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     S. 4006                                                  A. 3006
 
                       S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 1, 2023
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 IN  SENATE -- A BUDGET BILL, submitted by the Governor pursuant to arti-
   cle seven of the Constitution -- read twice and ordered  printed,  and
   when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
 
 IN  ASSEMBLY  --  A  BUDGET  BILL, submitted by the Governor pursuant to
   article seven of the Constitution -- read once  and  referred  to  the
   Committee on Ways and Means

 AN  ACT  to amend the education law, in relation to contracts for excel-
   lence; in relation to the high-impact tutoring set-aside; to amend the
   education law, in relation to foundation aid; to amend  the  education
   law, in relation to the number of charters issued; to amend the educa-
   tion law, in relation to actual valuation; to amend the education law,
   in  relation  to average daily attendance; to amend the education law,
   in relation to supplemental public  excess  cost  aid;  to  amend  the
   education  law,  in  relation to building aid for metal detectors, and
   safety devices for electrically operated partitions, room dividers and
   doors; to amend the education law, in relation to academic enhancement
   aid; to amend the education law, in relation to high tax aid; to amend
   the education law, in relation to prospective prekindergarten  enroll-
   ment  reporting;  to  amend  the education law, in relation to transi-
   tional guidelines and rules; to amend the education law,  in  relation
   to  universal  prekindergarten expansions; to amend the education law,
   in relation to extending provisions of the statewide  universal  full-
   day  pre-kindergarten program; to amend the education law, in relation
   to state aid adjustments; to amend the education law, in  relation  to
   certain moneys apportioned; to amend the education law, in relation to
   zero emission bus progress reporting; to amend chapter 756 of the laws
   of  1992  relating  to  funding  a  program  for  work force education
   conducted by the consortium for worker education in New York city,  in
   relation to reimbursement for the 2023-2024 school year, withholding a
   portion of employment preparation education aid and in relation to the
   effectiveness  thereof; to amend part CCC of chapter 59 of the laws of
   2018 amending the education law relating to a statement of  the  total
   funding allocation, in relation to the effectiveness thereof; to amend
   chapter 147 of the laws of 2001 amending the education law relating to
   conditional  appointment  of  school district, charter school or BOCES
   employees, in relation to the effectiveness thereof; to amend  part  C
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   of chapter 56 of the laws of 2020 directing the commissioner of educa-
   tion  to  appoint  a  monitor  for the Rochester city school district,
   establishing the powers and duties of such monitor and  certain  other
   officers  and  relating  to  the  apportionment  of aid to such school
   district, in relation to the effectiveness thereof; part C of  chapter
   57  of  the  laws  of  2004  relating  to the support of education, in
   relation to the effectiveness thereof; directing the education depart-
   ment to conduct a comprehensive study of alternative tuition rate-set-
   ting methodologies for approved  providers  operating  school-age  and
   preschool  programs  receiving  funding; to amend chapter  507  of the
   laws  of  1974  relating  to providing for the apportionment of  state
   monies  to certain nonpublic  schools,  to reimburse  them  for  their
   expenses in complying with certain state requirements for the adminis-
   tration of state testing and evaluation programs and for participation
   in  state  programs  for  the  reporting of basic educational data, in
   relation to the  calculation  of   nonpublic schools'  eligibility  to
   receive  aid; providing for special apportionment for salary expenses;
   providing  for  special  apportionment  for  public  pension accruals;
   providing for set-asides from the state funds which certain  districts
   are  receiving from the total foundation aid; providing for support of
   public libraries; to amend chapter 94 of the laws of 2002 relating  to
   the  financial  stability  of  the  Rochester city school district, in
   relation to the effectiveness thereof; and providing for the repeal of
   certain provisions upon expiration thereof  (Part  A);  to  amend  the
   education  law,  in  relation  to  tuition  authorization at the state
   university of New York and the city university of New York  (Part  B);
   to amend the education law, in relation to providing access to medica-
   tion  abortion  prescription drugs at the state university of New York
   and the city university of New York (Part C); to amend  the  education
   law,  in  relation  to removing the maximum award caps for the liberty
   partnerships program (Part D); to amend the business corporation  law,
   the partnership law and the limited liability company law, in relation
   to certified public accountants (Part E); to amend the general munici-
   pal  law  and  the public housing law, in relation to enacting the new
   homes targets and fast-track approval  act  (Part  F);  to  amend  the
   general  city  law,  the  town law and the village law, in relation to
   requiring certain densities  of  residential  dwellings  near  transit
