STATE OF NEW YORK
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10060
IN ASSEMBLY
May 10, 2016
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Introduced by M. of A. SIMANOWITZ -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Cities
AN ACT to amend the general city law, in relation to authorizing owners
of certain residential real property, in cities of the first class, to
opt out of tree planting conducted by such cities on adjacent city
property
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The general city law is amended by adding a new section
2 28-b to read as follows:
3 § 28-b. Limitation on planned municipal tree planting on city proper-
4 ty; cities of the first class. Any owner of residential real property,
5 that is in whole or in part owner occupied and used exclusively for
6 residential purposes, any cooperative corporation of a residential coop-
7 erative that is used exclusively for residential purposes, and any board
8 of managers of a condominium that is used exclusively for residential
9 purposes may elect to opt-out of a plan to plant a tree or trees pursu-
10 ant to a systematic street tree planting program adopted by a city of
11 the first class, as defined in subdivision (a) of section one hundred
12 seven of the vehicle and traffic law, on property owned by such city
13 that is between the sidewalk and the curb of the roadway, adjacent to
14 the property line of such residential real property. Such city shall
15 provide notice to such property owners, cooperative corporation or board
16 of managers of a planned tree planting and shall grant the property
17 owners, cooperative corporation or board of managers thirty days within
18 which to notify the city of their desire to opt-out of the planned tree
19 planting.
20 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
21 it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD14832-05-6
