Assembly Bill A4902

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Excludes certain actions from reporting requirements relating to environmental quality reviews

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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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2023-A4902 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §8-0111, En Con L

2023-A4902 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Excludes from reporting requirements relating to environmental quality reviews actions to approve the siting or construction of housing in cities with a population of one million or more.

2023-A4902 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4902
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 24, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  NOVAKHOV,  BROOK-KRASNY, FITZPATRICK, CHANG,
   PIROZZOLO -- read once and referred to the Committee on  Environmental
   Conservation
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
   certain actions being excluded from reporting requirements relating to
   environmental quality reviews

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraphs (b) and (c) of subdivision 5 of section 8-0111
 of the environmental conservation  law,  paragraph  (b)  as  amended  by
 section  1  of  part BBB of chapter 55 of the laws of 2021 and paragraph
 (c) as amended by chapter 617 of the laws of 1987, are amended and a new
 paragraph (d) is added to read as follows:
   (b) Actions subject to the provisions requiring a certificate of envi-
 ronmental compatibility and public need in articles seven, ten  and  the
 former  article  eight  of  the public service law or requiring a siting
 permit under section ninety-four-c of the executive law; [or]
   (c) Actions subject to the class A or class B regional project  juris-
 diction  of the Adirondack park agency or a local government pursuant to
 section eight hundred seven, eight hundred eight or eight  hundred  nine
 of the executive law, except class B regional projects subject to review
 by local government pursuant to section eight hundred seven of the exec-
 utive  law located within the Lake George park as defined by subdivision
 one of section 43-0103 of this chapter[.]; OR
   (D) ACTIONS TO APPROVE THE SITING OR CONSTRUCTION OF HOUSING IN CITIES
 WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08684-01-3

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