   stations  (Part  G);  to  amend the public housing law, in relation to
   requiring certain housing production information to be reported to the
   division of housing and community renewal (Part H); to amend the  real
   property  actions and proceedings law, in relation to determining when
   a dwelling is abandoned (Part I); to amend the multiple dwelling  law,
   in  relation  to  modernizing  regulations for office building conver-
   sions; and providing for the repeal of certain provisions of such  law
   relating  thereto (Part J); to amend the multiple dwelling law and the
   private housing finance law, in relation to establishing a program  to
   address  the legalization of specified basement dwelling units and the
   conversion of other specified basement dwelling units in a city with a
   population of one million or more (Part  K);  to  amend  the  multiple
   dwelling law, in relation to authorizing a city of one million or more
   to  remove  the cap on the floor area ratio of certain dwellings (Part
   L); to amend the real property tax law, in relation to  authorizing  a
   tax  abatement  for alterations and improvements to multiple dwellings
   for purposes of preserving habitability in  affordable  housing  (Part
   M);  to  amend the real property tax law, in relation to authorizing a
   city, town or village other than a  city  with  a  population  of  one
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   million  or  more  to provide by local law for a tax exemption for new
   construction of eligible rental multiple dwellings (Part N); to  amend
   the real property tax law, in relation to providing a tax exemption on
   the  increase  in  value of property resulting from the addition of an
   accessory dwelling unit (Part O); to amend the labor law and the  real
   property  tax  law,  in  relation  to the exemption from real property
   taxation of certain multiple dwellings in a city having  a  population
   of  one  million or more (Part P); to utilize reserves in the mortgage
   insurance fund for various housing purposes (Part  Q);  to  amend  the
   real  property  tax  law,  in  relation to eligible multiple dwellings
   (Part R); to amend the  labor  law  and  the  public  health  law,  in
   relation  to indexing the minimum wage to inflation (Part S); to amend
   the New York city charter, the education law,  the  general  municipal
   law,  the  labor  law, the public authorities law, chapter 1016 of the
   laws of 1969 constituting the  New  York  city  health  and  hospitals
   corporation  act, and chapter 749 of the laws of 2019 constituting the
   New York city public works investment act, in  relation  to  providing
   for employment opportunities for economically disadvantaged candidates
   and  economically  disadvantaged  region candidates and apprenticeship
   utilization on public transactions; and providing for  the  repeal  of
   such  provisions upon expiration thereof (Part T); to amend the social
   services law, in relation to eligibility for  child  care  assistance;
   and  to  repeal  certain provisions of such law relating thereto (Part
   U); to amend part N of chapter 56 of the laws of  2020,  amending  the
   social  services  law relating to restructuring financing for residen-
   tial school placements, in relation to the effectiveness thereof (Part
   V); to amend subpart A of chapter 57 of the laws of 2012 amending  the
   social  services law and the family court act relating to establishing
   a juvenile justice services close to home  initiative,  and  to  amend
   subpart  B  of  part  G of chapter 57 of the laws of 2012 amending the
   social services law, the family court act and the executive law relat-
   ing to juvenile delinquents, in relation  to  making  such  provisions
   permanent  (Part  W); to amend the social services law, in relation to
   eliminating  the  requirement  for  combined   education   and   other
   work/activity assignments, directing approval of certain education and
   vocational  training  activities  up to two-year post-secondary degree
   programs and providing for a disregard of earned income received by  a
   recipient  of public assistance derived from participating in a quali-
   fied work activity or training program, and further  providing  for  a
   one-time  disregard of earned income following job entry for up to six
   consecutive months under certain circumstances (Part X); to amend  the
   social  services  law, in relation to the replacement of stolen public
   assistance (Part Y); and to amend the social services law, in relation
   to increasing the standards of monthly need for aged, blind and  disa-
   bled persons living in the community (Part Z)
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. This act enacts into law major  components  of  legislation
 necessary  to  implement  the state education, labor, housing and family
 assistance budget for the 2023-2024 state fiscal year. Each component is
 wholly contained within a Part identified as  Parts  A  through  Z.  The
 effective  date for each particular provision contained within such Part
 is set forth in the last section of such  Part.  Any  provision  in  any
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 section  contained  within  a  Part, including the effective date of the
 Part, which makes a reference to a section "of this act", when  used  in
 connection  with  that particular component, shall be deemed to mean and
 refer  to  the  corresponding  section of the Part in which it is found.
