Assembly Bill A855

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Authorizes certain owners of residential real property in the city of New York to opt out of planned city tree planting

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-A855 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4739
Current Committee:
Assembly Cities
Law Section:
General City Law
Laws Affected:
Add §28-b, Gen City L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A10060, S7375
2017-2018: A1177, A9760, S1456
2021-2022: A745, S130
2023-2024: S912

2019-A855 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes certain owners of residential real property in the city of New York to opt out of planned city tree planting.

2019-A855 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    855
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 11, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. D. ROSENTHAL, BARNWELL -- read once and referred
   to the Committee on Cities
 
 AN ACT to amend the general city law, in relation to authorizing  owners
   of  certain residential real property, in the city of New York, to opt
   out of tree planting conducted by such city on adjacent city property

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  general  city law is amended by adding a new section
 28-b to read as follows:
   § 28-B. LIMITATION ON PLANNED MUNICIPAL TREE PLANTING ON CITY  PROPER-
 TY;  CITY  OF NEW YORK.  ANY OWNER OF RESIDENTIAL REAL PROPERTY, THAT IS
 IN WHOLE OR IN PART OWNER OCCUPIED AND USED EXCLUSIVELY FOR  RESIDENTIAL
 PURPOSES,  ANY COOPERATIVE CORPORATION OF A RESIDENTIAL COOPERATIVE THAT
 IS USED EXCLUSIVELY FOR RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES, AND ANY BOARD OF  MANAGERS
 OF  A  CONDOMINIUM THAT IS USED EXCLUSIVELY FOR RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES MAY
 ELECT TO OPT-OUT OF A PLAN TO PLANT  A  TREE  OR  TREES  PURSUANT  TO  A
 SYSTEMATIC  STREET TREE PLANTING PROGRAM ADOPTED BY THE CITY OF NEW YORK
 ON PROPERTY OWNED BY SUCH CITY THAT IS BETWEEN THE SIDEWALK AND THE CURB
 OF THE ROADWAY, ADJACENT TO THE PROPERTY LINE OF SUCH  RESIDENTIAL  REAL
 PROPERTY.  SUCH CITY SHALL PROVIDE NOTICE TO SUCH PROPERTY OWNERS, COOP-
 ERATIVE CORPORATION OR BOARD OF MANAGERS OF A PLANNED TREE PLANTING  AND
 SHALL  GRANT  THE  PROPERTY  OWNERS, COOPERATIVE CORPORATION OR BOARD OF
 MANAGERS THIRTY DAYS WITHIN WHICH TO NOTIFY THE CITY OF THEIR DESIRE  TO
 OPT-OUT OF THE PLANNED TREE PLANTING.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01022-01-9

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