the education law is
amended by adding a new paragraph oo to read as follows:
OO. BOARDS OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES MAY PROVIDE A COLLABO-
RATIVE ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAM KNOWN AS A "RECOVERY HIGH SCHOOL"
FOR STUDENTS (I) DIAGNOSED WITH SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER, AS DEFINED BY
THE DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS V, AND (II)
WHO HAVE DEMONSTRATED A COMMITMENT TO RECOVERY. PROVIDED THAT A RECOVERY
HIGH SCHOOL MAY BE ONE OF THREE SUCH SCHOOLS AUTHORIZED BY THE COMMIS-
SIONER OF THE OFFICE OF ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES IN
CONJUNCTION WITH THE COMMISSIONER, PROVIDED THAT EACH RECOVERY HIGH
SCHOOL SHALL CONTAIN THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM ELEMENTS: (A) A COMPREHENSIVE
FOUR YEAR HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION, (B) A STRUCTURED PLAN OF RECOVERY FOR
STUDENTS, (C) A PARTNERSHIP WITH A LOCAL SOCIAL SERVICES AGENCY WITH
EXPERTISE IN SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER AND MENTAL HEALTH, AND (D) ANY OTHER
PROGRAM ELEMENTS PURSUANT TO REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER OF ALCOHOL-
ISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES. ONE SUCH SCHOOL ESTABLISHED PURSUANT
TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE LOCATED IN EITHER NASSAU OR SUFFOLK COUNTY AND
THE OTHER TWO SCHOOLS SHALL BE LOCATED IN COUNTIES THAT ARE NOT NASSAU
OR SUFFOLK COUNTY.
(1) PROGRAM AND ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS ALLOCATED TO COMPONENT SCHOOL
DISTRICTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH A RECOVERY HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM PURSUANT TO
THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR BOCES AID AS AN AIDABLE SHARED
SERVICE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION AND COSTS ALLOCATED TO A PARTICIPATING
NON-COMPONENT SCHOOL DISTRICT PURSUANT TO A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
SHALL BE AIDABLE PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION FIVE OF THIS SECTION TO THE
SAME EXTENT AND ON THE SAME BASIS AS COSTS ALLOCATED TO A COMPONENT
SCHOOL DISTRICT.
(2) THE TRUSTEES OR BOARD OF EDUCATION OF A NON-COMPONENT SCHOOL
DISTRICT, INCLUDING CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTS OF CITIES IN EXCESS OF ONE
HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND INHABITANTS, MAY ENTER INTO A MEMORANDUM OF
UNDERSTANDING WITH A BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES TO
PARTICIPATE IN A RECOVERY HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM FOR A PERIOD NOT TO EXCEED
FIVE YEARS UPON SUCH TERMS AS SUCH TRUSTEES OR BOARD OF EDUCATION AND
THE BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES MAY MUTUALLY AGREE,
PROVIDED THAT SUCH AGREEMENT MAY PROVIDE FOR A CHARGE FOR ADMINISTRATION
OF THE RECOVERY HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM BUT PARTICIPATING NON-COMPONENT
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SCHOOL DISTRICTS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR PAYMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE
EXPENSES AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH B OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
§ 2. Paragraph h of subdivision 4 of section 1950 of the education law
is amended by adding a new subparagraph 12 to read as follows:
(12) TO ENTER INTO CONTRACTS WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF THE OFFICE OF
ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES, SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT
PROVIDERS, AND ANY OTHER ORGANIZATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF OPERATING A
RECOVERY HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM. ANY SUCH PROPOSED CONTRACT SHALL BE
SUBJECT TO THE REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF THE COMMISSIONER.
§ 3. On or before December 31, 2017, and annually thereafter, the
commissioner of the office of alcoholism and substance abuse services,
in conjunction with the commissioner of education shall report to the
governor, speaker of the assembly and temporary president of the senate
on the status of schools established pursuant to this section and appli-
cable statistics on the operation of the schools.
§ 4. This act shall take effect immediately, and shall expire July 1,
2022 when upon such date the provisions of this act shall be deemed
repealed.
PART C
Section 1. Section 3209 of the education law, as amended by chapter
569 of the laws of 1994, paragraphs a and a-1 of subdivision 1 as
amended and subdivision 2-a as added by chapter 101 of the laws of 2003,
paragraph b of subdivision 3 as amended by section 28 of part B of chap-
ter 57 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
§ 3209. Education of homeless children. 1. Definitions.
a. Homeless child. For the purposes of this article, the term "home-
less child" shall mean:
(1) a child or youth who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate night-
time residence, including a child or youth who is:
(i) sharing the housing of other persons due to a loss of housing,
economic hardship or a similar reason;
(ii) living in motels, hotels, trailer parks or camping grounds due to
the lack of alternative adequate accommodations;
(iii) abandoned in hospitals; OR
(iv) [awaiting foster care placement; or
(v)] a migratory child, as defined in subsection two of section thir-
teen hundred nine of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965,
as amended BY THE EVERY STUDENT SUCCEEDS ACT OF 2015, who qualifies as
homeless under any of the provisions of clauses (i) through [(iv)] (III)
of this subparagraph or subparagraph two of this paragraph; [or]
(V) AN UNACCOMPANIED YOUTH, AS DEFINED IN SECTION SEVEN HUNDRED TWEN-
TY-FIVE OF SUBTITLE B OF TITLE VII OF THE MCKINNEY-VENTO HOMELESS
ASSISTANCE ACT; OR
(2) a child or youth who has a primary nighttime location that is:
(i) a supervised publicly or privately operated shelter designed to
provide temporary living accommodations including, but not limited to,
shelters operated or approved by the state or local department of social
services, and residential programs for runaway and homeless youth estab-
lished pursuant to article nineteen-H of the executive law; or
(ii) a public or private place not designed for, or ordinarily used
as, a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings, including a child
or youth who is living in a car, park, public space, abandoned building,
substandard housing, bus or train stations or similar setting.
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a-1. Exception. For the purposes of this article the term "homeless
child" shall not include a child in a foster care placement or receiving
educational services pursuant to subdivision four, five, six, six-a or
seven of section thirty-two hundred two of this [article] PART or pursu-
ant to article eighty-one, eighty-five, eighty-seven or eighty-eight of
this chapter.
b. Designator. The term "designator" shall mean:
(1) the parent or the person in parental relation to a homeless child;
or
(2) the homeless child, if no parent or person in parental relation is
available; or
(3) the director of a residential program for runaway and homeless
youth established pursuant to article nineteen-H of the executive law,
in consultation with the homeless child, where such homeless child is
living in such program.
c. School district of origin. The term "school district of origin"
shall mean the school district within the state of New York in which the
homeless child was attending a public school OR PRESCHOOL on a tuition-
free basis or was entitled to attend when circumstances arose which
caused such child to become homeless, which is different from the school
district of current location. [Whenever the school district of origin is
designated pursuant to subdivision two of this section, the child shall
be entitled to return to the school building where previously enrolled.]
SCHOOL DISTRICT OF ORIGIN SHALL ALSO MEAN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE
STATE OF NEW YORK IN WHICH THE CHILD WAS RESIDING WHEN CIRCUMSTANCES
AROSE WHICH CAUSED SUCH CHILD TO BECOME HOMELESS IF SUCH CHILD WAS
ELIGIBLE TO APPLY, REGISTER, OR ENROLL IN PUBLIC PRESCHOOL OR KINDERGAR-
TEN AT THE TIME SUCH CHILD BECAME HOMELESS, OR THE HOMELESS CHILD HAS A
SIBLING WHO ATTENDS A SCHOOL IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN WHICH THE CHILD
WAS RESIDING WHEN CIRCUMSTANCES AROSE WHICH CAUSED SUCH CHILD TO BECOME
HOMELESS.
d. School district of current location. The term "school district of
current location" shall mean the public school district within the state
of New York in which the hotel, motel, shelter or other temporary hous-
ing arrangement of a homeless child, or the residential program for
runaway and homeless youth, is located, which is different from the
school district of origin. [Whenever the school district of current
location is designated pursuant to subdivision two of this section, the
child shall be entitled to attend the school that is zoned for his or
her temporary location or any school that nonhomeless students who live
in the same attendance zone in which the homeless child or youth is
temporarily residing are entitled to attend.]
e. Regional placement plan. The term "regional placement plan" shall
mean a comprehensive regional approach to the provision of educational
placements for homeless children which has been approved by the commis-
sioner.
F. FEEDER SCHOOL. THE TERM "FEEDER SCHOOL" SHALL MEAN:
(1) A PRESCHOOL WHOSE STUDENTS ARE ENTITLED TO ATTEND A SPECIFIED
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OR GROUP OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS UPON COMPLETION OF THAT
PRESCHOOL;
(2) A SCHOOL WHOSE STUDENTS ARE ENTITLED TO ATTEND A SPECIFIED ELEMEN-
TARY, MIDDLE, INTERMEDIATE, OR HIGH SCHOOL OR GROUP OF SPECIFIED ELEMEN-
TARY, MIDDLE, INTERMEDIATE, OR HIGH SCHOOLS UPON COMPLETION OF THE
TERMINAL GRADE OF SUCH SCHOOL; OR
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(3) A SCHOOL THAT SENDS ITS STUDENTS TO A RECEIVING SCHOOL IN A NEIGH-
BORING SCHOOL DISTRICT PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO THOUSAND FORTY OF THIS
CHAPTER.
G. PRESCHOOL. THE TERM "PRESCHOOL" SHALL MEAN A PUBLICLY FUNDED PREK-
INDERGARTEN PROGRAM ADMINISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OR A LOCAL EDUCA-
TIONAL AGENCY OR A HEAD START PROGRAM ADMINISTERED BY A LOCAL EDUCA-
TIONAL AGENCY AND/OR SERVICES UNDER THE INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES
EDUCATION ACT ADMINISTERED BY A LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.
H. RECEIVING SCHOOL. THE TERM "RECEIVING SCHOOL" SHALL MEAN:
(1) A SCHOOL THAT ENROLLS STUDENTS FROM A SPECIFIED OR GROUP OF
PRESCHOOLS, ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, MIDDLE SCHOOLS, INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLS, OR
HIGH SCHOOLS; OR
(2) A SCHOOL THAT ENROLLS STUDENTS FROM A FEEDER SCHOOL IN A NEIGHBOR-
ING LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO THOUSAND FORTY OF
THIS CHAPTER.
I. SCHOOL OF ORIGIN. THE TERM "SCHOOL OF ORIGIN" SHALL MEAN A PUBLIC
SCHOOL THAT A CHILD OR YOUTH ATTENDED WHEN PERMANENTLY HOUSED, OR THE
SCHOOL IN WHICH THE CHILD OR YOUTH WAS LAST ENROLLED, INCLUDING A
PRESCHOOL OR A CHARTER SCHOOL. PROVIDED THAT, FOR A HOMELESS CHILD OR
YOUTH WHO COMPLETES THE FINAL GRADE LEVEL SERVED BY THE SCHOOL OF
ORIGIN, THE TERM "SCHOOL OF ORIGIN" SHALL INCLUDE THE DESIGNATED RECEIV-
ING SCHOOL AT THE NEXT GRADE LEVEL FOR ALL FEEDER SCHOOLS. WHERE THE
CHILD IS ELIGIBLE TO ATTEND SCHOOL IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF ORIGIN
BECAUSE THE CHILD BECOMES HOMELESS AFTER SUCH CHILD IS ELIGIBLE TO
APPLY, REGISTER, OR ENROLL IN THE PUBLIC PRESCHOOL OR KINDERGARTEN OR
THE CHILD IS LIVING WITH A SCHOOL-AGE SIBLING WHO ATTENDS SCHOOL IN THE
SCHOOL DISTRICT OF ORIGIN, THE SCHOOL OF ORIGIN SHALL INCLUDE ANY PUBLIC
SCHOOL OR PRESCHOOL IN WHICH SUCH CHILD WOULD HAVE BEEN ENTITLED OR
ELIGIBLE TO ATTEND BASED ON SUCH CHILD'S LAST RESIDENCE BEFORE THE
CIRCUMSTANCES AROSE WHICH CAUSED SUCH CHILD TO BECOME HOMELESS.
2. Choice of district AND SCHOOL.
a. The designator shall have the right to designate one of the follow-
ing as the school district within which the homeless child shall be
entitled to attend upon instruction:
(1) the school district of current location;
(2) the school district of origin; or
(3) a school district participating in a regional placement plan.
b. THE DESIGNATOR SHALL ALSO HAVE THE RIGHT TO DESIGNATE ONE OF THE
FOLLOWING AS THE SCHOOL WHERE A HOMELESS CHILD SEEKS TO ATTEND FOR
INSTRUCTION:
(1) THE SCHOOL OF ORIGIN; OR
(2) ANY SCHOOL THAT NONHOMELESS CHILDREN AND YOUTH WHO LIVE IN THE
ATTENDANCE AREA IN WHICH THE CHILD OR YOUTH IS ACTUALLY LIVING ARE
ELIGIBLE TO ATTEND, INCLUDING A PRESCHOOL.
C. (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
where the public school district in which a homeless child is temporar-
ily housed is the [same school district the child was attending on a
tuition-free basis or was entitled to attend when circumstances arose
which caused the child to become homeless] SCHOOL DISTRICT OF ORIGIN,
the homeless child shall be entitled to attend the schools of such
district without the payment of tuition in accordance with subdivision
one of section thirty-two hundred two of this article FOR THE DURATION
OF THE HOMELESSNESS AND UNTIL THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR IN WHICH SUCH
CHILD BECOMES PERMANENTLY HOUSED AND FOR ONE ADDITIONAL YEAR IF THAT
YEAR CONSTITUTES THE CHILD'S TERMINAL YEAR IN SUCH BUILDING. [Such
child may choose to remain in the public school building they previously
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attended until the end of the school year and for one additional year if
that year constitutes the child's terminal year in such building in lieu
of the school serving the attendance zone in which the temporary housing
facility is located.]
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, where
the [public] school [or school district] DISTRICT OF ORIGIN OR SCHOOL OF
ORIGIN THAT a homeless child was attending on a tuition-free basis or
was entitled to attend when circumstances arose which caused the child
to become homeless is located [outside the state] IN NEW YORK STATE AND
THE HOMELESS CHILD'S TEMPORARY HOUSING ARRANGEMENT IS LOCATED IN A
CONTIGUOUS STATE, the homeless child shall be [deemed a resident of the
school district in which the hotel, motel, shelter or other temporary
housing arrangement of the child is currently located and shall be]
entitled to [attend the schools of such district without payment of
tuition in accordance with subdivision one of section thirty-two hundred
two of this article. Such district of residence shall not be considered
a school district of origin or a school district of current location for
purposes of this section] ATTEND THE SCHOOL OF ORIGIN OR ANY SCHOOL THAT
NONHOMELESS CHILDREN AND YOUTH WHO LIVE IN THE ATTENDANCE AREA IN WHICH
THE CHILD OR YOUTH IS ACTUALLY LIVING ARE ELIGIBLE TO ATTEND, INCLUDING
A PRESCHOOL, SUBJECT TO A BEST INTEREST DETERMINATION PURSUANT TO
SUBPARAGRAPH THREE OF PARAGRAPH F OF THIS SUBDIVISION, FOR THE DURATION
OF THE HOMELESSNESS AND UNTIL THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR IN WHICH SUCH
CHILD BECOMES PERMANENTLY HOUSED AND FOR ONE ADDITIONAL YEAR IF THAT
YEAR CONSTITUTES THE CHILD'S TERMINAL YEAR IN SUCH BUILDING.
(3) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, WHERE
THE CHILD'S TEMPORARY HOUSING ARRANGEMENT IS LOCATED IN NEW YORK STATE,
THE HOMELESS CHILD SHALL BE ENTITLED TO ATTEND THE SCHOOL OF ORIGIN OR
ANY SCHOOL THAT NONHOMELESS CHILDREN AND YOUTH WHO LIVE IN THE ATTEND-
ANCE AREA IN WHICH THE CHILD OR YOUTH IS ACTUALLY LIVING ARE ELIGIBLE TO
ATTEND, INCLUDING A PRESCHOOL, SUBJECT TO A BEST INTEREST DETERMINATION
PURSUANT TO SUBPARAGRAPH THREE OF PARAGRAPH F OF THIS SUBDIVISION, FOR
THE DURATION OF THE HOMELESSNESS AND UNTIL THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR IN
WHICH SUCH CHILD BECOMES PERMANENTLY HOUSED AND FOR ONE ADDITIONAL YEAR
IF THAT YEAR CONSTITUTES THE CHILD'S TERMINAL YEAR IN SUCH BUILDING.
[c.] D. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph a of this subdivi-
sion, a homeless child who has designated the school district of current
location as the district of attendance and who has relocated to another
temporary housing arrangement outside of such district, or to a differ-
ent attendance zone or community school district within such district,
shall be entitled to continue [the prior designation to enable the
student to remain] TO ATTEND in the same school building OR DESIGNATE
ANY SCHOOL THAT NONHOMELESS CHILDREN AND YOUTH WHO LIVE IN THE ATTEND-
ANCE AREA IN WHICH THE CHILD OR YOUTH IS ACTUALLY LIVING ARE ELIGIBLE TO
ATTEND, INCLUDING A PRESCHOOL, SUBJECT TO A BEST INTEREST DETERMINATION
IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBPARAGRAPH THREE OF PARAGRAPH F OF THIS SUBDIVI-
SION, FOR THE DURATION OF THE HOMELESSNESS AND until the end of the
school year IN WHICH THE CHILD BECOMES PERMANENTLY HOUSED and for one
additional year if that year constitutes the child's terminal year in
such building.
[d.] E. Such designation shall be made on forms specified by the
commissioner, and shall include the name of the child, the name of the
parent or person in parental relation to the child, the name and
location of the temporary housing arrangement, the name of the school
district of origin, the name of the school district where the child's
records are located, the complete address where the family was located
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at the time circumstances arose which caused such child to become home-
less and any other information required by the commissioner. All school
districts, temporary housing facilities operated or approved by a local
social services district, and residential facilities for runaway and
homeless youth shall make such forms available AND SHALL ENSURE THAT THE
COMPLETED DESIGNATION FORMS ARE GIVEN TO THE LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY
LIAISON FOR THE LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY IN WHICH THE DESIGNATED SCHOOL
IS LOCATED IN A TIMEFRAME PRESCRIBED BY THE COMMISSIONER IN REGULATIONS.
Where the homeless child is located in a temporary housing facility
operated or approved by a local social services district, or a residen-
tial facility for runaway and homeless youth, the director of the facil-
ity or a person designated by the social services district, shall, with-
in two business days, assist the designator in completing the
designation forms and enrolling the homeless child in the designated
school district AND SHALL FORWARD THE COMPLETED DESIGNATION FORM TO THE
LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY LIAISON FOR THE LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY IN
WHICH THE DESIGNATED SCHOOL IS LOCATED IN A TIMEFRAME PRESCRIBED BY THE
COMMISSIONER IN REGULATIONS.
[e.] F. Upon receipt of the designation form, the designated school
district shall immediately:
(1) REVIEW THE DESIGNATION FORM TO ENSURE THAT IT HAS BEEN COMPLETED;
(2) admit the homeless child EVEN IF THE CHILD OR YOUTH IS UNABLE TO
PRODUCE RECORDS NORMALLY A REQUIREMENT FOR ENROLLMENT, SUCH AS PREVIOUS
ACADEMIC RECORDS, RECORDS OF IMMUNIZATION AND/OR OTHER REQUIRED HEALTH
RECORDS, PROOF OF RESIDENCY OR OTHER DOCUMENTATION AND/OR EVEN IF THE
CHILD HAS MISSED APPLICATION OR ENROLLMENT DEADLINES DURING ANY PERIOD
OF HOMELESSNESS, IF APPLICABLE. PROVIDED THAT NOTHING HEREIN SHALL BE
CONSTRUED TO REQUIRE THE IMMEDIATE ATTENDANCE OF AN ENROLLED STUDENT
LAWFULLY EXCLUDED FROM SCHOOL TEMPORARILY PURSUANT TO SECTION NINE
HUNDRED SIX OF THIS CHAPTER BECAUSE OF A COMMUNICABLE OR INFECTIOUS
DISEASE THAT IMPOSES A SIGNIFICANT RISK OF INFECTION OF OTHERS;
[(2)] (3) DETERMINE WHETHER THE DESIGNATION MADE BY THE DESIGNATOR IS
CONSISTENT WITH THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE HOMELESS CHILD OR YOUTH. IN
DETERMINING A HOMELESS CHILD'S BEST INTEREST, A LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY
SHALL:
(I) PRESUME THAT KEEPING THE HOMELESS CHILD OR YOUTH IN THE SCHOOL OF
ORIGIN IS IN THE CHILD'S OR YOUTH'S BEST INTEREST, EXCEPT WHEN DOING SO
IS CONTRARY TO THE REQUEST OF THE CHILD'S PARENT OR GUARDIAN, OR IN THE
CASE OF AN UNACCOMPANIED YOUTH, THE YOUTH;
(II) CONSIDER STUDENT-CENTERED FACTORS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO
FACTORS RELATED TO THE IMPACT OF MOBILITY ON ACHIEVEMENT, EDUCATION, THE
HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE HOMELESS CHILD, GIVING PRIORITY TO THE REQUEST
OF THE CHILD'S OR YOUTH'S PARENT OR GUARDIAN OR THE YOUTH IN THE CASE OF
AN UNACCOMPANIED YOUTH;
(III) IF AFTER CONSIDERING STUDENT-CENTERED FACTORS AND CONDUCTING A
BEST INTEREST SCHOOL PLACEMENT DETERMINATION, THE LOCAL EDUCATIONAL
AGENCY DETERMINES THAT IT IS NOT IN THE HOMELESS CHILD'S BEST INTEREST
TO ATTEND THE SCHOOL OF ORIGIN OR THE SCHOOL DESIGNATED BY THE DESIGNA-
TOR, THE LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY MUST PROVIDE A WRITTEN EXPLANATION OF
THE REASONS FOR ITS DETERMINATION, IN A MANNER AND FORM UNDERSTANDABLE
TO SUCH PARENT, GUARDIAN, OR UNACCOMPANIED YOUTH. THE INFORMATION MUST
ALSO INCLUDE INFORMATION REGARDING THE RIGHT TO A TIMELY APPEAL IN
ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER. THE HOMELESS CHILD OR
YOUTH MUST BE ENROLLED IN THE SCHOOL IN WHICH ENROLLMENT IS SOUGHT BY
THE DESIGNATOR DURING THE PENDENCY OF ALL AVAILABLE APPEALS;
(4) treat the homeless child as a resident for all purposes;
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[(3)] (5) make a written request to the school district where the
child's records are located for a copy of such records; and
[(4)] (6) forward the designation form to the [commissioner, and the]
school district of origin where applicable.
[f.] G. Within five days of receipt of a request for records pursuant
to subparagraph [three] FIVE of paragraph [e] F of this subdivision, the
school district shall forward, in a manner consistent with state and
federal law, a complete copy of the homeless child's records including,
but not limited to, proof of age, academic records, evaluations, immuni-
zation records, and guardianship papers, if applicable.
[g.] H. WHERE THE SCHOOL OF ORIGIN IS A CHARTER SCHOOL, THE SCHOOL
DISTRICT DESIGNATED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE
THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF RESIDENCE OF SUCH CHILD FOR PURPOSES OF FISCAL
AND PROGRAMMATIC RESPONSIBILITY UNDER ARTICLE FIFTY-SIX OF THIS CHAPTER
AND SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR TRANSPORTATION OF THE HOMELESS CHILD IF A
SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT IS NOT OTHERWISE RESPONSIBLE PURSUANT TO SUBDI-
VISION FOUR OF THIS SECTION.
I. The commissioner shall promulgate regulations setting forth the
circumstances pursuant to which a change in designation may be made and
establishing a procedure for the identification of the school district
of origin.
2-a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, each
local educational agency, as such term is defined in subsection twenty-
six of section ninety-one hundred one of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965, AS AMENDED BY THE EVERY STUDENT SUCCEEDS ACT OF
2015, shall designate a local educational agency liaison for homeless
children and youths and shall, consistent with the provisions of this
section, otherwise comply with the applicable requirements of paragraphs
three through seven of subsection (g) of section seven hundred twenty-
two of subtitle B of title VII of the McKinney-Vento Assistance Act.
3. Reimbursement.
a. Where either the school district of current location or a school
district participating in a regional placement plan is designated as the
district in which the homeless child shall attend upon instruction and
such homeless child's school district of origin is within New York
state, the school district providing instruction, INCLUDING PRESCHOOL
INSTRUCTION, shall be eligible for reimbursement by the department, as
approved by the commissioner, for the direct cost of educational
services, not otherwise reimbursed under special federal programs,
calculated pursuant to regulations of the commissioner for the period of
time for which such services are provided. The claim for such reimburse-
ment shall be in a form prescribed by the commissioner. The educational
costs for such children shall not be otherwise aidable or reimbursable.
b. The school district of origin shall reimburse the department for
its expenditure for educational services on behalf of a homeless child
pursuant to paragraph a of this subdivision in an amount equal to the
school district basic contribution, as such term is defined in subdivi-
sion eight of section forty-four hundred one of this chapter, pro-rated
for the period of time for which such services were provided in the base
year by a school district other than the school district of origin. Upon
certification by the commissioner, the comptroller shall deduct from any
state funds which become due to the school district of origin an amount
equal to the reimbursement required to be made by such school district
in accordance with this paragraph, and the amount so deducted shall not
be included in the operating expense of such district for the purpose of
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computing the approved operating expense pursuant to paragraph t of
subdivision one of section thirty-six hundred two of this chapter.
4. Transportation.
a. A social services district shall provide for the transportation of
each homeless child, INCLUDING THOSE IN PRESCHOOL AND STUDENTS WITH
DISABILITIES IDENTIFIED PURSUANT TO SECTIONS FORTY-FOUR HUNDRED ONE AND
FORTY-FOUR HUNDRED TWO OF THIS CHAPTER WHOSE INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION
PROGRAMS INCLUDE SPECIAL TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, who is eligible for
benefits pursuant to section three hundred fifty-j of the social
services law, to and from a temporary housing location in which the
child was placed by the social services district and the school attended
by such child pursuant to this section, if such temporary housing facil-
ity is located outside of the designated school district pursuant to
paragraph a of subdivision two of this section. A social services
district shall be authorized to contract with a board of education or a
board of cooperative educational services for the provision of such
transportation. WHERE THE SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT REQUESTS THAT THE
DESIGNATED SCHOOL DISTRICT OF ATTENDANCE PROVIDE OR ARRANGE FOR TRANS-
PORTATION FOR A HOMELESS CHILD ELIGIBLE FOR TRANSPORTATION PURSUANT TO
THIS PARAGRAPH, THE DESIGNATED SCHOOL DISTRICT OF ATTENDANCE SHALL
PROVIDE OR ARRANGE FOR THE TRANSPORTATION AND THE SOCIAL SERVICES
DISTRICT SHALL FULLY AND PROMPTLY REIMBURSE THE DESIGNATED SCHOOL
DISTRICT OF ATTENDANCE FOR THE COST AS DETERMINED BY THE DESIGNATED
SCHOOL DISTRICT. This paragraph shall apply to placements made by a
social services district without regard to whether a payment is made by
the district to the operator of the temporary housing facility.
b. [The division for youth, to the extent funds are provided for such
purpose, as determined by the director of the budget,] THE DESIGNATED
SCHOOL DISTRICT OF ATTENDANCE shall provide for the transportation of
each homeless child who is living in a residential program for runaway
and homeless youth established pursuant to article nineteen-H of the
executive law, to and from such residential program, and the school
attended by such child pursuant to this section, if such temporary hous-
ing location is located outside the designated school district. The
[division for youth or the director of a residential program for runaway
and homeless youth] DESIGNATED DISTRICT OF ATTENDANCE shall be author-
ized to contract with [a school district or] a board of cooperative
educational services OR A RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM FOR RUNAWAY AND HOMELESS
YOUTH for the provision of such transportation. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL
REIMBURSE THE DESIGNATED SCHOOL DISTRICT OF ATTENDANCE FOR THE COST OF
TRANSPORTING SUCH CHILD TO AND FROM THE RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM AND THE
SCHOOL ATTENDED BY SUCH CHILD TO THE EXTENT FUNDS ARE PROVIDED FOR SUCH
PURPOSE, AS DETERMINED BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET.
c. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any homeless child not
entitled to receive transportation pursuant to [paragraph] PARAGRAPHS a
AND B of this subdivision who requires transportation in order to attend
a school [district] OF ORIGIN designated pursuant to [paragraph a of]
subdivision two of this section [outside of the district in which such
child is housed], shall be entitled to receive such transportation
pursuant to this paragraph. [If the] THE designated [school district
pursuant to paragraph a of subdivision two of this section is the school
district of origin or a school district participating in a regional
placement plan, such] school district OF ATTENDANCE shall provide trans-
portation to and from the child's temporary housing location and the
school [the child legally attends] OF ORIGIN. Such transportation shall
not be in excess of fifty miles each way except where the commissioner
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certifies that transportation in excess of fifty miles is in the best
interest of the child. Any cost incurred for such transportation that is
allowable pursuant to the applicable provision of parts two and three of
article seventy-three of this chapter or herein, shall be aidable pursu-
ant to subdivision seven of section thirty-six hundred two of this chap-
ter, provided that the approved transportation expense shall not exceed
an amount determined by the commissioner to be the total cost for
providing the most cost-effective mode of such transportation in a
manner consistent with commissioner's regulations. The commissioner
shall promulgate regulations setting forth the circumstances pursuant to
which parent accompaniment for transportation may be reimbursable,
including but not limited to: the age of the child; the distance of the
transportation; the cost-effectiveness of the transportation; and wheth-
er the child has a handicapping condition.
d. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, where a homeless child
designates the school district of current location as the district the
child will attend AND SUCH CHILD DOES NOT ATTEND THE SCHOOL OF ORIGIN,
such school district shall provide transportation to such child on the
same basis as a resident student.
e. [Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if a homeless child
chooses to remain in the public school building the child previously
attended pursuant to subparagraph one of paragraph b of subdivision two
of this section or paragraph c of subdivision two of this section the
school district shall provide transportation to and from the child's
temporary housing location and the school the child legally attends if
such temporary housing is located in a different attendance zone or
community school district within such district. The cost of such trans-
portation shall be reimbursed in accordance with the provisions of para-
graph c of this subdivision.] WHERE THE DESIGNATED SCHOOL DISTRICT OF
ATTENDANCE HAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE HOMELESS CHILD ATTEND A SUMMER
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM AND THE LACK OF TRANSPORTATION POSES A BARRIER TO
SUCH CHILD'S PARTICIPATION IN THE SUMMER EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM, THE DESIG-
NATED SCHOOL DISTRICT OF ATTENDANCE SHALL PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION.
F. THE DESIGNATED SCHOOL DISTRICT OF ATTENDANCE, OR THE SOCIAL
SERVICES DISTRICT IF SUCH CHILD IS ELIGIBLE FOR TRANSPORTATION FROM THE
SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH A OF THIS SUBDIVISION,
SHALL PROVIDE OR ARRANGE FOR TRANSPORTATION TO EXTRACURRICULAR OR
ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES WHERE:
(1) THE HOMELESS CHILD PARTICIPATES IN OR WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN
AN EXTRACURRICULAR OR ACADEMIC ACTIVITY, INCLUDING AN AFTER-SCHOOL
ACTIVITY, AT THE SCHOOL;
(2) THE HOMELESS CHILD MEETS THE RELEVANT ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR THE
ACTIVITY; AND
(3) THE LACK OF TRANSPORTATION POSES A BARRIER TO SUCH CHILD'S PARTIC-
IPATION IN THE ACTIVITY.
G. WHERE THE HOMELESS CHILD IS TEMPORARILY LIVING IN A CONTIGUOUS
STATE AND HAS DESIGNATED A SCHOOL OF ORIGIN LOCATED IN THE STATE OF NEW
YORK, THE DESIGNATED SCHOOL DISTRICT IN NEW YORK STATE SHALL COLLABORATE
WITH THE LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY IN WHICH SUCH CHILD IS TEMPORARILY
LIVING TO ARRANGE FOR TRANSPORTATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION
722(G)(1)(J)(III)(II) OF THE MCKINNEY-VENTO HOMELESS ASSISTANCE ACT.
H. WHERE THE HOMELESS CHILD IS TEMPORARILY LIVING IN NEW YORK STATE
AND CONTINUES TO ATTEND A SCHOOL OF ORIGIN LOCATED IN A CONTIGUOUS
STATE, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF CURRENT LOCATION SHALL COORDINATE WITH THE
LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY WHERE SUCH CHILD IS ATTENDING SCHOOL TO ARRANGE
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FOR TRANSPORTATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 722(G)(1)(J)(III)(II) OF
THE MCKINNEY-VENTO HOMELESS ASSISTANCE ACT.
I. TRANSPORTATION AS DESCRIBED IN THIS SUBDIVISION MUST BE PROVIDED TO
THE HOMELESS CHILD BY THE DESIGNATED SCHOOL DISTRICT OF ATTENDANCE OR
THE SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT FOR THE DURATION OF HOMELESSNESS. THE
DESIGNATED DISTRICT OF ATTENDANCE MUST TRANSPORT THE CHILD FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THE SCHOOL YEAR IN WHICH THE CHILD BECOMES PERMANENTLY
HOUSED AND ONE ADDITIONAL YEAR IF THAT YEAR CONSTITUTES THE CHILD'S
TERMINAL YEAR IN THE DESIGNATED SCHOOL. SUCH TRANSPORTATION SHALL NOT BE
IN EXCESS OF FIFTY MILES EACH WAY EXCEPT WHERE THE COMMISSIONER CERTI-
FIES THAT TRANSPORTATION IN EXCESS OF FIFTY MILES IS IN THE BEST INTER-
EST OF THE CHILD. THE DESIGNATED SCHOOL DISTRICT OF ATTENDANCE SHALL BE
ENTITLED TO REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE CURRENT SCHOOL DISTRICT IN WHICH THE
CHILD BECOMES PERMANENTLY HOUSED FOR ANY COST INCURRED FOR TRANSPORTA-
TION FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE SCHOOL YEAR AFTER THE CHILD BECOMES PERMA-
NENTLY HOUSED AND ONE ADDITIONAL YEAR IF THAT YEAR CONSTITUTES THE
CHILD'S TERMINAL YEAR IN THE DESIGNATED SCHOOL.
5. EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL:
A. ESTABLISH PROCEDURES, IN ACCORDANCE WITH 42 U.S.C. SECTION
11432(G)(3)(E), FOR THE PROMPT RESOLUTION OF DISPUTES REGARDING SCHOOL
SELECTION OR ENROLLMENT OF A HOMELESS CHILD OR YOUTH, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
LIMITED TO, DISPUTES REGARDING TRANSPORTATION AND/OR A CHILD'S OR
YOUTH'S STATUS AS A HOMELESS CHILD OR UNACCOMPANIED YOUTH;
B. PROVIDE A WRITTEN EXPLANATION, INCLUDING A STATEMENT REGARDING THE
RIGHT TO APPEAL PURSUANT TO 42 U.S.C. SECTION 11432(G)(3)(E)(II), THE
NAME, POST OFFICE ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE NUMBER OF THE LOCAL EDUCATIONAL
AGENCY LIAISON AND THE FORM PETITION FOR COMMENCING AN APPEAL TO THE
COMMISSIONER PURSUANT TO SECTION THREE HUNDRED TEN OF THIS CHAPTER OF A
FINAL DETERMINATION REGARDING ENROLLMENT, SCHOOL SELECTION AND/OR TRANS-
PORTATION, TO THE HOMELESS CHILD'S OR YOUTH'S PARENT OR GUARDIAN, IF THE
SCHOOL DISTRICT DECLINES TO EITHER ENROLL AND/OR TRANSPORT SUCH CHILD OR
YOUTH TO THE SCHOOL OF ORIGIN OR A SCHOOL REQUESTED BY THE PARENT OR
GUARDIAN; AND
C. SHALL IMMEDIATELY ENROLL THE CHILD OR YOUTH IN THE SCHOOL IN WHICH
ENROLLMENT IS SOUGHT PENDING FINAL RESOLUTION OF THE DISPUTE OVER THE
SCHOOL DISTRICT'S FINAL DETERMINATION OF THE CHILD'S OR YOUTH'S HOMELESS
STATUS, INCLUDING ALL AVAILABLE APPEALS WITHIN THE LOCAL EDUCATIONAL
AGENCY AND THE COMMISSIONER PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION THREE
HUNDRED TEN OF THIS CHAPTER.
6. a. By January thirty-first, nineteen hundred ninety-five, the
commissioner, the commissioner of [social services, and the director of
the division for youth] THE OFFICE OF TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY ASSIST-
ANCE AND THE COMMISSIONER OF THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES
shall develop a plan to ensure coordination and access to education for
homeless children and shall annually review such plan.
b. The commissioner shall periodically monitor local school districts
to ensure their compliance with the provisions of this article, and that
such districts review and revise any local regulations, policies, or
practices that may act as barriers to the enrollment or attendance of
homeless children in school or their receipt of comparable services as
defined in Part B of Title VII of the Federal Stewart B. McKinney Act.
c. School districts shall periodically report such information to the
commissioner as he or she may require to carry out the purposes of this
section.
[6.] 7. Public welfare officials, except as otherwise provided by law,
shall furnish indigent children with suitable clothing, shoes, books,
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food, transportation and other necessaries to enable them to attend upon
instruction as required by law. Upon demonstration of need, such neces-
saries shall also include transportation of indigent children for the
purposes of evaluations pursuant to section forty-four hundred ten of
this chapter and title II-A of article twenty-five of the public health
law.
[7.] 8. INFORMATION ABOUT A HOMELESS CHILD'S OR YOUTH'S LIVING SITU-
ATION SHALL BE TREATED AS A STUDENT EDUCATIONAL RECORD, AND SHALL NOT BE
DEEMED TO BE DIRECTORY INFORMATION, UNDER THE MCKINNEY-VENTO HOMELESS
ASSISTANCE ACT, AS AMENDED BY THE EVERY STUDENT SUCCEEDS ACT OF 2015.
9. EACH HOMELESS CHILD TO BE ASSISTED UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE
PROVIDED SERVICES COMPARABLE TO SERVICES OFFERED TO OTHER STUDENTS IN
THE SCHOOL SELECTED UNDER THIS SECTION, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING: TRANS-
PORTATION SERVICES; EDUCATIONAL SERVICES FOR WHICH THE CHILD OR YOUTH
MEETS THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA, SUCH AS SERVICES PROVIDED UNDER TITLE I
OF THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT OF 1965 OR SIMILAR STATE
OR LOCAL PROGRAMS; EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES;
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS FOR ENGLISH LEARNERS; PROGRAMS IN CAREER AND TECH-
NICAL EDUCATION; PROGRAMS FOR GIFTED AND TALENTED STUDENTS; AND SCHOOL
NUTRITION PROGRAMS.
10. The commissioner may promulgate regulations to carry out the
purposes of this section.
§ 2. Paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section 3209 of the education
law, as added by chapter 569 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as
follows:
a. Homeless child. For the purposes of this article, the term "home-
less child" shall mean:
(1) a child who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime resi-
dence, INCLUDING A CHILD OR YOUTH WHO IS:
(I) SHARING THE HOUSING OF OTHER PERSONS DUE TO A LOSS OF HOUSING,
ECONOMIC HARDSHIP OR A SIMILAR REASON;
(II) LIVING IN MOTELS, HOTELS, TRAILER PARKS OR CAMPING GROUNDS DUE TO
THE LACK OF ALTERNATIVE ADEQUATE ACCOMMODATIONS;
(III) ABANDONED IN HOSPITALS;
(IV) A MIGRATORY CHILD, AS DEFINED IN SUBSECTION TWO OF SECTION THIR-
TEEN HUNDRED NINE OF THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT OF 1965,
AS AMENDED BY THE EVERY STUDENT SUCCEEDS ACT OF 2015, WHO QUALIFIES AS
HOMELESS UNDER ANY OF THE PROVISIONS OF CLAUSES (I) THROUGH (III) OF
THIS SUBPARAGRAPH OR SUBPARAGRAPH TWO OF THIS PARAGRAPH; OR
(V) AN UNACCOMPANIED YOUTH, AS DEFINED IN SECTION SEVEN HUNDRED TWEN-
TY-FIVE OF SUBTITLE B OF TITLE VII OF THE MCKINNEY-VENTO HOMELESS
ASSISTANCE ACT; or
(2) a child who has a primary nighttime location that is:
(i) a supervised publicly or privately operated shelter designed to
provide temporary living accommodations including, but not limited to,
shelters operated or approved by the state or local department of social
services, and residential programs for runaway and homeless youth estab-
lished pursuant to article nineteen-H of the executive law; or
(ii) a public or private place not designed for, or ordinarily used
as, a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings, INCLUDING A CHILD
OR YOUTH WHO IS LIVING IN A CAR, PARK, PUBLIC SPACE, ABANDONED BUILDING,
SUBSTANDARD HOUSING, BUS OR TRAIN STATIONS OR SIMILAR SETTING.
(3) the term "homeless child" shall not include a child in foster care
PLACEMENT or receiving educational services pursuant to subdivision
four, five, six, six-a or seven of section thirty-two hundred two of
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this article or pursuant to article eighty-one, eighty-five, eighty-sev-
en or eighty-eight of this chapter.
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that:
(a) the amendments to paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section 3209 of
the education law made by section one of this act shall be subject to
the expiration and reversion of such paragraph pursuant to section 5 of
chapter 101 of the laws of 2003, as amended, when upon such date the
provisions of section two of this act shall take effect;
(b) the amendments to paragraph a-1 of subdivision 1 of section 3209
of the education law made by section one of this act shall not affect
the expiration of such paragraph and shall be deemed to expire there-
with; and
(c) the amendments to subdivision 2-a of section 3209 of the education
law made by section one of this act shall not affect the repeal of such
subdivision and shall be deemed repealed therewith.
PART D
Intentionally Omitted
PART E
Intentionally Omitted
PART F
Intentionally Omitted
PART G
Intentionally Omitted
PART H
Intentionally Omitted
PART I
Intentionally Omitted
PART J
Intentionally Omitted
PART K
Section 1. This part enacts into law major components of legislation
which are necessary for the financing of various child welfare services.
Each component is wholly contained within a subpart identified as
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subparts A through B. The effective date for each particular provision
contained within a subpart is set forth in the last section of such
subpart. Any provision in any section contained within a subpart,
including the effective date of the subpart, which makes reference to a
section "of this act", when used in connection with that particular
component, shall be deemed to mean and refer to the corresponding
section of the subpart in which it is found. Section three of this part
sets forth the general effective date of this part.
SUBPART A
Section 1. Section 28 of part C of chapter 83 of the laws of 2002,
amending the executive law and other laws relating to funding for chil-
dren and family services, as amended by section 1 of part F of chapter
57 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
§ 28. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that sections
nine through eighteen and twenty through twenty-seven of this act shall
be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and after April 1,
2002; provided, however, that section fifteen of this act shall apply to
claims that are otherwise reimbursable by the state on or after April 1,
2002 except as provided in subdivision 9 of section 153-k of the social
services law as added by section fifteen of this act; provided further
however, that nothing in this act shall authorize the office of children
and family services to deny state reimbursement to a social services
district for violations of the provisions of section 153-d of the social
services law for services provided from January 1, 1994 through March
31, 2002; provided that section nineteen of this act shall take effect
September 13, 2002 and shall expire and be deemed repealed June 30,
2012; and, provided further, however, that notwithstanding any law to
the contrary, the office of children and family services shall have the
authority to promulgate, on an emergency basis, any rules and regu-
lations necessary to implement the requirements established pursuant to
this act; provided further, however, that the regulations to be devel-
oped pursuant to section one of this act shall not be adopted by emer-
gency rule; and provided further that the provisions of sections nine
through eighteen and twenty through twenty-seven of this act shall
expire and be deemed repealed on June 30, [2017] 2022.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
SUBPART B
Section 1. Subdivision 10 of section 153 of the social services law,
as amended by section 2 of part O of chapter 58 of the laws of 2011, is
amended to read as follows:
10. Expenditures made by a social services district for the mainte-
nance of children with disabilities, placed by school districts, pursu-
ant to section forty-four hundred five of the education law shall, if
approved by the office of children and family services, be subject to
eighteen and four hundred twenty-four thousandths percent reimbursement
by the state and thirty-eight and four hundred twenty-four thousandths
percent reimbursement by school districts, EXCEPT FOR SOCIAL SERVICES
DISTRICTS LOCATED WITHIN A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR
MORE, WHERE SUCH EXPENDITURES SHALL BE SUBJECT TO FIFTY-SIX AND EIGHT
HUNDRED FORTY-EIGHT THOUSANDTHS PERCENT REIMBURSEMENT BY THE SCHOOL
DISTRICT, in accordance with paragraph c of subdivision one of section
forty-four hundred five of the education law, after first deducting
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therefrom any federal funds received or to be received on account of
such expenditures, except that in the case of a student attending a
state-operated school for the deaf or blind pursuant to article eighty-
seven or eighty-eight of the education law who was not placed in such
school by a school district such expenditures shall be subject to fifty
percent reimbursement by the state after first deducting therefrom any
federal funds received or to be received on account of such expenditures
and there shall be no reimbursement by school districts. Such expendi-
tures shall not be subject to the limitations on state reimbursement
contained in subdivision two of section one hundred fifty-three-k of
this title. In the event of the failure of the school district to make
the maintenance payment pursuant to the provisions of this subdivision,
the state comptroller shall withhold state reimbursement to any such
school district in an amount equal to the unpaid obligation for mainte-
nance and pay over such sum to the social services district upon certif-
ication of the commissioner of the office of children and family
services and the commissioner of education that such funds are overdue
and owed by such school district. The commissioner of the office of
children and family services, in consultation with the commissioner of
education, shall promulgate regulations to implement the provisions of
this subdivision.
§ 2. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 153-k of the social
services law, as added by section 15 of part C of chapter 83 of the laws
of 2002, is amended to read as follows:
(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter or of any other law
to the contrary, eligible expenditures by a social services district for
foster care services shall be subject to reimbursement with state funds
only to the extent of annual appropriations to the state foster care
block grant. Such foster care services shall include expenditures for
the provision and administration of: care, maintenance, supervision and
tuition; supervision of foster children placed in federally funded job
corps programs; and care, maintenance, supervision and tuition for adju-
dicated juvenile delinquents and persons in need of supervision placed
in residential programs operated by authorized agencies and in out-of-
state residential programs; EXCEPT THAT, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER
PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, REIMBURSEMENT WITH STATE FUNDS PURSU-
ANT TO THE STATE FOSTER CARE BLOCK GRANT SHALL NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR
TUITION EXPENDITURES FOR FOSTER CHILDREN, INCLUDING PERSONS IN NEED OF
SUPERVISION AND ADJUDICATED JUVENILE DELINQUENTS, MADE BY A SOCIAL
SERVICES DISTRICT LOCATED WITHIN A CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE
MILLION OR MORE. Social services districts must develop and implement
children and family services delivery systems that are designed to
reduce the need for and the length of foster care placements and must
document their efforts in the multi-year consolidated services plan and
the annual implementation reports submitted pursuant to section thirty-
four-a of this chapter.
§ 3. Paragraph c of subdivision 1 of section 4405 of the education
law, as amended by section 1 of part O of chapter 58 of the laws of
2011, is amended to read as follows:
c. Expenditures made by a social services district for the maintenance
of a child with a disability placed in a residential school under the
provisions of this article, including a child with a disability placed
by a school district committee on special education pursuant to this
article in a special act school district, or a state school subject to
the provisions of articles eighty-seven and eighty-eight of this chap-
ter, shall be subject to [thirty-eight and four hundred twenty-four
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thousandths percent] reimbursement by the child's school district of
residence pursuant to the provisions of subdivision ten of section one
hundred fifty-three of the social services law. The amount of such
reimbursement shall be a charge upon such school district of residence.
§ 4. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
the amendments to subdivision 10 of section 153 of the social services
law made by section one of this act shall not affect the expiration of
such subdivision and shall expire therewith; and the amendments made to
paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 153-k of the social services
law made by section two of this act shall not affect the repeal of such
section and shall be deemed repealed therewith.
§ 2. Severability. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision or
section of this part shall be adjudged by any court of competent juris-
diction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair, or inval-
idate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to
the clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision or section thereof directly
involved in the controversy in which such judgment shall have been
rendered. It is hereby declared to be the intent of the legislature that
this part would have been enacted even if such invalid provisions had
not been included herein.
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
the applicable effective date of subparts A and B of this part shall be
as specifically set forth in the last section of such subparts.
PART L
Section 1. Paragraph (iii) of subdivision (e) of section 1012 of the
family court act, as amended by chapter 320 of the laws of 2006, is
amended to read as follows:
(iii) (A) commits, or allows to be committed an offense against such
child defined in article one hundred thirty of the penal law; (B)
allows, permits or encourages such child to engage in any act described
in sections 230.25, 230.30 and 230.32 of the penal law; (C) commits any
of the acts described in sections 255.25, 255.26 and 255.27 of the penal
law; [or] (D) allows such child to engage in acts or conduct described
in article two hundred sixty-three of the penal law; OR (E) PERMITS OR
ENCOURAGES SUCH CHILD TO ENGAGE IN ANY ACT OR COMMITS OR ALLOWS TO BE
COMMITTED AGAINST SUCH CHILD ANY OFFENSE THAT WOULD RENDER SUCH CHILD
EITHER A VICTIM OF SEX TRAFFICKING OR A VICTIM OF SEVERE FORMS OF TRAF-
FICKING IN PERSONS PURSUANT TO 22 U.S.C. 7102 AS ENACTED BY PUBLIC LAW
106-386 OR ANY SUCCESSOR FEDERAL STATUTE; (F) provided, however, that
[(a)] (1) the corroboration requirements contained in the penal law and
[(b)] (2) the age requirement for the application of article two hundred
sixty-three of such law shall not apply to proceedings under this arti-
cle.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
PART M
Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision 2 of section 420 of the execu-
tive law, as amended by section 3 of part G of chapter 57 of the laws of
2013, is amended to read as follows:
a. (1) A municipality may submit to the office of children and family
services a plan for the providing of services for runaway and homeless
youth, as defined in article nineteen-H of this chapter. Where such
municipality is receiving state aid pursuant to paragraph a of subdivi-
S. 2006--B 71
sion one of this section, such runaway and homeless youth plan shall be
submitted as part of the comprehensive plan and shall be consistent with
the goals and objectives therein.
(2) A runaway and homeless youth plan shall be developed in consulta-
tion with the municipal youth bureau and the county or city department
of social services, shall be in accordance with the regulations of the
office of children and family services, shall provide for a coordinated
range of services for runaway and homeless youth and their families
including preventive, temporary shelter, transportation, counseling, and
other necessary assistance, and shall provide for the coordination of
all available county resources for runaway and homeless youth and their
families including services available through the municipal youth
bureau, the county or city department of social services, local boards
of education, local drug and alcohol programs and organizations or
programs which have past experience dealing with runaway and homeless
youth. [Such]
(3) IN ITS plan A MUNICIPALITY may:
(I) include provisions for transitional independent living support
programs [for homeless youth between the ages of sixteen and twenty-one]
AND RUNAWAY AND HOMELESS YOUTH CRISIS SERVICES PROGRAMS as provided in
article nineteen-H of this chapter;
(II) AUTHORIZE SERVICES UNDER ARTICLE NINETEEN-H OF THIS CHAPTER TO BE
PROVIDED TO HOMELESS YOUNG ADULTS, AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN SECTION
FIVE HUNDRED THIRTY-TWO-A OF THIS CHAPTER;
(III) AUTHORIZE RUNAWAY AND HOMELESS YOUTH TO BE SERVED FOR ADDITIONAL
PERIODS OF TIME IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY OF THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONS OF
THIS CHAPTER:
(A) PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED THIRTY-
TWO-B;
(B) PARAGRAPH (B) OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED THIRTY-
TWO-B; OR
(C) PARAGRAPH (B) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED THIRTY-
TWO-D; AND
(IV) REQUIRE THAT ANOTHER DESIGNATED PERSON OR ENTITY, IN ADDITION TO
THE APPLICABLE RUNAWAY AND HOMELESS YOUTH SERVICE COORDINATOR, APPROVE
ANY EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCE REQUEST AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN SECTION FIVE
HUNDRED THIRTY-TWO-A OF THIS CHAPTER, MADE TO THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND
FAMILY SERVICES.
(4) Such plan shall also provide for the designation and duties of the
runaway and homeless youth service coordinator defined in section five
hundred thirty-two-a of this chapter who is available on a twenty-four
hour basis and maintains information concerning available shelter space,
transportation and services.
(5) Such plan may include provision for the per diem reimbursement for
residential care of runaway and homeless youth in [approved] CERTIFIED
RESIDENTIAL runaway AND HOMELESS YOUTH programs which are authorized
agencies[, provided that such per diem reimbursement shall not exceed a
total of thirty days for any one youth].
§ 2. Subdivisions 1, 2, 4 and 6 of section 532-a of the executive law,
subdivisions 1 and 2 as amended by chapter 800 of the laws of 1985,
subdivisions 4 and 6 as amended by section 6 of part G of chapter 57 of
the laws of 2013, are amended, and two new subdivisions 9 and 10 are
added, to read as follows:
1. "Runaway youth" shall mean a person under the age of eighteen years
who is absent from his OR HER legal residence without the consent of his
OR HER parent, legal guardian or custodian.
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2. "Homeless youth" shall mean:
(A) a person under the age of [twenty-one] EIGHTEEN who is in need of
services and is without a place of shelter where supervision and care
are available; OR
(B) A PERSON WHO IS UNDER THE AGE OF TWENTY-ONE BUT IS AT LEAST AGE
EIGHTEEN AND WHO IS IN NEED OF SERVICES AND IS WITHOUT A PLACE OF SHEL-
TER.
(C) PROVIDED HOWEVER, WHEN A MUNICIPALITY'S APPROVED COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN AUTHORIZES THAT SERVICES PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE BE PROVIDED TO
"HOMELESS YOUNG ADULTS" AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN THIS SECTION, THEN
FOR PURPOSES RELATED TO THE PROVISIONS OF THAT MUNICIPALITY'S APPROVED
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT INCLUDE "HOMELESS YOUNG ADULTS", THE TERM "HOME-
LESS YOUTH" AS USED IN THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE DEEMED TO INCLUDE "HOMELESS
YOUNG ADULTS".
4. "[Approved runaway] RUNAWAY AND HOMELESS YOUTH CRISIS SERVICES
program" shall mean:
(A) any non-residential program approved by the office of children and
family services, after submission by the municipality[,] as part of its
comprehensive plan, THAT PROVIDES SERVICES TO RUNAWAY YOUTH AND HOMELESS
YOUTH THAT ARE IN CRISIS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REGULATIONS OF THE
OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES; or
(B) any residential [facility] PROGRAM which is operated by an author-
ized agency as defined in subdivision ten of section three hundred
seventy-one of the social services law, and [approved] CERTIFIED by the
office of children and family services [after submission by the munici-
pality as part of its comprehensive plan, established and operated] to
provide SHORT-TERM RESIDENTIAL services to runaway YOUTH and homeless
youth THAT ARE IN CRISIS, in accordance with the APPLICABLE regulations
of the office of temporary and disability assistance and the office of
children and family services. [Such]
(C) RUNAWAY AND HOMELESS YOUTH CRISIS SERVICES programs may also
provide non-residential crisis intervention and, IF CERTIFIED, residen-
tial respite services to youth in need of crisis intervention or respite
services, as SUCH TERM IS defined in this section. Residential respite
services in [an approved] A CERTIFIED runaway AND HOMELESS YOUTH CRISIS
SERVICES program may be provided TO SUCH YOUTH for no more than twenty-
one days, in accordance with the regulations of the office of children
and family services AND SECTION SEVEN HUNDRED THIRTY-FIVE OF THE FAMILY
COURT ACT.
6. "Transitional independent living support program" shall mean:
(A) any non-residential program approved by the office of children and
family services, after submission by the municipality as part of its
comprehensive plan, [or] THAT PROVIDES SUPPORTIVE SERVICES TO ENABLE
HOMELESS YOUTH TO PROGRESS FROM CRISIS CARE AND TRANSITIONAL CARE TO
INDEPENDENT LIVING, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE APPLICABLE REGULATIONS OF THE
OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES; OR
(B) any residential [facility approved by the office of children and
family services after submission by the municipality as part of its
comprehensive plan to offer youth development programs,] PROGRAM estab-
lished and operated to provide supportive services, [for a period of up
to eighteen months] in accordance with the regulations of the office of
children and family services, to enable homeless youth [between the ages
of sixteen and twenty-one] to progress from crisis care and transitional
care to independent living.
[Such] (C) A transitional independent living support program may also
provide services to youth in need of crisis intervention or respite
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services. Notwithstanding the time limitation in paragraph (i) of subdi-
vision (d) of section seven hundred thirty-five of the family court act,
residential respite services may be provided in a transitional independ-
ent living support program for a period of more than twenty-one days.
9. "HOMELESS YOUNG ADULT" SHALL MEAN A PERSON WHO IS AGE TWENTY-FOUR
OR YOUNGER BUT IS AT LEAST AGE TWENTY-ONE AND WHO IS IN NEED OF SERVICES
AND IS WITHOUT A PLACE OF SHELTER.
10. "EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCE REQUEST" SHALL MEAN A REQUEST MADE BY A
MUNICIPALITY TO THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES TO APPROVE:
(A) AN ADDITIONAL LENGTH OF STAY IN:
(I) A RUNAWAY AND HOMELESS YOUTH CRISIS PROGRAM PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH
(C) OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED THIRTY-TWO-B OF THIS
ARTICLE; OR
(II) A TRANSITIONAL INDEPENDENT LIVING PROGRAM PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH
(C) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED THIRTY-TWO-D OF THIS
ARTICLE; OR
(B) TO ALLOW A YOUTH UNDER THE AGE OF SIXTEEN TO BE SERVED IN A TRAN-
SITIONAL INDEPENDENT LIVING PROGRAM PURSUANT TO SUBPARAGRAPH (II) OF
PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED THIRTY-TWO-D OF
THIS ARTICLE.
§ 3. Section 532-b of the executive law, as added by chapter 722 of
the laws of 1978, the opening paragraph of subdivision 1 as amended by
chapter 182 of the laws of 2002, paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 as
amended by section 15 of part E of chapter 57 of the laws of 2005, para-
graph (e) of subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 569 of the laws of
1994, and subdivision 2 as amended by section 7 of part G of chapter 57
of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
§ 532-b. Powers and duties of [approved] runaway [program] AND HOME-
LESS YOUTH CRISIS SERVICES PROGRAMS. 1. Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, pursuant to regulations of the office of children and
family services [an approved] A runaway AND HOMELESS YOUTH CRISIS
SERVICES program is authorized to and shall:
(a) provide assistance to any runaway or homeless youth or youth in
need of crisis intervention or respite services as defined in this arti-
cle;
(b) attempt to determine the cause for the youth's runaway or homeless
status;
(c) explain to the runaway [and] OR homeless youth his OR HER legal
rights and options of service or other assistance available to the
youth;
(d) work towards reuniting such youth with his OR HER parent or guard-
ian as soon as practicable in accordance with section five hundred thir-
ty-two-c of this article;
(e) assist in arranging for necessary services for runaway or homeless
youth, and where appropriate, their families, including but not limited
to food, shelter, clothing, medical care, education and individual and
family counseling. Where the [approved] runaway AND HOMELESS YOUTH
CRISIS SERVICES program concludes that such runaway or homeless youth
would be eligible for assistance, care or services from a local social
services district, it shall assist the youth in securing such assist-
ance, care or services as the youth is entitled to; [and]
(f) immediately report to the [local child protective service] STATE-
WIDE CENTRAL REGISTER OF CHILD ABUSE AND MALTREATMENT OR VULNERABLE
PERSONS' CENTRAL REGISTER, AS APPROPRIATE, where it has reasonable cause
to suspect that the runaway or homeless youth has been abused or
neglected or when such youth maintains such to be the case[.];
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(G) CONTACT THE APPROPRIATE LOCAL SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT IF IT IS
BELIEVED THAT THE YOUTH MAY BE A DESTITUTE CHILD, AS SUCH TERM IS
DEFINED IN SECTION ONE THOUSAND NINETY-TWO OF THE FAMILY COURT ACT; AND
(H) PROVIDE INFORMATION TO ELIGIBLE YOUTH ABOUT THEIR ABILITY TO
RE-ENTER FOSTER CARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE TEN-B OF THE FAMILY
COURT ACT, AND IN APPROPRIATE CASES, REFER ANY SUCH YOUTH WHO MAY BE
INTERESTED IN RE-ENTERING FOSTER CARE TO THE APPLICABLE LOCAL SOCIAL
SERVICES DISTRICT.
2. [The] (A) A runaway youth may remain in [the] A CERTIFIED RESIDEN-
TIAL RUNAWAY AND HOMELESS YOUTH CRISIS SERVICES program on a voluntary
basis for a period not to exceed thirty days, OR FOR A YOUTH AGE FOUR-
TEEN OR OLDER FOR A PERIOD UP TO SIXTY DAYS WHEN AUTHORIZED IN THE
APPLICABLE MUNICIPALITY'S APPROVED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, from the date of
admission where the filing of a petition pursuant to article ten of the
family court act is not contemplated, in order that arrangements can be
made for the runaway youth's return home, alternative residential place-
ment pursuant to section three hundred ninety-eight of the social
services law, or any other suitable plan.
(B) If the runaway youth and the parent, guardian or custodian
agree[,] in writing, the runaway youth may remain in [the runaway] SUCH
program up to sixty days, OR UP TO ONE HUNDRED TWENTY DAYS WHEN AUTHOR-
IZED IN THE APPLICABLE MUNICIPALITY'S APPROVED COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN, without the filing of a petition pursuant to article ten of the
family court act, provided that in any such case the facility shall
first have obtained the approval of the applicable municipal runaway AND
HOMELESS YOUTH SERVICES coordinator, who shall notify the municipality's
youth bureau of his or her approval together with a statement as to the
reason why such additional residential stay is necessary and a
description of the efforts being made to find suitable alternative
living arrangements for such youth.
