Bill Text: NY A00977 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires local planning board review of proposed homeless projects and public hearings thereon.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to social services [A00977 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A00977-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          977
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    January 8, 2015
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       Introduced by M. of A. MILLER -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Social Services
       AN  ACT  to amend the social services law, the New York city charter and
         the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to  local
         planning  board  review of proposed homeless projects and public hear-
         ings thereon
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 11 of section 43 of the social services law, as
    2  amended  by  chapter  458  of  the  laws  of 1986, is amended to read as
    3  follows:
    4    11. The municipality, not-for-profit corporation or subsidiary  there-
    5  of,  public corporation or charitable organization or subsidiary thereof
    6  seeking financial assistance pursuant  to  this  article  shall,  within
    7  thirty  days  of  its  application for such assistance, notify the local
    8  planning board, as defined by section twenty-seven of the  general  city
    9  law,  section  two hundred seventy-one of the town law, section 7-718 of
   10  the village law, or section [eighty-four] EIGHTY-FIVE of the charter  of
   11  the  city  of New York, appropriate for the geographic area in which the
   12  proposed homeless project would be located, and shall provide such board
   13  with information regarding the proposed homeless project.  UPON  RECEIPT
   14  OF  SUCH  INFORMATION REGARDING THE PROPOSED HOMELESS PROJECT, THE LOCAL
   15  PLANNING BOARD SHALL PROMPTLY FIX A  DATE  FOR  THE  COMMENCEMENT  OF  A
   16  PUBLIC HEARING THEREON, PURSUANT TO SECTION TWENTY-SEVEN-A OF THE GENER-
   17  AL CITY LAW, SECTION TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR-A OF THE TOWN LAW, SECTION
   18  7-725-A  OF THE VILLAGE LAW, OR SECTION EIGHTY-FIVE OF THE NEW YORK CITY
   19  CHARTER.
   20    S 2. Paragraph 8 of subdivision a of section 197-c  of  the  New  York
   21  city charter, as amended by the general election of the city of New York
   22  for the year 1989, is amended to read as follows:
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD02811-01-5
       A. 977                              2
    1    (8)   Housing and urban renewal plans and projects, INCLUDING PROPOSED
    2  HOMELESS PROJECTS AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF  SECTION
    3  FORTY-TWO OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW, pursuant to city, state and feder-
    4  al housing laws;
    5    S 3. Subdivision b of section 21-315 of the administrative code of the
    6  city  of  New  York,  as added by local law number 19 of the city of New
    7  York for the year 1999, is amended to read as follows:
    8    b. Each new shelter which replaces a shelter listed in  subdivision  a
    9  of  this  section shall comply with applicable statutes, laws, rules and
   10  regulations, including, but not limited to, [section]  SECTIONS  85  AND
   11  197-c  of  the New York city charter AND SUBDIVISION 11 OF SECTION 43 OF
   12  THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW.
   13    S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.