Senate Bill S1498

Signed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to the transfer and use of certain state land to the city of New Rochelle for the construction of municipal fire services and affordable housing

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Current Bill Status - Signed by Governor

  • 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-S1498 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A604
Law Section:
New Rochelle, City of
Laws Affected:
Amd §§5 & 6, Chap 566 of 2019

2023-S1498 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the transfer and use of certain state land to the city of New Rochelle for the construction of municipal fire services and affordable housing; extends authority to transfer.

2023-S1498 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S1498 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1498
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 12, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. FERNANDEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
   ment Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend chapter 566 of the laws of 2019, authorizing the commis-
   sioner  of  general services to transfer and convey certain state land
   to the city of New Rochelle, in relation to the use  of  the  property
   for  the  construction of municipal fire services and affordable hous-
   ing; and extending  the  authority  of  the  commissioner  of  general
   services  to  transfer  and  convey  certain  lands to the city of New
   Rochelle
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section 5 of chapter 566 of the laws of 2019, authorizing
 the commissioner of general services  to  transfer  and  convey  certain
 state  land  to  the  city  of  New Rochelle, as amended by section 1 of
 subpart C of part XX of chapter 55 of the laws of 2020,  is  amended  to
 read as follows:
   §  5. Any lands transferred pursuant to this act shall be used for the
 purposes of the city of New Rochelle to  utilize  the  subject  property
 exclusively  for the construction of municipal [facilities, specifically
 a city hall building] FIRE SERVICES and affordable  housing  located  in
 the  city  of  New  Rochelle, which solely for the purposes of this act,
 shall mean that one hundred percent of the rental dwelling units in  the
 building  shall,  upon  initial  rental  and upon each subsequent rental
 following a vacancy, be affordable to and  restricted  to  occupancy  by
 individuals or families in accordance with a plan developed and approved
 by the commissioner of the New York state division of homes and communi-
 ty  renewal,  and  upon  termination  of such use, title to the lands so
 transferred shall revert to the state of New York.    In  lieu  of  such
 reversion,  the  city of New Rochelle may purchase the reverter interest
 in the subject property at the current fair market values less the value
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02087-01-3

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