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                                   1252
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 14, 2019
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. M. G. MILLER -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Social Services
 
 AN ACT to amend the social services law, the New York city  charter  and
   the  administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to local
   planning board review of proposed homeless projects and  public  hear-
   ings thereon

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 11 of section 43 of the social services law, as
 amended by chapter 458 of the laws  of  1986,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   11.  The municipality, not-for-profit corporation or subsidiary there-
 of, public corporation or charitable organization or subsidiary  thereof
 seeking  financial  assistance  pursuant  to  this article shall, within
 thirty days of its application for such  assistance,  notify  the  local
 planning  board,  as defined by section twenty-seven of the general city
 law, section two hundred seventy-one of the town law, section  7-718  of
 the  village law, or section [eighty-four] EIGHTY-FIVE of the charter of
 the city of New York, appropriate for the geographic area in  which  the
 proposed homeless project would be located, and shall provide such board
 with  information  regarding the proposed homeless project. UPON RECEIPT
 OF SUCH INFORMATION REGARDING THE PROPOSED HOMELESS PROJECT,  THE  LOCAL
 PLANNING  BOARD  SHALL  PROMPTLY  FIX  A  DATE FOR THE COMMENCEMENT OF A
 PUBLIC HEARING THEREON, PURSUANT TO SECTION TWENTY-SEVEN-A OF THE GENER-
 AL CITY LAW, SECTION TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR-A OF THE TOWN LAW, SECTION
 7-725-A OF THE VILLAGE LAW, OR SECTION EIGHTY-FIVE OF THE NEW YORK  CITY
 CHARTER.
   §  2.  Paragraph  8  of subdivision a of section 197-c of the New York
 city charter, as amended by the general election of the city of New York
 for the year 1989, is amended to read as follows:

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   (8)  Housing and urban renewal plans and projects, INCLUDING  PROPOSED
 HOMELESS  PROJECTS AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION
 FORTY-TWO OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW, pursuant to city, state and feder-
 al housing laws;
   § 3. Subdivision b of section 21-315 of the administrative code of the
 city  of  New  York,  as added by local law number 19 of the city of New
 York for the year 1999, is amended to read as follows:
   b. Each new shelter which replaces a shelter listed in  subdivision  a
 of  this  section shall comply with applicable statutes, laws, rules and
 regulations, including, but not limited to, [section]  SECTIONS  85  AND
 197-c  of  the New York city charter AND SUBDIVISION 11 OF SECTION 43 OF
 THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.