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A05291 Summary:

BILL NOA05291A
 
SAME ASSAME AS S00919-A
 
SPONSORLasher
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Add §120, Exec L
 
Requires local boards and the division of housing and community renewal to submit certain residential housing and zoning information to the department of state annually; requires such information to be published by the department of state on its website.
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A05291 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         5291--A
 
                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 12, 2025
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. LASHER -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on  Governmental  Operations  --  committee  discharged, bill amended,
          ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
        AN ACT to amend the executive law,  in  relation  to  requiring  certain
          housing  production  information  to  be reported to the department of
          state
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 120 to
     2  read as follows:
     3    §  120.  Housing  production  reporting.  1.  For the purposes of this
     4  section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
     5    (a) "Local board" means any city, town, or village board,  commission,
     6  officer or other agency or office having supervision of the construction
     7  of buildings or the power of enforcing municipal building laws.
     8    (b) "Housing site" means the site of planned construction, conversion,
     9  alteration,  demolition,  or  consolidation  of  one or more residential
    10  buildings.
    11    (c) "Dwelling unit" means a dwelling  within  a  residential  building
    12  which  is either rented, leased, let or hired out, to be occupied, or is
    13  occupied as the residence or home of one or  more  individuals  that  is
    14  independent of other dwellings within such residential building.
    15    2.  The  department  shall  require  each local board to submit to the
    16  department annually, in the manner and format  to  be  directed  by  the
    17  department,   the  following  information  regarding  new  construction,
    18  conversion, alteration, demolition, or consolidation of a  housing  site
    19  within  the  jurisdiction  of  such  local  board that is required to be
    20  reported to such local board; provided, however, that  this  requirement
    21  shall  not  apply to any local board in a town with a population of less
    22  than five thousand people:
    23    (a) the address of such housing site;
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03201-02-5

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     1    (b) the block and/or lot number of such housing site;
     2    (c) the total number of dwelling units in such housing site;
     3    (d)  the  building  type, any relevant dates of approval, permits, and
     4  completions associated with such housing site;
     5    (e) any associated governmental subsidies or program funds being allo-
     6  cated to such housing site that such local board is aware of; and
     7    (f) the specific details of such construction, conversion, alteration,
     8  demolition, or consolidation of such housing site.
     9    3. Beginning on the thirty-first of January next succeeding the effec-
    10  tive date of this section, and annually thereafter, the department shall
    11  require each local board to submit to the department, in  a  manner  and
    12  format  to  be determined by the department, a digital file containing a
    13  zoning map of such local board's jurisdiction that contains the  follow-
    14  ing  information  for  the  prior  year;  provided,  however,  that this
    15  requirement shall not apply to any local board in a town  with  a  popu-
    16  lation of less than five thousand people:
    17    (a) The geographic extents of areas where residential housing, commer-
    18  cial, industrial, or other developments are permitted;
    19    (b)  In  areas  zoned for residential housing areas, where residential
    20  buildings containing two, three, and four or  more  dwelling  units  are
    21  allowed per lot;
    22    (c) Any minimum lot size requirements for residential housing;
    23    (d) Any minimum size requirements for individual dwelling units;
    24    (e) Any parking requirements for residential buildings;
    25    (f) Any setback or lot coverage requirements;
    26    (g)  Designation of whether each zoning approval granted by such local
    27  board was as-of-right or discretionary; and
    28    (h) The geographic bounds of any areas which have been  amended  since
    29  such local board's previous submission pursuant to this subdivision.
    30    4.  When  determining the manner and format for submissions in accord-
    31  ance with subdivisions two and three of  this  section,  the  department
    32  shall  consult  with  the  division of housing and community renewal and
    33  provide an option for localities to make  submissions  in  substantially
    34  the  same  manner  and format as the division requires for submission of
    35  similar information for other related programs.
    36    5. The division of housing and community renewal shall submit  to  the
    37  department  annually,  in  a  manner  and format to be determined by the
    38  department, a report of all housing subsidies administered by such divi-
    39  sion in the prior year.
    40    6. The department shall make the  information  submitted  pursuant  to
    41  subdivisions  two, three, four, and five of this section publicly avail-
    42  able on its  website,  updated  annually  to  reflect  the  most  recent
    43  submissions.
    44    7.  Failure  of  any local board to comply with the reporting require-
    45  ments of this section shall result in a fifty percent reduction  of  any
    46  funds  to  be  distributed to any municipality within such local board's
    47  jurisdiction pursuant to the community development block  grant  program
    48  authorized under title one of the federal Housing and Community Develop-
    49  ment Act of 1974, as amended.
    50    §  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
    51  ing the date upon which it shall have become a law. Effective immediate-
    52  ly, the addition, amendment and/or repeal  of  any  rule  or  regulation
    53  necessary  for  the implementation of this act on its effective date are
    54  authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
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