Prohibits the urban development corporation from participating in projects related to the Columbia University Education Mixed-Use Development Land Use Improvement and Civic Project Modified General Project Plan adopted by the empire state development corporation on December 18, 2008.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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9028--A
IN SENATE
April 10, 2024
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Introduced by Sens. CLEARE, BRISPORT, JACKSON, SALAZAR -- read twice and
ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
Corporations, Authorities and Commissions -- committee discharged,
bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said
committee
AN ACT to amend the urban development corporation act, in relation to
the participation of the corporation in projects pursuant to the
Columbia University Education Mixed-Use Development Land Use Improve-
ment and Civic Project Modified General Project Plan adopted by the
empire state development corporation on December 18, 2008
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Legislative intent. The legislature finds and declares
2 that the project area identified in the Columbia University Education
3 Mixed-Use Development Land Use Improvement and Civic Project Modified
4 General Project Plan and surrounding neighborhoods are not a substandard
5 nor insanitary area, nor in danger of becoming substandard or insani-
6 tary, and therefore do not require continued assistance and resources of
7 the urban development corporation or the empire state development corpo-
8 ration as authorized by the New York state urban development corporation
9 act.
10 § 2. Section 10 of section 1 of chapter 174 of the laws of 1968,
11 constituting the urban development corporation act, is amended by adding
12 a new subdivision (i) to read as follows:
13 (i) in the case of all projects, the corporation shall not be
14 empowered to undertake the acquisition, construction, reconstruction,
15 rehabilitation or improvement of a project covered by section ten-a of
16 this act.
17 § 3. Section 1 of chapter 174 of the laws of 1968, constituting the
18 urban development corporation act, is amended by adding a new section
19 10-a to read as follows:
20 § 10-a. Participation in certain projects. The corporation shall no
21 longer be empowered to undertake the acquisition, construction, recon-
22 struction, rehabilitation or improvement of any project pursuant to the
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15206-02-4
S. 9028--A 2
1 Columbia University Education Mixed-Use Development Land Use Improvement
2 and Civic Project Modified General Project Plan adopted by the empire
3 state development corporation on December 18, 2008 or any modifications,
4 amendments or additions thereto. The provisions of this section shall
5 not affect any acquisition, construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation
6 or improvement for which a request for proposals is open, project for
7 which a contractual commitment has been ratified, or public financing
8 sources have explicitly been disbursed or provided prior to the effec-
9 tive date of this section. The provisions of this section shall not
10 invalidate or impair the obligations of any entity other than the corpo-
11 ration with respect to community benefits, including but not limited to
12 affordable housing, open spaces, or civic amenity commitments made as
13 part of or in connection with the modified general project plan or
14 general project plan process.
15 § 4. No later than six months after the effective date of this act,
16 the urban development corporation, in consultation with the department
17 of economic development and the city of New York, shall submit to the
18 governor, the temporary president of the senate, and the speaker of the
19 assembly, a report on the progress of all projects undertaken pursuant
20 to the Columbia University Education Mixed-Use Development Land Use
21 Improvement and Civic Project Modified General Project Plan adopted by
22 the empire state development corporation on December 18, 2008. Such
23 report shall include, without limitation, details on any use of eminent
24 domain, changes to zoning designation of any sites, and any agreements
25 pertaining to payments in lieu of taxes, including without limitation
26 address information and total public assistance provided and public
27 assistance provided to each individual project.
28 § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.
