NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A7587A
SPONSOR: Taylor TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the New York city health and hospitals corporation act,
in relation to requiring compliance with the city's uniform land use
review procedure
PURPOSE:
To require the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation to comply
with applicable provisions of law, including the Uniform Land Use Review
Procedure (ULURP) to the extent required pursuant to section 197-c of
the New York City Charter, when disposing of real property.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section one amends subdivision 6 of section 5 of the New York City
Health and Hospitals Corporation Act to provide that no health facility
or other real property acquired or constructed by the corporation shall
be sold, leased, or otherwise transferred without a public hearing after
twenty days' public notice and adherence to applicable provisions of
law, including compliance with the city's Uniform Land Use Review Proce-
dure to the extent required pursuant to section 197-c of the New York
City Charter.
Section two provides that the act shall take effect 180 days after it
shall have become law.
JUSTIFICATION:
The New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation Act was enacted in
1969 and continues to reference approval by the Board of Estimate, a
governmental body that was abolished in 1989. This outdated statutory
language should be replaced with a clear requirement that the corpo-
ration comply with current legal requirements governing the disposition
of real property.
This bill modernizes the statute by expressly requiring adherence to all
applicable provisions of law, including the Uniform Land Use Review
Procedure where such review is required under section 197-c of the New
York City Charter. By clarifying the corporation's obligations under
existing law, the bill promotes transparency and public accountability
while preserving the corporation's ability to conduct routine property
transactions efficiently.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
None
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after which
it shall have become a law.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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7587--A
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
April 1, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. TAYLOR, YEGER -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Cities -- recommitted to the Committee on Cities in
accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill
amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
tee
AN ACT to amend the New York city health and hospitals corporation act,
in relation to requiring compliance with the city's uniform land use
review procedure
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 5 of section 1 of chapter 1016 of
2 the laws of 1969, constituting the New York city health and hospitals
3 corporation act, is amended to read as follows:
4 6. To acquire, by purchase, gift, devise, lease or sublease, and to
5 accept jurisdiction over and to hold and own, and dispose of by sale,
6 lease or sublease, real or personal property, including but not limited
7 to a health facility, or any interest therein for its corporate
8 purposes; provided, however, that no health facility or other real prop-
9 erty acquired or constructed by the corporation shall be sold, leased or
10 otherwise transferred by the corporation without public hearing by the
11 corporation after twenty days public notice and without [the consent of
12 the board of estimate of the city] adherence to applicable provisions of
13 law, including compliance with the city's uniform land use review proce-
14 dure to the extent required pursuant to section 197-c of the New York
15 city charter;
16 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
17 it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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