(C) A RUNAWAY YOUTH MAY REMAIN IN A CERTIFIED RESIDENTIAL RUNAWAY AND
HOMELESS YOUTH CRISIS SERVICES PROGRAM BEYOND THE APPLICABLE PERIOD
AUTHORIZED BY PARAGRAPH (A) OR (B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION UPON THE APPROVAL
OF THE COMMISSIONER OF THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES OR HIS
OR HER DESIGNEE UPON WRITTEN DOCUMENTATION OF: THE EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCES
THAT MAKE THE ADDITIONAL LENGTH OF STAY NECESSARY; THE DILIGENT EFFORTS
THAT HAVE BEEN MADE BY THE PROGRAM TO FIND SUITABLE ALTERNATIVE LIVING
ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH YOUTH; AND THE APPROVAL FOR THE ADDITIONAL LENGTH
OF STAY FROM THE APPLICABLE MUNICIPAL RUNAWAY AND HOMELESS YOUTH
SERVICES COORDINATOR AND ANY OTHER INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY DESIGNATED IN
THE MUNICIPALITY'S APPROVED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
§ 4. Section 532-c of the executive law, as added by chapter 722 of
the laws of 1978, is amended to read as follows:
§ 532-c. Notice to parent; return of runaway youth to parent; alterna-
tive living arrangements. 1. The staff of [the] A RESIDENTIAL RUNAWAY
AND HOMELESS YOUTH CRISIS SERVICES program shall, to the maximum extent
possible, preferably within twenty-four hours but within no more than
seventy-two hours following the youth's admission into the program,
notify such runaway youth's parent, guardian or custodian of his or her
physical and emotional condition, and the circumstances surrounding the
runaway youth's presence at the program, unless there are compelling
circumstances why the parent, guardian or custodian should not be so
notified. Where such circumstances exist, the [runaway] program director
or his OR HER designee shall either file an appropriate petition in the
family court, refer the youth to the local social services district, or
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in instances where abuse or neglect is suspected, report such case
pursuant to title six of article six of the social services law.
2. Where custody of the youth upon leaving the [approved] program is
assumed by a relative or other person, other than the parent or guardi-
an, the staff of the program shall so notify the parent or guardian as
soon as practicable after the release of the youth. The officers, direc-
tors or employees of [an approved runaway] THE program shall be immune
from any civil or criminal liability for or arising out of the release
of a runaway or homeless youth to a relative or other responsible person
other than a parent or guardian.
§ 5. Section 532-d of the executive law, as amended by chapter 182 of
the laws of 2002, subdivisions (e) and (g) as amended and subdivision
(f) as added by section 16 of part E of chapter 57 of the laws of 2005,
is amended to read as follows:
§ 532-d. Residential [facilities operated as] transitional independent
living support programs. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of
law, pursuant to regulations of the office of children and family
services, residential facilities operating as transitional independent
living support programs are authorized to and shall:
[(a)] 1. (A) (I) provide shelter to homeless youth [between the ages
of sixteen and twenty-one as defined in this article] WHO ARE AT LEAST
AGE SIXTEEN.
(II) PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT SHELTER MAY BE PROVIDED TO A HOMELESS
YOUTH UNDER THE AGE OF SIXTEEN UPON THE APPROVAL OF THE COMMISSIONER OF
THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES OR HIS OR HER DESIGNEE UPON
WRITTEN DOCUMENTATION OF: THE EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WARRANT SHELTER
BEING PROVIDED TO THE YOUTH BASED ON CONSIDERATION OF THE YOUTH'S AGE;
THE DILIGENT EFFORTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE BY THE PROGRAM TO FIND SUITABLE
ALTERNATIVE LIVING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH YOUTH; AND APPROVAL FOR THE
YOUTH TO BE SHELTERED IN THE PROGRAM FROM THE APPLICABLE MUNICIPAL RUNA-
WAY AND HOMELESS YOUTH COORDINATOR AND ANY OTHER INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY
DESIGNATED IN THE MUNICIPALITY'S APPROVED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
(B) SHELTER MAY BE PROVIDED TO A HOMELESS YOUTH IN A TRANSITIONAL
INDEPENDENT LIVING PROGRAM FOR A PERIOD OF UP TO EIGHTEEN MONTHS, OR UP
TO TWENTY-FOUR MONTHS WHEN AUTHORIZED IN THE APPLICABLE MUNICIPALITY'S
APPROVED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN;
(C) A HOMELESS YOUTH WHO ENTERED A TRANSITIONAL INDEPENDENT LIVING
PROGRAM UNDER THE AGE OF TWENTY-ONE MAY CONTINUE TO RECEIVE SHELTER
SERVICES IN SUCH PROGRAM BEYOND THE APPLICABLE PERIOD AUTHORIZED BY
PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, UPON APPROVAL OF THE COMMISSIONER OF
THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES OR HIS OR HER DESIGNEE UPON
WRITTEN DOCUMENTATION OF: THE EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCES THAT MAKE THE ADDI-
TIONAL LENGTH OF STAY NECESSARY; THE DILIGENT EFFORTS THAT HAVE BEEN
MADE BY THE PROGRAM TO FIND SUITABLE ALTERNATIVE LIVING ARRANGEMENTS FOR
SUCH YOUTH; AND APPROVAL FROM THE APPLICABLE MUNICIPAL RUNAWAY AND HOME-
LESS YOUTH SERVICES COORDINATOR, AND ANY OTHER INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY
DESIGNATED IN THE MUNICIPALITY'S APPROVED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN;
[(b)] 2. work toward reuniting such homeless youth with his OR HER
parent, guardian or custodian, where possible;
[(c)] 3. provide or assist in securing necessary services for such
homeless youth, and where appropriate, his OR HER family, including but
not limited to housing, educational, medical care, legal, mental health,
and substance and alcohol abuse services. Where such program concludes
that such homeless youth would be eligible for assistance, care or
services from a local social services district, it shall assist such
youth in securing such assistance, care or services;
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[(d)] 4. for a homeless youth whose service plan involves independent
living, provide practical assistance in achieving independence, either
through direct provision of services or through written agreements with
other community and public agencies for the provision of services in the
following areas; high school education or high school equivalency educa-
tion; higher education assessment; job training and job placement; coun-
seling; assistance in the development of socialization skills; guidance
and assistance in securing housing appropriate to needs and income; and
training in the development of skills necessary for responsible inde-
pendent living, including but not limited to money and home management,
personal care, and health maintenance; and
[(e)] 5. provide residential services to a youth in need of crisis
intervention or respite services, as defined in this article; [and]
[(f)] 6. continue to provide services to a homeless youth who is not
yet eighteen years of age but who has reached the [eighteen month] maxi-
mum TIME PERIOD provided by PARAGRAPH (B) OF subdivision [six] ONE of
THIS section [five hundred thirty-two-a of this article], until he or
she is eighteen years of age or for an additional six months if he or
she is still under the age of eighteen; and
[(g)] 7. CONTACT THE APPROPRIATE LOCAL SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT IF IT
IS BELIEVED THAT THE YOUTH MAY BE A DESTITUTE CHILD, AS SUCH TERM IS
DEFINED IN SECTION ONE THOUSAND NINETY-TWO OF THE FAMILY COURT ACT;
8. PROVIDE INFORMATION TO ELIGIBLE YOUTH ABOUT THEIR ABILITY TO RE-EN-
TER FOSTER CARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE TEN-B OF THE FAMILY COURT
ACT, AND IN APPROPRIATE CASES, REFER ANY SUCH YOUTH WHO MAY BE INTER-
ESTED IN RE-ENTERING FOSTER CARE TO THE APPLICABLE LOCAL SOCIAL SERVICES
DISTRICT; AND
9. provide such reports and data as specified by the office of chil-
dren and family services.
§ 6. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 532-f to
read as follows:
§ 532-F. REQUIRED CERTIFICATION FOR RESIDENTIAL PROGRAMS. NOTWITH-
STANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, ANY RESIDENTIAL
PROGRAM ESTABLISHED FOR THE PURPOSE OF SERVING RUNAWAY AND HOMELESS
YOUTH THAT SERVES ANY YOUTH UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN OR THAT IS
CONTAINED IN A MUNICIPALITY'S APPROVED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, MUST BE
CERTIFIED BY THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES AND MUST BE
OPERATED BY AN AUTHORIZED AGENCY AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION
TEN OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY-ONE OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW.
§ 7. Paragraph (iii) of subdivision (b) of section 724 of the family
court act, as amended by section 4 of part E of chapter 57 of the laws
of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
(iii) take a youth in need of crisis intervention or respite services
to [an approved] A runaway AND HOMELESS YOUTH CRISIS SERVICES program or
other approved respite or crisis program; or
§ 8. Subdivision 2 of section 447-a of the social services law, as
added by chapter 569 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
2. The term "short-term safe house" means a residential facility oper-
ated by an authorized agency as defined in subdivision ten of section
three hundred seventy-one of this article including a residential facil-
ity operating as part of [an approved] A runaway AND HOMELESS YOUTH
CRISIS SERVICES program as defined in subdivision four of section five
hundred thirty-two-a of the executive law or a not-for-profit agency
with experience in providing services to sexually exploited youth and
approved in accordance with the regulations of the office of children
and family services that provides emergency shelter, services and care
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to sexually exploited children including food, shelter, clothing,
medical care, counseling and appropriate crisis intervention services at
the time they are taken into custody by law enforcement and for the
duration of any legal proceeding or proceedings in which they are either
the complaining witness or the subject child. The short-term safe house
shall also be available at the point in time that a child under the age
of eighteen has first come into the custody of juvenile detention offi-
cials, law enforcement, local jails or the local commissioner of social
services or is residing with the local runaway and homeless youth
authority.
§ 9. This act shall take effect January 1, 2018; provided however,
that:
(a) the office of children and family services is authorized to
promulgate regulations regarding any of the provisions of this act on or
before the effective date of such act;
(b) the amendments to article 19-H of the executive law made by
section six of this act that require that certain residential runaway
and homeless youth programs be operated by authorized agencies shall be
deemed to apply to such programs that are certified by the office of
children and family services on or after the effective date of this act;
(c) the amendments to:
(i) paragraph a of subdivision 2 of section 420 of the executive law,
made by section one of this act, shall not affect the expiration and
reversion of such subdivision pursuant to section 9 of part G of chapter
57 of the laws of 2013 and shall expire and be deemed repealed there-
with; and
(ii) subdivisions 4 and 6 of section 532-a of the executive law, made
by section two of this act, shall not affect the expiration and rever-
sion of such subdivisions pursuant to section 9 of part G of chapter 57
of the laws of 2013 and shall expire and be deemed repealed therewith;
(iii) subdivision 2 of section 532-b of the executive law made by
section three of this act, shall not affect the expiration and reversion
of such subdivision pursuant to section 9 of part G of chapter 57 of the
laws of 2013 and shall expire and be deemed repealed therewith.
PART N
Intentionally Omitted
PART O
Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 131-r of the social services law,
as added by chapter 81 of the laws of 1995 and as designated by chapter
340 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
1. Any person who is receiving or has received, within the previous
ten years, public assistance pursuant to the provisions of this article,
and who wins a lottery prize of six hundred dollars or more shall reim-
burse the department from the winnings, for all such public assistance
benefits paid to such person during the previous ten years[; provided,
however, that such crediting to the department shall in no event exceed
fifty percent of the amount of the lottery prize]. The commissioner
shall enter into an agreement with the director of the lottery, pursuant
to section sixteen hundred thirteen-b of the tax law, for the crediting
of lottery prizes against public assistance benefits. Nothing herein
shall limit the ability of a social services district to make recoveries
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pursuant to section [104] ONE HUNDRED FOUR or section [106-b] ONE
HUNDRED SIX-B of this chapter.
§ 2. Subdivisions 1 and 3 of section 1613-b of the tax law, as amended
by chapter 601 of the laws of 2007, are amended to read as follows:
(1) Notwithstanding any limitations in section one hundred four of the
social services law, the director of the lottery, on behalf of the divi-
sion of the lottery, shall enter into a written agreement with the
commissioner of the office of temporary and disability assistance, on
behalf of the office of temporary and disability assistance, which shall
set forth the procedures for crediting any lottery prize of six hundred
dollars or more awarded to an individual against any and all public
assistance benefits which were given to or on behalf of such individual
within a period of up to ten years prior to the issuance of such prize
of which the director of the lottery has been notified by the commis-
sioner of the office of temporary and disability assistance pursuant to
the provisions of such agreement[; provided, however, that in no event
shall such credit to the office of temporary and disability assistance
exceed fifty percent of any such lottery prize and provided further]
that, unless otherwise determined cost effective by the commissioner of
the office of temporary and disability assistance and the director of
the lottery such procedure shall be required only to the extent that and
with respect to periods for which it can be effected through automated
type match.
(3) Prior to awarding any lottery prize of six hundred dollars or
more, the division of the lottery shall review the notice of liability
of public assistance benefits paid provided by the office of temporary
and disability assistance. For each lottery prize winner identified on
such notice as an individual, who is receiving or has received, within
the last ten years, public assistance benefits, the lottery division
shall credit to the office of temporary and disability assistance such
amount of the prize to satisfy the amount of public assistance benefits
indicated as received within the previous ten years, and any remainder
shall be awarded to the prize winner[; provided, however, that in no
event shall such credit to the office of temporary and disability
assistance exceed fifty percent of any such lottery prize].
§ 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2017.
PART P
Section 1. Paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (d) of subdivision 1 of
section 131-o of the social services law, as amended by section 1 of
part O of chapter 54 of the laws of 2016, are amended to read as
follows:
(a) in the case of each individual receiving family care, an amount
equal to at least $141.00 for each month beginning on or after January
first, two thousand [sixteen] SEVENTEEN.
(b) in the case of each individual receiving residential care, an
amount equal to at least $163.00 for each month beginning on or after
January first, two thousand [sixteen] SEVENTEEN.
(c) in the case of each individual receiving enhanced residential
care, an amount equal to at least [$193.00] $194.00 for each month
beginning on or after January first, two thousand [sixteen] SEVENTEEN.
(d) for the period commencing January first, two thousand [seventeen]
EIGHTEEN, the monthly personal needs allowance shall be an amount equal
to the sum of the amounts set forth in subparagraphs one and two of this
paragraph:
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(1) the amounts specified in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this
subdivision; and
(2) the amount in subparagraph one of this paragraph, multiplied by
the percentage of any federal supplemental security income cost of
living adjustment which becomes effective on or after January first, two
thousand [seventeen] EIGHTEEN, but prior to June thirtieth, two thousand
[seventeen] EIGHTEEN, rounded to the nearest whole dollar.
§ 2. Paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f) of subdivision 2 of
section 209 of the social services law, as amended by section 2 of part
O of chapter 54 of the laws of 2016, are amended to read as follows:
(a) On and after January first, two thousand [sixteen] SEVENTEEN, for
an eligible individual living alone, [$820.00] $822.00; and for an
eligible couple living alone, [$1204.00] $1,207.00.
(b) On and after January first, two thousand [sixteen] SEVENTEEN, for
an eligible individual living with others with or without in-kind
income, [$756.00] $758.00; and for an eligible couple living with others
with or without in-kind income, [$1146.00] $1,149.00.
(c) On and after January first, two thousand [sixteen] SEVENTEEN, (i)
for an eligible individual receiving family care, [$999.48] $1,001.48 if
he or she is receiving such care in the city of New York or the county
of Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester or Rockland; and (ii) for an eligible
couple receiving family care in the city of New York or the county of
Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester or Rockland, two times the amount set forth
in subparagraph (i) of this paragraph; or (iii) for an eligible individ-
ual receiving such care in any other county in the state, [$961.48]
$963.48; and (iv) for an eligible couple receiving such care in any
other county in the state, two times the amount set forth in subpara-
graph (iii) of this paragraph.
(d) On and after January first, two thousand [sixteen] SEVENTEEN, (i)
for an eligible individual receiving residential care, [$1168.00]
$1,170.00 if he or she is receiving such care in the city of New York or
the county of Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester or Rockland; and (ii) for an
eligible couple receiving residential care in the city of New York or
the county of Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester or Rockland, two times the
amount set forth in subparagraph (i) of this paragraph; or (iii) for an
eligible individual receiving such care in any other county in the
state, [$1138.00] $1,140.00; and (iv) for an eligible couple receiving
such care in any other county in the state, two times the amount set
forth in subparagraph (iii) of this paragraph.
(e) (i) [On and after] (A) FROM January first, two thousand sixteen TO
MARCH THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN, for an eligible individual
receiving enhanced residential care, $1427.00; and [(ii)] (B) for an
eligible couple receiving enhanced residential care, two times the
amount set forth in [subparagraph (i)] CLAUSE (A) of this [paragraph]
SUBPARAGRAPH.
(II) (A) FROM APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN TO MARCH THIRTY-
FIRST, TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN, FOR AN ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL RECEIVING
ENHANCED RESIDENTIAL CARE, $1547; AND (B) FOR AN ELIGIBLE COUPLE RECEIV-
ING ENHANCED RESIDENTIAL CARE, TWO TIMES THE AMOUNT SET FORTH IN CLAUSE
(A) OF THIS SUBPARAGRAPH.
(III) (A) FROM APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN TO MARCH THIRTY-
FIRST, TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN, FOR AN ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL RECEIVING
ENHANCED RESIDENTIAL CARE, $1667; AND (B) FOR AN ELIGIBLE COUPLE RECEIV-
ING ENHANCED RESIDENTIAL CARE, TWO TIMES THE AMOUNT SET FORTH IN CLAUSE
(A) OF THIS SUBPARAGRAPH.
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(IV) (A) FROM APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN TO MARCH THIRTY-
FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, FOR AN ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL RECEIVING
ENHANCED RESIDENTIAL CARE, $1787; AND (B) FOR AN ELIGIBLE COUPLE RECEIV-
ING ENHANCED RESIDENTIAL CARE, TWO TIMES THE AMOUNT SET FORTH IN CLAUSE
(A) OF THIS SUBPARAGRAPH.
(V) (A) FROM APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY TO MARCH THIRTY-FIRST,
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE, FOR AN ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL RECEIVING ENHANCED
RESIDENTIAL CARE, $1907; AND (B) FOR AN ELIGIBLE COUPLE RECEIVING
ENHANCED RESIDENTIAL CARE, TWO TIMES THE AMOUNT SET FORTH IN CLAUSE (A)
OF THIS SUBPARAGRAPH.
(VI) (A) FROM APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE AND THEREAFTER, FOR
AN ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL RECEIVING ENHANCED RESIDENTIAL CARE, $2027; AND
(B) FOR AN ELIGIBLE COUPLE RECEIVING ENHANCED RESIDENTIAL CARE, TWO
TIMES THE AMOUNT SET FORTH IN CLAUSE (A) OF THIS SUBPARAGRAPH.
(f) The amounts set forth in paragraphs (a) through (e) of this subdi-
vision shall be increased to reflect any increases in federal supple-
mental security income benefits for individuals or couples which become
effective on or after January first, two thousand [seventeen] EIGHTEEN
but prior to June thirtieth, two thousand [seventeen] EIGHTEEN.
§ 3. This act shall take effect December 31, 2017; provided, however
that paragraph (e) of subdivision 2 of section 209 of the social
services law, as amended by section two of this act, shall take effect
April 1, 2017.
PART Q
Section 1. Section 412 of the social services law is amended by adding
a new subdivision 9 to read as follows:
9. A "PUBLICLY-FUNDED EMERGENCY SHELTER FOR FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN"
MEANS ANY FACILITY WITH OVERNIGHT SLEEPING ACCOMMODATIONS AND THAT IS
USED TO HOUSE RECIPIENTS OF TEMPORARY HOUSING ASSISTANCE AND WHICH HOUS-
ES OR MAY HOUSE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN.
§ 2. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 413 of the social
services law, as separately amended by chapters 126 and 205 of the laws
of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
(a) The following persons and officials are required to report or
cause a report to be made in accordance with this title when they have
reasonable cause to suspect that a child coming before them in their
professional or official capacity is an abused or maltreated child, or
when they have reasonable cause to suspect that a child is an abused or
maltreated child where the parent, guardian, custodian or other person
legally responsible for such child comes before them in their profes-
sional or official capacity and states from personal knowledge facts,
conditions or circumstances which, if correct, would render the child an
abused or maltreated child: any physician; registered physician assist-
ant; surgeon; medical examiner; coroner; dentist; dental hygienist;
osteopath; optometrist; chiropractor; podiatrist; resident; intern;
psychologist; registered nurse; social worker; emergency medical techni-
cian; licensed creative arts therapist; licensed marriage and family
therapist; licensed mental health counselor; licensed psychoanalyst;
licensed behavior analyst; certified behavior analyst assistant; hospi-
tal personnel engaged in the admission, examination, care or treatment
of persons; a Christian Science practitioner; school official, which
includes but is not limited to school teacher, school guidance counse-
lor, school psychologist, school social worker, school nurse, school
administrator or other school personnel required to hold a teaching or
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administrative license or certificate; full or part-time compensated
school employee required to hold a temporary coaching license or profes-
sional coaching certificate; social services worker; EMPLOYEE OF A PUBL-
ICLY-FUNDED EMERGENCY SHELTER FOR FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN; director of a
children's overnight camp, summer day camp or traveling summer day camp,
as such camps are defined in section thirteen hundred ninety-two of the
public health law; day care center worker; school-age child care worker;
provider of family or group family day care; employee or volunteer in a
residential care facility for children that is licensed, certified or
operated by the office of children and family services; or any other
child care or foster care worker; mental health professional; substance
abuse counselor; alcoholism counselor; all persons credentialed by the
office of alcoholism and substance abuse services; peace officer; police
officer; district attorney or assistant district attorney; investigator
employed in the office of a district attorney; or other law enforcement
official.
§ 3. Subdivision 3 of section 424-a of the social services law, as
amended by section 8 of part D of chapter 501 of the laws of 2012, is
amended to read as follows:
3. For purposes of this section, the term "provider" or "provider
agency" shall mean: an authorized agency[,]; the office of children and
family services[,]; juvenile detention facilities subject to the certif-
ication of [such] THE office[,] OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES;
programs established pursuant to article nineteen-H of the executive
law[,]; non-residential or residential programs or facilities licensed
or operated by the office of mental health or the office for people with
developmental disabilities except family care homes[,]; licensed child
day care centers, including head start programs which are funded pursu-
ant to title V of the federal economic opportunity act of nineteen
hundred sixty-four, as amended[,]; early intervention service estab-
lished pursuant to section twenty-five hundred forty of the public
health law[,]; preschool services established pursuant to section
forty-four hundred ten of the education law[,]; school-age child care
programs[,]; special act school districts as enumerated in chapter five
hundred sixty-six of the laws of nineteen hundred sixty-seven, as
amended[,]; programs and facilities licensed by the office of alcoholism
and substance abuse services[,]; residential schools which are operated,
supervised or approved by the education department[,]; PUBLICLY-FUNDED
EMERGENCY SHELTERS FOR FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, FOR
PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, WHEN THE PROVIDER OR PROVIDER AGENCY IS A
PUBLICLY-FUNDED EMERGENCY SHELTER FOR FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN, THEN ALL
REFERENCES IN THIS SECTION TO THE "POTENTIAL FOR REGULAR AND SUBSTANTIAL
CONTACT WITH INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE CARED FOR BY THE AGENCY" SHALL MEAN THE
POTENTIAL FOR REGULAR AND SUBSTANTIAL CONTACT WITH CHILDREN WHO ARE
SERVED BY SUCH SHELTER; and any other facility or provider agency, as
defined in subdivision four of section four hundred eighty-eight of this
chapter, in regard to the employment of staff, or use of providers of
goods and services and staff of such providers, consultants, interns and
volunteers.
§ 4. The social services law is amended by adding a new section 460-h
to read as follows:
§ 460-H. REVIEW OF CRIMINAL HISTORY INFORMATION CONCERNING PROSPECTIVE
EMPLOYEES, CONSULTANTS, ASSISTANTS AND VOLUNTEERS OF PUBLICLY-FUNDED
EMERGENCY SHELTERS FOR FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN. 1. EVERY PROVIDER OF
SERVICES TO PUBLICLY-FUNDED EMERGENCY SHELTERS FOR FAMILIES WITH CHIL-
DREN, AS SUCH PHRASE IS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION NINE OF SECTION FOUR
S. 2006--B 82
HUNDRED TWELVE OF THIS CHAPTER, SHALL REQUEST FROM THE DIVISION OF CRIM-
INAL JUSTICE SERVICES CRIMINAL HISTORY INFORMATION, AS SUCH PHRASE IS
DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH (C) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION EIGHT HUNDRED
FORTY-FIVE-B OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, CONCERNING EACH PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEE,
CONSULTANT, ASSISTANT OR VOLUNTEER OF SUCH PROVIDER WHO WILL HAVE THE
POTENTIAL FOR REGULAR AND SUBSTANTIAL CONTACT WITH CHILDREN WHO ARE
SERVED BY THE PUBLICLY-FUNDED EMERGENCY SHELTER FOR FAMILIES WITH CHIL-
DREN.
(A) PRIOR TO REQUESTING CRIMINAL HISTORY INFORMATION CONCERNING ANY
PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEE, CONSULTANT, ASSISTANT OR VOLUNTEER, A PROVIDER
SHALL:
(1) INFORM THE PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEE, CONSULTANT, ASSISTANT OR VOLUN-
TEER IN WRITING THAT THE PROVIDER IS REQUIRED TO REQUEST HIS OR HER
CRIMINAL HISTORY INFORMATION FROM THE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE
SERVICES AND REVIEW SUCH INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION; AND
(2) OBTAIN THE SIGNED INFORMED CONSENT OF THE PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEE,
CONSULTANT, ASSISTANT OR VOLUNTEER ON A FORM SUPPLIED BY THE DIVISION OF
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES WHICH INDICATES THAT SUCH PERSON HAS:
(I) BEEN INFORMED OF THE RIGHT AND PROCEDURES NECESSARY TO OBTAIN,
REVIEW AND SEEK CORRECTION OF HIS OR HER CRIMINAL HISTORY INFORMATION;
(II) BEEN INFORMED OF THE REASON FOR THE REQUEST FOR HIS OR HER CRIMI-
NAL HISTORY INFORMATION;
(III) CONSENTED TO SUCH REQUEST; AND
(IV) SUPPLIED ON THE FORM A CURRENT MAILING OR HOME ADDRESS.
(B) UPON RECEIVING SUCH WRITTEN CONSENT, THE PROVIDER SHALL OBTAIN A
SET OF FINGERPRINTS OF SUCH PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEE, CONSULTANT, ASSISTANT,
OR VOLUNTEER AND PROVIDE SUCH FINGERPRINTS TO THE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL
JUSTICE SERVICES PURSUANT TO REGULATIONS ESTABLISHED BY THE DIVISION OF
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES.
2. A PROVIDER SHALL DESIGNATE ONE OR TWO PERSONS IN ITS EMPLOY WHO
SHALL BE AUTHORIZED TO REQUEST, RECEIVE AND REVIEW THE CRIMINAL HISTORY
INFORMATION, AND ONLY SUCH PERSONS AND THE PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEE,
CONSULTANT, ASSISTANT OR VOLUNTEER TO WHICH THE CRIMINAL HISTORY INFOR-
MATION RELATES SHALL HAVE ACCESS TO SUCH INFORMATION; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
THE CRIMINAL HISTORY INFORMATION MAY BE DISCLOSED TO OTHER PERSONNEL
AUTHORIZED BY THE PROVIDER WHO ARE EMPOWERED TO MAKE DECISIONS CONCERN-
ING PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEES, CONSULTANTS, ASSISTANTS OR VOLUNTEERS AND
PROVIDED FURTHER THAT SUCH OTHER PERSONNEL SHALL ALSO BE SUBJECT TO THE
CONFIDENTIALITY REQUIREMENTS AND ALL OTHER PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION. A
PROVIDER SHALL NOTIFY EACH PERSON AUTHORIZED TO HAVE ACCESS TO CRIMINAL
HISTORY INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.
3. A PROVIDER REQUESTING CRIMINAL HISTORY INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THIS
SECTION SHALL ALSO COMPLETE A FORM DEVELOPED FOR SUCH PURPOSE BY THE
DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES. SUCH FORM SHALL INCLUDE A SWORN
STATEMENT OF THE PERSON DESIGNATED BY SUCH PROVIDER TO REQUEST, RECEIVE
AND REVIEW CRIMINAL HISTORY INFORMATION PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWO OF
THIS SECTION CERTIFYING THAT:
(A) SUCH CRIMINAL HISTORY INFORMATION WILL BE USED BY THE PROVIDER
SOLELY FOR PURPOSES AUTHORIZED BY THIS SECTION;
(B) THE PROVIDER AND ITS STAFF ARE AWARE OF AND WILL ABIDE BY THE
CONFIDENTIALITY REQUIREMENTS AND ALL OTHER PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION;
AND
(C) THE PERSONS DESIGNATED BY THE PROVIDER TO RECEIVE CRIMINAL HISTORY
INFORMATION PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION SHALL UPON
RECEIPT IMMEDIATELY MARK SUCH CRIMINAL HISTORY INFORMATION "CONFIDEN-
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TIAL," AND SHALL AT ALL TIMES MAINTAIN SUCH CRIMINAL HISTORY INFORMATION
IN A SECURE PLACE.
4. UPON RECEIPT OF THE FINGERPRINTS AND SWORN STATEMENT REQUIRED BY
THIS SECTION, THE PROVIDER SHALL PROMPTLY SUBMIT THE FINGERPRINTS TO THE
DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES.
5. THE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES SHALL PROMPTLY PROVIDE
THE REQUESTED CRIMINAL HISTORY INFORMATION, IF ANY, TO THE PROVIDER THAT
TRANSMITTED THE FINGERPRINTS TO IT. SUCH INFORMATION SHALL AT ALL TIMES
BE MAINTAINED BY THE PROVIDER IN A SECURE PLACE.
6. UPON RECEIPT OF CRIMINAL HISTORY INFORMATION FROM THE DIVISION OF
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES, THE PROVIDER MAY REQUEST, AND IS ENTITLED TO
RECEIVE, INFORMATION PERTAINING TO ANY CRIME IDENTIFIED ON SUCH CRIMINAL
HISTORY INFORMATION FROM ANY STATE OR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY,
DISTRICT ATTORNEY, PAROLE OFFICER, PROBATION OFFICER OR COURT FOR THE
PURPOSES OF DETERMINING WHETHER ANY GROUNDS RELATING TO SUCH CRIME EXIST
FOR DENYING ANY APPLICATION, RENEWAL, OR EMPLOYMENT.
7. AFTER RECEIVING CRIMINAL HISTORY INFORMATION PURSUANT TO SUBDIVI-
SIONS FIVE AND SIX OF THIS SECTION AND BEFORE MAKING A DETERMINATION,
THE PROVIDER SHALL PROVIDE THE PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEE, CONSULTANT, ASSIST-
ANT OR VOLUNTEER WITH A SUMMARY OF SUCH CRIMINAL HISTORY INFORMATION AND
A COPY OF ARTICLE TWENTY-THREE-A OF THE CORRECTION LAW AND INFORM SUCH
PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEE, CONSULTANT, ASSISTANT AND VOLUNTEER OF HIS OR HER
RIGHT TO SEEK CORRECTION OF ANY INCORRECT INFORMATION CONTAINED IN SUCH
CRIMINAL HISTORY INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL
JUSTICE SERVICES PURSUANT TO THE REGULATIONS AND PROCEDURES ESTABLISHED
BY THE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES AND THE RIGHT OF THE
PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEE, CONSULTANT, ASSISTANT OR VOLUNTEER TO PROVIDE
INFORMATION RELEVANT TO SUCH ANALYSIS.
8. CRIMINAL HISTORY INFORMATION OBTAINED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISIONS FIVE
AND SIX OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE CONSIDERED BY THE PROVIDER IN ACCORD-
ANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE TWENTY-THREE-A OF THE CORRECTION LAW
AND SUBDIVISIONS FIFTEEN AND SIXTEEN OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED NINETY-SIX
OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW.
9. A PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEE, CONSULTANT, ASSISTANT OR VOLUNTEER MAY
WITHDRAW FROM THE APPLICATION PROCESS, WITHOUT PREJUDICE, AT ANY TIME
REGARDLESS OF WHETHER HE OR SHE, OR THE PROVIDER, HAS REVIEWED HIS OR
HER CRIMINAL HISTORY INFORMATION. WHERE A PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEE, CONSULT-
ANT, ASSISTANT OR VOLUNTEER WITHDRAWS FROM THE APPLICATION PROCESS, ANY
FINGERPRINTS AND CRIMINAL HISTORY INFORMATION CONCERNING SUCH PROSPEC-
TIVE EMPLOYEE, CONSULTANT, ASSISTANT OR VOLUNTEER RECEIVED BY THE
PROVIDER SHALL, WITHIN NINETY DAYS, BE RETURNED TO SUCH PROSPECTIVE
EMPLOYEE, CONSULTANT, ASSISTANT OR VOLUNTEER BY THE PERSON DESIGNATED
FOR RECEIPT OF CRIMINAL HISTORY INFORMATION PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWO
OF THIS SECTION.
10. ANY PERSON WHO WILLFULLY PERMITS THE RELEASE OF ANY CONFIDENTIAL
CRIMINAL HISTORY INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE REPORT TO PERSONS NOT
PERMITTED BY THIS SECTION TO RECEIVE SUCH INFORMATION SHALL BE GUILTY OF
A MISDEMEANOR.
11. THE COMMISSIONER OF THE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES, IN
CONSULTATION WITH THE OFFICE OF TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY ASSISTANCE,
SHALL PROMULGATE ALL RULES AND REGULATIONS NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT THE
PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION, WHICH SHALL INCLUDE CONVENIENT PROCEDURES
FOR THE PROVIDER TO PROMPTLY VERIFY THE ACCURACY OF THE REVIEWED CRIMI-
NAL HISTORY INFORMATION AND, TO THE EXTENT AUTHORIZED BY LAW, TO HAVE
ACCESS TO RELEVANT DOCUMENTS RELATED THERETO.
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§ 5. Severability. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, or
section contained in this act shall be adjudged by any court of compe-
tent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgement shall not affect,
impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in
its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, or
section directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment
shall have been rendered. It is hereby declared to be the intent of the
legislature that this act would have been enacted even if such invalid
provision had not been included herein.
§ 6. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law; provided however that: the commissioner of the office
of children and family services, in consultation with the office of
temporary and disability assistance, shall promulgate all rules and
regulations necessary to implement the provisions of section two of this
act; the commissioner of the office of temporary and disability assist-
ance, in consultation with the office of children and family services,
shall promulgate all rules and regulations necessary to implement the
provisions of sections one and three of this act; and the commissioner
of the division of criminal justice services, in consultation with the
office of temporary and disability assistance, shall promulgate all
rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of section
four of this act; and provided further, the aforementioned rules or
regulations may be promulgated on an emergency basis.
PART R
Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the housing
trust fund corporation may provide, for purposes of the rural rental
assistance program, a sum not to exceed twenty-two million nine hundred
sixty thousand dollars for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2018.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and subject to the approval
of the New York state director of the budget, the board of directors of
the state of New York mortgage agency shall authorize the transfer to
the housing trust fund corporation, for the purposes of reimbursing any
costs associated with rural rental assistance program contracts author-
ized by this section, a total sum not to exceed twenty-two million nine
hundred sixty thousand dollars, such transfer to be made from (i) the
special account of the mortgage insurance fund created pursuant to
section 2429-b of the public authorities law, in an amount not to exceed
the actual excess balance in the special account of the mortgage insur-
ance fund, as determined and certified by the state of New York mortgage
agency for the fiscal year 2016-2017 in accordance with section 2429-b
of the public authorities law, if any, and/or (ii) provided that the
reserves in the project pool insurance account of the mortgage insurance
fund created pursuant to section 2429-b of the public authorities law
are sufficient to attain and maintain the credit rating (as determined
by the state of New York mortgage agency) required to accomplish the
purposes of such account, the project pool insurance account of the
mortgage insurance fund, such transfer to be made as soon as practicable
but no later than June 30, 2017. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, such funds may be used by the corporation in support of contracts
scheduled to expire in the fiscal year ending March 31, 2018 for as many
as 10 additional years; in support of contracts for new eligible
projects for a period not to exceed 5 years; and in support of contracts
which reach their 25 year maximum in and/or prior to the fiscal year
ending March 31, 2018 for an additional one year period.
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§ 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the housing finance
agency may provide, for costs associated with the rehabilitation of
Mitchell Lama housing projects, a sum not to exceed thirty-three million
three hundred thousand dollars for the fiscal year ending March 31,
2018. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and subject to the
approval of the New York state director of the budget, the board of
directors of the state of New York mortgage agency shall authorize the
transfer to the housing finance agency, for the purposes of reimbursing
any costs associated with Mitchell Lama housing projects authorized by
this section, a total sum not to exceed thirty-three million three
hundred thousand dollars, such transfer to be made from (i) the special
account of the mortgage insurance fund created pursuant to section
2429-b of the public authorities law, in an amount not to exceed the
actual excess balance in the special account of the mortgage insurance
fund, as determined and certified by the state of New York mortgage
agency for the fiscal year 2016-2017 in accordance with section 2429-b
of the public authorities law, if any, and/or (ii) provided that the
reserves in the project pool insurance account of the mortgage insurance
fund created pursuant to section 2429-b of the public authorities law
are sufficient to attain and maintain the credit rating (as determined
by the state of New York mortgage agency) required to accomplish the
purposes of such account, the project pool insurance account of the
mortgage insurance fund, such transfer to be made as soon as practicable
but no later than March 31, 2018.
§ 3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the housing trust
fund corporation may provide, for purposes of the neighborhood preserva-
tion program, a sum not to exceed nine million nine hundred seventy-nine
thousand dollars for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2018. Within this
total amount two hundred fifty thousand dollars shall be used for the
purpose of entering into a contract with the neighborhood preservation
coalition to provide technical assistance and services to the companies
funded pursuant to article XVI of the private housing finance law, or a
unit of local government in the state of New York. Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, and subject to the approval of the New York
state director of the budget, the board of directors of the state of New
York mortgage agency shall authorize the transfer to the housing trust
fund corporation, for the purposes of reimbursing any costs associated
with neighborhood preservation program contracts authorized by this
section, a total sum not to exceed nine million nine hundred seventy-
nine thousand dollars, such transfer to be made from (i) the special
account of the mortgage insurance fund created pursuant to section
2429-b of the public authorities law, in an amount not to exceed the
actual excess balance in the special account of the mortgage insurance
fund, as determined and certified by the state of New York mortgage
agency for the fiscal year 2016-2017 in accordance with section 2429-b
of the public authorities law, if any, and/or (ii) provided that the
reserves in the project pool insurance account of the mortgage insurance
fund created pursuant to section 2429-b of the public authorities law
are sufficient to attain and maintain the credit rating (as determined
by the state of New York mortgage agency) required to accomplish the
purposes of such account, the project pool insurance account of the
mortgage insurance fund, such transfer to be made as soon as practicable
but no later than June 30, 2017.
§ 4. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the housing trust
fund corporation may provide, for purposes of the rural preservation
program, a sum not to exceed four million seven hundred thirty-nine
S. 2006--B 86
thousand dollars for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2018. Within this
total amount two hundred fifty thousand dollars shall be used for the
purpose of entering into a contract with the rural preservation coali-
tion to provide technical assistance and services to the companies fund-
ed pursuant to article XVI of the private housing finance law, or a unit
of local government in the state of New York. Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, and subject to the approval of the New York state
director of the budget, the board of directors of the state of New York
mortgage agency shall authorize the transfer to the housing trust fund
corporation, for the purposes of reimbursing any costs associated with
rural preservation program contracts authorized by this section, a total
sum not to exceed four million seven hundred thirty-nine thousand
dollars, such transfer to be made from (i) the special account of the
mortgage insurance fund created pursuant to section 2429-b of the public
authorities law, in an amount not to exceed the actual excess balance in
the special account of the mortgage insurance fund, as determined and
certified by the state of New York mortgage agency for the fiscal year
2016-2017 in accordance with section 2429-b of the public authorities
law, if any, and/or (ii) provided that the reserves in the project pool
insurance account of the mortgage insurance fund created pursuant to
section 2429-b of the public authorities law are sufficient to attain
and maintain the credit rating (as determined by the state of New York
mortgage agency) required to accomplish the purposes of such account,
the project pool insurance account of the mortgage insurance fund, such
transfer to be made as soon as practicable but no later than June 30,
2017.
§ 5. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the housing trust
fund corporation may provide, for purposes of the rural and urban commu-
nity investment fund program created pursuant to article XXVII of the
private housing finance law, a sum not to exceed thirty-six million
dollars for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2018. Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, and subject to the approval of the New York
state director of the budget, the board of directors of the state of New
York mortgage agency shall authorize the transfer to the housing trust
fund corporation, for the purposes of reimbursing any costs associated
with rural and urban community investment fund program contracts author-
ized by this section, a total sum not to exceed thirty-six million
dollars, such transfer to be made from (i) the special account of the
mortgage insurance fund created pursuant to section 2429-b of the public
authorities law, in an amount not to exceed the actual excess balance in
the special account of the mortgage insurance fund, as determined and
certified by the state of New York mortgage agency for the fiscal year
2016-2017 in accordance with section 2429-b of the public authorities
law, if any, and/or (ii) provided that the reserves in the project pool
insurance account of the mortgage insurance fund created pursuant to
section 2429-b of the public authorities law are sufficient to attain
and maintain the credit rating (as determined by the state of New York
mortgage agency) required to accomplish the purposes of such account,
the project pool insurance account of the mortgage insurance fund, such
transfer to be made as soon as practicable but no later than March 31,
2018.
§ 6. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the housing trust
fund corporation may provide, for the purposes of carrying out the
provisions of the low income housing trust fund program created pursuant
to article XVIII of the private housing finance law, a sum not to exceed
twenty-one million dollars for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2018.
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and subject to the approval
of the New York state director of the budget, the board of directors of
the state of New York mortgage agency shall authorize the transfer to
the housing trust fund corporation, for the purposes of carrying out the
provisions of the low income housing trust fund program created pursuant
to article XVIII of the private housing finance law authorized by this
section, a total sum not to exceed twenty-one million dollars, such
transfer to be made from (i) the special account of the mortgage insur-
ance fund created pursuant to section 2429-b of the public authorities
law, in an amount not to exceed the actual excess balance in the special
account of the mortgage insurance fund, as determined and certified by
the state of New York mortgage agency for the fiscal year 2016-2017 in
accordance with section 2429-b of the public authorities law, if any,
and/or (ii) provided that the reserves in the project pool insurance
account of the mortgage insurance fund created pursuant to section
2429-b of the public authorities law are sufficient to attain and main-
tain the credit rating (as determined by the state of New York mortgage
agency) required to accomplish the purposes of such account, the project
pool insurance account of the mortgage insurance fund, such transfer to
be made as soon as practicable but no later than March 31, 2018.
§ 7. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the housing trust
fund corporation may provide, for purposes of the homes for working
families program for deposit in the housing trust fund created pursuant
to section 59-a of the private housing finance law and subject to the
provisions of article XVIII of the private housing finance law, a sum
not to exceed two million dollars for the fiscal year ending March 31,
2018. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and subject to the
approval of the New York state director of the budget, the board of
directors of the state of New York mortgage agency shall authorize the
transfer to the housing trust fund corporation, for the purposes of
reimbursing any costs associated with homes for working families program
contracts authorized by this section, a total sum not to exceed two
million dollars, such transfer to be made from (i) the special account
of the mortgage insurance fund created pursuant to section 2429-b of the
public authorities law, in an amount not to exceed the actual excess
balance in the special account of the mortgage insurance fund, as deter-
mined and certified by the state of New York mortgage agency for the
fiscal year 2016-2017 in accordance with section 2429-b of the public
authorities law, if any, and/or (ii) provided that the reserves in the
project pool insurance account of the mortgage insurance fund created
pursuant to section 2429-b of the public authorities law are sufficient
to attain and maintain the credit rating (as determined by the state of
New York mortgage agency) required to accomplish the purposes of such
account, the project pool insurance account of the mortgage insurance
fund, such transfer to be made as soon as practicable but no later than
March 31, 2018.
§ 8. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the homeless housing
and assistance corporation may provide, for purposes of the New York
state supportive housing program, the solutions to end homelessness
program or the operational support for AIDS housing program, or to qual-
ified grantees under those programs, in accordance with the requirements
of those programs, a sum not to exceed six million five hundred twenty-
two thousand dollars for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2018. The
homeless housing and assistance corporation may enter into an agreement
with the office of temporary and disability assistance to administer
such sum in accordance with the requirements of the programs. Notwith-
S. 2006--B 88
standing any other provision of law, and subject to the approval of the
New York state director of the budget, the board of directors of the
state of New York mortgage agency shall authorize the transfer to the
homeless housing and assistance corporation, a total sum not to exceed
six million five hundred twenty-two thousand dollars, such transfer to
be made from (i) the special account of the mortgage insurance fund
created pursuant to section 2429-b of the public authorities law, in an
amount not to exceed the actual excess balance in the special account of
the mortgage insurance fund, as determined and certified by the state of
New York mortgage agency for the fiscal year 2016-2017 in accordance
with section 2429-b of the public authorities law, if any, and/or (ii)
provided that the reserves in the project pool insurance account of the
mortgage insurance fund created pursuant to section 2429-b of the public
authorities law are sufficient to attain and maintain the credit rating
(as determined by the state of New York mortgage agency) required to
accomplish the purposes of such account, the project pool insurance
account of the mortgage insurance fund, such transfer to be made as soon
as practicable but no later than March 31, 2018.
§ 9. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the housing trust
fund corporation shall provide, for the purposes of the mobile and manu-
factured home replacement program, a sum not to exceed two million
dollars for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2018.
Eligible units of local government or not-for-profit corporations with
substantial experience in affordable housing, may apply to administer
local programs to replace dilapidated mobile or manufactured homes that
are sited on land owned by the homeowner with new manufactured, modular
or site built homes. All replacement homes shall be energy star rated
for energy efficiency. The total contract pursuant to any one eligible
applicant in a specified region may not exceed five hundred thousand
dollars. The corporation shall authorize the eligible applicant to spend
seven and one-half percent of the contract amount for approved planning
and costs associated with administering the program. The contract shall
provide for completion of the program within a reasonable period, as
specified therein, which shall not exceed four years from commencement
of the program. Upon request, the corporation may extend the term of the
contract for up to an additional one year period for good cause shown by
the eligible applicant.
An eligible property must be the primary residence of the homeowner
with a total household income that does not exceed eighty percent of
area median income for the county in which a project is located as
calculated by the United States department of housing and urban develop-
ment. Funds shall be made available for relocation assistance to eligi-
ble property owners who are unable to voluntarily relocate during the
demolition and construction phases of the project. The cost of demoli-
tion and removal shall be an eligible use within the program. The total
payment to replace a mobile or manufactured home pursuant to any one
eligible property shall not exceed one hundred thousand dollars and
provide for completion not to exceed four years.
Financial assistance to property owners shall be one hundred percent
grants in the form of deferred payment loans (DPL). A ten year declining
balance lien in the form of a note and mortgage, duly filed at the coun-
ty clerk's office, will be utilized for replacement projects. No inter-
est or payments will be required on the DPL unless the property is sold
or transferred before the regulatory term expires. In such cases funds
will be recaptured from the proceeds of the sale of the home, on a
declining balance basis, unless an income-eligible immediate family
S. 2006--B 89
member accepts ownership of, and resides in the home for the remainder
of the regulatory term.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and subject to approval of
the New York state director of the budget, the board of directors of the
state of New York mortgage agency shall authorize the transfer to the
housing trust fund corporation, for the purposes of carrying out the
provisions of the mobile and manufactured home replacement program, a
total sum not to exceed two million dollars, such transfer to be made
from (i) the special account of the mortgage insurance fund created
pursuant to section 2429-b of the public authorities law, in an amount
not to exceed the actual excess balance in the special account of the
mortgage insurance fund, as determined and certified by the state of New
York mortgage agency for the fiscal year 2016--2017 in accordance with
section 2429-b of the public authorities law, if any, and/or (ii)
provided that the reserves in the project pool insurance account of the
mortgage insurance fund created pursuant to section 2429-b of the public
authorities law are sufficient to attain and maintain the credit rating
(as determined by the state of New York mortgage agency) required to
accomplish the purposes of such account, the project pool insurance
account of the mortgage insurance fund, such transfer to be made as soon
as practicable but no later than March 31, 2018.
§ 10. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the
community restoration fund established pursuant to section 2405-f of the
public authorities law, shall be authorized to spend a sum not to exceed
three million dollars to facilitate the development of nonprofit commu-
nity land trusts, including, but not limited to, planning, real property
acquisitions and transfers, and other capital expenditures for the
fiscal year ending March 31, 2018. Notwithstanding any other provision
of law to the contrary, and subject to the approval of the New York
state director of the budget, the board of directors of the state of New
York mortgage agency shall authorize the transfer to the community
restoration fund, for the purposes of reimbursing any costs associated
with the development of community land trusts authorized by this
section, a total sum not to exceed three million dollars, such transfer
to be made from (i) the special account of the mortgage insurance fund
created pursuant to section 2429-b of the public authorities law, in an
amount not to exceed the actual excess balance in the special account of
the mortgage insurance fund, as determined and certified by the state of
New York mortgage agency for the fiscal year 2016--2017 in accordance
with section 2429-b of the public authorities law, if any, and/or (ii)
provided that the reserves in the project pool insurance account of the
mortgage insurance fund created pursuant to section 2429-b of the public
authorities law are sufficient to attain and maintain the credit rating
(as determined by the state of New York mortgage agency) required to
accomplish the purposes of such account, the project pool insurance
account of the mortgage insurance fund, such transfer to be made as soon
as practicable but no later than March 31, 2018.
§ 11. This act shall take effect immediately.
PART S
Section 1. The section heading of section 421-a of the real property
tax law, as amended by chapter 857 of the laws of 1975 and such section
as renumbered by chapter 110 of the laws of 1977, is amended to read as
follows:
S. 2006--B 90
[Exemption of new multiple dwellings from local taxation.] AFFORDABLE
NEW YORK HOUSING PROGRAM.
§ 2. Subparagraphs (i) and (iii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 10 of
section 421-a of the real property tax law, as amended by chapter 15 of
the laws of 2008, are amended to read as follows:
(i) all rent stabilization registrations required to be filed on or
after January first, two thousand eight shall contain a designation
which identifies all units that are subject to the provisions of this
section as "[421-a] AFFORDABLE NEW YORK HOUSING PROGRAM units" and
specifically identifies affordable units created pursuant to this
section and units which are required to be occupied by persons or fami-
lies who meet specified income limits pursuant to the provisions of a
local law enacted pursuant to this section as "[421-a] AFFORDABLE NEW
YORK HOUSING PROGRAM affordable units" and shall contain an explanation
of the requirements that apply to all such units. The owner of a unit
that is subject to the provisions of this section shall, in addition to
complying with the requirements of section 26-517 of the rent stabiliza-
tion law, file a copy of the rent registration for each such unit with
the local housing agency;
(iii) the local housing agency shall create a report which, at a mini-
mum, contains the following information for every building which
receives benefits pursuant to this section: address, commencement and
termination date of the benefits, total number of residential units,
number of "[421-a] AFFORDABLE NEW YORK HOUSING PROGRAM units" and number
of "[421-a] AFFORDABLE NEW YORK HOUSING PROGRAM affordable units",
apartment number or other designation of such units and the rent for
each of such units. The local housing agency with the cooperation of the
division of housing and community renewal shall maintain, and update
such report no less than annually, with information secured from annual
registrations. Such reports shall be available for public inspection in
a form that assigns a unique designation to each unit other than its
actual apartment number to maintain the privacy of such information; and
§ 2-a. Subdivision 13 of section 421-a of the real property tax law,
as amended by chapter 15 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as
follows:
13. (a) As used in this subdivision, "UDC Large Scale Project" shall
mean a multi-phase project that (i) includes the development of at least
twenty-five hundred new dwelling units, (ii) is being implemented pursu-
ant to a General Project Plan adopted by the New York State Urban Devel-
opment Corporation and approved by Public Authorities Control Board or
is otherwise set forth in agreements with the New York State Urban
Development Corporation, (iii) includes a development over a single area
containing a number of contiguous city blocks, and (iv) the units in
which, in the aggregate for each successive fifteen hundred units of the
project rather than for each multiple dwelling containing such fifteen
hundred units and in the aggregate for the entire project rather than
for each multiple dwelling in the project, meet the requirements of
paragraph (c) of subdivision seven of this section.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in subparagraph (iv) of paragraph (a)
of this subdivision, no portion of a UDC Large Scale Project shall be
subject to the requirements of paragraph (c) of subdivision seven of
this section.
(c) With respect to any multiple dwelling in a UDC Large Scale Project
that meets the requirements of paragraph (c) of subdivision seven of
this section, the period of tax benefits awarded to such multiple dwell-
ing shall be the same as the period of tax benefits awarded under clause
S. 2006--B 91
(A) of subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision two of this
section. With respect to any multiple dwelling in a UDC Large Scale
Project that does not meet the requirements of paragraph (c) of subdivi-
sion seven of this section, the period of tax benefits awarded to such
multiple dwelling shall be the same as the period of tax benefits
awarded under clause (A) of subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (a) of subdi-
vision two of this section AND THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION NINE OF
THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY. The tax benefits awarded to any multiple
dwelling in a UDC Large Scale Project shall commence upon the commence-
ment of construction of such multiple dwelling, provided, however, that
such multiple dwelling meets all of the requirements for tax benefits
pursuant to this section. For each successive fifteen hundred units of a
UDC Large Scale Project, the local housing agency must certify the
completion of any affordable units, as defined in subparagraph (i) of
paragraph (a) of subdivision seven of this section, required to qualify
any multiple dwelling or multiple dwellings comprising such fifteen
hundred units for any tax benefits awarded pursuant to this paragraph.
The existence of such special certification requirement and its finan-
cial impact upon all units, including, but not limited to, revocation of
tax benefits awarded pursuant to this paragraph if such special certif-
ication requirement is not met, shall be disclosed as a special risk in
any offering plan for any units in a UDC Large Scale Project.
(d) With respect to any UDC Large Scale Project located in whole or in
part within community district number eight in the borough of Brooklyn
in the city of New York, notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraph
(ii) of paragraph (d) of subdivision seven of this section, the priority
specified in such subparagraph shall be granted to the residents of
community districts two, three, six and eight of such borough.
(E) "COMMENCEMENT DATE" SHALL MEAN, WITH RESPECT TO ANY BUILDING IN A
UDC LARGE SCALE PROJECT AND NOTWITHSTANDING ANY LOCAL LAW TO THE CONTRA-
RY, THE DATE UPON WHICH EXCAVATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF INITIAL FOOTINGS
AND FOUNDATIONS LAWFULLY BEGINS IN GOOD FAITH OR, FOR AN ELIGIBLE
CONVERSION, THE DATE UPON WHICH THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION OF THE CONVER-
SION, ALTERATION OR IMPROVEMENT OF THE PRE-EXISTING BUILDING OR STRUC-
TURE LAWFULLY BEGINS IN GOOD FAITH.
(F) ALL MULTIPLE DWELLINGS IN A UDC LARGE SCALE PROJECT SHALL BE
ELIGIBLE FOR EXEMPTION FROM TAXATION PURSUANT TO (I) PARAGRAPH (C) OF
THIS SUBDIVISION AND TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY THIS SECTION OR (II) AT
THE ELECTION OF SUCH MULTIPLE DWELLING, SUBDIVISION SIXTEEN OF THIS
SECTION AND TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY SUCH SUBDIVISION, PROVIDED THAT
(A) ANY MULTIPLE DWELLING IN A UDC LARGE SCALE PROJECT HAS A COMMENCE-
MENT DATE ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN AND
(B) ANY MULTIPLE DWELLING WITH A COMMENCEMENT DATE SUBSEQUENT TO DECEM-
BER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN RECEIVES ITS FIRST TEMPORARY OR
PERMANENT CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY COVERING ALL RESIDENTIAL AREAS ON OR
BEFORE DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND THIRTY-FIVE.
§ 3. Subdivision 16 of section 421-a of the real property tax law, as
added by section 63-c of part A of chapter 20 of the laws of 2015, is
amended to read as follows:
16. (a) Definitions. For the purposes of this subdivision:
(i) "[421-a] AFFORDABLE NEW YORK HOUSING PROGRAM benefits" shall mean
exemption from real property taxation pursuant to this subdivision.
(ii) "Affordability option A" shall mean that, within any eligible
site: (A) not less than ten percent of the dwelling units are afforda-
ble housing forty percent units; (B) not less than an additional ten
percent of the dwelling units are affordable housing sixty percent
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units; (C) not less than an additional five percent of the dwelling
units are affordable housing one hundred thirty percent units; and (D)
such eligible site is developed without the substantial assistance of
grants, loans or subsidies provided by a federal, state or local govern-
mental agency or instrumentality pursuant to a program for the develop-
ment of affordable housing, except that such eligible site may receive
tax exempt bond proceeds and four percent tax credits.
(iii) "Affordability option B" shall mean that, within any eligible
site, (A) not less than ten percent of the dwelling units are affordable
housing seventy percent units, and (B) not less than an additional twen-
ty percent of the dwelling units are affordable housing one hundred
thirty percent units.
(iv) "Affordability option C" shall mean that, within any eligible
site excluding the geographic area south of ninety-sixth street in the
borough of Manhattan, and all other geographic areas in the city of New
York excluded pursuant to local law, (A) not less than thirty percent of
the dwelling units are affordable housing one hundred thirty percent
units, and (B) such eligible site is developed without the substantial
assistance of grants, loans or subsidies provided by a federal, state or
local governmental agency or instrumentality pursuant to a program for
the development of affordable housing.
(v) "Affordability option D" shall only apply to a homeownership
project, of which one hundred percent of the units shall have an average
assessed value not to exceed [sixty-five] EIGHTY-FIVE thousand dollars
upon the first assessment following the completion date and where each
owner, OR RELATIVE WITHIN THE THIRD DEGREE OF CONSANGUINITY OR AFFINITY
of any such unit shall agree, in writing, to maintain such unit as their
primary residence for no less than five years from the acquisition of
such unit.
(VI) "AFFORDABILITY OPTION E" SHALL MEAN THAT, WITHIN ANY ELIGIBLE
SITE WITHIN THE ENHANCED AFFORDABILITY AREA, SUCH SITE MUST CONSIST OF
NO LESS THAN THREE HUNDRED RENTAL DWELLING UNITS OF WHICH (A) NOT LESS
THAN TEN PERCENT OF THE RENTAL DWELLING UNITS ARE AFFORDABLE HOUSING
FORTY PERCENT UNITS; (B) NOT LESS THAN AN ADDITIONAL TEN PERCENT OF THE
RENTAL DWELLING UNITS ARE AFFORDABLE HOUSING SIXTY PERCENT UNITS; AND
(C) NOT LESS THAN AN ADDITIONAL FIVE PERCENT OF THE RENTAL DWELLING
UNITS ARE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ONE HUNDRED TWENTY PERCENT UNITS.
(VII) "AFFORDABILITY OPTION F" SHALL MEAN THAT, WITHIN ANY ELIGIBLE
SITE WITHIN THE ENHANCED AFFORDABILITY AREA, SUCH SITE MUST CONSIST OF
NO LESS THAN THREE HUNDRED RENTAL DWELLING UNITS OF WHICH (A) NOT LESS
THAN TEN PERCENT OF THE RENTAL DWELLING UNITS ARE AFFORDABLE HOUSING
SEVENTY PERCENT UNITS; AND (B) NOT LESS THAN AN ADDITIONAL TWENTY
PERCENT OF THE RENTAL DWELLING UNITS ARE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ONE HUNDRED
THIRTY PERCENT UNITS.
(VIII) "AFFORDABILITY OPTION G" SHALL MEAN THAT, WITHIN ANY ELIGIBLE
SITE LOCATED WITHIN THE BROOKLYN ENHANCED AFFORDABILITY AREA OR THE
QUEENS ENHANCED AFFORDABILITY AREA, SUCH SITE MUST CONSIST OF NO LESS
THAN THREE HUNDRED RENTAL DWELLING UNITS OF WHICH (A) NOT LESS THAN
THIRTY PERCENT OF THE RENTAL DWELLING UNITS ARE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ONE-
HUNDRED THIRTY PERCENT UNITS; AND (B) SUCH ELIGIBLE SITE IS DEVELOPED
WITHOUT THE SUBSTANTIAL ASSISTANCE OF GRANTS, LOANS OR SUBSIDIES
PROVIDED BY A FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMEN-
TALITY PURSUANT TO A PROGRAM FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
[(vi)] (IX) "Affordability percentage" shall mean a fraction, the
numerator of which is the number of affordable housing units in an
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eligible site and the denominator of which is the total number of dwell-
ing units in such eligible site.
[(vii)] (X) "Affordable housing forty percent unit" shall mean a
dwelling unit that: (A) is situated within the eligible site for which
[421-a] AFFORDABLE NEW YORK HOUSING PROGRAM benefits are granted; and
(B) upon initial rental and upon each subsequent rental following a
vacancy during the restriction period, is affordable to and restricted
to occupancy by individuals or families whose household income does not
exceed forty percent of the area median income, adjusted for family
size, at the time that such household initially occupies such dwelling
unit.
[(viii)] (XI) "Affordable housing sixty percent unit" shall mean a
dwelling unit that: (A) is situated within the eligible site for which
[421-a] AFFORDABLE NEW YORK HOUSING PROGRAM benefits are granted; and
(B) upon initial rental and upon each subsequent rental following a
vacancy during the restriction period, is affordable to and restricted
to occupancy by individuals or families whose household income does not
exceed sixty percent of the area median income, adjusted for family
size, at the time that such household initially occupies such dwelling
unit.
[(ix)] (XII) "Affordable housing seventy percent unit" shall mean a
dwelling unit that: (A) is situated within the eligible site for which
[421-a] AFFORDABLE NEW YORK HOUSING PROGRAM benefits are granted; and
(B) upon initial rental and upon each subsequent rental following a
vacancy during the restriction period, is affordable to and restricted
to occupancy by individuals or families whose household income does not
exceed seventy percent of the area median income, adjusted for family
size, at the time that such household initially occupies such dwelling
unit.
(XIII) "AFFORDABLE HOUSING ONE HUNDRED TWENTY PERCENT UNIT" SHALL MEAN
A DWELLING UNIT THAT: (A) IS SITUATED WITHIN THE ELIGIBLE SITE FOR WHICH
AFFORDABLE NEW YORK HOUSING PROGRAM BENEFITS ARE GRANTED; AND (B) UPON
INITIAL RENTAL AND UPON EACH SUBSEQUENT RENTAL FOLLOWING A VACANCY
DURING THE RESTRICTION PERIOD, IS AFFORDABLE TO AND RESTRICTED TO OCCU-
PANCY BY INDIVIDUALS OR FAMILIES WHOSE HOUSEHOLD INCOME DOES NOT EXCEED
ONE HUNDRED TWENTY PERCENT OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME, ADJUSTED FOR FAMI-
LY SIZE, AT THE TIME THAT SUCH HOUSEHOLD INITIALLY OCCUPIES SUCH DWELL-
ING UNIT.