 Section three of this act sets forth the general effective date of  this
 act.
 
                                  PART A
 
   Section 1. Paragraph e of subdivision 1 of section 211-d of the educa-
 tion  law,  as amended by chapter 556 of the laws of 2022, is amended to
 read as follows:
   e. Notwithstanding paragraphs a and b of this  subdivision,  a  school
 district  that  submitted a contract for excellence for the two thousand
 eight--two thousand nine school year shall submit a contract for  excel-
 lence  for  the  two  thousand  nine--two  thousand  ten  school year in
 conformity with the requirements of subparagraph (vi) of paragraph a  of
 subdivision  two  of this section unless all schools in the district are
 identified as in good standing  and  provided  further  that,  a  school
 district  that  submitted a contract for excellence for the two thousand
 nine--two thousand ten school year, unless all schools in  the  district
 are  identified  as in good standing, shall submit a contract for excel-
 lence for the two thousand eleven--two thousand twelve school year which
 shall, notwithstanding the requirements of subparagraph  (vi)  of  para-
 graph  a of subdivision two of this section, provide for the expenditure
 of an amount which shall be not less than  the  product  of  the  amount
 approved  by the commissioner in the contract for excellence for the two
 thousand  nine--two  thousand  ten  school  year,  multiplied   by   the
 district's  gap  elimination  adjustment percentage and provided further
 that, a school district that submitted a contract for excellence for the
 two thousand eleven--two thousand twelve school year, unless all schools
 in the district are identified as  in  good  standing,  shall  submit  a
 contract  for excellence for the two thousand twelve--two thousand thir-
 teen school  year  which  shall,  notwithstanding  the  requirements  of
 subparagraph  (vi)  of  paragraph  a of subdivision two of this section,
 provide for the expenditure of an amount which shall be  not  less  than
 the  amount  approved by the commissioner in the contract for excellence
 for the  two  thousand  eleven--two  thousand  twelve  school  year  and
 provided  further  that, a school district that submitted a contract for
 excellence for the two thousand  twelve--two  thousand  thirteen  school
 year,  unless  all  schools  in  the  district are identified as in good
 standing, shall submit a contract for excellence for  the  two  thousand
 thirteen--two thousand fourteen school year which shall, notwithstanding
 the  requirements of subparagraph (vi) of paragraph a of subdivision two
 of this section, provide for the expenditure of an amount which shall be
 not less than the amount approved by the commissioner  in  the  contract
 for excellence for the two thousand twelve--two thousand thirteen school
 year  and  provided  further  that,  a  school district that submitted a
 contract for excellence for  the  two  thousand  thirteen--two  thousand
 fourteen  school year, unless all schools in the district are identified
 as in good standing, shall submit a contract for excellence for the  two
 thousand   fourteen--two  thousand  fifteen  school  year  which  shall,
 notwithstanding the requirements of subparagraph (vi) of paragraph a  of
 subdivision  two  of  this  section,  provide  for the expenditure of an
 amount which shall be not less than the amount approved by  the  commis-
 sioner in the contract for excellence for the two thousand thirteen--two
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 thousand  fourteen  school  year;  and  provided  further that, a school
 district that submitted a contract for excellence for the  two  thousand
 fourteen--two  thousand  fifteen  school year, unless all schools in the
 district are identified as in good standing, shall submit a contract for
 excellence  for  the  two  thousand fifteen--two thousand sixteen school
 year which shall, notwithstanding the requirements of subparagraph  (vi)
 of  paragraph  a  of  subdivision  two  of this section, provide for the
 expenditure of an amount  which  shall  be  not  less  than  the  amount
 approved  by the commissioner in the contract for excellence for the two
 thousand  fourteen--two  thousand  fifteen  school  year;  and  provided
