Assembly Bill A4933

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Enacts the sustainable affordable housing and sprawl prevention act

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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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2023-A4933 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add §8-0119, amd §§8-0105 & 8-0109, En Con L; amd §600, Pub Hous L

2023-A4933 - Summary

Enacts the "sustainable affordable housing and sprawl prevention act"; exempts or limits environmental review under SEQR for the construction of certain new residential units to avoid creating unnecessary housing sprawl; limits certain rights to action under SEQR; makes related provisions.

2023-A4933 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4933
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 27, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. KELLES -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN  ACT to amend the environmental conservation law and the public hous-
   ing law, in relation to enacting the "sustainable  affordable  housing
   and sprawl prevention act"

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the  "sustaina-
 ble affordable housing and sprawl prevention act".
   §  2.  The  environmental  conservation law is amended by adding a new
 section 8-0119 to read as follows:
 § 8-0119. CERTAIN ACTIONS EXEMPT OR SUBJECT TO LIMITED REVIEW.
   1. EXEMPT ACTIONS  FOR  CONSTRUCTION  OF  RESIDENTIAL  DWELLINGS.  (A)
 NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY LAW, RULE OR REGULATION TO THE CONTRARY, QUALIFYING
 ACTIONS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW MULTIPLE DWELLING OR MORE THAN ONE
 CONTIGUOUS MULTIPLE DWELLINGS THAT MEET THE FOLLOWING  THRESHOLDS  SHALL
 BE  AUTOMATICALLY  DETERMINED  NOT  TO  HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE
 ENVIRONMENT AND SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM ANY ENVIRONMENTAL  REVIEW  REQUIRE-
 MENTS  UNDER THIS ARTICLE OR ANY RULES OR REGULATIONS PROMULGATED THERE-
 TO:
   (I) FEWER THAN TEN TOTAL RESIDENTIAL UNITS IN MUNICIPALITIES THAT HAVE
 NOT ADOPTED ZONING OR SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS;
   (II) FEWER THAN FIFTY TOTAL RESIDENTIAL UNITS NOT TO BE CONNECTED  (AT
 THE  COMMENCEMENT  OF  HABITATION) TO EXISTING COMMUNITY OR PUBLIC WATER
 AND SEWERAGE SYSTEMS INCLUDING SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS;
   (III) IN A CITY, TOWN, OR VILLAGE HAVING A POPULATION OF NINETY  THOU-
 SAND  PERSONS OR LESS, FEWER THAN TWO HUNDRED TOTAL RESIDENTIAL UNITS TO
 BE CONNECTED (AT THE COMMENCEMENT OF HABITATION) TO  EXISTING  COMMUNITY
 OR PUBLIC WATER AND SEWERAGE SYSTEMS INCLUDING SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS;
   (IV)  IN  A CITY, TOWN, OR VILLAGE HAVING A POPULATION OF GREATER THAN
 NINETY THOUSAND BUT LESS THAN ONE MILLION, FEWER THAN FIVE HUNDRED TOTAL
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03398-01-3
              

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2023-A4933A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add §8-0119, amd §§8-0105 & 8-0109, En Con L; amd §600, Pub Hous L

2023-A4933A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "sustainable affordable housing and sprawl prevention act"; exempts or limits environmental review under SEQR for the construction of certain new residential units to avoid creating unnecessary housing sprawl; limits certain rights to action under SEQR; makes related provisions.

2023-A4933A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  4933--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 27, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. KELLES, SIMONE -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Environmental Conservation -- committee discharged,  bill
   amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
   tee
 
 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law and the public  hous-
   ing  law,  in relation to enacting the "sustainable affordable housing
   and sprawl prevention act"
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "sustaina-
 ble affordable housing and sprawl prevention act".
   § 2. The environmental conservation law is amended  by  adding  a  new
 section 8-0119 to read as follows:
 § 8-0119. CERTAIN ACTIONS EXEMPT OR SUBJECT TO LIMITED REVIEW.
   1.  EXEMPT  ACTIONS  FOR  CONSTRUCTION  OF  RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS. (A)
 NOTWITHSTANDING ANY LAW, RULE OR REGULATION TO THE CONTRARY,  QUALIFYING
 ACTIONS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW MULTIPLE DWELLING OR MORE THAN ONE
 CONTIGUOUS  MULTIPLE  DWELLINGS THAT MEET THE FOLLOWING THRESHOLDS SHALL
 BE AUTOMATICALLY DETERMINED NOT TO HAVE  A  SIGNIFICANT  IMPACT  ON  THE
 ENVIRONMENT  AND  SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM ANY ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW REQUIRE-
 MENTS UNDER THIS ARTICLE OR ANY RULES OR REGULATIONS PROMULGATED  THERE-
 TO:
   (I) FEWER THAN TEN TOTAL RESIDENTIAL UNITS IN MUNICIPALITIES THAT HAVE
 NOT ADOPTED ZONING OR SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS;
   (II) BE LOCATED ON PREVIOUSLY DISTURBED LAND;
   (III) FEWER THAN FIFTY TOTAL RESIDENTIAL UNITS NOT TO BE CONNECTED (AT
 THE  COMMENCEMENT  OF  HABITATION) TO EXISTING COMMUNITY OR PUBLIC WATER
 AND SEWERAGE SYSTEMS INCLUDING SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS;
   (IV) IN A CITY, TOWN, OR VILLAGE HAVING A POPULATION OF  NINETY  THOU-
 SAND  PERSONS OR LESS, FEWER THAN TWO HUNDRED TOTAL RESIDENTIAL UNITS TO
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03398-09-3
 A. 4933--A                          2
              

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