Senate Bill S8896

                             
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                                   8896
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 25, 2024
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 Introduced  by  Sen. MARTINS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction  and
   Community Development
 
 AN  ACT  establishing  the  local initiatives task force on housing; and
   providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  There  is  hereby  established the local initiatives task
 force on housing. The purpose of such task force shall be to collaborate
 with local government officials, state  agencies,  and  stakeholders  to
 develop  best  practices  for  local  governments to incentivize housing
 development.
   § 2. The task force shall consist of sixteen members, to be  appointed
 as follows:
   (a)  the  commissioner of the division of homes and community renewal,
 or such commissioner's designee;
   (b) one member to be appointed by the governor;
   (c) one member to be appointed by the speaker of the assembly;
   (d) one member to be appointed by the minority leader of the assembly;
   (e) one member to be appointed  by  the  temporary  president  of  the
 senate;
   (f) one member to be appointed by the minority leader of the senate;
   (g)  two members to be appointed by the largest advocacy group repres-
 enting mayors in New York;
   (h) two members to be appointed by the largest advocacy group  repres-
 enting county governments in New York;
   (i)  two  members  to  be  appointed  by the largest trade association
 representing homebuilders in New York;
   (j) two members to be appointed by the largest trade labor association
 representing building and construction workers; and
   (k) two members to be  appointed  by  the  largest  trade  association
 representing real estate developers.
   §  3. The task force shall be chaired by the commissioner of the divi-
 sion of homes and community renewal  or  such  commissioner's  designee.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 Members  of  the  task  force  shall  receive  no compensation for their
 services but shall be reimbursed for their actual expenses  incurred  in
 the performance of their duties in the work of the task force.
   §  4.  The  task force shall be authorized to hold public hearings and
 consult with any organization, educational institution, or other govern-
 ment entity or person as will enable the task force  to  properly  carry
 out  its  powers  and  duties pursuant to this act. The task force shall
 hold at least one public hearing in the state for the purpose of  solic-
 iting public comment on housing development.
   § 5. The task force may request and shall receive from any department,
 division, board, bureau, commission, or other agency of the state or any
 state  public authority such assistance, information, and data as neces-
 sary to enable the task force to  properly  carry  out  its  powers  and
 duties pursuant to this act.
   §  6.  The task force shall study and develop best practices for local
 governments within the state to incentivize housing development, includ-
 ing but not limited to:
   (a) studying the effectiveness of tax incentives for housing;
   (b) developing properties designed for homeowners whose income is less
 than 125% of the area median income; and
   (c) analyzing state and local regulatory reform.
   § 7. The task force shall issue a report of its findings and  legisla-
 tive  recommendations  to the governor, the speaker of the assembly, the
 minority leader of the assembly, the temporary president of the  senate,
 the minority leader of the senate, the largest advocacy group represent-
 ing  county  governments  in  New  York,  and the largest advocacy group
 representing mayors in New York no later than one year after the  effec-
 tive date of this act.
   §  8.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
 deemed repealed two years after it shall have become a law.