Assembly Bill A49

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring municipalities to determine whether it is in the public interest to create and periodically update a comprehensive plan

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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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2025-A49 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §239-d, Gen Muni L; amd §28-a, add Art 3 Art Head, Gen City L; amd §272-a, Town L; amd §7-722, Vil L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A8904

2025-A49 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires municipalities to determine whether it is in the public interest to create a comprehensive plan adapted to the special requirements of the municipality and to determine whether it is in the public interest to update such comprehensive plan at least once every ten years to ensure that such plan addresses housing needs.

2025-A49 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    49
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. BURDICK, LEVENBERG, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, EPSTEIN --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments
 
 AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, the  general  city  law,  the
   town  law and the village law, in relation to requiring municipalities
   to determine whether it is in the public interest to create and  peri-
   odically update a comprehensive plan to ensure that it addresses hous-
   ing needs
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivisions 2, 8, 9 and 10 of section 239-d of the general
 municipal law, as added by chapter 451 of the laws of 1997, are  amended
 to read as follows:
   2.  Preparation. The county legislative body, or by resolution of such
 body the planning board or a special board, [may] SHALL DETERMINE WHETH-
 ER IT IS IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST TO prepare a proposed county  comprehen-
 sive  plan  [and], amendments thereto AND UPDATES THEREOF TO ENSURE THAT
 IT ADDRESSES HOUSING NEEDS.  In the event the planning board or  special
 board  is directed to prepare a proposed comprehensive plan or amendment
 thereto OR UPDATE THEREOF TO ENSURE THAT  IT  ADDRESSES  HOUSING  NEEDS,
 such  board shall, by resolution, recommend such proposed plan or amend-
 ment to the county legislative body.
   8. Filing of adopted county comprehensive  plan.  The  adopted  county
 comprehensive plan [and], any amendments thereto AND ALL UPDATES THEREOF
 shall  be filed in the office of the county clerk or register and a copy
 thereof filed in the office of  the  county  planning  board,  with  the
 secretary of state, as well as with the clerk of each municipality with-
 in the county.
   9.  Effect  of  adoption.  (a) All county land acquisitions and public
 improvements, including those identified  in  the  county  official  map
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00033-01-5

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