Senate Bill S919A

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  919--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
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 Introduced  by  Sens.  MAY,  JACKSON,  KAVANAGH,  WEBB -- read twice and
   ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
   Housing,  Construction and Community Development -- reported favorably
   from said committee and committed  to  the  Committee  on  Finance  --
   committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
   recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law,  in  relation  to  requiring  certain
   housing  production  information  to  be reported to the department of
   state
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 120 to
 read as follows:
   §  120.  HOUSING  PRODUCTION  REPORTING.  1.  FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS
 SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (A) "LOCAL BOARD" MEANS ANY CITY, TOWN, OR VILLAGE BOARD,  COMMISSION,
 OFFICER OR OTHER AGENCY OR OFFICE HAVING SUPERVISION OF THE CONSTRUCTION
 OF BUILDINGS OR THE POWER OF ENFORCING MUNICIPAL BUILDING LAWS.
   (B) "HOUSING SITE" MEANS THE SITE OF PLANNED CONSTRUCTION, CONVERSION,
 ALTERATION,  DEMOLITION,  OR  CONSOLIDATION  OF  ONE OR MORE RESIDENTIAL
 BUILDINGS.
   (C) "DWELLING UNIT" MEANS A DWELLING  WITHIN  A  RESIDENTIAL  BUILDING
 WHICH  IS EITHER RENTED, LEASED, LET OR HIRED OUT, TO BE OCCUPIED, OR IS
 OCCUPIED AS THE RESIDENCE OR HOME OF ONE OR  MORE  INDIVIDUALS  THAT  IS
 INDEPENDENT OF OTHER DWELLINGS WITHIN SUCH RESIDENTIAL BUILDING.
   2.  THE  DEPARTMENT  SHALL  REQUIRE  EACH LOCAL BOARD TO SUBMIT TO THE
 DEPARTMENT ANNUALLY, IN THE MANNER AND FORMAT  TO  BE  DIRECTED  BY  THE
 DEPARTMENT,   THE  FOLLOWING  INFORMATION  REGARDING  NEW  CONSTRUCTION,
 CONVERSION, ALTERATION, DEMOLITION, OR CONSOLIDATION OF A  HOUSING  SITE
 WITHIN  THE  JURISDICTION  OF  SUCH  LOCAL  BOARD THAT IS REQUIRED TO BE
 REPORTED TO SUCH LOCAL BOARD; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT  THIS  REQUIREMENT
 SHALL  NOT  APPLY TO ANY LOCAL BOARD IN A TOWN WITH A POPULATION OF LESS
 THAN FIVE THOUSAND PEOPLE:
              

 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   (A) THE ADDRESS OF SUCH HOUSING SITE;
   (B) THE BLOCK AND/OR LOT NUMBER OF SUCH HOUSING SITE;
   (C) THE TOTAL NUMBER OF DWELLING UNITS IN SUCH HOUSING SITE;
   (D)  THE  BUILDING  TYPE, ANY RELEVANT DATES OF APPROVAL, PERMITS, AND
 COMPLETIONS ASSOCIATED WITH SUCH HOUSING SITE;
   (E) ANY ASSOCIATED GOVERNMENTAL SUBSIDIES OR PROGRAM FUNDS BEING ALLO-
 CATED TO SUCH HOUSING SITE THAT SUCH LOCAL BOARD IS AWARE OF; AND
   (F) THE SPECIFIC DETAILS OF SUCH CONSTRUCTION, CONVERSION, ALTERATION,
 DEMOLITION, OR CONSOLIDATION OF SUCH HOUSING SITE.
