NY State Senate Bill 2023-S3013

Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Cities 1 Committee

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Jan 03, 2024	referred to cities 1
Jan 26, 2023	referred to cities 1

2023-S3013 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A6079
Current Committee:: Senate Cities 1
Law Section:: New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:: Add §25-111-a, NYC Ad Cd
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2015-2016: S7888
2017-2018: S1900
2019-2020: S2381
2021-2022: S5852

2023-S3013 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the New York city planning commission to regulate and restrict the new location or continued operation of a social services facility.

2023-S3013 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S3013

SPONSOR: COMRIE
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in
relation to review and approval of all new facilities

 
PURPOSE:

Requires the New York City Planning Commission to approve and regulate
the types of social services facilities throughout the city.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 amends the Administrative Code of the City of New York by
adding a new section 25111a stating the City Planning Commission shall
regulate and restrict requests by an agency to provide services at.a new
location as a social services facility, to expand the size of an exist-
ing social services facility or to change the type of services provided
at an existing social services facility, including such facilities where
the leaseholder is not the tenant. This section includes definitions for

social services facilities. The City Planning Commissioner shall consid-
er the anticipated impact of the proposed social services facility or
the operation of the facility upon lease renewal and shall give reason-
able consideration, among other things, to the character of the neigh-
borhood, its peculiar suitability for particular issues, the conserva-
tion of property values, and the location of social services facilities
in accord with a well-considered plan.

Section 2 provides that this act shall take effect on the 90th day after
it has been signed into law.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Property owners in the vicinity of proposed or existing supportive hous-
ing sites are often unaware of the sponsoring agency's intent to estab-
lish or transform a facility. There are certain areas of the city that
are oversaturated with facilities while other areas have none,ò creating
a huge rift among these agencies and the communities they serve. Often
times, agency officials do not take into account public sentiment from
hearings. There are also known cases where agencies will repurpose
buildings and change the definitions of supportive housing to meet those
needs. Giving power to the City Planning Commission to review and
approve each siting will alleviate public concerns and take into account
suitability uses, conservation of property values and make sure the
location for a siting falls within a well-considered plan. It has been
demonstrated that agencies often times have a complete lack of regard
for the residents living in these communities and delegating that task
to a neutral third party who can objectively review.the facts of the
case seems to be the only viable option to ensure that resident concerns
are adequately taken into account.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2022: S5852

2015-16: S.7888 I Referred to Cities.

2017-18: S.1900 I Referred to Cities.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None to the State.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have
become a law.

2023-S3013 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3013
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 26, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities 1
 
 AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the  city  of  New  York,  in
   relation to review and approval of all new facilities
 
   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 25-111-a to read as follows:
   §  25-111-A  CITY  PLANNING COMMISSION TO REGULATE THE TYPES OF SOCIAL
 SERVICES FACILITIES. A. THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION SHALL REGULATE  AND
 RESTRICT  REQUESTS BY AN AGENCY TO PROVIDE SERVICES AT A NEW LOCATION AS
 A SOCIAL SERVICES FACILITY, TO EXPAND THE SIZE  OF  AN  EXISTING  SOCIAL
 SERVICES  FACILITY  OR  TO  CHANGE  THE  TYPE OF SERVICES PROVIDED AT AN
 EXISTING SOCIAL SERVICES FACILITY, INCLUDING SUCH FACILITIES  WHERE  THE
 LEASEHOLDER IS NOT THE TENANT.
   B.  FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "SOCIAL SERVICES FACILITY" SHALL
 INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:
   1. ACS PLACEMENT FACILITIES. "ACS PLACEMENT FACILITIES" MEANS  FACILI-
 TIES,  CERTIFIED  BY  THE  NEW  YORK STATE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY
 SERVICES, FOR THE CARE OF YOUTH PLACED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS
 OF THE FAMILY COURT ACT AND THE REGULATIONS OF THE NEW YORK STATE OFFICE
 OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, MANAGED DIRECTLY BY THE  ADMINISTRATION
 FOR  CHILDREN'S SERVICES OR UNDER CONTRACT OR SIMILAR AGREEMENT WITH THE
 ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN'S SERVICES.
   2. CITY-ADMINISTERED FACILITIES. "CITY-ADMINISTERED FACILITIES"  MEANS
 HOTELS,  SHELTERS  AND  OTHER  ACCOMMODATIONS  OR  ASSOCIATED  SERVICES,
 MANAGED BY OR PROVIDED UNDER CONTRACT OR SIMILAR AGREEMENT WITH ANY CITY
 AGENCY, PROVIDED TO INDIVIDUALS OR FAMILIES WHO NEED TEMPORARY EMERGENCY
 HOUSING OR ASSISTANCE FINDING OR MAINTAINING STABLE HOUSING.
   3. DHS-ADMINISTERED FACILITIES.  "DHS-ADMINISTERED  FACILITIES"  MEANS
 CITY-ADMINISTERED FACILITIES MANAGED DIRECTLY BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HOME-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04685-01-3

