Senate Bill S7791

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Enacts the faith-based affordable housing act

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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-S7791 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8386
Current Committee:
Senate Housing, Construction And Community Development
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §96-c, Gen Muni L

2023-S7791 - Summary

Enacts the "faith-based affordable housing act" for development on residential land; defines terms; provides that each village, town, and city shall allow the construction and occupation of residential buildings on any covered site up to the specified densities; provides that all residential buildings constructed pursuant to this section in a town, village, or city with fewer than one million inhabitants shall set aside twenty percent of the residential floor area for households earning an average of eighty percent of area median income

2023-S7791 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S7791 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7791
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             December 6, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. GOUNARDES -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the general municipal law, in relation to enacting the
   "faith-based affordable housing act" and  residential  development  on
   religious land

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
 the "faith-based affordable housing act".
   § 2. The general municipal law is amended by adding a new section 96-c
 to read as follows:
   § 96-C. RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT ON RELIGIOUS LAND. 1. FOR THE PURPOSES
 OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (A)  "COVERED  SITE" SHALL MEAN ANY PARCEL OF LAND, OR GROUP OF ONE OR
 MORE CONTIGUOUS PARCELS OF LAND, THAT  LIES  WITHIN  AN  URBAN  AREA  AS
 DEFINED  BY  THE  U.S.  CENSUS  BUREAU BUT DOES NOT LIE WITHIN A LOCALLY
 DESIGNATED MANUFACTURING  OR  INDUSTRIAL  ZONING  DISTRICT,  WHERE  SUCH
 PARCEL OR GROUP OF ONE OR MORE CONTIGUOUS PARCELS OF LAND IS OWNED SOLE-
 LY,  DIRECTLY  OR  INDIRECTLY (E.G. VIA A WHOLLY OWNED LIMITED LIABILITY
 COMPANY) BY A RELIGIOUS CORPORATION OR CORPORATIONS AS OF THE  EFFECTIVE
 DATE OF THIS SECTION.
   (B)  "RELIGIOUS CORPORATION" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS DEFINED IN
 THE RELIGIOUS CORPORATIONS LAW AND SHALL ALSO INCLUDE  NONPROFIT  CORPO-
 RATIONS  THAT  INCLUDE  IN  THEIR  PURPOSE  WORSHIP  OR  THE TRAINING OR
 CONDUCTING OF RELIGIOUS RITUALS OR THE READING  OR  STUDY  OF  RELIGIOUS
 TEXTS  INCORPORATED  UNDER THE NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION LAW OR FOREIGN
 CORPORATIONS SUBJECT TO SUCH LAW.
   (C) "BUILDINGS DEPARTMENT" SHALL  MEAN  THE  CITY,  TOWN,  OR  VILLAGE
 DEPARTMENT,  DIVISION,  OR  OTHER AGENCY OR OFFICE HAVING PRIMARY SUPER-
 VISION OF  THE  CONSTRUCTION  OF  BUILDINGS  AND  ISSUANCE  OF  BUILDING
 PERMITS.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13656-04-3
              

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2023-S7791A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8386
Current Committee:
Senate Housing, Construction And Community Development
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §96-c, Gen Muni L

2023-S7791A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "faith-based affordable housing act" for development on residential land; defines terms; provides that each village, town, and city shall allow the construction and occupation of residential buildings on any covered site up to the specified densities; provides that all residential buildings constructed pursuant to this section in a town, village, or city with fewer than one million inhabitants shall set aside twenty percent of the residential floor area for households earning an average of eighty percent of area median income

2023-S7791A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S7791A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7791--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             December 6, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. GOUNARDES, BAILEY, CLEARE, COMRIE, COONEY, HARCKHAM,
   HINCHEY,  HOYLMAN-SIGAL, JACKSON, KAVANAGH, MAY, MAYER, MYRIE, PARKER,
   RAMOS, RYAN, SALAZAR, SEPULVEDA, STAVISKY,  WEBB  --  read  twice  and
   ordered  printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
   Rules -- recommitted to the Committee  on  Housing,  Construction  and
   Community  Development  in  accordance  with  Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --
   committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
   recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the general municipal law, in relation to enacting the
   "faith-based affordable housing act" and  residential  development  on
   religious land
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
 the "faith-based affordable housing act".
   § 2. The general municipal law is amended by adding a new section 96-c
 to read as follows:
   § 96-C. RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT ON RELIGIOUS LAND. 1. FOR THE PURPOSES
 OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (A)  "COVERED  SITE" SHALL MEAN ANY PARCEL OF LAND, OR GROUP OF ONE OR
 MORE CONTIGUOUS PARCELS OF LAND, THAT  LIES  WITHIN  AN  URBAN  AREA  AS
 DEFINED  BY  THE  U.S.  CENSUS  BUREAU BUT DOES NOT LIE WITHIN A LOCALLY
 DESIGNATED MANUFACTURING  OR  INDUSTRIAL  ZONING  DISTRICT,  WHERE  SUCH
 PARCEL OR GROUP OF ONE OR MORE CONTIGUOUS PARCELS OF LAND IS OWNED SOLE-
 LY,  DIRECTLY  OR  INDIRECTLY (E.G. VIA A WHOLLY OWNED LIMITED LIABILITY
 COMPANY) BY A RELIGIOUS CORPORATION AS OF THE  EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF  THIS
 SECTION.
   (B)  "RELIGIOUS CORPORATION" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS DEFINED IN
 THE RELIGIOUS CORPORATIONS LAW AND SHALL ALSO INCLUDE  NONPROFIT  CORPO-
 RATIONS  THAT  INCLUDE  IN  THEIR  PURPOSE  WORSHIP  OR  THE TRAINING OR
 CONDUCTING OF RELIGIOUS RITUALS OR THE READING  OR  STUDY  OF  RELIGIOUS
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13656-07-4
              

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