Bill Text: NY S06616 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Enacts the Neighborhood Integrity Act which establishes a formal process for renaming or re-designating a traditionally recognized neighborhood in the city of New York; provides penalties for real estate brokers and agents who advertise a property as part of, or located in, a designated neighborhood that is not traditionally recognized as such.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO CITIES [S06616 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S06616-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6616
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                      June 7, 2017
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        Introduced  by Sen. BENJAMIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
        AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to protecting the
          integrity of traditionally recognized neighborhoods
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1. The general municipal law is amended by adding a new arti-
     2  cle 19-C to read as follows:
     3                                ARTICLE 19-C
     4                         NEIGHBORHOOD INTEGRITY ACT
     5  Section 995. Neighborhood integrity.
     6    § 995.  Neighborhood integrity. 1. No person or entity shall rename or
     7  re-designate a traditionally recognized neighborhood within a city  with
     8  a  population  of one million or more, or in any way reconstitute tradi-
     9  tionally recognized neighborhood boundaries,  except  as  set  forth  in
    10  subdivision two of this section.
    11    2.  The  mayor,  upon  a  majority approval of the city council, shall
    12  designate and direct a government office or agency to develop a  process
    13  for  the proposed renaming of any traditionally recognized neighborhood,
    14  or for the reconstitution of the boundaries of  any  such  neighborhood.
    15  Such  process  shall  require  input  from the community board or boards
    16  which represent such areas as established by the applicable  city  char-
    17  ter.
    18    3.  No  real  estate broker or any agent of a real estate broker shall
    19  market, disseminate or promote, including but not  limited  to,  in  any
    20  written  or electronic form the sale or rental of an apartment, house or
    21  other real property as part of, or located in, a designated neighborhood
    22  that is not a traditionally recognized  neighborhood  or  recognized  as
    23  such  pursuant  to  the  process  set  forth  in subdivision two of this
    24  section. A violation of this  section  shall  subject  the  real  estate
    25  broker  to  a monetary fine, license suspension or license revocation as
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  determined by the secretary of state pursuant to  section  four  hundred
     2  forty-one-c of the real property law.
     3    4.  Traditionally  recognized neighborhoods or neighborhood boundaries
     4  are those officially recognized by at least one of the community  boards
     5  presently established by the applicable city charter.
     6    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.