New York S 4396: Relates to consultation with affected parties on certain projects

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S04396 Summary:

BILL NOS04396 

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Amd §16, UDC Act

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Relates to consultation with affected parties on certain projects.

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02/04/2025REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4396

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 4, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities
 and Commissions

 AN ACT to amend the New York state urban development corporation act, in
 relation to consultation with affected parties on certain projects

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

 1 Section 1. Section 16 of section 1 of chapter 174 of the laws of 1968
 2 constituting the New York state urban development corporation act,
 3 subdivisions 2 and 3 as amended by chapter 732 of the laws of 1990 and
 4 subdivision 5 as amended and subdivision 6 as added by chapter 847 of
 5 the laws of 1971, is amended to read as follows:
 6 § 16. Cooperation with municipalities. (1) In effectuating the
 7 purposes of this act, the corporation and community advisory committees
 8 created pursuant to section four of this act shall work [closely,
 9 consult and cooperate] directly with local elected officials [and],
 10 community leaders and specifically affected parties at the earliest
 11 practicable time, including before projects are proposed, during their
 12 development and when they are presented to the general public. Whenever
 13 a project is proposed, and at each subsequent stage of such proposed
 14 project, including, without limitation: board meetings, board approvals,
 15 public meetings and public hearings the corporation and community advi-
 16 sory committees shall engage in direct and proactive consultation with
 17 all affected parties, including "specifically affected parties" as
 18 defined below. For purposes of this act, the term "specifically affected
 19 parties" shall have the following meaning: (a) current tenants or occu-
 20 pants of the proposed project site in question, (b) all elected offi-
 21 cials that geographically represent the proposed project site in ques-
 22 tion, (c) all local government subsidiaries charged with land use/zoning
 23 review duties within the proposed project site in question, (d) the
 24 community, minimally operationalized as residents who live within a five

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05859-01-5

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 1 mile radius of the proposed project site in question and (e) community
 2 based organizations who are principally based in the catchment area that
 3 is concurrent with the proposed project site in question. The term
 4 "direct and proactive consultation" shall mean the following: the corpo-
 5 ration and community advisory committees shall reach out to all specif-
 6 ically affected parties when the project is being contemplated, devel-
 7 oped and proposed and at each subsequent stage of such proposed project
 8 via: first class mail, e-mail and phone, where practicable; further, at
 9 each stage of the proposed project in question in person community plan-
 10 ning meetings must be held with all current tenants of the site in ques-
 11 tion, elected officials and local government subsidiaries charged with
 12 land use/zoning review duties. Such community planning meetings, at a
 13 minimum, must provide each party with an opportunity to propose affirma-
 14 tive, modified or entirely different plans than those currently under
 15 consideration. In addition, complementary consultation steps must also
 16 be taken to reach the general public, which shall include, without limi-
 17 tation: distributing flyers that describe the proposed project in the
 18 affected area, erecting large signage containing pr