Establishes the Sunnyside Yards district advisory workgroup which establishes the Sunnyside Yards district and requires such advisory workgroup to undertake a review of the actions and measures necessary to improve the Sunnyside Yards district.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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10866
IN ASSEMBLY
May 24, 2018
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Introduced by M. of A. NOLAN -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Cities
AN ACT to amend the economic development law, in relation to establish-
ing the Sunnyside Yards district advisory workgroup; and providing for
the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The economic development law is amended by adding a new
2 article 24 to read as follows:
3 ARTICLE 24
4 SUNNYSIDE YARDS DISTRICT ADVISORY WORKGROUP
5 Section 470. Sunnyside Yards district advisory workgroup.
6 § 470. Sunnyside Yards district advisory workgroup. 1. There is hereby
7 established the Sunnyside Yards advisory workgroup (the "workgroup")
8 which shall consist of sixteen members, four of whom shall be appointed
9 by the governor, four of whom shall be appointed by the speaker of the
10 assembly, four of whom shall be appointed by the temporary president of
11 the senate, two of whom shall be appointed by the minority leader of the
12 assembly, and two of whom shall be appointed by the minority leader of
13 the senate. All of the members of the workgroup shall be residents of,
14 or work within community boards one and two in Queens County as defined
15 by the city of New York and established pursuant to section twenty-eight
16 hundred of the New York city charter. The chair of the workgroup shall
17 be nominated by the members of the workgroup.
18 2. There is hereby established the Sunnyside Yards district. The boun-
19 daries of the Sunnyside Yards district shall be, in the county of
20 Queens, west of 43rd Street, south of Northern Boulevard and Jackson
21 Avenue, east of 21st Street, and north of 49th Avenue and Skillman
22 Avenue.
23 3. The workgroup shall undertake a review of the actions and measures
24 necessary to improve the Sunnyside Yards district as established in this
25 section that would be beneficial to community boards one and two in the
26 county of Queens.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 4. The workgroup shall review and make recommendations regarding the
2 possible uses of the Sunnyside Yards district as defined in this
3 section. Such recommendations shall include but not be limited to:
4 (a) Recommendations for new open space and parkland, and uses for such
5 open space and parkland;
6 (b) Possible uses for the area including levels of commercial, resi-
7 dential and industrial uses;
8 (c) Recommendations for improvements to existing neighborhood facili-
9 ties or new neighborhood facilities including, transportation, education
10 and all municipal services. Such recommendations shall include any
11 service provided by governmental, non-governmental or quasi-governmental
12 entities as the workgroup may determine;
13 (d) Recommendations for appropriate development and density and chang-
14 es to zoning to accomplish such development. Such recommendations may
15 include those for affordable housing which may be defined by the work-
16 group; and
17 (e) Recommendations for the retention and increase of industrial and
18 commercial uses within the district for purposes of job retention and
19 creation.
20 5. The commissioner shall provide support and resources as he or she
21 determines is appropriate for the proper functioning of the workgroup.
22 6. The Sunnyside Yards workgroup shall, by a majority vote, approve
23 and issue a final report and recommendations to the governor, the tempo-
24 rary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the minority
25 leader of the senate, the minority leader of the assembly, the mayor of
26 the city of New York, and community boards one and two in the county of
27 Queens on or before December thirty-first, two thousand nineteen.
28 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
29 deemed repealed January 1, 2020.