Senate Bill S5911

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Includes broadband access in the scoring and ranking criteria of the New York State low-income housing tax credit program

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Housing, Construction And Community Development 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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2023-S5911 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6740
Current Committee:
Senate Housing, Construction And Community Development
Law Section:
Public Housing Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §25, Pub Hous L

2023-S5911 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Includes broadband access in the scoring and ranking criteria of the New York State low-income housing tax credit program.

2023-S5911 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S5911 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5911
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 22, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction  and
   Community Development
 
 AN  ACT to amend the public housing law, in relation to broadband access
   in the New York state low-income housing tax credit program

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision 1 of section 25 of the public housing law, as
 added by section 1 of part CC of chapter 63 of  the  laws  of  2000,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   1.  The  commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary
 to administer the provisions of this act. TO THE EXTENT THAT SUCH  RULES
 AND  REGULATIONS  ESTABLISH  PROJECT  SCORING AND RANKING CRITERIA, SUCH
 SCORING AND RANKING CRITERIA SHALL INCLUDE THE COMMITMENT TO USE END-TO-
 END FIBER-OPTIC ARCHITECTURE FOR THE DELIVERY OF BROADBAND SERVICE AS  A
 PREFERENCE IN THE EVALUATION OF PROJECT APPLICATIONS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10310-01-3



              

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