 further  that a school district that submitted a contract for excellence
 for the two thousand fifteen--two thousand sixteen school  year,  unless
 all  schools  in  the district are identified as in good standing, shall
 submit a contract for excellence for the two thousand sixteen--two thou-
 sand seventeen school year which shall, notwithstanding the requirements
 of subparagraph (vi) of paragraph a of subdivision two of this  section,
 provide  for  the  expenditure of an amount which shall be not less than
 the amount approved by the commissioner in the contract  for  excellence
 for  the  two  thousand  fifteen--two  thousand sixteen school year; and
 provided further that, a school district that submitted a  contract  for
 excellence  for  the two thousand sixteen--two thousand seventeen school
 year, unless all schools in the  district  are  identified  as  in  good
 standing,  shall  submit  a contract for excellence for the two thousand
 seventeen--two thousand eighteen school year which shall,  notwithstand-
 ing  the requirements of subparagraph (vi) of paragraph a of subdivision
 two of this section, provide for the  expenditure  of  an  amount  which
 shall  be  not  less than the amount approved by the commissioner in the
 contract for excellence  for  the  two  thousand  sixteen--two  thousand
 seventeen  school year; and provided further that a school district that
 submitted a contract for excellence for the two thousand  seventeen--two
 thousand  eighteen  school  year, unless all schools in the district are
 identified as in good standing, shall submit a contract  for  excellence
 for  the  two thousand eighteen--two thousand nineteen school year which
 shall, notwithstanding the requirements of subparagraph  (vi)  of  para-
 graph  a of subdivision two of this section, provide for the expenditure
 of an amount which shall be not less than the  amount  approved  by  the
 commissioner  in the contract for excellence for the two thousand seven-
 teen--two thousand eighteen school year; and provided  further  that,  a
 school  district  that  submitted  a contract for excellence for the two
 thousand eighteen--two thousand nineteen school year, unless all schools
 in the district are identified as  in  good  standing,  shall  submit  a
 contract  for  excellence  for  the  two thousand nineteen--two thousand
 twenty school year which  shall,  notwithstanding  the  requirements  of
 subparagraph  (vi)  of  paragraph  a of subdivision two of this section,
 provide for the expenditure of an amount which shall be  not  less  than
 the  amount  approved by the commissioner in the contract for excellence
 for the two thousand eighteen--two thousand nineteen  school  year;  and
 provided  further  that, a school district that submitted a contract for
 excellence for the two thousand  nineteen--two  thousand  twenty  school
 year,  unless  all  schools  in  the  district are identified as in good
 standing, shall submit a contract for excellence for  the  two  thousand
 twenty--two thousand twenty-one school year which shall, notwithstanding
 the  requirements of subparagraph (vi) of paragraph a of subdivision two
 of this section, provide for the expenditure of an amount which shall be
 not less than the amount approved by the commissioner  in  the  contract
 for excellence for the two thousand nineteen--two thousand twenty school
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 year;  and  provided  further  that,  a school district that submitted a
 contract for excellence for the two thousand twenty--two thousand  twen-
 ty-one school year, unless all schools in the district are identified as
 in  good  standing,  shall  submit a contract for excellence for the two
 thousand twenty-one--two thousand twenty-two school  year  which  shall,
 notwithstanding  the requirements of subparagraph (vi) of paragraph a of
 subdivision two of this section,  provide  for  the  expenditure  of  an
 amount  which  shall be not less than the amount approved by the commis-
 sioner in the contract for excellence for the two  thousand  twenty--two
 thousand  twenty-one  school  year;  and provided further that, a school
 district that submitted a contract for excellence for the  two  thousand