[(x)] (XIV) "Affordable housing one hundred thirty percent unit" shall
mean a dwelling unit that: (A) is situated within the eligible site for
which [421-a] AFFORDABLE NEW YORK HOUSING PROGRAM benefits are granted;
and (B) upon initial rental and upon each subsequent rental following a
vacancy during the restriction period, is affordable to and restricted
to occupancy by individuals or families whose household income does not
exceed one hundred thirty percent of the area median income, adjusted
for family size, at the time that such household initially occupies such
dwelling unit.
[(xi)] (XV) "Affordable housing unit" shall mean, collectively and
individually, affordable housing forty percent units, affordable housing
sixty percent units, affordable housing seventy percent units, AFFORDA-
BLE HOUSING ONE HUNDRED TWENTY PERCENT UNITS and affordable housing one
hundred thirty percent units.
[(xii)] (XVI) "Agency" shall mean the department of housing preserva-
tion and development.
[(xiii)] (XVII) "Application" shall mean an application for [421-a]
AFFORDABLE NEW YORK HOUSING PROGRAM benefits.
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[(xiv)] (XVIII) "AVERAGE HOURLY WAGE" SHALL MEAN THE AMOUNT EQUAL TO
THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF ALL WAGES AND ALL EMPLOYEE BENEFITS PAID TO, OR
ON BEHALF OF, CONSTRUCTION WORKERS FOR CONSTRUCTION WORK DIVIDED BY THE
AGGREGATE NUMBER OF HOURS OF CONSTRUCTION WORK.
(XIX) "BROOKLYN ENHANCED AFFORDABILITY AREA" SHALL MEAN ANY TAX LOTS
NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER CREATED WHICH ARE LOCATED ENTIRELY WITHIN
COMMUNITY BOARDS ONE OR TWO OF THE BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN BOUNDED AND
DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: ALL THAT PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATE AND BEING
IN THE BOROUGHS OF QUEENS AND BROOKLYN, NEW YORK. BEGINNING AT THE POINT
OF INTERSECTION OF THE CENTERLINE OF NEWTOWN CREEK AND THE WESTERLY
BOUNDS OF THE EAST RIVER; THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY ALONG THE CENTERLINE OF
NEWTOWN CREEK, SAID CENTERLINE ALSO BEING THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN QUEENS
COUNTY TO THE NORTHEAST AND KINGS COUNTY TO THE SOUTHWEST, TO THE POINT
OF INTERSECTION WITH GREENPOINT AVENUE; THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY ALONG
GREENPOINT AVENUE, TO THE INTERSECTION WITH KINGS LAND AVENUE; THENCE
SOUTHERLY ALONG KINGSLAND AVENUE TO THE INTERSECTION WITH MEEKER AVENUE;
THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY ALONG MEEKER AVENUE TO THE INTERSECTION WITH
LEONARD STREET; THENCE SOUTHERLY ALONG LEONARD STREET TO THE INTER-
SECTION WITH METROPOLITAN AVENUE; THENCE WESTERLY ALONG METROPOLITAN
AVENUE TO THE INTERSECTION WITH LORIMER STREET; THENCE SOUTHERLY ALONG
LORIMER STREET TO THE INTERSECTION WITH MONTROSE AVENUE; THENCE WESTERLY
ALONG MONTROSE AVENUE TO THE INTERSECTION WITH UNION AVENUE; THENCE
SOUTHERLY ALONG UNION AVENUE TO THE INTERSECTION WITH JOHNSON AVENUE;
THENCE WESTERLY ALONG JOHNSON AVENUE TO THE INTERSECTION WITH BROADWAY;
THENCE NORTHWESTERLY ALONG BROADWAY TO THE INTERSECTION WITH RUTLEDGE
STREET; THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY ALONG RUTLEDGE STREET TO THE INTERSECTION
WITH KENT AVENUE AND CLASSON AVENUE; THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY AND SOUTHERLY
ALONG CLASSON AVENUE TO THE INTERSECTION WITH DEKALB AVENUE; THENCE
WESTERLY ALONG DEKALB AVENUE TO THE INTERSECTION WITH BOND STREET;
THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY ALONG BOND STREET TO THE INTERSECTION WITH WYCKOFF
STREET; THENCE NORTHWESTERLY ALONG WYCKOFF STREET TO THE INTERSECTION
WITH HOYT STREET; THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY ALONG HOYT STREET TO THE INTER-
SECTION WITH WARREN STREET; THENCE NORTHWESTERLY ALONG WARREN STREET TO
THE INTERSECTION WITH COURT STREET; THENCE NORTHEASTERLY ALONG COURT
STREET TO THE INTERSECTION WITH ATLANTIC AVENUE; THENCE NORTHWESTERLY
ALONG ATLANTIC AVENUE, CROSSING UNDER THE BROOKLYN QUEENS EXPRESSWAY
(AKA INTERSTATE 278), TO THE TERMINUS OF ATLANTIC AVENUE AT THE BROOKLYN
BRIDGE PARK/PIER 6; THENCE NORTHWESTERLY PASSING THROUGH THE BROOKLYN
BRIDGE PARK TO THE BULKHEAD OF THE EAST RIVER AT PIER 6; THENCE IN A
GENERAL NORTHEASTERLY DIRECTION ALONG THE EASTERLY BULKHEAD OR SHORELINE
OF THE EAST RIVER TO THE INTERSECTION WITH THE CENTERLINE OF NEWTOWN
CREEK, AND THE POINT OR PLACE OF BEGINNING.
(XX) "Building service employee" shall mean any person who is regular-
ly employed at, and performs work in connection with the care or mainte-
nance of, an eligible site, including, but not limited to, a watchman,
guard, doorman, building cleaner, porter, handyman, janitor, gardener,
groundskeeper, elevator operator and starter, and window cleaner, but
not including persons regularly scheduled to work fewer than eight hours
per week at the eligible site.
[(xv)] (XXI) "Commencement date" shall mean, with respect to any
eligible multiple dwelling, the date upon which excavation and
construction of initial footings and foundations lawfully begins in good
faith or, for an eligible conversion, the date upon which the actual
construction of the conversion, alteration or improvement of the pre-ex-
isting building or structure lawfully begins in good faith.
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[(xvi)] (XXII) "Completion date" shall mean, WITH RESPECT TO ANY
ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING, the date upon which the local department of
buildings issues the first temporary or permanent certificate of occu-
pancy covering all residential areas of an eligible multiple dwelling.
[(xvii)] (XXIII) "Construction period" shall mean, with respect to any
eligible multiple dwelling, a period: (A) beginning on the later of the
commencement date of such eligible multiple dwelling or three years
before the completion date of such eligible multiple dwelling; and (B)
ending on the day preceding the completion date of such eligible multi-
ple dwelling.
(XXIV) "CONSTRUCTION WORK" SHALL MEAN THE PROVISION OF LABOR PERFORMED
ON AN ELIGIBLE SITE BETWEEN THE COMMENCEMENT DATE AND THE COMPLETION
DATE, WHEREBY MATERIALS AND CONSTITUENT PARTS ARE COMBINED TO INITIALLY
FORM, MAKE OR BUILD AN ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING, INCLUDING WITHOUT
LIMITATION, PAINTING, OR PROVIDING OF MATERIAL, ARTICLES, SUPPLIES OR
EQUIPMENT IN THE ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING, BUT EXCLUDING SECURITY
PERSONNEL AND WORK RELATED TO THE FIT-OUT OF COMMERCIAL SPACES.
(XXV) "CONSTRUCTION WORKERS" SHALL MEAN ALL PERSONS PERFORMING
CONSTRUCTION WORK WHO (A) ARE PAID ON AN HOURLY BASIS AND (B) ARE NOT IN
A MANAGEMENT OR EXECUTIVE ROLE OR POSITION.
(XXVI) "CONTRACTOR CERTIFIED PAYROLL REPORT" SHALL MEAN AN ORIGINAL
PAYROLL REPORT SUBMITTED BY A CONTRACTOR OR SUB-CONTRACTOR TO THE INDE-
PENDENT MONITOR SETTING FORTH TO THE BEST OF THE CONTRACTOR'S OR SUB-
CONTRACTOR'S KNOWLEDGE, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF HOURS OF CONSTRUCTION WORK
PERFORMED BY CONSTRUCTION WORKERS, THE AMOUNT OF WAGES AND EMPLOYEE
BENEFITS PAID TO CONSTRUCTION WORKERS FOR CONSTRUCTION WORK.
[(xviii)] (XXVII) "Eligible conversion" shall mean the conversion,
alteration or improvement of a pre-existing building or structure
resulting in a multiple dwelling in which no more than forty-nine
percent of the floor area consists of such pre-existing building or
structure.
[(xix)] (XXVIII) "Eligible multiple dwelling" shall mean EITHER (A) a
multiple dwelling, INCLUDING A PORTION OF A MULTIPLE DWELLING, OR (B) AN
ELIGIBLE PLANNED PROJECT, or A homeownership project containing [six]
FOUR or more dwelling units created through new construction or eligible
conversion for which the commencement date is after December thirty-
first, two thousand fifteen and on or before June fifteenth, two thou-
sand [nineteen] TWENTY-TWO and, EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS
SUBDIVISION for which the completion date is on or before June
fifteenth, two thousand [twenty-three] TWENTY-SIX.
[(xx)] (XXIX) "ELIGIBLE PLANNED PROJECT" SHALL MEAN A MULTIPLE DWELL-
ING (INCLUDING A PORTION OF A MULTIPLE DWELLING) BEING DEVELOPED PURSU-
ANT TO A MULTI-PHASE GENERAL PROJECT PLAN OR URBAN RENEWAL PLAN ADOPTED
BY A NEW YORK STATE OR NEW YORK CITY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY THAT INCLUDES
THE DEVELOPMENT OF AT LEAST ONE THOUSAND NEW DWELLING UNITS ON CONTIG-
UOUS CITY BLOCKS FOR WHICH THE COMMENCEMENT DATE IS AFTER DECEMBER THIR-
TY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN AND FOR WHICH THE COMPLETION DATE OCCURS
DURING THE PERIOD IN WHICH THE GENERAL PROJECT PLAN OR URBAN RENEWAL
PLAN REMAINS IN EFFECT.
(XXX) "Eligible site" shall mean either: (A) a tax lot containing an
eligible multiple dwelling; or (B) a zoning lot containing two or more
eligible multiple dwellings that are part of a single application.
(XXXI) "EMPLOYEE BENEFITS" SHALL MEAN ALL SUPPLEMENTAL COMPENSATION
PAID BY THE EMPLOYER, ON BEHALF OF CONSTRUCTION WORKERS, OTHER THAN
WAGES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY PREMIUMS OR CONTRIBUTIONS MADE
INTO PLANS OR FUNDS THAT PROVIDE HEALTH, WELFARE, NON-OCCUPATIONAL DISA-
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BILITY COVERAGE, RETIREMENT, VACATION BENEFITS, HOLIDAY PAY, LIFE INSUR-
ANCE AND APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING. THE VALUE OF ANY EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
RECEIVED SHALL BE DETERMINED BASED ON THE PRORATED HOURLY COST TO THE
EMPLOYER OF THE EMPLOYEE BENEFITS RECEIVED BY CONSTRUCTION WORKERS.
(XXXII) "ENHANCED AFFORDABILITY AREA" SHALL MEAN THE MANHATTAN
ENHANCED AFFORDABILITY AREA, THE BROOKLYN ENHANCED AFFORDABILITY AREA
AND THE QUEENS ENHANCED AFFORDABILITY AREA.
(XXXIII) "ENHANCED THIRTY-FIVE YEAR BENEFIT" SHALL MEAN: (A) FOR THE
CONSTRUCTION PERIOD, A ONE HUNDRED PERCENT EXEMPTION FROM REAL PROPERTY
TAXATION, OTHER THAN ASSESSMENTS FOR LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS; AND (B) FOR THE
NEXT THIRTY-FIVE YEARS OF THE EXTENDED RESTRICTION PERIOD, A ONE HUNDRED
PERCENT EXEMPTION FROM REAL PROPERTY TAXATION, OTHER THAN ASSESSMENTS
FOR LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS.
(XXXIV) "EXTENDED RESTRICTION PERIOD" SHALL MEAN A PERIOD COMMENCING
ON THE COMPLETION DATE AND EXPIRING ON THE FORTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE
COMPLETION DATE, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY EARLIER TERMINATION OR REVOCATION
OF AFFORDABLE NEW YORK HOUSING PROGRAM BENEFITS.
[(xxi)] (XXXV) "Fiscal officer" shall mean the comptroller or other
analogous officer in a city having a population of one million or more.
[(xxii)] (XXXVI) "Floor area" shall mean the horizontal areas of the
several floors, or any portion thereof, of a dwelling or dwellings, and
accessory structures on a lot measured from the exterior faces of exte-
rior walls, or from the center line of party walls.
[(xxiii)] (XXXVII) "Four percent tax credits" shall mean federal low
income housing tax credits computed in accordance with clause (ii) of
subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) of subsection (b) of section forty-two
of the internal revenue code of nineteen hundred eighty-six, as amended.
[(xxiv)] (XXXVIII) "Homeownership project" shall mean a multiple
dwelling or portion thereof operated as condominium or cooperative hous-
ing, however, it shall not include a multiple dwelling or portion there-
of operated as cooperative or condominium housing located within the
borough of Manhattan, and shall not include a multiple dwelling that
contains more than [thirty-five] EIGHTY units.
[(xxv)] (XXXIX) "INDEPENDENT MONITOR" SHALL MEAN AN ACCOUNTANT
LICENSED AND IN GOOD STANDING PURSUANT TO ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED FORTY-NINE
OF THE EDUCATION LAW.
(XL) "JOB ACTION" SHALL MEAN ANY DELAY, INTERRUPTION OR INTERFERENCE
WITH THE CONSTRUCTION WORK CAUSED BY THE ACTIONS OF ANY LABOR ORGANIZA-
TION OR CONCERTED ACTION OF ANY EMPLOYEES AT THE ELIGIBLE SITE, INCLUD-
ING WITHOUT LIMITATION, STRIKES, SYMPATHY STRIKES, WORK STOPPAGES, WALK
OUTS, SLOWDOWNS, PICKETING, BANNERING, HAND BILLING, DEMONSTRATIONS,
SICKOUTS, REFUSALS TO CROSS A PICKET LINE, REFUSALS TO HANDLE STRUCK
BUSINESS, AND USE OF THE RAT OR OTHER INFLATABLE BALLOONS OR SIMILAR
DISPLAYS.
(XLI) "Market unit" shall mean a dwelling unit in an eligible multiple
dwelling other than an affordable housing unit.
[(xxvi)] (XLII) "Multiple dwelling" shall have the meaning set forth
in the multiple dwelling law.
[(xxvii)] (XLIII) "Non-residential tax lot" shall mean a tax lot that
does not contain any dwelling units.
[(xxviii)] (XLIV) "MANHATTAN ENHANCED AFFORDABILITY AREA" SHALL MEAN
ANY TAX LOTS NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER CREATED LOCATED ENTIRELY SOUTH OF
96TH STREET IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN.
(XLV) "PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENT" SHALL MEAN A PRE-HIRE COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING AGREEMENT SETTING FORTH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOY-
MENT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS ON AN ELIGIBLE SITE.
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(XLVI) "PROJECT-WIDE CERTIFIED PAYROLL REPORT" SHALL MEAN A CERTIFIED
PAYROLL REPORT SUBMITTED BY THE INDEPENDENT MONITOR TO THE AGENCY BASED
ON EACH CONTRACTOR CERTIFIED PAYROLL REPORT WHICH SETS FORTH THE TOTAL
NUMBER OF HOURS OF CONSTRUCTION WORK PERFORMED BY CONSTRUCTION WORKERS,
THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF WAGES AND EMPLOYEE BENEFITS PAID TO CONSTRUCTION
WORKERS FOR CONSTRUCTION WORK AND THE AVERAGE HOURLY WAGE.
(XLVII) "QUEENS ENHANCED AFFORDABILITY AREA" SHALL MEAN ANY TAX LOTS
NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER CREATED WHICH ARE LOCATED ENTIRELY WITHIN
COMMUNITY BOARDS ONE OR TWO OF THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS BOUNDED AND
DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: ALL THAT PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATE AND BEING
IN THE BOROUGHS OF QUEENS AND BROOKLYN, NEW YORK. BEGINNING AT THE POINT
BEING THE INTERSECTION OF THE EASTERLY SHORE OF THE EAST RIVER WITH A
LINE OF PROLONGATION OF 20TH AVENUE PROJECTED NORTHWESTERLY; THENCE
SOUTHEASTERLY ON THE LINE OF PROLONGATION OF 20TH AVENUE AND ALONG 20TH
AVENUE TO THE INTERSECTION WITH 31ST STREET; THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY ALONG
31ST STREET TO THE INTERSECTION WITH NORTHERN BOULEVARD; THENCE SOUTH-
WESTERLY ALONG NORTHERN BOULEVARD TO THE INTERSECTION WITH QUEENS BOULE-
VARD (AKA ROUTE 25); THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY ALONG QUEENS BOULEVARD TO THE
INTERSECTION WITH VAN DAM STREET; THENCE SOUTHERLY ALONG VAN DAM STREET
TO THE INTERSECTION WITH BORDEN AVENUE; THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY ALONG VAN
DAM STREET TO THE INTERSECTION WITH GREENPOINT AVENUE AND REVIEW AVENUE;
THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY ALONG GREENPOINT AVENUE TO THE POINT OF INTER-
SECTION WITH THE CENTERLINE OF NEWTOWN CREEK, SAID CENTERLINE OF NEWTOWN
CREEK ALSO BEING THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN QUEENS COUNTY TO THE NORTH AND
KINGS COUNTY TO THE SOUTH; THENCE NORTHWESTERLY ALONG THE CENTERLINE OF
NEWTOWN CREEK, ALSO BEING THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN QUEENS COUNTY AND KINGS
COUNTY TO ITS INTERSECTION WITH THE EASTERLY BOUNDS OF THE EAST RIVER;
THENCE IN A GENERAL NORTHEASTERLY DIRECTION ALONG THE EASTERLY BULKHEAD
OR SHORELINE OF THE EAST RIVER TO THE POINT OR PLACE OF BEGINNING.
(XLVIII) "Rent stabilization" shall mean, collectively, the rent
stabilization law of nineteen hundred sixty-nine, the rent stabilization
code, and the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-four,
all as in effect as of the effective date of the chapter of the laws of
two thousand fifteen that added this subdivision or as amended thereaft-
er, together with any successor statutes or regulations addressing
substantially the same subject matter.
[(xxix)] (XLIX) "Rental project" shall mean an eligible [site] MULTI-
PLE DWELLING in which all dwelling units included in any application are
operated as rental housing.
[(xxx)] (L) "Residential tax lot" shall mean a tax lot that contains
dwelling units.
[(xxxi)] (LI) "Restriction period" shall mean a period commencing on
the completion date and expiring on the thirty-fifth anniversary of the
completion date, notwithstanding any earlier termination or revocation
of [421-a] AFFORDABLE NEW YORK HOUSING PROGRAM benefits.
[(xxxii)] (LII) "Tax exempt bond proceeds" shall mean the proceeds of
an exempt facility bond, as defined in paragraph (7) of subsection (a)
of section one hundred forty-two of the internal revenue code of nine-
teen hundred eighty-six, as amended, the interest upon which is exempt
from taxation under section one hundred three of the internal revenue
code of nineteen hundred eighty-six, as amended.
(LIII) "THIRD PARTY FUND ADMINISTRATOR" SHALL BE A PERSON OR ENTITY
THAT RECEIVES FUNDS PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (C) OF THIS SUBDIVISION AND
OVERSEES AND MANAGES THE DISBURSAL OF SUCH FUNDS TO CONSTRUCTION WORK-
ERS. THE THIRD PARTY FUND ADMINISTRATOR SHALL BE A PERSON OR ENTITY
APPROVED BY THE AGENCY, AND RECOMMENDED BY ONE, OR MORE, REPRESENTATIVE
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OR REPRESENTATIVES OF THE LARGEST TRADE ASSOCIATION OF RESIDENTIAL REAL
ESTATE DEVELOPERS, EITHER FOR PROFIT OR NOT-FOR-PROFIT, IN NEW YORK CITY
AND ONE, OR MORE, REPRESENTATIVE OR REPRESENTATIVES OF THE LARGEST TRADE
LABOR ASSOCIATION REPRESENTING BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION WORKERS, WITH
MEMBERSHIP IN NEW YORK CITY. THE THIRD PARTY FUND ADMINISTRATOR SHALL
BE APPOINTED FOR A TERM OF THREE YEARS, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE
ADMINISTRATOR IN PLACE AT THE END OF A THREE YEAR TERM SHALL CONTINUE TO
SERVE BEYOND THE END OF THE TERM UNTIL A REPLACEMENT ADMINISTRATOR IS
APPOINTED. THE AGENCY, AFTER PROVIDING NOTICE AND AFTER MEETING WITH THE
THIRD PARTY FUND ADMINISTRATOR, MAY REMOVE SUCH ADMINISTRATOR FOR CAUSE
UPON AN AGENCY DETERMINATION THAT THE ADMINISTRATOR HAS BEEN INEFFECTIVE
AT OVERSEEING OR MANAGING THE DISBURSAL OF FUNDS TO THE CONSTRUCTION
WORKERS. THE THIRD PARTY FUND ADMINISTRATOR SHALL, AT THE REQUEST OF THE
AGENCY, SUBMIT REPORTS TO THE AGENCY.
[(xxxiii)] (LIV) "Thirty-five year benefit" shall mean: (A) for the
construction period, a one hundred percent exemption from real property
taxation, other than assessments for local improvements; (B) for the
first twenty-five years of the restriction period, a one hundred percent
exemption from real property taxation, other than assessments for local
improvements; and (C) for the final ten years of the restriction period,
an exemption from real property taxation, other than assessments for
local improvements, equal to the affordability percentage.
[(xxxiv)] (LV) "Twenty year benefit" shall mean: (A) for the
construction period, a one hundred percent exemption from real property
taxation, other than assessments for local improvements; (B) for the
first fourteen years of the restriction period, a one hundred percent
exemption from real property taxation, other than assessments for local
improvements, provided, however, that no exemption shall be given for
any portion of a unit's assessed value that exceeds [$65,000] EIGHTY-
FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS; and (C) for the final six years of the
restriction period, a twenty-five percent exemption from real property
taxation, other than assessments for local improvements, provided,
however, that no exemption shall be given for any portion of a unit's
assessed value that exceeds [$65,000] EIGHTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS.
(LVI) "WAGES" SHALL MEAN ALL COMPENSATION, REMUNERATION OR PAYMENTS OF
ANY KIND PAID TO, OR ON BEHALF OF, CONSTRUCTION WORKERS, INCLUDING,
WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY HOURLY COMPENSATION PAID DIRECTLY TO THE
CONSTRUCTION WORKER, TOGETHER WITH EMPLOYEE BENEFITS, SUCH AS HEALTH,
WELFARE, NON-OCCUPATIONAL DISABILITY COVERAGE, RETIREMENT, VACATION
BENEFITS, HOLIDAY PAY, LIFE INSURANCE AND APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING, AND
PAYROLL TAXES, INCLUDING, TO THE EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY LAW, ALL AMOUNTS
PAID FOR NEW YORK STATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE, NEW YORK STATE DISABILI-
TY INSURANCE, METROPOLITAN COMMUTER TRANSPORTATION MOBILITY TAX, FEDERAL
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND PURSUANT TO THE FEDERAL INSURANCE CONTRIB-
UTIONS ACT OR ANY OTHER PAYROLL TAX THAT IS PAID BY THE EMPLOYER.
(b) Benefit. In cities having a population of one million or more,
notwithstanding the provisions of any other subdivision of this section
or of any general, special or local law to the contrary, new eligible
sites, except hotels, that comply with the provisions of this subdivi-
sion shall be exempt from real property taxation, other than assessments
for local improvements, in the amounts and for the periods specified in
this paragraph. A rental project that meets all of the requirements of
this subdivision shall receive a thirty-five year benefit and a homeown-
ership project that meets all of the requirements of this subdivision
shall receive a twenty year benefit. A RENTAL PROJECT THAT ALSO MEETS
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ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF PARAGRAPH (C) OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL
RECEIVE AN ENHANCED THIRTY-FIVE YEAR BENEFIT.
(C) IN ADDITION TO ALL OTHER REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN THIS SUBDIVI-
SION, RENTAL PROJECTS CONTAINING THREE HUNDRED OR MORE RENTAL DWELLING
UNITS LOCATED WITHIN THE ENHANCED AFFORDABILITY AREA SHALL COMPLY WITH
THE REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN THIS PARAGRAPH. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS PARA-
GRAPH, "CONTRACTOR" SHALL MEAN ANY ENTITY WHICH BY AGREEMENT WITH ANOTH-
ER PARTY (INCLUDING SUBCONTRACTORS) UNDERTAKES TO PERFORM CONSTRUCTION
WORK AT AN ELIGIBLE SITE AND "APPLICANT" SHALL MEAN AN APPLICANT FOR
AFFORDABLE NEW YORK HOUSING PROGRAM BENEFITS AND ANY SUCCESSOR THERETO.
(I) SUCH RENTAL PROJECT SHALL COMPLY WITH EITHER AFFORDABILITY OPTION
E, AFFORDABILITY OPTION F OR AFFORDABILITY OPTION G.
(II) THE MINIMUM AVERAGE HOURLY WAGE PAID TO CONSTRUCTION WORKERS ON
AN ELIGIBLE SITE WITHIN THE MANHATTAN ENHANCED AFFORDABILITY AREA SHALL
BE NO LESS THAN SIXTY DOLLARS PER HOUR. THREE YEARS FROM THE EFFECTIVE
DATE OF THE CHAPTER OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN THAT ADDED
THIS PARAGRAPH AND EVERY THREE YEARS THEREAFTER, THE MINIMUM AVERAGE
HOURLY WAGE SHALL BE INCREASED BY FIVE PERCENT; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT
ANY BUILDING WITH A COMMENCEMENT DATE PRIOR TO THE DATE OF SUCH INCREASE
SHALL BE REQUIRED TO PAY THE MINIMUM AVERAGE HOURLY WAGE AS REQUIRED ON
ITS COMMENCEMENT DATE.
(III) THE MINIMUM AVERAGE HOURLY WAGE PAID TO CONSTRUCTION WORKERS ON
AN ELIGIBLE SITE WITHIN THE BROOKLYN ENHANCED AFFORDABILITY AREA OR THE
QUEENS ENHANCED AFFORDABILITY AREA SHALL BE NO LESS THAN FORTY-FIVE
DOLLARS PER HOUR. THREE YEARS FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE CHAPTER OF
THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN THAT ADDED THIS PARAGRAPH AND EVERY
THREE YEARS THEREAFTER, THE MINIMUM AVERAGE HOURLY WAGE SHALL BE
INCREASED BY FIVE PERCENT; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT ANY BUILDING WITH A
COMMENCEMENT DATE PRIOR TO THE DATE OF SUCH INCREASE SHALL BE REQUIRED
TO PAY THE MINIMUM AVERAGE HOURLY WAGE AS REQUIRED ON ITS COMMENCEMENT
DATE.
(IV) THE REQUIREMENTS OF SUBPARAGRAPHS (II) AND (III) OF THIS PARA-
GRAPH SHALL NOT BE APPLICABLE TO:
(A) AN ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING IN WHICH AT LEAST FIFTY PERCENT OF
THE DWELLING UNITS UPON INITIAL RENTAL AND UPON EACH SUBSEQUENT RENTAL
FOLLOWING A VACANCY DURING THE RESTRICTION PERIOD, ARE AFFORDABLE TO AND
RESTRICTED TO OCCUPANCY BY INDIVIDUALS OR FAMILIES WHOSE HOUSEHOLD
INCOME DOES NOT EXCEED ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE AREA MEDI-
AN INCOME, ADJUSTED FOR FAMILY SIZE, AT THE TIME THAT SUCH HOUSEHOLD
INITIALLY OCCUPIES SUCH DWELLING UNIT;
(B) ANY PORTION OF AN ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING WHICH IS OWNED AND
OPERATED AS A CONDOMINIUM OR COOPERATIVE; OR
(C) AT THE OPTION OF THE APPLICANT, TO AN ELIGIBLE SITE SUBJECT TO A
PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENT.
(V) THE APPLICANT SHALL CONTRACT WITH AN INDEPENDENT MONITOR. SUCH
INDEPENDENT MONITOR SHALL SUBMIT TO THE AGENCY WITHIN ONE YEAR OF THE
COMPLETION DATE A PROJECT-WIDE CERTIFIED PAYROLL REPORT. IN THE EVENT
SUCH PROJECT-WIDE CERTIFIED PAYROLL REPORT IS NOT SUBMITTED TO THE AGEN-
CY WITHIN THE REQUISITE TIME, THE APPLICANT SHALL BE SUBJECT TO A FINE
OF ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS PER WEEK, OR ANY PORTION THEREOF; PROVIDED THAT
THE MAXIMUM FINE SHALL BE SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS. IN THE EVENT
THAT THE AVERAGE HOURLY WAGE IS LESS THAN THE MINIMUM AVERAGE HOURLY
WAGE SET FORTH IN SUBPARAGRAPH (II) OR (III) OF THIS PARAGRAPH AS APPLI-
CABLE, THE PROJECT-WIDE CERTIFIED PAYROLL REPORT SHALL ALSO SET FORTH
THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF SUCH DEFICIENCY.
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(VI) THE CONTRACTOR CERTIFIED PAYROLL REPORT SHALL BE SUBMITTED BY
EACH CONTRACTOR AND SUB-CONTRACTOR NO LATER THAN NINETY DAYS AFTER THE
COMPLETION OF CONSTRUCTION WORK BY SUCH CONTRACTOR OR SUB-CONTRACTOR. IN
THE EVENT THAT A CONTRACTOR OR SUB-CONTRACTOR FAILS OR REFUSES TO SUBMIT
THE CONTRACTOR CERTIFIED PAYROLL REPORT WITHIN THE TIME PRESCRIBED IN
THIS SUBPARAGRAPH, THE INDEPENDENT MONITOR SHALL NOTIFY THE AGENCY AND
THE AGENCY SHALL BE AUTHORIZED TO FINE SUCH CONTRACTOR OR SUB-CONTRACTOR
IN THE AMOUNT OF ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS PER WEEK, OR ANY PORTION THEREOF,
PROVIDED THAT THE MAXIMUM FINE SHALL BE SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS.
(VII) IN THE EVENT THAT THE PROJECT-WIDE CERTIFIED PAYROLL REPORT
SHOWS THAT THE AVERAGE HOURLY WAGE AS REQUIRED BY SUBPARAGRAPH (II) OR
(III) OF THIS PARAGRAPH, AS APPLICABLE, WAS NOT PAID, (A) IF THE AVERAGE
HOURLY WAGE IS WITHIN FIFTEEN PERCENT OF THE AVERAGE HOURLY WAGE
REQUIRED BY SUBPARAGRAPH (I) OR (II) OF THIS PARAGRAPH, AS APPLICABLE,
THEN NO LATER THAN ONE HUNDRED TWENTY DAYS FROM THE DATE OF SUBMISSION
OF SUCH PROJECT-WIDE CERTIFIED PAYROLL REPORT, THE APPLICANT SHALL PAY
TO THE THIRD PARTY FUND ADMINISTRATOR AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE AMOUNT OF
THE DEFICIENCY SET FORTH IN THE PROJECT-WIDE CERTIFIED PAYROLL REPORT.
THE THIRD PARTY FUND ADMINISTRATOR SHALL DISTRIBUTE SUCH PAYMENT TO THE
CONSTRUCTION WORKERS WHO PERFORMED CONSTRUCTION WORK ON SUCH ELIGIBLE
SITE. PRIOR TO MAKING SUCH REPAYMENT, THE THIRD PARTY FUND ADMINISTRATOR
SHALL SUBMIT TO THE AGENCY A PLAN SUBJECT TO THE AGENCY'S APPROVAL
SETTING FORTH THE MANNER IN WHICH THE THIRD PARTY FUND ADMINISTRATOR
WILL REACH THE REQUIRED AVERAGE WAGE WITHIN ONE HUNDRED FIFTY DAYS OF
RECEIVING THE PAYMENT FROM THE APPLICANT AND HOW ANY REMAINING FUNDS
WILL BE DISBURSED IN THE EVENT THAT THE THIRD PARTY FUND ADMINISTRATOR
CANNOT DISTRIBUTE THE FUNDS TO THE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS WITHIN ONE YEAR
OF RECEIVING AGENCY APPROVAL. IN THE EVENT THAT THE APPLICANT FAILS TO
MAKE SUCH PAYMENT WITHIN THE TIME PERIOD PRESCRIBED IN THIS SUBPARA-
GRAPH, THE APPLICANT SHALL BE SUBJECT TO A FINE OF ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS
PER WEEK PROVIDED THAT THE MAXIMUM FINE SHALL BE SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND
DOLLARS; OR (B) IF THE AVERAGE HOURLY WAGE IS MORE THAN FIFTEEN PERCENT
BELOW THE MINIMUM AVERAGE HOURLY WAGE REQUIRED BY SUBPARAGRAPH (I) OR
(II) OF THIS PARAGRAPH, AS APPLICABLE, THEN NO LATER THAN ONE HUNDRED
TWENTY DAYS FROM THE DATE OF SUBMISSION OF SUCH PROJECT-WIDE CERTIFIED
PAYROLL REPORT, THE APPLICANT SHALL PAY TO THE THIRD PARTY FUND ADMINIS-
TRATOR AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE AMOUNT OF THE DEFICIENCY SET FORTH IN THE
PROJECT-WIDE PAYROLL REPORT. THE THIRD PARTY FUND ADMINISTRATOR SHALL
DISTRIBUTE SUCH PAYMENT TO THE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS WHO PERFORMED
CONSTRUCTION WORK ON SUCH ELIGIBLE SITE. PRIOR TO MAKING SUCH REPAYMENT,
THE THIRD PARTY FUND ADMINISTRATOR SHALL SUBMIT TO THE AGENCY A PLAN
SUBJECT TO THE AGENCY'S APPROVAL SETTING FORTH THE MANNER IN WHICH THE
THIRD PARTY FUND ADMINISTRATOR WILL REACH THE REQUIRED AVERAGE WAGE
WITHIN ONE HUNDRED FIFTY DAYS OF RECEIVING THE PAYMENT FROM THE APPLI-
CANT AND HOW ANY REMAINING FUNDS WILL BE DISBURSED IN THE EVENT THAT THE
THIRD PARTY FUND ADMINISTRATOR CANNOT DISTRIBUTE THE FUNDS TO THE
CONSTRUCTION WORKERS WITHIN ONE YEAR OF RECEIVING AGENCY APPROVAL. IN
ADDITION, THE AGENCY SHALL IMPOSE A PENALTY ON THE APPLICANT IN AN
AMOUNT EQUAL TO TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE AMOUNT OF THE DEFICIENCY,
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE AGENCY SHALL NOT IMPOSE SUCH PENALTY WHERE
THE ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF A JOB ACTION
WHICH RESULTS IN A WORK DELAY. ANY PAYMENTS RECEIVED BY THE AGENCY
PURSUANT TO THIS SUBPARAGRAPH SHALL BE USED TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUS-
ING. IN THE EVENT THAT THE APPLICANT FAILS TO MAKE SUCH PAYMENT WITHIN
THE TIME PERIOD PRESCRIBED IN THIS SUBPARAGRAPH, THE APPLICANT SHALL BE
SUBJECT TO A FINE OF ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS PER WEEK, PROVIDED THAT THE
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MAXIMUM FINE SHALL BE SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY
PROVISION OF THIS PARAGRAPH, THE APPLICANT SHALL NOT BE LIABLE IN ANY
RESPECT WHATSOEVER FOR ANY PAYMENTS, FINES OR PENALTIES RELATED TO OR
RESULTING FROM CONTRACTOR FRAUD, MISTAKE, OR NEGLIGENCE OR FOR FRAUDU-
LENT OR INACCURATE CONTRACTOR CERTIFIED PAYROLL REPORTS OR FOR FRAUDU-
LENT OR INACCURATE PROJECT-WIDE CERTIFIED PAYROLL REPORTS, PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, THAT PAYMENT TO THE THIRD PARTY FUND ADMINISTRATOR IN THE
AMOUNT SET FORTH IN THE PROJECT-WIDE CERTIFIED PAYROLL REPORT AS
DESCRIBED IN THIS SUBPARAGRAPH SHALL STILL BE MADE BY THE CONTRACTOR OR
SUB-CONTRACTOR IN THE EVENT OF UNDERPAYMENT RESULTING FROM OR CAUSED BY
THE CONTRACTOR OR SUB-CONTRACTOR, AND THAT THE APPLICANT WILL BE LIABLE
FOR UNDERPAYMENT TO THE THIRD PARTY ADMINISTRATOR UNLESS THE AGENCY
DETERMINES, IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION, THAT THE UNDERPAYMENT WAS THE RESULT
OF, OR CAUSED BY, CONTRACTOR FRAUD, MISTAKE OR NEGLIGENCE AND/OR FOR
FRAUDULENT OR INACCURATE CONTRACTOR CERTIFIED PAYROLL REPORTS AND/OR
PROJECT-WIDE CERTIFIED PAYROLL REPORTS. THE APPLICANT SHALL OTHERWISE
NOT BE LIABLE IN ANY WAY WHATSOEVER ONCE THE PAYMENT TO THE THIRD PARTY
FUND ADMINISTRATOR HAS BEEN MADE IN THE AMOUNT SET FORTH IN THE
PROJECT-WIDE CERTIFIED PAYROLL REPORT.
(VIII) NOTHING IN THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO CONFER A
PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION TO ENFORCE THE PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH,
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THIS SENTENCE SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A WAIVER
OF ANY EXISTING RIGHTS OF CONSTRUCTION WORKERS OR THEIR REPRESENTATIVES
RELATED TO WAGE AND BENEFIT COLLECTION, WAGE THEFT OR OTHER LABOR
PROTECTIONS OR RIGHTS AND PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT NOTHING IN THIS PARA-
GRAPH RELIEVES ANY OBLIGATIONS PURSUANT TO A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
AGREEMENT.
(IX) A RENTAL PROJECT CONTAINING THREE HUNDRED OR MORE RESIDENTIAL
DWELLING UNITS NOT LOCATED WITHIN THE ENHANCED AFFORDABILITY AREA MAY
ELECT TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS PARAGRAPH AND BE ELIGIBLE
TO RECEIVE AN ENHANCED THIRTY-FIVE YEAR BENEFIT. SUCH ELECTION SHALL BE
MADE IN THE APPLICATION AND SHALL NOT THEREAFTER BE CHANGED. SUCH RENTAL
PROJECT SHALL COMPLY WITH ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS PARAGRAPH AND
SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE LOCATED WITHIN THE BROOKLYN ENHANCED AFFORDABILITY
AREA OR THE QUEENS ENHANCED AFFORDABILITY AREA FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS
PARAGRAPH.
[(c)] (D) Tax payments. In addition to any other amounts payable
pursuant to this subdivision, the owner of any eligible site receiving
[421-a] AFFORDABLE NEW YORK HOUSING PROGRAM benefits shall pay, in each
tax year in which such [421-a] AFFORDABLE NEW YORK HOUSING PROGRAM bene-
fits are in effect, real property taxes and assessments as follows:
(i) with respect to each eligible multiple dwelling constructed on
such eligible site, real property taxes on the assessed valuation of
such land and any improvements thereon in effect during the tax year
prior to the commencement date of such eligible multiple dwelling, with-
out regard to any exemption from or abatement of real property taxation
in effect during such tax year, which real property taxes shall be
calculated using the tax rate in effect at the time such taxes are due;
and
(ii) all assessments for local improvements.
[(d)] (E) Limitation on benefits for non-residential space. If the
aggregate floor area of commercial, community facility and accessory use
space in an eligible site, other than parking which is located not more
than twenty-three feet above the curb level, exceeds twelve percent of
the aggregate floor area in such eligible site, any [421-a] AFFORDABLE
NEW YORK HOUSING PROGRAM benefits shall be reduced by a percentage equal
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to such excess. If an eligible site contains multiple tax lots, the tax
arising out of such reduction in [421-a] AFFORDABLE NEW YORK HOUSING
PROGRAM benefits shall first be apportioned pro rata among any non-resi-
dential tax lots. After any such non-residential tax lots are fully
taxable, the remainder of the tax arising out of such reduction in
[421-a] AFFORDABLE NEW YORK HOUSING PROGRAM benefits, if any, shall be
apportioned pro rata among the remaining residential tax lots.
[(e)] (F) Calculation of benefit. Based on the certification of the
agency certifying the applicant's eligibility for [421-a] AFFORDABLE NEW
YORK HOUSING PROGRAM benefits, the assessors shall certify to the
collecting officer the amount of taxes to be exempted.
[(f)] (G) Affordability requirements. During the restriction period, a
rental project shall comply with either affordability option A, afforda-
bility option B, or affordability option C or for purposes of a homeown-
ership project, such project shall comply with affordability option D.
Such election shall be made in the application and shall not thereafter
be changed. The rental project shall also comply with all provisions of
this paragraph during the restriction period and with subparagraph (iii)
of this paragraph both during and after the restriction period to the
extent provided in such subparagraph. A RENTAL PROJECT CONTAINING THREE
HUNDRED OR MORE RENTAL DWELLING UNITS LOCATED IN THE ENHANCED AFFORDA-
BILITY AREA OR A RENTAL PROJECT CONTAINING THREE HUNDRED OR MORE RENTAL
DWELLING UNITS NOT LOCATED WITHIN THE ENHANCED AFFORDABILITY AREA WHICH
ELECTS TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF PARAGRAPH (C) OF THIS SUBDIVI-
SION SHALL COMPLY WITH EITHER AFFORDABILITY OPTION E, AFFORDABILITY
OPTION F, OR AFFORDABILITY OPTION G. SUCH ELECTION SHALL BE MADE IN THE
APPLICATION AND SHALL NOT THEREAFTER BE CHANGED. SUCH RENTAL PROJECT
SHALL ALSO COMPLY WITH ALL PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH DURING THE
EXTENDED RESTRICTION PERIOD AND WITH SUBPARAGRAPH (III) OF THIS PARA-
GRAPH BOTH DURING AND AFTER THE EXTENDED RESTRICTION PERIOD TO THE
EXTENT PROVIDED IN SUCH PARAGRAPH.
(i) Affordable units LOCATED IN A RENTAL PROJECT shall share the same
common entrances and common areas as market rate units IN SUCH RENTAL
PROJECT, and shall not be isolated to a specific floor or area of [a
building] THE RENTAL PROJECT. Common entrances shall mean any area
regularly used by any resident OF THE RENTAL PROJECT for ingress and
egress from [a multiple dwelling] THE RENTAL PROJECT; and
(ii) Unless preempted by the requirements of a federal, state or local
housing program, either (A) the affordable housing units in an eligible
site shall have a unit mix proportional to the market units, or (B) at
least fifty percent of the affordable housing units in an eligible site
shall have two or more bedrooms and no more than twenty-five percent of
the affordable housing units shall have less than one bedroom.
(iii) Notwithstanding any provision of rent stabilization to the
contrary, all affordable housing units shall be fully subject to rent
stabilization during the restriction period, provided that tenants hold-
ing a lease and in occupancy of such affordable housing units at the
expiration of the restriction period shall have the right to remain as
rent stabilized tenants for the duration of their occupancy.
(iv) All rent stabilization registrations required to be filed pursu-
ant to subparagraph (iii) of this paragraph shall contain a designation
that specifically identifies affordable housing units created pursuant
to this subdivision as "[421-a] AFFORDABLE NEW YORK HOUSING PROGRAM
affordable housing units" and shall contain an explanation of the
requirements that apply to all such affordable housing units.
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(v) Failure to comply with the provisions of this paragraph that
require the creation, maintenance, rent stabilization compliance and
occupancy of affordable housing units or for purposes of a homeownership
project the failure to comply with affordability option D shall result
in revocation of any [421-a] AFFORDABLE NEW YORK HOUSING PROGRAM bene-
fits for the period of such non-compliance.
(vi) Nothing in this subdivision shall (A) prohibit the occupancy of
an affordable housing unit by individuals or families whose income at
any time is less than the maximum percentage of the area median income,
adjusted for family size, specified for such affordable housing unit
pursuant to this subdivision, or (B) prohibit the owner of an eligible
site from requiring, upon initial rental or upon any rental following a
vacancy, the occupancy of any affordable housing unit by such lower
income individuals or families.
(vii) Following issuance of a temporary certificate of occupancy and
upon each vacancy thereafter, an affordable housing unit shall promptly
be offered for rental by individuals or families whose income does not
exceed the maximum percentage of the area median income, adjusted for
family size, specified for such affordable housing unit pursuant to this
subdivision and who intend to occupy such affordable housing unit as
their primary residence. An affordable housing unit shall not be (A)
rented to a corporation, partnership or other entity, or (B) held off
the market for a period longer than is reasonably necessary to perform
repairs needed to make such affordable housing unit available for occu-
pancy.
(viii) An affordable housing unit shall not be rented on a temporary,
transient or short-term basis. Every lease and renewal thereof for an
affordable housing unit shall be for a term of one or two years, at the
option of the tenant.
(ix) An affordable housing unit shall not be converted to cooperative
or condominium ownership.
(x) The agency may establish by rule such requirements as the agency
deems necessary or appropriate for (A) the marketing of affordable hous-
ing units, both upon initial occupancy and upon any vacancy, (B) moni-
toring compliance with the provisions of this paragraph and (C) the
marketing and monitoring of any homeownership project that is granted an
exemption pursuant to this subdivision. Such requirements may include,
but need not be limited to, retaining a monitor approved by the agency
and paid for by the owner.
(xi) Notwithstanding any provision of this subdivision to the contra-
ry, a market unit shall be subject to rent stabilization unless, in the
absence of [421-a] AFFORDABLE NEW YORK HOUSING PROGRAM benefits, the
owner would be entitled to remove such market unit from rent stabiliza-
tion upon vacancy by reason of the monthly rent exceeding any limit
established thereunder.
[(g)] (H) Building service employees. (i) For the purposes of this
paragraph, "applicant" shall mean an applicant for [421-a] AFFORDABLE
NEW YORK HOUSING PROGRAM benefits, any successor to such applicant, or
any employer of building service employees for such applicant, includ-
ing, but not limited to, a property management company or contractor.
(ii) All building service employees employed by the applicant at the
eligible site shall receive the applicable prevailing wage for the
entire restriction period.
(iii) The fiscal officer shall have the power to enforce the
provisions of this paragraph. In enforcing such provisions, the fiscal
officer shall have the power:
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(A) to investigate or cause an investigation to be made to determine
the prevailing wages for building service employees; in making such
investigation, the fiscal officer may utilize wage and fringe benefit
data from various sources, including, but not limited to, data and
determinations of federal, state or other governmental agencies;
(B) to institute and conduct inspections at the site of the work or
elsewhere;
(C) to examine the books, documents and records pertaining to the
wages paid to, and the hours of work performed by, building service
employees;
(D) to hold hearings and, in connection therewith, to issue subpoenas,
administer oaths and examine witnesses; the enforcement of a subpoena
issued under this paragraph shall be regulated by the civil practice law
and rules;
(E) to make a classification by craft, trade or other generally recog-
nized occupational category of the building service employees and to
determine whether such work has been performed by the building service
employees in such classification;
(F) to require the applicant to file with the fiscal officer a record
of the wages actually paid by such applicant to the building service
employees and of their hours of work;
(G) to delegate any of the foregoing powers to his or her deputy or
other authorized representative; and
(H) to promulgate rules as he or she shall consider necessary for the
proper execution of the duties, responsibilities and powers conferred
upon him or her by the provisions of this subparagraph.
(iv) If the fiscal officer finds that the applicant has failed to
comply with the provisions of this paragraph, he or she shall present
evidence of such noncompliance to the agency.
(v) Subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph shall not be applicable to:
(A) an eligible multiple dwelling containing less than thirty dwelling
units; or
(B) an eligible multiple dwelling in which all of the dwelling units
are affordable housing units and not less than fifty percent of such
affordable housing units, upon initial rental and upon each subsequent
rental following a vacancy during the restriction period, are affordable
to and restricted to occupancy by individuals or families whose house-
hold income does not exceed one hundred twenty-five percent of the area
median income, adjusted for family size, at the time that such household
initially occupies such dwelling unit.
[(h)] (I) Replacement ratio. If the land on which an eligible site is
located contained any dwelling units three years prior to the commence-
ment date of the first eligible multiple dwelling thereon, then such
eligible site shall contain at least one affordable housing unit for
[each] EVERY FOUR dwelling [unit] UNITS that existed on such date and
[was] WHICH WERE thereafter demolished, removed or reconfigured.
[(i)] (J) Concurrent exemptions or abatements. An eligible [multiple
dwelling] SITE receiving [421-a] AFFORDABLE NEW YORK HOUSING PROGRAM
benefits shall not receive any exemption from or abatement of real prop-
erty taxation under any other law.
[(j)] (K) Voluntary renunciation or termination. Notwithstanding the
provisions of any general, special or local law to the contrary, an
owner shall not be entitled to voluntarily renounce or terminate any
[421-a] AFFORDABLE NEW YORK HOUSING PROGRAM benefits unless the agency
authorizes such renunciation or termination in connection with the
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commencement of a new tax exemption pursuant to either the private hous-
ing finance law or section four hundred twenty-c of this title.
[(k)] (L) Termination or revocation. The agency may terminate or
revoke [421-a] AFFORDABLE NEW YORK HOUSING PROGRAM benefits for noncom-
pliance with this subdivision, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE AGENCY SHALL
NOT TERMINATE OR REVOKE AFFORDABLE NEW YORK HOUSING PROGRAM BENEFITS FOR
A FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH PARAGRAPH (C) OF THIS SUBDIVISION. If [421-a]
AFFORDABLE NEW YORK HOUSING PROGRAM benefits are terminated or revoked
for noncompliance with this subdivision, [all of the affordable housing
units shall remain subject to rent stabilization or for a homeownership
project such project shall continue to comply with affordability option
D of this subdivision and all other requirements of this subdivision for
the restriction period and any additional period expressly provided in
this subdivision, as if the 421-a benefits had not been terminated or
revoked] (I) ALL OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS SHALL REMAIN SUBJECT TO
RENT STABILIZATION AND ALL OTHER REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SUBDIVISION FOR
THE RESTRICTION PERIOD AND ANY ADDITIONAL PERIOD EXPRESSLY PROVIDED IN
THIS SUBDIVISION, AS IF THE AFFORDABLE NEW YORK HOUSING PROGRAM BENEFITS
HAD NOT BEEN TERMINATED OR REVOKED; (II) ALL OF THE MARKET RATE HOUSING
UNITS SHALL REMAIN SUBJECT TO RENT STABILIZATION AND ALL OTHER REQUIRE-
MENTS OF THIS SUBDIVISION FOR THE RESTRICTION PERIOD AND ANY ADDITIONAL
PERIOD EXPRESSLY PROVIDED IN THIS SUBDIVISION, AS IF THE AFFORDABLE NEW
YORK HOUSING PROGRAM BENEFITS HAD NOT BEEN TERMINATED OR REVOKED,
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE OWNER SHALL STILL BE ENTITLED TO REMOVE SUCH
MARKET UNIT FROM RENT STABILIZATION UPON VACANCY BY REASON OF THE MONTH-
LY RENT EXCEEDING ANY LIMIT ESTABLISHED THEREUNDER; (III) OR FOR A
HOMEOWNERSHIP PROJECT SUCH PROJECT SHALL CONTINUE TO COMPLY WITH AFFORD-
ABILITY OPTION D OF THIS SUBDIVISION AND ALL OTHER REQUIREMENTS OF THIS
SUBDIVISION FOR THE RESTRICTION PERIOD AND ANY ADDITIONAL PERIOD
EXPRESSLY PROVIDED IN THIS SUBDIVISION, AS IF THE AFFORDABLE NEW YORK
HOUSING PROGRAM BENEFITS HAD NOT BEEN TERMINATED OR REVOKED.
[(l)] (M) Powers cumulative. The enforcement provisions of this subdi-
vision shall not be exclusive, and are in addition to any other rights,
remedies, or enforcement powers set forth in any other law or available
at law or in equity.
[(m)] (N) Multiple tax lots. If an eligible site contains multiple tax
lots, an application may be submitted with respect to one or more of
such tax lots. The agency shall determine eligibility for [421-a]
AFFORDABLE NEW YORK HOUSING PROGRAM benefits based upon the tax lots
included in such application AND BENEFITS FOR EACH MULTIPLE DWELLING
SHALL COMMENCE UPON COMMENCEMENT OF CONSTRUCTION OF SUCH MULTIPLE DWELL-
ING.
[(n)] (O) Applications. (i) The application with respect to any eligi-
ble multiple dwelling shall be filed with the agency not later than one
year after the completion date of such eligible multiple dwelling.
(ii) Notwithstanding the provisions of any general, special or local
law to the contrary, the agency may require by rule that applications be
filed electronically.
(iii) The agency may rely on certification by an architect or engineer
submitted by an applicant in connection with the filing of an applica-
tion. A false certification by such architect or engineer shall be
deemed to be professional misconduct pursuant to section sixty-five
hundred nine of the education law. Any licensee found guilty of such
misconduct under the procedures prescribed in section sixty-five hundred
ten of the education law shall be subject to the penalties prescribed in
section sixty-five hundred eleven of the education law, and shall there-
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after be ineligible to submit a certification pursuant to this subdivi-
sion.
(IV) THE AGENCY SHALL NOT REQUIRE THAT THE APPLICANT DEMONSTRATE
COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF PARAGRAPH (C) OF THIS SUBDIVISION AS
A CONDITION TO APPROVAL OF THE APPLICATION.
[(o)] (P) Filing fee. The agency may require a filing fee of three
thousand dollars per dwelling unit in connection with any application.
However, the agency may promulgate rules imposing a lesser fee for
eligible sites containing eligible multiple dwellings constructed with
the substantial assistance of grants, loans or subsidies provided by a
federal, state or local governmental agency or instrumentality pursuant
to a program for the development of affordable housing.
[(p)] (Q) Rules. THE AGENCY SHALL HAVE THE SOLE AUTHORITY TO ENFORCE
THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION. The agency [may] SHALL promulgate
rules to carry out the provisions of this subdivision, INCLUDING, BUT
NOT LIMITED TO, PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE CALCULATION OF THE AVERAGE
HOURLY WAGE.
[(q) Authority of city to enact local law. Except as otherwise speci-
fied in this subdivision, a city to which this subdivision is applicable
may enact a local law to restrict, limit or condition the eligibility
for or the scope or amount of 421-a benefits in any manner, provided
that such local law may not grant 421-a benefits beyond those provided
in this subdivision and provided further that such local law shall not
take effect sooner than one year after it is enacted. The provisions of
sections 11-245 and 11-245.1 of the administrative code of the city of
New York or of any other local law of the city of New York that were
enacted on or before the effective date of the chapter of the laws of
two thousand fifteen which added this paragraph shall not restrict,
limit or condition the eligibility for or the scope or amount of 421-a
benefits pursuant to this subdivision.]
(r) Election. Notwithstanding anything in this subdivision to the
contrary, [if a memorandum of understanding pursuant to subdivision
sixteen-a of this section has been executed and noticed,] a rental
project or homeownership project with a commencement date on or before
December thirty-first, two thousand fifteen that has not received bene-
fits pursuant to this section prior to the effective date of the chapter
of the laws of two thousand fifteen that added this subdivision may
elect to comply with this subdivision and receive [421-a] AFFORDABLE NEW
YORK HOUSING PROGRAM benefits pursuant to this subdivision, PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, THAT, FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBPARAGRAPH, ANY REQUIREMENT UNDER
THIS SUBDIVISION FOR A RENTAL PROJECT THAT IS AN ELIGIBLE PLANNED
PROJECT TO CONTAIN THREE HUNDRED OR MORE RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS
SHALL BE REDUCED TO TWO HUNDRED NINETY-FIVE OR MORE RESIDENTIAL DWELLING
UNITS.
§ 4. Subdivision 16-a of section 421-a of the real property tax law is
REPEALED.
§ 4-a. Paragraph (n) of subdivision 2 of section 2 of chapter 274 of
the laws of 1946, constituting the emergency housing rent control law,
as amended by section 7 of part A of chapter 20 of the laws of 2015, is
amended to read as follows:
(n) any housing accommodation with a maximum rent of two thousand
dollars or more per month at any time between the effective date of this
paragraph and October first, nineteen hundred ninety-three which is or
becomes vacant on or after the effective date of this paragraph; or, for
any housing accommodation with a maximum rent of two thousand dollars or
more per month at any time on or after the effective date of the rent
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regulation reform act of 1997 and before the effective date of the rent
act of 2011, which is or becomes vacant on or after the effective date
of the rent regulation reform act of 1997 and before the effective date
of the rent act of 2011. This exclusion shall apply regardless of wheth-
er the next tenant in occupancy or any subsequent tenant in occupancy is
charged or pays less than two thousand dollars a month; or, for any
housing accommodation with a maximum rent of two thousand five hundred
dollars or more per month at any time on or after the effective date of
the rent act of 2011, which is or becomes vacant on or after such effec-
tive date, but prior to the effective date of the rent act of 2015; or,
any housing accommodation with a legal regulated rent [that was] OF two
thousand seven hundred dollars or more per month at any time on or after
the effective date of the rent act of 2015, which becomes vacant after
the effective date of the rent act of 2015, provided, however, that
starting on January 1, 2016, and annually thereafter, the maximum legal
regulated rent for this deregulation threshold, shall also be increased
by the same percentage as the most recent one year renewal adjustment,
adopted by the applicable rent guidelines board. This exclusion shall
apply regardless of whether the next tenant in occupancy or any subse-
quent tenant in occupancy actually is charged or pays less than two
thousand seven hundred dollars, as adjusted by the applicable rent
guidelines board, per month. An exclusion pursuant to this paragraph
shall not apply, however, to or become effective with respect to housing
accommodations which the commissioner determines or finds that the land-
lord or any person acting on his or her behalf, with intent to cause the
tenant to vacate, has engaged in any course of conduct (including, but
not limited to, interruption or discontinuance of required services)
which interfered with or disturbed or was intended to interfere with or
disturb the comfort, repose, peace or quiet of the tenant in his or her
use or occupancy of the housing accommodations and in connection with
such course of conduct, any other general enforcement provision of this
law shall also apply.
§ 4-b. Paragraph 13 of subdivision a of section 5 of section 4 of
chapter 576 of the laws of 1974, constituting the emergency tenant
protection act of nineteen seventy-four, as amended by section 8 of part
A of chapter 20 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
(13) any housing accommodation with a legal regulated rent of two
thousand dollars or more per month at any time between the effective
date of this paragraph and October first, nineteen hundred ninety-three
which is or becomes vacant on or after the effective date of this para-
graph; or, for any housing accommodation with a legal regulated rent of
two thousand dollars or more per month at any time on or after the
effective date of the rent regulation reform act of 1997 and before the
effective date of the rent act of 2011, which is or becomes vacant on or
after the effective date of the rent regulation reform act of 1997 and
before the effective date of the rent act of 2011. This exclusion shall
apply regardless of whether the next tenant in occupancy or any subse-
quent tenant in occupancy is charged or pays less than two thousand
dollars a month; or, for any housing accommodation with a legal regu-
lated rent of two thousand five hundred dollars or more per month at any
time on or after the effective date of the rent act of 2011, which is or
becomes vacant on or after such effective date, but prior to the effec-
tive date of the rent act of 2015; or, any housing accommodation with a
legal regulated rent [that was] OF two thousand seven hundred dollars or
more per month at any time on or after the effective date of the rent
act of 2015, which becomes vacant after the effective date of the rent
S. 2006--B 108
act of 2015, provided, however, that starting on January 1, 2016, and
annually thereafter, the maximum legal regulated rent for this deregu-
lation threshold, shall also be increased by the same percentage as the
most recent one year renewal adjustment, adopted by the applicable rent
guidelines board. An exclusion pursuant to this paragraph shall apply
regardless of whether the next tenant in occupancy or any subsequent
tenant in occupancy actually is charged or pays less than two thousand
seven hundred dollars a month. Provided however, that an exclusion
pursuant to this paragraph shall not apply to housing accommodations
which became or become subject to this act (a) by virtue of receiving
tax benefits pursuant to section four hundred twenty-one-a or four
hundred eighty-nine of the real property tax law, except as otherwise
provided in subparagraph (i) of paragraph (f) of subdivision two of
section four hundred twenty-one-a of the real property tax law, or (b)
by virtue of article seven-C of the multiple dwelling law. This para-
graph shall not apply, however, to or become effective with respect to
housing accommodations which the commissioner determines or finds that
the landlord or any person acting on his or her behalf, with intent to
cause the tenant to vacate, has engaged in any course of conduct
(including, but not limited to, interruption or discontinuance of
required services) which interfered with or disturbed or was intended to
interfere with or disturb the comfort, repose, peace or quiet of the
tenant in his or her use or occupancy of the housing accommodations and
in connection with such course of conduct, any other general enforcement
provision of this act shall also apply.
