NY State Senate Bill 2019-S2554

Senate Bill S2554

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires the New York city landmarks preservation commission grant historic district designation to the Broadway/Flushing neighborhood

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Delivered to Governor
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Jan 08, 2020	referred to cities
Jan 28, 2019	referred to cities

2019-S2554 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A422
Current Committee:: Senate Cities
Law Section:: New York City
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2015-2016: S7032, A9685
2017-2018: S1532, A1282
2021-2022: S4140, A660

2019-S2554 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the New York city landmarks preservation commission to grant historic district designation to the Broadway/Flushing neighborhood.

2019-S2554 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S2554

SPONSOR: STAVISKY
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act in relation to requiring that the New York city landmarks preser-
vation commission grant historic district designation to the
Broadway/Flushing neighborhood

 
PURPOSE:

To require the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission to grant
historic district designation to Broadway/Flushing neighborhood.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 states that notwithstanding any other rule, regulation, local
special or general law to the contrary, the Broadway/Flushing neighbor-
hood was granted registration on the state and national registers of
historic places in 2006 and in accordance with such designation, the New
York City Landmarks Preservation Commission shall grant historic

district designation to such neighborhood.

Section 3 states that this act shall take effect immediately.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Currently, neighborhoods can change their zoning to protect against
overdevelopment or apply for historic district designation to protect
the historic character of the neighborhood.  Unfortunately, some neigh-
borhoods have been unsuccessful in obtaining either type of protection
due to the difficulty in getting an area zoned as a special district or
because of the overly restrictive qualifications that are required for a
historic district designation.

One such neighborhood, Broadway-Flushing in Queens, has spent years
fighting against the Landmarks Preservation Commission's refusal to
designate their neighborhood as a historic district, despite their
registration on the state and national registers of historic places in
2006.

This bill would require the Landmarks Preservation Commission to finally
grant Broadway-Flushing historic district designation and allow the
neighborhood to retain the unique architectural integrity of their
community that would otherwise be lost to development.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2016: A.9685/S.7032 - Referred to Cities.

2017-2018: A.1282/S.1532 - Referred to Cities.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

Minimal.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2019-S2554 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2554
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 28, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. STAVISKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities
 
 AN ACT in relation to requiring that the New York city landmarks preser-
   vation  commission  grant  historic  district   designation   to   the
   Broadway/Flushing neighborhood

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Notwithstanding any other rule, regulation, local,  special
 or  general  law to the contrary, the Broadway/Flushing neighborhood was
 granted registration on the state and  national  registers  of  historic
 places  in  2006  and  in accordance with such designation, the New York
 City Landmarks Preservation Commission  shall  grant  historic  district
 designation to such neighborhood.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02664-01-9

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