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                                  6303--A
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 5, 2019
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 Introduced  by  M.  of A. PHEFFER AMATO -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Social Services -- committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the social services law, in relation to requiring the
   preparation  of  a  neighborhood  impact  statement   prior   to   the
   construction  of a homeless shelter in cities with a population of one
   million or more
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Article 2-A of the social services law is amended by adding
 a new title 5 to read as follows:
                                  TITLE 5
                       NEIGHBORHOOD IMPACT STATEMENT
 SECTION 54. NEIGHBORHOOD IMPACT STATEMENT.
   §  54. NEIGHBORHOOD IMPACT STATEMENT. 1. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION,
 THE TERM:
   (A) "CITY" MEANS ANY CITY WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE;
   (B) "PROJECT" SHALL MEAN A PROJECT:
   (I) (A) DIRECTLY UNDERTAKEN BY THE MAYOR  OF  A  CITY,  REGARDLESS  OF
 WHETHER  OR  NOT SUCH PROJECT IS BEING UNDERTAKEN PURSUANT TO A DECLARA-
 TION OF EMERGENCY; OR
   (B) SUPPORTED IN WHOLE OR PART THROUGH CONTRACTS,  GRANTS,  SUBSIDIES,
 LOANS, OR OTHER FORMS OF FUNDING ASSISTANCE FROM THE CITY OR FROM ONE OR
 MORE AGENCIES; OR
   (C)  INVOLVING  THE  ISSUANCE BY THE CITY OF A LEASE, PERMIT, LICENSE,
 CERTIFICATE OR OTHER ENTITLEMENT; AND
   (II) DESIGNED IN WHOLE OR IN PART TO PROVIDE SHELTER TO THE HOMELESS;
   (C) "NEIGHBORHOOD" MEANS THE AREA  LOCATED  WITHIN  THE  ZIP  CODE  OR
 COMMUNITY BOARD AREA WHERE THE PROJECT WILL BE LOCATED.
   2. A CITY SHALL USE ALL PRACTICABLE MEANS, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PRAC-
 TICABLE,  TO  MINIMIZE  OR AVOID ADVERSE NEIGHBORHOOD EFFECTS, INCLUDING
 EFFECTS REVEALED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD IMPACT STATEMENT PROCESS.
   3. ANY CITY, BY AND THROUGH ITS CITY COUNCIL, SHALL PREPARE, OR  CAUSE
 TO  BE  PREPARED BY CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE A DRAFT AND FINAL NEIGHBORHOOD
              

