NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A5189
SPONSOR: Brennan (MS) TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the New York city charter, in relation
to the Atlantic Yards arena and redevelopment project
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: This bill would require that the
Atlantic Yards arena and redevelopment project (as defined in an MOU
signed with ESDC on February 18, 2005) be subject to ULURP.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1 of the bill sets out the
legislative intent.
Section 2 requires that the ULURP procedure as set forth in the City
Charter not be circumvented due to the fact that an agency of the State
(ESDC) is proposing to work with the private developer to build the
Atlantic Yards project.
Section 3 would require the Atlantic Yards project to be halted while
the ULURP process was followed on an expedited schedule.
Section 4 sets forth an expedited schedule for ULURP in this instance
and requires a vote by the full City Council on those recommendations.
Section 5 is the effective date.
JUSTIFICATION: The ULURP process was included in the City Charter by a
vote of the citizenry of the city of New York to allow for a democrat-
ically enacted urban land use procedure. This bill preserves that right
in this instance which would otherwise be circumvented due to the fact
that a state agency is involved in the planning and improvement of this
parcel of land known as the Atlantic Yards arena and redevelopment
project. Furthermore, community boards 2, 6 and 8 in Brooklyn have
previously requested that this project be subject to the ULURP process.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: A11394 of 2007-08 - referred to corpo-
rations.
A6804 of 2009-10 - in Corporations.
A3300 of 2011. "A"version updated the dates in the bill.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT:
Undetermined.
EFFECTIVE DATE: Immediately.