§ 4-c. Subparagraph (k) of paragraph 2 of subdivision e of section
26-403 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by
section 9 of part A of chapter 20 of the laws of 2015, is amended to
read as follows:
(k) Any housing accommodation which becomes vacant on or after April
first, nineteen hundred ninety-seven and before the effective date of
the rent act of 2011, and where at the time the tenant vacated such
housing accommodation the maximum rent was two thousand dollars or more
per month; or, for any housing accommodation which is or becomes vacant
on or after the effective date of the rent regulation reform act of 1997
and before the effective date of the rent act of 2011 with a maximum
rent of two thousand dollars or more per month. This exclusion shall
apply regardless of whether the next tenant in occupancy or any subse-
quent tenant in occupancy is charged or pays less than two thousand
dollars a month; or, for any housing accommodation with a maximum rent
of two thousand five hundred dollars or more per month at any time on or
after the effective date of the rent act of 2011, which is or becomes
vacant on or after such effective date, but prior to the effective date
of the rent act of 2015; or, any housing accommodation with a legal
regulated rent [that was] OF two thousand seven hundred dollars or more
per month at any time on or after the effective date of the rent act of
2015, which becomes vacant after the effective date of the rent act of
2015, provided, however, that starting on January 1, 2016, and annually
thereafter, the maximum legal regulated rent for this deregulation
threshold, shall also be increased by the same percent as the most
recent one year renewal adjustment, adopted by the New York city rent
guidelines board pursuant to the rent stabilization law. This exclusion
shall apply regardless of whether the next tenant in occupancy or any
subsequent tenant in occupancy actually is charged or pays less than two
thousand seven hundred dollars a month. Provided however, that an exclu-
sion pursuant to this subparagraph shall not apply to housing accommo-
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dations which became or become subject to this law by virtue of receiv-
ing tax benefits pursuant to section four hundred eighty-nine of the
real property tax law. This subparagraph shall not apply, however, to or
become effective with respect to housing accommodations which the
commissioner determines or finds that the landlord or any person acting
on his or her behalf, with intent to cause the tenant to vacate, has
engaged in any course of conduct (including, but not limited to, inter-
ruption or discontinuance of required services) which interfered with or
disturbed or was intended to interfere with or disturb the comfort,
repose, peace or quiet of the tenant in his or her use or occupancy of
the housing accommodations and in connection with such course of
conduct, any other general enforcement provision of this law shall also
apply.
§ 4-d. Section 26-504.2 of the administrative code of the city of New
York, as amended by section 10 of part A of chapter 20 of the laws of
2015, is amended to read as follows:
§ 26-504.2 Exclusion of high rent accommodations. a. "Housing accommo-
dations" shall not include: any housing accommodation which becomes
vacant on or after April first, nineteen hundred ninety-seven and before
the effective date of the rent act of 2011 and where at the time the
tenant vacated such housing accommodation the legal regulated rent was
two thousand dollars or more per month; or, for any housing accommo-
dation which is or becomes vacant on or after the effective date of the
rent regulation reform act of 1997 and before the effective date of the
rent act of 2011, with a legal regulated rent of two thousand dollars or
more per month; or for any housing accommodation that becomes vacant on
or after the effective date of the rent act of 2015, [where such] WITH A
legal regulated rent [was] OF two thousand seven hundred dollars or
more, and as further adjusted by this section. Starting on January 1,
2016, and annually thereafter, the maximum legal regulated rent for this
deregulation threshold, shall also be increased by the same percent as
the most recent one year renewal adjustment, adopted by the New York
city rent guidelines board pursuant to the rent stabilization law. This
exclusion shall apply regardless of whether the next tenant in occupancy
or any subsequent tenant in occupancy is charged or pays less than two
thousand dollars a month; or, for any housing accommodation with a legal
regulated rent of two thousand five hundred dollars or more per month at
any time on or after the effective date of the rent act of 2011, which
is or becomes vacant on or after such effective date, but prior to the
effective date of the rent act of 2015; or, any housing accommodation
with a legal regulated rent [that was] OF two thousand seven hundred
dollars or more per month at any time on or after the effective date of
the rent act of 2015, which becomes vacant after the effective date of
the rent act of 2015, provided, however, that starting on January 1,
2016, and annually thereafter, such legal regulated rent for this dereg-
ulation threshold, shall also be increased by the same percentage as the
most recent one year renewal adjustment, adopted by the New York city
rent guidelines board. This exclusion shall apply regardless of whether
the next tenant in occupancy or any subsequent tenant in occupancy actu-
ally is charged or pays less than two thousand seven hundred dollars, as
adjusted by the applicable rent guidelines board, a month. Provided
however, that an exclusion pursuant to this subdivision shall not apply
to housing accommodations which became or become subject to this law (a)
by virtue of receiving tax benefits pursuant to section four hundred
twenty-one-a or four hundred eighty-nine of the real property tax law,
except as otherwise provided in subparagraph (i) of paragraph (f) of
S. 2006--B 110
subdivision two of section four hundred twenty-one-a of the real proper-
ty tax law, or (b) by virtue of article seven-C of the multiple dwelling
law. This section shall not apply, however, to or become effective with
respect to housing accommodations which the commissioner determines or
finds that the landlord or any person acting on his or her behalf, with
intent to cause the tenant to vacate, engaged in any course of conduct
(including, but not limited to, interruption or discontinuance of
required services) which interfered with or disturbed or was intended to
interfere with or disturb the comfort, repose, peace or quiet of the
tenant in his or her use or occupancy of the housing accommodations and
in connection with such course of conduct, any other general enforcement
provision of this law shall also apply.
b. The owner of any housing accommodation that is not subject to this
law pursuant to the provisions of subdivision a of this section or
subparagraph k of paragraph 2 of subdivision e of section 26-403 of this
code shall give written notice certified by such owner to the first
tenant of that housing accommodation after such housing accommodation
becomes exempt from the provisions of this law or the city rent and
rehabilitation law. Such notice shall contain the last regulated rent,
the reason that such housing accommodation is not subject to this law or
the city rent and rehabilitation law, a calculation of how either the
rental amount charged when there is no lease or the rental amount
provided for in the lease has been derived so as to reach two thousand
dollars or more per month or, for a housing accommodation with a legal
regulated rent or maximum rent of two thousand five hundred dollars or
more per month on or after the effective date of the rent act of 2011,
and before the effective date of the rent act of 2015, which is or
becomes vacant on or after such effective date, whether the next tenant
in occupancy or any subsequent tenant in occupancy actually is charged
or pays less than a legal regulated rent or maximum rent of two thousand
five hundred dollars or more per month, or two thousand seven hundred
dollars or more, per month, starting on January 1, 2016, and annually
thereafter, the maximum legal regulated rent for this deregulation
threshold, shall also be increased by the same percent as the most
recent one year renewal adjustment, adopted by the New York city rent
guidelines board pursuant to the rent stabilization law, a statement
that the last legal regulated rent or the maximum rent may be verified
by the tenant by contacting the state division of housing and community
renewal, or any successor thereto, and the address and telephone number
of such agency, or any successor thereto. Such notice shall be sent by
certified mail within thirty days after the tenancy commences or after
the signing of the lease by both parties, whichever occurs first or
shall be delivered to the tenant at the signing of the lease. In addi-
tion, the owner shall send and certify to the tenant a copy of the
registration statement for such housing accommodation filed with the
state division of housing and community renewal indicating that such
housing accommodation became exempt from the provisions of this law or
the city rent and rehabilitation law, which form shall include the last
regulated rent, and shall be sent to the tenant within thirty days after
the tenancy commences or the filing of such registration, whichever
occurs later.
§ 4-e. Paragraph 14 of subdivision c of section 26-511 of the adminis-
trative code of the city of New York, as amended by section 12 of part A
of chapter 20 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
(14) provides that where the amount of rent charged to and paid by the
tenant is less than the legal regulated rent for the housing accommo-
S. 2006--B 111
dation, the amount of rent for such housing accommodation which may be
charged upon renewal or upon vacancy thereof, may, at the option of the
owner, be based upon such previously established legal regulated rent,
as adjusted by the most recent applicable guidelines increases and any
other increases authorized by law. Such housing accommodation shall be
excluded from the provisions of this code pursuant to section 26-504.2
of this chapter when, subsequent to vacancy: (i) such legal regulated
rent [prior to vacancy] is two thousand five hundred dollars per month,
or more, for any housing accommodation that is or becomes vacant after
the effective date of the rent act of 2011 but prior to the effective
date of the rent act of 2015 or (ii) such legal regulated rent is two
thousand seven hundred dollars per month or more, provided, however that
on January 1, 2016, and annually thereafter, the maximum legal regulated
rent for this deregulation threshold shall be adjusted by the same
percentage as the most recent one year renewal adjustment as adjusted by
the relevant rent guidelines board, for any housing accommodation that
is or becomes vacant on or after the rent act of 2015.
§ 4-f. Section 467-i of the real property tax law is REPEALED.
§ 5. Severability clause. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivi-
sion, section or part of this act shall be adjudged by any court of
competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect,
impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in
its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section
or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judg-
ment shall have been rendered. It is hereby declared to be the intent of
the legislature that this act would have been enacted even if such
invalid provisions had not been included herein.
§ 6. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that:
(a) sections one, two, and three of this act shall be deemed to have
been in full force and effect on and after January 1, 2016;
(b) the amendments to the emergency housing rent control law made by
section four-a of this act shall expire on the same date as such law
expires and shall not affect the expiration of such law as provided in
subdivision 2 of section 1 of chapter 274 of the laws of 1946;
(c) the amendments to the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen
seventy-four made by section four-b of this act shall expire on the same
date as such act expires and shall not affect the expiration of such act
as provided in section 17 of chapter 576 of the laws of 1974;
(d) the amendments to chapter 4 of title 26 of the administrative code
of the city of New York made by sections four-d and four-e of this act
shall expire on the same date as such chapter expires and shall not
affect the expiration of such chapter as provided under section 26-520
of such law; and
(e) the amendments to chapter 3 of title 26 of the administrative code
of the city of New York made by section four-c of this act shall remain
in full force and effect only as long as the public emergency requiring
the regulation and control of residential rents and evictions continues,
as provided in subdivision 3 of section 1 of the local emergency housing
rent control act.
PART T
Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 170.15 of the criminal procedure
law, as amended by chapter 67 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as
follows:
S. 2006--B 112
4. Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the contrary, in
any county outside a city having a population of one million or more,
upon or after arraignment of a defendant on an information, a simplified
information, a prosecutor's information or a misdemeanor complaint pend-
ing in a local criminal court, such court may, upon motion of the
defendant and with the consent of the district attorney, order that the
action be removed from the court in which the matter is pending to
another local criminal court in the same county which has been desig-
nated a drug court by the chief administrator of the courts, OR TO
ANOTHER LOCAL CRIMINAL COURT IN THE SAME COUNTY OR AN ADJOINING COUNTY
THAT HAS BEEN DESIGNATED A VETERANS TREATMENT COURT BY THE CHIEF ADMIN-
ISTRATOR OF THE COURTS, and such drug court OR VETERANS TREATMENT COURT
may then conduct such action to [judgement] JUDGMENT or other final
disposition; provided, however, that an order of removal issued under
this subdivision shall not take effect until five days after the date
the order is issued unless, prior to such effective date, the drug court
OR VETERANS TREATMENT COURT notifies the court that issued the order
that:
(a) it will not accept the action, in which event the order shall not
take effect, or
(b) it will accept the action on a date prior to such effective date,
in which event the order shall take effect upon such prior date.
Upon providing notification pursuant to paragraph (a) or (b) of this
subdivision, the drug court OR VETERANS TREATMENT COURT shall promptly
give notice to the defendant, his or her counsel and the district attor-
ney.
§ 2. Subdivision 3 of section 180.20 of the criminal procedure law, as
amended by chapter 67 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as
follows:
3. Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the contrary, in
any county outside a city having a population of one million or more,
upon or after arraignment of a defendant on a felony complaint pending
in a local criminal court having preliminary jurisdiction thereof, such
court may, upon motion of the defendant and with the consent of the
district attorney, order that the action be removed from the court in
which the matter is pending to another local criminal court in the same
county which has been designated a drug court by the chief administrator
of the courts, OR TO ANOTHER COURT IN THE SAME COUNTY OR AN ADJOINING
COUNTY THAT HAS BEEN DESIGNATED A VETERANS TREATMENT COURT BY THE CHIEF
ADMINISTRATOR OF THE COURTS, and such drug court OR VETERANS TREATMENT
COURT may then dispose of such felony complaint pursuant to this arti-
cle; provided, however, that an order of removal issued under this
subdivision shall not take effect until five days after the date the
order is issued unless, prior to such effective date, the drug court OR
VETERANS TREATMENT COURT notifies the court that issued the order that:
(a) it will not accept the action, in which event the order shall not
take effect, or
(b) it will accept the action on a date prior to such effective date,
in which event the order shall take effect upon such prior date.
Upon providing notification pursuant to paragraph (a) or (b) of this
subdivision, the drug court OR VETERANS TREATMENT COURT shall promptly
give notice to the defendant, his or her counsel and the district attor-
ney.
§ 3. Subdivision 2 of section 212 of the judiciary law is amended by
adding a new paragraph (u) to read as follows:
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(U) TO THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE, ESTABLISH SUCH NUMBER OF VETERANS
TREATMENT COURTS AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO FULFILL THE PURPOSES OF SUBDIVI-
SION FOUR OF SECTION 170.15 AND SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION 180.20 OF
THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW.
§ 4. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 836-a to
read as follows:
§ 836-A. VETERANS TREATMENT COURT PEER-TO-PEER SERVICE GRANT PROGRAM.
1. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THE DIVISION
SHALL ESTABLISH A GRANT PROGRAM IN SUPPORT OF VETERAN PEER-TO-PEER
PROGRAMS TO AID AND/OR ASSIST VETERANS WHO HAVE AN ACTION PENDING BEFORE
A VETERANS TREATMENT COURT. SUCH GRANT PROGRAM SHALL BE SUBJECT TO, AND
FUNDED PURSUANT TO, ANY FUNDS APPROPRIATED OR SUBALLOCATED FOR EXPENSES
RELATED TO THE VETERANS TREATMENT COURT PROGRAM. ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS FOR
THIS GRANT PROGRAM SHALL INCLUDE NOT-FOR-PROFIT VETERANS SERVICE ORGAN-
IZATIONS AND LOCAL COUNTY VETERANS SERVICES AGENCIES, THAT MAINTAIN A
PEER-TO-PEER PROGRAM WHERE VETERAN SERVICE OFFICERS, OR THEIR VOLUNTEER
EQUIVALENT, AID AND/OR ASSIST VETERANS WHO HAVE AN ACTION PENDING BEFORE
A VETERANS TREATMENT COURT. THE AWARDING OF SUCH GRANTS BY THE DIVISION
SHALL BE DIVIDED AS EQUALLY AS POSSIBLE, WITHIN TOTAL AMOUNTS APPROPRI-
ATED OR SUBALLOCATED THEREFOR, BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT REGIONS OF THE
STATE.
2. DEFINITIONS. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING DEFI-
NITIONS SHALL APPLY:
(A) "VETERANS TREATMENT COURT" SHALL MEAN A COURT, DESIGNATED BY THE
CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR OF THE COURTS AS A VETERANS TREATMENT COURT, IN
ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION FOUR OF SECTION 170.15 OF THE CRIMINAL
PROCEDURE LAW OR SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION 180.20 OF THE CRIMINAL
PROCEDURE LAW.
(B) "VETERANS SERVICES OFFICER" SHALL MEAN A PROFESSIONAL VETERANS
SERVICES OFFICER EMPLOYED BY A COUNTY VETERANS SERVICE AGENCY, OR A
VOLUNTEER EQUIVALENT ASSOCIATED WITH A NOT-FOR-PROFIT VETERANS ORGANIZA-
TION, OPERATING A VETERAN PEER-TO-PEER PROGRAM TO AID AND/OR ASSIST
VETERANS WHO HAVE AN ACTION PENDING BEFORE A VETERANS TREATMENT COURT.
(C) "NOT-FOR-PROFIT VETERANS SERVICE ORGANIZATION" SHALL MEAN A VETER-
ANS ORGANIZATION CHARTERED FOR THE PURPOSES OF SERVING VETERANS AND
SHALL INCLUDE SUCH ORGANIZATIONS AS THE AMERICAN LEGION, VETERANS OF
FOREIGN WARS, MILITARY ORDER OF THE PURPLE HEART, VIETNAM VETERANS OF
AMERICA, DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS, AMVETS, PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMER-
ICA, AND/OR ANY OTHER ORGANIZATION RECOGNIZED BY THE UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS OR THE NEW YORK STATE DIVISION OF VETER-
ANS AFFAIRS FOR THE OPERATION OF A VETERAN PEER-TO-PEER PROGRAM TO AID
AND/OR ASSIST VETERANS WHO HAVE AN ACTION PENDING BEFORE A VETERANS
TREATMENT COURT.
(D) "REGIONS OF THE STATE" SHALL MEAN AND INCLUDE THE NASSAU AND
SUFFOLK COUNTY REGION; THE HUDSON VALLEY REGION; THE CAPITAL DISTRICT
REGION; THE ADIRONDACK AND NORTH COUNTRY REGION; THE CENTRAL NEW YORK
REGION AND THE WESTERN NEW YORK REGION.
§ 5. This act shall take effect immediately.
PART U
Intentionally Omitted
PART V
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Section 1. Clause (iv) of subparagraph 4 of paragraph h of subdivision
2 of section 355 of the education law, as amended by section 1 of part D
of chapter 54 of the laws of 2016, is renumbered clause (v) and a new
clause (iv) is added to read as follows:
(IV) THE STATE SHALL APPROPRIATE ANNUALLY AND MAKE AVAILABLE GENERAL
FUND OPERATING SUPPORT INCLUDING FRINGE BENEFITS, FOR THE STATE UNIVER-
SITY IN AN AMOUNT NOT LESS THAN THE AMOUNT APPROPRIATED AND MADE AVAIL-
ABLE TO THE STATE UNIVERSITY IN STATE FISCAL YEAR TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN--
TWO THOUSAND TWELVE. BEGINNING IN STATE FISCAL YEAR TWO THOUSAND
EIGHTEEN--TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN AND THEREAFTER, THE STATE SHALL APPRO-
PRIATE AND MAKE AVAILABLE GENERAL FUND OPERATING SUPPORT FOR THE STATE
UNIVERSITY AND THE STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTERS IN AN AMOUNT
NOT LESS THAN THE AMOUNTS SEPARATELY APPROPRIATED AND MADE AVAILABLE IN
THE PRIOR STATE FISCAL YEAR; PROVIDED, FURTHER, THE STATE SHALL APPRO-
PRIATE AND MAKE AVAILABLE GENERAL FUND OPERATING SUPPORT TO COVER ALL
MANDATORY COSTS OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY AND THE STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH
SCIENCE CENTERS, WHICH SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING COSTS INCLUDING SALARY INCREMENTS, FRINGE BENEFITS, AND OTHER
NON-PERSONAL SERVICE COSTS SUCH AS UTILITY COSTS, BUILDING RENTALS AND
OTHER INFLATIONARY EXPENSES INCURRED BY THE STATE UNIVERSITY AND THE
STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTERS. IF THE GOVERNOR, HOWEVER,
DECLARES A FISCAL EMERGENCY, AND COMMUNICATES SUCH EMERGENCY TO THE
TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, STATE
SUPPORT FOR OPERATING EXPENSES AT THE STATE UNIVERSITY AND CITY UNIVER-
SITY MAY BE REDUCED IN A MANNER PROPORTIONATE TO ONE ANOTHER, AND THE
AFOREMENTIONED PROVISIONS SHALL NOT APPLY.
§ 2. The opening paragraph of subparagraph 4 of paragraph h of subdi-
vision 2 of section 355 of the education law, as amended by chapter 437
of the laws of 2015, is designated clause (i) and a new clause (ii) is
added to read as follows:
(II) THE STATE SHALL APPROPRIATE ANNUALLY AND MAKE AVAILABLE GENERAL
FUND OPERATING SUPPORT INCLUDING FRINGE BENEFITS, FOR THE STATE UNIVER-
SITY IN AN AMOUNT NOT LESS THAN THE AMOUNT APPROPRIATED AND MADE AVAIL-
ABLE TO THE STATE UNIVERSITY IN STATE FISCAL YEAR TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN--
TWO THOUSAND TWELVE. BEGINNING IN STATE FISCAL YEAR TWO THOUSAND
EIGHTEEN--TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN AND THEREAFTER, THE STATE SHALL APPRO-
PRIATE AND MAKE AVAILABLE GENERAL FUND OPERATING SUPPORT FOR THE STATE
UNIVERSITY AND THE STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTERS IN AN AMOUNT
NOT LESS THAN THE AMOUNTS SEPARATELY APPROPRIATED AND MADE AVAILABLE IN
THE PRIOR STATE FISCAL YEAR; PROVIDED, FURTHER, THE STATE SHALL APPRO-
PRIATE AND MAKE AVAILABLE GENERAL FUND OPERATING SUPPORT TO COVER ALL
MANDATORY COSTS OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY AND THE STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH
SCIENCE CENTERS, WHICH SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING COSTS INCLUDING SALARY INCREMENTS, FRINGE BENEFITS, AND OTHER
NON-PERSONAL SERVICE COSTS SUCH AS UTILITY COSTS, BUILDING RENTALS AND
OTHER INFLATIONARY EXPENSES INCURRED BY THE STATE UNIVERSITY AND THE
STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTERS. IF THE GOVERNOR, HOWEVER,
DECLARES A FISCAL EMERGENCY, AND COMMUNICATES SUCH EMERGENCY TO THE
TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, THE STATE
SUPPORT FOR OPERATING EXPENSES AT THE STATE UNIVERSITY AND CITY UNIVER-
SITY MAY BE REDUCED IN A MANNER PROPORTIONATE TO ONE ANOTHER, AND THE
AFOREMENTIONED PROVISIONS SHALL NOT APPLY.
§ 3. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 7 of section 6206 of the education
law, as amended by section 2 of part D of chapter 54 of the laws of
2016, is amended by adding a new subparagraph (iv) to read as follows:
S. 2006--B 115
(IV) THE STATE SHALL APPROPRIATE ANNUALLY AND MAKE AVAILABLE STATE
SUPPORT FOR OPERATING EXPENSES, INCLUDING FRINGE BENEFITS, FOR THE CITY
UNIVERSITY IN AN AMOUNT NOT LESS THAT THE AMOUNT APPROPRIATED AND MADE
AVAILABLE TO THE CITY UNIVERSITY IN STATE FISCAL YEAR TWO THOUSAND
ELEVEN--TWO THOUSAND TWELVE. BEGINNING IN STATE FISCAL YEAR TWO THOUSAND
EIGHTEEN--TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN AND THEREAFTER, THE STATE SHALL APPRO-
PRIATE AND MAKE AVAILABLE STATE SUPPORT FOR OPERATING EXPENSE FOR THE
CITY UNIVERSITY IN AN AMOUNT NOT LESS THAN THE AMOUNTS SEPARATELY APPRO-
PRIATED AND MADE AVAILABLE IN THE PRIOR STATE FISCAL YEAR; PROVIDED,
FURTHER, THE STATE SHALL APPROPRIATE AND MAKE AVAILABLE GENERAL FUND
OPERATING SUPPORT TO COVER ALL MANDATORY COSTS OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY,
WHICH SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COSTS,
INCLUDING SALARY INCREMENTS, FRINGE BENEFITS, AND OTHER NON-PERSONAL
SERVICE COSTS SUCH AS UTILITY COSTS, BUILDING RENTALS AND OTHER INFLA-
TIONARY EXPENSES INCURRED BY THE CITY UNIVERSITY. IF THE GOVERNOR,
HOWEVER, DECLARES A FISCAL EMERGENCY, AND COMMUNICATES SUCH EMERGENCY TO
THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY,
STATE SUPPORT FOR OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY AND CITY
UNIVERSITY MAY BE REDUCED IN A MANNER PROPORTIONATE TO ONE ANOTHER, AND
THE AFOREMENTIONED PROVISIONS SHALL NOT APPLY.
§ 4. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 7 of section 6206 of the education
law, as amended by chapter 327 of the laws of 2002, is amended by adding
a new subparagraph (iv) to read as follows:
(IV) THE STATE SHALL APPROPRIATE ANNUALLY AND MAKE AVAILABLE STATE
SUPPORT FOR OPERATING EXPENSES, INCLUDING FRINGE BENEFITS, FOR THE CITY
UNIVERSITY IN AN AMOUNT NOT LESS THAN THE AMOUNT APPROPRIATED AND MADE
AVAILABLE TO THE CITY UNIVERSITY IN STATE FISCAL YEAR TWO THOUSAND
ELEVEN--TWO THOUSAND TWELVE. BEGINNING IN STATE FISCAL YEAR TWO THOUSAND
EIGHTEEN--TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN AND THEREAFTER, THE STATE SHALL APPRO-
PRIATE AND MAKE AVAILABLE STATE SUPPORT FOR OPERATING EXPENSES FOR THE
CITY UNIVERSITY IN AN AMOUNT NOT LESS THAN THE AMOUNTS SEPARATELY APPRO-
PRIATED AND MADE AVAILABLE IN THE PRIOR STATE FISCAL YEAR; PROVIDED,
FURTHER, THE STATE SHALL APPROPRIATE AND MAKE AVAILABLE GENERAL FUND
OPERATING SUPPORT TO COVER ALL MANDATORY COSTS OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY,
WHICH SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COSTS,
INCLUDING SALARY INCREMENTS, FRINGE BENEFITS, AND OTHER NON-PERSONAL
SERVICE COSTS SUCH AS UTILITY COSTS, BUILDING RENTALS AND OTHER INFLA-
TIONARY EXPENSES INCURRED BY THE CITY UNIVERSITY. IF THE GOVERNOR,
HOWEVER, DECLARES A FISCAL EMERGENCY, AND COMMUNICATES SUCH EMERGENCY TO
THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, STATE
SUPPORT FOR OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY AND CITY UNIVER-
SITY MAY BE REDUCED IN A MANNER PROPORTIONATE TO ONE ANOTHER, AND THE
AFOREMENTIONED PROVISIONS SHALL NOT APPLY.
§ 5. This act shall take effect immediately provided that:
(a) the amendments to subparagraph 4 of paragraph h of subdivision 2
of section 355 of the education law made by section one of this act
shall be subject to the expiration and reversion of such subparagraph
pursuant to chapter 260 of the laws of 2011, as amended, when upon such
date section two of this act shall take effect; and
(b) the amendments to paragraph (a) of subdivision 7 of section 6206
of the education law made by section three of this act shall be subject
to the expiration and reversion of such paragraph pursuant to chapter
260 of the laws of 2011, as amended, when upon such date section four of
this act shall take effect.
PART W
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Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 355-d
to read as follows:
§ 355-D. "NEW YORK STATE PRE-PAID TUITION PLAN". 1. DEFINITIONS. FOR
THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOW-
ING MEANINGS:
A. "ACCOUNT" OR "PRE-PAID TUITION ACCOUNT" SHALL MEAN AN INDIVIDUAL
PRE-PAID TUITION ACCOUNT ESTABLISHED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS
OF THIS SECTION.
B. "ACCOUNT OWNER" SHALL MEAN A PERSON WHO ENTERS INTO A PRE-PAID
TUITION AGREEMENT PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE, INCLUDING
A PERSON WHO ENTERS INTO SUCH AN AGREEMENT AS A FIDUCIARY OR AGENT ON
BEHALF OF A TRUST, ESTATE, PARTNERSHIP, ASSOCIATION, COMPANY OR CORPO-
RATION. THE ACCOUNT OWNER MAY ALSO BE THE DESIGNATED BENEFICIARY OF THE
ACCOUNT.
C. "CITY UNIVERSITY" SHALL MEAN THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK.
D. "COMPTROLLER" SHALL MEAN THE STATE COMPTROLLER.
E. "DESIGNATED BENEFICIARY" SHALL MEAN, WITH RESPECT TO AN ACCOUNT OR
ACCOUNTS, THE INDIVIDUAL DESIGNATED AS THE INDIVIDUAL WHOSE TUITION
EXPENSES ARE EXPECTED TO BE PAID FROM THE ACCOUNT OR ACCOUNTS.
F. "ELIGIBLE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION" SHALL MEAN ANY INSTITUTION OF
HIGHER EDUCATION DEFINED AS AN ELIGIBLE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION IN
SECTION 529(E)(5) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED.
G. "FINANCIAL ORGANIZATION" SHALL MEAN AN ORGANIZATION AUTHORIZED TO
DO BUSINESS IN THE STATE AND (I) WHICH IS AN AUTHORIZED FIDUCIARY TO ACT
AS A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF AN ACT OF CONGRESS ENTITLED
"EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974" AS SUCH PROVISIONS MAY
BE AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME, OR AN INSURANCE COMPANY; AND (II) (A) IS
LICENSED OR CHARTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES, (B) IS
CHARTERED BY AN AGENCY OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, (C) IS SUBJECT TO THE
JURISDICTION AND REGULATION OF THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OF
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, OR (D) IS ANY OTHER ENTITY OTHERWISE AUTHORIZED
TO ACT IN THIS STATE AS A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF AN ACT
OF CONGRESS ENTITLED "EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974"
AS SUCH PROVISIONS MAY BE AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME.
H. "MEMBER OF FAMILY" SHALL MEAN A FAMILY MEMBER AS DEFINED IN SECTION
529 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED.
I. "NONQUALIFIED WITHDRAWAL" SHALL MEAN A WITHDRAWAL FROM AN ACCOUNT,
BUT SHALL NOT MEAN:
(I) A QUALIFIED WITHDRAWAL; (II) A WITHDRAWAL MADE AS THE RESULT OF
THE DEATH OR DISABILITY OF THE DESIGNATED BENEFICIARY OF AN ACCOUNT; OR
(III) A WITHDRAWAL MADE ON THE ACCOUNT OF A SCHOLARSHIP.
J. "PLAN" SHALL MEAN THE NEW YORK STATE PRE-PAID TUITION PLAN ESTAB-
LISHED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.
K. "PLAN MANAGER" SHALL MEAN A FINANCIAL ORGANIZATION SELECTED BY THE
COMPTROLLER TO ACT AS A DEPOSITORY AND MANAGER OF THE PLAN.
L. "QUALIFIED WITHDRAWAL" SHALL MEAN A WITHDRAWAL FROM AN ACCOUNT TO
PAY THE QUALIFIED TUITION EXPENSES OF THE DESIGNATED BENEFICIARY.
M. "STATE UNIVERSITY" SHALL MEAN THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK.
N. "TUITION" SHALL MEAN ANY MANDATORY CHARGES IMPOSED BY AN ELIGIBLE
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION FOR ATTENDANCE FOR AN ACADEMIC YEAR AS A CONDI-
TION OF ENROLLMENT. SUCH TERM SHALL NOT INCLUDE LABORATORY FEES, ROOM
AND BOARD, OR OTHER SIMILAR FEES AND CHARGES.
O. "TUITION SAVINGS AGREEMENT" SHALL MEAN AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE
COMPTROLLER OR A FINANCIAL ORGANIZATION AND AN ACCOUNT OWNER.
2. POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE COMPTROLLER. THE COMPTROLLER SHALL ADMIN-
ISTER THE PLAN AND SHALL DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT PROGRAMS FOR THE PRE-PAY-
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MENT OF UNDERGRADUATE TUITION, AT A FIXED, GUARANTEED LEVEL FOR APPLICA-
TION AT ANY TWO-YEAR OR FOUR-YEAR ELIGIBLE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION AS
DEFINED IN SECTION 529 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED,
OR OTHER APPLICABLE FEDERAL LAW. IN ADDITION, THE COMPTROLLER SHALL HAVE
THE POWER AND DUTY TO:
A. DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT THE PLAN IN A MANNER CONSISTENT WITH THE
PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION THROUGH RULES AND REGULATIONS ESTABLISHED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE ACT;
B. MAKE ARRANGEMENTS WITH THE STATE UNIVERSITY, CITY UNIVERSITY AND
ANY ELIGIBLE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION LOCATED WITHIN THE STATE WHICH
CHOOSES TO PARTICIPATE, TO FULFILL OBLIGATIONS UNDER PRE-PAID TUITION
CONTRACTS FOR TWO-YEAR OR FOUR-YEAR DEGREE PROGRAMS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
LIMITED TO, PAYMENT FROM THE PLAN OF THE THEN ACTUAL IN-STATE UNDERGRAD-
UATE TUITION COST ON BEHALF OF A QUALIFIED BENEFICIARY OF A PRE-PAID
TUITION CONTRACT TO THE INSTITUTION IN WHICH SUCH BENEFICIARY IS ADMIT-
TED AND ENROLLED, AND APPLICATION OF SUCH BENEFITS TOWARDS GRADUATE-LEV-
EL TUITION AND TOWARDS TUITION COSTS AT SUCH ELIGIBLE EDUCATIONAL INSTI-
TUTIONS, AS THAT TERM IS DEFINED IN 26 U.S.C. § 529 OR ANY OTHER
APPLICABLE SECTION OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED, AS
DETERMINED BY THE COMPTROLLER IN HIS OR HER SOLE DISCRETION. SUCH
ARRANGEMENTS MUST INCLUDE PLANS THAT ALLOW AN ACCOUNT OWNER TO ENTER
INTO CONTRACTS IN WHICH HE OR SHE CAN PURCHASE TUITION IN INSTALLMENTS
EQUAL TO THE COST OF SEMESTERS AS A FULL TIME STUDENT, BUT CAN ALSO
INCLUDE PLANS THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR THE PRE-PAYMENT OF TUITION FOR
TUITION CREDIT HOURS;
C. ENGAGE THE SERVICES OF CONSULTANTS ON A CONTRACT BASIS FOR RENDER-
ING PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND ADVICE;
D. SEEK RULINGS AND OTHER GUIDANCE FROM THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT
OF TREASURY AND THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE RELATING TO THE PROGRAM;
E. MAKE CHANGES TO THE PLAN REQUIRED FOR THE PARTICIPANTS TO OBTAIN
THE FEDERAL INCOME TAX BENEFITS OR TREATMENT PROVIDED BY SECTION 529 OF
THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED, OR ANY SIMILAR SUCCESSOR
LEGISLATION;
F. CHARGE, IMPOSE AND COLLECT ADMINISTRATIVE FEES AND SERVICE CHARGES
IN CONNECTION WITH ANY AGREEMENT, CONTRACT OR TRANSACTION RELATING TO
THE PLAN;
G. DEVELOP MARKETING PLANS AND PROMOTION MATERIAL;
H. ESTABLISH THE METHODS BY WHICH THE FUNDS HELD IN SUCH ACCOUNTS BE
DISBURSED;
I. ESTABLISH THE METHOD BY WHICH FUNDS SHALL BE ALLOCATED TO PAY FOR
ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS; AND
J. DO ALL THINGS NECESSARY AND PROPER TO CARRY OUT THE PURPOSES OF
THIS SECTION.
3. PLAN REQUIREMENTS. EVERY PRE-PAID TUITION ACCOUNT SHALL COMPLY WITH
THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
A. A PRE-PAID TUITION ACCOUNT MAY BE OPENED BY ANY PERSON WHO DESIRES
TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT FOR PRE-PAYMENT OF TUITION EXPENSES AT AN
INSTITUTION OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY, THE CITY UNIVERSITY OR ANY PARTIC-
IPATING ELIGIBLE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION. AN ACCOUNT OWNER MAY DESIGNATE
ANOTHER PERSON AS SUCCESSOR OWNER OF THE ACCOUNT IN THE EVENT OF THE
DEATH OF THE ORIGINAL ACCOUNT OWNER. SUCH PERSON WHO OPENS AN ACCOUNT OR
ANY SUCCESSOR OWNER SHALL BE CONSIDERED THE ACCOUNT OWNER.
B. AN APPLICATION FOR SUCH ACCOUNT SHALL BE IN THE FORM PRESCRIBED BY
THE COMPTROLLER AND CONTAIN THE FOLLOWING:
(I) THE NAME, ADDRESS AND SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER OR EMPLOYER IDENTIFI-
CATION NUMBER OF THE ACCOUNT OWNER;
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(II) THE DESIGNATION OF A DESIGNATED BENEFICIARY;
(III) THE NAME, ADDRESS AND SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER OF THE DESIGNATED
BENEFICIARY; AND
(IV) SUCH OTHER INFORMATION AS THE COMPTROLLER MAY REQUIRE.
C. THE COMPTROLLER MAY ESTABLISH A NOMINAL FEE FOR SUCH APPLICATION.
D. ANY PERSON, INCLUDING THE ACCOUNT OWNER, MAY MAKE CONTRIBUTIONS TO
AN ACCOUNT AFTER THE ACCOUNT IS OPENED.
E. CONTRIBUTIONS TO ACCOUNTS MAY BE MADE ONLY IN CASH.
F. FOUR YEARS MUST ELAPSE BETWEEN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PRE-PAID
TUITION ACCOUNT AND THE TIME THE FIRST QUALIFIED WITHDRAWAL IS MADE FOR
THE PAYMENT OF TUITION EXPENSES.
G. AN ACCOUNT OWNER MAY WITHDRAW ALL OR PART OF THE BALANCE FROM AN
ACCOUNT ON SIXTY DAYS NOTICE OR SUCH SHORTER PERIOD AS MAY BE AUTHORIZED
UNDER RULES GOVERNING THE PLAN. SUCH RULES SHALL INCLUDE PROVISIONS THAT
WILL GENERALLY ENABLE THE DETERMINATION AS TO WHETHER A WITHDRAWAL IS A
NONQUALIFIED WITHDRAWAL OR A QUALIFIED WITHDRAWAL.
H. AN ACCOUNT OWNER MAY CHANGE THE DESIGNATED BENEFICIARY OF AN
ACCOUNT TO AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS A MEMBER OF THE FAMILY OF THE PRIOR
DESIGNATED BENEFICIARY IN ACCORDANCE WITH PROCEDURES ESTABLISHED BY THE
COMPTROLLER.
I. AN ACCOUNT OWNER MAY TRANSFER ALL OR A PORTION OF AN ACCOUNT TO
ANOTHER FAMILY TUITION ACCOUNT, THE SUBSEQUENT DESIGNATED BENEFICIARY OF
WHICH IS A MEMBER OF THE FAMILY AS DEFINED IN SECTION 529 OF THE INTER-
NAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED.
J. THE PLAN SHALL PROVIDE SEPARATE ACCOUNTING FOR EACH DESIGNATED
BENEFICIARY.
K. NO ACCOUNT OWNER OR DESIGNATED BENEFICIARY OF ANY ACCOUNT SHALL BE
PERMITTED TO DIRECT THE INVESTMENT OF ANY CONTRIBUTIONS TO AN ACCOUNT OR
THE EARNINGS THEREON.
L. NEITHER AN ACCOUNT OWNER NOR A DESIGNATED BENEFICIARY SHALL USE AN
INTEREST IN AN ACCOUNT AS SECURITY FOR A LOAN. ANY PLEDGE OF AN INTEREST
IN AN ACCOUNT SHALL BE OF NO FORCE AND EFFECT.
M. (I) IF THERE IS ANY DISTRIBUTION FROM AN ACCOUNT TO ANY INDIVIDUAL
OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF ANY INDIVIDUAL DURING A CALENDAR YEAR, SUCH
DISTRIBUTION SHALL BE REPORTED TO THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE AND THE
ACCOUNT OWNER, THE DESIGNATED BENEFICIARY OR THE DISTRIBUTEE TO THE
EXTENT REQUIRED BY FEDERAL LAW OR REGULATION.
(II) STATEMENTS SHALL BE PROVIDED TO EACH ACCOUNT OWNER AT LEAST ONCE
EACH YEAR WITHIN SIXTY DAYS AFTER THE END OF THE TWELVE MONTH PERIOD TO
WHICH THEY RELATE. THE STATEMENT SHALL IDENTIFY THE CONTRIBUTIONS MADE
DURING A PRECEDING TWELVE MONTH PERIOD, THE TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS MADE TO
THE ACCOUNT THROUGH THE END OF THE PERIOD, THE VALUE OF THE ACCOUNT AT
THE END OF SUCH PERIOD, DISTRIBUTIONS MADE DURING SUCH PERIOD AND ANY
OTHER INFORMATION THAT THE COMPTROLLER SHALL REQUIRE TO BE REPORTED TO
THE ACCOUNT OWNER.
(III) STATEMENTS AND INFORMATION RELATING TO ACCOUNTS SHALL BE
PREPARED AND FILED TO THE EXTENT REQUIRED BY FEDERAL AND STATE TAX LAW.
N. (I) A LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR ORGANIZATION DESCRIBED IN SECTION
501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED, MAY OPEN AND
BECOME THE ACCOUNT OWNER OF AN ACCOUNT TO FUND SCHOLARSHIPS FOR PERSONS
WHOSE IDENTITY WILL BE DETERMINED UPON DISBURSEMENT.
(II) IN THE CASE OF ANY ACCOUNT OPENED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH A OF THIS
SUBDIVISION THE REQUIREMENT SET FORTH IN THIS SUBDIVISION THAT A DESIG-
NATED BENEFICIARY BE DESIGNATED WHEN AN ACCOUNT IS OPENED SHALL NOT
APPLY AND EACH INDIVIDUAL WHO RECEIVES AN INTEREST IN SUCH ACCOUNT AS A
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SCHOLARSHIP SHALL BE TREATED AS A DESIGNATED BENEFICIARY WITH RESPECT TO
SUCH INTEREST.
O. AN ANNUAL FEE MAY BE IMPOSED UPON THE ACCOUNT OWNER FOR THE MAINTE-
NANCE OF THE ACCOUNT.
P. THE PLAN SHALL DISCLOSE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IN WRITING TO
EACH ACCOUNT OWNER AND PROSPECTIVE ACCOUNT OWNER OF A PRE-PAID TUITION
ACCOUNT:
(I) THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR PURCHASING A PRE-PAID TUITION
ACCOUNT;
(II) ANY RESTRICTIONS ON THE SUBSTITUTION OF BENEFICIARIES;
(III) THE PERSON OR ENTITY ENTITLED TO TERMINATE THE TUITION PRE-PAY-
MENT AGREEMENT;
(IV) THE PERIOD OF TIME DURING WHICH A BENEFICIARY MAY RECEIVE BENE-
FITS UNDER THE TUITION PRE-PAYMENT AGREEMENT;
(V) THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH MONEY MAY BE WHOLLY OR
PARTIALLY WITHDRAWN FROM THE PLAN, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY
REASONABLE CHARGES AND FEES THAT MAY BE IMPOSED FOR WITHDRAWAL;
(VI) THE PROBABLE TAX CONSEQUENCES ASSOCIATED WITH CONTRIBUTIONS TO
AND DISTRIBUTIONS FROM ACCOUNTS; AND
(VII) ALL OTHER RIGHT AND OBLIGATIONS PURSUANT TO PRE-PAID TUITION
AGREEMENTS, AND ANY OTHER TERMS, CONDITIONS AND PROVISIONS DEEMED NECES-
SARY AND APPROPRIATE BY THE COMPTROLLER PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION.
Q. PRE-PAID TUITION SAVINGS AGREEMENTS SHALL BE SUBJECT TO SECTION
FOURTEEN-C OF THE BANKING LAW AND THE "TRUTH-IN-SAVINGS" REGULATIONS
PROMULGATED THEREUNDER.
R. NOTHING IN THIS ARTICLE OR IN ANY PRE-PAID TUITION SAVINGS AGREE-
MENT ENTERED INTO PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE CONSTRUED AS A GUAR-
ANTEE BY THE STATE OR ANY COLLEGE THAT A BENEFICIARY WILL BE ADMITTED TO
A COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY, OR, UPON ADMISSION TO A COLLEGE WILL BE PERMIT-
TED TO CONTINUE TO ATTEND OR WILL RECEIVE A DEGREE FROM A COLLEGE OR
UNIVERSITY.
4. STATE GUARANTEE. A. NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL ESTABLISH OR BE
DEEMED TO ESTABLISH ANY OBLIGATION OF THE STATE, THE COMPTROLLER OR ANY
AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE STATE TO GUARANTEE ANY BENEFITS TO ANY
ACCOUNT OWNER OR DESIGNATED BENEFICIARY.
B. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION,
IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT THE PLAN IS ABLE TO MEET ITS OBLIGATIONS, THE
GOVERNOR SHALL INCLUDE IN THE BUDGET SUBMITTED PURSUANT TO SECTION TWEN-
TY-TWO OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW, AN APPROPRIATION SUFFICIENT FOR THE
PURPOSE OF ENSURING THAT THE PLAN CAN MEET ITS OBLIGATIONS. ANY SUMS
APPROPRIATED FOR SUCH PURPOSE SHALL BE TRANSFERRED TO THE PLAN. ALL
AMOUNTS PAID INTO THE PLAN PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL CONSTITUTE
AND BE ACCOUNTED FOR AS ADVANCES BY THE STATE TO THE PLAN AND, SUBJECT
TO THE RIGHTS OF THE PLAN'S CONTRACT HOLDERS, SHALL BE REPAID TO THE
STATE WITHOUT INTEREST FROM AVAILABLE OPERATING REVENUE OF THE PLAN IN
EXCESS OF AMOUNTS REQUIRED FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE
PLAN. AS USED IN THIS SECTION, "OBLIGATIONS OF THE PLAN" MEANS AMOUNTS
REQUIRED FOR THE PAYMENT OF CONTRACT BENEFITS OR OTHER OBLIGATIONS OF
THE PLAN, THE MAINTENANCE OF THE PLAN, AND OPERATING EXPENSES FOR THE
CURRENT FISCAL YEAR.
§ 2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 78-c to
read as follows:
§ 78-C. NEW YORK STATE PRE-PAID TUITION PLAN FUND. 1. THERE IS HEREBY
ESTABLISHED IN THE SOLE CUSTODY OF THE STATE COMPTROLLER A SPECIAL FUND
TO BE KNOWN AS THE NEW YORK STATE PRE-PAID TUITION PLAN FUND. ALL
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PAYMENTS FROM SUCH FUND SHALL BE MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION THREE
HUNDRED FIFTY-FIVE-D OF THE EDUCATION LAW.
2. (A) THE COMPTROLLER SHALL INVEST THE ASSETS OF THE FUND IN INVEST-
MENTS AUTHORIZED BY ARTICLE FOUR-A OF THE RETIREMENT AND SOCIAL SECURITY
LAW, PROVIDED HOWEVER, THAT:
(I) THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION ONE
HUNDRED SEVENTY-SEVEN OF THE RETIREMENT AND SOCIAL SECURITY LAW SHALL
NOT APPLY EXCEPT FOR SUBPARAGRAPH (II) OF SUCH PARAGRAPH; AND (II)
NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF SECTION ONE
HUNDRED SEVENTY-SEVEN OF THE RETIREMENT AND SOCIAL SECURITY LAW OR ANY
OTHER LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THE ASSETS OF THE FUND MAY BE INVESTED IN ANY
FUNDING AGREEMENT ISSUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION THREE THOUSAND TWO
HUNDRED TWENTY-TWO OF THE INSURANCE LAW BY A DOMESTIC LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY OR A FOREIGN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY DOING BUSINESS IN THIS
STATE, SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING:
(1) SUCH A FUNDING AGREEMENT MAY PROVIDE FOR A GUARANTEED MINIMUM RATE
OF RETURN;
(2) SUCH A FUNDING AGREEMENT MAY BE ALLOCATED AS EITHER A SEPARATE
ACCOUNT OR A GENERAL ACCOUNT OF THE ISSUER, AS THE COMPTROLLER MAY
DECIDE;
(3) TOTAL INVESTMENTS OF THE FUND PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH IN ANY
FUNDING AGREEMENTS ISSUED BY A SINGLE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY WHICH ARE
ALLOCATED AS A GENERAL ACCOUNT OF THE ISSUER SHALL NOT, IN THE AGGRE-
GATE, EXCEED THREE HUNDRED FIFTY MILLION DOLLARS; AND
(4) NO ASSETS OF THE FUND SHALL BE INVESTED IN ANY SUCH FUNDING AGREE-
MENT UNLESS, AT THE TIME OF SUCH INVESTMENT, THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS OR
FINANCIAL STRENGTH OF THE ISSUER HAVE RECEIVED EITHER THE HIGHEST OR
SECOND HIGHEST RATING BY TWO NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED RATING SERVICES OR BY
ONE NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED RATING SERVICE IN THE EVENT THAT ONLY ONE SUCH
SERVICE RATES SUCH OBLIGATIONS.
(B) FUND ASSETS SHALL BE KEPT SEPARATE AND SHALL NOT BE COMMINGLED
WITH OTHER ASSETS. THE COMPTROLLER MAY ENTER INTO CONTRACTS TO PROVIDE
FOR INVESTMENT ADVICE AND MANAGEMENT, CUSTODIAL SERVICES AND OTHER
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FOR THE ADMINISTRATION AND INVESTMENT OF THE PLAN.
ADMINISTRATIVE FEES, COSTS AND EXPENSES, INCLUDING INVESTMENT FEES AND
EXPENSES, SHALL BE PAID FROM THE ASSETS OF THE FUND.
3. THE COMPTROLLER SHALL PROVIDE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE TRUST
FUND, INCLUDING MAINTAINING PARTICIPANT RECORDS AND ACCOUNTS, AND
PROVIDING ANNUAL AUDITED REPORTS. THE COMPTROLLER MAY ENTER INTO
CONTRACTS TO PROVIDE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AND REPORTING.
§ 3. Section 5205 of the civil practice law and rules is amended by
adding a new subdivision (p) to read as follows:
(P) EXEMPTION FOR NEW YORK STATE PRE-PAID TUITION PLAN MONIES. MONIES
IN AN ACCOUNT CREATED PURSUANT TO SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY-FIVE-D OF
THE EDUCATION LAW ARE EXEMPT FROM APPLICATION TO THE SATISFACTION OF A
MONEY JUDGMENT AS FOLLOWS:
1. ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF MONIES IN AN ACCOUNT IN CONNECTION WITH A
PRE-PAID TUITION PLAN ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SUCH ARTICLE IS EXEMPT;
AND
2. ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF MONIES IN AN ACCOUNT IS EXEMPT WHERE THE
JUDGMENT DEBTOR IS THE ACCOUNT OWNER OR DESIGNATED BENEFICIARY OF SUCH
ACCOUNT.
FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE TERMS "ACCOUNT OWNER" AND
"DESIGNATED BENEFICIARY" SHALL HAVE THE MEANINGS ASCRIBED TO THEM IN
ARTICLE FOURTEEN-A OF THE EDUCATION LAW.
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§ 4. Paragraph 34 of subsection (b) of section 612 of the tax law, as
amended by chapter 535 of the laws of 2000, subparagraph (B) as amended
by chapter 593 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
(34) (A) Excess distributions received during the taxable year by a
distributee of a family tuition account established under the New York
state college choice tuition savings program provided for under article
fourteen-A of the education law, OR OF A PRE-PAID TUITION ACCOUNT ESTAB-
LISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY-FIVE-D OF THE EDUCATION
LAW, to the extent such excess distributions are deemed attributable to
deductible contributions under paragraph thirty-two of subsection (c) of
this section.
(B) (i) The term "excess distributions" means distributions which are
not
(I) qualified withdrawals within the meaning of subdivision nine of
section six hundred ninety-five-b OR PARAGRAPH L OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF
SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY-FIVE-D of the education law;
(II) withdrawals made as a result of the death or disability of the
designated beneficiary within the meaning of subdivision ten of section
six hundred ninety-five-b OR PARAGRAPH I OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION
THREE HUNDRED FIFTY-FIVE-D of such law; or
(III) transfers described in paragraph b of subdivision six of section
six hundred ninety-five-e of such law.
(ii) Excess distributions shall be deemed attributable to deductible
contributions to the extent the amount of any such excess distribution,
when added to all previous excess distributions from the account,
exceeds the aggregate of all nondeductible contributions to the account.
§ 5. Paragraphs 32 and 33 of subsection (c) of section 612 of the tax
law, paragraph 32 as amended by chapter 81 of the laws of 2008 and para-
graph 33 as added by chapter 546 of the laws of 1997, are amended to
read as follows:
(32) Contributions made during the taxable year by an account owner to
one or more family tuition accounts established under the New York state
college choice tuition savings program provided for under article four-
teen-A, OR TO A PRE-PAID TUITION ACCOUNT PURSUANT TO SECTION THREE
HUNDRED FIFTY-FIVE-D of the education law, to the extent not deductible
or eligible for credit for federal income tax purposes, provided, howev-
er, the exclusion provided for in this paragraph shall not exceed [five]
TEN thousand dollars for an individual or head of household, and for
married couples who file joint tax returns, shall not exceed [ten] TWEN-
TY thousand dollars; provided, further, that such exclusion shall be
available only to the account owner and not to any other person.
(33) Distributions from a family tuition account established under the
New York state college choice tuition savings program provided for under
article fourteen-A, OR FROM A PRE-PAID TUITION ACCOUNT PURSUANT TO
SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY-FIVE-D of the education law, to the extent
includible in gross income for federal income tax purposes.
§ 6. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to taxable
years commencing after December 31, 2017.
PART X
Section 1. There is hereby established the private student loan refi-
nance task force. The purpose of such task force is to study and analyze
ways lending institutions that offer private student loans to New York
graduates of institutions of higher education can be incentivized and
encouraged to create student loan refinance programs.
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§ 2. The private student loan refinance task force shall consist of 11
members and shall include: the state comptroller or his or her designee,
the superintendent of financial services or his or her designee, the
president of the higher education services corporation or his or her
designee, the chairs and ranking minority members of the senate and
assembly committees on higher education or their designees, and 4
members appointed by the governor from lending institutions in New York
that offer private student loans. All appointments of members of the
private student loan refinance task force shall be made no later than
thirty days after the effective date of this act.
§ 3. The president of the higher education services corporation shall
be designated as the chairperson of the private student loan refinance
task force. The members of the private student loan refinance task force
shall serve without compensation, except that members shall be allowed
their necessary and actual expenses incurred in the performance of their
duties under this act.
§ 4. The private student loan refinance task force shall issue a
report of its findings and recommendations to the governor, the tempo-
rary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly no later
than December 31, 2017.
§ 5. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
deemed repealed January 1, 2018.
PART Y
Section 1. Section 355 of the education law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 20 to read as follows:
20. COLLEGE ROOM AND BOARD PRICE DISCLOSURE. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
SHALL DIRECT EACH COLLEGE PRESIDENT TO DISCLOSE TO THE CHANCELLOR AND
THE CHAIRS OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY HIGHER EDUCATION COMMITTEES ANNU-
ALLY, AND SUNY CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION SHALL POST ON ITS WEBSITE ANNUAL-
LY, ABOUT:
A. THE COMPETITIVE PROCESS FOR ANY DORMITORY FACILITIES CONSTRUCTED ON
THE CAMPUS;
B. THE ACTUAL COST FOR FULL CONSTRUCTION OF EACH DORMITORY FACILITY ON
CAMPUS;
C. THE AMOUNT OF STUDENTS HOUSED IN EACH BUILDING FOR THE PRIOR
ACADEMIC YEAR;
D. THE AMOUNT CHARGED FOR ROOM AND BOARD PER STUDENT IN THE PAST FIVE
ACADEMIC YEARS;
E. HOW MANY YEARS STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO LIVE IN CAMPUS HOUSING, IF
APPLICABLE;
F. THE BREAKDOWN OF HOW THE COST CHARGED TO STUDENTS FOR ROOM AND
BOARD IS SPENT FOR MAINTENANCE, UTILITY COSTS AND OTHER COSTS ASSOCIATED
WITH MAINTENANCE OF THE FACILITIES, IF ANY;
G. THE STUDENT CAPACITY FOR DIFFERENT DORMITORY ROOMS, THE JUSTIFICA-
TION FOR PUTTING MORE STUDENTS THAN THE ALLOCATED CAPACITY PER DORMITORY
ROOM, AND IF A STUDENT RECEIVES A DISCOUNT IF PUT IN A ROOM ABOVE THE
ALLOCATED CAPACITY, IF ANY;
H. THE LOWEST PROJECTED COST PER STUDENT FOR ROOM AND BOARD FEES PER
YEAR; AND
I. JUSTIFICATION FOR ANY INCREASES FOR THE UPCOMING ACADEMIC YEAR,
INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO:
(1) RISING UTILITY COSTS; AND
(2) COSTS OF REPAIR.
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§ 2. Section 6206 of the education law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 19 to read as follows:
19. COLLEGE ROOM AND BOARD PRICE DISCLOSURE. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
SHALL DIRECT EACH COLLEGE PRESIDENT TO DISCLOSE TO THE CHANCELLOR AND
THE CHAIRS OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY HIGHER EDUCATION COMMITTEES ANNU-
ALLY, AND CUNY CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION SHALL POST ON ITS WEBSITE ANNUAL-
LY, ABOUT:
A. THE COMPETITIVE PROCESS FOR ANY DORMITORY FACILITIES CONSTRUCTED ON
THE CAMPUS;
B. THE ACTUAL COSTS FOR FULL CONSTRUCTION OF EACH DORMITORY FACILITY
ON CAMPUS;
C. THE AMOUNT OF STUDENTS HOUSED IN EACH BUILDING FOR THE PRIOR
ACADEMIC YEAR;
D. THE AMOUNT CHARGED FOR ROOM AND BOARD PER STUDENT IN THE PAST FIVE
ACADEMIC YEARS;
E. HOW MANY YEARS STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO LIVE IN CAMPUS HOUSING, IF
APPLICABLE;
F. THE BREAKDOWN OF HOW THE COST CHARGED TO STUDENTS FOR ROOM AND
BOARD IS SPENT FOR MAINTENANCE, UTILITY COSTS AND OTHER COSTS ASSOCIATED
WITH MAINTENANCE OF THE FACILITIES, IF ANY;
G. THE STUDENT CAPACITY FOR DIFFERENT DORMITORY ROOMS, THE JUSTIFICA-
TION FOR PUTTING MORE STUDENTS THAN THE ALLOCATED CAPACITY PER DORMITORY
ROOM, AND IF A STUDENT RECEIVES A DISCOUNT IF PUT IN A ROOM ABOVE THE
ALLOCATED CAPACITY, IF ANY;
H. THE LOWEST PROJECTED COST PER STUDENT FOR ROOM AND BOARD FEES PER
YEAR; AND
I. JUSTIFICATION FOR ANY INCREASES FOR THE UPCOMING ACADEMIC YEAR,
INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO:
(1) RISING UTILITY COSTS; AND
(2) COSTS OF REPAIR.
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, the
annual report required pursuant to sections one and two of this act
shall be furnished on September 1, 2017, and every subsequent September
first, thereafter.
PART Z
Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 669-e of the education law, as
added by section 1 of part G of chapter 56 of the laws of 2014, is
amended to read as follows:
1. Undergraduate students who are matriculated in an approved under-
graduate program leading to a career in science, technology, engineering
or mathematics at a New York state [public institution of higher educa-
tion] COLLEGE AS DEFINED IN SECTION SIX HUNDRED ONE OF THIS CHAPTER
shall be eligible for an award under this section, provided the appli-
cant: (a) graduates from a high school located in New York state during
or after the two thousand thirteen--fourteen school year; and (b) gradu-
ates within the top ten percent of his or her high school class; and (c)
enrolls in full-time study each term beginning in the fall term after
his or her high school graduation in an approved undergraduate program
in science, technology, engineering or mathematics, as defined by the
corporation, at a New York state [public institution of higher educa-
tion] COLLEGE AS DEFINED IN SECTION SIX HUNDRED ONE OF THIS CHAPTER; and
(d) signs a contract with the corporation agreeing that his or her award
will be converted to a student loan in the event the student fails to
comply with the terms of this program as set forth in subdivision four
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of this section; and (e) complies with the applicable provisions of this
article and all requirements promulgated by the corporation for the
administration of the program.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
PART AA
Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 609-a
to read as follows:
§ 609-A. COLLEGE AFFORDABILITY PLANNING COMMITTEE (CAPC). 1. NON-
PUBLIC, NOT-FOR-PROFIT DEGREE GRANTING COLLEGE PRESIDENTS SHALL BE
REQUIRED TO ESTABLISH AN INTERNAL COMMITTEE THAT SHALL BE DIRECTED TO
CREATE AND IMPLEMENT A SPECIALIZED COLLEGE AFFORDABILITY PLAN THAT TAKES
INTO ACCOUNT THE SPECIFIC MISSION, NEEDS, GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION AND
UNIQUENESS OF EACH SUCH COLLEGE.
2. EACH CAPC SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR EXAMINING AFFORDABILITY INITI-
ATIVES WITH THE GOAL OF REDUCING STUDENT COSTS, WHICH MAY INCLUDE BUT
NOT BE LIMITED TO: (A) TEXT BOOK AFFORDABILITY INCLUDING DIGITAL
OPTIONS; (B) REDUCING MINIMUM MEAL PLAN COSTS; (C) REDUCING HOUSING
COSTS THROUGH WAIVERS, HOUSING STIPENDS OR TERMINATING REQUIREMENTS FOR
ON-CAMPUS LIVING; (D) PROVIDING SUBSIDIZED TRANSPORTATION; (E) INCREAS-
ING FUNDRAISING FOR STUDENT AID INITIATIVES, INCLUDING ENGAGING PRIVATE
DONORS THROUGH MEANS SUCH AS ONLINE PORTALS; (F) INCREASING SCHOLARSHIP
AID TO VETERANS; (G) PROVIDING MORE ON-CAMPUS OR COMMUNITY JOB OPPORTU-
NITIES FOR STUDENTS; AND (H) REDUCING ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.
3. EACH CAPC SHALL REPORT ON THE COLLEGE AFFORDABILITY PLANS IMPLE-
MENTED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION ON AUGUST FIRST, TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN,
AND SHALL REPORT ADDITIONAL PROGRESS TOWARDS REDUCING COLLEGE COSTS ON
AUGUST FIRST, TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN. SUCH REPORTS SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO
THE CHAIRS OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY HIGHER EDUCATION COMMITTEES.
4. ANY NON-PUBLIC, NOT-FOR-PROFIT DEGREE GRANTING COLLEGE THAT HAS
ALREADY INSTITUTED COLLEGE AFFORDABILITY MEASURES CONSISTENT WITH THE
GOALS OF THIS SECTION MAY SUBMIT SUCH INFORMATION AND SHALL BE CONSID-
ERED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THIS SECTION.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
PART BB
Section 1. Section 355 of the education law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 20 to read as follows:
20. STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK STUDENT TELECOUNSELING NETWORK (SUNY
STCN) PILOT PROGRAM. A. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF ANY GENERAL,
SPECIAL OR LOCAL LAW TO THE CONTRARY AND SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATION, THE
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK BOARD OF TRUSTEES SHALL CREATE THE SUNY
STUDENT TELECOUNSELING NETWORK (SUNY STCN) THAT WOULD LEVERAGE THE
EXISTING EXPERTISE OF SUNY'S ACADEMIC HEALTH CENTERS, INCLUDING UPSTATE
MEDICAL CENTER, DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER, STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY AND THE
UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO, TO MEET SYSTEM-WIDE NEEDS VIA THE CREATION OF A
SYSTEM OR NETWORK OF TELECOUNSELING. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES MAY DESIGNATE
UP TO FIVE CAMPUSES TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PILOT PROGRAM. THE PILOT
CAMPUSES WOULD COORDINATE WITH THE ACADEMIC HEALTH CENTERS AND LOCAL
HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS TO ARRANGE FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND COUNSELING
SERVICES TO BE PROVIDED THROUGH THE TELECOUNSELING NETWORK.
