Assembly Bill A9876

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Establishes the shovel-ready housing program

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    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2023-A9876 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8940
Current Committee:
Assembly Housing
Law Section:
Public Housing Law
Laws Affected:
Add §150-a, Pub Hous L; amd §606, Tax L; add §54-n, St Fin L

2023-A9876 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the shovel-ready housing program under which certain municipalities, at their option, may pre-authorize parcels of property for the construction of housing; establishes a shovel-ready community tax rebate for taxpayers residing in municipalities that opt-in to the shovel-ready housing program; provides for annual apportionment to municipalities that have certified participation in the shovel-ready housing program.

2023-A9876 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9876
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 24, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Housing
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public  housing  law, the tax law and the state
   finance law, in relation  to  establishing  the  shovel-ready  housing
   program
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The public housing law is amended by adding a  new  section
 150-a to read as follows:
   § 150-A. SHOVEL-READY HOUSING PROGRAM. 1. NO LATER THAN ONE YEAR AFTER
 THE  EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, AND AFTER CONSULTATION WITH MUNICI-
 PAL GOVERNMENTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE, THE DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMU-
 NITY RENEWAL SHALL ESTABLISH  A  "SHOVEL-READY  HOUSING  PROGRAM"  UNDER
 WHICH  MUNICIPALITIES,  EXCLUDING  CITIES  WITH A POPULATION OF OVER ONE
 MILLION, AND PLANNING COMMISSIONS OF SUCH  MUNICIPALITIES,  IF  ANY,  AT
 THEIR OPTION, MAY PRE-AUTHORIZE PARCELS OF PROPERTY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION
 OF HOUSING.
   2. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROMULGATE RULES, REGULATIONS, AND REPORTING
 REQUIREMENTS  TO  ESTABLISH  THE  PROGRAM PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF
 THIS SECTION. FACTORS CONSIDERED SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE  LIMITED  TO,
 ENVIRONMENTAL  REVIEW,  PERMITTING, AND LOCAL ZONING. NOTHING UNDER SUCH
 PROGRAM SHALL SUPERSEDE LOCAL LAWS. THE DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNI-
 TY RENEWAL SHALL ANNUALLY PUBLISH ON  ITS  WEBSITE  A  LIST  OF  MUNICI-
 PALITIES THAT HAVE OPTED IN TO PARTICIPATE IN SUCH PROGRAM.
   3.  IN  ORDER  FOR  THE  DIVISION  OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL TO
 CERTIFY A MUNICIPALITY'S PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM UNDER  SUBDIVISION
 ONE  OF  THIS  SECTION,  SUCH  MUNICIPALITY  SHALL PRE-AUTHORIZE PARCELS
 SUFFICIENT TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF HOUSING UNITS IN SUCH  MUNICIPALITY
 BY  AT  LEAST  ONE  PER  CENTUM  OR A MINIMUM OF TEN UNITS, WHICHEVER IS
 GREATER.
   § 2. Section 606 of the tax law is amended by adding a new  subsection
 (n-3) to read as follows:
   (N-3)  SHOVEL-READY  COMMUNITY  TAX  REBATE  CREDIT. (1) AN INDIVIDUAL
 TAXPAYER WHO MEETS THE ELIGIBILITY STANDARDS IN PARAGRAPH  TWO  OF  THIS
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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