 twenty-one--two  thousand  twenty-two school year, unless all schools in
 the district are identified as in good standing, shall submit a contract
 for excellence for the two  thousand  twenty-two--two  thousand  twenty-
 three  school  year  which  shall,  notwithstanding  the requirements of
 subparagraph (vi) of paragraph a of subdivision  two  of  this  section,
 provide  for  the  expenditure of an amount which shall be not less than
 the amount approved by the commissioner in the contract  for  excellence
 for  the  two  thousand twenty-one--two thousand twenty-two school year;
 AND PROVIDED FURTHER THAT, A SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT SUBMITTED  A  CONTRACT
 FOR  EXCELLENCE  FOR  THE  TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-
 THREE SCHOOL YEAR, UNLESS ALL SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT ARE IDENTIFIED  AS
 IN  GOOD  STANDING,  SHALL  SUBMIT A CONTRACT FOR EXCELLENCE FOR THE TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR SCHOOL YEAR WHICH SHALL,
 NOTWITHSTANDING THE REQUIREMENTS OF SUBPARAGRAPH (VI) OF PARAGRAPH A  OF
 SUBDIVISION  TWO  OF  THIS  SECTION,  PROVIDE  FOR THE EXPENDITURE OF AN
 AMOUNT WHICH SHALL BE NOT LESS THAN THE AMOUNT APPROVED BY  THE  COMMIS-
 SIONER  IN THE CONTRACT FOR EXCELLENCE FOR THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO--
 TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE SCHOOL YEAR; provided,  however,  that,  in  a
 city  school  district  in  a city having a population of one million or
 more, notwithstanding the requirements of subparagraph (vi) of paragraph
 a of subdivision two of this section, the contract for excellence  shall
 provide  for  the  expenditure as set forth in subparagraph (v) of para-
 graph a of subdivision two of this section. For purposes of  this  para-
 graph,  the  "gap elimination adjustment percentage" shall be calculated
 as the sum of one minus the quotient of the sum of the school district's
 net gap elimination adjustment for two thousand ten--two thousand eleven
 computed pursuant to chapter fifty-three of the  laws  of  two  thousand
 ten,  making  appropriations  for  the  support  of government, plus the
 school district's gap elimination adjustment for two  thousand  eleven--
 two  thousand  twelve as computed pursuant to chapter fifty-three of the
 laws of two thousand eleven, making appropriations for  the  support  of
 the  local  assistance budget, including support for general support for
 public schools, divided by the total aid for adjustment computed  pursu-
 ant  to  chapter  fifty-three of the laws of two thousand eleven, making
 appropriations for the local assistance budget,  including  support  for
 general  support for public schools. Provided, further, that such amount
 shall be expended to support and maintain allowable programs and  activ-
 ities approved in the two thousand nine--two thousand ten school year or
 to  support  new  or  expanded  allowable programs and activities in the
 current year.
   § 2. Subdivision 4 of section 3602 of the education law is amended  by
 adding a new paragraph k to read as follows:
   K.  FOUNDATION AID PAYABLE IN THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE--TWO THOU-
 SAND TWENTY-FOUR SCHOOL YEAR. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION  OF  LAW  TO
 THE  CONTRARY, FOUNDATION AID PAYABLE IN THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE--
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 TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR SCHOOL YEAR SHALL BE EQUAL TO THE  SUM  OF  THE
 TOTAL  FOUNDATION  AID BASE COMPUTED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH J OF SUBDIVI-
 SION ONE OF THIS SECTION PLUS THE GREATER OF (A)  THE  POSITIVE  DIFFER-
 ENCE, IF ANY, OF (I) TOTAL FOUNDATION AID COMPUTED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH
 A  OF  THIS SUBDIVISION LESS (II) THE TOTAL FOUNDATION AID BASE COMPUTED
 PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH J OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, OR  (B)  THE
 PRODUCT  OF  THREE  HUNDREDTHS (0.03) MULTIPLIED BY THE TOTAL FOUNDATION
 AID BASE COMPUTED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH J OF  SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF  THIS
 SECTION.
