Senate Bill S2788

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to consultation with affected parties on certain projects

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Corporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee


  • 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-S2788 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
New York State Urban Development Corporation Act
Laws Affected:
Amd §16, UDC Act
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S7260
2015-2016: S3871
2017-2018: S6249
2021-2022: S5831
2023-2024: S6286

2019-S2788 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to consultation with affected parties on certain projects.

2019-S2788 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S2788 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2788
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 29, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Corporations,  Authorities
   and Commissions
 
 AN ACT to amend the New York state urban development corporation act, in
   relation to consultation with affected parties on certain projects

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 16 of section 1 of chapter 174 of the laws of  1968
 constituting  the  New  York  state  urban  development corporation act,
 subdivisions 2 and 3 as amended by chapter 732 of the laws of  1990  and
 subdivision  5  as  amended and subdivision 6 as added by chapter 847 of
 the laws of 1971, is amended to read as follows:
   §  16.  Cooperation  with  municipalities.  (1)  In  effectuating  the
 purposes  of this act, the corporation and community advisory committees
 created pursuant to section  four  of  this  act  shall  work  [closely,
 consult  and  cooperate]  DIRECTLY  with  local elected officials [and],
 community leaders AND SPECIFICALLY  AFFECTED  PARTIES  at  the  earliest
 practicable  time,  INCLUDING BEFORE PROJECTS ARE PROPOSED, DURING THEIR
 DEVELOPMENT AND WHEN THEY ARE PRESENTED TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.  WHENEVER
 A  PROJECT  IS  PROPOSED,  AND AT EACH SUBSEQUENT STAGE OF SUCH PROPOSED
 PROJECT, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION: BOARD MEETINGS, BOARD APPROVALS,
 PUBLIC MEETINGS AND PUBLIC HEARINGS THE CORPORATION AND COMMUNITY  ADVI-
 SORY  COMMITTEES  SHALL ENGAGE IN DIRECT AND PROACTIVE CONSULTATION WITH
 ALL AFFECTED  PARTIES,  INCLUDING  "SPECIFICALLY  AFFECTED  PARTIES"  AS
 DEFINED BELOW. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS ACT, THE TERM "SPECIFICALLY AFFECTED
 PARTIES"  SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANING: (A) CURRENT TENANTS OR OCCU-
 PANTS OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT SITE IN QUESTION, (B)  ALL  ELECTED  OFFI-
 CIALS  THAT  GEOGRAPHICALLY REPRESENT THE PROPOSED PROJECT SITE IN QUES-
 TION, (C) ALL LOCAL GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIARIES CHARGED WITH LAND USE/ZONING
 REVIEW DUTIES WITHIN THE PROPOSED PROJECT  SITE  IN  QUESTION,  (D)  THE
 COMMUNITY, MINIMALLY OPERATIONALIZED AS RESIDENTS WHO LIVE WITHIN A FIVE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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