B. THE CHANCELLOR OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK SHALL SUBMIT A
REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR, THE CHAIRS OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY HIGHER
EDUCATION COMMITTEES AND THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES NO LATER THAN ONE YEAR
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FOLLOWING THE DESIGNATION OF THE PILOT PROGRAMS. SUCH REPORT SHALL
INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, THE STATUS OF SUCH PROGRAM, THE EFFEC-
TIVENESS AND RESULTS OF SUCH PROGRAM AND RECOMMENDATIONS WHETHER TO
CONTINUE, EXPAND OR ALTER SUCH PILOT PROGRAM.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
PART CC
Section 1. The private housing finance law is amended by adding a new
article 28 to read as follows:
ARTICLE XXVIII
MOBILE AND MANUFACTURED HOME REPLACEMENT PROGRAM
SECTION 1240. STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
1241. DEFINITIONS.
1242. MOBILE AND MANUFACTURED HOME REPLACEMENT CONTRACTS.
§ 1240. STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. THE LEGISLATURE
HEREBY FINDS AND DECLARES THAT THERE EXISTS IN NEW YORK STATE A SERIOUS
NEED TO ELIMINATE OLDER, DILAPIDATED MOBILE AND MANUFACTURED HOMES AND
REPLACE THEM WITH NEW MANUFACTURED, MODULAR OR SITE-BUILT HOMES. OLDER
MOBILE OR MANUFACTURED HOME UNITS WITH RUSTED, LEAKING METAL ROOFS,
METAL-FRAMED WINDOWS WITH INTERIOR TAKE-OUT STORMS, AND METAL SIDING,
ARE THOSE THAT MOST NEED REPLACEMENT. NO MATTER THE AMOUNT OF REHABILI-
TATION INVESTMENT, THE END RESULT IS UNSATISFACTORY IN TERMS OF LONGEV-
ITY, ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND AFFORDABILITY. THE LEGISLATURE THEREFORE
FINDS THAT THE STATE SHOULD ESTABLISH A PROGRAM TO FUND THE REPLACEMENT
OF MOBILE OR MANUFACTURED HOMES WITH NEW AFFORDABLE AND ENERGY EFFICIENT
MANUFACTURED, MODULAR OR SITE-BUILT HOMES.
§ 1241. DEFINITIONS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE THE FOLLOWING
TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
1. "CORPORATION" SHALL MEAN THE HOUSING TRUST FUND CORPORATION ESTAB-
LISHED IN SECTION FORTY-FIVE-A OF THIS CHAPTER.
2. "DILAPIDATED" SHALL MEAN A HOUSING UNIT THAT DOES NOT PROVIDE SAFE
AND ADEQUATE SHELTER, AND IN ITS PRESENT CONDITION ENDANGERS THE HEALTH,
SAFETY OR WELL-BEING OF THE OCCUPANTS. SUCH A HOUSING UNIT SHALL HAVE
ONE OR MORE CRITICAL DEFECTS, OR A COMBINATION OF INTERMEDIATE DEFECTS
IN SUFFICIENT NUMBER OR EXTENT TO REQUIRE CONSIDERABLE REPAIR OR
REBUILDING. SUCH DEFECTS MAY INVOLVE ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION, OR THEY MAY
RESULT FROM CONTINUED NEGLECT OR LACK OF REPAIR OR FROM SERIOUS DAMAGE
TO THE STRUCTURE.
3. "ELIGIBLE APPLICANT" SHALL MEAN A UNIT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR A
NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION IN EXISTENCE FOR A PERIOD OF ONE OR MORE
YEARS PRIOR TO APPLICATION, WHICH IS, OR WILL BE AT THE TIME OF AWARD,
INCORPORATED UNDER THE NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION LAW AND HAS SUBSTAN-
TIAL EXPERIENCE IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
4. "ELIGIBLE PROPERTY" SHALL MEAN A MOBILE OR MANUFACTURED HOME THAT
IS THE PRIMARY RESIDENCE OF A HOMEOWNER WITH A TOTAL HOUSEHOLD INCOME
THAT DOES NOT EXCEED EIGHTY PERCENT OF AREA MEDIAN INCOME FOR THE COUNTY
IN WHICH A PROJECT IS LOCATED AS CALCULATED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPART-
MENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT.
5. "MANUFACTURED HOME" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS IS SET FORTH FOR
SUCH TERM IN SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF SECTION SIX HUNDRED ONE OF THE EXECU-
TIVE LAW.
6. "MOBILE AND MANUFACTURED HOME REPLACEMENT PROGRAM" OR "PROGRAM"
SHALL MEAN A PROPOSAL BY AN ELIGIBLE APPLICANT FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF A
DILAPIDATED MOBILE OR MANUFACTURED HOME WITH A NEW MANUFACTURED, MODULAR
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OR SITE-BUILT HOME. ALL REPLACEMENT HOMES SHALL BE ENERGY STAR RATED FOR
ENERGY EFFICIENCY.
7. "MODULAR HOME" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS IS SET FORTH FOR SUCH
TERM IN PARAGRAPH THIRTY-THREE OF SUBDIVISION (B) OF SECTION ELEVEN
HUNDRED ONE OF THE TAX LAW.
8. "SITE-BUILT HOME" SHALL MEAN A STRUCTURE BUILT ON-SITE USING BUILD-
ING MATERIALS DELIVERED TO THE SITE, EVEN IF SOME OF SUCH MATERIALS WERE
MANUFACTURED, PRODUCED OR ASSEMBLED OFF-SITE SUCH AS, BY WAY OF EXAMPLE
AND NOT BY WAY OF LIMITATION, CONCRETE BLOCKS, WINDOWS, DOOR UNITS, WALL
OR ROOF PANELS, TRUSSES AND DORMERS.
§ 1242. MOBILE AND MANUFACTURED HOME REPLACEMENT CONTRACTS. 1. GRANTS.
WITHIN THE LIMIT OF FUNDS AVAILABLE IN THE MOBILE AND MANUFACTURED HOME
REPLACEMENT PROGRAM, THE CORPORATION IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO ENTER INTO
CONTRACTS WITH ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS TO PROVIDE GRANTS, WHICH SHALL BE
USED TO ESTABLISH PROGRAMS TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO ELIGIBLE PROPERTY
OWNERS TO REPLACE DILAPIDATED MOBILE OR MANUFACTURED HOMES IN THE STATE.
2. PROGRAM CRITERIA. THE CORPORATION SHALL DEVELOP PROCEDURES, CRITE-
RIA AND REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO THE APPLICATION AND AWARD OF PROJECTS
PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION WHICH SHALL INCLUDE: ELIGIBILITY, MARKET
DEMAND, FEASIBILITY AND FUNDING CRITERIA; THE FUNDING DETERMINATION
PROCESS; SUPERVISION AND EVALUATION OF CONTRACTING APPLICANTS; REPORT-
ING, BUDGETING AND RECORD-KEEPING REQUIREMENTS; PROVISIONS FOR MODIFICA-
TION AND TERMINATION OF CONTRACTS; AND SUCH OTHER MATTERS NOT INCONSIST-
ENT WITH THE PURPOSES AND PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE AS THE CORPORATION
SHALL DEEM NECESSARY OR APPROPRIATE.
3. CONTRACT LIMITATIONS. THE TOTAL CONTRACT PURSUANT TO ANY ONE ELIGI-
BLE APPLICANT IN A SPECIFIED REGION SHALL NOT EXCEED FIVE HUNDRED THOU-
SAND DOLLARS AND THE CONTRACT SHALL PROVIDE FOR COMPLETION OF THE
PROGRAM WITHIN A REASONABLE PERIOD, AS SPECIFIED THEREIN, WHICH SHALL
NOT IN ANY EVENT EXCEED FOUR YEARS FROM COMMENCEMENT OF THE PROGRAM.
UPON REQUEST, THE CORPORATION MAY EXTEND THE TERM OF THE CONTRACT FOR UP
TO AN ADDITIONAL ONE YEAR PERIOD FOR GOOD CAUSE SHOWN BY THE ELIGIBLE
APPLICANT.
4. PLANNING AND ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS. THE CORPORATION SHALL AUTHORIZE
THE ELIGIBLE APPLICANT TO SPEND SEVEN AND ONE-HALF PERCENT OF THE
CONTRACT AMOUNT FOR APPROVED PLANNING AND ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS ASSOCI-
ATED WITH ADMINISTERING THE PROGRAM.
5. THE CORPORATION SHALL REQUIRE THAT, IN ORDER TO RECEIVE A GRANT
PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE, THE ELIGIBLE PROPERTY OWNER SHALL HAVE NO
LIENS ON THE LAND AFTER CLOSING THE GRANT OTHER THAN THE NEW HOME
FINANCING AND CURRENTLY EXISTING MORTGAGE OR MORTGAGES, AND ALL PROPERTY
TAXES AND INSURANCES MUST BE CURRENT.
6. ASSISTANCE. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO ELIGIBLE PROPERTY OWNERS SHALL
BE ONE HUNDRED PERCENT GRANTS IN THE FORM OF DEFERRED PAYMENT LOANS
(HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO IN THIS SUBDIVISION AS "DPL"). A TEN YEAR
DECLINING BALANCE LIEN IN THE FORM OF A NOTE AND MORTGAGE, DULY FILED AT
THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, WILL BE UTILIZED FOR REPLACEMENT PROJECTS. NO
INTEREST OR PAYMENTS WILL BE REQUIRED ON THE DPL UNLESS THE PROPERTY IS
SOLD OR TRANSFERRED BEFORE THE REGULATORY TERM EXPIRES. IN SUCH CASES
FUNDS WILL BE RECAPTURED FROM THE PROCEEDS OF THE SALE OF THE HOME, ON A
DECLINING BALANCE BASIS, UNLESS AN INCOME-ELIGIBLE IMMEDIATE FAMILY
MEMBER ACCEPTS OWNERSHIP OF, AND RESIDES IN THE NEW REPLACEMENT HOME FOR
THE REMAINDER OF THE REGULATORY TERM. IN ADDITION THE MOBILE AND MANU-
FACTURED HOME REPLACEMENT PROGRAM ESTABLISHED BY THIS ARTICLE SHALL: (A)
PROVIDE FUNDS FOR RELOCATION ASSISTANCE TO HOMEOWNERS WHO ARE UNABLE TO
VOLUNTARILY RELOCATE DURING THE DEMOLITION AND CONSTRUCTION PHASES OF
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THE PROJECT; (B) PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE COSTS OF DEMOLISHING AND
DISPOSING OF THE DILAPIDATED HOME; AND (C) COMPLEMENT AND BE IN ADDITION
TO ANY EXISTING MOBILE HOME REPLACEMENT ESTABLISHED UNDER THE NEW YORK
STATE HOME PROGRAM PURSUANT TO SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-TWO OF
THIS CHAPTER, OR ANY SUCCESSOR THERETO, AND FUNDED WITH FEDERAL FUNDS.
7. HOMEOWNERSHIP TRAINING. THE ELIGIBLE PROPERTY OWNER MUST AGREE TO
ATTEND AN APPROVED HOMEOWNERSHIP TRAINING PROGRAM FOR POST-PURCHASE,
CREDIT/BUDGET, AND HOME MAINTENANCE COUNSELING AS PART OF THE APPLICA-
TION PROCESS.
8. FUNDING CRITERIA. THE TOTAL PAYMENT PURSUANT TO ANY ONE GRANT
CONTRACT SHALL NOT EXCEED ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS AND THE CONTRACT
SHALL PROVIDE FOR COMPLETION OF THE PROGRAM WITHIN A REASONABLE PERIOD,
AS SPECIFIED THEREIN, NOT TO EXCEED FOUR YEARS.
9. FUNDING AND ANNUAL REPORT. THE CORPORATION IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION
SHALL AUTHORIZE ALL FUNDING DECISIONS AND MAKE ALL AWARD ANNOUNCEMENTS.
THE CORPORATION SHALL, ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST IN EACH YEAR
SUBMIT A REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS ARTI-
CLE. SUCH REPORT SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, FOR EACH AWARD
MADE TO A GRANTEE UNDER THIS ARTICLE: A DESCRIPTION OF SUCH AWARD;
CONTRACT AMOUNT AND CUMULATIVE TOTAL; AND SUCH OTHER INFORMATION AS THE
CORPORATION DEEMS PERTINENT.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
PART DD
Section 1. The private housing finance law is amended by adding a new
article 28 to read as follows:
ARTICLE XXVIII
NEW YORK STATE FIRST HOME
SAVINGS PROGRAM
SECTION 1250. PROGRAM ESTABLISHED.
1251. PURPOSES.
1252. DEFINITIONS.
1253. FUNCTIONS OF THE COMPTROLLER.
1254. POWERS OF THE COMPTROLLER.
1255. PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS; FIRST HOME SAVINGS ACCOUNT.
1256. PROGRAM LIMITATIONS; FIRST HOME SAVINGS ACCOUNT.
§ 1250. PROGRAM ESTABLISHED. THERE IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED A FIRST HOME
SAVINGS PROGRAM AND SUCH PROGRAM SHALL BE KNOWN AND MAY BE CITED AS THE
"NEW YORK STATE FIRST HOME SAVINGS PROGRAM".
§ 1251. PURPOSES. THE PURPOSES OF THE PROGRAM SHALL BE TO AUTHORIZE
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF FIRST HOME SAVINGS ACCOUNTS AND TO PROVIDE GUIDE-
LINES FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH ACCOUNTS TO:
1. ENABLE RESIDENTS OF THIS STATE TO BENEFIT FROM THE TAX INCENTIVE
PROVIDED FOR QUALIFIED STATE FIRST HOME SAVINGS ACCOUNTS UNDER
SUBSECTION (W) OF SECTION SIX HUNDRED TWELVE OF THE TAX LAW; AND
2. INCENTIVIZE RESIDENTS TO SAVE FOR THE PURCHASE OF A FIRST HOME
WITHIN THE STATE.
§ 1252. DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS ARTICLE, THE FOLLOWING TERMS
SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
1. "ACCOUNT" OR "FIRST HOME SAVINGS ACCOUNT" SHALL MEAN AN INDIVIDUAL
SAVINGS ACCOUNT ESTABLISHED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
ARTICLE FOR THE EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT OF THE ACCOUNT OWNER OR DESIGNATED
BENEFICIARY THAT IS THE FIRST TIME BUYER OF A HOME, TOWNHOME, CONDOMIN-
IUM OR UNIT IN A COOPERATIVE HOUSING CORPORATION.
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2. "ACCOUNT OWNER" SHALL MEAN A TAXPAYER WHO ENTERS INTO A FIRST HOME
SAVINGS AGREEMENT PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE, INCLUDING
A PERSON WHO ENTERS INTO SUCH AN AGREEMENT AS A FIDUCIARY OR AGENT ON
BEHALF OF A TRUST, ESTATE, PARTNERSHIP, ASSOCIATION, COMPANY OR CORPO-
RATION.
3. "DESIGNATED BENEFICIARY" SHALL MEAN, WITH RESPECT TO AN ACCOUNT OR
ACCOUNTS, THE DESIGNATED INDIVIDUAL OR INDIVIDUALS WHOSE FIRST HOME
PURCHASE EXPENSES ARE EXPECTED TO BE PAID FROM THE ACCOUNT OR ACCOUNTS.
4. "FINANCIAL ORGANIZATION" SHALL MEAN AN ORGANIZATION AUTHORIZED TO
DO BUSINESS IN THE STATE, AND (A) WHICH IS AN AUTHORIZED FIDUCIARY TO
ACT AS A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF AN ACT OF CONGRESS ENTI-
TLED "EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974", AS SUCH
PROVISIONS MAY BE AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME, OR AN INSURANCE COMPANY;
AND (B)(I) IS LICENSED OR CHARTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL
SERVICES, (II) IS CHARTERED BY AN AGENCY OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT,
(III) IS SUBJECT TO THE JURISDICTION AND REGULATION OF THE SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, (IV) IS ANY OTHER
ENTITY OTHERWISE AUTHORIZED TO ACT IN THIS STATE AS A TRUSTEE PURSUANT
TO THE PROVISIONS OF AN ACT OF CONGRESS ENTITLED "EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT
INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974", AS SUCH PROVISIONS MAY BE AMENDED FROM
TIME TO TIME, (V) OR ANY BANKING ORGANIZATION AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION
ELEVEN OF SECTION TWO OF THE BANKING LAW, NATIONAL BANKING ASSOCIATION,
STATE CHARTERED CREDIT UNION, FEDERAL MUTUAL SAVINGS BANK, FEDERAL
SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION OR FEDERAL CREDIT UNION.
5. "FIRST TIME HOME BUYER" SHALL MEAN AN INDIVIDUAL OR INDIVIDUALS,
NEITHER OF WHOM HAS OR HAD AN OWNERSHIP INTEREST IN A PRINCIPAL RESI-
DENCE AT ANY TIME, INCLUDING RESIDENCES OWNED IN THE UNITED STATES OR
ABROAD. NO SUCH PERSON SHALL OWN ANY OTHER HOME INCLUDING VACATION OR
INVESTMENT RESIDENCES, INCLUDING RESIDENCES OWNED IN THE UNITED STATES
OR ABROAD, EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS SUBDIVISION. IF EITHER
THE INDIVIDUAL OR INDIVIDUALS ARE NOT FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS, NEITHER
THE INDIVIDUAL OR INDIVIDUALS SHALL BE CONSIDERED A FIRST TIME HOME
BUYER. IF AN INDIVIDUAL'S ONLY POTENTIALLY DISQUALIFYING PRESENT OWNER-
SHIP INTEREST IS OWNERSHIP OF A MOBILE OR MANUFACTURED HOME, THE INDI-
VIDUAL SHALL BE CONSIDERED A FIRST TIME HOME BUYER AND SHALL BE ELIGIBLE
FOR A FIRST HOME ACCOUNT DEDUCTION. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE A
"MOBILE OR MANUFACTURED HOME" SHALL MEAN A STRUCTURE THAT IS VALUED AS
PERSONAL PROPERTY AND NOT REAL PROPERTY. IF, DUE TO HIS OR HER OWNERSHIP
OF A MOBILE OR MANUFACTURED HOME, THE INDIVIDUAL HAS CLAIMED A REAL
ESTATE TAX OR HOME MORTGAGE DEDUCTION ON HIS OR HER PERSONAL INCOME TAX
RETURNS, SUCH INDIVIDUAL SHALL NOT BE CONSIDERED A FIRST TIME HOME BUYER
REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE MOBILE OF MANUFACTURED HOME WAS CONSIDERED
PERSONAL OR REAL PROPERTY.
6. "OWNERSHIP INTEREST" SHALL MEAN A FEE SIMPLE INTEREST, A JOINT
TENANCY, A TENANCY IN COMMON, A TENANCY BY THE ENTIRETY, THE INTEREST OF
A TENANT-SHARE HOLDER IN A COOPERATIVE, A LIFE ESTATE OR A LAND
CONTRACT. INTERESTS WHICH DO NOT CONSTITUTE OWNERSHIP INTERESTS INCLUDE
THE FOLLOWING: (A) REMAINDER INTERESTS, (B) A LEASE WITH OR WITHOUT AN
OPTION TO PURCHASE, (C) A MERE EXPECTANCY TO INHERIT AN INTEREST IN A
RESIDENCE, (D) THE INTEREST THAT A PURCHASER OF A RESIDENCE ACQUIRES ON
THE EXECUTION OF A PURCHASE CONTRACT AND (E) AN INTEREST IN REAL ESTATE
OTHER THAN A RESIDENCE.
7. "PROGRAM" SHALL MEAN THE NEW YORK FIRST HOME SAVINGS PROGRAM ESTAB-
LISHED PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE.
8. "QUALIFIED FIRST HOME PURCHASE EXPENSES" SHALL MEAN MONIES APPLIED
FOR THE PURCHASE OR CONSTRUCTION OF A HOUSE, TOWNHOUSE, CONDOMINIUM OR
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UNIT IN A COOPERATIVE HOUSING CORPORATION WITHIN THE STATE TO BE USED AS
A PRIMARY RESIDENCE OF THE ACCOUNT OWNER OR DESIGNATED BENEFICIARY FOR A
PERIOD OF NOT LESS THAN TWO YEARS AFTER PURCHASE.
9. "QUALIFIED RESIDENTIAL HOUSING" SHALL MEAN A HOUSE, TOWNHOUSE,
CONDOMINIUM OR UNIT IN A COOPERATIVE HOUSING CORPORATION WITHIN THE
STATE.
10. "QUALIFIED WITHDRAWAL" SHALL MEAN A WITHDRAWAL FROM AN ACCOUNT TO
PAY THE QUALIFIED FIRST HOME PURCHASE EXPENSE OF THE ACCOUNT OWNER OR
DESIGNATED BENEFICIARY OF THE ACCOUNT.
11. "NONQUALIFIED WITHDRAWAL" SHALL MEAN A WITHDRAWAL FROM AN ACCOUNT
BUT SHALL NOT INCLUDE:
(A) A QUALIFIED WITHDRAWAL;
(B) A WITHDRAWAL MADE AS THE RESULT OF DEATH;
(C) AN UNFORESEEABLE EMERGENCY; OR
(D) NEED BASED UPON QUALIFYING FOR MILITARY SERVICE IN THE ARMED FORC-
ES OF THE UNITED STATES AS DETERMINED BY RULES AN REGULATIONS PROMULGAT-
ED BY THE COMPTROLLER.
12. "COMPTROLLER" SHALL MEAN THE STATE COMPTROLLER.
13. "MANAGEMENT CONTRACT" SHALL MEAN THE CONTRACT EXECUTED BY THE
COMPTROLLER AND A FINANCIAL ORGANIZATION SELECTED TO ACT AS A DEPOSITORY
AND MANAGER OF THE PROGRAM.
14. "FIRST HOME SAVINGS AGREEMENT" SHALL MEAN AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE
COMPTROLLER OR A FINANCIAL ORGANIZATION AND THE ACCOUNT OWNER.
15. "PROGRAM MANAGER" SHALL MEAN A FINANCIAL ORGANIZATION SELECTED BY
THE COMPTROLLER TO ACT AS A DEPOSITORY AND MANAGER OF THE PROGRAM.
16. "COMMISSIONER" SHALL MEAN THE COMMISSIONER OF TAXATION AND
FINANCE.
§ 1253. FUNCTIONS OF THE COMPTROLLER. 1. THE COMPTROLLER SHALL IMPLE-
MENT THE PROGRAM UNDER THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS ESTABLISHED BY THIS
ARTICLE AND A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE COMMISSIONER RELATING
TO ANY TERMS OR CONDITIONS NOT OTHERWISE EXPRESSLY PROVIDED FOR IN THIS
ARTICLE.
2. IN FURTHERANCE OF SUCH IMPLEMENTATION THE COMPTROLLER SHALL:
(A) DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT THE PROGRAM IN A MANNER CONSISTENT WITH THE
PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE THROUGH RULES AND REGULATIONS ESTABLISHED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE ACT;
(B) ENGAGE THE SERVICES OF CONSULTANTS ON A CONTRACT BASIS FOR RENDER-
ING PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND ADVICE;
(C) SEEK RULINGS AND OTHER GUIDANCE FROM THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT
OF TREASURY AND THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE RELATING TO THE PROGRAM;
(D) MAKE CHANGES TO THE PROGRAM REQUIRED FOR THE PARTICIPANTS IN THE
PROGRAM TO OBTAIN THE STATE INCOME TAX BENEFITS OR TREATMENT PROVIDED BY
THIS ARTICLE;
(E) CHARGE, IMPOSE AND COLLECT ADMINISTRATIVE FEES AND SERVICE CHARGES
IN CONNECTION WITH ANY AGREEMENT, CONTRACT OR TRANSACTION RELATING TO
THE PROGRAM;
(F) DEVELOP MARKETING PLANS AND PROMOTION MATERIALS;
(G) ESTABLISH THE METHODS BY WHICH THE FUNDS HELD IN SUCH ACCOUNTS BE
DISPERSED;
(H) ESTABLISH THE METHOD BY WHICH FUNDS SHALL BE ALLOCATED TO PAY FOR
ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS; AND
(I) DO ALL THINGS NECESSARY AND PROPER TO CARRY OUT THE PURPOSES OF
THIS ARTICLE.
§ 1254. POWERS OF THE COMPTROLLER. 1. THE COMPTROLLER MAY IMPLEMENT
THE PROGRAM THROUGH USE OF FINANCIAL ORGANIZATIONS AS ACCOUNT DEPOSITO-
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RIES AND MANAGERS. UNDER THE PROGRAM, AN ACCOUNT OWNER MAY ESTABLISH
ACCOUNTS DIRECTLY WITH AN ACCOUNT DEPOSITORY.
2. THE COMPTROLLER MAY SOLICIT PROPOSALS FROM FINANCIAL ORGANIZATIONS
TO ACT AS DEPOSITORIES AND MANAGERS OF THE PROGRAM. FINANCIAL ORGANIZA-
TIONS SUBMITTING PROPOSALS SHALL DESCRIBE THE INVESTMENT INSTRUMENT
WHICH WILL BE HELD IN ACCOUNTS. THE COMPTROLLER SHALL SELECT AS PROGRAM
DEPOSITORIES AND MANAGERS THE FINANCIAL ORGANIZATION, FROM AMONG THE
BIDDING FINANCIAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT DEMONSTRATES THE MOST ADVANTAGEOUS
COMBINATION, BOTH TO POTENTIAL PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS AND THIS STATE, OF
THE FOLLOWING FACTORS:
(A) FINANCIAL STABILITY AND INTEGRITY OF THE FINANCIAL ORGANIZATION;
(B) THE SAFETY OF THE INVESTMENT INSTRUMENT BEING OFFERED;
(C) THE ABILITY OF THE INVESTMENT INSTRUMENT TO TRACK INCREASING COSTS
OF RESIDENTIAL HOUSING;
(D) THE ABILITY OF THE FINANCIAL ORGANIZATION TO SATISFY RECORDKEEPING
AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS;
(E) THE FINANCIAL ORGANIZATION'S PLAN FOR PROMOTING THE PROGRAM AND
THE INVESTMENT IT IS WILLING TO MAKE TO PROMOTE THE PROGRAM;
(F) THE FEES, IF ANY, PROPOSED TO BE CHARGED TO PERSONS FOR OPENING
ACCOUNTS;
(G) THE MINIMUM INITIAL DEPOSIT AND MINIMUM CONTRIBUTIONS THAT THE
FINANCIAL ORGANIZATION WILL REQUIRE;
(H) THE ABILITY OF BANKING ORGANIZATIONS TO ACCEPT ELECTRONIC WITH-
DRAWALS, INCLUDING PAYROLL DEDUCTION PLANS; AND
(I) OTHER BENEFITS TO THE STATE OR ITS RESIDENTS INCLUDED IN THE
PROPOSAL, INCLUDING FEES PAYABLE TO THE STATE TO COVER EXPENSES OF OPER-
ATION OF THE PROGRAM.
3. THE COMPTROLLER MAY ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH A FINANCIAL ORGAN-
IZATION. SUCH FINANCIAL ORGANIZATION MANAGEMENT MAY PROVIDE ONE OR MORE
TYPES OF INVESTMENT INSTRUMENT.
4. THE COMPTROLLER MAY SELECT MORE THAN ONE FINANCIAL ORGANIZATION FOR
THE PROGRAM.
5. A MANAGEMENT CONTRACT SHALL INCLUDE, AT A MINIMUM, TERMS REQUIRING
THE FINANCIAL ORGANIZATION TO:
(A) TAKE ANY ACTION REQUIRED TO KEEP THE PROGRAM IN COMPLIANCE WITH
REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION TWELVE HUNDRED FIFTY-FIVE OF THIS ARTICLE AND
ANY ACTIONS NOT CONTRARY TO ITS CONTRACT TO MANAGE THE PROGRAM TO QUALI-
FY AS A "FIRST HOME SAVINGS ACCOUNT" UNDER SUBSECTION (W) OF SECTION SIX
HUNDRED TWELVE OF THE TAX LAW;
(B) KEEP ADEQUATE RECORDS OF EACH ACCOUNT, KEEP EACH ACCOUNT SEGRE-
GATED FROM EACH OTHER ACCOUNT, AND PROVIDE THE COMPTROLLER WITH THE
INFORMATION NECESSARY TO PREPARE THE STATEMENTS REQUIRED BY SECTION
TWELVE HUNDRED FIFTY-FIVE OF THIS ARTICLE;
(C) COMPILE AND TOTAL INFORMATION CONTAINED IN STATEMENTS REQUIRED TO
BE PREPARED UNDER SECTION TWELVE HUNDRED FIFTY-FIVE OF THIS ARTICLE AND
PROVIDE SUCH COMPILATIONS TO THE COMPTROLLER;
(D) IF THERE IS MORE THAN ONE PROGRAM MANAGER, PROVIDE THE COMPTROLLER
WITH SUCH INFORMATION NECESSARY TO DETERMINE COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION
TWELVE HUNDRED FIFTY-FIVE OF THIS ARTICLE;
(E) PROVIDE THE COMPTROLLER OR HIS DESIGNEE ACCESS TO THE BOOKS AND
RECORDS OF THE PROGRAM MANAGER TO THE EXTENT NEEDED TO DETERMINE COMPLI-
ANCE WITH THE CONTRACT;
(F) HOLD ALL ACCOUNTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ACCOUNT OWNER;
(G) BE AUDITED AT LEAST ANNUALLY BY A FIRM OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC
ACCOUNTANTS SELECTED BY THE PROGRAM MANAGER AND THAT THE RESULTS OF SUCH
AUDIT BE PROVIDED TO THE COMPTROLLER;
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(H) PROVIDE THE COMPTROLLER WITH COPIES OF ALL REGULATORY FILINGS AND
REPORTS MADE BY IT DURING THE TERM OF THE MANAGEMENT CONTRACT OR WHILE
IT IS HOLDING ANY ACCOUNTS, OTHER THAN CONFIDENTIAL FILINGS OR REPORTS
THAT WILL NOT BECOME PART OF THE PROGRAM. THE PROGRAM MANAGER SHALL MAKE
AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW BY THE COMPTROLLER THE RESULTS OF ANY PERIODIC
EXAMINATION OF SUCH MANAGER BY ANY STATE OR FEDERAL BANKING, INSURANCE
OR SECURITIES COMMISSION, EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT THAT SUCH REPORT OR
REPORTS MAY NOT BE DISCLOSED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW OR THE RULES OF SUCH
COMMISSION; AND
(I) ENSURE THAT ANY DESCRIPTION OF THE PROGRAM, WHETHER IN WRITING OR
THROUGH THE USE OF ANY MEDIA, IS CONSISTENT WITH THE MARKETING PLAN AS
DEVELOPED PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION TWELVE HUNDRED FIFTY-
THREE OF THIS ARTICLE.
6. THE COMPTROLLER MAY PROVIDE THAT AN AUDIT SHALL BE CONDUCTED OF THE
OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL POSITION OF THE PROGRAM DEPOSITORY AND MANAGER
AT ANY TIME IF THE COMPTROLLER HAS ANY REASON TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT THE
FINANCIAL POSITION, THE RECORDKEEPING PRACTICES, OR THE STATUS OF
ACCOUNTS OF SUCH PROGRAM DEPOSITORY AND MANAGER.
7. DURING THE TERM OF ANY CONTRACT WITH A PROGRAM MANAGER, THE COMP-
TROLLER SHALL CONDUCT AN EXAMINATION OF SUCH MANAGER AND ITS HANDLING OF
ACCOUNTS. SUCH EXAMINATION SHALL BE CONDUCTED AT LEAST BIENNIALLY IF
SUCH MANAGER IS NOT OTHERWISE SUBJECT TO PERIODIC EXAMINATION BY THE
SUPERINTENDENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES, THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE
CORPORATION OR OTHER SIMILAR ENTITY.
8. (A) IF SELECTION OF A FINANCIAL ORGANIZATION AS A PROGRAM MANAGER
OR DEPOSITORY IS NOT RENEWED, AFTER THE END OF ITS TERM:
(I) ACCOUNTS PREVIOUSLY ESTABLISHED AND HELD IN INVESTMENT INSTRUMENTS
AT SUCH FINANCIAL ORGANIZATION MAY BE TERMINATED;
(II) ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS MAY BE MADE TO SUCH ACCOUNTS;
(III) NO NEW ACCOUNTS MAY BE PLACED WITH SUCH FINANCIAL ORGANIZATION;
AND
(IV) EXISTING ACCOUNTS HELD BY SUCH DEPOSITORY SHALL REMAIN SUBJECT TO
ALL OVERSIGHT AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS ESTABLISHED BY THE COMPTROLLER.
(B) IF THE COMPTROLLER TERMINATES A FINANCIAL ORGANIZATION AS A
PROGRAM MANAGER OR DEPOSITORY, HE OR SHE SHALL TAKE CUSTODY OF ACCOUNTS
HELD BY SUCH FINANCIAL ORGANIZATION AND SHALL SEEK TO PROMPTLY TRANSFER
SUCH ACCOUNTS TO ANOTHER FINANCIAL ORGANIZATION THAT IS SELECTED AS A
PROGRAM MANAGER OR DEPOSITORY AND INTO INVESTMENT INSTRUMENTS AS SIMILAR
TO THE ORIGINAL INSTRUMENTS AS POSSIBLE.
9. THE COMPTROLLER MAY ENTER INTO SUCH CONTRACTS AS IT DEEMS NECESSARY
AND PROPER FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROGRAM.
§ 1255. PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS; FIRST HOME SAVINGS ACCOUNT. 1. FIRST
HOME SAVINGS ACCOUNTS ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
ARTICLE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
2. A FIRST HOME SAVINGS ACCOUNT MAY BE OPENED BY ANY PERSON WHO
DESIRES TO SAVE MONEY FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE QUALIFIED FIRST HOME
PURCHASE EXPENSES OF THE ACCOUNT OWNER OR DESIGNATED BENEFICIARY. AN
ACCOUNT OWNER MAY DESIGNATE ANOTHER PERSON AS SUCCESSOR OWNER OF THE
ACCOUNT IN THE EVENT OF THE DEATH OF THE ORIGINAL ACCOUNT OWNER. SUCH
PERSON WHO OPENS AN ACCOUNT OR ANY SUCCESSOR OWNER SHALL BE CONSIDERED
THE ACCOUNT OWNER.
(A) AN APPLICATION FOR SUCH ACCOUNT SHALL BE IN THE FORM PRESCRIBED BY
THE PROGRAM AND CONTAIN THE FOLLOWING:
(I) THE NAME, ADDRESS AND SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER OR EMPLOYER IDENTIFI-
CATION NUMBER OF THE ACCOUNT OWNER;
(II) THE DESIGNATION OF A DESIGNATED BENEFICIARY;
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(III) THE NAME, ADDRESS, AND SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER OF THE DESIGNATED
BENEFICIARY; AND
(IV) SUCH OTHER INFORMATION AS THE PROGRAM MAY REQUIRE.
(B) THE COMPTROLLER AND THE CORPORATION MAY ESTABLISH A NOMINAL FEE
FOR SUCH APPLICATION.
3. ANY PERSON, INCLUDING THE ACCOUNT OWNER, MAY MAKE CONTRIBUTIONS TO
THE ACCOUNT AFTER THE ACCOUNT IS OPENED.
4. CONTRIBUTIONS TO ACCOUNTS MAY BE MADE ONLY IN CASH.
5. AN ACCOUNT OWNER MAY WITHDRAW ALL OR PART OF THE BALANCE FROM AN
ACCOUNT AS AUTHORIZED UNDER RULES GOVERNING THE PROGRAM. SUCH RULES
SHALL INCLUDE PROVISIONS THAT WILL GENERALLY ENABLE THE DETERMINATION AS
TO WHETHER A WITHDRAWAL IS A NONQUALIFIED WITHDRAWAL OR A QUALIFIED
WITHDRAWAL.
6. (A) AN ACCOUNT OWNER MAY CHANGE THE DESIGNATED BENEFICIARY OF AN
ACCOUNT IN ACCORDANCE WITH PROCEDURES ESTABLISHED BY THE MEMORANDUM OF
UNDERSTATING PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION TWELVE HUNDRED
FIFTY-THREE OF THIS ARTICLE.
(B) AN ACCOUNT OWNER MAY TRANSFER ALL OR A PORTION OF AN ACCOUNT TO
ANOTHER FIRST HOME SAVINGS ACCOUNT.
(C) CHANGES IN DESIGNATED BENEFICIARIES AND TRANSFERS UNDER THIS
SUBDIVISION SHALL NOT BE PERMITTED TO THE EXTENT THAT THEY WOULD CAUSE
ALL ACCOUNTS FOR THE SAME BENEFICIARY TO EXCEED THE PERMITTED AGGREGATE
MAXIMUM ACCOUNT BALANCE.
7. THE PROGRAM SHALL PROVIDE SEPARATE ACCOUNTING FOR EACH DESIGNATED
BENEFICIARY.
8. NO ACCOUNT OWNER OR DESIGNATED BENEFICIARY OF ANY ACCOUNT SHALL BE
PERMITTED TO DIRECT THE INVESTMENT OF ANY CONTRIBUTIONS TO AN ACCOUNT OR
THE EARNINGS THEREON MORE THAN TWO TIMES IN ANY CALENDAR YEAR.
9. NEITHER AN ACCOUNT OWNER NOR A DESIGNATED BENEFICIARY MAY USE AN
INTEREST IN AN ACCOUNT AS SECURITY FOR A LOAN. ANY PLEDGE OF AN INTEREST
IN AN ACCOUNT SHALL BE OF NO FORCE AND EFFECT.
10. THE COMPTROLLER SHALL PROMULGATE RULES OR REGULATIONS TO PREVENT
CONTRIBUTIONS ON BEHALF OF A DESIGNATED BENEFICIARY IN EXCESS OF AN
AMOUNT THAT WOULD CAUSE THE AGGREGATE ACCOUNT BALANCE FOR ALL ACCOUNTS
FOR A DESIGNATED BENEFICIARY TO EXCEED A MAXIMUM ACCOUNT BALANCE, AS
ESTABLISHED FROM TIME TO TIME BY THE COMPTROLLER.
11. CONTRIBUTIONS TO A FIRST HOME SAVINGS ACCOUNT SHALL BE LIMITED TO
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS PER ACCOUNT. THIS AMOUNT SHALL NOT TAKE
INTO CONSIDERATION ANY GAIN OR LOSS TO THE PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT INTO THE
ACCOUNT.
12. IN THE EVENT THAT AN INDIVIDUAL MAKES A "NONQUALIFIED WITHDRAWAL"
OF MONIES FROM THE FIRST HOME SAVINGS ACCOUNT SUCH INDIVIDUAL SHALL HAVE
THE ENTIRE ACCOUNT TAXED, INCLUDING ANY INTEREST, AS THOUGH IT WAS
INCOME AT THE ACCOUNT OWNER'S FEDERAL TAX RATE IN THE TAX YEARS THE
MONIES WERE WITHDRAWN, AND INCUR AN ADDITIONAL TEN PERCENT STATE PENALTY
ON THE AMOUNT OF EARNINGS. IN THE EVENT ACCOUNT OWNERS OR DESIGNATED
BENEFICIARY DOES NOT USE THE QUALIFIED RESIDENTIAL HOUSING AS A PRIMARY
RESIDENCE FOR A PERIOD OF NOT LESS THAN TWO YEARS AFTER THE PURCHASE OF
SUCH HOUSING, THE ACCOUNT OWNER SHALL HAVE THE ENTIRE ACCOUNT TAXED,
INCLUDING ANY INTEREST, AS THOUGH IT WAS ORDINARY INCOME AT THE ACCOUNT
OWNER'S FEDERAL TAX RATE IN THE TAX YEARS THE MONIES WERE WITHDRAWN AND
INCUR AN ADDITIONAL TEN PERCENT STATE PENALTY ON THE AMOUNT OF EARNINGS.
FOR PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE, THE TWO YEAR PERIOD SHALL BEGIN AT THE
TIME TITLE IS TRANSFERRED TO THE FIRST TIME HOME BUYER. THE PENALTY
SHALL BE IN ADDITION TO ANY TAXES DUE PURSUANT TO A NON-QUALIFIED WITH-
DRAWAL FROM A FIRST HOME SAVINGS ACCOUNT.
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13. PENALTIES MAY BE WAIVED BY THE COMMISSIONER IF THE INDIVIDUAL CAN
SHOW PROOF THAT THE REASON THE INDIVIDUAL DID NOT USE THE QUALIFIED
RESIDENTIAL HOUSING AS A PRIMARY RESIDENCE FOR A PERIOD OF TWO YEARS OR
MORE AFTER THE PURCHASE OR CONSTRUCTION WAS DUE TO EITHER:
(A) AN EMPLOYMENT RELOCATION OUTSIDE THE STATE AND SUCH RELOCATION
REQUIRED THE INDIVIDUAL TO BECOME A RESIDENT OF ANOTHER STATE;
(B) AN UNFORESEEABLE EMERGENCY;
(C) AN ABSENCE DUE TO QUALIFYING MILITARY SERVICE; OR
(D) DEATH.
FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, AN "UNFORESEEABLE EMERGENCY" SHALL
MEAN A SEVERE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP RESULTING FROM ILLNESS, ACCIDENT OR
PROPERTY LOSS TO THE ACCOUNT OWNER, OR HIS OR HER DEPENDENTS RESULTING
IN CIRCUMSTANCES BEYOND THEIR CONTROL. THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT CONSTITUTE
AN UNFORESEEABLE FINANCIAL EMERGENCY WILL DEPEND ON THE FACTS OF EACH
CASE, HOWEVER, WITHDRAWAL OF ACCOUNT FUNDS MAY NOT BE MADE, WITHOUT
PENALTY, TO THE EXTENT THAT SUCH HARDSHIP IS OR MAY BE RELIEVED BY
EITHER:
(I) REIMBURSEMENT OR COMPENSATION BY INSURANCE OR OTHERWISE; OR
(II) LIQUIDATION OF THE INDIVIDUAL'S ASSETS TO THE EXTENT THE LIQUI-
DATION OF SUCH ASSETS WOULD NOT ITSELF CAUSE SEVERE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP.
14. THE COMMISSIONER AND THE COMPTROLLER ARE DIRECTED TO PROMULGATE
ALL RULES AND REGULATIONS NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
SECTION AND ARE HEREBY DIRECTED TO ESTABLISH, SUPERVISE AND REGULATE
FIRST HOME SAVINGS ACCOUNTS AUTHORIZED TO BE CREATED BY THIS SECTION.
15. (A) IF THERE IS ANY DISTRIBUTION FROM A FIRST HOME SAVINGS ACCOUNT
TO ANY INDIVIDUAL OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF ANY INDIVIDUAL DURING A CALENDAR
YEAR, SUCH DISTRIBUTION SHALL BE REPORTED TO THE INTERNAL REVENUE
SERVICE AND THE ACCOUNT OWNER, THE DESIGNATED BENEFICIARY, OR THE
DISTRIBUTEE TO THE EXTENT REQUIRED BY FEDERAL LAW OR REGULATION.
(B) STATEMENTS SHALL BE PROVIDED TO EACH ACCOUNT OWNER AT LEAST ONCE
EACH YEAR WITHIN SIXTY DAYS AFTER THE END OF THE TWELVE MONTH PERIOD TO
WHICH THEY RELATE. THE STATEMENT SHALL IDENTIFY THE CONTRIBUTIONS MADE
DURING A PRECEDING TWELVE MONTH PERIOD, THE TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS MADE TO
THE ACCOUNT THROUGH THE END OF THE PERIOD, THE VALUE OF THE ACCOUNT AT
THE END OF SUCH PERIOD, DISTRIBUTIONS MADE DURING SUCH PERIOD AND ANY
OTHER INFORMATION THAT THE COMPTROLLER SHALL REQUIRE TO BE REPORTED TO
THE ACCOUNT OWNER.
(C) STATEMENTS AND INFORMATION RELATING TO ACCOUNTS SHALL BE PREPARED
AND FILED TO THE EXTENT REQUIRED BY FEDERAL AND STATE TAX LAWS.
16. AN ANNUAL FEE MAY BE IMPOSED UPON THE ACCOUNT OWNER FOR THE MAIN-
TENANCE OF THE ACCOUNT.
17. THE PROGRAM SHALL DISCLOSE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IN WRITING TO
EACH ACCOUNT OWNER OF A FIRST HOME SAVINGS ACCOUNT:
(A) THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR ESTABLISHING A FIRST HOME SAVINGS
ACCOUNT;
(B) ANY RESTRICTIONS ON THE SUBSTITUTION OF BENEFICIARIES;
(C) THE PERSON OR ENTITY ENTITLED TO TERMINATE THE FIRST HOME SAVINGS
AGREEMENT;
(D) THE PERIOD OF TIME DURING WHICH A BENEFICIARY MAY RECEIVE BENEFITS
UNDER THE FIRST HOME SAVINGS AGREEMENT;
(E) THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH MONEY MAY BE WHOLLY OR
PARTIALLY WITHDRAWN FROM THE PROGRAM, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY
REASONABLE CHARGES AND FEES THAT MAY BE IMPOSED FOR WITHDRAWAL;
(F) THE PROBABLE TAX CONSEQUENCES ASSOCIATED WITH CONTRIBUTIONS TO AND
DISTRIBUTIONS FROM ACCOUNTS; AND
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(G) ALL OTHER RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS PURSUANT TO FIRST HOME SAVINGS
AGREEMENTS, AND ANY OTHER TERMS, CONDITIONS, AND PROVISIONS DEEMED
NECESSARY AND APPROPRIATE BY THE TERMS OF THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTAND-
ING ENTERED INTO PURSUANT TO SECTION TWELVE HUNDRED FIFTY-THREE OF THIS
ARTICLE.
18. FIRST HOME SAVINGS AGREEMENTS SHALL BE SUBJECT TO SECTION FOUR-
TEEN-C OF THE BANKING LAW AND THE "TRUTH-IN-SAVINGS" REGULATIONS PROMUL-
GATED THEREUNDER.
19. NOTHING IN THIS ARTICLE OR IN ANY FIRST HOME SAVINGS AGREEMENT
ENTERED INTO PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE CONSTRUED AS A GUARANTEE
BY THE STATE THAT THE ACCOUNT OWNER OR DESIGNATED BENEFICIARY WILL QUAL-
IFY FOR THE PURCHASE OF A HOME.
20. TO ESTABLISH THAT AN ACCOUNT OWNER OR DESIGNATED BENEFICIARY IS A
FIRST TIME HOME BUYER, THE INDIVIDUAL SHALL COMPLETE A FORM PROMULGATED
BY THE COMPTROLLER CERTIFYING, UNDER THE PENALTIES OF PERJURY, THAT SUCH
INDIVIDUAL IS A FIRST TIME HOME BUYER.
21. AN INDIVIDUAL MUST NOT INTEND TO USE ANY PORTION OF THE REAL PROP-
ERTY PURCHASED USING THE FIRST HOME SAVINGS ACCOUNT FUNDS IN A TRADE OR
BUSINESS, OR AS A VACATION HOME OR AS AN INVESTMENT, EXCEPT AS AN OWNER
OCCUPIED MULTIPLE DWELLING WITH NO MORE THAN TWO RENTAL UNITS.
22. MONIES WITHDRAWN FROM FIRST HOME SAVINGS ACCOUNTS AND ANY INTEREST
WHICH HAS ACCRUED SHALL NOT BE CONSIDERED AS ORDINARY INCOME TO THE
ACCOUNT OWNER FOR STATE PERSONAL INCOME TAXATION PURPOSES, SO LONG AS
THE MONIES ARE APPLIED FOR THE PURCHASE OR CONSTRUCTION OF A QUALIFIED
FIRST HOME PURCHASE BY THE ACCOUNT OWNER OR DESIGNATED BENEFICIARY OF
THE ACCOUNT.
§ 1256. PROGRAM LIMITATIONS; FIRST HOME SAVINGS ACCOUNT. 1. NOTHING IN
THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO:
(A) GIVE ANY DESIGNATED BENEFICIARY ANY RIGHTS OR LEGAL INTEREST WITH
RESPECT TO AN ACCOUNT UNLESS THE DESIGNATED BENEFICIARY IS THE ACCOUNT
OWNER;
(B) GUARANTEE THAT THE ACCOUNT OWNER OR DESIGNATED BENEFICIARY WILL BE
FINANCIALLY QUALIFIED TO PURCHASE A HOME;
(C) CREATE STATE RESIDENCY FOR AN INDIVIDUAL MERELY BECAUSE THE INDI-
VIDUAL IS A DESIGNATED BENEFICIARY; OR
(D) GUARANTEE THAT AMOUNTS SAVED PURSUANT TO THE PROGRAM WILL BE
SUFFICIENT TO COVER THE DOWN PAYMENT OR CLOSING COSTS PURSUANT TO THE
PURCHASE OF A QUALIFIED FIRST HOME.
2. (A) NOTHING IN THIS ARTICLE SHALL CREATE OR BE CONSTRUED TO CREATE
ANY OBLIGATION OF THE COMPTROLLER, THE STATE, OR ANY AGENCY OR INSTRU-
MENTALITY OF THE STATE TO GUARANTEE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ACCOUNT OWNER
OR DESIGNATED BENEFICIARY WITH RESPECT TO:
(I) THE RATE OF INTEREST OR OTHER RETURN ON ANY ACCOUNT; AND
(II) THE PAYMENT OF INTEREST OR OTHER RETURN ON ANY ACCOUNT.
(B) THE COMPTROLLER BY RULE OR REGULATION SHALL PROVIDE THAT EVERY
CONTRACT, APPLICATION, DEPOSIT SLIP OR OTHER SIMILAR DOCUMENT THAT MAY
BE USED IN CONNECTION WITH A CONTRIBUTION TO AN ACCOUNT CLEARLY INDICATE
THAT THE ACCOUNT IS NOT INSURED BY THE STATE AND NEITHER THE PRINCIPAL
DEPOSITED NOR THE INVESTMENT RETURN IS GUARANTEED BY THE STATE.
§ 2. Subsection (c) of section 612 of the tax law is amended by adding
a new paragraph 42 to read as follows:
(42) THE AMOUNT THAT MAY BE SUBTRACTED FROM FEDERAL ADJUSTED GROSS
INCOME PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION (W) OF THIS SECTION.
§ 3. Section 612 of the tax law is amended by adding a new subsection
(w) to read as follows:
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(W) DEDUCTIONS FOR MONIES DEPOSITED INTO A FIRST HOME SAVINGS ACCOUNT.
A TAXPAYER, WHO IS AN ACCOUNT OWNER AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF
SECTION TWELVE HUNDRED FIFTY-TWO OF THE PRIVATE HOUSING FINANCE LAW,
SHALL BE ABLE TO DEDUCT ANNUALLY FROM HIS OR HER FEDERAL ADJUSTED GROSS
INCOME THAT AMOUNT, NOT TO EXCEED FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS, DEPOSITED INTO
A FIRST HOME SAVINGS ACCOUNT CREATED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE TWENTY-EIGHT OF
THE PRIVATE HOUSING FINANCE LAW. A TAXPAYER AND HIS OR HER SPOUSE SHALL
JOINTLY BE ENTITLED TO A MAXIMUM DEDUCTION OF TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS. THIS
AMOUNT MAY BE DIVIDED IN ANY MANNER AS THE TAXPAYERS DESIRE FOR INCOME
TAX PURPOSES.
§ 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law, and shall apply to taxable years commencing
on or after the first of January next succeeding the date on which it
shall have become law; provided however, that subdivision 14 of section
1255 of the private housing finance law, as added by section one of this
act, shall take effect immediately.
PART EE
Section 1. The private housing finance law is amended by adding a new
article 28 to read as follows:
ARTICLE XXVIII
AFFORDABLE SENIOR HOUSING
AND SERVICES
SECTION 1240. STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
1241. DEFINITIONS.
1242. AFFORDABLE SENIOR HOUSING AND SERVICES PROGRAM.
§ 1240. STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. THE LEGISLATURE
HEREBY FINDS AND DECLARES THAT THERE EXISTS IN THE STATE A SERIOUS SHOR-
TAGE OF RENTAL HOUSING FOR OLDER PERSONS WHO CHOOSE TO LIVE INDEPENDENT-
LY, AND WHO MAY BENEFIT FROM MODEST BASIC SERVICES IN ORDER TO REMAIN
LIVING INDEPENDENTLY. PROVIDING CAPITAL FUNDING TO FACILITATE THE
CONSTRUCTION AND REHABILITATION OF AFFORDABLE RENTAL APARTMENTS FOR
OLDER PERSONS OVER THE AGE OF SIXTY-TWO, AND PROVIDING SERVICE COORDI-
NATION FUNDS TO NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, WILL ALLOW THOUSANDS OF
OLDER NEW YORKERS TO "AGE-IN-PLACE" COMFORTABLY IN THEIR COMMUNITY,
REDUCING THE LIKELIHOOD OF RESIDING IN AN INSTITUTIONAL SETTING.
§ 1241. DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS ARTICLE:
1. "CORPORATION" SHALL MEAN THE HOUSING TRUST FUND CORPORATION ESTAB-
LISHED IN SECTION FORTY-FIVE-A OF THIS CHAPTER.
2. "ELIGIBLE APPLICANT" SHALL MEAN A PERSON OF LOW INCOME, A HOUSING
DEVELOPMENT FUND COMPANY INCORPORATED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE ELEVEN OF THIS
CHAPTER, A NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION OR CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION WHICH
HAS AS ONE OF ITS PRIMARY PURPOSES THE IMPROVEMENT OF HOUSING FOR
PERSONS OF LOW INCOME, A WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF SUCH A CORPORATION
OR ORGANIZATION, A PARTNERSHIP AT LEAST FIFTY PERCENT OF THE CONTROLLING
INTEREST OF WHICH IS HELD BY SUCH A CORPORATION OR ORGANIZATION AND
WHICH HAS AGREED TO LIMIT PROFITS OR RATE OF RETURN OF INVESTORS IN
ACCORDANCE WITH A FORMULA ESTABLISHED OR APPROVED BY THE CORPORATION OR
A PRIVATE DEVELOPER WHICH HAS AGREED TO LIMIT PROFITS OR RATE OF RETURN
OF INVESTORS IN ACCORDANCE WITH A FORMULA ESTABLISHED OR APPROVED BY THE
CORPORATION, A CITY, TOWN, VILLAGE OR COUNTY, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT
THE COUNTY IS ONLY ACTING AS AN ADMINISTRATOR OF A PROGRAM UNDER WHICH
PROJECTS ARE REHABILITATED OR CONSTRUCTED OR NONRESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES
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ARE CONVERTED BY OTHER ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS, OR A MUNICIPAL HOUSING
AUTHORITY CREATED PURSUANT TO THE PUBLIC HOUSING LAW, PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
THAT ANY REAL PROPERTY OF SUCH HOUSING AUTHORITY TO BE REHABILITATED,
CONSTRUCTED OR CONVERTED UNDER THIS ARTICLE SHALL NOT HAVE BEEN FINANCED
PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE PUBLIC HOUSING LAW AND SHALL NOT HAVE
BEEN OWNED BY SUCH AUTHORITY PRIOR TO JULY FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED
EIGHTY-SIX, AND PROVIDED, FURTHER, HOWEVER, THAT PERSONS OF LOW INCOME
SHALL NOT BE DIRECT RECIPIENTS OF PAYMENTS, GRANTS OR LOANS FROM THE
CORPORATION UNDER THIS ARTICLE BUT MAY RECEIVE SUCH FUNDS FROM ANOTHER
ELIGIBLE APPLICANT.
3. "AFFORDABLE SENIOR HOUSING PROPERTY" SHALL MEAN AN APARTMENT BUILD-
ING OR COMPLEX OCCUPIED BY INDIVIDUALS OVER SIXTY-TWO YEARS OF AGE, WHO
LIVE INDEPENDENTLY AND AT LEAST EIGHTY PERCENT OF WHOM HAVE A TOTAL
HOUSEHOLD INCOME THAT DOES NOT EXCEED EIGHTY PERCENT OF THE AREA MEDIAN
INCOME, AND WHICH APARTMENT BUILDING OR COMPLEX IS NOT OTHERWISE
REQUIRED TO BE LICENSED AS AN ADULT CARE FACILITY PURSUANT TO ARTICLE
SEVEN OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW OR AN ASSISTED LIVING RESIDENCE PURSU-
ANT TO ARTICLE FORTY-SIX-B OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW.
4. "HEALTHY AGING SERVICES" SHALL MEAN AN ARRAY OF OPTIONAL SERVICES
OFFERED TO RESIDENTS OF AN AFFORDABLE INDEPENDENT SENIOR HOUSING PROPER-
TY ON A VOLUNTARY PARTICIPATION BASIS THAT HELP PROMOTE HEALTHY AGING
WHICH MAY INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO: ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING
NETWORKING RELATIONSHIPS WITH COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES AND ORGANIZA-
TIONS; PROVIDING RESIDENTS WITH INFORMATION AND REFERRAL LISTS FOR
COMMUNITY SERVICES AND ASSISTING THEM WITH FOLLOW-UPS; ARRANGING FOR
EDUCATIONAL AND SOCIALIZATION PROGRAMS FOR RESIDENTS; HELPING RESIDENTS
ARRANGE FOR HOUSEKEEPING, SHOPPING, TRANSPORTATION, MEALS-ON-WHEELS,
COOKING AND LAUNDRY SERVICES; ESTABLISHING RESIDENT SAFETY PROGRAMS;
ASSISTING RESIDENTS TO APPLY FOR GOVERNMENT BENEFITS; ADVOCATING FOR
RESIDENTS; OFFERING OPPORTUNITIES FOR EXERCISE; EDUCATING RESIDENTS
ABOUT HEALTHY DIET; AND OTHER SERVICES DESIGNED TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF
OLDER ADULTS RESIDING IN SENIOR HOUSING FACILITIES BY HELPING THEM
EXTEND THEIR INDEPENDENCE, IMPROVE THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE, AND AVOID
UNNECESSARY HOSPITAL AND NURSING HOME USE.
§ 1242. AFFORDABLE SENIOR HOUSING AND SERVICES PROGRAM. 1. ESTABLISH-
MENT. WITHIN AMOUNTS APPROPRIATED OR OTHERWISE AVAILABLE THEREFOR, THE
CORPORATION SHALL DEVELOP AND ADMINISTER AN AFFORDABLE SENIOR HOUSING
AND SERVICES PROGRAM WHICH SHALL PROVIDE ASSISTANCE IN THE FORM OF
PAYMENTS, GRANTS AND LOANS FOR REASONABLE AND NECESSARY EXPENSES, TO AN
ELIGIBLE APPLICANT FOR THE CREATION, PRESERVATION OR IMPROVEMENT OF
AFFORDABLE SENIOR HOUSING PROPERTIES, PROVIDED THAT SUCH HOUSING ALSO
PROVIDES ACCESS TO HEALTHY AGING SERVICES ON A VOLUNTARY BASIS FOR ALL
RESIDENTS OF THE AFFORDABLE SENIOR HOUSING PROPERTY.
2. PROGRAM CRITERIA. THE CORPORATION SHALL DEVELOP PROCEDURES, CRITE-
RIA AND REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO THE APPLICATION AND AWARD OF PROJECTS
PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION WHICH SHALL INCLUDE: ELIGIBILITY, MARKET
DEMAND, FEASIBILITY AND FUNDING CRITERIA; THE FUNDING DETERMINATION
PROCESS; SUPERVISION AND EVALUATION OF CONTRACTING APPLICANTS; REPORT-
ING, BUDGETING AND RECORDKEEPING REQUIREMENTS; PROVISIONS FOR MODIFICA-
TION AND TERMINATION OF CONTRACTS; AND SUCH OTHER MATTERS NOT INCONSIST-
ENT WITH THE PURPOSES AND PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE AS THE CORPORATION
SHALL DEEM NECESSARY OR APPROPRIATE.
3. FUND ALLOCATION. SIXTY PERCENT OF THE TOTAL FUNDS AWARDED PURSUANT
TO THIS ARTICLE IN ANY FISCAL YEAR SHALL BE ALLOCATED TO PROJECTS
LOCATED IN URBAN AREAS OF THE STATE, AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN SUBDIVI-
SION FOUR OF SECTION TWELVE HUNDRED THIRTY-ONE OF THIS CHAPTER. FORTY
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PERCENT OF THE TOTAL FUNDS AWARDED PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE IN ANY
FISCAL YEAR SHALL BE ALLOCATED TO PROJECTS LOCATED IN RURAL AREAS OF THE
STATE, AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION TWELVE
HUNDRED THIRTY-ONE OF THIS CHAPTER.
4. PROOF OF AVAILABLE SERVICES. APPLICANTS SHALL DEMONSTRATE PROOF
THAT HEALTHY AGING SERVICES SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO ALL RESIDENTS OF
THE PROPERTY WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF INITIAL OCCUPANCY. THERE SHALL BE NO
REQUIREMENT THAT RESIDENTS TAKE PART IN SUCH SERVICES. THE PROPERTY
OWNER OR HIS OR HER AGENT SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSURING THAT SUCH
SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE AND THAT RESIDENTS ARE MADE AWARE OF THE AVAIL-
ABILITY OF SUCH SERVICES. IF THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY OR HIS OR HER
AGENT ALSO PROVIDES SERVICES SUCH AS HOME CARE, THE OWNER OR HIS OR HER
AGENT SHALL NOT REQUIRE THAT ANY RESIDENT OF THE PROPERTY USE SERVICES
PROVIDED AND SHALL PROACTIVELY PROVIDE INFORMATION TO RESIDENTS ABOUT
THE AVAILABILITY OF OTHER COMPANIES OR ORGANIZATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY
THAT PROVIDE THE SAME OR SIMILAR SERVICES.
5. SERVICES FUNDING THROUGH THE OFFICE FOR THE AGING. THE CORPORATION
SHALL SUBALLOCATE A PORTION OF THE AMOUNT APPROPRIATED FOR THE AFFORDA-
BLE SENIOR HOUSING AND SERVICES PROGRAM TO THE OFFICE FOR THE AGING
WHICH SHALL PROVIDE GRANTS ON A COMPETITIVE BASIS FOR NOT-FOR-PROFIT
ORGANIZATIONS TO PROVIDE HEALTHY AGING SERVICES. SUCH OFFICE SHALL
DEVELOP REGULATIONS THAT WILL ENSURE THAT FUNDS ARE PROVIDED TO ORGAN-
IZATIONS THAT DEVELOP AND OPERATE AFFORDABLE SENIOR HOUSING PROPERTIES,
AS DEFINED IN THIS ARTICLE. THE OFFICE FOR THE AGING SHALL PROVIDE
GRANTS TO ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE DEMONSTRATED EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH
PERSONS ELIGIBLE FOR THE PROGRAM FOR AT LEAST THREE YEARS.
