Senate Bill S9346

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires each town, village, and city to develop a "housing action plan for everyone"

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Local Government 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-S9346 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9228
Current Committee:
Senate Local Government
Law Section:
General City Law
Laws Affected:
Add §28, Gen City L; add §272, Town L; add §7-720, Vil L

2023-S9346 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires each town, village, and city to develop a "housing action plan for everyone", including consideration of local needs and specific strategies to address those local needs.

2023-S9346 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S9346 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9346
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 13, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. KAVANAGH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
 
 AN ACT to amend the general city law, the town law, and the village law,
   in relation to requiring each town, village, and  city  to  develop  a
   housing action plan for everyone
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The general city law is amended by adding a new section  28
 to read as follows:
   §  28.  HOUSING  ACTION PLAN FOR EVERYONE. 1.  THE LEGISLATIVE BODY OF
 EACH CITY SHALL ADOPT A HOUSING ACTION PLAN FOR EVERYONE TO INCREASE THE
 AMOUNT OF AVAILABLE HOUSING IN EACH SUCH CITY. EACH SUCH HOUSING  ACTION
 PLAN  SHALL  BE  UPDATED  NO  LESS  THAN  EVERY  FIVE YEARS PRIOR TO ITS
 ADOPTION BY A CITY.
   2. EACH SUCH ACTION HOUSING PLAN SHALL CONSIDER, BUT  NOT  BE  LIMITED
 TO, THE FOLLOWING FACTORS:
   (A) THE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS OF EACH RESPECTIVE CITY.
   (B) AVAILABLE LAND FOR NEW HOUSING CONSTRUCTION.
   (C)  POTENTIAL  OPPORTUNITIES TO REDEVELOP UNDERUTILIZED BUILDINGS FOR
 HOUSING.
   (D) THE PARTICULAR NEEDS OF  EACH  RESPECTIVE  CITY,  IN  RELATION  TO
 INCOME LEVELS, HOUSING COSTS, AND AT-RISK AREAS.
   (E)  SPECIFIC  TOOLS AND STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS THE PARTICULAR NEEDS OF
 EACH RESPECTIVE CITY.
   3. EACH SUCH HOUSING ACTION PLAN MAY CONSIDER, BUT SHALL NOT BE LIMIT-
 ED TO, THE FOLLOWING CONCEPTS:
   (A) THE LEGALIZATION OF ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS.
   (B) AUTHORIZATION OF TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONES.
   (C) ELIMINATION OR REDUCTION OF PARKING REQUIREMENTS.
   (D) STREAMLINING PERMIT PROCESSES, SUCH AS ENVIRONMENTAL  AND  DISCRE-
 TIONARY REVIEW REQUIREMENTS.
   (E) AUTHORIZING AS-OF-RIGHT AND MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT GOALS.
   4.  THE AMOUNT OF NEW HOUSING CONTEMPLATED IN EACH SUCH HOUSING ACTION
 PLAN, AS DETERMINED BY THE LEGISLATIVE BODY OF EACH CITY, SHALL  CONSID-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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