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Assembly Bill A8905

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Requires a quality of life hearing and preparation of environmental impact statements prior to implementing traffic modifications on certain streets

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2017-A8905 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Cities
Law Section:
New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:
Add §19-158, NYC Ad Cd
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A2097
2021-2022: A1498

2017-A8905 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires a quality of life hearing and preparation of environmental impact statements prior to implementing traffic modifications on streets with residential zoning in a city having a population of more than one million people.

2017-A8905 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8905
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 5, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. PERRY -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Cities
 
 AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the  city  of  New  York,  in
   relation  to  requiring  a  quality of life hearing and preparation of
   environmental impact statements prior to implementing traffic  modifi-
   cations  on  streets  with residential zoning in a city having a popu-
   lation of more than one million people
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. The administrative code of the city of New York is amended
 by adding a new section 19-158 to read as follows:
   § 19-158 TRAFFIC MODIFICATIONS IMPACT STATEMENTS. NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY
 LAW,  RULE  OR REGULATION TO THE CONTRARY, IN A CITY HAVING A POPULATION
 OF MORE THAN ONE MILLION PEOPLE, NO TRAFFIC MODIFICATIONS SHALL BE  MADE
 ON  STREETS  WITH  RESIDENTIAL  ZONING  UNTIL  THE BOROUGH BOARD AND THE
 COMMUNITY BOARD OF THE AREA IN WHICH THE  MODIFICATION  IS  TO  BE  MADE
 JOINTLY CONDUCT A "QUALITY OF LIFE" HEARING AND DETERMINE THAT THE QUAL-
 ITY  OF  LIFE IN THE AREA WILL NOT BE NEGATIVELY IMPACTED BY THE TRAFFIC
 MODIFICATIONS. THE BOROUGH AND COMMUNITY BOARDS SHALL JOINTLY PREPARE AN
 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT (EIS) REFLECTING THEIR FINDINGS. A SECOND
 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT (EIS) SHALL BE PREPARED  BY  THE  MUNICI-
 PALITY. ALL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS SHALL BE FUNDED BY THE MUNI-
 CIPALITY.
   §  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13837-01-7

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