6. ANNUAL REPORT. THE CORPORATION SHALL ANNUALLY, ON OR BEFORE DECEM-
BER THIRTY-FIRST, SUBMIT A REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE ON THE IMPLEMENTA-
TION OF THIS ARTICLE. SUCH REPORT SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO,
FOR EACH AWARD MADE TO A GRANTEE UNDER THIS ARTICLE: A DESCRIPTION OF
SUCH AWARD; CONTRACT AMOUNT AND CUMULATIVE TOTAL; THE SPECIFIC ACTIV-
ITIES IN RURAL AND URBAN AREAS PERFORMED BY SUCH GRANTEE; AND SUCH OTHER
INFORMATION AS THE CORPORATION DEEMS PERTINENT.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
PART FF
Section 1. The section heading of section 467-b of the real property
tax law, as amended by section 1 of chapter 188 of the laws of 2005, is
amended to read as follows:
Tax abatement for rent-controlled and rent regulated property occupied
by senior citizens or persons with disabilities OR PERSONS PAYING A
MAXIMUM RENT OR LEGAL REGULATED RENT WHICH EXCEEDS ONE-HALF OF THE
COMBINED INCOME OF ALL MEMBERS OF THEIR HOUSEHOLD.
§ 2. Paragraph b of subdivision 1 of section 467-b of the real proper-
ty tax law, as amended by section 1 of chapter 188 of the laws of 2005,
is amended to read as follows:
b. "Head of the household" means a person (i) who is sixty-two years
of age or older, or (ii) who qualifies as a person with a disability
pursuant to subdivision five of this section, OR (III) WHO PAYS A MAXI-
MUM RENT OR LEGAL REGULATED RENT WHICH EXCEEDS ONE-HALF OF THE COMBINED
INCOME OF ALL MEMBERS OF THEIR HOUSEHOLD, and is entitled to the
possession or to the use or occupancy of a dwelling unit;
§ 3. Subdivision 2 of section 467-b of the real property tax law, as
amended by chapter 747 of the laws of 1985, paragraph (c) as added by
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chapter 553 of the laws of 2015, paragraph (d) as added by chapter 343
of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
2. The governing body of any municipal corporation is hereby author-
ized and empowered to adopt, after public hearing, in accordance with
the provisions of this section, a local law, ordinance or resolution
providing for the abatement of taxes of said municipal corporation
imposed on real property containing a dwelling unit as defined herein by
one of the following amounts: (a) where the head of the household does
not receive a monthly allowance for shelter pursuant to the social
services law, an amount not in excess of that portion of any increase in
maximum rent or legal regulated rent which causes such maximum rent or
legal regulated rent to exceed one-third of the combined income of all
members of the household; or
(b) WHERE THE HEAD OF THE HOUSEHOLD QUALIFIES AS A PERSON PAYING A
MAXIMUM RENT OR LEGAL REGULATED RENT WHICH EXCEEDS ONE-HALF OF THE
COMBINED INCOME OF ALL MEMBERS OF THE HOUSEHOLD AND DOES NOT RECEIVE A
MONTHLY ALLOWANCE FOR SHELTER PURSUANT TO THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW, AN
AMOUNT NOT IN EXCESS OF THAT PORTION OF ANY INCREASE IN MAXIMUM RENT OR
LEGAL REGULATED RENT WHICH CAUSES SUCH MAXIMUM RENT OR LEGAL REGULATED
RENT TO EXCEED ONE-HALF OF THE COMBINED INCOME OF ALL MEMBERS OF THE
HOUSEHOLD; OR
(C) where the head of the household receives a monthly allowance for
shelter pursuant to the social services law, an amount not in excess of
that portion of any increase in maximum rent or legal regulated rent
which is not covered by the maximum allowance for shelter which such
person is entitled to receive pursuant to the social services law.
[(c)] (D) Provided, however, that in a city of a population of one
million or more, where the head of household has been granted a rent
increase exemption order that is in effect as of January first, two
thousand fifteen or takes effect on or before July first, two thousand
fifteen, the amount determined by paragraph (a) of this subdivision
shall be an amount not in excess of the difference between the maximum
rent or legal regulated rent and the amount specified in such order, as
adjusted by any other provision of this section.
[(d)] (E) (1) Provided, however, that in a city with a population of
one million or more, a head of the household who has received a rent
increase exemption order that has expired and who, upon renewal applica-
tion for the period commencing immediately after such expiration, is
determined to be ineligible for a rent increase exemption order because
the combined income of all members of the household exceeds the maximum
amount allowed by this section or the maximum rent or legal regulated
rent does not exceed one-third of the combined income of all members of
the household, may submit a new application during the following calen-
dar year, and if such head of the household receives a rent increase
exemption order that commences during such calendar year, the tax abate-
ment amount for such order shall be calculated as if such prior rent
increase exemption order had not expired. However, no tax abatement
benefits may be provided for the period of ineligibility.
(2) No head of the household may receive more than three rent increase
exemption orders calculated as if a prior rent increase exemption order
had not expired, as described in subparagraph one of this paragraph.
§ 4. Paragraph a of subdivision 3 of section 467-b of the real proper-
ty tax law, as amended by section 1 of part U of chapter 55 of the laws
of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
a. for a dwelling unit where the head of the household is a person
sixty-two years of age or older OR WHERE THE HEAD OF THE HOUSEHOLD PAYS
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A MAXIMUM RENT OR LEGAL REGULATED RENT WHICH EXCEEDS ONE-HALF OF THE
COMBINED INCOME OF ALL MEMBERS OF THE HOUSEHOLD, no tax abatement shall
be granted if the combined income of all members of the household for
the income tax year immediately preceding the date of making application
exceeds four thousand dollars, or such other sum not more than twenty-
five thousand dollars beginning July first, two thousand five, twenty-
six thousand dollars beginning July first, two thousand six, twenty-sev-
en thousand dollars beginning July first, two thousand seven,
twenty-eight thousand dollars beginning July first, two thousand eight,
twenty-nine thousand dollars beginning July first, two thousand nine,
and fifty thousand dollars beginning July first, two thousand fourteen,
as may be provided by the local law, ordinance or resolution adopted
pursuant to this section, provided that when the head of the household
retires before the commencement of such income tax year and the date of
filing the application, the income for such year may be adjusted by
excluding salary or earnings and projecting his or her retirement income
over the entire period of such year.
§ 5. Paragraph d of subdivision 1 of section 467-c of the real proper-
ty tax law, as separately amended by chapters 188 and 205 of the laws of
2005, subparagraph 1 as amended by section 2 of part U of chapter 55 of
the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
d. "Eligible head of the household" means (1) a person or his or her
spouse who is sixty-two years of age or older, OR A PERSON WHO PAYS A
MAXIMUM RENT WHICH EXCEEDS ONE-HALF OF THE COMBINED INCOME OF ALL
MEMBERS OF THE HOUSEHOLD, and is entitled to the possession or to the
use and occupancy of a dwelling unit, provided, however, with respect to
a dwelling which was subject to a mortgage insured or initially insured
by the federal government pursuant to section two hundred thirteen of
the National Housing Act, as amended "eligible head of the household"
shall be limited to that person or his or her spouse who was entitled to
possession or the use and occupancy of such dwelling unit at the time of
termination of such mortgage, and whose income when combined with the
income of all other members of the household, does not exceed six thou-
sand five hundred dollars for the taxable period, or such other sum not
less than sixty-five hundred dollars nor more than twenty-five thousand
dollars beginning July first, two thousand five, twenty-six thousand
dollars beginning July first, two thousand six, twenty-seven thousand
dollars beginning July first, two thousand seven, twenty-eight thousand
dollars beginning July first, two thousand eight, twenty-nine thousand
dollars beginning July first, two thousand nine, and fifty thousand
dollars beginning July first, two thousand fourteen, as may be provided
by local law; or (2) a person with a disability as defined in this
subdivision.
§ 6. Subparagraph 1 of paragraph a of subdivision 3 of section 467-c
of the real property tax law, as amended by chapter 747 of the laws of
1985, is amended to read as follows:
(1) where the eligible head of the household WHO IS EITHER SIXTY-TWO
YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER OR IS DISABLED does not receive a monthly allow-
ance for shelter pursuant to the social services law, the amount by
which increases in the maximum rent subsequent to such person's eligi-
bility date have resulted in the maximum rent exceeding one-third of the
combined income of all members of the household for the taxable period,
OR WHERE THE ELIGIBLE HEAD OF THE HOUSEHOLD IS A PERSON WHO PAYS A MAXI-
MUM RENT WHICH EXCEEDS ONE-HALF OF THE COMBINED INCOME OF ALL MEMBERS OF
THE HOUSEHOLD AND DOES NOT RECEIVE A MONTHLY ALLOWANCE FOR SHELTER
PURSUANT TO THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW, THE AMOUNT BY WHICH INCREASES IN
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THE MAXIMUM RENT SUBSEQUENT TO SUCH PERSON'S DATE HAVE RESULTED IN THE
MAXIMUM RENT EXCEEDING ONE-HALF OF THE COMBINED INCOME OF ALL MEMBERS OF
THE HOUSEHOLD FOR THE TAXABLE PERIOD, except that in no event shall a
rent increase exemption order/tax abatement certificate become effective
prior to January first, nineteen hundred seventy-six; or
§ 7. This act shall take effect July 1, 2017; provided however, that
a. the amendments to section 467-b of the real property tax law, made
by sections one, two, three and four of this act shall be subject to the
expiration and reversion of such section pursuant to section 17 of chap-
ter 576 of the laws of 1974, as amended, and shall expire and be deemed
repealed therewith;
b. the amendments to paragraph a of subdivision 3 of section 467-b of
the real property tax law, made by section four of this act shall be
subject to the expiration of such paragraph pursuant to section 4 of
part U of chapter 55 of the laws of 2014, as amended, and shall be
deemed to expire therewith; and
c. the amendments to subparagraph 1 of paragraph d of subdivision 1 of
section 467-c of the real property tax law, made by section five of this
act shall not affect the expiration of such subparagraph pursuant to
section 4 of part U of chapter 55 of the laws of 2014, as amended, and
shall expire and be deemed repealed therewith.
PART GG
Section 1. There is hereby established the New York city tax reform
study commission to provide the governor and the legislature with a
blueprint for reforming the local real property tax system in the city
of New York.
§ 2. The New York city tax reform study commission shall consist of 11
members appointed by the governor: three members shall be appointed upon
the recommendation of the temporary president of the senate, three
members shall be appointed upon the recommendation of the speaker of the
assembly with one such member appointed upon the recommendation of the
mayor of the city of New York, one member shall be appointed upon the
recommendation of the minority leader of the senate, and one member
shall be appointed upon the recommendation of the minority leader of the
assembly. Such commission shall include at least one member represen-
tative of each of the following: the New York city municipal govern-
ment, academia, real estate industry and a recognized labor organiza-
tion, all based in the city of New York.
§ 3. On or before January 1, 2019, the New York city tax reform study
commission shall provide the governor and the legislature with recommen-
dations on any changes that should be made to, at a minimum, the class
share system, assessment process and tax rate formulae utilized within
the city of New York.
§ 4. The New York city tax reform study commission shall be assisted
in its powers and duties pursuant to this act by personnel employed by
state and city of New York agencies including, but not limited to, the
state department of taxation and finance and the department of finance
of the city of New York.
§ 5. This act shall take effect immediately.
PART HH
Section 1. The general municipal law is amended by adding a new
section 3-e to read as follows:
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§ 3-E. LIMITATION UPON REAL PROPERTY TAX LEVIES BY CITIES HAVING A
POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE. 1. UNLESS OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY LAW,
THE AMOUNT OF REAL PROPERTY TAXES THAT MAY BE LEVIED BY OR ON BEHALF OF
ANY CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE SHALL NOT EXCEED THE
TAX LEVY LIMITATION ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.
2. WHEN USED IN THIS SECTION:
(A) "ALLOWABLE LEVY GROWTH FACTOR" SHALL BE THE LESSER OF: (I) ONE AND
TWO ONE-HUNDREDTHS; OR (II) THE SUM OF ONE PLUS THE INFLATION FACTOR;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT IN NO CASE SHALL THE LEVY GROWTH FACTOR BE LESS
THAN ONE.
(B) "APPROVED CAPITAL EXPENDITURES" MEANS THE EXPENDITURES ASSOCIATED
WITH CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF
THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
(C) "AVAILABLE CARRYOVER" MEANS THE SUM OF THE AMOUNT BY WHICH THE TAX
LEVY FOR THE PRIOR FISCAL YEAR WAS BELOW THE TAX LEVY LIMIT FOR SUCH
FISCAL YEAR, IF ANY, BUT NO MORE THAN ONE AND ONE-HALF PERCENT OF THE
TAX LEVY LIMIT FOR SUCH FISCAL YEAR.
(D) "CAPITAL TAX LEVY" MEANS THE TAX LEVY NECESSARY TO SUPPORT CAPITAL
EXPENDITURES, IF ANY.
(E) "COMING FISCAL YEAR" MEANS THE FISCAL YEAR OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT
FOR WHICH A TAX LEVY LIMITATION SHALL BE DETERMINED PURSUANT TO THIS
SECTION.
(F) "INFLATION FACTOR" MEANS THE QUOTIENT OF: (I) THE AVERAGE OF THE
NATIONAL CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES DETERMINED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPART-
MENT OF LABOR FOR THE TWELVE-MONTH PERIOD ENDING SIX MONTHS PRIOR TO THE
START OF THE COMING FISCAL YEAR MINUS THE AVERAGE OF THE NATIONAL
CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES DETERMINED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF
LABOR FOR THE TWELVE-MONTH PERIOD ENDING SIX MONTHS PRIOR TO THE START
OF THE PRIOR FISCAL YEAR, DIVIDED BY: (II) THE AVERAGE OF THE NATIONAL
CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES DETERMINED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF
LABOR FOR THE TWELVE-MONTH PERIOD ENDING SIX MONTHS PRIOR TO THE START
OF THE PRIOR FISCAL YEAR, WITH THE RESULT EXPRESSED AS A DECIMAL TO FOUR
PLACES.
(G) "LOCAL GOVERNMENT" MEANS A CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION
OR MORE.
(H) "PRIOR FISCAL YEAR" MEANS THE FISCAL YEAR OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT
IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE COMING FISCAL YEAR.
(I) "TAX LEVY LIMITATION" MEANS THE AMOUNT OF TAXES A LOCAL GOVERNMENT
IS AUTHORIZED TO LEVY PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT
THE TAX LEVY LIMIT SHALL NOT INCLUDE THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT'S APPROVED
CAPITAL TAX LEVY, IF ANY.
3. (A) BEGINNING WITH THE FISCAL YEAR THAT BEGINS IN TWO THOUSAND
EIGHTEEN, NO LOCAL GOVERNMENT SHALL ADOPT A BUDGET THAT REQUIRES A TAX
LEVY THAT IS GREATER THAN THE TAX LEVY LIMITATION FOR THE COMING FISCAL
YEAR.
(B) THE STATE COMPTROLLER SHALL CALCULATE THE TAX LEVY LIMITATION FOR
EACH LOCAL GOVERNMENT BY THE ONE HUNDRED TWENTIETH DAY PRECEDING THE
COMMENCEMENT OF EACH LOCAL GOVERNMENT'S FISCAL YEAR, AND SHALL NOTIFY
EACH LOCAL GOVERNMENT OF THE TAX LEVY LIMITATION SO DETERMINED.
(C) THE TAX LEVY LIMITATION APPLICABLE TO THE COMING FISCAL YEAR SHALL
BE DETERMINED AS FOLLOWS:
(I) ASCERTAIN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF TAXES LEVIED FOR THE PRIOR FISCAL
YEAR.
(II) ADD ANY PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES THAT WERE RECEIVABLE IN THE
PRIOR FISCAL YEAR.
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(III) SUBTRACT THE APPROVED CAPITAL TAX LEVY FOR THE PRIOR FISCAL
YEAR, IF ANY.
(IV) SUBTRACT THE LEVY ATTRIBUTABLE TO A LARGE LEGAL SETTLEMENT OF A
TORT ACTION EXCLUDED FROM THE LEVY LIMITATION IN THE PRIOR FISCAL YEAR,
IF ANY.
(V) MULTIPLY THE RESULT BY THE ALLOWABLE LEVY GROWTH FACTOR.
(VI) SUBTRACT ANY PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES RECEIVABLE IN THE COMING
FISCAL YEAR.
(VII) ADD THE AVAILABLE CARRYOVER, IF ANY.
(D) IN THE EVENT THE CITY COUNCIL OF A LOCAL GOVERNMENT HAS APPROVED A
LEGAL SETTLEMENT OF A TORT ACTION AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT, THE ANNUAL
COSTS OF WHICH EXCEED TEN PERCENT OF THE PROPERTY TAXES LEVIED BY THE
LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN THE PRIOR FISCAL YEAR, THE STATE COMPTROLLER, UPON
APPLICATION BY THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT, MAY ADJUST THE TAX LEVY LIMITATION
FOR THE COMING FISCAL YEAR APPLICABLE TO SUCH LOCAL GOVERNMENT, BY
ADDING THE ANNUAL COSTS OF SUCH SETTLEMENT TO THE TAX LEVY LIMITATION.
(E) THE STATE COMPTROLLER SHALL DETERMINE THE PORTION OF THE TAX LEVY
OF EACH LOCAL GOVERNMENT THAT IS ATTRIBUTABLE TO ANY INCREASE OR
DECREASE OVER THE PRIOR YEAR IN THE COST OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT SHARE
OF DIRECT CASH ASSISTANCE TO PERSONS ELIGIBLE FOR THE FEDERAL-STATE-LO-
CAL TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE TO NEEDY FAMILIES PROGRAM OR THE STATE-LOCAL
SAFETY NET ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND SHALL ADJUST THE TAX LEVY LIMITATION
FOR SUCH LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO REFLECT SUCH CHANGE.
4. A LOCAL GOVERNMENT MAY ADOPT A BUDGET THAT REQUIRES A TAX LEVY THAT
IS GREATER THAN THE TAX LEVY LIMITATION FOR THE COMING FISCAL YEAR ONLY
IF THE CITY COUNCIL OF SUCH LOCAL GOVERNMENT FIRST ENACTS, BY A TWO-
THIRDS VOTE OF THE TOTAL VOTING POWER OF SUCH CITY COUNCIL, A LOCAL LAW
TO OVERRIDE SUCH LIMITATION FOR SUCH COMING FISCAL YEAR ONLY.
5. IN THE EVENT A LOCAL GOVERNMENT'S ACTUAL TAX LEVY FOR A GIVEN
FISCAL YEAR EXCEEDS THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE LEVY AS ESTABLISHED PURSUANT
TO THIS SECTION DUE TO CLERICAL OR TECHNICAL ERRORS, THE LOCAL GOVERN-
MENT SHALL PLACE THE EXCESS AMOUNT OF THE LEVY IN RESERVE IN ACCORDANCE
WITH SUCH REQUIREMENTS AS THE STATE COMPTROLLER MAY PRESCRIBE, AND SHALL
USE SUCH FUNDS AND ANY INTEREST EARNED THEREON TO OFFSET THE TAX LEVY
FOR THE ENSUING FISCAL YEAR.
§ 2. Paragraphs j and k of subdivision 2 of section 23 of the munici-
pal home rule law are relettered paragraphs k and l, and a new paragraph
j is added to read as follows:
J. OVERRIDES THE TAX LEVY LIMITATION APPLICABLE FOR THE COMING FISCAL
YEAR IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION THREE-E OF THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW.
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately and shall first apply to
the levy of taxes by local governments for the fiscal year that begins
in 2018.
PART II
Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 1802 of the real property tax law,
as separately amended by chapters 123 and 529 of the laws of 1990, para-
graph class one as amended by chapter 332 of the laws of 2008, is
amended to read as follows:
1. All real property, for the purposes of this article, in a special
assessing unit shall be classified as follows:
Class one: (a) all one, two and three family residential real proper-
ty, including such dwellings used in part for nonresidential
purposes but which are used primarily for residential purposes,
except such property held in cooperative or condominium forms of
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ownership other than (i) property defined in subparagraphs (b)
and (c) of this paragraph and (ii) property which contains no
more than three dwelling units held in condominium form of
ownership and which was classified within this class on a previ-
ous assessment roll; and provided that, notwithstanding the
provisions of paragraph (g) of subdivision twelve of section one
hundred two of this chapter, a mobile home or a trailer shall
not be classified within this class unless it is owner-occupied
and separately assessed; and (b) residential real property not
more than three stories in height held in condominium form of
ownership, provided that no dwelling unit therein previously was
on an assessment roll as a dwelling unit in other than condomin-
ium form of ownership; and (c) residential real property
consisting of one family house structures owned by the occupant,
situated on land held in cooperative ownership by owner occupi-
ers, provided that; (i) such house structures and land consti-
tuted bungalow colonies in existence prior to nineteen hundred
forty; and (ii) the land is held in cooperative ownership for
the sole purpose of maintaining one family residences for
members own use; and (d) all vacant land located within a
special assessing unit which is a city (i) other than such land
in the borough of Manhattan, provided that any such vacant land
which is not zoned residential must be situated immediately
adjacent to property improved with a residential structure as
defined in subparagraphs (a) and (b) of this paragraph, be owned
by the same owner as such immediately adjacent residential prop-
erty immediately prior to and since January 1, 1989, and have a
total area not exceeding 10,000 square feet; and (ii) located in
the borough of Manhattan north of or adjacent to the north side
of 110th street provided such vacant land was classified within
this class on the assessment roll with a taxable status date of
January 5, 2008 and the owner of such land has entered into a
recorded agreement with a governmental entity on or before
December 31, 2008 requiring construction of housing affordable
to persons or families of low income in accordance with the
provisions of the private housing finance law. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, such vacant land shall be classified according to
its use on the assessment roll with a taxable status date imme-
diately following commencement of construction, provided
further, that construction pursuant to an approved plan for
affordable housing shall commence no later than December 31,
2010; and (e) all vacant land located within a special assessing
unit which is not a city, provided that such vacant land which
is not zoned residential must be situated immediately adjacent
to real property defined in subparagraph (a), (b) or (c) of this
paragraph and be owned by the same person or persons who own the
real property defined in such subparagraph immediately prior to
and since January 1, 2003;
CLASS ONE-A: ALL OTHER RESIDENTIAL REAL PROPERTY HELD IN CONDOMINIUM
OR COOPERATIVE FORM OF OWNERSHIP WHICH IS NOT DESIGNATED AS
CLASS ONE; THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE OF ANY CITY ENACTING A
LOCAL LAW PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL RECLASSIFY CLASS ONE-A
PROPERTIES USED PRIMARILY TO GENERATE RENTAL INCOME TO CLASS
TWO. THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE OF ANY CITY ENACTING A LOCAL LAW
PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL HAVE, IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER
FUNCTIONS, POWERS AND DUTIES WHICH HAVE BEEN OR MAY BE CONFERRED
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ON IT BY LAW, THE POWER TO MAKE AND PROMULGATE RULES TO CARRY
OUT THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
RULES DEFINING THE CLASS ONE-A PROPERTIES PRIMARILY USED TO
GENERATE RENTAL INCOME, AND RELATING TO THE TIMING, FORM AND
MANNER OF ANY CERTIFICATION REQUIRED TO BE SUBMITTED UNDER THIS
SECTION. IF A PROPERTY PREVIOUSLY RECLASSIFIED FROM CLASS ONE-A
TO CLASS TWO CEASES TO BE USED PRIMARILY TO GENERATE RENTAL
INCOME, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL RECLASSIFY SUCH PROPERTY TO CLASS
ONE-A. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL USE A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD WHEN DETER-
MINING WHETHER A PROPERTY IS USED PRIMARILY TO GENERATE RENTAL
INCOME;
Class two: all other residential real property which is not designated
as class one OR CLASS ONE-A, except hotels and motels and other
similar commercial property;
Class three: utility real property and property subject to former
section four hundred seventy of this chapter;
Class four: all other real property which is not designated as class
one, CLASS ONE-A, class two, or class three.
§ 1-a. The real property tax law is amended by adding a new section
1803-c to read as follows:
§ 1803-C. CALCULATION OF SHARES. 1. FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR TWO THOU-
SAND EIGHTEEN, NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SECTIONS EIGHTEEN
HUNDRED THREE, EIGHTEEN HUNDRED THREE-A, AND EIGHTEEN HUNDRED THREE-B OF
THIS ARTICLE TO THE CONTRARY, THE NEW YORK CITY COMMISSIONER OF FINANCE
SHALL ESTABLISH A NEW CLASS ONE-A PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION
EIGHTEEN HUNDRED TWO OF THIS ARTICLE AND SHALL CALCULATE SHARES FOR
CLASS ONE, CLASS ONE-A, CLASS TWO, CLASS THREE AND CLASS FOUR WHERE THE
BASE YEAR USED IN THE CALCULATION OF THE CURRENT BASE PROPORTION SHALL
BE THE 2017 ASSESSMENT ROLL AND THE SUM OF CLASS ONE-A AND CLASS TWO
SHALL NOT EXCEED THE PRIOR YEAR ADJUSTED BASE PROPORTION FOR SUCH CLASS-
ES.
2. AFTER TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN, ASSESSMENT ROLLS PREPARED ACCORDING TO
JANUARY 1, 2019, THE ADJUSTED BASE PROPORTIONS FOR CLASS ONE AND CLASS
ONE-A, SHALL NOT EXCEED EACH CLASS' PRIOR ADJUSTED BASE PROPORTION BY
MORE THAN FIVE PERCENT.
3. IN A CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, SUCH CITY'S
TAX FIXING RESOLUTION SHALL SET A TAX RATE FOR CLASS ONE-A IN THE SAME
MANNER AS ALL CLASS SHARES ARE CALCULATED PURSUANT TO SECTIONS EIGHTEEN
HUNDRED THREE, EIGHTEEN HUNDRED THREE-A AND EIGHTEEN HUNDRED THREE-B OF
THIS ARTICLE.
4. THE ASSESSMENT RATIO FOR CLASS ONE-A SHALL BE SIX PERCENT.
§ 2. Subdivision 1, paragraph (c) of subdivision 2 and subdivision 4
of section 307-a of the real property tax law, as added by section 1 of
part G of chapter 63 of the laws of 2003, are amended to read as
follows:
1. Generally. Notwithstanding any provision of any general, special
or local law to the contrary, any city with a population of one million
or more is hereby authorized and empowered to adopt and amend local laws
in accordance with this section imposing an additional tax on certain
class one AND CLASS ONE-A properties, as such properties are defined in
section eighteen hundred two of this chapter, excluding vacant land.
(c) "Net real property tax" means the real property tax assessed on A
class one OR CLASS ONE-A property after deduction for any exemption or
abatement received pursuant to this chapter.
4. Property subject to additional tax. Such surcharge shall be imposed
on class one AND CLASS ONE-A property, excluding vacant land, that
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provides rental income and is not the primary residence of the owner or
owners of such class one OR CLASS ONE-A property, or the primary resi-
dence of the parent or child of such owner or owners.
§ 3. Paragraph (f) of subdivision 1 of section 467-a of the real prop-
erty tax law, as added by chapter 273 of the laws of 1996, is amended
and a new paragraph (i) is added to read as follows:
(f) "Property" means real property designated as class [two] ONE-A,
pursuant to section eighteen hundred two of this chapter, held in the
cooperative or condominium form of ownership.
(I) "MARKET VALUE" SHALL BE CALCULATED BY THE NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT
OF FINANCE BASED UPON COMPARABLE SALES.
§ 4. Paragraphs (d-1), (d-2), (d-3) and (d-4) of subdivision 2 of
section 467-a of the real property tax law, as amended by section 62 of
part A of chapter 20 of the laws of 2015, are amended and seven new
paragraphs (d-7), (d-8), (d-9), (d-10), (d-11), (d-12) and (d-13) are
added to read as follows:
(d-1) In the fiscal years commencing in calendar years two thousand
twelve, two thousand thirteen and two thousand fourteen, eligible dwell-
ing units in property whose average unit assessed value is less than or
equal to fifty thousand dollars shall receive a partial abatement of the
real property taxes attributable to or due on such dwelling units of
twenty-five percent, twenty-six and one-half percent and twenty-eight
and one-tenth percent respectively. In the fiscal years commencing in
calendar years two thousand fifteen[,] AND two thousand sixteen[, two
thousand seventeen and two thousand eighteen] eligible dwelling units in
property whose average unit assessed value is less than or equal to
fifty thousand dollars shall receive a partial abatement of the real
property taxes attributable to or due on such dwelling units of twenty-
eight and one-tenth percent.
(d-2) In the fiscal years commencing in calendar years two thousand
twelve, two thousand thirteen and two thousand fourteen, eligible dwell-
ing units in property whose average unit assessed value is more than
fifty thousand dollars, but less than or equal to fifty-five thousand
dollars, shall receive a partial abatement of the real property taxes
attributable to or due on such dwelling units of twenty-two and one-half
percent, twenty-three and eight-tenths percent and twenty-five and two-
tenths percent respectively. In the fiscal years commencing in calendar
years two thousand fifteen[,] AND two thousand sixteen[, two thousand
seventeen and two thousand eighteen] eligible dwelling units in property
whose average unit assessed value is more than fifty thousand dollars,
but less than or equal to fifty-five thousand dollars, shall receive a
partial abatement of the real property taxes attributable to or due on
such dwelling units of twenty-five and two-tenths percent.
(d-3) In the fiscal years commencing in calendar years two thousand
twelve, two thousand thirteen and two thousand fourteen, eligible dwell-
ing units in property whose average unit assessed value is more than
fifty-five thousand dollars, but less than or equal to sixty thousand
dollars, shall receive a partial abatement of the real property taxes
attributable to or due on such dwelling units of twenty percent, twen-
ty-one and two-tenths percent, and twenty-two and five-tenths percent
respectively. In the fiscal years commencing in calendar years two thou-
sand fifteen[,] AND two thousand sixteen[, two thousand seventeen and
two thousand eighteen] eligible dwelling units in property whose average
unit assessed value is more than fifty-five thousand dollars, but less
than or equal to sixty thousand dollars, shall receive a partial abate-
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ment of the real property taxes attributable to or due on such dwelling
units of twenty-two and five-tenths percent.
(d-4) In the fiscal years commencing in calendar years two thousand
twelve, two thousand thirteen, two thousand fourteen, two thousand
fifteen[,] AND two thousand sixteen[, two thousand seventeen and two
thousand eighteen,] eligible dwelling units in property whose average
unit assessed value is more than sixty thousand dollars shall receive a
partial abatement of the real property taxes attributable to or due on
such dwelling units of seventeen and one-half percent.
(D-7) ELIGIBLE DWELLING UNITS IN PROPERTY WHOSE AVERAGE UNIT MARKET
VALUE IS LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO SIX HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS SHALL
RECEIVE A PARTIAL ABATEMENT OF REAL PROPERTY TAXES ATTRIBUTABLE TO OR
DUE ON SUCH DWELLING UNITS, NOT TO EXCEED THIRTY-THREE PERCENT IN THE
FISCAL YEAR COMMENCING IN CALENDAR YEAR TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN AND THERE-
AFTER.
(D-8) ELIGIBLE DWELLING UNITS IN PROPERTY WHOSE AVERAGE UNIT MARKET
VALUE IS BETWEEN SIX HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND ONE DOLLARS TO SEVEN HUNDRED
FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS SHALL RECEIVE A PARTIAL ABATEMENT OF THE REAL
PROPERTY TAXES ATTRIBUTABLE TO OR DUE ON SUCH DWELLING UNITS, NOT TO
EXCEED TWENTY-TWO AND FIVE-TENTHS PERCENT IN THE FISCAL YEAR COMMENCING
IN CALENDAR YEAR TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN AND THEREAFTER.
(D-9) ELIGIBLE DWELLING UNITS IN PROPERTY WHOSE AVERAGE UNIT MARKET
VALUE IS BETWEEN SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND ONE AND ONE MILLION FIVE
HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS SHALL RECEIVE A PARTIAL ABATEMENT OF THE REAL
PROPERTY TAXES ATTRIBUTABLE TO OR DUE ON SUCH DWELLING UNITS, NOT TO
EXCEED SEVENTEEN AND FIVE-TENTHS PERCENT IN THE FISCAL YEAR COMMENCING
IN CALENDAR YEAR TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN AND THEREAFTER.
(D-10) ELIGIBLE DWELLING UNITS IN PROPERTY WHOSE AVERAGE UNIT MARKET
VALUE IS BETWEEN ONE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND ONE DOLLARS AND TWO
MILLION SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-SIX THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-SEVEN DOLLARS
SHALL RECEIVE A PARTIAL ABATEMENT OF THE REAL PROPERTY TAXES ATTRIBUT-
ABLE TO OR DUE ON SUCH DWELLING UNITS, NOT TO EXCEED THIRTEEN AND THIR-
TEEN-HUNDREDTHS PERCENT IN THE FISCAL YEAR COMMENCING IN CALENDAR YEAR
TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN AND THEREAFTER.
(D-11) ELIGIBLE DWELLING UNITS IN PROPERTY WHOSE AVERAGE UNIT MARKET
VALUE IS BETWEEN TWO MILLION SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-SIX THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED
SIXTY-EIGHT DOLLARS AND THREE MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED THIRTY-THREE THOU-
SAND THREE HUNDRED THIRTY-THREE DOLLARS SHALL RECEIVE A PARTIAL ABATE-
MENT OF THE REAL PROPERTY TAXES ATTRIBUTABLE TO OR DUE ON SUCH DWELLING
UNITS, NOT TO EXCEED EIGHT AND SEVENTY-FIVE HUNDREDTH PERCENT IN THE
FISCAL YEAR COMMENCING IN CALENDAR YEAR TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN AND THERE-
AFTER.
(D-12) ELIGIBLE DWELLING UNITS IN PROPERTY WHOSE AVERAGE UNIT MARKET
VALUE IS BETWEEN THREE MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED THIRTY-THREE THOUSAND THREE
HUNDRED THIRTY-FOUR DOLLARS AND FIVE MILLION DOLLARS SHALL RECEIVE A
PARTIAL ABATEMENT OF THE REAL PROPERTY TAXES ATTRIBUTABLE TO OR DUE ON
SUCH DWELLING UNITS, NOT TO EXCEED FOUR AND THIRTY-EIGHT HUNDREDTHS
PERCENT IN THE FISCAL YEAR COMMENCING IN CALENDAR YEAR TWO THOUSAND
EIGHTEEN AND THEREAFTER.
(D-13) ELIGIBLE DWELLING UNITS IN PROPERTY WHOSE AVERAGE UNIT MARKET
VALUE IS FIVE MILLION DOLLARS OR MORE SHALL RECEIVE A PARTIAL ABATEMENT
OF THE REAL PROPERTY TAXES ATTRIBUTABLE TO OR DUE ON SUCH DWELLING
UNITS, NOT TO EXCEED ZERO PERCENT IN THE FISCAL YEAR COMMENCING IN
CALENDAR YEAR TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN AND THEREAFTER.
§ 4-a. The real property tax law is amended by adding a new section
467-a-1 to read as follows:
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§ 467-A-1. ENHANCED PARTIAL ABATEMENT FOR CERTAIN CONDOMINIUMS AND
COOPERATIVE RESIDENCES. 1. IN ADDITION TO THE PARTIAL ABATEMENT RECEIVED
PURSUANT TO SECTION FOUR HUNDRED SIXTY-SEVEN-A OF THIS ARTICLE, IN THE
FISCAL YEAR COMMENCING IN CALENDAR YEAR TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN, ELIGIBLE
UNITS IN PROPERTY WHOSE AVERAGE UNIT MARKET VALUE IS LESS THAN SIX
HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS SHALL RECEIVE AN ENHANCED ABATEMENT EQUAL
TO THE EXCESS ABOVE TWO PERCENT OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PRIOR
YEAR'S PROPERTY TAX AND THE CURRENT YEAR'S PROPERTY TAX.
2. IN ADDITION TO THE PARTIAL ABATEMENT RECEIVED PURSUANT TO SECTION
FOUR HUNDRED SIXTY-SEVEN-A OF THIS ARTICLE, IN THE FISCAL YEAR COMMENC-
ING IN CALENDAR YEAR TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN, ELIGIBLE UNITS IN PROPERTY
WHOSE AVERAGE UNIT MARKET VALUE IS LESS THAN SIX HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND
DOLLARS SHALL RECEIVE AN ENHANCED ABATEMENT EQUAL TO THE EXCESS ABOVE
FOUR PERCENT OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PRIOR YEAR'S PROPERTY TAX AND
THE CURRENT YEAR'S PROPERTY TAX.
3. IN ADDITION TO THE PARTIAL ABATEMENT RECEIVED PURSUANT TO SECTION
FOUR HUNDRED SIXTY-SEVEN-A OF THIS ARTICLE, IN THE FISCAL YEAR COMMENC-
ING IN CALENDAR YEAR TWO THOUSAND TWENTY AND THEREAFTER, ELIGIBLE UNITS
IN PROPERTY WHOSE AVERAGE UNIT MARKET VALUE IS LESS THAN SIX HUNDRED
FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS SHALL RECEIVE AN ENHANCED ABATEMENT EQUAL TO THE
EXCESS ABOVE SIX PERCENT OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PRIOR YEAR'S
PROPERTY TAX AND THE CURRENT YEAR'S PROPERTY TAX. THE ENHANCED CONDOMIN-
IUM AND COOPERATIVE ABATEMENT SHALL NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR UNITS WHERE THE
COMMISSIONER DETERMINES THAT RENOVATION OR CONSTRUCTION WITHIN THE UNIT
OR BUILDING HAS PRODUCED A SUBSTANTIAL YEARLY INCREASE IN THE UNIT'S
ASSESSED VALUE.
§ 5. Subdivision 7 of section 499-aaa of the real property tax law, as
added by chapter 461 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
7. "Eligible building" shall mean a class one, CLASS ONE-A, class two
or class four real property, as defined in subdivision one of section
eighteen hundred two of this chapter, located within a city having a
population of one million or more persons. No building shall be eligible
for more than one tax abatement pursuant to this title.
§ 6. Subdivision 7 of section 499-aaaa of the real property tax law,
as added by chapter 473 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as
follows:
7. "Eligible building" shall mean a class one, CLASS ONE-A, class two
or class four real property, as defined in subdivision one of section
eighteen hundred two of this chapter, located within a city having a
population of one million or more persons. No building shall be eligible
for more than one tax abatement pursuant to this title.
§ 7. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 3 of section 522 of the real proper-
ty tax law, as added by chapter 714 of the laws of 1982, is amended to
read as follows:
(b) in a special assessing unit, the determination, pursuant to
section eighteen hundred two of this chapter, of whether real property
is included in class one, ONE-A, two, three or four.
§ 8. Subdivision 10 of section 523-b of the real property tax law, as
added by chapter 593 of the laws of 1998, is amended to read as follows:
10. On or before April first, each year the commission shall mail to
each applicant, who has filed an application for the correction of the
assessment, a notice of the commission's determination of such appli-
cant's assessment. Such notice shall also contain the statement as to
the final determination of the assessment review commission, or a state-
ment that the commission has not yet made a determination as to the
final assessed valuation which shall be made as soon as the petitioners
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application is reviewed or heard. If the applicants property is a prop-
erty defined in subdivision one of section eighteen hundred two of this
chapter as "Class 1", the commissions determination shall contain the
statement: "If you are dissatisfied with the determination of the
Assessment Review Commission and you are the owner of a one, two or
three family residential structure or residential real property not more
than three stories in height held in condominium form of ownership,
provided that no dwelling unit therein previously was on an assessment
roll as a dwelling unit in other than condominium form of ownership, and
you reside at such residence, you may seek judicial review of your
assessment either under title one of article seven of the real property
tax law or under small claims assessment review law provided by title
one-A of article seven of the real property tax law." Such notice shall
also state that the last date to file petitions for judicial review and
the location where small claims assessment review petitions may be
obtained.
Each applicant that has filed an application of a property as defined
in subdivision one of section eighteen hundred two of this chapter as
"CLASS 1-A", "Class 2", "Class 3" or "Class 4", shall receive a notice
as to the final determination of the assessment review commission or a
statement that the commission has not yet made a determination as to the
final assessed valuation which shall be made as soon as the petitioners
application is reviewed or heard. Such applicants determinations shall
contain the statement: "If you are dissatisfied with the determination
of the Assessment Review Commission you may seek judicial review of your
assessment under title one of article seven of the real property tax
law." Such notice shall also state the last date to file petitions for
judicial review. A final determination when rendered shall contain the
same statement. Failure to mail any such notice or failure of the appli-
cant to receive the same shall not affect the validity of the assess-
ment.
§ 9. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 3 of section 701 of the real proper-
ty tax law, as added by chapter 714 of the laws of 1982, is amended to
read as follows:
(b) In a special assessing unit, the determination, pursuant to
section eighteen hundred two of this chapter, of whether real property
is included in class one, ONE-A, two, three or four.
§ 10. Subparagraph 2 of paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of section 720
of the real property tax law, as amended by chapter 679 of the laws of
1986, is amended to read as follows:
(2) "Major type of property" in special assessing units, for assess-
ments on rolls completed after December thirty-first, nineteen hundred
eighty-one, shall mean classes one, ONE-A, two, three and four as
defined in subdivision one of section eighteen hundred two of this chap-
ter.
§ 11. The opening paragraph of subdivision 1 of section 1805 of the
real property tax law, as amended by chapter 935 of the laws of 1984, is
amended and two new subdivisions 1-a and 1-b are added to read as
follows:
The assessor of any special assessing unit shall not increase the
assessment of any individual parcel classified in class one OR CLASS
ONE-A in any one year, as measured from the assessment on the previous
year's assessment roll, by more than six percent and shall not increase
such assessment by more than twenty percent in any five-year period. The
first such five-year period shall be measured from the individual
assessment appearing on the assessment roll completed in nineteen
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hundred eighty; provided that if such parcel would not have been subject
to the provisions of this subdivision in nineteen hundred eighty had
this subdivision then been in effect, the first such five-year period
shall be measured from the first year after nineteen hundred eighty in
which this subdivision applied to such parcel or would have applied to
such parcel had this subdivision been in effect in such year.
If, in respect to any individual parcel classified in class one on the
assessment roll completed and applicable for the year nineteen hundred
eighty-two, the assessment for the year nineteen hundred eighty-one
exceeds by more than twenty percent the assessment for the year nineteen
hundred eighty, such assessor shall compute the actual assessments to be
entered on assessment rolls applicable to the years nineteen hundred
eighty-two through nineteen hundred ninety as follows:
1-A. ASSESSMENT ROLLS COMPUTED FOR CLASS ONE-A SHALL INCLUDE ANY
OUTSTANDING PHASED-IN INCREASES ACCRUED PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF
THE CHAPTER OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN WHICH ADDED THIS
SUBDIVISION PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION.
1-B. CLASS ONE-A PARCELS SHALL BE ASSESSED IN A METHOD COMPARABLE TO
CLASS ONE PARCELS.
§ 12. Subdivisions e and f of section 11-208.1 of the administrative
code of the city of New York, subdivision e as amended by local law
number 41 of the city of New York for the year 1986 and subdivision f as
amended by chapter 385 of the laws of 2006, are amended to read as
follows:
e. As used in this section, the term "income-producing property" means
property owned for the purpose of securing an income from the property
itself, but shall not include property with an assessed value of forty
thousand dollars or less, or residential property containing ten or
fewer dwelling units or property classified in class one, ONE-A or two
as defined in article eighteen of the real property tax law containing
six or fewer dwelling units and one retail store.
f. Except in accordance with proper judicial order or as otherwise
provided by law, it shall be unlawful for the commissioner, any officer
or employee of the department, the president or a commissioner or
employee of the tax commission, any person engaged or retained by the
department or the tax commission on an independent contract basis, or
any person, who, pursuant to this section, is permitted to inspect any
income and expense statement or to whom a copy, an abstract or a portion
of any such statement is furnished, to divulge or make known in any
manner except as provided in this subdivision, the amount of income
and/or expense or any particulars set forth or disclosed in any such
statement required under this section. The commissioner, the president
of the tax commission, or any commissioner or officer or employee of the
department or the tax commission charged with the custody of such state-
ments shall not be required to produce any income and expense statement
or evidence of anything contained in them in any action or proceeding in
any court, except on behalf of the department or the tax commission.
Nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit the delivery to an owner
or his or her duly authorized representative of a certified copy of any
statement filed by such owner pursuant to this section or to prohibit
the publication of statistics so classified as to prevent the identifi-
cation of particular statements and the items thereof, or making known
aggregate income and expense information disclosed with respect to prop-
erty classified as class four as defined in article eighteen of the real
property tax law without identifying information about individual leas-
es, or making known a range as determined by the commissioner within
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which the income and expenses of a property classified as CLASS ONE-A OR
class two falls, or the inspection by the legal representatives of the
department or of the tax commission of the statement of any owner who
shall bring an action to correct the assessment. Any violation of the
provisions of this subdivision shall be punished by a fine not exceeding
one thousand dollars or by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or both,
at the discretion of the court, and if the offender be an officer or
employee of the department or the tax commission, the offender shall be
dismissed from office.
§ 13. Subdivision a of section 11-238 of the administrative code of
the city of New York, as amended by local law number 27 of the city of
New York for the year 2006, is amended to read as follows:
a. Imposition of surcharge. A real property tax surcharge is hereby
imposed on class one AND CLASS ONE-A property, as defined in section
eighteen hundred two of the real property tax law, excluding vacant
land, that provides rental income and is not the primary residence of
the owner or owners of such class one OR CLASS ONE-A property, or the
primary residence of the parent or child of such owner or owners, in an
amount equal to zero percent of the net real property taxes for fiscal
years beginning on or after July first, two thousand six. As used in
this section, "net real property tax" means the real property tax
assessed on class one property after deduction for any exemption or
abatement received pursuant to the real property tax law or this title.
§ 14. Subdivisions a, a-1, a-2, a-3, a-4 and a-5 of section 11-319 of
the administrative code of the city of New York, subdivisions a, a-1,
a-2 and a-3 as amended and subdivisions a-4 and a-5 as added by local
law number 15 of the city of New York for the year 2011, are amended to
read as follows:
a. A tax lien or tax liens on a property or any component of the
amount thereof may be sold by the city as authorized by subdivision b of
this section, when such tax lien or tax liens shall have remained unpaid
in whole or in part for one year, provided, however, that a tax lien or
tax liens on any class one property or on class [two] ONE-A property
[that is a residential condominium or residential cooperative], as such
classes of property are defined in subdivision one of section eighteen
hundred two of the real property tax law, may be sold by the city only
when the real property tax component of such tax lien or tax liens shall
have remained unpaid in whole or in part for three years or, in the case
of any class two residential property owned by a company organized
pursuant to article XI of the state private housing finance law [that is
not a residential condominium or a residential cooperative], as such
class of property is defined in subdivision one of section eighteen
hundred two of the real property tax law, for two years, and equals or
exceeds the sum of five thousand dollars or, in the case of abandoned
class one property or abandoned class [two] ONE-A property [that is a
residential condominium or residential cooperative], for eighteen
months, and after such sale, shall be transferred, in the manner
provided by this chapter, and provided, further, however, that (i) the
real property tax component of such tax lien may not be sold pursuant to
this subdivision on any residential real property in class one that is
receiving an exemption pursuant to section 11-245.3 or 11-245.4 of this
title, or pursuant to section four hundred fifty-eight of the real prop-
erty tax law with respect to real property purchased with payments
received as prisoner of war compensation from the United States govern-
ment, or pursuant to paragraph (b) or (c) of subdivision two of section
four hundred fifty-eight-a of the real property tax law, or where the
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owner of such residential real property in class one is receiving bene-
fits in accordance with department of finance memorandum 05-3, or any
successor memorandum thereto, relating to active duty military person-
nel, or where the owner of such residential real property in class one
has been allowed a credit pursuant to subsection (e) of section six
hundred six of the tax law for the calendar year in which the date of
the first publication, pursuant to subdivision a of section 11-320 of
this chapter, of the notice of sale, occurs or for the calendar year
immediately preceding such date and (ii) the sewer rents component,
sewer surcharges component or water rents component of such tax lien may
not be sold pursuant to this subdivision on any one family residential
real property in class one or on any two or three family residential
real property in class one that is receiving an exemption pursuant to
section 11-245.3 or 11-245.4 of this title, or pursuant to section four
hundred fifty-eight of the real property tax law with respect to real
property purchased with payments received as prisoner of war compen-
sation from the United States government, or pursuant to paragraph (b)
or (c) of subdivision two of section four hundred fifty-eight-a of the
real property tax law, or where the owner of any two or three family
residential real property in class one is receiving benefits in accord-
ance with department of finance memorandum 05-3, or any successor memo-
randum thereto, relating to active duty military personnel, or where the
owner of any two or three family residential real property in class one
has been allowed a credit pursuant to subsection (e) of section six
hundred six of the tax law for the calendar year in which the date of
the first publication, pursuant to subdivision a of section 11-320 of
this chapter, of the notice of sale, occurs or for the calendar year
immediately preceding such date. A tax lien or tax liens on any property
classified as a class two property, except [a class two property that is
a residential condominium or residential cooperative, or] a class two
residential property owned by a company organized pursuant to article XI
of the state private housing finance law [that is not a residential
condominium or a residential cooperative], or class three property, as
such classes of property are defined in subdivision one of section eigh-
teen hundred two of the real property tax law, shall not be sold by the
city unless such tax lien or tax liens include a real property tax
component as of the date of the first publication, pursuant to subdivi-
sion a of section 11-320 of this chapter, of the notice of sale.
Notwithstanding any provision of this subdivision to the contrary, any
such tax lien or tax liens that remain unpaid in whole or in part after
such date may be sold regardless of whether such tax lien or tax liens
include a real property tax component. A tax lien or tax liens on a
property classified as a class four property, as such class of property
is defined in subdivision one of section eighteen hundred two of the
real property tax law, shall not be sold by the city unless such tax
lien or tax liens include a real property tax component or sewer rents
component or sewer surcharges component or water rents component or
emergency repair charges component, where such emergency repair charges
accrued on or after January first, two thousand six and are made a lien
pursuant to section 27-2144 of this code, as of the date of the first
publication, pursuant to subdivision a of section 11-320 of this chap-
ter, of the notice of sale, provided, however, that any tax lien or tax
liens that remain unpaid in whole or in part after such date may be sold
regardless of whether such tax lien or tax liens include a real property
tax component, sewer rents component, sewer surcharges component, water
rents component or emergency repair charges component. For purposes of
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this subdivision, the words "real property tax" shall not include an
assessment or charge upon property imposed pursuant to section 25-411 of
the administrative code. A sale of a tax lien or tax liens shall
include, in addition to such lien or liens that have remained unpaid in
whole or in part for one year, or, in the case of any class one property
or class [two] ONE-A property [that is a residential condominium or
residential cooperative], when the real property tax component of such
lien or liens has remained unpaid in whole or in part for three years,
or, in the case of any class two residential property owned by a company
organized pursuant to article XI of the state private housing finance
law [that is not a residential condominium or a residential cooper-
ative], when the real property tax component of such lien or liens has
remained unpaid in whole or in part for two years, and equals or exceeds
the sum of five thousand dollars, any taxes, assessments, sewer rents,
sewer surcharges, water rents, any other charges that are made a lien
subject to the provisions of this chapter, the costs of any advertise-
ments and notices given pursuant to this chapter, any other charges that
are due and payable, a surcharge pursuant to section 11-332 of this
chapter, and interest and penalties thereon or such component of the
amount thereof as shall be determined by the commissioner of finance.
The commissioner of finance may promulgate rules defining "abandoned"
property, as such term is used in this subdivision.
a-1. A subsequent tax lien or tax liens on a property or any component
of the amount thereof may be sold by the city pursuant to this chapter,
provided, however, that notwithstanding any provision in this chapter to
the contrary, such tax lien or tax liens may be sold regardless of
whether such tax lien or tax liens have remained unpaid in whole or in
part for one year and, notwithstanding any provision in this chapter to
the contrary, in the case of any class one property or class [two] ONE-A
property [that is a residential condominium or residential cooperative]
or, beginning January first, two thousand twelve, in the case of any
class two residential property owned by a company organized pursuant to
article XI of the state private housing finance law [that is not a resi-
dential condominium or a residential cooperative], such tax lien or tax
liens may be sold if the real property tax component of such tax lien or
tax liens has remained unpaid in whole or in part for one year, and
provided, further, however, that (i) the real property tax component of
such tax lien may not be sold pursuant to this subdivision on any resi-
dential real property in class one that is receiving an exemption pursu-
ant to section 11-245.3 or 11-245.4 of this title, or pursuant to
section four hundred fifty-eight of the real property tax law with
respect to real property purchased with payments received as prisoner of
war compensation from the United States government, or pursuant to para-
graph (b) or (c) of subdivision two of section four hundred
fifty-eight-a of the real property tax law, or where the owner of such
residential real property in class one is receiving benefits in accord-
ance with department of finance memorandum 05-3, or any successor memo-
randum thereto, relating to active duty military personnel, or where the
owner of such residential real property in class one has been allowed a
credit pursuant to subsection (e) of section six hundred six of the tax
law for the calendar year in which the date of the first publication,
pursuant to subdivision a of section 11-320 of this chapter, of the
notice of sale, occurs or for the calendar year immediately preceding
such date and (ii) the sewer rents component, sewer surcharges component
or water rents component of such tax lien may not be sold pursuant to
this subdivision on any one family residential real property in class
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one or on any two or three family residential real property in class one
that is receiving an exemption pursuant to section 11-245.3 or 11-245.4
of this title, or pursuant to section four hundred fifty-eight of the
real property tax law with respect to real property purchased with
payments received as prisoner of war compensation from the United States
government, or pursuant to paragraph (b) or (c) of subdivision two of
section four hundred fifty-eight-a of the real property tax law, or
where the owner of any two or three family residential real property in
class one is receiving benefits in accordance with department of finance
memorandum 05-3, or any successor memorandum thereto, relating to active
duty military personnel, or where the owner of any two or three family
residential real property in class one has been allowed a credit pursu-
ant to subsection (e) of section six hundred six of the tax law for the
calendar year in which the date of the first publication, pursuant to
subdivision a of section 11-320 of this chapter, of the notice of sale,
occurs or for the calendar year immediately preceding such date. For
purposes of this subdivision, the term "subsequent tax lien or tax
liens" shall mean any tax lien or tax liens on property that become such
on or after the date of sale of any tax lien or tax liens on such prop-
erty that have been sold pursuant to this chapter, provided that the
prior tax lien or tax liens remain unpaid as of the date of the first
publication, pursuant to subdivision a of section 11-320 of this chap-
ter, of the notice of sale of the subsequent tax lien or tax liens. A
subsequent tax lien or tax liens on any property classified as a class
two property, except [a class two property that is a residential condo-
minium or residential cooperative, or] a class two residential property
owned by a company organized pursuant to article XI of the state private
housing finance law [that is not a residential condominium or a residen-
tial cooperative], or class three property, as such classes of property
are defined in subdivision one of section eighteen hundred two of the
real property tax law, shall not be sold by the city unless such tax
lien or tax liens include a real property tax component as of the date
of the first publication, pursuant to subdivision a of section 11-320 of
this chapter, of the notice of sale. Notwithstanding any provision of
this subdivision to the contrary, any such tax lien or tax liens that
remain unpaid in whole or in part after such date may be sold regardless
of whether such tax lien or tax liens include a real property tax compo-
nent. A subsequent tax lien or tax liens on a property classified as a
class four property, as such class of property is defined in subdivision
one of section eighteen hundred two of the real property tax law, shall
not be sold by the city unless such tax lien or tax liens include a real
property tax component or sewer rents component or sewer surcharges
component or water rents component or emergency repair charges compo-
nent, where such emergency repair charges accrued on or after January
first, two thousand six and are made a lien pursuant to section 27-2144
of this code, as of the date of the first publication, pursuant to
subdivision a of section 11-320 of this chapter, of the notice of sale,
provided, however, that any tax lien or tax liens that remain unpaid in
whole or in part after such date may be sold regardless of whether such
tax lien or tax liens include a real property tax component, sewer rents
component, sewer surcharges component, water rents component or emergen-
cy repair charges component. For purposes of this subdivision, the words
"real property tax" shall not include an assessment or charge upon prop-
erty imposed pursuant to section 25-411 of the administrative code.
Nothing in this subdivision shall be deemed to limit the rights
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conferred by section 11-332 of this chapter on the holder of a tax lien
certificate with respect to a subsequent tax lien.
a-2. In addition to any sale authorized pursuant to subdivision a or
subdivision a-1 of this section and notwithstanding any provision of
this chapter to the contrary, beginning on December first, two thousand
seven, the water rents, sewer rents and sewer surcharges components of
any tax lien on any class of real property, as such real property is
classified in subdivision one of section eighteen hundred two of the
real property tax law, may be sold by the city pursuant to this chapter,
where such water rents, sewer rents or sewer surcharges component of
such tax lien, as of the date of the first publication, pursuant to
subdivision a of section 11-320 of this chapter, of the notice of sale:
(i) shall have remained unpaid in whole or in part for one year and (ii)
equals or exceeds the sum of one thousand dollars or, beginning on March
first, two thousand eleven, in the case of any two or three family resi-
dential real property in class one, for one year, and equals or exceeds
the sum of two thousand dollars, or, beginning on January first, two
thousand twelve, in the case of any class two residential property owned
by a company organized pursuant to article XI of the state private hous-
ing finance law [that is not a residential condominium or a residential
cooperative], as such class of property is defined in subdivision one of
section eighteen hundred two of the real property tax law, for two
years, and equals to exceeds the sum of five thousand dollars; provided,
however, that such water rents, sewer rents or sewer surcharges compo-
nent of such tax lien may not be sold pursuant to this subdivision on
any one family residential real property in class one or on any two or
three family residential real property in class one that is receiving an
exemption pursuant to section 11-245.3 or 11-245.4 of this title, or
pursuant to section four hundred fifty-eight of the real property tax
law with respect to real property purchased with payments received as
prisoner of war compensation from the United States government, or
pursuant to paragraph (b) or (c) of subdivision two of section four
hundred fifty-eight-a of the real property tax law, or where the owner
of any two or three family residential real property in class one is
receiving benefits in accordance with department of finance memorandum
05-3, or any successor memorandum thereto, relating to active duty mili-
tary personnel, or where the owner of any two or three family residen-
tial real property in class one has been allowed a credit pursuant to
subsection (e) of section six hundred six of the tax law for the calen-
dar year in which the date of the first publication, pursuant to subdi-
vision a of section 11-320 of this chapter, of the notice of sale,
occurs or for the calendar year immediately preceding such date. After
such sale, any such water rents, sewer rents or sewer surcharges compo-
nent of such tax lien may be transferred in the manner provided by this
chapter.
a-3. In addition to any sale authorized pursuant to subdivision a or
subdivision a-1 of this section and notwithstanding any provision of
this chapter to the contrary, beginning on December first, two thousand
seven, a subsequent tax lien on any class of real property, as such real
property is classified in subdivision one of section eighteen hundred
two of the real property tax law, may be sold by the city pursuant to
this chapter, regardless of whether such subsequent tax lien, or any
component of the amount thereof, shall have remained unpaid in whole or
in part for one year, and regardless of whether such subsequent tax
lien, or any component of the amount thereof, equals or exceeds the sum
of one thousand dollars or beginning on March first, two thousand elev-
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en, in the case of any two or three family residential real property in
class one, a subsequent tax lien on such property may be sold by the
city pursuant to this chapter, regardless of whether such subsequent tax
lien, or any component of the amount thereof, shall have remained unpaid
in whole or in part for one year, and regardless of whether such subse-
quent tax lien, or any component of the amount thereof, equals or
exceeds the sum of two thousand dollars, or, beginning on January first,
two thousand twelve, in the case of any class two residential property
owned by a company organized pursuant to article XI of the state private
housing finance law [that is not a residential condominium or a residen-
tial cooperative], as such class of property is defined in subdivision
one of section eighteen hundred two of the real property tax law, a
subsequent tax lien on such property may be sold by the city pursuant to
this chapter, regardless of whether such subsequent tax lien, or any
component of the amount thereof, shall have remained unpaid in whole or
in part for two years, and regardless of whether such subsequent tax
lien, or any component of the amount thereof, equals or exceeds the sum
of five thousand dollars; provided, however, that such subsequent tax
lien may not be sold pursuant to this subdivision on any one family
residential real property in class one or on any two or three family
residential real property in class one that is receiving an exemption
pursuant to section 11-245.3 or 11-245.4 of this title, or pursuant to
section four hundred fifty-eight of the real property tax law with
respect to real property purchased with payments received as prisoner of
war compensation from the United States government, or pursuant to para-
graph (b) or (c) of subdivision two of section four hundred
fifty-eight-a of the real property tax law, or where the owner of any
two or three family residential real property in class one is receiving
benefits in accordance with department of finance memorandum 05-3, or
any successor memorandum thereto, relating to active duty military
personnel, or where the owner of any two or three family residential
real property in class one has been allowed a credit pursuant to
subsection (e) of section six hundred six of the tax law for the calen-
dar year in which the date of the first publication, pursuant to subdi-
vision a of section 11-320 of this chapter, of the notice of sale,
occurs or for the calendar year immediately preceding such date. After
such sale, any such subsequent tax lien, or any component of the amount
thereof, may be transferred in the manner provided by this chapter. For
purposes of this subdivision, the term "subsequent tax lien" shall mean
the water rents, sewer rents or sewer surcharges component of any tax
lien on property that becomes such on or after the date of sale of any
water rents, sewer rents or sewer surcharges component of any tax lien
on such property that has been sold pursuant to this chapter, provided
that the prior tax lien remains unpaid as of the date of the first
publication, pursuant to subdivision a of section 11-320 of this chap-
ter, of the notice of sale of the subsequent tax lien. Nothing in this
subdivision shall be deemed to limit the rights conferred by section
11-332 of this chapter on the holder of a tax lien certificate with
respect to a subsequent tax lien.
a-4. In addition to any sale authorized pursuant to subdivision a,
a-1, a-2 or a-3 of this section and notwithstanding any provision of
this chapter to the contrary, beginning on March first, two thousand
eleven, the emergency repair charges component or alternative enforce-
ment expenses and fees component, where such emergency repair charges
accrued on or after January first, two thousand six and are made a lien
pursuant to section 27-2144 of this code, or where such alternative
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enforcement expenses and fees are made a lien pursuant to section
27-2153 of this code, of any tax lien on any class of real property, as
such real property is defined in subdivision one of section eighteen
hundred two of the real property tax law, may be sold by the city pursu-
ant to this chapter, where such emergency repair charges component or
alternative enforcement expenses and fees component of such tax lien, as
of the date of the first publication, pursuant to subdivision a of
section 11-320 of this chapter, of the notice of sale: (i) shall have
remained unpaid in whole or in part for one year, and (ii) equals or
exceeds the sum of one thousand dollars or, beginning on January first,
two thousand twelve, in the case of any class two residential property
owned by a company organized pursuant to article XI of the state private
housing finance law [that is not a residential condominium or a residen-
tial cooperative], as such class of property is defined in subdivision
one of section eighteen hundred two of the real property tax law, for
two years, and equals or exceeds the sum of five thousand dollars;
provided, however, that such emergency repair charges component or
alternative enforcement expenses and fees component of such tax lien may
not be sold pursuant to this subdivision on any one, two or three family
residential real property in class one, except a three family residen-
tial property in class one where such property is subject to the
provisions of section 27-2153 of this code and is not the primary resi-
dence of the owner. After such sale, any such emergency repair charges
component or alternative enforcement expenses and fees component of such
tax lien may be transferred in the manner provided by this chapter.
a-5. In addition to any sale authorized pursuant to subdivision a,
a-1, a-2 or a-3 of this section and notwithstanding any provision of
this chapter to the contrary, beginning on March first, two thousand
eleven, a subsequent tax lien on any class of real property, or begin-
ning on January first, two thousand twelve in the case of any class two
residential property owned by a company organized pursuant to article XI
of the state private housing finance law [that is not a residential
condominium or a residential cooperative], a subsequent tax lien on such
property, may be sold by the city pursuant to this chapter, regardless
of the length of time such subsequent tax lien, or any component of the
amount thereof, shall have remained unpaid, and regardless of the amount
of such subsequent tax lien. After such sale, any such subsequent tax
lien, or any component of the amount thereof, may be transferred in the
manner provided by this chapter. For purposes of this subdivision, the
term "subsequent tax lien" shall mean the emergency repair charges
component or alternative enforcement expenses and fees component, where
such emergency repair charges accrued on or after January first, two
thousand six and are made a lien pursuant to section 27-2144 of this
code, or where such alternative enforcement expenses and fees are made a
lien pursuant to section 27-2153 of this code, of any tax lien on prop-
erty that becomes such on or after the date of sale of any emergency
repair charges component or alternative enforcement expenses and fees
component, of any tax lien on such property that has been sold pursuant
to this chapter, provided that the prior tax lien remains unpaid as of
the date of the first publication, pursuant to subdivision a of section
11-320 of this chapter, of the notice of sale of the subsequent tax
lien. Nothing in this subdivision shall be deemed to limit the rights
conferred by section 11-332 of this chapter on the holder of a tax lien
certificate with respect to a subsequent tax lien.
