STATE OF NEW YORK
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1252
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 14, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. M. G. MILLER -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Social Services
AN ACT to amend the social services law, the New York city charter and
the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to local
planning board review of proposed homeless projects and public hear-
ings thereon
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 11 of section 43 of the social services law, as
2 amended by chapter 458 of the laws of 1986, is amended to read as
3 follows:
4 11. The municipality, not-for-profit corporation or subsidiary there-
5 of, public corporation or charitable organization or subsidiary thereof
6 seeking financial assistance pursuant to this article shall, within
7 thirty days of its application for such assistance, notify the local
8 planning board, as defined by section twenty-seven of the general city
9 law, section two hundred seventy-one of the town law, section 7-718 of
10 the village law, or section [eighty-four] eighty-five of the charter of
11 the city of New York, appropriate for the geographic area in which the
12 proposed homeless project would be located, and shall provide such board
13 with information regarding the proposed homeless project. Upon receipt
14 of such information regarding the proposed homeless project, the local
15 planning board shall promptly fix a date for the commencement of a
16 public hearing thereon, pursuant to section twenty-seven-a of the gener-
17 al city law, section two hundred seventy-four-a of the town law, section
18 7-725-a of the village law, or section eighty-five of the New York city
19 charter.
20 § 2. Paragraph 8 of subdivision a of section 197-c of the New York
21 city charter, as amended by the general election of the city of New York
22 for the year 1989, is amended to read as follows:
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 (8) Housing and urban renewal plans and projects, including proposed
2 homeless projects as such term is defined in subdivision one of section
3 forty-two of the social services law, pursuant to city, state and feder-
4 al housing laws;
5 § 3. Subdivision b of section 21-315 of the administrative code of the
6 city of New York, as added by local law number 19 of the city of New
7 York for the year 1999, is amended to read as follows:
8 b. Each new shelter which replaces a shelter listed in subdivision a
9 of this section shall comply with applicable statutes, laws, rules and
10 regulations, including, but not limited to, [section] sections 85 and
11 197-c of the New York city charter and subdivision 11 of section 43 of
12 the social services law.
13 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
