New York S 656: Validates certain acts of the Islip Union Free school district with regard to certain capital improvement projects

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S00656 Summary:

BILL NOS00656 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORKRUEGER

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COSPNSRADDABBO, BAILEY, JACKSON, MAY, SEPULVEDA, WEBB

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 16 §§480 - 484, RP L

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Requires access to new homes by persons with disabilities.

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BILL NOS00656 

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

01/07/2026REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 656

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. KRUEGER, ADDABBO, BAILEY, MAY, SEPULVEDA, WEBB --
 read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
 the Committee on Judiciary

 AN ACT to amend the real property law, in relation to the visitability
 of new homes by persons with disabilities

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

 1 Section 1. The real property law is amended by adding a new article 16
 2 to read as follows:
 3 ARTICLE 16
 4 VISITABILITY OF NEW CONSTRUCTION
 5 Section 480. Purpose.
 6 481. Applicability of new construction.
 7 482. Visitability requirement.
 8 483. Exclusion.
 9 484. Enforcement.
 10 § 480. Purpose. The purpose of this article is to establish minimum
 11 regulations for the design and construction of new homes to provide
 12 visitability to such homes by persons with disabilities.
 13 § 481. Applicability of new construction. Any new dwelling unit which
 14 was designed, constructed, or commissioned, contracted or otherwise
 15 arranged for design or construction, by any person or entity who, at any
 16 time during the commissioning design or construction, received New York
 17 state or federal financial assistance for such design or construction
 18 shall comply with the provisions of this article. State financial
 19 assistance shall not include loans backed by the state of New York mort-
 20 gage agency (SONYMA). Federal financial assistance shall not include
 21 loans backed by federal national mortgage association (Fannie Mae) or
 22 federal housing administration (FHA) financing or other mortgage loans
 23 backed by a federal mortgage loan program. For purposes of this

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02488-01-5

 S. 656 2

 1 section, the term "dwelling unit" shall mean a detached single family
 2 home, a ground floor unit in a town house, or a ground floor unit in a
 3 building of three or fewer dwelling units which is designed as, or
 4 intended for occupancy as a residence.
 5 § 482. Visitability requirement. The design and construction of a new
 6 dwelling unit shall comply with the following requirements:
 7 1. Accessible entrance. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of
 8 this subdivision, the ground level of such dwelling unit shall contain
 9 at least one entrance to the dwelling unit that:
 10 (i) is accessible to, and usable by, people with disabilities such
 11 that all rooms on the level are connected by an accessible route;
 12 (ii) does not contain any steps or any door threshold that exceeds
 13 one-half inch in height; and
 14 (iii) is located on a continuous unobstructed path from the public
 15 street or driveway that serves the unit, which path at no point has a
 16 slope exceeding one inch in rise for every twelve inches in length, has
 17 a width of not less than thirty-six inches and has a cross slope not
 18 greater than two percent of the width. Such unobstructed path shall be
 19 able to be negotiated by a person and may include curb ramps, parking
 20 access aisles, walks, and ramps.
 21 (b) The provisions of paragraph (a) of this subdivision shall not
 22 apply to a dwelling unit if:
 23 (i) the finished grade of the site is too steep to provide a path
 24 having a slope of one inch in rise for every twelve inches in length at
 25 the front, side, or back of the unit;
 26 (ii) there is no driveway serving the unit; and
 27 (iii) there is no alley or other roadway capable of providing vehicu-
 28 lar access to the rear or side of the unit.
 29 2.