New York A 3555: Authorizes any prosecutor of competent jurisdiction to receive referrals from certain agencies

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A03555 Summary:

BILL NOA03555 

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Establishes the Adirondack park affordable housing task force; requires such task force to conduct a comprehensive review of affordable housing issues within the Adirondack park and to make recommendations for addressing such issues.

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BILL NOA03555 

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01/28/2025referred to housing

09/08/2025enacting clause stricken

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3555

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 28, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. JONES -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Housing

 AN ACT to establish the Adirondack park affordable housing task force;
 and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration there-
 of

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Adirondack
 2 park affordable housing act".
 3 § 2. 1. There is hereby established an Adirondack park affordable
 4 housing task force, hereinafter referred to as the "task force", to
 5 conduct a comprehensive review of affordable housing issues within the
 6 Adirondack park and to make recommendations for addressing those issues.
 7 The task force shall consist of twenty-seven members which shall
 8 include: the commissioner of the division of housing and community
 9 renewal or their designee; the commissioner of labor or their designee;
 10 the executive director of the Adirondack park agency or their designee;
 11 one representative from each county which contains a part of the Adiron-
 12 dack park, appointed by such counties' legislature or board of supervi-
 13 sors; the president of the Adirondack community housing trust or their
 14 designee; and ten other members to be appointed by the governor as
 15 follows: two upon the recommendation of the temporary president of the
 16 senate; two upon the recommendation of the speaker of the assembly; one
 17 upon the recommendation of the minority leader of the senate; one upon
 18 the recommendation of the minority leader of the assembly; and four
 19 without recommendation from any other person.
 20 2. Task force members shall receive no compensation for their services
 21 but shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in
 22 the performance of their duties, to the extent funds are appropriated
 23 for such purpose. The commissioner of the division of housing and commu-
 24 nity renewal, or their designee, and the executive director of the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07686-01-5

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 1 Adirondack park agency, or their designee, shall serve as joint chairs
 2 of the task force. A majority of the members of the task force shall
 3 constitute a quorum for the transaction of business or the exercise of
 4 any power or function of the task force. Any vacancies on the task force
 5 shall be filled in the manner provided for in the initial appointment.
 6 3. The task force shall be authorized to hold public hearings and
 7 meetings, and to consult with any organization, educational institution,
 8 or government entity or person, to enable it to accomplish its duties.
 9 To effectuate the purposes of this act, the task force may request and
 10 shall receive from any department, division, board, bureau, commission
 11 or other agency of the state or any state public authority such assist-
 12 ance, information and data as will enable the task force to properly
 13 carry out its powers and duties hereunder.
 14 4. The task force shall undertake a review and assessment of afforda-
 15 ble housing within the Adirondack park, including, but not limited to:
 16 the past, current and projected future availability of affordable hous-
 17 ing within the park; the factors causing or contributing to the lack of
 18 affordable housing in the park; and proposed legislative, policy or
 19 o