Bill Text: NY S07912 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relates to extending the amount of time between notice of a project and a public hearing.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Vetoed) 2018-12-21 - VETOED MEMO.321 [S07912 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S07912-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relates to extending the amount of time between notice of a project and a public hearing.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Vetoed) 2018-12-21 - VETOED MEMO.321 [S07912 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S07912-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7912 IN SENATE March 9, 2018 ___________ Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions AN ACT to amend the New York state urban development corporation act, in relation to extending the amount of time between notice of a project and a public hearing The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision (c) of section 6 of section 1 of chapter 174 of 2 the laws of 1968 constituting the New York state urban development 3 corporation act, is amended to read as follows: 4 (c) to any other person, firm, partnership or corporation, without 5 public bidding or public sale, provided there is published in at least 6 one newspaper of general circulation in the municipality in which the 7 project is located a notice which shall include a statement of the iden- 8 tity of the proposed purchaser or lessee and of his proposed use or 9 reuse of the land use improvement project area or applicable portion 10 thereof, the price or rental to be paid by such purchaser or lessee, all 11 other essential conditions of such sale or lease, and a statement that a 12 public hearing upon such sale or lease will be held before the corpo- 13 ration at a specified time and place on a date not less than [ten] thir- 14 ty days after such publication, and provided further that such public 15 hearing is held in accordance with such notice. 16 § 2. Subdivision 2 of section 8 of section 1 of chapter 174 of the 17 laws of 1968 constituting the New York state urban development corpo- 18 ration act is amended to read as follows: 19 (2) Before any sale or lease of all or a substantial part of a project 20 as authorized by subdivision one of this section is consummated, there 21 shall be published in at least one newspaper of general circulation in 22 the municipality in which the project is located a notice which shall 23 include a statement of the identity of the proposed purchaser or lessee, 24 the price or rental to be paid, all other essential conditions of such 25 sale or lease, and a statement that a public hearing upon such sale or 26 lease will be held before the corporation at a specified time and place EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD08709-01-7S. 7912 2 1 on a date not less than [ten] thirty days after such publication, and 2 such hearing shall be held in accordance with such notice; provided, 3 however, that if the corporation determines that trade secrets or other 4 confidential information about the prospective purchaser's or lessee's 5 business operations, products, processes or designs would otherwise be 6 revealed by such public notice and public hearing, the requirements of 7 this subdivision may be waived by unanimous vote of the directors of the 8 corporation. 9 § 3. Subdivision 2 of section 14 of section 1 of chapter 174 of the 10 laws of 1968 constituting the New York state urban development corpo- 11 ration act, as amended by chapter 576 of the laws of 1969, is amended to 12 read as follows: 13 (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of any general, special or local 14 law or charter, any municipality, by resolution of its local governing 15 body, is hereby empowered without referendum, public auction, sealed 16 bids or public notice, to sell, lease for a term not exceeding ninety- 17 nine years, grant or convey to the corporation any real property owned 18 by it which the corporation shall certify to be necessary or convenient 19 for its corporate purposes. Any such sale, lease, grant or conveyance 20 shall be made with or without consideration and upon such terms and 21 conditions as may be agreed upon by such municipality and the corpo- 22 ration. Certification shall be evidenced by a formal request from the 23 president of the corporation. Before any such sale, lease, grant or 24 conveyance may be made to the corporation, a public hearing shall be 25 held by the local governing body to consider the same. Notice of such 26 hearing shall be published at least [ten] thirty days before the date 27 set for the hearing in such publication and in such manner as may be 28 designated by the local governing body. 29 § 4. Subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (b) of subdivision 2 of section 30 16 of section 1 of chapter 174 of the laws of 1968 constituting the New 31 York state urban development corporation act, as amended by chapter 732 32 of the laws of 1990, is amended to read as follows: 33 (iii) in any city having a population of one million or more, provide 34 to any community board in which the project will be located, a notice 35 that such plan will be filed upon its adoption by the corporation and 36 that digests thereof will be available, which notice shall also state 37 that a public hearing will be held to consider the plan at a specified 38 time and place on a date not less than [ten] thirty days after such 39 publication; 40 § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.
