New York S 2591: Makes conforming technical changes to the New York City administrative code and the emergency tenant protection act relating to vacancy decontrol; repealer

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S02591 Summary:

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Requires corporations to provide written notice to the municipality in which the canal is located and properties adjacent to such canal prior to commencing work along such canal; requires the corporation to hold a public hearing prior to commencing such work; allows for exceptions in certain situations.

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01/21/2025REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 2591

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 21, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. ORTT -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation

 AN ACT to amend the canal law, in relation to requiring corporations to
 provide written notice to the municipality in which the canal is
 located and properties adjacent to such canal prior to commencing work
 along such canal

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

 1 Section 1. Section 42 of the canal law, as amended by chapter 335 of
 2 the laws of 2001, is amended to read as follows:
 3 § 42. Removal of encroachments, trees and vegetation. 1. The corpo-
 4 ration is authorized to cause to be removed from canal property any
 5 building, part of a building or structure erected, placed, maintained or
 6 otherwise occupying such canal property, if, in its opinion, the removal
 7 is necessary for the improvement, use, maintenance, control, management,
 8 repair or operation of the canal system. It shall be the duty of any
 9 person owning or maintaining such a building, part of a building or
 10 structure to remove the same within thirty days from the service by the
 11 corporation upon said person of a notice ordering its removal. Upon the
 12 failure of the person so ordered to remove the building, part of a
 13 building or structure, the corporation may, without liability on the
 14 part of the state or the corporation, take whatever action it may deem
 15 necessary to cause the removal. Service of the order of removal must be
 16 personal if the person to be served can be found within the state. If
 17 the corporation shall not be able to serve such notice or cause the same
 18 to be served on the said person within the state after making a reason-
 19 able effort so to do, service may be made by attaching such notice to
 20 the said building, part of a building or structure.
 21 2. The corporation shall provide written notice to any municipality in
 22 which any work along a canal shall be done, as well as any and all prop-
 23 erties adjacent to such canal, no less than ninety days and no more than

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06880-01-5

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 1 one hundred twenty days prior to the start date of such work. Work
 2 requiring notice shall include but not be limited to the clearing of
 3 trees and vegetation. If such work stated in the written notice to the
 4 municipality and adjacent properties has not started within ninety to
 5 one hundred twenty days from the date of such written notice being sent,
 6 the corporation may issue a notice of extension to such municipality and
 7 adjacent properties with the updated date upon which work shall begin.
 8 Such updated date shall be no further out than an additional thirty days
 9 from the originally anticipated start date. If such work fails to
 10 commence within such thirty-day extension, the corporation shall issue a
 11 new notification of such work to the municipality and adjacent proper-
 12 ties no less than ninety days and no more than one hundred twenty days
 13 prior to the new start date of such work.
 14 3. The corporation shall hold a public hearing between thirty and
 15 forty-five days prior to the scheduled commencement of any work occur-
 16 ring along any canal in the municipality in which the work is scheduled
 17 to take pl