 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10142-03-9

 A. 6303--A                          2
 
 IMPACT STATEMENT ON ANY PROJECT WHICH MAY HAVE A SIGNIFICANT  EFFECT  ON
 THE  NEIGHBORHOOD  WHERE SUCH PROJECT SHALL BE LOCATED. SUCH A STATEMENT
 SHALL INCLUDE A DETAILED STATEMENT SETTING FORTH THE FOLLOWING:
   (A)  A  DESCRIPTION  OF  THE  PROPOSED  PROJECT  AND  ITS NEIGHBORHOOD
 SETTING;
   (B) THE NEIGHBORHOOD IMPACT OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT  INCLUDING  SHORT-
 TERM AND LONG-TERM EFFECTS;
   (C)  ANY  ADVERSE  NEIGHBORHOOD EFFECTS WHICH CANNOT BE AVOIDED SHOULD
 THE PROJECT BE IMPLEMENTED;
   (D) ALTERNATIVES TO THE PROPOSED PROJECT;
   (E) THE NUMBER OF SCHOOLS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THE  LOCATION  OF  EACH
 SCHOOL AND THE DISTANCE OF EACH SCHOOL FROM THE LOCATION OF THE PROJECT;
   (F)  THE  NUMBER OF DAY CARE CENTERS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THE LOCATION
 OF EACH DAY CARE CENTER AND THE DISTANCE OF EACH DAY  CARE  CENTER  FROM
 THE LOCATION OF THE PROJECT;
   (G)  THE  NUMBER OF SENIOR CENTERS OR SENIOR HOUSING FACILITIES IN THE
 NEIGHBORHOOD, THE LOCATION OF  EACH  SENIOR  CENTER  OR  SENIOR  HOUSING
 FACILITY AND THE DISTANCE OF EACH SENIOR CENTER OR SENIOR HOUSING FACIL-
 ITY FROM THE LOCATION OF THE PROJECT;
   (H) THE NUMBER OF PARKS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THE LOCATION OF EACH PARK
 AND THE DISTANCE OF EACH PARK FROM THE LOCATION OF THE PROJECT;
   (I)  THE  NUMBER  OF  PLAYGROUNDS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THE LOCATION OF
 EACH PLAYGROUND AND THE DISTANCE OF EACH PLAYGROUND FROM THE LOCATION OF
 THE PROJECT;
   (J) THE IMPACT OF THE PROJECT ON THE EXISTING  INFRASTRUCTURE  OF  THE
 NEIGHBORHOOD;
   (K)  THE  IMPACT  OF THE PROJECT ON THE LOCAL ECONOMY OF THE NEIGHBOR-
 HOOD;
   (L) MITIGATION MEASURES PROPOSED TO MINIMIZE THE IMPACT OF THE PROJECT
 ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD; AND
   (M) SUCH OTHER INFORMATION AS THE CITY COUNCIL DEEMS RELEVANT.
   4. SUCH FINAL NEIGHBORHOOD IMPACT STATEMENT SHALL ALSO INCLUDE  COPIES
 OR  A  SUMMARY  OF THE SUBSTANTIVE COMMENTS MADE PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION
 FIVE OF THIS SECTION, AND  THE  CITY  RESPONSE  TO  SUCH  COMMENTS.  THE
 PURPOSE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD IMPACT STATEMENT IS TO PROVIDE DETAILED INFOR-
 MATION  ABOUT THE EFFECT WHICH A PROPOSED PROJECT IS LIKELY TO HAVE ON A
 NEIGHBORHOOD, TO LIST WAYS IN  WHICH  ANY  ADVERSE  EFFECTS  OF  SUCH  A
 PROJECT  MIGHT  BE  MINIMIZED,  AND  TO  SUGGEST  ALTERNATIVES TO SUCH A
 PROJECT SO AS TO FORM THE BASIS FOR A DECISION WHETHER OR NOT TO  UNDER-
 TAKE  OR  APPROVE SUCH PROJECT. SUCH STATEMENT SHOULD BE CLEARLY WRITTEN
 IN A CONCISE MANNER CAPABLE OF BEING READ AND UNDERSTOOD BY THE  PUBLIC,
 SHOULD DEAL WITH THE SPECIFIC SIGNIFICANT NEIGHBORHOOD IMPACTS WHICH CAN
 BE  REASONABLY  ANTICIPATED  AND  SHOULD NOT CONTAIN MORE DETAIL THAN IS
 APPROPRIATE CONSIDERING THE NATURE AND MAGNITUDE OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT
 AND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF ITS POTENTIAL IMPACTS.
   5. AFTER THE COMPLETION OF THE DRAFT NEIGHBORHOOD IMPACT STATEMENT THE
 CITY SHALL CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE  NEIGHBOR-
 HOOD IMPACT OF THE PROJECT. SUCH HEARING SHALL BE HELD WITHIN SIXTY DAYS
 OF THE COMPLETION OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD IMPACT STATEMENT.
   6. THE FINAL NEIGHBORHOOD IMPACT STATEMENT, TOGETHER WITH THE COMMENTS
 OF  MEMBERS  OF THE PUBLIC, SHALL BE FILED WITH THE CITY, MADE AVAILABLE
 TO THE PUBLIC, AND POSTED ON THE INTERNET WEBSITE OF THE CITY  PRIOR  TO
 THE CITY TAKING ANY ACTION ON THE PROPOSAL.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.