Extends the effectiveness of certain provisions of the coordinated construction act for lower Manhattan relating to joint bidding on contracts for public work projects.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A10400
SPONSOR: Rules (Braunstein) TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the Coordinated Construction Act for Lower Manhattan, in
relation to extending the effectiveness thereof
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
The purpose of this bill is to extend, for one year, authorization for
the City of New York and both City and State Agencies to utilize joint
bidding for utility interference work involved in certain public
projects in lower Manhattan.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
This legislation would extend, until December 31, 2025, the Coordinated
Construction Act for Lower Manhattan that would allow all State and New
York City agencies to include within a contract for a lower Manhattan
redevelopment project any work to be done on non-publicly owned energy,
telecommunications or other privately owned facilities that are located
within or adjacent to the project construction area if the public agency
deems it necessary or desirable to include such work for the successful
completion of the project.
JUSTIFICATION:
The Coordinated Construction Act for Lower Manhattan was a response to
the damage suffered by Lower Manhattan from the 2001 attack on the World
Trade Center and aimed to assist in reconstruction efforts. New York
City has requested this authorization be continued.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
This is new legislation.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None to the state.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act would take effect immediately.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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10400
IN ASSEMBLY
May 21, 2024
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Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Braunstein)
-- read once and referred to the Committee on Cities
AN ACT to amend the Coordinated Construction Act for Lower Manhattan, in
relation to extending the effectiveness thereof
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 5 of chapter 259 of the laws of 2004, constituting
2 the Coordinated Construction Act for Lower Manhattan, as amended by
3 chapter 339 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
4 § 5. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
5 deemed repealed December 31, [2024] 2025.
6 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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