New York S 7226: Requires the public service commission to provide notice and opportunity to comment to local community boards in N.Y. city before sale of land by utility

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S07226 Summary:

BILL NOS07226 

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SPONSORGIANARIS

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Amd §107, Pub Serv L

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Directs the public service commission to provide notice, in a city having a population of one million or more, to the appropriate local community board prior to such commission's consideration of granting permission to a gas corporation or electric corporation furnishing utility service to acquire or sell land; establishes that such community boards shall also be provided with the opportunity to submit comments and recommendations on the proposed sale or acquisition; directs the public service commission to address and respond to such comments and recommendations.

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04/04/2025REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7226

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 April 4, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. GIANARIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommuni-
 cations

 AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to requiring the
 public service commission to provide the appropriate local community
 board in a city with a population of one million or more with notice
 of and opportunity to comment and make recommendations on any proposed
 sale or acquisition of real property by a gas corporation or electric
 corporation furnishing utility service

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

 1 Section 1. Section 107 of the public service law is amended by adding
 2 a new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
 3 3. With regard to the proposed sale or acquisition of real property by
 4 any gas corporation or electric corporation furnishing utility service
 5 in a city having a population of one million or more, the commission
 6 shall provide the local community board having jurisdiction over such
 7 real property with notice of such proposed transaction, by certified
 8 mail, return receipt requested, within ten days of receiving an applica-
 9 tion for approval of the transaction. Within thirty days of receiving
 10 such notice, a local community board shall submit to the commission
 11 written comments and recommendations on such proposed transaction. The
 12 commission shall address and respond to all comments and recommendations
 13 submitted by a local community board prior to making its determination
 14 of the application of the public utility.
 15 § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 16 have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01795-01-5

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