New York S 5903: Clarifies extension of uniform land use review procedures to not-for-profit entities

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S05903 Summary:

BILL NOS05903 

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SPONSORLANZA

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Amd §197-c, NYC Chart

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Clarifies the extension of uniform land use review procedures to any not-for-profit organization or corporation proposing to provide shelters to the homeless irrespective of any declaration of an emergency or a finding of need for immediate action.

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03/03/2025REFERRED TO CITIES 1

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CITIES 1

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5903

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 3, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. LANZA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities 1

 AN ACT to amend the New York city charter, in relation to the applica-
 tion of uniform land use review procedures

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

 1 Section 1. The opening paragraph of subdivision a and subdivisions c
 2 and d of section 197-c of the New York city charter, the opening para-
 3 graph of subdivision a as amended and subdivision d as added by a vote
 4 of the people of the city of New York at the general election held in
 5 November of 1989 and subdivision c as amended by section 1 of question 5
 6 of local law number 215 of the city of New York for the year 2019, are
 7 amended to read as follows:
 8 Except as otherwise provided in this charter, applications by any
 9 person, not-for-profit organization or agency for changes, approvals,
 10 contracts, consents, permits or authorization thereof, respecting the
 11 use, development or improvement of real property subject to city regu-
 12 lation shall be reviewed pursuant to a uniform review procedure in the
 13 following categories:
 14 c. The department of city planning shall be responsible for certifying
 15 that applications pursuant to subdivision a or a-1 of this section are
 16 complete and ready to proceed through the uniform land use review proce-
 17 dure provided for in this section. The department shall not certify an
 18 application unless (1) each affected borough board, borough president
 19 and community board has received from the department, at least thirty
 20 days before certification, a pre-certification notice containing infor-
 21 mation specified by the city planning commission, which shall include
 22 the project location, the purpose of the proposed actions, and a
 23 description of the proposed actions, sufficient to put such borough
 24 board, borough president and community board on notice of the substance
 25 of the application, and (2) the application is substantially consistent

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10346-01-5

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 1 with such notice. The department shall publish such notice on the
 2 department's website within five days of the transmission of such notice
 3 to the affected borough board, borough president and community board.
 4 Upon certification of an application, the department shall give notice
 5 of such certification to the council. If an application under this
 6 section has not been certified within six months after filing, both the
 7 applicant and, if the land use proposed in an application is consistent
 8 with the land use policy or strategic policy statement of the affected
 9 borough president, the affected borough president shall have the right
 10 at any time thereafter to appeal to the city planning commission for
 11 certification. The commission shall promptly, but in any event within
 12 sixty days of the filing of such an appeal, either certify the applica-
 13 tion or state in writing what further information is necessary to
 14 complete the application. If such an appeal is brought by an affected
 15 borough president, the affirmative vote of five members of the commis-
 16 sion shall be sufficient to certify the application.
 17 d. If a meeting involving a city agency, not-for-profit organization
 18 and an applicant is conv