§ 15. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph 2 of subdivision b and subpara-
graph (ii) of paragraph 1 of subdivision h of section 11-320 of the
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administrative code of the city of New York, subparagraph (i) of para-
graph 2 of subdivision b as amended by local law number 147 of the city
of New York for the year 2013 and subparagraph (ii) of paragraph 1 of
subdivision h as added by local law number 15 of the city of New York
for the year 2011, are amended to read as follows:
(i) Such notices shall also include, with respect to any property
owner in class one, CLASS ONE-A or class two, as such classes of proper-
ty are defined in subdivision one of section eighteen hundred two of the
real property tax law, an exemption eligibility checklist. The exemption
eligibility checklist shall also be posted on the website of the depart-
ment no later than the first business day after March fifteenth of every
year prior to the date of sale, and shall continue to be posted on such
website until ten days prior to the date of sale. Within ten business
days of receipt of a completed exemption eligibility checklist from such
property owner, provided that such receipt occurs prior to the date of
sale of any tax lien or tax liens on his or her property, the department
of finance shall review such checklist to determine, based on the infor-
mation provided by the property owner, whether such property owner could
be eligible for any exemption, credit or other benefit that would enti-
tle them to be excluded from a tax lien sale and, if the department
determines that such property owner could be eligible for any such
exemption, credit or other benefit, shall mail such property owner an
application for the appropriate exemption, credit or other benefit. If,
within twenty business days of the date the department mailed such
application, the department has not received a completed application
from such property owner, the department shall mail such property owner
a second application, and shall telephone the property owner, if the
property owner has included his or her telephone number on the exemption
eligibility checklist.
(ii) all class two residential property owned by a company organized
pursuant to article XI of the state private housing finance law [that is
not a residential condominium or a residential cooperative] on which any
tax lien has been sold pursuant to subdivision a, a-2 or a-4 of section
11-319 of this title.
§ 16. Subdivision (a) of section 11-354 of the administrative code of
the city of New York, as amended by local law number 37 of the city of
New York for the year 1996, is amended to read as follows:
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law and notwithstanding any
omission to hold a tax lien sale, whenever any tax, assessment, sewer
rent, sewer surcharge, water rent, any charge that is made a lien
subject to the provisions of this chapter or chapter four of this title,
or interest and penalties thereon, has been due and unpaid for a period
of at least one year from the date on which the tax, assessment or other
legal charge represented thereby became a lien, or in the case of any
class one property or any class [two] ONE-A property [that is a residen-
tial condominium or residential cooperative], as such classes of proper-
ty are defined in subdivision one of section eighteen hundred two of the
real property tax law, or in the case of a multiple dwelling owned by a
company organized pursuant to article XI of the private housing finance
law with the consent and approval of the department of housing preserva-
tion and development, for a period of at least three years from the date
on which the tax, assessment or other legal charge became a lien, the
city, as owner of a tax lien, may maintain an action in the supreme
court to foreclose such lien. Such action shall be governed by the
procedures set forth in section 11-335 of this chapter; provided, howev-
er, that such parcel shall only be sold to the highest responsible
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bidder. Such purchaser shall be deemed qualified as a responsible bidder
pursuant to such criteria as are established in rules promulgated by the
commissioner of finance after consultation with the commissioner of
housing preservation and development.
§ 17. The opening paragraph of subdivision 4 of section 11-401 of the
administrative code of the city of New York, as added by local law
number 37 of the city of New York for the year 1996, is amended to read
as follows:
"Distressed property." Any parcel of class one, CLASS ONE-A or class
two real property that is subject to a tax lien or liens with a lien or
liens to value ratio, as determined by the commissioner of finance,
equal to or greater than fifteen percent and that meets one of the
following two criteria:
§ 18. Subdivisions a and b of section 11-401.1 of the administrative
code of the city of New York, as added by local law number 37 of the
city of New York for the year 1996, are amended to read as follows:
a. The commissioner of finance shall, not less than sixty days preced-
ing the date of the sale of a tax lien or tax liens, submit to the
commissioner of housing preservation and development a description by
block and lot, or by such other identification as the commissioner of
finance may deem appropriate, of any parcel of class one, CLASS ONE-A or
class two real property on which there is a tax lien that may be fore-
closed by the city. The commissioner of housing preservation and devel-
opment shall determine, and direct the commissioner of finance, not less
than ten days preceding the date of the sale of a tax lien or tax liens,
whether any such parcel is a distressed property as defined in subdivi-
sion four of section 11-401 of this chapter. Any tax lien on a parcel so
determined to be a distressed property shall not be included in such
sale. In connection with a subsequent sale of a tax lien or tax liens,
the commissioner of finance may, not less than sixty days preceding the
date of the sale, resubmit to the commissioner of housing preservation
and development a description by block and lot, or by such other iden-
tification as the commissioner of finance may deem appropriate, of any
parcel of class one, CLASS ONE-A or class two real property that was
previously determined to be a distressed property pursuant to this para-
graph and on which there is a tax lien that may be included in such
sale. The commissioner of housing preservation and development shall
determine, and direct the commissioner of finance, not less than ten
days preceding the date of the sale, whether such parcel remains a
distressed property. If the commissioner of housing preservation and
development determines that the parcel is not a distressed property,
then the tax lien on the parcel may be included in the sale.
b. The commissioner of housing preservation and development may peri-
odically review whether a parcel of class one, CLASS ONE-A or class two
real property that is subject to subdivision c of this section or subdi-
vision j of section 11-412.1 of this chapter remains a distressed prop-
erty. If the commissioner determines that the parcel is not a distressed
property as defined in subdivision four of section 11-401 of this chap-
ter, then the parcel shall not be subject to such subdivisions.
§ 19. Subdivision b of section 11-404 of the administrative code of
the city of New York, as amended by local law number 37 of the city of
New York for the year 1996, is amended to read as follows:
b. A tax lien on any class one property or any class [two] ONE-A prop-
erty [that is a residential condominium or residential cooperative], as
such classes of property are defined in subdivision one of section eigh-
teen hundred two of the real property tax law, and on any multiple
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dwelling owned by a company organized pursuant to article XI of the
private housing finance law with the consent and approval of the depart-
ment of housing preservation and development, shall not be foreclosed in
the manner provided in this chapter until such tax lien has been due and
unpaid for a period of at least three years from the date on which the
tax, assessment or other legal charge represented thereby became a lien.
§ 20. Paragraph 5 of subdivision c of section 11-405 of the adminis-
trative code of the city of New York, as added by local law number 37 of
the city of New York for the year 1996, is amended to read as follows:
(5) Notwithstanding paragraph one, two or three of this subdivision,
with respect to installment agreements duly made, executed and filed on
or after the date on which this paragraph takes effect, the commissioner
of finance may also exclude or thereafter remove from such list any
parcel of class one, CLASS ONE-A or class two real property, other than
a parcel described in paragraph four of this subdivision, as to which an
agreement has been duly made, executed and filed with such commissioner
for the payment of the delinquent taxes, assessments or other legal
charges, and the interest and penalties thereon, in installments. The
first installment thereof shall be paid upon the filing of the install-
ment agreement with the commissioner and shall be in an amount equal to
not less than fifteen percent of the total amount of such delinquent
taxes, assessments or other legal charges and the interest and penalties
thereon. The remaining installments, which shall be twice the number of
unpaid quarters of real estate taxes or the equivalent thereof, but
which shall in no event exceed thirty-two in number, shall be payable
quarterly on the first days of July, October, January and April. For the
purposes of calculating the number of such remaining installments,
unpaid real estate taxes that are due and payable on other than a quar-
terly basis shall be deemed to be payable on a quarterly basis.
§ 21. Section 581 of the real property tax law is REPEALED.
§ 22. Subdivision 1 of section 339-y of the real property law, as
amended by chapter 218 of the laws of 1986, subparagraph (ii) of para-
graph (d) as amended by chapter 223 of the laws of 1989, paragraph (e)
as added by chapter 135 of the laws of 1996 and paragraph (f) as added
by chapter 293 of the laws of 1997, is amended to read as follows:
1. (a) With respect to all property submitted to the provisions of
this article other than property which is the subject of a qualified
leasehold condominium, each unit and its common interest, not including
any personal property, shall be deemed to be a parcel and shall be
subject to separate assessment and taxation by each assessing unit,
school district, special district, county or other taxing unit, for all
types of taxes authorized by law including but not limited to special ad
valorem levies and special assessments, except that the foregoing shall
not apply to a unit held under lease or sublease unless the declaration
requires the unit owner to pay all taxes attributable to his unit.
Neither the building, the property nor any of the common elements shall
be deemed to be a parcel.
(b) [In no event shall the aggregate of the assessment of the units
plus their common interests exceed the total valuation of the property
were the property assessed as a parcel.
(c)] For the purposes of this and the next succeeding section the
terms "assessing unit", "assessment", "parcel", "special ad valorem
levy", "special assessment", "special district", "taxation" and "taxes"
shall have the meanings specified in section one hundred two of the real
property tax law.
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[(d) The provisions of paragraph (b) of this subdivision shall not
apply to such real property classified within:
(i) on and after January first, nineteen hundred eighty-six, class one
of section one thousand eight hundred two of the real property tax law;
or
(ii) on and after January first, nineteen hundred eighty-four, the
homestead class of an approved assessing unit which has adopted the
provisions of section one thousand nine hundred three of the real prop-
erty tax law, or the homestead class of the portion outside an approved
assessing unit of an eligible split school district which has adopted
the provisions of section nineteen hundred three-a of the real property
tax law; provided, however, that, in an approved assessing unit which
adopted the provisions of section one thousand nine hundred three of the
real property tax law prior to the effective date of this subdivision,
paragraph (b) of this subdivision shall apply to all such real property
(i) which is classified within the homestead class pursuant to paragraph
one of subdivision (e) of section one thousand nine hundred one of the
real property tax law and (ii) which, regardless of classification, was
on the assessment roll prior to the effective date of this subdivision
unless the governing body of such approved assessing unit provides by
local law adopted after a public hearing, prior to the taxable status
date of such assessing unit next occurring after December thirty-first,
nineteen hundred eighty-three, that such paragraph (b) shall not apply
to such real property to which this clause applies. Provided further,
however, real property subject to the provisions of this subparagraph
shall be assessed pursuant to subdivision two of section five hundred
eighty-one of the real property tax law.
(e)] (C) On the first assessment roll with a taxable status date on or
after the effective date of a declaration filed with the recording offi-
cer and on every assessment roll thereafter, the assessor shall enter
each unit as a parcel, as provided in paragraph (a) of this subdivision,
based upon the condition and ownership of each such unit on the appro-
priate valuation and taxable status dates. Units owned by a developer
may be entered as a single parcel with a parcel description correspond-
ing to the entire development, including the land under such develop-
ment, and excluding those units appearing separately. Upon the first
assessment roll where each unit is separately assessed, only an individ-
ual unit and its common interest shall constitute a parcel.
[(f) The provisions of paragraph (b) of this subdivision shall not
apply to a converted condominium unit in a municipal corporation other
than a special assessing unit, which has adopted, prior to the taxable
status date of the assessment roll upon which its taxes will be levied,
a local law or, for a school district, a resolution providing that the
provisions of paragraph (b) of this subdivision shall not apply to a
converted condominium unit within that municipal corporation. A
converted condominium unit for purposes of this paragraph shall mean a
dwelling unit held in condominium form of ownership that has previously
been on an assessment roll as a dwelling unit in other than condominium
form of ownership, and has not been previously subject to the provisions
of paragraph (b) of this subdivision.]
§ 23. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law and shall apply to
assessment rolls prepared pursuant to a taxable status date occurring on
or after such date; provided, however, that effective immediately, the
addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary
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for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized
and directed to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
PART JJ
Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of section 467 of the real
property tax law, as amended by chapter 259 of the laws of 2009, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) if the income of the owner or the combined income of the owners of
the property for the income tax year immediately preceding the date of
making application for exemption exceeds the sum of three thousand
dollars, or such other sum not less than three thousand dollars nor more
than twenty-six thousand dollars beginning July first, two thousand six,
twenty-seven thousand dollars beginning July first, two thousand seven,
twenty-eight thousand dollars beginning July first, two thousand eight,
[and] twenty-nine thousand dollars beginning July first, two thousand
nine, AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS BEGINNING JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND
SEVENTEEN, as may be provided by the local law, ordinance or resolution
adopted pursuant to this section. Income tax year shall mean the twelve
month period for which the owner or owners filed a federal personal
income tax return, or if no such return is filed, the calendar year.
Where title is vested in either the husband or the wife, their combined
income may not exceed such sum, except where the husband or wife, or
ex-husband or ex-wife is absent from the property as provided in subpar-
agraph (ii) of paragraph (d) of this subdivision, then only the income
of the spouse or ex-spouse residing on the property shall be considered
and may not exceed such sum. Such income shall include social security
and retirement benefits, interest, dividends, total gain from the sale
or exchange of a capital asset which may be offset by a loss from the
sale or exchange of a capital asset in the same income tax year, net
rental income, salary or earnings, and net income from self-employment,
but shall not include a return of capital, gifts, inheritances, payments
made to individuals because of their status as victims of Nazi perse-
cution, as defined in P.L. 103-286 or monies earned through employment
in the federal foster grandparent program and any such income shall be
offset by all medical and prescription drug expenses actually paid which
were not reimbursed or paid for by insurance, if the governing board of
a municipality, after a public hearing, adopts a local law, ordinance or
resolution providing therefor. Furthermore, such income shall not
include the proceeds of a reverse mortgage, as authorized by section
six-h of the banking law, and sections two hundred eighty and two
hundred eighty-a of the real property law; provided, however, that
monies used to repay a reverse mortgage may not be deducted from income,
and provided additionally that any interest or dividends realized from
the investment of reverse mortgage proceeds shall be considered income.
The provisions of this paragraph notwithstanding, such income shall not
include veterans disability compensation, as defined in Title 38 of the
United States Code provided the governing board of such municipality,
after public hearing, adopts a local law, ordinance or resolution
providing therefor. In computing net rental income and net income from
self-employment no depreciation deduction shall be allowed for the
exhaustion, wear and tear of real or personal property held for the
production of income;
§ 2. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 5 of section 459-c of the real prop-
erty tax law, as separately amended by chapters 187 and 252 of the laws
of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
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(a) if the income of the owner or the combined income of the owners of
the property for the income tax year immediately preceding the date of
making application for exemption exceeds the sum of three thousand
dollars, or such other sum not less than three thousand dollars nor more
than twenty-six thousand dollars beginning July first, two thousand six,
twenty-seven thousand dollars beginning July first, two thousand seven,
twenty-eight thousand dollars beginning July first, two thousand eight,
[and] twenty-nine thousand dollars beginning July first, two thousand
nine, AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS BEGINNING JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND
SEVENTEEN, as may be provided by the local law or resolution adopted
pursuant to this section. Income tax year shall mean the twelve month
period for which the owner or owners filed a federal personal income tax
return, or if no such return is filed, the calendar year. Where title is
vested in either the husband or the wife, their combined income may not
exceed such sum, except where the husband or wife, or ex-husband or
ex-wife is absent from the property due to divorce, legal separation or
abandonment, then only the income of the spouse or ex-spouse residing on
the property shall be considered and may not exceed such sum. Such
income shall include social security and retirement benefits, interest,
dividends, total gain from the sale or exchange of a capital asset which
may be offset by a loss from the sale or exchange of a capital asset in
the same income tax year, net rental income, salary or earnings, and net
income from self-employment, but shall not include a return of capital,
gifts, inheritances or monies earned through employment in the federal
foster grandparent program and any such income shall be offset by all
medical and prescription drug expenses actually paid which were not
reimbursed or paid for by insurance, if the governing board of a munici-
pality, after a public hearing, adopts a local law or resolution provid-
ing therefor. In computing net rental income and net income from self-
employment no depreciation deduction shall be allowed for the
exhaustion, wear and tear of real or personal property held for the
production of income;
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
PART KK
Section 1. Section 21-312 of the administrative code of the city of
New York is amended by adding a new subdivision f to read as follows:
F. ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW SHELTERS. 1. NOT LESS THAN FORTY-FIVE DAYS
PRIOR TO THE PUBLIC HEARING HELD BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF CONTRACT
SERVICES RELATING TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF A HOMELESS SHELTER, THE DEPART-
MENT SHALL PROVIDE, IN NOT LESS THAN TWO FORMS OF COMMUNICATION, NOTICE
OF THE DETAILS OF THE PROPOSED SHELTER, INCLUDING THE SOCIAL SERVICES
OPERATOR OF SUCH SHELTER, THE ADDRESS OF SUCH SHELTER, THE EXPECTED
CENSUS OF SUCH SHELTER AND THE EXPECTED CERTIFIED CAPACITY OF SUCH SHEL-
TER, TO THE FOLLOWING OFFICIALS:
(I) THE COMMUNITY BOARD OF THE COMMUNITY IN WHICH THE PROPOSED SHELTER
IS TO BE LOCATED;
(II) THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER REPRESENTING THE DISTRICT IN WHICH THE
PROPOSED SHELTER IS TO BE LOCATED;
(III) THE MEMBER OF THE STATE ASSEMBLY REPRESENTING THE DISTRICT IN
WHICH THE PROPOSED SHELTER IS TO BE LOCATED;
(IV) THE STATE SENATOR REPRESENTING THE DISTRICT IN WHICH THE PROPOSED
SHELTER IS TO BE LOCATED;
(V) THE MEMBER OF THE FEDERAL HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES REPRESENTING
THE DISTRICT IN WHICH THE PROPOSED SHELTER IS TO BE LOCATED; AND
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(VI) THE BOROUGH PRESIDENT OF THE BOROUGH IN WHICH THE PROPOSED SHEL-
TER IS TO BE LOCATED.
2. WITHIN FIFTEEN DAYS OF RECEIVING NOTICE PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH ONE
OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE COMMUNITY BOARD MAY REQUEST THAT THE DEPARTMENT
SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING TO BE HELD WITHIN FIFTEEN DAYS AT A LOCATION
WITHIN THE COMMUNITY TO BE AFFECTED BY THE PROPOSED SHELTER FOR THE
PURPOSE OF GAINING PUBLIC INPUT THEREON. FOLLOWING ANY SUCH PUBLIC HEAR-
ING, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL CONSIDER ALL SUCH COMMENTS AND, IN ACCORDANCE
WITH REASONABLE CONCERNS RAISED, MODIFY ITS PROPOSAL FOR THE ESTABLISH-
MENT OF A SHELTER.
3. THE DEPARTMENT, NOT LESS THAN FORTY-FIVE DAYS PRIOR TO THE OPENING
OF ANY NEW SHELTER, SHALL PROVIDE NOTICE OF THE ADDRESS, PROPOSED CENSUS
AND PROPOSED CERTIFIED CAPACITY OF SUCH SHELTER TO THE PRECINCT OF THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT IN WHICH SUCH SHELTER IS LOCATED.
4. NOT MORE THAN TWENTY DAYS AFTER THE OPENING OF ANY NEW SHELTER, THE
DEPARTMENT SHALL ESTABLISH AND OPERATE A COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD FOR
THE SHELTER TO ENSURE ONGOING COLLABORATION WITH THE COMMUNITY. EACH
SUCH BOARD SHALL BE COMPOSED OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND DESIGNEES OF
LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS AND THE COMMUNITY BOARD.
§ 2. The administrative code of the city of New York is amended by
adding a new section 21-317 to read as follows:
§ 21-317 PRIVATELY OWNED HOTELS PROVIDING SHELTER FOR HOMELESS INDI-
VIDUALS. A. ON A QUARTERLY BASIS, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ISSUE A REPORT ON
THE USE AND PROPOSED USE OF PRIVATELY OWNED HOTELS FOR THE PROVISION OF
SHELTER FOR HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS. SUCH REPORT SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO:
1. EACH COMMUNITY BOARD FOR THE COMMUNITY IN WHICH SUCH A HOTEL IS
LOCATED;
2. EACH CITY COUNCIL MEMBER REPRESENTING A DISTRICT IN WHICH SUCH A
HOTEL IS LOCATED;
3. EACH MEMBER OF THE STATE ASSEMBLY REPRESENTING A DISTRICT IN WHICH
SUCH A HOTEL IS LOCATED;
4. EACH STATE SENATOR REPRESENTING A DISTRICT IN WHICH SUCH A HOTEL IS
LOCATED;
5. EACH MEMBER OF THE FEDERAL HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES REPRESENTING A
DISTRICT IN WHICH SUCH A HOTEL IS LOCATED; AND
6. EACH BOROUGH PRESIDENT.
B. PRIOR TO THE PLACEMENT OF ANY HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS IN A PRIVATELY
OWNED HOTEL, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL INSPECT AND CERTIFY THE HOTEL TO
ENSURE ITS SAFETY AND THE WELFARE OF THE HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS TO BE
PLACED THEREIN. SUCH INSPECTION TO ENSURE THE SAFETY AND WELFARE OF
INDIVIDUALS SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, CERTIFICATION THAT
SUCH BUILDING HAS NO OUTSTANDING VIOLATIONS. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL
ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN A LIST OF HOTELS THAT HAVE BEEN CERTIFIED AS
SUITABLE FOR PLACEMENT OF HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS WITH CHILDREN WHICH SHALL
BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT
OF THE CITY CHARTER.
C. IN THE EVENT THAT ANY ADDITIONAL HOTEL UNITS ARE REQUIRED TO BE
UTILIZED TO MEET A PROJECTED NEED FOR SHELTER, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL
PROVIDE NOTICE THEREOF, NOT LESS THAN ONE WEEK PRIOR TO THE UTILIZATION
OF SUCH UNITS, TO THE APPROPRIATE PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND BODY LISTED IN
SUBDIVISION A OF THIS SECTION. FURTHERMORE, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL CAUSE
AN INSPECTION TO BE MADE OF SUCH UNITS, PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION B OF
THIS SECTION, AT LEAST ONE WEEK PRIOR TO THE UTILIZATION THEREOF.
D. WHENEVER THE DEPARTMENT UTILIZES HOTEL UNITS ON A TEMPORARY BASIS
FOR THE HOUSING OF HOMELESS PERSONS, IT SHALL PROVIDE NOT LESS THAN ONE
WEEK NOTICE THEREOF TO THE PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND BODY LISTED IN SUBDIVI-
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SION A OF THIS SECTION, AND TO THE PRECINCT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN
WHICH SUCH UNITS ARE LOCATED.
E. IN THE EVENT THE DEPARTMENT UTILIZES TWENTY-FIVE OR MORE UNITS
WITHIN ANY SINGLE HOTEL, OR UTILIZES ANY HOTEL UNIT FOR MORE THAN
FIFTEEN CONSECUTIVE DAYS, IT SHALL PROVIDE NOTICE THEREOF TO THE PUBLIC
OFFICIALS AND BODY LISTED IN SUBDIVISION A OF THIS SECTION.
F. WITHIN FIFTEEN DAYS OF RECEIVING ANY NOTICE PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION
C, D OR E OF THIS SECTION, THE APPROPRIATE COMMUNITY BOARD MAY SCHEDULE
TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING WITHIN FIFTEEN DAYS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY
AFFECTED BY THE HOTEL FOR THE PURPOSE OF GAINING PUBLIC INPUT THEREON,
WHICH SHALL BE FORWARDED TO THE DEPARTMENT.
§ 3. Emergency shelter for individuals in privately owned hotels. In
the event need for shelter exceeds the inventory of hotels currently
eligible for placement pursuant to section 21-317 of the administrative
code of the city of New York, as added by section two of this act, due
to inclement weather, as defined in section 304.1(a) of title 18 of the
New York state codes, rules and regulations, the department of homeless
services of the city of New York shall have the authority to temporarily
place individuals in hotels and conduct notification of community offi-
cials in the same manner as provided in such section of the administra-
tive code of the city of New York, within 48 hours of the placements.
§ 4. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
have become a law.
PART LL
Section 1. The public housing law is amended by adding a new section
402-d to read as follows:
§ 402-D. NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL OVERSIGHT. THE NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL
AS ESTABLISHED IN SECTION TWENTY-ONE OF THE NEW YORK CITY CHARTER IS
EMPOWERED TO MANDATE THAT THE NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY PRODUCE
REPORTS ABOUT ANY FACETS OF ITS OPERATIONS OR THE CONDITION OF THE
PROJECTS UNDER ITS MANAGEMENT, INCLUDING ANY PROJECT BASED SECTION EIGHT
VOUCHER DEVELOPMENTS IN WHICH THE AUTHORITY HAS AN OWNERSHIP STAKE,
THROUGH THE PASSAGE OF A LOCAL LAW. SUCH A LAW SHALL DETERMINE WHICH
INFORMATION IS TO BE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT, THE DEADLINE FOR THE
PRODUCTION OF THE REPORT, WHETHER THE REPORTING MANDATE APPLIES ONCE OR
IS RECURRING, AND WHICH LOCAL AUTHORITIES SHALL RECEIVE COPIES. A COPY
OF ANY SUCH REPORTS MUST BE PROVIDED TO THE COMMISSIONER AND SHALL BE
CONSIDERED AN AGENCY DOCUMENT FOR THE PURPOSES OF ARTICLE SIX OF THE
PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW.
§ 2. Subdivision a of section 29 of the New York city charter, as
added by a vote of the people of the city of New York at the general
election held in November 1989, is amended to read as follows:
a. The council, acting as a committee of the whole, and each standing
or special committee of the council, through hearings or otherwise:
1. [may] MAY investigate any matters within its jurisdiction relating
to the property, affairs, or government of the city or of any county
within the city, or to any other powers of the council, or to the effec-
tuation of the purposes or provisions of this charter or any laws relat-
ing to the city or to any county within the city.
2. [shall] SHALL review on a regular and continuous basis the activ-
ities of the agencies of the city, including their service goals and
performance and management efficiency. Each unit of appropriation in
the adopted budget of the city shall be assigned to a standing commit-
tee. Each standing committee of the council shall hold at least one
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hearing each year relating to the activities of each of the agencies
under its jurisdiction.
3. SHALL REVIEW ON A REGULAR AND CONTINUOUS BASIS THE ACTIVITIES OF
THE NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY, INCLUDING THE SERVICE GOALS,
PERFORMANCE AND MANAGEMENT EFFICIENCY OF SUCH AUTHORITY. SUCH AUTHORITY
SHALL BE ASSIGNED TO A STANDING COMMITTEE. SUCH STANDING COMMITTEE OF
THE COUNCIL SHALL HOLD AT LEAST ONE HEARING EACH YEAR RELATING TO THE
ACTIVITIES OF THE NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY.
§ 3. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
have become a law.
PART MM
Section 1. The administrative code of the city of New York is amended
by adding a new section 25-114 to read as follows:
§ 25-114 NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY REPAIR CERTIFICATE PROGRAM.
A. THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION SHALL ESTABLISH THE NEW YORK CITY HOUS-
ING AUTHORITY REPAIR CERTIFICATE PROGRAM, IN COOPERATION WITH THE NEW
YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY. UNDER SUCH PROGRAM, THE CITY PLANNING
COMMISSION SHALL GRANT AMENDMENTS TO ZONING RESOLUTIONS WHICH INCREASE
THE ALLOWABLE DEVELOPMENT IN AREAS COVERED BY A NEW YORK CITY HOUSING
AUTHORITY REPAIR CERTIFICATE ISSUED PURSUANT TO SECTION FOUR HUNDRED
TWO-D OF THE PUBLIC HOUSING LAW.
B. THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION SHALL FOR EACH APPLICATION FOR AN
AMENDMENT OF A ZONING RESOLUTION, ESTABLISH THE PER FOOT VALUE OF ANY
NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY REPAIR CERTIFICATE ISSUED IN THE AREAS
COVERED BY SUCH AMENDMENT AND THE MAXIMUM ALLOWED FOOT AREA RATIO THAT
MAY BE GRANTED TO THE HOLDER OF SUCH CERTIFICATE IN THE NEWLY ZONED
AREA. SUCH PER FOOT VALUE SHALL BE UPDATED ANNUALLY BASED UPON INCREASES
IN THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR HOUSING COSTS IN THE NEW YORK CITY
METROPOLITAN AREA.
C. A DEVELOPER WHO SEEKS TO OBTAIN AN INCREASED FOOT AREA RATIO IN A
NEWLY ZONED AREA, BY MEANS OF BEING THE HOLDER OF A NEW YORK CITY HOUS-
ING AUTHORITY REPAIR CERTIFICATE, SHALL SUBMIT AN APPLICATION THEREFOR
TO THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION. SUCH COMMISSION SHALL WITHIN SEVEN DAYS
OF RECEIVING AN APPLICATION PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION, FORWARD IT TO
THE NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY, ALONG WITH THE PER FOOT VALUE TO BE
GRANTED IF THE APPLICANT RECEIVES A REPAIR CERTIFICATE FROM SUCH AUTHOR-
ITY.
D. UPON CERTIFICATION BY THE NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY THAT A
DEVELOPER HAS BEEN AWARDED A REPAIR CERTIFICATE, THE CITY PLANNING
COMMISSION SHALL APPROVE SUCH DEVELOPER'S APPLICATION SUBMITTED PURSUANT
TO THIS SECTION.
E. THE TRANSFER OF A CERTIFICATE MUST BE REGISTERED WITH THE CITY
PLANNING COMMISSION WITHIN SEVEN DAYS OF THE TRANSFER.
§ 2. The public housing law is amended by adding a new section 402-d
to read as follows:
§ 402-D. ISSUANCE OF REPAIR CERTIFICATE. 1. THE NEW YORK CITY HOUSING
AUTHORITY, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE NEW YORK CITY PLANNING COMMISSION,
SHALL ESTABLISH PROCEDURES AND GUIDELINES FOR THE AWARDING OF REPAIR
CERTIFICATES BY SUCH AUTHORITY TO DEVELOPERS WHICH PERFORM CAPITAL
REPAIRS TO A PROJECT OPERATED BY THE AUTHORITY. NO SUCH CERTIFICATE
SHALL BE AWARDED BASED UPON THE PERFORMANCE OF ANY WORK WHICH WOULD
CONSTITUTE REGULAR MAINTENANCE UPON ANY PROJECT OPERATED BY SUCH AUTHOR-
ITY. THE PROCEDURES AND GUIDELINES ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVI-
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SION SHALL PROVIDE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE COSTS FOR VARIOUS KINDS AND TYPES
OF CAPITAL REPAIR PROJECTS.
2. THERE SHALL BE ESTABLISHED, WITHIN THE NEW YORK CITY HOUSING
AUTHORITY, AN OFFICE OF REPAIR CERTIFICATION. SUCH OFFICE SHALL ADMINIS-
TER THE REPAIR CERTIFICATE PROGRAM. THE OFFICE SHALL ESTABLISH LISTS OF
REPAIR PROJECTS, TO AUTHORITY FACILITIES, WHICH SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR
THE REPAIR CERTIFICATE PROGRAM, THE ESTIMATED VALUE OF EACH SUCH REPAIR
PROJECT, AND THE PRIORITY OF EACH REPAIR PROJECT BASED UPON ITS URGENCY
AND/OR IMPORTANCE.
3. THE OFFICE OF REPAIR CERTIFICATION SHALL RECEIVE EACH APPLICATION
FORWARDED TO THE NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION
C OF SECTION 25-114 OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK.
WITHIN TEN DAYS OF RECEIVING AN APPLICATION, THE OFFICE SHALL CONTACT
THE APPLICANT AND PROVIDE IT WITH A LIST OF ELIGIBLE REPAIR PROJECTS
EQUAL IN VALUE TO THE BENEFIT TO BE PROVIDED TO SUCH APPLICANT BY THE
CITY PLANNING COMMISSION. SUCH LIST SHALL, TO THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE,
INCLUDE ONLY THOSE ELIGIBLE REPAIR PROJECTS WITHIN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD
INCLUDED IN THE AREA TO WHICH THE REQUESTED AMENDMENT TO THE ZONING
RESOLUTION RELATES, REGARDLESS OF THE IMPORTANCE OR URGENCY OF THE
REPAIR PROJECT. PROVIDED, HOWEVER, IF NO SUCH ELIGIBLE REPAIR PROJECTS
EXIST IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THEN THE PROJECTS SHALL BE LISTED IN ORDER OF
PRIORITY.
4. UPON RECEIPT OF A LIST FROM THE OFFICE, AN APPLICANT MUST REPLY
WITHIN THIRTY DAYS. IF THE APPLICANT FAILS TO DO SO, ITS APPLICATION
SHALL BE TERMINATED. SUCH REPLY TO THE OFFICE SHALL INCLUDE DESIGNATION
OF THE PROJECT OR PROJECTS THE APPLICANT DESIRES TO COMPLETE, THE APPLI-
CANT'S ESTIMATE OF THE COST OF COMPLETING THE REPAIR PROJECT, AND A
TIMELINE FOR THE COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT.
5. THE OFFICE OF REPAIR CERTIFICATION SHALL, WITHIN FOURTEEN DAYS OF
RECEIVING AN APPLICANT'S REPLY, REVIEW THE COSTS AND PROJECT PLAN
SUBMITTED, AND EITHER APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE SUCH REPLY. IF AN APPLI-
CANT'S SUBMISSION IS DISAPPROVED, IT SHALL HAVE FIFTEEN DAYS TO RESUBMIT
A NEW PROJECT PLAN AND ESTIMATE OF COSTS FOR REVIEW BY THE OFFICE. UPON
A SECOND SUBMISSION, THE OFFICE SHALL AGAIN MAKE A DETERMINATION WITHIN
FOURTEEN DAYS, AND, IF THE PLAN IS DISAPPROVED, THE OFFICE SHALL PROVIDE
THE APPLICANT WITH A WRITTEN EXPLANATION THEREFOR.
6. FOR ANY REPAIR PROJECT PLAN THAT IS APPROVED BY THE OFFICE OF
REPAIR CERTIFICATION WHERE THE APPLICANT'S ESTIMATED COST THEREOF
EXCEEDS THE VALUE OF THE PROJECT ESTABLISHED BY THE OFFICE, SUCH OFFICE
SHALL PROVIDE NOTICE TO THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION THAT THE ZONING
VALUATION OF THE ZONING AMENDMENT MUST BE ADJUSTED WITHIN SEVEN DAYS.
7. UPON COMPLETION OF THE AGREED UPON REPAIR PROJECT OR PROJECTS BY
THE APPLICANT, THE OFFICE SHALL AWARD THE APPLICANT A CERTIFICATE OF
COMPLETION AND PROVIDE A COPY THEREOF TO THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION
WITHIN FOURTEEN DAYS OF CERTIFYING THE COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT.
§ 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediate-
ly, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation
necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective date are
authorized and directed to be made and completed on or before such
effective date.
PART NN
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Section 1. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 3 of section 402-b of the
public housing law, as added by chapter 3 of the laws of 2010, is
amended to read as follows:
(e) All prospective public housing and Section 8 tenants shall be
selected from a waiting list which shall be maintained by the New York
city housing authority in compliance with the federal public housing and
Section 8 laws and all applicable rules and regulations. The New York
city housing authority and each respective project owner shall screen
tenants and jointly have final approval over tenant selection all in
accordance with aforementioned laws, rules and regulations. All prospec-
tive public housing tenants shall be taken from the waiting list in the
order in which they applied for the size appropriate unit, subject
however to preferences and priorities provided for in [the public hous-
ing law] THIS CHAPTER and all applicable rules and regulations;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER THAT, ANY PRIORITY OR PREFERENCE OFFERED TO APPLICANTS
BASED ON THEIR RESIDENCE IN A CITY OWNED, OPERATED OR CONTRACTED HOME-
LESS SHELTER MUST ALSO BE OFFERED EQUITABLY AND EVENLY TO APPLICANTS
RESIDING IN A CITY OWNED, OPERATED OR CONTRACTED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHEL-
TER OR IN A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTER LICENSED BY THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN
AND FAMILY SERVICES.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
PART OO
Section 1. Subparagraph 1 of paragraph b of subdivision 1 of section
156 of the public housing law, as amended by chapter 179 of the laws of
2006, is amended to read as follows:
(1) have served in the armed forces of the United States for a period
of at least six months (or any shorter period which terminated due to
death or injury incurred in such service), provided some portion of the
period of service was between the twenty-eighth day of February, nine-
teen hundred sixty-one to the seventh day of May, nineteen hundred
seventy-five, OR BETWEEN THE FOURTEENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, TWO THOUSAND
ONE TO THE THIRTY-FIRST DAY OF DECEMBER, TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN, and
§ 2. Section 156 of the public housing law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 8 to read as follows:
8. AN AUTHORITY SHALL GRANT A PREFERENCE IN THE SELECTION OF TENANTS
TO VETERANS OR FAMILIES OF VETERANS WHO HAVE A MILITARY SERVICE
CONNECTED DISABILITY PROVIDED THAT SUCH VETERANS OR FAMILIES OF VETERANS
OTHERWISE QUALIFY FOR OCCUPANCY IN SUCH AN AUTHORITY'S PROJECTS AND
PROVIDED FURTHER THAT SUCH AUTHORITY HAS COMPLIED WITH THE PROVISIONS OF
SECTION 960.206 OF TITLE 24 OF THE CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS RELATING
TO SUCH PREFERENCES.
§ 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
it shall have become a law.
PART PP
Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 933 of the labor law, as amended
by chapter 90 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
4. a federal, state or local governmental unit or public authority and
employees thereof that perform mold assessment, remediation, or abate-
ment on any property owned, managed or remediated by such governmental
unit or authority; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE EXEMPTION UNDER THIS
SUBDIVISION SHALL NOT APPLY TO THE NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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PART QQ
Section 1. The public housing law is amended by adding a new section
402-d to read as follows:
§ 402-D. INDEPENDENT MONITOR. 1. THERE SHALL BE ESTABLISHED WITHIN THE
DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL, AN OFFICE OF INDEPENDENT
MONITOR FOR THE NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY. THE HEAD OF SUCH OFFICE
SHALL BE THE NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY INDEPENDENT MONITOR, WHO
SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR, WITH THE ADVICE AND CONSENT OF THE
SENATE FOR A TERM OF THREE YEARS; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT AN INDEPENDENT
MONITOR MAY BE REMOVED, BY THE GOVERNOR, PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION OF HIS
OR HER TERM, AFTER AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD, FOR SUBSTANTIAL NEGLECT
OF DUTY, GROSS MISCONDUCT IN OFFICE, OR INABILITY TO CARRY OUT THE
DUTIES OF SUCH OFFICE. ANY VACANCY IN THE OFFICE OF NEW YORK CITY HOUS-
ING AUTHORITY INDEPENDENT MONITOR PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION OF HIS OR HER
TERM SHALL BE FILLED IN THE SAME MANNER AS PROVIDED FOR THE ORIGINAL
APPOINTMENT FOR THE REMAINDER OF SUCH UNEXPIRED TERM. UPON THE EXPIRA-
TION OF THE TERM OF ANY INDEPENDENT MONITOR, HIS OR HER SUCCESSOR SHALL
BE APPOINTED FOR A TERM OF FOUR YEARS.
2. THE NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY INDEPENDENT MONITOR SHALL
EMPLOY AND MAY REMOVE SUCH PERSONNEL AS HE OR SHE MAY DEEM NECESSARY FOR
THE PERFORMANCE OF THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF INDEPENDENT MONITOR FOR
THE NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION, AND FIX
THEIR COMPENSATION WITHIN THE AMOUNTS MADE AVAILABLE THEREFOR.
3. (A) SUCH INDEPENDENT MONITOR, OR ANY OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE OF THE
OFFICE OF INDEPENDENT MONITOR FOR THE NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY AS
SHALL BE DESIGNATED BY HIM OR HER, SHALL HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO, AND MAY,
IN HIS OR HER SOLE DISCRETION, REQUIRE REVIEW AND OVERSIGHT, IN WHOLE OR
IN PART, OF ANY PROJECT, AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING REQUIRED
CORRECTIVE OR OTHER ACTION TO THE NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY IN
CONNECTION WITH SUCH PROJECT.
(B) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "PROJECT" SHALL MEAN
ANY WORK ASSOCIATED WITH THE PLANNING, ACQUISITION, DESIGN, ENGINEERING,
ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS, CONSTRUCTION, RECONSTRUCTION, RESTORATION, REHA-
BILITATION, ESTABLISHMENT, IMPROVEMENT, RENOVATION, EXTENSION, REPAIR,
REVITALIZATION, MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF A CAPITAL ASSET AS DEFINED
IN SECTION TWO OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW.
(C) THE NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY UPON UNDERTAKING SUCH PROJECT
SHALL FULLY COOPERATE WITH ANY DETERMINATION OF THE NEW YORK CITY HOUS-
ING AUTHORITY INDEPENDENT MONITOR, AND PROVIDE ACCESS TO ALL PERSONNEL,
BOOKS, RECORDS, PLANS, SPECIFICATIONS, DATA AND OTHER INFORMATION AS MAY
BE NECESSARY FOR SUCH INDEPENDENT MONITOR TO PERFORM HIS OR HER DUTIES.
(D) IN THE EVENT THE NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY INDEPENDENT MONI-
TOR DETERMINES THAT CORRECTIVE OR OTHER ACTION IS NECESSARY FOR SUCH A
PROJECT, THEN THE INDEPENDENT MONITOR SHALL HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DIRECT
THAT THE NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY SHALL IMPLEMENT ALL CORRECTIVE
OR OTHER ACTION AS SHALL BE REQUIRED TO ACCOMPLISH THE PROJECT, TO THE
EXTENT PRACTICABLE, ON TIME, WITHIN BUDGET AND AT AN ACCEPTABLE OVERALL
COST TO SUCH AUTHORITY. SUCH CORRECTIVE OR OTHER ACTION SHALL INCLUDE,
BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
(I) MODIFICATION OF SUCH PLANS, SPECIFICATIONS, DESIGNS AND ESTIMATES
OF COSTS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROJECT AND EQUIPMENT OF FACILI-
TIES;
(II) DETAILED ANALYSIS OF THE PROJECT SCHEDULE;
(III) DETAILED ANALYSIS OF PROJECT BUDGET;
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(IV) DETAILED ANALYSIS OF CHANGE ORDERS AND/OR PAYMENTS TO PRIME
CONTRACTORS, SUBCONTRACTORS AND OTHER PARTIES;
(V) DETAILED ANALYSIS OF RECORDS OF CONSTRUCTION OBSERVATIONS,
INSPECTIONS AND DEFICIENCIES;
(VI) TERMINATION OF CONTRACTS, CONTRACTORS, SUBCONTRACTORS OR OTHER
CONSULTANTS;
(VII) PROCUREMENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS, PROJECT MANAGERS, LEGAL
COUNSEL, OR OTHER PROFESSIONALS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PROJECT;
(VIII) REGULAR REPORTING OF PROJECT STATUS AND MILESTONES TO THE
PUBLIC;
(IX) ACTIVE PROJECT MANAGEMENT REVIEW AND OVERSIGHT UTILIZING ADDI-
TIONAL RESOURCES PROVIDED BY THE NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY INDE-
PENDENT MONITOR; AND
(X) PERIODIC PROJECT REVIEW AND AUDIT BY THE NEW YORK CITY HOUSING
AUTHORITY INDEPENDENT MONITOR ON A SUITABLE TIME INTERVAL DETERMINED BY
SUCH MONITOR.
(E) THE NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY UPON PROPOSING A PUBLIC WORKS
PROJECT HAVING A TOTAL OR AGGREGATE CONSTRUCTION VALUE IN EXCESS OF ONE
MILLION DOLLARS SHALL INCLUDE A SUMMARY OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDI-
VISION IN ALL SUCH PROPOSAL AND/OR BID DOCUMENTS FOR SUCH PROJECTS.
(F) ALL CONTRACT DOCUMENTS SHALL EXPRESSLY INCORPORATE THE PROVISIONS
OF THIS SECTION AND INCLUDE COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS HEREOF AS A
CONDITION OF PERFORMANCE.
4. THE INDEPENDENT MONITOR SHALL, ON OR BEFORE FEBRUARY FIRST EACH
YEAR, SUBMIT TO THE GOVERNOR, EACH CONFERENCE OF THE LEGISLATURE, THE
AUTHORITY, AND THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, A
REPORT ON HIS OR HER ACTIVITIES PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION DURING THE
PREVIOUS CALENDAR YEAR, INCLUDING ANY CORRECTIVE ACTIONS THAT WERE
REQUIRED TO BE TAKEN, AND SHALL ALSO REPORT UPON THE STATUS OF ALL
PROJECTS UNDER TAKEN BY THE NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY AND WHETHER
SUCH PROJECTS ARE PROGRESSING ON SCHEDULE AND WITHIN BUDGET.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
PART RR
Section 1. Section 473 of the social services law is amended by adding
a new subdivision 9 to read as follows:
9. (A) AS USED IN THIS SUBDIVISION:
(I) "COVERED BANKING INSTITUTION" MEANS ANY STATE OR FEDERALLY CHAR-
TERED BANKING ORGANIZATION, BUT SHALL NOT INCLUDE PRIVATE BANKERS, SAFE
DEPOSIT COMPANIES OR INVESTMENT COMPANIES.
(II) "VULNERABLE ADULT" MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO BECAUSE OF MENTAL
AND/OR PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT, IS UNABLE TO MANAGE HIS OR HER OWN
RESOURCES, OR PROTECT HIMSELF OR HERSELF FROM FINANCIAL EXPLOITATION.
(B) IF A COVERED BANKING INSTITUTION, SOCIAL SERVICES OFFICIAL OR LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY REASONABLY BELIEVES THAT FINANCIAL EXPLOITATION OF A
VULNERABLE ADULT HAS OCCURRED OR MAY OCCUR, THE COVERED BANKING INSTITU-
TION MAY, BUT SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO, REFUSE ANY TRANSACTION REQUIRING
THE DISBURSAL OF MONEYS IN THE ACCOUNT OF:
(I) A VULNERABLE ADULT;
(II) WHICH A VULNERABLE ADULT IS A BENEFICIARY, INCLUDING TRUST AND
GUARDIANSHIP ACCOUNTS; AND
(III) A PERSON WHO IS SUSPECTED OF ENGAGING IN THE FINANCIAL EXPLOITA-
TION OF A VULNERABLE ADULT.
(C) A COVERED BANKING INSTITUTION MAY ALSO REFUSE TO DISBURSE MONEYS
PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION IF A SOCIAL SERVICES OFFICIAL OR LAW
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ENFORCEMENT AGENCY PROVIDES INFORMATION TO SUCH INSTITUTION DEMONSTRAT-
ING THAT IT IS REASONABLE TO BELIEVE THAT FINANCIAL EXPLOITATION OF A
VULNERABLE ADULT HAS OCCURRED OR MAY OCCUR.
(D) A COVERED BANKING INSTITUTION SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO REFUSE TO
DISBURSE FUNDS PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION. SUCH A REFUSAL SHALL BE IN THE
COVERED BANKING INSTITUTION'S DISCRETION, BASED ON THE INFORMATION
AVAILABLE TO SUCH INSTITUTION.
(E) ANY COVERED BANKING INSTITUTION WHICH REFUSES TO DISBURSE MONEYS
PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL:
(I) MAKE A REASONABLE EFFORT TO PROVIDE NOTICE, ORALLY OR IN WRITING,
TO ALL PARTIES AUTHORIZED TO TRANSACT BUSINESS ON THE ACCOUNT FROM WHICH
DISBURSEMENT WAS REFUSED; AND
(II) REPORT THE INCIDENT TO THE SOCIAL SERVICES OFFICIAL RESPONSIBLE
FOR ADMINISTERING ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE.
(F) THE REFUSAL TO DISBURSE MONEYS PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL
TERMINATE UPON THE EARLIER OF:
(I) THE TIME AT WHICH THE COVERED BANKING INSTITUTION IS SATISFIED
THAT THE DISBURSEMENT WILL NOT RESULT IN THE FINANCIAL EXPLOITATION OF A
VULNERABLE ADULT; OR
(II) THE ISSUANCE OF AN ORDER BY A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION,
DIRECTING THE DISBURSAL OF THE MONEYS.
(G) A COVERED BANKING INSTITUTION MAY PROVIDE ACCESS TO OR COPIES OF
RECORDS RELEVANT TO SUSPECTED FINANCIAL EXPLOITATION OF A VULNERABLE
ADULT TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND SOCIAL SERVICES OFFICIALS RESPON-
SIBLE FOR ADMINISTERING THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE. SUCH RECORDS MAY
INCLUDE RELEVANT HISTORICAL RECORDS AND RECENT TRANSACTIONS RELATING TO
SUSPECTED FINANCIAL EXPLOITATION.
(H) A COVERED BANKING INSTITUTION OR AN EMPLOYEE OF SUCH AN INSTITU-
TION SHALL BE IMMUNE FROM CRIMINAL, CIVIL OR ADMINISTRATIVE LIABILITY
FOR REFUSING TO DISBURSE MONEYS OR DISBURSING MONEYS PURSUANT TO THIS
SUBDIVISION, AND FOR ACTIONS TAKEN IN FURTHERANCE OF THAT DETERMINATION,
INCLUDING THE MAKING OF A REPORT OR THE PROVIDING OF ACCESS TO OR COPIES
OF RELEVANT RECORDS TO A SOCIAL SERVICES OFFICIAL OR LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY, IF SUCH DETERMINATIONS AND ACTIONS WERE MADE IN GOOD FAITH AND
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
§ 2. The banking law is amended by adding a new article 2-BB to read
as follows:
ARTICLE 2-BB
PROTECTION OF VULNERABLE ADULTS
SECTION 80-A. DEFINITIONS.
80-B. REFUSAL OF A BANKING TRANSACTION.
80-C. COVERED BANKING INSTITUTION DISCRETION TO REFUSE TO
DISBURSE FUNDS.
80-D. NOTICE AND REPORTING.
80-E. TERMINATION OF REFUSAL OF A BANKING TRANSACTION.
80-F. PRODUCTION OF RECORDS.
80-G. QUALIFIED IMMUNITY.
80-H. TRAINING AND EDUCATION.
§ 80-A. DEFINITIONS. PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE:
1. THE TERM "COVERED BANKING INSTITUTION" MEANS ANY STATE OR FEDERALLY
CHARTERED BANKING ORGANIZATION, BUT SHALL NOT INCLUDE PRIVATE BANKERS,
SAFE DEPOSIT COMPANIES OR INVESTMENT COMPANIES.
2. THE TERM "VULNERABLE ADULT" MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO BECAUSE OF
MENTAL AND/OR PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT, IS UNABLE TO MANAGE HIS OR HER OWN
RESOURCES, OR PROTECT HIMSELF OR HERSELF FROM FINANCIAL EXPLOITATION.
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§ 80-B. REFUSAL OF A BANKING TRANSACTION. 1. IF A COVERED BANKING
INSTITUTION, SOCIAL SERVICES OFFICIAL OR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY REASON-
ABLY BELIEVES THAT FINANCIAL EXPLOITATION OF A VULNERABLE ADULT HAS
OCCURRED OR MAY OCCUR, THE COVERED BANKING INSTITUTION MAY, BUT SHALL
NOT BE REQUIRED TO, REFUSE ANY TRANSACTION REQUIRING THE DISBURSAL OF
MONEYS IN THE ACCOUNT OF:
(A) A VULNERABLE ADULT;
(B) WHICH A VULNERABLE ADULT IS A BENEFICIARY, INCLUDING TRUST AND
GUARDIANSHIP ACCOUNTS; AND
(C) A PERSON WHO IS SUSPECTED OF ENGAGING IN THE FINANCIAL EXPLOITA-
TION OF A VULNERABLE ADULT.
2. A COVERED BANKING INSTITUTION MAY ALSO REFUSE TO DISBURSE MONEYS
PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE IF A SOCIAL SERVICES OFFICIAL OR LAW ENFORCE-
MENT AGENCY PROVIDES INFORMATION TO SUCH INSTITUTION DEMONSTRATING THAT
IT IS REASONABLE TO BELIEVE THAT FINANCIAL EXPLOITATION OF A VULNERABLE
ADULT HAS OCCURRED OR MAY OCCUR.
§ 80-C. COVERED BANKING INSTITUTION DISCRETION TO REFUSE TO DISBURSE
FUNDS. A COVERED BANKING INSTITUTION SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO REFUSE TO
DISBURSE FUNDS PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE. SUCH A REFUSAL SHALL BE IN THE
COVERED BANKING INSTITUTION'S DISCRETION, BASED ON THE INFORMATION
AVAILABLE TO SUCH INSTITUTION.
§ 80-D. NOTICE AND REPORTING. ANY COVERED BANKING INSTITUTION WHICH
REFUSES TO DISBURSE MONEYS PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE SHALL:
1. MAKE A REASONABLE EFFORT TO PROVIDE NOTICE, ORALLY OR IN WRITING,
TO ALL PARTIES AUTHORIZED TO TRANSACT BUSINESS ON THE ACCOUNT FROM WHICH
DISBURSEMENT WAS REFUSED; AND
2. REPORT THE INCIDENT TO THE SOCIAL SERVICES OFFICIAL RESPONSIBLE FOR
ADMINISTERING ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE.
§ 80-E. TERMINATION OF REFUSAL OF A BANKING TRANSACTION. THE REFUSAL
TO DISBURSE MONEYS PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE SHALL TERMINATE UPON THE
EARLIER OF:
1. THE TIME AT WHICH THE COVERED BANKING INSTITUTION IS SATISFIED THAT
THE DISBURSEMENT WILL NOT RESULT IN THE FINANCIAL EXPLOITATION OF A
VULNERABLE ADULT; OR
2. THE ISSUANCE OF AN ORDER BY A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION,
DIRECTING THE DISBURSAL OF THE MONEYS.
§ 80-F. PRODUCTION OF RECORDS. A COVERED BANKING INSTITUTION MAY
PROVIDE ACCESS TO OR COPIES OF RECORDS RELEVANT TO SUSPECTED FINANCIAL
EXPLOITATION OF A VULNERABLE ADULT TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND
SOCIAL SERVICES OFFICIALS RESPONSIBLE FOR ADMINISTERING THE PROVISIONS
OF THIS ARTICLE AND/OR SUBDIVISION NINE OF SECTION FOUR HUNDRED SEVEN-
TY-THREE OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW. SUCH RECORDS MAY INCLUDE RELEVANT
HISTORICAL RECORDS AND RECENT TRANSACTIONS RELATING TO SUSPECTED FINAN-
CIAL EXPLOITATION.
§ 80-G. QUALIFIED IMMUNITY. A COVERED BANKING INSTITUTION OR AN
EMPLOYEE OF SUCH AN INSTITUTION SHALL BE IMMUNE FROM CRIMINAL, CIVIL OR
ADMINISTRATIVE LIABILITY FOR REFUSING TO DISBURSE MONEYS OR DISBURSING
MONEYS PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE AND/OR SUBDIVISION NINE OF SECTION FOUR
HUNDRED SEVENTY-THREE OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW, AND FOR ACTIONS TAKEN
IN FURTHERANCE OF THAT DETERMINATION, INCLUDING THE MAKING OF A REPORT
OR THE PROVIDING OF ACCESS TO OR COPIES OF RELEVANT RECORDS TO A SOCIAL
SERVICES OFFICIAL OR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY, IF SUCH DETERMINATIONS AND
ACTIONS WERE MADE IN GOOD FAITH AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS ARTICLE
AND/OR SUBDIVISION NINE OF SECTION FOUR HUNDRED SEVENTY-THREE OF THE
SOCIAL SERVICES LAW.
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§ 80-H. TRAINING AND EDUCATION. 1. THE SUPERINTENDENT, IN CONSULTA-
TION WITH THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE FOR THE AGING, THE DIRECTOR OF THE
BUREAU OF ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES WITHIN THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND
FAMILY SERVICES, AND THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF VICTIM SERVICES SHALL
DEVELOP A FINANCIAL EXPLOITATION TRAINING AND EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR
COVERED BANKING INSTITUTIONS.
2. PARTICIPATION IN THE FINANCIAL EXPLOITATION TRAINING AND EDUCATION
PROGRAM SHALL BE COMPLETELY VOLUNTARY BY THE COVERED BANKING INSTITU-
TION, AND THE SUPERINTENDENT SHALL NOT REQUIRE, BY REGULATION OR OTHER-
WISE, THAT ANY DIRECTOR, OFFICER, EMPLOYEE OR ANY OTHER PERSON AFFIL-
IATED WITH A COVERED BANKING INSTITUTION PARTICIPATE IN OR ATTEND SUCH
TRAINING AND EDUCATION PROGRAM.
3. IN DEVELOPING THE FINANCIAL EXPLOITATION TRAINING AND EDUCATION
PROGRAM FOR COVERED BANKING INSTITUTIONS, THE SUPERINTENDENT SHALL
CONSULT WITH AND SHALL INCLUDE INSTRUCTORS FROM ORGANIZATIONS THAT
PROVIDE SERVICES TO VULNERABLE ADULTS AND MAY HAVE EXPERIENCE IN IDENTI-
FYING FINANCIAL EXPLOITATION.
4. IT SHALL BE THE PURPOSE OF THE FINANCIAL EXPLOITATION TRAINING AND
EDUCATION PROGRAM TO PROVIDE INFORMATION, TRAINING AND EDUCATION ON HOW
TO IDENTIFY, HELP PREVENT AND REPORT THE FINANCIAL EXPLOITATION OF A
VULNERABLE ADULT.
5. THE SUPERINTENDENT SHALL MAKE THE MATERIALS AND INSTRUCTION OF THE
FINANCIAL EXPLOITATION TRAINING AND EDUCATION PROGRAM AVAILABLE TO ALL
COVERED BANKING INSTITUTIONS ACROSS THE STATE AT NO COST, AND SHALL
FURTHER MAKE SUCH AVAILABLE VIA BOTH LIVE INSTRUCTION PLATFORMS AS WELL
AS THROUGH ON-LINE INSTRUCTIONAL PRESENTATIONS ACCESSIBLE THROUGH THE
WEBSITES OF THE DEPARTMENT, THE OFFICE FOR THE AGING, THE OFFICE OF
CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES AND THE OFFICE OF VICTIM SERVICES.
§ 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law.
PART SS
Section 1. The office of children and family services shall examine,
evaluate and make recommendations concerning the availability of day
care for children in the state. Such office shall pay particular atten-
tion to the impact of the lack of necessary child day care upon the
ability of women in poverty and those in working families to enter the
labor force. The office of children and family services shall direct its
attention to:
(a) establishing an inventory of child day care for working families
and those at or near poverty;
(b) geographically identifying child day care shortage areas on a
regional basis and projections of the future demand for child day care
based on the regional birth rates, employment and population growth
rates;
(c) comparing on a statewide and regional basis, the demand for child
day care services over the succeeding five years, including whether the
projected growth rate in the child day care industry will be sufficient
to meet such future needs;
(d) assessing the cost to parents and guardians of day care for chil-
dren on a regional basis, including the availability of government funds
for parents and guardians toward child care costs;
(e) identifying nontraditional child care needs within the state and
regionally for parents who work other than a 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.
shift or part-time, including those who work night shifts or swing
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shifts, and those parents who require early drop off and/or late pick up
services from their child care provider.
Such information shall include, but not be limited to:
(1) an assessment of the demand for night shift child care subsidies
statewide;
(2) an assessment of the costs and economic ramifications of subsidies
for night shift workers in counties that currently offer such subsidies;
(3) an assessment of the effects on the availability of all child care
subsidy slots in counties that currently offer such night shift subsi-
dies and whether such subsidies have reduced the overall amount of child
care slots in these counties;
(4) an assessment of how many families currently receive these subsi-
dies in counties that currently offer such night shift subsidies;
(5) an analysis of any possible additional costs related to a require-
ment that subsidies for night shift workers be available statewide; and
(6) an analysis of the statewide and local ramifications of such
requirements;
(f) identifying policies that would encourage the establishment and
operation of more child day care center providers and increasing the
capacity of existing child day care providers;
(g) identifying policies that would encourage and facilitate expansion
of quality child day care services by neighbors and in communities where
the working poor live and/or work; and
(h) identifying and quantifying those factors that contribute to qual-
ity child day care, are used to identify child day care providers who
are committing violations, how such violations are addressed or
prevented, and procedures for establishing quality child day care in
those communities with the greatest needs.
