NY State Senate Bill 2015-S3962

Senate Bill S3962

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to siting requirements for the New York city school construction authority's leasing program

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2015-S3962 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A1251
Current Committee:: Senate Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:: Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§1731 & 1732, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: S1354, A1865
2011-2012: S3438, A1762
2013-2014: S594, A29
2017-2018: S3067, S3476
2019-2020: S1978, S2146
2021-2022: S1230
2023-2024: S1405

2015-S3962 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to siting requirements for the New York city school construction authority's leasing program.

2015-S3962 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S3962

TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public authorities law, in relation to siting
requirements for the New York city school construction authority's
leasing program

PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

The School Construction Authority's leasing program does not follow
some of the important procedural steps that are required with new
school construction. These provisions help protect the health of our
children. This bill clarifies the School Construction Authority's
responsibilities.

SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1 clarifies that the School Construction Authority are
required to submit site plans whenever they lease property for a
school, as they already do when they buy or build such property,
except for certain, specified short-term leases.

JUSTIFICATION:

In 1997 the School Construction Authority spent millions leasing and

renovating a dry cleaning factory as a site for school children,. The
school had to be abandoned, and those millions were wasted, as it was
discovered that the children were being exposed to hazardous chemical
fumes site plans, which enable community notice and environmental
review, provide an opportunity to avoid such mishaps.

The SCA is currently planning to lease Over 30 existing buildings
across New York City. In the past, schools have been sited on
contaminated properties Exposure to toxic chemicals can lead to
behavioral problems, teaming disabilities and decreased for children.
Whether a building is leased or newly constructed, environmental
hazards can pose serious risks to a school's occupants.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2014: Senate Bill
594 (Gianaris) - Died in Senate Corporations, Authorities and
Commissions Committee.
2012: Senate Bill
3438 (Gianaris) - Died in Senate Corporations, Authorities and
Commissions Committee
2012: Assembly Bill
1762 (Nolan) Died in Assembly Corporations, Authori- ties and
Commissions Committee
2010: Senate Bill
1354-A (Oppenheimer) - Died in Senate Rules Committee
2010: Assembly Bill
1865 (Nolan) - Passed Assembly 137-1 (6/23/10); Passed Assembly 141-2
(3/1/10)
2008: Senate Bill


7127 (Sabini) - Died in Senate Corporations, Authori- ties and
Commissions Committee
2008: Assembly Bill
8838 (Nolan) - Passed Assembly 140-1 (4/30/08); Passed Assembly 150-0
(6/20/07)

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:

This act shall take effect immediately.

2015-S3962 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  3962

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 24, 2015
                               ___________

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.
                                                           LBD03586-01-5

S. 3962                             2

  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.

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