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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          9415
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                      May 15, 2024
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen. SEPULVEDA -- (at request of the NYC H.P.D.) -- read
          twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to  the
          Committee on Cities 1
 
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  general municipal law, in relation to extending
          provisions of law relating to urban development action areas
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  Section  693  of the general municipal law, as amended by
     2  chapter 161 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
     3    § 693. Area designation. An urban development  action  area  shall  by
     4  resolution  be  designated  by  the governing body, or by the commission
     5  where so authorized to act by the governing body, on its own  initiative
     6  or upon recommendation of the agency, provided at least sixty percent of
     7  such area is an eligible area. Any such designation shall be in conform-
     8  ance  with the standards and procedures required for all land use deter-
     9  minations  pursuant  to  general,  special  or  local  law  or  charter.
    10  Provided,  however,  that  if  a  proposed urban development action area
    11  project is to be developed on an eligible area and  consists  solely  of
    12  the  rehabilitation  or  conservation  of  existing  private or multiple
    13  dwellings or the construction of one to four unit  dwellings  or,  until
    14  June  thirtieth,  two thousand [twenty-four] twenty-seven, for up to six
    15  urban development  action  area  projects  in  any  calendar  year,  the
    16  construction  of  up  to  ninety  dwelling units financed by the federal
    17  government and restricted to occupancy by the elderly or by persons with
    18  disabilities without any change in land use permitted by  local  zoning,
    19  the  governing body, or the commission where so authorized to act by the
    20  governing body, may waive the area designation requirement.
    21    § 2. Subdivision 5 of section 694 of the  general  municipal  law,  as
    22  amended  by  chapter  161  of  the  laws  of 2021, is amended to read as
    23  follows:
    24    5. Any approval of an urban development action area project  shall  be
    25  in  conformance  with the standards and procedures required for all land
    26  use determinations pursuant to general, special or local law or charter.
    27  In a city having a population of one million or more, the governing body
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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        S. 9415                             2
 
     1  may require that the agency incorporate into the project any or  all  of
     2  the following: (i) the proposed number of residential units; (ii) wheth-
     3  er  such  units are home ownership units, rental units or condominium or
     4  cooperative units; (iii) a best estimate of the initial rents or selling
     5  prices for such units; (iv) the proposed income restrictions, if any, on
     6  renters  or  purchasers  of  such  units; and (v) the basis on which the
     7  consideration for the sale or lease of the property is to be determined.
     8  Provided, however, that if the proposed urban  development  action  area
     9  project  consists solely of the rehabilitation or conservation of exist-
    10  ing private or multiple dwellings or the construction  of  one  to  four
    11  unit  dwellings  or,  until  June  thirtieth, two thousand [twenty-four]
    12  twenty-seven, for up to six urban development action  area  projects  in
    13  any  calendar  year,  the  construction  of  up to ninety dwelling units
    14  financed by the federal government and restricted to  occupancy  by  the
    15  elderly  or  by persons with disabilities without any change in land use
    16  permitted by local zoning, the governing body, or the  commission  where
    17  so authorized to act by the governing body, may waive any such standards
    18  and procedures required by local law or charter.
    19    §  3.  Paragraph  (d)  of  subdivision 6 of section 695 of the general
    20  municipal law, as amended by chapter 161 of the laws of 2021, is amended
    21  to read as follows:
    22    (d) Notwithstanding any standards or procedures established  for  land
    23  disposition  by  general,  special  or local law or charter, if an urban
    24  development action area project is to be developed on an  eligible  area
    25  and  consists  solely  of the rehabilitation or conservation of existing
    26  private or multiple dwellings or the construction of one  to  four  unit
    27  dwellings  or,  until June thirtieth, two thousand [twenty-four] twenty-
    28  seven, for up to six urban  development  action  area  projects  in  any
    29  calendar  year, the construction of up to ninety dwelling units financed
    30  by the federal government and restricted to occupancy by the elderly  or
    31  by persons with disabilities without any change in land use permitted by
    32  local zoning, a municipality may dispose of the real property constitut-
    33  ing such urban development action project to any person, firm, or corpo-
    34  ration  qualified  pursuant  to  this  subdivision  by resolution of its
    35  governing body or, in any city having a population  of  one  million  or
    36  more,  by  action  of  the  mayor,  provided that such disposition is in
    37  accordance with the requirements of  this  subdivision.  Disposition  of
    38  real  property  acquired by condemnation shall be in accordance with the
    39  requirements of section four hundred six of the eminent domain procedure
    40  law, if applicable.
    41    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately; provided,  however,  that
    42  if  this act shall have become a law after June 30, 2024, this act shall
    43  take effect immediately and shall be deemed to have been in  full  force
    44  and effect on and after June 30, 2024.