New York S 3397: Provides electors with the power of initiative and referendum

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S03397 Summary:

BILL NOS03397B

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SAME ASSAME AS A03647-B

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SPONSORGOUNARDES

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COSPNSRBAILEY, BROUK, CLEARE, COONEY, FAHY, FERNANDEZ, GONZALEZ, HARCKHAM, HINCHEY, HOYLMAN-SIGAL,
 JACKSON, KAVANAGH, MAY, MAYER, MYRIE, PARKER, RAMOS, RIVERA, RYAN S, SALAZAR, SEPULVEDA, SERRANO,
 STAVISKY, WEBB

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MLTSPNSR

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Add 96-c, Gen Muni L

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Enacts the "faith-based affordable housing act" for development on residential land; defines terms; provides that each village, town, and city shall allow the construction and occupation of residential buildings on any covered site up to the specified densities; provides that all residential buildings constructed pursuant to this section in a town, village, or city with fewer than one million inhabitants shall set aside twenty percent of the residential floor area for households earning an average of eighty percent of area median income; outlines the densities for New York city; makes related provisions.

Go to top S03397 Actions:

BILL NOS03397B

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01/27/2025REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

03/03/2025AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

03/03/2025PRINT NUMBER 3397A

05/22/2025AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

05/22/2025PRINT NUMBER 3397B

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3397--B

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 27, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. GOUNARDES, BAILEY, CLEARE, COONEY, FAHY, GONZALEZ,
 HARCKHAM, HINCHEY, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, JACKSON, KAVANAGH, MAY, MAYER,
 MYRIE, PARKER, RAMOS, RIVERA, S. RYAN, SALAZAR, SEPULVEDA, SERRANO,
 STAVISKY, WEBB -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to
 be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction and Community
 Development -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted
 as amended and recommitted to said committee -- committee discharged,
 bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said
 committee

 AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to enacting the
 "faith-based affordable housing act" and residential development on
 religious land

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

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "faith-based affordable housing act".
 3 § 2. The general municipal law is amended by adding a new section 96-c
 4 to read as follows:
 5 § 96-c. Residential development on religious land. 1. For the purposes
 6 of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
 7 (a) "Covered site" shall mean any parcel of land, or group of one or
 8 more contiguous parcels of land, that lies within an urban area as
 9 defined by the U.S. Census Bureau but does not lie within a locally
 10 designated manufacturing or industrial zoning district, where such
 11 parcel or group of one or more contiguous parcels of land is owned sole-
 12 ly, directly or indirectly (e.g. via a wholly owned limited liability
 13 company) by a religious corporation as of the effective date of this
 14 section.
 15 (b) "Religious corporation" shall have the same meaning as defined in
 16 the religious corporations law and shall also include nonprofit corpo-
 17 rations that include in their purpose worship or the training or

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07303-04-5

 S. 3397--B 2

 1 conducting of religious rituals or the reading or study of religious
 2 texts incorporated under the not-for-profit corporation law or foreign
 3 corporations subject to such law.
 4 (c) "Buildings department" shall mean the city, town, or village
 5 department, division, or other agency or office having primary super-
 6 vision of the construction of buildings and issuance of building
 7 permits.
 8 (d) "Commissioner" shall mean the commissioner of the division of
 9 housing and community renewal.
 10 (e) "Residential building" shall mean an