New York A 5291: Requires certain housing production information to be reported to the department of state

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A05291 Summary:

BILL NOA05291A

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SAME ASSAME AS S00919-A

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SPONSORLasher

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COSPNSRKelles

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §120, Exec L

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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.

Go to top A05291 Actions:

BILL NOA05291A

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02/12/2025referred to governmental operations

05/27/2025amend and recommit to governmental operations

05/27/2025print number 5291a

01/07/2026referred to governmental operations

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 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

 A. 5291--A 2

 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 buil