New York S 4844: Relates to the sale of vacant real property owned by the state

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S04844 Summary:

BILL NOS04844 

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Requires each agency to develop and implement a five-year accessibility plan, to include: the steps the agency is taking and will be taking over the next 5 years to ensure accessibility to the agency's facilities, services, and programs for persons with disabilities, and information on ongoing projects and projects planned over the next 5 years related to improving physical, digital and programmatic access, and effective communications for persons with disabilities.

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BILL NOS04844 

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02/13/2025REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4844

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 13, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. FAHY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
 ment Operations

 AN ACT to amend the civil rights law, in relation to requiring agencies
 to develop a five-year accessibility plan providing full and equal
 access to the physical facilities, services, programs, and activities
 of any state agency or department for persons with disabilities

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

 1 Section 1. The civil rights law is amended by adding a new section
 2 40-h to read as follows:
 3 § 40-h. Right of equal access; five-year accessibility plan. All
 4 persons within the jurisdiction of this state shall be entitled to the
 5 full and equal access to the physical facilities, services, programs,
 6 and activities of any state agency or department, subject only to the
 7 conditions and limitations established by law and applicable alike to
 8 all persons.
 9 1. Definitions. As used in this section:
 10 (a) "five-year accessibility plan" means an accessibility plan
 11 required by subdivision two of this section, utilizing a template to be
 12 created by the chief disability officer; and
 13 (b) "officer" means the chief disability officer described in section
 14 four-b of the executive law.
 15 2. Requirements of five-year accessibility plan. Each state agency, in
 16 consultation with the officer, shall develop and implement a five-year
 17 accessibility plan ensuring that the agency's physical facilities,
 18 services, programs, and activities are accessible to and accommodating
 19 and inclusive of persons with disabilities. Such plan shall include, at
 20 a minimum:
 21 (a) the steps the agency is currently taking and will be taking over
 22 the next five years to ensure that the agency's facilities, services,

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09559-01-5

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 1 programs, and activities are accessible to and accommodating and inclu-
 2 sive of persons with disabilities; and
 3 (b) information regarding ongoing projects and projects planned over
 4 the next five years that are related to improving physical, digital, and
 5 programmatic access, and effective communications for persons with disa-
 6 bilities, including, but not limited to: any alterations or structural
 7 changes to facilities or premises that are owned and operated by the
 8 agency or contracted for use by the agency or otherwise under the agen-
 9 cy's jurisdiction; any planned upgrades or investments in technology or
 10 tools that will improve accessibility within the agency or access to
 11 such agency's services and programs; and any other steps the agency is
 12 taking or plans to take to make its programs and services more accessi-
 13 ble to and inclusive of persons with disabilities. Budgetary information
 14 and timelines relating to such projects shall be included where practi-
 15 cable.
 16 3. Posting of five-year accessibility plan. (a) No later than Decem-
 17 ber thirty-first, two thousand twenty-six, each agency shall post a
 18 proposed f