 S. 3013                             2
 
 LESS  SERVICES OR BY A PROVIDER UNDER CONTRACT OR SIMILAR AGREEMENT WITH
 THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELESS SERVICES.
   4.  DYCD-ADMINISTERED FACILITIES. "DYCD-ADMINISTERED FACILITIES" MEANS
 CITY-ADMINISTERED FACILITIES MANAGED DIRECTLY BY THE DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH
 AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OR BY A PROVIDER  UNDER  CONTRACT  OR  SIMILAR
 AGREEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
   5.  HPD-ADMINISTERED  FACILITIES.  "HPD-ADMINISTERED FACILITIES" MEANS
 CITY-ADMINISTERED FACILITIES MANAGED DIRECTLY BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUS-
 ING PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT OR BY  A  PROVIDER  UNDER  CONTRACT  OR
 SIMILAR AGREEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING PRESERVATION AND DEVEL-
 OPMENT.
   6.  HRA-ADMINISTERED  FACILITIES.  "HRA-ADMINISTERED FACILITIES" MEANS
 CITY-ADMINISTERED FACILITIES MANAGED DIRECTLY  BY  THE  HUMAN  RESOURCES
 ADMINISTRATION OR BY A PROVIDER UNDER CONTRACT OR SIMILAR AGREEMENT WITH
 THE  HUMAN  RESOURCES  ADMINISTRATION, EXCLUDING SHELTERS FOR VICTIMS OF
 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE MANAGED DIRECTLY BY THE HUMAN RESOURCES ADMINISTRATION
 OR BY A PROVIDER UNDER CONTRACT OR  SIMILAR  AGREEMENT  WITH  THE  HUMAN
 RESOURCES ADMINISTRATION.
   7.  SUPPORTIVE  HOUSING  FACILITIES.  "SUPPORTIVE  HOUSING FACILITIES"
 MEANS  AFFORDABLE,  INDEPENDENT,  AND  PERMANENT  HOUSING  WITH  SUPPORT
 SERVICES  FOR TENANTS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN
 HOMELESS, HAVE HISTORIES OF SUBSTANCE  ABUSE,  ARE  COPING  WITH  MENTAL
 ILLNESS, HAVE CHRONIC ILLNESSES SUCH AS HIV/AIDS, ARE YOUNG ADULTS AGING
 OUT  OF  FOSTER  CARE,  ARE  HOMELESS  VETERANS, OR GRANDPARENTS RAISING
 GRANDCHILDREN, AND IS UNDER CONTRACT WITH A CITY  AGENCY  INCLUDING  BUT
 NOT LIMITED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE AND THE HUMAN
 RESOURCES ADMINISTRATION.
   C.  THE  COMMISSION  SHALL  CONSIDER  THE  ANTICIPATED  IMPACT  OF THE
 PROPOSED SOCIAL SERVICES FACILITY OR THE OPERATION OF SUCH FACILITY UPON
 RENEWAL OF THE LEASE.
   D. THE COMMISSION SHALL GIVE  REASONABLE  CONSIDERATION,  AMONG  OTHER
 THINGS,  TO  THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, ITS PECULIAR SUITABILITY
 FOR PARTICULAR USES,  THE  CONSERVATION  OF  PROPERTY  VALUES,  AND  THE
 LOCATION  OF SOCIAL SERVICES FACILITIES IN ACCORD WITH A WELL-CONSIDERED
 PLAN.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.

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Senate Bill S3013

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Cities 1 Committee

2023-S3013 (ACTIVE) - Details

2023-S3013 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2023-S3013 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S3013 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Leroy Comrie

Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Cities 1 Committee

2023-S3013 (ACTIVE) - Details

2023-S3013 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2023-S3013 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S3013 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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