Assembly Bill A9932

Signed By Governor
2015-2016 Legislative Session

Establishes the Yonkers city school district joint schools construction and modernization act

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-A9932 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7459
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3602, Ed L; amd §§2432, 2435-a, 2436 & 2438, Pub Auth L

2015-A9932 - Summary

Establishes the Yonkers city school district joint schools construction and modernization act.

2015-A9932 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  9932

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 28, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. MAYER, PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Education

AN ACT establishing the  Yonkers  city  school  district  joint  schools
  construction and modernization act; and to amend the education law and
  the  public  authorities  law,  in relation to implementing such joint
  schools construction and modernization act

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
"the Yonkers city school district joint schools construction and modern-
ization act".
  S 2. Legislative findings and declaration  of  need.  The  legislature
finds that Yonkers schools have a growing population yet the average age
of the school buildings in Yonkers is seventy-five years with the oldest
building  at  one hundred nineteen years old; nine are over ninety-seven
years old and most are past their useful life and in need  of  extensive
refurbishment.    The  age of buildings in Yonkers is significantly over
the sixty-five years average age of schools in New York State.  Even  by
maximizing the debt borrowing under existing constitutional and statuto-
ry limits Yonkers city is unable to finance modernization of its facili-
ties at a reasonable rate as needs are far greater than the availability
of  capital.  The  city  school  district's facilities are landlocked in
highly dense  urban  neighborhoods  lacking  proper  school  bus  loops,
athletic  facilities  and  other essential school amenities required for
the safe and proper administration of an  educational  institution,  and
while  Yonkers  city  has invested significant capital, deterioration of
building stock outpaces the district's ability to repair it.
  The legislature further finds that such deterioration of  the  schools
and  inability  to  expand  school  sites  to  provide even a modicum of
customary facilities and amenities to students is a  serious  impediment
to  learning and teaching. If the quality of education in the city is to
be improved, existing schools must be  rehabilitated  and  reconstructed
and  new city schools must be built. This will include the retirement of
old facilities which will be  replaced  by  more  efficiently  operating

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

co-Sponsors

2015-A9932A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7459
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3602, Ed L; amd §§2432, 2435-a, 2436 & 2438, Pub Auth L

2015-A9932A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the Yonkers city school district joint schools construction and modernization act.

2015-A9932A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 9932--A

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 28, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. MAYER, PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Education -- committee discharged, bill amended,  ordered
  reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN  ACT  establishing  the  Yonkers  city  school district joint schools
  construction and modernization act; and to amend the education law and
  the public authorities law, in relation  to  implementing  such  joint
  schools construction and modernization act

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
"the Yonkers city school district joint schools construction and modern-
ization act".
  S  2.  Legislative  findings  and declaration of need. The legislature
finds that Yonkers schools have a growing population yet the average age
of the school buildings in Yonkers is seventy-five years with the oldest
building at one hundred nineteen years old; nine are  over  ninety-seven
years  old  and most are past their useful life and in need of extensive
refurbishment.  The age of buildings in Yonkers  is  significantly  over
the  sixty-five  years average age of schools in New York State. Even by
maximizing the debt borrowing under existing constitutional and statuto-
ry limits Yonkers city is unable to finance modernization of its facili-
ties at a reasonable rate as needs are far greater than the availability
of capital. The city school  district's  facilities  are  landlocked  in
highly  dense  urban  neighborhoods  lacking  proper  school  bus loops,
athletic facilities and other essential school  amenities  required  for
the  safe  and  proper administration of an educational institution, and
while Yonkers city has invested significant  capital,  deterioration  of
building stock outpaces the district's ability to repair it.
  The  legislature  further finds that such deterioration of the schools
and inability to expand school  sites  to  provide  even  a  modicum  of
customary  facilities  and amenities to students is a serious impediment
to learning and teaching. If the quality of education in the city is  to
be  improved,  existing  schools must be rehabilitated and reconstructed
and new city schools must be built. This will include the retirement  of

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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