Bill Text: NY S05852 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the New York city planning commission to regulate and restrict the new location or continued operation of a social services facility.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO CITIES 1 [S05852 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S05852-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5852

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                     March 19, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities 1

        AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the  city  of  New  York,  in
          relation to review and approval of all new facilities

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The administrative code of the city of New York is  amended
     2  by adding a new section 25-111-a to read as follows:
     3    §  25-111-a  City  planning commission to regulate the types of social
     4  services facilities. a. The city planning commission shall regulate  and
     5  restrict  requests by an agency to provide services at a new location as
     6  a social services facility, to expand the size  of  an  existing  social
     7  services  facility  or  to  change  the  type of services provided at an
     8  existing social services facility, including such facilities  where  the
     9  leaseholder is not the tenant.
    10    b.  For the purposes of this section, "social services facility" shall
    11  include the following:
    12    1. ACS placement facilities. "ACS placement facilities" means  facili-
    13  ties,  certified  by  the  New  York state office of children and family
    14  services, for the care of youth placed in accordance with the provisions
    15  of the family court act and the regulations of the New York state office
    16  of children and family services, managed directly by the  administration
    17  for  children's services or under contract or similar agreement with the
    18  administration for children's services.
    19    2. City-administered facilities. "City-administered facilities"  means
    20  hotels,  shelters  and  other  accommodations  or  associated  services,
    21  managed by or provided under contract or similar agreement with any city
    22  agency, provided to individuals or families who need temporary emergency
    23  housing or assistance finding or maintaining stable housing.
    24    3. DHS-administered facilities.  "DHS-administered  facilities"  means
    25  city-administered facilities managed directly by the department of home-

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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        S. 5852                             2

     1  less  services or by a provider under contract or similar agreement with
     2  the department of homeless services.
     3    4.  DYCD-administered facilities. "DYCD-administered facilities" means
     4  city-administered facilities managed directly by the department of youth
     5  and community development or by a provider  under  contract  or  similar
     6  agreement with the department of youth and community development.
     7    5.  HPD-administered  facilities.  "HPD-administered facilities" means
     8  city-administered facilities managed directly by the department of hous-
     9  ing preservation and development or by  a  provider  under  contract  or
    10  similar agreement with the department of housing preservation and devel-
    11  opment.
    12    6.  HRA-administered  facilities.  "HRA-administered facilities" means
    13  city-administered facilities managed directly  by  the  human  resources
    14  administration or by a provider under contract or similar agreement with
    15  the  human  resources  administration, excluding shelters for victims of
    16  domestic violence managed directly by the human resources administration
    17  or by a provider under contract or  similar  agreement  with  the  human
    18  resources administration.
    19    7.  Supportive  housing  facilities.  "Supportive  housing facilities"
    20  means  affordable,  independent,  and  permanent  housing  with  support
    21  services  for tenants, including but not limited to people who have been
    22  homeless, have histories of substance  abuse,  are  coping  with  mental
    23  illness, have chronic illnesses such as HIV/AIDS, are young adults aging
    24  out  of  foster  care,  are  homeless  veterans, or grandparents raising
    25  grandchildren, and is under contract with a city  agency  including  but
    26  not limited to the department of health and mental hygiene and the human
    27  resources administration.
    28    c.  The  commission  shall  consider  the  anticipated  impact  of the
    29  proposed social services facility or the operation of such facility upon
    30  renewal of the lease.
    31    d. The commission shall give  reasonable  consideration,  among  other
    32  things,  to  the character of the neighborhood, its peculiar suitability
    33  for particular uses,  the  conservation  of  property  values,  and  the
    34  location  of social services facilities in accord with a well-considered
    35  plan.
    36    § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    37  have become a law.