Bill Text: NY S01607 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Provides an expedited review process for the Atlantic yards arena and redevelopment project and subjects such project to urban land use procedures.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-12 - COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES [S01607 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S01607-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        1607--A
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 10, 2011
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  MONTGOMERY  -- read twice and ordered printed, and
         when printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities  --  committee
         discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
         to said committee
       AN  ACT  to amend the New York city charter, in relation to the Atlantic
         Yards arena and redevelopment project
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  It  is  the  intent of the legislature to ensure that the
    2  empire state development corporation abides by the rights of  the  citi-
    3  zenry  of the city of New York and the democratically enacted urban land
    4  use procedure set forth in section 197-a of the New  York  city  charter
    5  and  commonly  known  as  the  URLUP process with respect to the general
    6  project plan approved and identified as the "Atlantic  Yards  arena  and
    7  redevelopment project" in a memorandum of understanding signed on Febru-
    8  ary  18,  2005  in order that such project results in a vote of the city
    9  council. Further, community boards 2, 6 and  8  within  the  borough  of
   10  Brooklyn requested in September 2004 that such Atlantic Yards project be
   11  subject to the URLUP process.
   12    S  2.  Subdivision a of section 197-a of the New York city charter, as
   13  amended by a vote of the people of the city of New York at  the  general
   14  election held in November of 1989, is amended to read as follows:
   15    a.  Plans for the development, growth, and improvement of the city and
   16  of its boroughs and community districts  may  be  proposed  by  (1)  the
   17  mayor,  (2)  the  city  planning  commission, (3) the department of city
   18  planning, (4) a borough president with respect to  land  located  within
   19  his  or  her  borough,  (5) a borough board with respect to land located
   20  within its borough, [or] (6) a community  board  with  respect  to  land
   21  located  within its community district, OR (7) AN AGENCY OF THE STATE OF
   22  NEW YORK SUBJECT TO THE CHAPTER OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND TWELVE WHICH
   23  AMENDED THIS SUBDIVISION.  A community board,  borough board or  borough
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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       S. 1607--A                          2
    1  president  that  proposes  any  such plan shall submit the plan together
    2  with a written recommendation to the city planning commission for deter-
    3  minations  pursuant  to  subdivision  b  of  this  section.    Any  such
    4  submission  may  be  made by a community board, borough board or borough
    5  president only after the board or borough  president  proposing  such  a
    6  plan has held a public hearing on the plan.
    7    S  3. The empire state development corporation shall cease and discon-
    8  tinue all action in furtherance of the general project plan as  approved
    9  and  identified  as the "Atlantic Yards arena and redevelopment project"
   10  in a memorandum of understanding signed on February 18, 2005, and submit
   11  the plan as an expedited application to the  city  of  New  York  for  a
   12  development  project  pursuant  to the uniform land use review procedure
   13  set forth in section 197-c of the New York city charter. Notwithstanding
   14  the provisions of this section, the empire state development corporation
   15  shall complete any outstanding contract where an immediate cessation  or
   16  discontinuance  would  constitute  waste and shall be allowed to provide
   17  information about the intended project  at  any  public  hearing  or  in
   18  response to any written inquiry, subject to the provisions of the public
   19  officers law.
   20    S  4. The plans for the Atlantic Yards arena and redevelopment project
   21  shall be submitted as an  expedited  application  by  the  empire  state
   22  development  corporation  to  the  New  York city planning commission by
   23  August 15, 2012. The empire state development corporation shall  provide
   24  any  further  information  requested  by the city planning commission as
   25  soon as is practicable after  such  request  has  been  made,  provided,
   26  however,  that  the application shall be deemed complete for purposes of
   27  the expedited review procedure provided by the provisions of this act no
   28  later than September 15, 2012. Notwithstanding the time requirements set
   29  forth in section 197-c of the New York city charter, such plans shall be
   30  subject to and reviewed in accordance with such section. If there exists
   31  insufficient information for  the  city  council  to  take  action,  the
   32  borough  president,  affected community board or boards or borough board
   33  may take note of such facts.
   34    S 5. Notwithstanding the time requirements set forth in section  197-c
   35  of  the  New  York  city charter, the affected community board or boards
   36  shall comply with the provisions of such section and submit  its  recom-
   37  mendations  to  the  city  planning  commission on or before October 15,
   38  2012.
   39    S 6. Notwithstanding the time requirements set forth in section  197-c
   40  of  the  New  York city charter, the borough board shall comply with the
   41  provisions of such section and submit its recommendations  to  the  city
   42  planning commission on or before November 7, 2012.
   43    S  7. Notwithstanding the time requirements set forth in section 197-c
   44  of the New York city charter, the city planning commission shall  submit
   45  its recommendations to the city council on or before December 1, 2012.
   46    S  8. Notwithstanding the time requirements set forth in section 197-c
   47  of the New York city charter, the city council shall approve, disapprove
   48  or amend the plans  for  the  Atlantic  Yards  arena  and  redevelopment
   49  project submitted by the empire state redevelopment corporation pursuant
   50  to the provisions of this act on or before December 31, 2012.
   51    S 9. This act shall take effect immediately.