S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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3962
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
February 24, 2015
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Introduced by Sens. GIANARIS, KRUEGER -- read twice and ordered printed,
and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Corporations,
Authorities and Commissions
AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to siting
requirements for the New York city school construction authority's
leasing program
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 1731 of the public authorities
law, as amended by chapter 285 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read
as follows:
1. Prior to the commencing of new construction or building additions
of an educational facility, or the acquisition of real property or any
interest therein for such purpose, INCLUDING THE LEASING OF ANY BUILDING
OR PROPERTY, the authority shall file a copy of the site plan of such
facility in its offices and shall provide a copy thereof to the city
board, the city planning commission and the community school district
education council and the community board of the district in which the
facility will be located. Such plan shall include data on projected
student population for the community school district or districts and
the community board or boards affected, the source of that data and the
reason the proposed action is necessary and how such plan factors and
accounts for student population projections. Upon request, any other
person shall be furnished with such plan or a summary thereof. The
authority shall publish in a newspaper of general circulation in the
city a notice of the filing of such plan and the availability of the
plan and a summary thereof. Such plan shall include, in the case of any
project for which the acquisition of real property or interest therein
is proposed, the recommended site, any alternate sites considered, and
any rationale as to why the alternate sites were not selected.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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S 2. Subdivision 1 of section 1732 of the public authorities law, as
amended by chapter 562 of the laws of 1990, is amended to read as
follows:
1. Following the hearings held pursuant to section seventeen hundred
thirty-one of this title, but prior to initiating construction of new
educational facilities, OR PRIOR TO LEASING ANY BUILDING OR PROPERTY FOR
SUCH PURPOSE, the authority shall submit the site plan of such projects
to the mayor and the council for review, provided, however, that such
review shall be limited to the site selected for the project.
S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.