New York A 555: Establishes the city of White Plains industrial development agency and provides for its functions, powers, and duties

Status: REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS (as of 2026-01-07)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: A 555

Sponsors: Amy Paulin, Jonathan Rivera, William Colton

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A00555 Summary:

BILL NOA00555 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORPaulin

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COSPNSRColton, Rivera

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §902-d, Gen Muni L

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Establishes the city of White Plains industrial development agency and provides for its functions, powers, and duties.

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01/08/2025referred to local governments

01/07/2026referred to local governments

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 555

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, COLTON, RIVERA -- read once and referred
 to the Committee on Local Governments

 AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to the establish-
 ment of the White Plains industrial development agency

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

 1 Section 1. The general municipal law is amended by adding a new
 2 section 902-d to read as follows:
 3 § 902-d. City of White Plains industrial development agency. For the
 4 benefit of the city of White Plains and the inhabitants thereof, an
 5 industrial development agency, to be known as the CITY OF WHITE PLAINS
 6 INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY, is hereby established for the accomplish-
 7 ment of any or all of the purposes specified in title one of this arti-
 8 cle. It shall constitute a body corporate and politic, and be perpetual
 9 in duration. It shall have the powers and duties now or hereafter
 10 conferred by title one of this article upon industrial development agen-
 11 cies, except that the agency's power of condemnation shall not be exer-
 12 cised without prior approval of the city council of the city, and
 13 provided that the exercise of the powers by such agency with respect to
 14 the acquisition of real property, whether by purchase, condemnation or
 15 otherwise, shall be limited to the corporate limits of the city of White
 16 Plains, and such agency shall take into consideration the local zoning
 17 and planning regulations as well as the regional and local comprehensive
 18 land use plans. It shall be organized in a manner prescribed by and be
 19 subject to the provisions of title one of this article, except that the
 20 members shall be appointed by the mayor of said city, subject to confir-
 21 mation by its governing body, and shall serve at the pleasure of the
 22 mayor. The mayor shall designate the chair, who shall serve at the plea-
 23 sure of the mayor. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the
 24 agency, its members, officers and employees and its operations and

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01994-01-5

 A. 555 2

 1 activities shall in all respects be governed by the provisions of title
 2 one of this article.
 3 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that the secre-
 4 tary of state or the secretary's appointed designee shall notify the
 5 legislative bill drafting commission as to whether or not the office of
 6 the secretary of state has timely received the certificate required to
 7 be filed pursuant to section 856 of the general municipal law in order
 8 that the commission may maintain an accurate and timely effective data
 9 base of the official text of the laws of the state of New York in furth-
 10 erance of effecting the provisions of section 70-b of the public offi-
 11 cers law; and provided further that upon receiving notification from the
 12 secretary of state that such certificate has not been so timely filed,
 13 this act shall be deemed repealed on the thirtieth day after the legis-
 14 lative bill drafting commission has received such notification of fail-
 15 ure to timely file such certificate.

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