STATE OF NEW YORK
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10341
IN SENATE
May 14, 2026
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Introduced by Sen. CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to establishing
the Harlem Unified Community Planning urban renewal agency
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Article 15-B of the general municipal law is amended by
2 adding a new title 2 to read as follows:
3 TITLE 2
4 HARLEM UNIFIED COMMUNITY PLANNING URBAN RENEWAL AGENCY
5 Section 571. Harlem Unified Community Planning urban renewal agency.
6 § 571. Harlem Unified Community Planning urban renewal agency. A
7 municipal urban renewal agency, to be known as the Harlem Unified Commu-
8 nity Planning urban renewal agency, is hereby established for the accom-
9 plishment of any or all of the purposes specified in articles fifteen
10 and fifteen-A of this chapter and in accordance with article eighteen of
11 the constitution of the state of New York. It shall constitute a body
12 corporate and politic, be perpetual in duration and consist of not less
13 than seven and not more than fifteen members including the Manhattan
14 borough president. The additional members shall be appointed by the
15 Manhattan borough president. It shall have the powers and duties now or
16 hereafter conferred by article fifteen-A of this chapter upon municipal
17 renewal agencies. It shall be organized in the manner prescribed by and
18 subject to the provisions of article fifteen-A of this chapter and the
19 agency, its members, officers and employees and activities shall in all
20 respects be governed by the provisions of such article.
21 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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