   §  3.  Subdivision  4  of  section 3602 of education law is amended by
 adding a new paragraph e-1 to read as follows:
   E-1. HIGH-IMPACT TUTORING SET-ASIDE.  FOR  THE  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-
 THREE--TWO  THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR SCHOOL YEAR, EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL
 SET ASIDE FROM ITS TOTAL FOUNDATION AID THE AMOUNT SET  FORTH  FOR  EACH
 SCHOOL  DISTRICT  AS  "HIGH-IMPACT TUTORING SET-ASIDE" UNDER THE HEADING
 "2023-24 ESTIMATED AIDS" IN THE SCHOOL AID COMPUTER LISTING PRODUCED  BY
 THE  COMMISSIONER IN SUPPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE BUDGET REQUEST FOR THE TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR SCHOOL YEAR AND ENTITLED
 "BT232-4", AS COMPUTED PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH. EACH SCHOOL  DISTRICT
 SHALL  USE  SUCH  HIGH-IMPACT TUTORING SET-ASIDE AMOUNT TO DELIVER SMALL
 GROUP OR INDIVIDUAL TUTORING SESSIONS  IN  READING  AND  MATHEMATICS  TO
 STUDENTS  IN  GRADES  THREE  THROUGH  EIGHT  DESIGNATED  BY  EACH SCHOOL
 DISTRICT AS AT RISK OF FALLING BELOW STATE STANDARDS. SUCH SERVICES  AND
 SESSIONS  MAY BE PROVIDED DURING THE SCHOOL DAY, BEFORE OR AFTER SCHOOL,
 OR ON THE WEEKEND AND MUST OCCUR NO LESS THAN TWICE PER WEEK FOR NO LESS
 THAN THIRTY MINUTES UNTIL THE STUDENT IS  NO  LONGER  DESIGNATED  AS  AT
 RISK.  THE  FUNDS  SET  ASIDE  UNDER  THIS SECTION SHALL ONLY BE USED TO
 SUPPLEMENT CURRENT FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL FUNDING AND IN NO CASE SHALL
 SUPPLANT CURRENT DISTRICT EXPENDITURES OF FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL  FUNDS
 ON HIGH-IMPACT TUTORING.
   (1) FOR THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR SCHOOL
 YEAR,  FOR  DISTRICTS  SUBJECT TO A HIGH-IMPACT TUTORING SET-ASIDE, THIS
 SET-ASIDE SHALL EQUAL THE GREATER OF: (I) ONE HUNDRED  THOUSAND  DOLLARS
 OR  (II)  THE PRODUCT OF (A) ONE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-SEVEN TEN-
 THOUSANDTHS (0.1177) MULTIPLIED BY (B) THE FOUNDATION AID INCREASE BASE.
   (2) A DISTRICT SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE HIGH-IMPACT TUTORING  SET-ASIDE
 FOR  THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR SCHOOL YEAR
 IF (I) THE QUOTIENT ARRIVED AT WHEN DIVIDING THE FOUNDATION AID INCREASE
 BY THE FOUNDATION AID BASE IS GREATER THAN THREE HUNDREDTHS  (0.03)  AND
 (II)  THE FOUNDATION AID INCREASE BASE IS GREATER THAN ONE HUNDRED THOU-
 SAND DOLLARS ($100,000).
   (3) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH, "FOUNDATION  AID  INCREASE"  SHALL
 EQUAL  THE  POSITIVE DIFFERENCE OF THE AMOUNTS SET FORTH FOR EACH SCHOOL
 DISTRICT AS "FOUNDATION AID" UNDER THE HEADING "2023-24 ESTIMATED  AIDS"
 IN  THE  SCHOOL  AID  COMPUTER  LISTING  PRODUCED BY THE COMMISSIONER IN
 SUPPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE BUDGET REQUEST FOR  THE  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-
 THREE--TWO  THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR SCHOOL YEAR AND ENTITLED "BT232-4" LESS
 THE AMOUNTS SET FORTH FOR EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT AS "FOUNDATION AID" UNDER
 THE HEADING "2022-23 BASE YEAR AIDS" IN SUCH COMPUTER LISTING.
   (4) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH,  "FOUNDATION  AID  INCREASE  BASE"
 SHALL  EQUAL THE POSITIVE DIFFERENCE OF THE FOUNDATION AID INCREASE LESS
 THE PRODUCT OF THREE HUNDREDTHS (0.03) MULTIPLIED BY THE  TOTAL  FOUNDA-
 TION AID BASE.