§ 2. The office of children and family services may request and shall
receive any available information from state agencies that is relevant
and material to the study required by section one of this act.
§ 3. Within twelve months of the effective date of this act, the
commissioner of children and family services shall submit a report, to
the governor, the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the
assembly, the minority leader of the senate and the minority leader of
the assembly, on the office's findings, conclusions and recommendations,
and shall submit therewith such legislative proposals as the office of
children and family services shall deem necessary to implement its
recommendations. In addition, such office shall make such report avail-
able to the public and post it on the internet website operated by the
office.
§ 4. This act shall take effect immediately, and shall expire and be
deemed repealed one year after it shall take effect.
PART TT
Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 3 of section 390 of the social
services law, as amended by chapter 416 of the laws of 2000, is amended
to read as follows:
(d) (I) Where investigation or inspection reveals that a child day
care provider which must be licensed [or], registered OR PERMITTED is
not DULY LICENSED, REGISTERED OR PERMITTED, the office of children and
family services, OR FOR PROGRAMS REFERENCED IN SUBDIVISION THIRTEEN OF
THIS SECTION, THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY REFERENCED IN SUCH SUBDIVI-
SION, shall [advise the child day care provider] PROVIDE NOTICE, in
writing, TO THE CHILD DAY CARE PROVIDER INDICATING that the provider is
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in violation of the licensing [or], registration OR PERMITTING require-
ments and shall take such further action as is necessary to cause the
provider to comply with the law, including directing an unlicensed [or],
unregistered OR UNPERMITTED provider to cease operation [In addition,
the office of children and family services shall] IMMEDIATELY.
(II) THE NOTICE TO THE PROVIDER REQUIRED BY SUBPARAGRAPH (I) OF THIS
PARAGRAPH SHALL ADVISE PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS THAT THE PROGRAM IS CLOSED
FOR FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE APPLICABLE LICENSING, REGISTRATION OR
PERMITTING REQUIREMENTS, AS APPLICABLE, AND SHALL BE IMMEDIATELY POSTED
ON THE FRONT DOOR OF THE PROVIDER'S PREMISES IN A PROMINENT LOCATION AND
ON THE PROVIDER'S WEBSITE, IF ONE EXISTS.
(III) THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, OR FOR PROGRAMS
REFERENCED IN SUBDIVISION THIRTEEN OF THIS SECTION, THE LOCAL GOVERN-
MENTAL ENTITY REFERENCED IN SUCH SUBDIVISION, SHALL ALSO require the
provider to notify the parents or guardians of children receiving care
from the provider IN WRITING that the provider is in violation of the
licensing [or], registration OR PERMITTING requirements and shall
require the provider to [notify] CONFIRM IN WRITING WITH the office of
children and family services OR THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY REFERENCED
IN SUBDIVISION THIRTEEN OF THIS SECTION, AS APPLICABLE, that the provid-
er has done so.
(IV) Any provider who is directed to cease operations pursuant to this
paragraph shall be entitled to a hearing before the office of children
and family services, OR FOR PROGRAMS REFERENCED IN SUBDIVISION THIRTEEN
OF THIS SECTION, THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY REFERENCED IN SUCH SUBDI-
VISION. If the provider requests a hearing to contest the directive to
cease operations, such hearing must be scheduled to commence as soon as
possible but in no event later than thirty days after the receipt of the
request [by the office of children and family services]. The provider
may not operate the center, home or program after being directed to
cease operations, regardless of whether a hearing is requested.
(V) If the provider does not cease operations, the office of children
and family services may impose a civil penalty pursuant to subdivision
eleven of this section, seek an injunction pursuant to section three
hundred ninety-one of this title, or both.
§ 2. Subdivision 8 of section 390 of the social services law, as added
by chapter 750 of the laws of 1990, is amended to read as follows:
8. (A) The [department] OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES shall
establish and maintain a [list of all current] SEARCHABLE REGISTRY THAT
PROVIDES DETAILED INFORMATION FOR ALL CHILD DAY CARE PROGRAMS registered
and licensed [child day care programs and a list of all programs whose
license or registration has been revoked, rejected, terminated, or
suspended] BY THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES AND ALL CHILD
DAY CARE CENTERS REFERENCED IN SUBDIVISION THIRTEEN OF THIS SECTION THAT
ARE PERMITTED BY THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY REFERENCED IN SUCH SUBDI-
VISION. Such information shall be available to the public[, pursuant to
procedures developed by the department] ON THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND
FAMILY SERVICES' WEBSITE AND SHALL BE SEARCHABLE BY THE NAME OF THE
PERSON ON THE LICENSE, REGISTRATION OR PERMIT AS WELL AS BY THE NAME OF
THE CHILD DAY CARE PROGRAM.
(B) (I) SUCH REGISTRY SHALL INCLUDE COMPREHENSIBLE INFORMATION ABOUT
THE PROGRAMS LISTED IN PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION THAT ARE OPER-
ATING OR SUSPENDED AND ANY PROGRAM THAT HAS BEEN REVOKED IN THE LAST SIX
YEARS. SUCH INFORMATION SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT NECESSARILY BE LIMITED
TO, THE PARTICULAR PROGRAM'S COMPLIANCE AND INSPECTION HISTORY, AND
WHETHER THE PROGRAM'S LICENSE, REGISTRATION OR PERMIT HAS BEEN REVOKED,
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REJECTED, DENIED, LIMITED OR SUSPENDED AND THE REASON OR REASONS THERE-
FORE.
(II) SUCH REGISTRY SHALL ALSO CONTAIN INFORMATION ON PROGRAMS THAT
HAVE BEEN FOUND TO BE OPERATING WITHOUT THE REQUIRED LICENSE, REGISTRA-
TION OR PERMIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH PARAGRAPH (D) OF SUBDIVISION THREE OF
THIS SECTION.
(C) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, A
LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY REFERENCED IN SUBDIVISION THIRTEEN OF THIS
SECTION SHALL PROVIDE TO THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, IN
THE TIME AND MANNER REQUIRED BY THE OFFICE, ANY INFORMATION ON CHILD DAY
CARE CENTERS REFERENCED IN SUBDIVISION THIRTEEN OF THIS SECTION THAT IS
NEEDED PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SUBDIVISION FOR THE
REGISTRY.
§ 3. Subdivision 10 of section 390 of the social services law, as
amended by chapter 416 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as
follows:
10. (A) Any home or facility providing child day care shall be oper-
ated in accordance with applicable statutes and regulations. Any
violation of applicable statutes or regulations shall be a basis to
deny, REJECT, limit, suspend[,] OR revoke[, or terminate] a license or
registration.
(B) Consistent with articles twenty-three and twenty-three-A of the
correction law, and guidelines referenced in subdivision two of section
four hundred twenty-five of this article, if the office of children and
family services is made aware of the existence of a criminal conviction
or pending criminal charge concerning an operator of a family day care
home, group family day care home, school-age child care program, or
child day care center or concerning any assistant, employee or volunteer
in such homes, programs or centers, or any persons age eighteen or over
who reside in such homes, such conviction or charge may be a basis to
deny, limit, suspend, revoke, OR reject[, or terminate] a license or
registration.
(C)(I) Before any license OR REGISTRATION issued pursuant to the
provisions of this section is suspended, LIMITED or revoked[, before
registration pursuant to this section is suspended or terminated], or
when an application for such license OR REGISTRATION is denied or
[registration] rejected, the applicant for or holder of such registra-
tion or license is entitled, pursuant to section twenty-two of this
chapter and the regulations of the office of children and family
services, to a hearing before the office of children and family
services.
(II) However, a license or registration [shall] MAY be [temporarily]
suspended or limited without a hearing upon written notice to the opera-
tor of the facility following a finding that SUSPENSION OR LIMITATION OF
THE LICENSE OR REGISTRATION IS NECESSARY TO PROTECT the public health[,
or an individual's safety or welfare, are in imminent danger.] OR THE
HEALTH AND SAFETY OF CHILDREN. PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT A FINDING THAT
SUSPENSION OR LIMITATION IS NECESSARY TO PROTECT THE HEALTH AND SAFETY
OF CHILDREN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SUBPARAGRAPH SHALL ONLY BE MADE IF
THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES DETERMINES, AS A RESULT OF A
VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION OR THE APPLICABLE REGULATIONS OF THE OFFICE OF
CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, THAT:
(A) SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURY AS DEFINED IN SECTION 10.00 OF THE PENAL
LAW OR DEATH OF A CHILD OCCURRED;
(B) A CONDITION OCCURRED OR EXISTS THAT PLACES A CHILD AT RISK OF
SERIOUS PHYSICAL, MENTAL OR EMOTIONAL HARM, OR RISK OF DEATH, SERIOUS OR
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PROTRACTED DISFIGUREMENT OR PROTRACTED IMPAIRMENT OF PHYSICAL OR
EMOTIONAL HEALTH;
(C) THE PROVIDER REFUSED TO PROVIDE INSPECTION STAFF WITH ACCESS TO
THE CHILD DAY CARE PROGRAM AS IS OTHERWISE REQUIRED OR AUTHORIZED BY LAW
DURING THE PROGRAM'S HOURS OF OPERATION; OR
(D) THE PROVIDER REFUSED TO PROVIDE TIMELY ACCESS TO INFORMATION
REGARDING THE PROGRAM THAT IS NECESSARY TO MAKE DETERMINATIONS RELATING
TO THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF CHILDREN IN THE CARE OF THE PROGRAM OR THAT
IS REQUIRED BY STATE OR FEDERAL LAW, RULE OR REGULATION IF:
(1) THE PROVIDER WAS GIVEN A REASONABLE PERIOD OF TIME TO PRODUCE SUCH
INFORMATION; AND
(2) IF THE INFORMATION REQUIRED TO BE PROVIDED IS DEPENDENT ON A THIRD
PARTY PROVIDING SUCH INFORMATION, THAT THE PROVIDER DID NOT MAKE REASON-
ABLE EFFORTS TO TIMELY OBTAIN SUCH INFORMATION.
(III) The holder of a license or registrant is entitled to a hearing
before the office of children and family services to contest the [tempo-
rary] suspension or limitation. If the holder of a license or registrant
requests a hearing to contest the [temporary] suspension or limitation,
such hearing must be scheduled to commence as soon as possible but in no
event later than thirty days after the receipt of the request by the
office of children and family services. Suspension shall continue until
the condition requiring suspension or limitation is corrected or until a
hearing decision has been issued. If the office of children and family
services determines after a hearing that the [temporary] suspension or
limitation was proper, such suspension or limitation shall be extended
until the condition requiring suspension or limitation has been
corrected or until the license or registration has been revoked.
§ 4. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 11 of section 390 of the social
services law, as amended by chapter 416 of the laws of 2000, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) (i) The office of children and family services shall adopt regu-
lations establishing civil penalties of no more than [five hundred] TWO
THOUSAND dollars per day to be assessed against child day care centers,
school age child care programs, group family day care homes or family
day care homes for violations of this section, sections three hundred
ninety-a and three hundred ninety-b of this title and any regulations
promulgated thereunder. The regulations establishing civil penalties
shall specify the violations subject to penalty BASED ON THE SEVERITY OF
THE VIOLATION. PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT SUCH REGULATIONS SHALL PROVIDE
THAT:
(A) A CIVIL PENALTY OF NO MORE THAN ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS PER DAY FOR A
FIRST TIME OFFENSE AND NO MORE THAN TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS PER DAY FOR
SUBSEQUENT OFFENSES MAY BE ASSESSED FOR A VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION OR
OF A REGULATORY REQUIREMENT OF THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY
SERVICES WHICH HARMS A CHILD OR PLACES A CHILD AT RISK OF DEATH, SERIOUS
OR PROTRACTED DISFIGUREMENT, OR PROTRACTED IMPAIRMENT OF PHYSICAL OR
EMOTIONAL HEALTH;
(B) A CIVIL PENALTY OF NO MORE THAN FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS PER DAY FOR A
FIRST TIME OFFENSE AND NO MORE THAN ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS PER DAY FOR
SUBSEQUENT OFFENSES MAY BE ASSESSED FOR A VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION OR
OF A REGULATORY REQUIREMENT OF THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY
SERVICES WHICH PLACES A CHILD AT RISK OF PHYSICAL, MENTAL OR EMOTIONAL
HARM; AND
(C) A CIVIL PENALTY OF NO MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS PER DAY FOR A
SECOND OFFENSE IN AN EIGHTEEN MONTH PERIOD, AND NO MORE THAN FOUR
HUNDRED DOLLARS PER DAY FOR SUBSEQUENT OFFENSES MAY BE ASSESSED FOR A
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VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION OR OF A REGULATORY REQUIREMENT OF THE OFFICE
OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES THAT IS NOT INCLUDED IN CLAUSE (A) OR
(B) OF THIS SUBPARAGRAPH.
(ii) The office of children and family services shall adopt regu-
lations establishing civil penalties of no more than TWO THOUSAND five
hundred dollars per day to be assessed against child day care providers
who operate child day care centers or group family day care homes with-
out a license or who operate family day care homes, school-age child
care programs, or child day care centers required to be registered with-
out obtaining such registration.
(iii) In addition to any other civil or criminal penalty provided by
law, the office of children and family services shall have the power to
assess civil penalties in accordance with its regulations adopted pursu-
ant to this subdivision after a hearing conducted in accordance with
procedures established by regulations of the office of children and
family services. Such procedures shall require that notice of the time
and place of the hearing, together with a statement of charges of
violations, shall be served in person or by certified mail addressed to
the school age child care program, group family day care home, family
day care home, or child day care center at least thirty days prior to
the date of the hearing. The statement of charges shall set forth the
existence of the violation or violations, the amount of penalty for
which the program may become liable[,] AND the steps which must be taken
to rectify the violation, and where applicable, a statement that a
penalty may be imposed regardless of rectification. A written answer to
the charges of violations shall be filed with the office of children and
family services not less than ten days prior to the date of hearing with
respect to each of the charges and shall include all material and rele-
vant matters which, if not disclosed in the answer, would not likely be
known to the office of children and family services.
(iv) The hearing shall be held by the commissioner of the office of
children and family services or the commissioner's designee. The burden
of proof at such hearing shall be on the office of children and family
services to show that the charges are supported by a preponderance of
the evidence. The commissioner of the office of children and family
services or the commissioner's designee, in his or her discretion, may
allow the child day care center operator or provider to attempt to prove
by a preponderance of the evidence any matter not included in the
answer. Where the child day care provider satisfactorily demonstrates
that it has rectified the violations in accordance with the requirements
of paragraph (c) of this subdivision, no penalty shall be imposed except
as provided in paragraph (c) of this subdivision.
(V) NOTHING HEREIN SHALL PROHIBIT THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY
SERVICES FROM FORGIVING OR REDUCING A CIVIL PENALTY IN THE EVENT THAT A
VIOLATION IS RECTIFIED, OR AS PART OF THE ENFORCEMENT OR FAIR HEARING
PROCESS.
§ 5. Subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (c) of subdivision 11 of section
390 of the social services law, as amended by chapter 117 of the laws of
2010, is amended to read as follows:
(ii) [Clause] SUBPARAGRAPH (i) of this paragraph notwithstanding,
rectification shall not preclude the imposition of a penalty pursuant to
this subdivision where:
(A) the child day care provider has operated a child day care center
or group family day care home without a license, has refused to seek a
license for the operation of such a center or home, or has continued to
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operate such a center or home after denial of a license application,
revocation of an existing license or suspension of an existing license;
(B) the child day care provider has operated a family day care home,
school-age child care program or child day care center required to be
registered without being registered, has refused to seek registration
for the operation of such home, program or center or has continued to
operate such a home, program or center after denial of a registration
application, revocation of an existing registration or suspension of an
existing registration;
(C) there has been a total or substantial failure of the facility's
fire detection or prevention systems or emergency evacuation procedures;
(D) the child day care provider or an assistant, employee or volunteer
has failed to provide adequate and competent supervision;
(E) the child day care provider or an assistant, employee or volunteer
has failed to provide adequate sanitation;
(F) the child day care provider or an assistant, employee, volunteer
or, for a family day care home or group family day care home, a member
of the provider's household, has injured a child in care, unreasonably
failed to obtain medical attention for a child in care requiring such
attention, used corporal punishment against a child in care or abused or
maltreated a child in care;
(G) the child day care provider has violated the same statutory or
regulatory standard more than once within [a six] AN EIGHTEEN month
period;
(H) the child day care provider or an assistant, employee or volunteer
has failed to make a report of suspected child abuse or maltreatment
when required to do so pursuant to section four hundred thirteen of this
article; [or]
(I) the child day care provider or an assistant, employee or volunteer
has submitted to the office of children and family services a forged
document as defined in section 170.00 of the penal law; OR
(J) THE CHILD DAY CARE PROVIDER VIOLATED A STATUTORY OR REGULATORY
REQUIREMENT NOT OTHERWISE CONTAINED IN THIS SUBPARAGRAPH THAT RESULTED
IN HARM OR RISK TO A CHILD IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STANDARDS CONTAINED IN
CLAUSES (A) OR (B) OF SUBPARAGRAPH (I) OF PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVI-
SION.
§ 6. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 11 of section 390 of the social
services law, as added by chapter 117 of the laws of 2010, is amended to
read as follows:
(e)(i) The office of children and family services shall deny OR REJECT
a new application for licensure or registration made by a day care
provider whose license or registration was previously SUSPENDED OR
revoked or [terminated] WHOSE RENEWAL WAS DENIED OR REJECTED based on a
violation of statute or regulation for a period of [two] THREE years
from the date that the revocation [or termination] OR SUSPENSION of the
license or registration became finally effective[, unless such] OR THE
DATE THE RENEWAL WAS DENIED OR REJECTED, WHICHEVER IS EARLIER. PROVIDED
HOWEVER, THE APPLICATION MAY BE APPROVED IF THE office determines, in
its discretion, that SUCH approval [of the application] will not in any
way jeopardize the health, safety or welfare of children in the center,
program or home. For the purposes of this paragraph, the date that the
revocation [or termination] became finally effective shall be, as appli-
cable:
(A) the date that the revocation [or termination] became effective
based on the notice of revocation [or termination];
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(B) the date that the hearing decision was issued upholding the revo-
cation [or termination];
(C) the date of issuance of a final court order affirming the revoca-
tion [or termination] or affirming a hearing decision that upheld the
revocation [or termination]; or
(D) another date mutually agreed upon by the office of children and
family services and the provider.
(ii)(A) Such office shall deny OR REJECT a new application OR THE
RENEWAL OF AN APPLICATION for licensure or registration made by a day
care provider who is enjoined or otherwise prohibited by a court order
from operation of a day care center, group family day care home, family
day care home or school-age child care program without a license or
registration for a period of [two] THREE years from the date of the
court order unless the court order specifically enjoins the provider
from providing day care for a period longer than [two] THREE years, in
which case the office shall deny OR REJECT any new application made by
the provider while the provider is so enjoined.
(B) Such office shall deny OR REJECT a new application for licensure
or registration made by a day care provider who is assessed a second
civil penalty by such office for having operated a day care center,
group family day care home, family day care home or school-age child
care program without a license or registration for a period of [two]
FIVE years from the date of the second fine. For the purposes of this
paragraph, the date of the second fine shall be either the date upon
which the day care provider signs a stipulation agreement to pay the
second fine or the date upon which a hearing decision is issued affirm-
ing the determination of such office to impose the second fine, as
applicable.
(iii) A day care provider who surrenders the provider's license or
registration while such office is engaged in enforcement seeking suspen-
sion[,] OR revocation [or termination] of such provider's license or
registration pursuant to the regulations of such office, shall be deemed
to have had their license or registration revoked [or terminated] and
shall be subject to the prohibitions against licensing or registration
pursuant to subparagraph (i) of this paragraph for a period of [two]
THREE years from the date of surrender of the license or registration.
§ 7. Subdivision 11 of section 390 of the social services law is
amended by adding a new paragraph (f) to read as follows:
(F) THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES SHALL DENY A NEW APPLI-
CATION FOR LICENSURE OR REGISTRATION OR THE RENEWAL OF AN APPLICATION
FOR LICENSURE OR REGISTRATION MADE BY A CHILD DAY CARE PROVIDER WHO
OPERATED A PROGRAM REFERENCED IN SUBDIVISION THIRTEEN OF THIS SECTION
AND WHOSE PERMIT WAS PREVIOUSLY REVOKED OR SUSPENDED OR WHOSE RENEWAL
WAS DENIED OR REJECTED BASED ON A VIOLATION OF STATUTE OR REGULATION FOR
A PERIOD OF THREE YEARS FROM THE DATE THAT THE REVOCATION OR SUSPENSION
OF THE PERMIT BECAME FINALLY EFFECTIVE OR THE DATE THE RENEWAL WAS
DENIED OR REJECTED. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH, THE DATE THAT
THE REVOCATION OR SUSPENSION BECAME FINALLY EFFECTIVE SHALL BE BASED ON
AN APPLICATION OF THE PROVISIONS ENUMERATED IN PARAGRAPH (E) OF THIS
SUBDIVISION, AS APPLICABLE.
§ 8. Section 390 of the social services law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 11-a to read as follows:
11-A. WHEN AN ENFORCEMENT ACTION FOR SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION IS
COMMENCED AGAINST A CHILD CARE PROVIDER THAT OWNS MULTIPLE PROGRAMS, THE
OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES IS AUTHORIZED TO ASSESS THE
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HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE CHILDREN IN THE OTHER PROGRAMS OWNED BY SUCH
PROVIDER WITHIN TWO BUSINESS DAYS.
§ 9. Subdivision 13 of section 390 of the social services law, as
amended by chapter 160 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as
follows:
13. Notwithstanding any other provision of law[,] TO THE CONTRARY:
(A) this section, except for THIS SUBDIVISION AND, WHERE APPLICABLE,
paragraph [(a-1) of subdivision two-a] (D) OF SUBDIVISION THREE, SUBDI-
VISION EIGHT AND PARAGRAPH (F) OF SUBDIVISION ELEVEN of this section,
shall not apply to child day care centers in the city of New York[.];
(B) THE APPLICABLE REGULATORY STANDARD FOR CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS
REFERENCED IN PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL NOT BE LESS STRIN-
GENT THAN THE APPLICABLE SAFETY REGULATIONS FOR CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS
CONTAINED IN TITLE EIGHTEEN OF THE NEW YORK CODES, RULES AND REGU-
LATIONS; AND
(C) THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES MAY DIRECT THE LOCAL
GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY THAT HAS OVERSIGHT OVER THE CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS
REFERENCED IN PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION TO TAKE ANY ACTION
CONSISTENT WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION WHEN NECESSARY TO PROTECT
THE PUBLIC HEALTH OR CHILD HEALTH OR SAFETY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STAN-
DARD DETAILED IN SUBPARAGRAPH (II) OF PARAGRAPH (C) OF SUBDIVISION TEN
OF THIS SECTION IN RELATION TO CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS REFERENCED IN
PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
§ 10. Section 390-i of the social services law, as added by section 1
of part Q of chapter 56 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as
follows:
§ 390-i. Notice of inspection report, LIMITATION, SUSPENSION OR REVO-
CATION. 1. In every child day care program that is licensed or regis-
tered pursuant to section three hundred ninety of this title, the child
day care provider shall IMMEDIATELY post and maintain in a prominent
place[, a] VISIBLE TO PARENTS OR CAREGIVERS:
(A) A notice, to be provided by the office of children and family
services, that shall state the date the most recent child care
inspection occurred and provide information for parents and caregivers
regarding how to obtain information from such office regarding the
results of the inspection; AND
(B) THE PROVIDER'S MOST RECENT COMPLIANCE HISTORY AS SHOWN ON THE
OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES WEBSITE.
2. IN EVERY CHILD DAY CARE PROGRAM THAT IS LICENSED OR REGISTERED
PURSUANT TO SECTION THREE HUNDRED NINETY OF THIS TITLE AND EVERY CHILD
DAY CARE CENTER REFERENCED IN SUBDIVISION THIRTEEN OF SECTION THREE
HUNDRED NINETY OF THIS TITLE, THE CHILD DAY CARE PROVIDER SHALL IMME-
DIATELY POST AND MAINTAIN IN A PROMINENT PLACE, VISIBLE TO PARENTS OR
CAREGIVERS, ANY NOTICE ISSUED TO THE PROVIDER OF THE SUSPENSION, REVOCA-
TION OR LIMITATION OF THE PROGRAM. A NOTICE OF SUSPENSION OR LIMITATION
MUST REMAIN POSTED FOR A PERIOD OF AT LEAST THIRTY DAYS AND AT LEAST
UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THE CONDITION REQUIRING SUSPENSION OR LIMITATION HAS
BEEN DEEMED CORRECTED BY THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES OR
THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY REFERENCED IN SUBDIVISION THIRTEEN OF
SECTION THREE HUNDRED NINETY OF THIS TITLE, OR IN THE EVENT THAT THE
CONDITION IS NOT DEEMED CORRECTED, UNTIL THE PROGRAM'S LICENSE, REGIS-
TRATION OR PERMIT HAS BEEN REVOKED.
3. If possible, the child day care provider shall also post [such] ALL
THE information AND NOTICES LISTED IN SUBDIVISIONS ONE AND TWO OF THIS
SECTION on the child day care program's website. [Such child day care
programs shall post and maintain, in a prominent place, such program's
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most recent compliance history as shown on the office of children and
family services website.]
§ 11. This act shall take effect immediately, provided, however, that:
a. Sections one, three, four, five, six, eight, and nine of this act
shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have become a law;
b. Section ten of this act shall take effect twelve months after it
shall have become a law;
c. Sections two and seven of this act shall take effect eighteen
months after it shall have become a law; and
d. The office of children and family services is authorized to promul-
gate any rule or regulation necessary for the timely implementation of
this act.
PART UU
Section 1. Legislative intent. The legislature hereby recognizes the
need to invest in individuals committed to working in the field of child
welfare by providing higher education incentives for current and
prospective employees. This workforce is in charge of ensuring the
health, safety, and well-being of our state's most vulnerable children
and families. By providing current and prospective employees the oppor-
tunity for affordable higher education, we are enhancing their ability
to meet the needs of the children and youth in care, many of whom have
experienced profound trauma, as well as providing the skills needed to
operate in today's changing health landscape.
§ 2. The education law is amended by adding a new section 679-h to
read as follows:
§ 679-H. NEW YORK STATE CHILD WELFARE WORKER INCENTIVE SCHOLARSHIP
PROGRAM. 1. PURPOSE. THE PRESIDENT SHALL GRANT SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS FOR
THE PURPOSE OF ENHANCING THE PROFICIENCY OF CURRENT CHILD WELFARE WORK-
ERS IN NEW YORK STATE. SUCH AWARDS SHALL BE MADE ON A COMPETITIVE BASIS
TO APPLICANTS WHO ARE CURRENTLY EMPLOYED AT A VOLUNTARY NOT-FOR-PROFIT
CHILD WELFARE AGENCY IN THE STATE LICENSED BY THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND
FAMILY SERVICES WITH AT LEAST TWO YEARS' EXPERIENCE AND ARE ENROLLING IN
AN APPROVED PROGRAM TO OBTAIN A DEGREE THAT WILL ENHANCE THEIR ABILITY
TO WORK IN SUCH AGENCY.
2. ELIGIBILITY. TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR AN AWARD PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION,
APPLICANTS SHALL: (A) BE CURRENTLY EMPLOYED AT A VOLUNTARY NOT-FOR-PRO-
FIT CHILD WELFARE AGENCY IN THE STATE LICENSED BY THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN
AND FAMILY SERVICES WITH AT LEAST TWO YEARS' EXPERIENCE; (B) ENROLL IN
AN UNDERGRADUATE OR GRADUATE DEGREE PROGRAM IN A FIELD THAT WOULD
ENHANCE THEIR ABILITY TO WORK IN SUCH AGENCY AS DETERMINED BY THE PRESI-
DENT; (C) AGREE TO WORK IN A VOLUNTARY NOT-FOR-PROFIT CHILD WELFARE
AGENCY IN THE STATE LICENSED BY THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY
SERVICES ON A FULL-TIME BASIS FOR A PERIOD OF NO LESS THAN FIVE YEARS
UPON COMPLETION OF SUCH DEGREE PROGRAM; AND (D) COMPLY WITH SUBDIVISIONS
THREE AND FIVE OF SECTION SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-ONE OF THIS PART.
3. AWARD CONDITIONS AND REQUIREMENTS. A. SCHOLARSHIPS SHALL BE AWARDED
ON A COMPETITIVE BASIS TO APPLICANTS WHOM THE CORPORATION HAS CERTIFIED
ARE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE SUCH AWARDS; AND WHO AGREE TO WORK IN A VOLUN-
TARY NOT-FOR-PROFIT CHILD WELFARE AGENCY IN THE STATE LICENSED BY THE
OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES ON A FULL-TIME BASIS FOR A PERIOD
OF NO LESS THAN FIVE YEARS UPON COMPLETION OF SUCH DEGREE.
B. AN APPLICANT MUST MAKE EVERY REASONABLE EFFORT TO OBTAIN EMPLOYMENT
IN A VOLUNTARY NOT-FOR-PROFIT CHILD WELFARE AGENCY IN THE STATE LICENSED
BY THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES UPON GRADUATION.
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4. AMOUNT. THE CORPORATION SHALL GRANT SUCH AWARDS WITHIN THE AMOUNTS
APPROPRIATED FOR SUCH PURPOSE AND BASED ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS ACCORD-
ING TO A SCHEDULE TO BE DETERMINED BY THE CORPORATION IN AN AMOUNT:
A. EQUAL TO THE TUITION CHARGED TO STATE RESIDENT STUDENTS ATTENDING
AN UNDERGRADUATE OR GRADUATE DEGREE PROGRAM AT THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF
NEW YORK; THE AVERAGE MANDATORY FEES CHARGED AT THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF
NEW YORK, OR THE ACTUAL TUITION AND FEES CHARGED TO THE RECIPIENT,
WHICHEVER IS LESS; AND THE AVERAGE NON-TUITION COST OF ATTENDANCE, AS
DETERMINED BY THE CORPORATION AND AS APPROVED BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE
BUDGET, FOR A STUDENT AT THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK OR ACTUAL
NON-TUITION COST OF ATTENDANCE AT SUCH INSTITUTION, WHICHEVER IS LESS,
PROVIDED THAT THE SCHOLARSHIP SHALL NOT EXCEED AN AMOUNT THAT IS EQUAL
TO THE TOTAL COST OF ATTENDANCE DETERMINED FOR FEDERAL TITLE IV STUDENT
FINANCIAL AID PURPOSES, LESS ALL OTHER SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS PROVIDED
BY THE STATE, OTHER STATES, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, OR OTHER GOVERN-
MENTS, AND THE AMOUNT OF EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS PAID UNDER ANY PROGRAM
THAT WOULD DUPLICATE THE PURPOSES OF THIS PROGRAM, PROVIDED THAT ANY
SCHOLARSHIPS OR GRANTS PROVIDED TO A RECIPIENT BY THE INSTITUTION WHICH
ARE INTENDED TO FUND ANY PORTION OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE ANNUAL
STATE AWARD AND THE ACTUAL COSTS OF ATTENDANCE AT ANY SUCH INSTITUTION
SHALL NOT BE CONSIDERED TO DUPLICATE THE PURPOSES OF THIS PROGRAM.
B. NOT TO EXCEED TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR A MASTER'S DEGREE PROGRAM
AT A PRIVATE INSTITUTION; THE AVERAGE MANDATORY FEES CHARGED AT THE
PRIVATE INSTITUTION, OR THE ACTUAL TUITION AND FEES CHARGED TO THE
RECIPIENT, WHICHEVER IS LESS; AND THE AVERAGE NON-TUITION COST OF
ATTENDANCE, AS DETERMINED BY THE CORPORATION AND AS APPROVED BY THE
DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET, FOR A STUDENT AT SUCH PRIVATE INSTITUTION OR
ACTUAL NON-TUITION COST OF ATTENDANCE AT SUCH INSTITUTION, WHICHEVER IS
LESS, PROVIDED THAT THE SCHOLARSHIP SHALL NOT EXCEED AN AMOUNT THAT IS
EQUAL TO THE TOTAL COST OF ATTENDANCE DETERMINED FOR FEDERAL TITLE IV
STUDENT FINANCIAL AID PURPOSES, LESS ALL OTHER SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS
PROVIDED BY THE STATE, OTHER STATES, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, OR OTHER
GOVERNMENTS, AND THE AMOUNT OF EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS PAID UNDER ANY
PROGRAM THAT WOULD DUPLICATE THE PURPOSES OF THIS PROGRAM, PROVIDED THAT
ANY SCHOLARSHIPS OR GRANTS PROVIDED TO A RECIPIENT BY THE INSTITUTION
WHICH ARE INTENDED TO FUND ANY PORTION OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE
ANNUAL STATE AWARD AND THE ACTUAL COSTS OF ATTENDANCE AT ANY SUCH INSTI-
TUTION SHALL NOT BE CONSIDERED TO DUPLICATE THE PURPOSES OF THIS
PROGRAM.
5. OTHER AWARDS. AWARD RECIPIENTS SHALL BE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR OTHER
AWARDS.
6. PENALTIES FOR NONCOMPLIANCE. A. THE CORPORATION MAY COLLECT THE
FULL AMOUNT OF THE AWARD GIVEN PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION, PLUS INTEREST,
ACCORDING TO A SCHEDULE TO BE DETERMINED BY THE CORPORATION, IF ONE YEAR
AFTER THE COMPLETION OF THE DEGREE PROGRAM IT IS FOUND THAT AN APPLICANT
DID NOT BEGIN EMPLOYMENT AT A VOLUNTARY NOT-FOR-PROFIT CHILD WELFARE
AGENCY IN THE STATE LICENSED BY THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY
SERVICES.
B. THE RATE OF INTEREST CHARGED FOR REPAYMENT OF THE SCHOLARSHIP AWARD
SHALL BE DETERMINED BY THE CORPORATION.
§ 3. The education law is amended by adding a new section 679-i to
read as follows:
§ 679-I. NEW YORK STATE CHILD WELFARE WORKER LOAN FORGIVENESS INCEN-
TIVE PROGRAM. 1. PURPOSE. THE PRESIDENT SHALL GRANT STUDENT LOAN
FORGIVENESS AWARDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF ATTRACTING WORKERS TO BE EMPLOYED
IN VOLUNTARY NOT-FOR-PROFIT CHILD WELFARE AGENCIES IN NEW YORK STATE
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LICENSED BY THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES. SUCH AWARDS
SHALL BE MADE ON A COMPETITIVE BASIS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULES AND REGU-
LATIONS PROMULGATED BY THE CORPORATION FOR SUCH PURPOSES, TO APPLICANTS
WHO MEET THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA.
2. ELIGIBILITY. TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR AN AWARD PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION,
APPLICANTS SHALL: (A) HAVE GRADUATED AND OBTAINED AN UNDERGRADUATE OR
GRADUATE DEGREE FROM AN APPROVED NEW YORK STATE COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY;
(B) HAVE AN OUTSTANDING STUDENT LOAN DEBT FROM OBTAINING SUCH DEGREE;
(C) AGREE TO WORK IN A VOLUNTARY NOT-FOR-PROFIT CHILD WELFARE AGENCY IN
THE STATE LICENSED BY THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES ON A
FULL-TIME BASIS FOR A PERIOD OF NO LESS THAN FIVE YEARS; (D) APPLY FOR
THIS PROGRAM WITHIN TWO YEARS OF COLLEGE GRADUATION; AND (E) COMPLY WITH
SUBDIVISIONS THREE AND FIVE OF SECTION SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-ONE OF THIS
PART.
3. AWARDS. NO GREATER THAN TEN AWARDS SHALL BE GRANTED TO QUALIFIED
APPLICANTS IN THE AMOUNT OF UP TO TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS PER YEAR, PER
APPLICANT, NOT TO EXCEED A DURATION OF FIVE YEARS AND NOT TO EXCEED THE
TOTAL AMOUNT OF SUCH APPLICANT'S STUDENT LOAN DEBT. THE CORPORATION
SHALL GRANT SUCH AWARDS WITHIN AMOUNTS APPROPRIATED FOR SUCH PURPOSES
AND BASED ON THE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS. NO ONE APPLICANT SHALL RECEIVE
MORE THAN A TOTAL OF FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS UPON THE END OF A FIVE-YEAR
PERIOD.
4. PRIORITY. FIRST PRIORITY SHALL BE GIVEN TO APPLICANTS WHO ARE
COMPLETING THE SECOND, THIRD, FOURTH OR FIFTH YEAR OF FULL-TIME EMPLOY-
MENT AT A VOLUNTARY NOT-FOR-PROFIT CHILD WELFARE AGENCY IN THE STATE
LICENSED BY THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES. SECOND PRIORITY
SHALL BE GIVEN TO AN APPLICANT WHO CAN DEMONSTRATE ECONOMIC NEED BUT DID
NOT RECEIVE AN AWARD DURING THE FIRST YEAR OF THIS PROGRAM'S OPERATION.
IF LARGER NUMBERS OF APPLICANTS ARE ELIGIBLE PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVI-
SION THAN FUNDS AVAILABLE, APPLICANTS SHALL BE CHOSEN PURSUANT TO RULES
AND REGULATIONS PROMULGATED BY THE CORPORATION. PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT
EACH APPLICANT CHOSEN SHALL RECEIVE AN AWARD OF UP TO TEN THOUSAND
DOLLARS IN EACH YEAR SUCH APPLICANT IS ACCEPTED INTO THE PROGRAM.
§ 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
PART VV
Section 1. Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 667 of the education law,
subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 622 of the laws of 2008 and subdivi-
sion 2 as amended by section 1 of part J of chapter 58 of the laws of
2011, are amended to read as follows:
1. Recipient qualifications. Tuition assistance program awards are
available for all students who are enrolled in approved programs and who
demonstrate the ability to complete such courses, in accordance with
standards established by the commissioner provided, however, that no
award shall be made unless tuition (exclusive of educational fees) and,
if applicable, the college fee levied by the state university of New
York pursuant to the April first, nineteen hundred sixty-four financing
agreements with the New York state dormitory authority charged for the
program in which the student is enrolled total at least two hundred
dollars a year, and provided further that, no award can exceed one
hundred percent of the amount of tuition charged. NOTHING IN THIS
SECTION, SECTION SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-ONE OF THIS PART OR ANY OTHER
PROVISION OF THIS CHAPTER SHALL BE DEEMED TO EXCLUDE ANY GRADUATE
PROGRAM FROM CLASSIFICATION BY THE COMMISSIONER AS AN APPROVED PROGRAM
FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION.
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2. Duration. No undergraduate shall be eligible for more than four
academic years of study, or five academic years if the program of study
normally requires five years. Students enrolled in a program of remedial
study, approved by the commissioner in an institution of higher educa-
tion and intended to culminate in a degree in undergraduate study shall,
for purposes of this section, be considered as enrolled in a program of
study normally requiring five years. An undergraduate student enrolled
in an eligible two year program of study approved by the commissioner
shall be eligible for no more than three academic years of study. NO
GRADUATE STUDENT SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR MORE THAN TWO ACADEMIC YEARS OF
STUDY; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT NO GRADUATE STUDENT SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR
MORE THAN ONE DEGREE PROGRAM AT THE MASTER'S, FIRST PROFESSIONAL OR
DOCTORATE LEVEL. NO STUDENT SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A TOTAL OF MORE THAN
THE EQUIVALENT OF FIVE YEARS OF COMBINED UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE
STUDY. Any semester, quarter, or term of attendance during which a
student receives any award under this article, after the effective date
of the former scholar incentive program and prior to academic year nine-
teen hundred eighty-nine--nineteen hundred ninety, shall be counted
toward the maximum term of eligibility for tuition assistance under this
section, except that any semester, quarter or term of attendance during
which a student received an award pursuant to section six hundred
sixty-six of this subpart shall be counted as one-half of a semester,
quarter or term, as the case may be, toward the maximum term of eligi-
bility under this section. Any semester, quarter or term of attendance
during which a student received an award pursuant to section six hundred
sixty-seven-a of this subpart shall not be counted toward the maximum
term of eligibility under this section.
§ 2. Subdivision 3 of section 667 of the education law is amended by
adding a new paragraph b-1 to read as follows:
B-1. AMOUNT. THE PRESIDENT SHALL MAKE AWARDS TO GRADUATE STUDENTS WHO
ARE MATRICULATED IN AN APPROVED COMBINED UNDERGRADUATE/GRADUATE PROGRAM
AT A NEW YORK STATE INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION, IN THE FOLLOWING
AMOUNTS:
(I) FOR EACH YEAR OF GRADUATE STUDY, ASSISTANCE SHALL BE PROVIDED AS
COMPUTED ON THE BASIS OF THE AMOUNT WHICH IS THE LESSER OF THE FOLLOW-
ING:
(A) TWENTY-TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS; OR
(B) NINETY PERCENT OF THE AMOUNT OF TUITION (EXCLUSIVE OF EDUCATION
FEES) CHARGED,
(II) EXCEPT FOR STUDENTS AS NOTED IN SUBPARAGRAPH (III) OF THIS PARA-
GRAPH, THE BASE AMOUNT AS DETERMINED IN SUBPARAGRAPH (I) OF THIS PARA-
GRAPH, SHALL BE REDUCED IN RELATION TO INCOME AS FOLLOWS:
AMOUNT OF INCOME SCHEDULE OF REDUCTION OF
BASE AMOUNT
(A) LESS THAN TWO THOUSAND NONE
DOLLARS
(B) TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS OR SEVEN AND SEVEN-TENTHS
MORE, BUT NOT MORE THAN TWENTY PER CENTUM OF THE EXCESS OVER TWO
THOUSAND DOLLARS THOUSAND DOLLARS
(III) FOR STUDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN GRANTED EXCLUSION OF PARENTAL INCOME
AND WERE SINGLE WITH NO DEPENDENT FOR INCOME TAX PURPOSES DURING THE TAX
YEAR NEXT PRECEDING THE ACADEMIC YEAR FOR WHICH APPLICATION IS MADE, THE
BASE AMOUNT AS DETERMINED IN SUBPARAGRAPH (I) OF THIS PARAGRAPH, SHALL
BE REDUCED IN RELATION TO INCOME AS FOLLOWS:
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AMOUNT OF INCOME SCHEDULE OF REDUCTION
OF BASE AMOUNT
(A) LESS THAN ONE THOUSAND NONE
DOLLARS
(B) ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS OR TWENTY-SIX PER CENTUM OF THE EXCESS
MORE, BUT NOT MORE THAN FIVE OVER ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS
THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-
SIX DOLLARS
(IV) IF THE AMOUNT OF REDUCTION IS NOT A WHOLE DOLLAR, IT SHALL BE
REDUCED TO THE NEXT LOWEST WHOLE DOLLAR.
(V) THE AWARD SHALL BE THE NET AMOUNT OF THE BASE AMOUNT DETERMINED
PURSUANT TO SUBPARAGRAPH (II) OR (III) OF THIS PARAGRAPH BUT THE AWARD
SHALL NOT BE REDUCED BELOW THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS. IF THE INCOME EXCEEDS
THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF INCOME ALLOWABLE UNDER SUBPARAGRAPH (II) OR (III)
OF THIS PARAGRAPH, NO AWARD SHALL BE MADE.
§ 3. Paragraph a of subdivision 3 of section 663 of the education law,
as amended by section 4 of part J of chapter 58 of the laws of 2011, is
amended to read as follows:
a. In determining the amount of an award for UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADU-
ATE students, the income of the parents shall be excluded if the student
has been emancipated from his parents.
§ 4. The opening paragraph of subparagraph 1 of paragraph b of subdi-
vision 3 of section 663 of the education law, as amended by section 5 of
part J of chapter 58 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
The applicant is a student who was married on or before December thir-
ty-first of the calendar year prior to the beginning of the academic
year for which application is made or is an undergraduate student who
has reached the age of twenty-two on or before June thirtieth prior to
the academic year for which application is made OR IS A GRADUATE STUDENT
and who, during the calendar year next preceding the semester, quarter
or term of attendance for which application is made and at all times
subsequent thereto up to and including the entire period for which
application is made:
§ 5. Paragraph d of subdivision 3 of section 663 of the education law,
as amended by section 6 of part J of chapter 58 of the laws of 2011, is
amended to read as follows:
d. Any GRADUATE OR undergraduate student who was allowed to exclude
parental income pursuant to the provisions of FORMER subdivision three
of section six hundred three of this chapter as they existed prior to
July first, nineteen hundred seventy-four may continue to exclude such
income for so long as he OR SHE continues to comply with such
provisions.
§ 6. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law.
PART WW
Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 667-d
to read as follows:
§ 667-D. ENHANCED TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AWARDS (E-TAP). 1.
RECIPIENT QUALIFICATIONS. A. ESTABLISHMENT. ENHANCED TUITION ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM AWARDS ARE AVAILABLE FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE ENROLLED IN APPROVED
PROGRAMS AND WHO DEMONSTRATE THE ABILITY TO COMPLETE SUCH COURSES, IN
ACCORDANCE WITH STANDARDS ESTABLISHED BY THE COMMISSIONER; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, THAT NO AWARD SHALL BE MADE UNLESS TUITION (EXCLUSIVE OF EDUCA-
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TIONAL FEES) AND, IF APPLICABLE, THE COLLEGE FEE LEVIED BY THE STATE
UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK PURSUANT TO THE APRIL FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED
SIXTY-FOUR FINANCING AGREEMENTS WITH THE DORMITORY AUTHORITY CHARGED FOR
THE PROGRAM IN WHICH THE STUDENT IS ENROLLED TOTAL AT LEAST TWO HUNDRED
DOLLARS A YEAR; AND PROVIDED, FURTHER THAT, NO AWARD CAN EXCEED ONE
HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE AMOUNT OF TUITION CHARGED.
B. APPLICATION FOR OTHER AWARDS. A STUDENT WHO WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR A
TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AWARD PURSUANT TO SECTION SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-
SEVEN OF THIS SUBPART AND/OR A FEDERAL PELL GRANT PURSUANT TO SECTION
ONE THOUSAND SEVENTY OF TITLE TWENTY OF THE UNITED STATES CODE, ET.
SEQ., IS REQUIRED TO APPLY FOR EACH SUCH AWARD. ANY E-TAP AWARD SHALL BE
APPLIED TO TUITION AFTER THE APPLICATION OF PAYMENTS RECEIVED UNDER THE
TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM PURSUANT TO SECTION SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-SEVEN
OF THIS SUBPART.
C. GPA REQUIREMENTS. THE COLLEGE SHALL CERTIFY AT THE END OF EACH
SEMESTER THAT IN REGARD TO HIS OR HER GRADE POINT AVERAGE STATUS, SUCH
STUDENT IS ON TRACK TO ON-TIME GRADUATION. PROVIDED, FURTHER THAT, FOR A
STUDENT IN A FOUR-YEAR PROGRAM, AT THE END OF THE FIFTH SEMESTER, THE
STUDENT MAINTAINS A GRADE POINT AVERAGE OF 3.0 OR HIGHER.
D. CREDIT REQUIREMENTS. TO REMAIN ELIGIBLE, EACH STUDENT SHALL EARN
THIRTY CREDITS WITHIN AN ACADEMIC YEAR. DEPENDING UPON THE TYPE OF
PROGRAM IN WHICH SUCH STUDENT IS ENROLLED, THE COLLEGE SHALL CERTIFY
SUCH STUDENT AS ON-TIME TO GRADUATE IN REGARD TO CREDITS EARNED AT AN
APPROPRIATE TIME TO BE DETERMINED BY THE CORPORATION.
E. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS. A STUDENT SHALL AGREE TO LIVE AND WORK IN
NEW YORK STATE UPON GRADUATION FOR THE NUMBER OF YEARS EQUAL TO THE
DURATION OF THE AWARD RECEIVED, AND SIGN A CONTRACT WITH THE CORPORATION
TO HAVE HIS OR HER E-TAP AWARD CONVERTED INTO A STUDENT LOAN IF SUCH
STUDENT FAILS TO FULFILL THIS REQUIREMENT, PROVIDED HOWEVER, A STUDENT
MAY DEFER SUCH REQUIREMENT TO ATTEND GRADUATE SCHOOL IN OR OUTSIDE THE
STATE, AND THIS REQUIREMENT MAY ALSO BE DEFERRED FOR GOOD CAUSE SHOWN TO
THE CORPORATION.
F. FAILURE TO MEET THE CONDITIONS OF THE E-TAP AWARD SHALL NOT OTHER-
WISE DISQUALIFY A STUDENT'S ELIGIBILITY TO RECEIVE AN AWARD UNDER
SECTION SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-SEVEN OF THIS SUBPART.
2. DURATION. NO UNDERGRADUATE SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR MORE THAN FOUR
ACADEMIC YEARS OF STUDY, OR FIVE ACADEMIC YEARS IF THE PROGRAM OF STUDY
NORMALLY REQUIRES FIVE YEARS. AN UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT ENROLLED IN AN
ELIGIBLE TWO-YEAR PROGRAM APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER SHALL BE ELIGIBLE
FOR NO MORE THAN TWO ACADEMIC YEARS. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL A
STUDENT RECEIVE AN E-TAP AWARD FOR A TWO-YEAR PROGRAM FOR MORE THAN TWO
CONSECUTIVE YEARS OF ACADEMIC STUDY OR FOUR CONSECUTIVE SEMESTERS OF
ACADEMIC STUDY; OR AT A FOUR OR FIVE-YEAR PROGRAM, FOR MORE THAN FOUR
CONSECUTIVE YEARS OR EIGHT CONSECUTIVE SEMESTERS OF ACADEMIC STUDY OR
FIVE CONSECUTIVE YEARS, OR TEN CONSECUTIVE SEMESTERS OF STUDY IF THE
PROGRAM NORMALLY REQUIRES FIVE YEARS.
3. ENHANCED TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AWARDS. A. AMOUNT. AN E-TAP
AWARD SHALL INCREASE A RECIPIENT'S CURRENT TAP AWARDS SUCH THAT THE
TOTAL AWARD SHALL BE FIVE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS, SUBJECT TO A
REDUCTION AS DETERMINED BY THE FOLLOWING SCHEDULE:
(I) FOR THE 2017-2018 ACADEMIC YEAR:
AMOUNT OF INCOME SCHEDULE OF REDUCTION OF
BASE AMOUNT
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(A) LESS THAN SEVEN THOUSAND NONE
DOLLARS
(B) SEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS OR SEVEN PER CENTUM OF EXCESS
MORE, BUT LESS THAN ELEVEN OVER SEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS
THOUSAND DOLLARS
(C) ELEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS OR TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY DOLLARS
MORE, BUT LESS THAN EIGHTEEN PLUS TEN PER CENTUM OF EXCESS
THOUSAND DOLLARS OVER ELEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS
(D) EIGHTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS NINE HUNDRED EIGHTY DOLLARS
OR MORE, BUT NOT MORE THAN ONE PLUS TWELVE PER CENTUM OF
HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS EXCESS OVER EIGHTEEN
THOUSAND DOLLARS
(II) FOR THE 2018-2019 ACADEMIC YEAR:
AMOUNT OF INCOME SCHEDULE OR REDUCTION OF
BASE AMOUNT
(A) LESS THAN SEVEN THOUSAND NONE
DOLLARS
(B) SEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS OR SEVEN PER CENTUM OF EXCESS
MORE, BUT LESS THAN ELEVEN OVER SEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS
THOUSAND DOLLARS
(C) ELEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS OR TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY DOLLARS
MORE, BUT LESS THAN EIGHTEEN PLUS TEN PER CENTUM OF EXCESS
THOUSAND DOLLARS OVER ELEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS
(D) EIGHTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS NINE HUNDRED EIGHTY DOLLARS
OR MORE, BUT NOT MORE THAN ONE PLUS TWELVE PER CENTUM OF
HUNDRED TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS EXCESS OVER EIGHTEEN
THOUSAND DOLLARS
(III) FOR THE 2019-2020 ACADEMIC YEAR AND THEREAFTER:
AMOUNT OF INCOME SCHEDULE OR REDUCTION OF
BASE AMOUNT
(A) LESS THAN SEVEN THOUSAND NONE
DOLLARS
(B) SEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS OR SEVEN PER CENTUM OF EXCESS
MORE, BUT LESS THAN ELEVEN OVER SEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS
THOUSAND DOLLARS
(C) ELEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS OR TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY DOLLARS
MORE, BUT LESS THAN EIGHTEEN PLUS TEN PER CENTUM OF EXCESS
THOUSAND DOLLARS OVER ELEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS
(D) EIGHTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS NINE HUNDRED EIGHTY DOLLARS
OR MORE, BUT NOT MORE THAN ONE PLUS TWELVE PER CENTUM OF
HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND EXCESS OVER EIGHTEEN
DOLLARS THOUSAND DOLLARS
(IV) IF THE AMOUNT OF REDUCTION IS NOT A WHOLE DOLLAR, IT SHALL BE
REDUCED TO THE NEXT LOWEST WHOLE DOLLAR.
(V) THE AWARD SHALL BE THE NET AMOUNT OF THE BASE AMOUNT DETERMINED
PURSUANT TO SUBPARAGRAPH (I), (II), OR (III) OF THIS PARAGRAPH BUT THE
AWARD SHALL NOT BE REDUCED BELOW THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS. IF THE INCOME
EXCEEDS THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF INCOME ALLOWABLE UNDER SUBPARAGRAPH (I) OF
THIS PARAGRAPH FOR THE TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN--TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN
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ACADEMIC YEAR, NO AWARD SHALL BE MADE. IF THE INCOME EXCEEDS THE MAXIMUM
AMOUNT OF INCOME ALLOWABLE UNDER SUBPARAGRAPH (II) OF THIS PARAGRAPH FOR
THE TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN--TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN ACADEMIC YEAR, NO AWARD
SHALL BE MADE. IF THE INCOME EXCEEDS THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF INCOME ALLOW-
ABLE UNDER SUBPARAGRAPH (III) OF THIS PARAGRAPH FOR THE TWO THOUSAND
NINETEEN--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY ACADEMIC YEAR AND THEREAFTER, NO AWARD
SHALL BE MADE.
B. LIMIT. PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT NO AWARD SHALL BE REDUCED BELOW
THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
PART XX
Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section
667-c-1 to read as follows:
§ 667-C-1. PART-TIME TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AWARDS FOR COMMUNITY
COLLEGE STUDENTS AT THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK. 1. NOTWITHSTAND-
ING ANY LAW, RULE OR REGULATION TO THE CONTRARY, THE PRESIDENT OF THE
HIGHER EDUCATION SERVICES CORPORATION IS AUTHORIZED TO MAKE TUITION
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AWARDS TO PART-TIME STUDENTS ENROLLED AT A COMMUNITY
COLLEGE ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-SIX OF THIS
CHAPTER, WHO MEET ALL REQUIREMENTS FOR TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AWARDS
EXCEPT FOR THE STUDENTS' PART-TIME ATTENDANCE.
2. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, A PART-TIME STUDENT IS ONE WHO:
A. ENROLLED AS A FIRST-TIME FRESHMAN DURING THE TWO THOUSAND SEVEN-
TEEN--TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN ACADEMIC YEAR OR THEREAFTER AT A COMMUNITY
COLLEGE ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-SIX OF THIS
CHAPTER; PROVIDED THAT NO AWARD SHALL BE GRANTED FOR THE DURATION OF
MORE THAN THREE YEARS;
B. IS ENROLLED FOR AT LEAST SIX BUT LESS THAN TWELVE SEMESTER HOURS,
OR THE EQUIVALENT, PER SEMESTER IN AN APPROVED UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE
PROGRAM; AND
C. HAS A CUMULATIVE GRADE-POINT AVERAGE OF AT LEAST 2.50.
3. A. FOR PART-TIME STUDENTS DEFINED IN THIS SECTION, THE AWARD SHALL
BE CALCULATED AS PROVIDED IN SECTION SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-SEVEN OF THIS
ARTICLE, SHALL BE IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE ENROLLMENT FACTOR PERCENT OF
THE AWARD THE STUDENT WOULD HAVE BEEN ELIGIBLE FOR IF THE STUDENT WERE
ENROLLED FULL-TIME, AND THE AWARD SHALL BE GRANTED PURSUANT TO APPROPRI-
ATION. THE ENROLLMENT FACTOR PERCENT IS THE PERCENTAGE OBTAINED BY
DIVIDING THE NUMBER OF CREDITS THE STUDENT IS ENROLLED IN, AS CERTIFIED
BY THE SCHOOL, BY THE NUMBER OF CREDITS REQUIRED FOR FULL-TIME STUDY IN
THE SEMESTER, QUARTER OR TERM AS DEFINED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
B. ANY SEMESTER, QUARTER OR TERM OF ATTENDANCE DURING WHICH A STUDENT
RECEIVES AN AWARD PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE COUNTED AS THE
ENROLLMENT FACTOR PERCENT OF A SEMESTER, QUARTER OR TERM TOWARD THE
MAXIMUM TERM OF ELIGIBILITY FOR TUITION ASSISTANCE AWARDS PURSUANT TO
SECTION SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-SEVEN OF THIS ARTICLE. THE TOTAL PERIOD OF
STUDY FOR WHICH PAYMENT MAY BE MADE SHALL NOT EXCEED THE EQUIVALENT OF
THE MAXIMUM PERIOD AUTHORIZED FOR THAT AWARD.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
PART YY
Section 1. Section 6304 of the education law is amended by adding a
new subdivision 14 to read as follows:
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14. COMMUNITY COLLEGE FUNDING STUDY. A. THE STATE UNIVERSITY BOARD OF
TRUSTEES SHALL REQUIRE EACH COMMUNITY COLLEGE PRESIDENT TO ESTABLISH AN
INTERNAL COMMITTEE THAT SHALL BE DIRECTED TO STUDY THE EFFECTIVENESS OF
THE CURRENT FULL TIME EQUIVALENT (FTE) FUNDING FORMULA AND ALTERNATIVES
BASED ON FUNDING BY ACADEMIC PROGRAM THAT TAKES INTO ACCOUNT THE SPECIF-
IC MISSION, NEEDS, GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION AND UNIQUENESS OF SUCH COMMUNITY
COLLEGE.
B. THE INTERNAL COMMITTEE ESTABLISHED BY EACH SUCH COMMUNITY COLLEGE
PRESIDENT SHALL CONSULT WITH THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE STATE UNIVER-
SITY OF NEW YORK AND PROVIDE INFORMATION THAT MAY BE REQUESTED TO SUCH
TRUSTEES TO AID IN THE CREATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO
THIS SUBDIVISION, AND MAY CONSULT WITH HIGHER EDUCATION PROFESSIONALS
AND THE REGIONAL STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK COMMUNITY COLLEGE COUNCIL
IN SUCH REGION.
C. EACH INTERNAL COMMITTEE SHALL CONSIDER:
(I) THE EFFECT OF THE CURRENT FTE FUNDING MODEL ON OVERALL FUNDING FOR
THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND ALTERNATIVES TO SUCH MODEL;
(II) THE CREATION OF NEW ACADEMIC PROGRAMS THAT MAY BE BENEFICIAL IN
SUPPORTING REGIONAL BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY WORKFORCE NEEDS;
(III) DUPLICATION OF ACADEMIC DEGREE PROGRAMS IN SUCH COMMUNITY
COLLEGE'S REGION; AND
(IV) ANY OTHER ISSUES THE INTERNAL COMMITTEE DEEMS NECESSARY.
D. EACH INTERNAL COMMITTEE SHALL REPORT RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE STATE
UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES ON DECEMBER FIRST, TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN,
AND THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES SHALL REPORT RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CHAIRS OF
THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY HIGHER EDUCATION COMMITTEES BY JANUARY FIRST,
TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN PROVIDED HOWEVER, THAT NOTHING IN THIS SECTION
SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO REQUIRE A CHANGE IN STATE SUPPORT.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
PART ZZ
Section 1. Section 5 of part K of chapter 54 of the laws of 2016
relating to the rate of minimum wage, is amended to read as follows:
§ 5. Notwithstanding subdivision 2 of section 652 and subdivision (2)
of section 653 of the labor law, the commissioner of labor [may] SHALL
smooth wages and modify an existing wage order to conform with subdivi-
sion 1 of section 652 of the labor law, as amended by section one of
this act, and provided further that in no event may a worker's wages be
reduced by such conformity.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
PART AAA
Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 212 of the retirement and social
security law, as added by section 1 of part Y of chapter 55 of the laws
of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
3. Notwithstanding SECTION TWENTY-FIVE OF THIS CHAPTER OR the
provisions of subdivisions one and two of this section, [the commission-
er of education may determine, pursuant to section two hundred eleven of
this article, that] such earnings limitations shall not apply to a
retired police officer employed by a school district IN EITHER THE CLAS-
SIFIED OR UNCLASSIFIED SERVICE as a school resource officer, SCHOOL
SAFETY OFFICER, SCHOOL SECURITY OFFICER OR ANY OTHER SUBSTANTIALLY SIMI-
LAR POSITION OR OFFICE THAT IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE SAFETY AND/OR SECURI-
TY ON SCHOOL GROUNDS, PROVIDED THAT SUCH RETIRED POLICE OFFICER IS DULY
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QUALIFIED, COMPETENT AND PHYSICALLY FIT FOR PERFORMANCE OF THE DUTIES OF
THE POSITION IN WHICH HE OR SHE IS TO BE EMPLOYED AS DETERMINED BY THE
SCHOOL DISTRICT AND IS PROPERLY CERTIFIED WHERE SUCH CERTIFICATION IS
REQUIRED.
§ 2. Section 212 of the retirement and social security law is amended
by adding a new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
4. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION TWENTY-FIVE OF THIS CHAP-
TER AND THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISIONS ONE AND TWO OF THIS SECTION, THE
EARNINGS LIMITATION FOR RETIRED POLICE OFFICERS IN POSITIONS OF PUBLIC
SERVICE UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS.
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
§ 2. Severability clause. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivi-
sion, section or part of this act shall be adjudged by any court of
competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect,
impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in
its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section
or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judg-
ment shall have been rendered. It is hereby declared to be the intent of
the legislature that this act would have been enacted even if such
invalid provisions had not been included herein.
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately provided, however, that
the applicable effective date of Parts A through AAA of this act shall
be as specifically set forth in the last section of such Parts.