New York A 49: Relates to requiring municipalities to determine whether it is in the public interest to create and periodically update a comprehensive plan

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A00049 Summary:

BILL NOA00049 

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SAME ASSAME AS S02084

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SPONSORBurdick

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COSPNSRLevenberg, Gonzalez-Rojas, Epstein

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §239-d, Gen Muni L; amd §28-a, add Art 3 Art Head, Gen City L; amd §272-a, Town L; amd §7-722, Vil L

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Requires municipalities to determine whether it is in the public interest to create a comprehensive plan adapted to the special requirements of the municipality and to determine whether it is in the public interest to update such comprehensive plan at least once every ten years to ensure that such plan addresses housing needs.

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BILL NOA00049 

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01/08/2025referred to local governments

01/07/2026referred to local governments

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 49

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. BURDICK, LEVENBERG, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, EPSTEIN --
 read once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments

 AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, the general city law, the
 town law and the village law, in relation to requiring municipalities
 to determine whether it is in the public interest to create and peri-
 odically update a comprehensive plan to ensure that it addresses hous-
 ing needs

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivisions 2, 8, 9 and 10 of section 239-d of the general
 2 municipal law, as added by chapter 451 of the laws of 1997, are amended
 3 to read as follows:
 4 2. Preparation. The county legislative body, or by resolution of such
 5 body the planning board or a special board, [may] shall determine wheth-
 6 er it is in the public interest to prepare a proposed county comprehen-
 7 sive plan [and], amendments thereto and updates thereof to ensure that
 8 it addresses housing needs. In the event the planning board or special
 9 board is directed to prepare a proposed comprehensive plan or amendment
 10 thereto or update thereof to ensure that it addresses housing needs,
 11 such board shall, by resolution, recommend such proposed plan or amend-
 12 ment to the county legislative body.
 13 8. Filing of adopted county comprehensive plan. The adopted county
 14 comprehensive plan [and], any amendments thereto and all updates thereof
 15 shall be filed in the office of the county clerk or register and a copy
 16 thereof filed in the office of the county planning board, with the
 17 secretary of state, as well as with the clerk of each municipality with-
 18 in the county.
 19 9. Effect of adoption. (a) All county land acquisitions and public
 20 improvements, including those identified in the county official map

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00033-01-5

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 1 adopted or amended pursuant to this article, shall be in accordance with
 2 a county comprehensive plan[, if one exists].
 3 (b) All plans for capital projects of a municipality or state govern-
 4 mental agency on land included in the county comprehensive plan adopted
 5 pursuant to this section shall take such plan into consideration.
 6 10. Periodic review. The county legislative body shall provide, as a
 7 component of such proposed county comprehensive plan, the maximum inter-
 8 vals at which the adopted plan shall be reviewed; provided, however,
 9 that the county legislature shall determine whether it is in the public
 10 interest to update the comprehensive plan at least once in every ten-
 11 year period to ensure that it addresses housing needs.
 12 § 2. Subdivisions 5, 11 and 13 of section 28-a of the general city
 13 law, as added by chapter 418 of the laws of 1995, are amended to read as
 14 follows:
 15 5. Preparation. The legislative body of the city, or by resolution of
 16 such body, the planning board or a special board, [may] shall determine
 17 whether it is in the public interest to prepare a proposed city compre-
 18 hensive plan [and], amendments thereto and updates thereof to ensure
 19 that