   §  4.   Subdivision 9 of section 2852 of the education law, as amended
 by section 2 of subpart A of part B of chapter 20 of the laws  of  2015,
 is amended to read as follows:
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   9. The total number of charters issued pursuant to this article state-
 wide  shall not exceed four hundred sixty. (a) All charters issued on or
 after July first, two thousand fifteen and counted toward the  numerical
 limits  established  by this subdivision shall be issued by the board of
 regents  upon  application  directly  to  the board of regents or on the
 recommendation of the board of trustees of the state university  of  New
 York  pursuant  to  a competitive process in accordance with subdivision
 nine-a of this section. [Fifty of such charters issued on or after  July
 first,  two thousand fifteen, and no more, shall be granted to a charter
 for a school to be located in a city having a population of one  million
 or  more.]  The  failure of any body to issue the regulations authorized
 pursuant to this article shall not affect the  authority  of  a  charter
 entity  to  propose  a  charter  to the board of regents or the board of
 regents' authority to grant such charter. A conversion  of  an  existing
 public  school  to  a  charter  school, or the renewal or extension of a
 charter approved by any charter entity, OR THE REISSUANCE OF  A  SURREN-
 DERED,  REVOKED OR TERMINATED CHARTER PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (B) OR (B-1)
 OF THIS SUBDIVISION shall not be counted  toward  the  numerical  limits
 established by this subdivision.
   (b)  A  charter that has been surrendered, revoked or terminated on or
 before July first, two thousand fifteen, including a  charter  that  has
 not been renewed by action of its charter entity, may be reissued pursu-
 ant  to paragraph (a) of this subdivision by the board of regents either
 upon application directly to the board of regents or on the  recommenda-
 tion of the board of trustees of the state university of New York pursu-
 ant  to  a  competitive process in accordance with subdivision nine-a of
 this section. Provided that such reissuance shall not be counted  toward
 the  statewide  numerical  limit  established  by  this subdivision, and
 provided further that no more than twenty-two charters may  be  reissued
 pursuant to this paragraph.
   (B-1)  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, A CHARTER
 THAT HAS BEEN SURRENDERED, REVOKED OR TERMINATED AFTER JULY  FIRST,  TWO
 THOUSAND  FIFTEEN,  INCLUDING  A  CHARTER  THAT  HAS NOT BEEN RENEWED BY
 ACTION OF ITS CHARTER ENTITY, MAY BE REISSUED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH  (A)
 OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION  BY  THE  BOARD OF REGENTS EITHER UPON APPLICATION
 DIRECTLY TO THE BOARD OF REGENTS OR ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF  THE  BOARD
 OF  TRUSTEES  OF  THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK PURSUANT TO A COMPET-
 ITIVE PROCESS IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION  NINE-A  OF  THIS  SECTION.
 PROVIDED  THAT SUCH REISSUANCE SHALL NOT BE COUNTED TOWARD THE STATEWIDE
 NUMERICAL LIMIT ESTABLISHED BY THIS SUBDIVISION.
   (c) For purposes of determining the total number  of  charters  issued
 within  the  numerical  limits  established  by  this  subdivision,  the
 approval date of the charter entity shall be the determining factor.
   (d) Notwithstanding any provision of this article to the contrary, any
 charter authorized to be issued by chapter fifty-seven of  the  laws  of
 two  thousand  seven  effective July first, two thousand seven, and that
 remains unissued as of July first, two thousand fifteen, may  be  issued
 pursuant  to the provisions of law applicable to a charter authorized to
 be issued by such chapter in effect as of June fifteenth,  two  thousand
 fifteen[;  provided  however  that  nothing  in  this paragraph shall be
 construed to increase the numerical limit applicable to a city having  a
 population  of  one million or more as provided in paragraph (a) of this
 subdivision, as amended by a chapter of the laws of two thousand fifteen
 which added this paragraph].
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   § 5. Paragraph c of subdivision 1 of section  3602  of  the  education
 law,  as  amended  by  section 11 of part B of chapter 57 of the laws of
 2007, is amended to read as follows:
   c. "Actual valuation" shall mean the valuation of taxable real proper-
 ty  in  a  school  district obtained by taking the assessed valuation of
 taxable real property within  such  district  as  it  appears  upon  the
 assessment  roll  of  the  town,  city, village, or county in which such
 property is located, for the calendar year two years prior to the calen-
 dar year in which the base year commenced, after revision as provided by
 law, PLUS ANY ASSESSED VALUATION THAT WAS EXEMPTED FROM TAXATION  PURSU-
 ANT  TO  THE CLASS ONE REASSESSMENT EXEMPTION AUTHORIZED BY SECTION FOUR
 HUNDRED EIGHTY-FIVE-U OF THE REAL PROPERTY TAX LAW  OR  THE  RESIDENTIAL
 REVALUATION  EXEMPTION  AUTHORIZED BY SECTION FOUR HUNDRED EIGHTY-FIVE-V
 OF SUCH LAW AS ADDED BY CHAPTER FIVE HUNDRED SIXTY OF THE  LAWS  OF  TWO
 THOUSAND  TWENTY-ONE,  and dividing it by the state equalization rate as
 determined by the [state board of equalization and  assessment]  COMMIS-
 SIONER  OF  TAXATION  AND FINANCE, for the assessment roll of such town,
 city, village, or county completed during such preceding calendar  year.
