New York S 9696: Relates to the right to counsel in certain family court proceedings

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S09696 Summary:

BILL NOS09696 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORCLEARE

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§454 & 471, Ed L

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Requires compliance with the uniform land use review procedure for the disposition of school property in New York city.

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BILL NOS09696 

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04/02/2026REFERRED TO NEW YORK CITY EDUCATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 9696

 IN SENATE

 April 2, 2026
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 Introduced by Sen. CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on New York City Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring compliance
 with the uniform land use review procedure for the disposition of
 school property in New York city

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivisions 11 and 20 of section 454 of the education law,
 2 subdivision 11 as added by chapter 999 of the laws of 1966 and subdivi-
 3 sion 20 as amended by chapter 1036 of the laws of 1971, are amended to
 4 read as follows:
 5 11. Subject to the terms and conditions of any lease, sublease or
 6 other agreement with third parties and to the determination of the board
 7 of education that such real property is unnecessary for the present or
 8 foreseeable future school building needs of the city of New York, to
 9 surrender to the appropriate city official, for other public use or for
 10 sale, lease or other disposition in accordance with law, real property
 11 held by the fund for its corporate purposes; provided, however, that
 12 prior to any such sale, lease or other disposition there shall be full
 13 compliance with the provisions of section one hundred ninety-seven-c of
 14 the New York city charter, relating to uniform land use review proce-
 15 dure, or the provisions of any other local law of the city of New York
 16 relating thereto;
 17 20. At the request or with the approval of the board of education, to
 18 grant, sell, license, lease or otherwise transfer without public auction
 19 or bidding any real property or any rights or interests therein or ther-
 20 eto, including fee interests, easements, space rights or air rights,
 21 held by it and occupied or reserved for school purposes and needed
 22 therefor, to a private individual or private or public corporation sole-
 23 ly and exclusively for the purpose of developing and constructing there-
 24 in or thereon a combined occupancy structure, or a part or portion ther-
 25 eof, or for the purpose of rehabilitating or improving an existing
 26 school to become part of a combined occupancy structure within the mean-
 27 ing of this article subject to a prior and enforceable agreement

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07921-01-5

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 1 approved by the board of education for the reconveyance, retransfer or
 2 leaseback of the school portion thereof, upon completion, for use and
 3 occupancy by the said board of education in those instances where a
 4 grant, sale or lease has been made to such private individual or private
 5 or public corporation; provided, however, that no such sale, lease or
 6 transfer of lands or rights therein or thereto is authorized where the
 7 development of a combined occupancy structure contemplates the erection
 8 of nonschool facilities or improvements over an existing playground
 9 unless such combined occupancy structure to be constructed over such
 10 playground shall provide playground area at least equal in size to the
 11 then existing playground area; provided further, however, that prior to
 12 any grant, sale, license, lease or other transfer there shall be full
 13 compliance with the provisions of section one hundred ninety-seven-c of
 14 the New York city charter, relating to uniform land use review proce-
 15 dure, or the provisions of any other local law of the city of New York
 16 relating thereto;
 17 § 2. Section 471 of the education law, as added by chapter 999 of the
 18 laws of