   3. BEGINNING ON THE THIRTY-FIRST OF JANUARY NEXT SUCCEEDING THE EFFEC-
 TIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, AND ANNUALLY THEREAFTER, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL
 REQUIRE EACH LOCAL BOARD TO SUBMIT TO THE DEPARTMENT, IN  A  MANNER  AND
 FORMAT  TO  BE DETERMINED BY THE DEPARTMENT, A DIGITAL FILE CONTAINING A
 ZONING MAP OF SUCH LOCAL BOARD'S JURISDICTION THAT CONTAINS THE  FOLLOW-
 ING  INFORMATION  FOR  THE  PRIOR  YEAR;  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT THIS
 REQUIREMENT SHALL NOT APPLY TO ANY LOCAL BOARD IN A TOWN  WITH  A  POPU-
 LATION OF LESS THAN FIVE THOUSAND PEOPLE:
   (A) THE GEOGRAPHIC EXTENTS OF AREAS WHERE RESIDENTIAL HOUSING, COMMER-
 CIAL, INDUSTRIAL, OR OTHER DEVELOPMENTS ARE PERMITTED;
   (B)  IN  AREAS  ZONED FOR RESIDENTIAL HOUSING AREAS, WHERE RESIDENTIAL
 BUILDINGS CONTAINING TWO, THREE, AND FOUR OR  MORE  DWELLING  UNITS  ARE
 ALLOWED PER LOT;
   (C) ANY MINIMUM LOT SIZE REQUIREMENTS FOR RESIDENTIAL HOUSING;
   (D) ANY MINIMUM SIZE REQUIREMENTS FOR INDIVIDUAL DWELLING UNITS;
   (E) ANY PARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS;
   (F) ANY SETBACK OR LOT COVERAGE REQUIREMENTS;
   (G)  DESIGNATION OF WHETHER EACH ZONING APPROVAL GRANTED BY SUCH LOCAL
 BOARD WAS AS-OF-RIGHT OR DISCRETIONARY; AND
   (H) THE GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDS OF ANY AREAS WHICH HAVE BEEN  AMENDED  SINCE
 SUCH LOCAL BOARD'S PREVIOUS SUBMISSION PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION.
   4.  WHEN  DETERMINING THE MANNER AND FORMAT FOR SUBMISSIONS IN ACCORD-
 ANCE WITH SUBDIVISIONS TWO AND THREE OF  THIS  SECTION,  THE  DEPARTMENT
 SHALL  CONSULT  WITH  THE  DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL AND
 PROVIDE AN OPTION FOR LOCALITIES TO MAKE  SUBMISSIONS  IN  SUBSTANTIALLY
 THE  SAME  MANNER  AND FORMAT AS THE DIVISION REQUIRES FOR SUBMISSION OF
 SIMILAR INFORMATION FOR OTHER RELATED PROGRAMS.
   5. THE DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL SHALL SUBMIT  TO  THE
 DEPARTMENT  ANNUALLY,  IN  A  MANNER  AND FORMAT TO BE DETERMINED BY THE
 DEPARTMENT, A REPORT OF ALL HOUSING SUBSIDIES ADMINISTERED BY SUCH DIVI-
 SION IN THE PRIOR YEAR.
   6. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL MAKE THE  INFORMATION  SUBMITTED  PURSUANT  TO
 SUBDIVISIONS  TWO, THREE, FOUR, AND FIVE OF THIS SECTION PUBLICLY AVAIL-
 ABLE ON ITS  WEBSITE,  UPDATED  ANNUALLY  TO  REFLECT  THE  MOST  RECENT
 SUBMISSIONS.
   7.  FAILURE  OF  ANY LOCAL BOARD TO COMPLY WITH THE REPORTING REQUIRE-
 MENTS OF THIS SECTION SHALL RESULT IN A FIFTY PERCENT REDUCTION  OF  ANY
 FUNDS  TO  BE  DISTRIBUTED TO ANY MUNICIPALITY WITHIN SUCH LOCAL BOARD'S
 JURISDICTION PURSUANT TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK  GRANT  PROGRAM
 AUTHORIZED UNDER TITLE ONE OF THE FEDERAL HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOP-
 MENT ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED.
   §  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
 ing the date upon which it shall have become a law. Effective immediate-
 ly, the addition, amendment and/or repeal  of  any  rule  or  regulation
 necessary  for  the implementation of this act on its effective date are
 authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.