STATE OF NEW YORK
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1338
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 11, 2023
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Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in
relation to requiring notice to members of the legislature and certain
local officials relating to certain construction and other projects
affecting such members' and officials' districts; and to amend a chap-
ter of the laws of 2022 amending the administrative code of the city
of New York and the public authorities law relating to requiring
notice to members of the legislature and certain local officials
relating to certain construction and other projects affecting such
members' and officials' districts, as proposed in legislative bills
numbers S. 4013-A and A. 355-A, in relation to the effectiveness ther-
eof
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 19-159.6 of the administrative code of the city of
2 New York, as added by a chapter of the laws of 2022 amending the admin-
3 istrative code of the city of New York and the public authorities law
4 relating to requiring notice to members of the legislature and certain
5 local officials relating to certain construction and other projects
6 affecting such members' and officials' districts, as proposed in legis-
7 lative bills numbers S. 4013-A and A. 355-A, is amended to read as
8 follows:
9 § 19-159.6 Notice requirement for public utility companies. a. A
10 public utility company, as defined in section two of the public service
11 law, issued a permit valid for more than seven days by the commissioner
12 pursuant to this subchapter to provide impactful work shall provide
13 notice of such work to the affected borough president, the council
14 member or members of the affected council district or districts, the
15 senator or senators of the affected senate district or districts, the
16 member or members of assembly of the affected assembly district or
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 districts and the district managers of the affected community board or
2 boards. For purposes of this section, impactful work is planned work
3 that shall at a minimum include street or lane closures; parking space
4 closures for twenty-four hours or more; rerouting of traffic; closure of
5 or rerouting of traffic near entrances or exits to bridges or tunnels;
6 relocation of bus stops or public bicycle sharing stations; and work
7 between 8pm and 8am that includes noise, vibrations or bright lighting.
8 b. Such notice shall include the following information:
9 1. The name and contact information of the [permittee] public utility;
10 2. The anticipated start and end dates of the work; and
11 3. The location, nature and extent of the work to be performed[; and
12 4. The permit type].
13 § 2. Section 15 of a chapter of the laws of 2022 amending the adminis-
14 trative code of the city of New York and the public authorities law
15 relating to requiring notice to members of the legislature and certain
16 local officials relating to certain construction and other projects
17 affecting such members' and officials' districts, as proposed in legis-
18 lative bills numbers S. 4013-A and A. 355-A, is amended to read as
19 follows:
20 § 15. This act shall take effect [immediately] on the one hundred
21 eightieth day after it shall have become a law.
22 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
23 the amendments to section 19-159.6 of the administrative code of the
24 city of New York, made by section one of this act shall take effect on
25 the same date and in the same manner as a chapter of the laws of 2022
26 amending the administrative code of the city of New York and the public
27 authorities law relating to requiring notice to members of the legisla-
28 ture and certain local officials relating to certain construction and
29 other projects affecting such members' and officials' districts, as
30 proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 4013-A and A. 355-A, takes
31 effect.