Bill Text: NY A03230 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides that any municipality that is served by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and initiates a comprehensive zoning plan that is designed in relation to its proximity and accessibility to a transportation hub, where more than 4 subway/bus lines converge, shall conduct an environmental impact review to determine if such transportation systems can assimilate increased ridership.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to corporations, authorities and commissions [A03230 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-A03230-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3230 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 22, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. KIM -- read once and referred to the Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection AN ACT to require an environmental impact review in certain instances The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contra- 2 ry, any municipality that is served by the Metropolitan Transportation 3 Authority and initiates a comprehensive zoning plan that is designed in 4 relation to its proximity and accessibility to a transportation hub 5 where more than 4 subway or bus lines converge shall conduct an environ- 6 mental impact review subject to the provisions of the state environ- 7 mental quality review act under article 8 of the environmental conserva- 8 tion law and its implementing regulations, to determine if such 9 transportation systems can assimilate increased ridership. 10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD05972-01-1