 The  actual valuation of a central high school district shall be the sum
 of such valuations of its component  districts.  Such  actual  valuation
 shall  include  any  actual  valuation equivalent of payments in lieu of
 taxes determined pursuant to section four  hundred  eighty-five  of  the
 real property tax law. "Selected actual valuation" shall mean the lesser
 of  actual  valuation  calculated for aid payable in the current year or
 the two-year average of the actual valuation calculated for aid  payable
 in  the current year and the actual valuation calculated for aid payable
 in the base year.
   § 6. Paragraph d of subdivision 1 of section  3602  of  the  education
 law,  as  amended  by  section 11 of part B of chapter 57 of the laws of
 2007, is amended to read as follows:
   d. "Average daily attendance" shall mean the total number  of  attend-
 ance  days  of pupils in a public school of a school district in kinder-
 garten through grade twelve, or equivalent ungraded programs,  plus  the
 total  number  of  instruction  days for such pupils receiving homebound
 instruction including pupils receiving [instruction  through  a  two-way
 telephone  communication  system]  REMOTE  INSTRUCTION AS DEFINED IN THE
 REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER, divided  by  the  number  of  days  the
 district  school was in session as provided in this section. The attend-
 ance of pupils with disabilities attending under the provisions of para-
 graph c of subdivision two of section forty-four  hundred  one  of  this
 chapter shall be added to average daily attendance.
   §  7.  Paragraph  l  of subdivision 1 of section 3602 of the education
 law, as amended by section 11 of part B of chapter 57  of  the  laws  of
 2007, is amended to read as follows:
   l.  "Average  daily  membership"  shall  mean  the  possible aggregate
 attendance of all pupils in attendance in a public school of the  school
 district  in  kindergarten  through grade twelve, or equivalent ungraded
 programs,  including  possible  aggregate  attendance  for  such  pupils
 receiving homebound instruction, including pupils receiving [instruction
 through  a two-way telephone communication system] REMOTE INSTRUCTION AS
 DEFINED IN THE REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER, with the possible aggre-
 gate attendance of such pupils in one-half day kindergartens  multiplied
 by  one-half,  divided  by the number of days the district school was in
 session as provided in this section. The full time equivalent enrollment
 of pupils with disabilities attending under the provisions of  paragraph
 c  of  subdivision two of section forty-four hundred one of this chapter
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 shall be added to average daily membership.   Average  daily  membership
 shall  include  the  equivalent  attendance  of  the school district, as
 computed pursuant to paragraph d of this subdivision.  In  any  instance
 where  a  pupil  is  a resident of another state or an Indian pupil is a
 resident of any portion of a reservation located wholly or partly within
 the borders of the state pursuant to subdivision four of section  forty-
 one  hundred one of this chapter or a pupil is living on federally owned
 land or property, such pupil's possible aggregate  attendance  shall  be
 counted  as  part  of  the  possible  aggregate attendance of the school
 district in which such pupil is enrolled.
   § 8. The closing paragraph of subdivision 5-a of section 3602  of  the
 education  law,  as amended by section 14 of part A of chapter 56 of the
 laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   For the two thousand eight--two thousand nine school year, each school
 district shall be entitled to an apportionment equal to the  product  of
 fifteen  percent  and  the additional apportionment computed pursuant to
 this subdivision for the two thousand seven--two thousand  eight  school
 year.  For the two thousand nine--two thousand ten [through two thousand
 twenty-two--two thousand twenty-three] school [years] YEAR AND THEREAFT-
 ER each school district shall be entitled to an apportionment  equal  to
 the  amount  set  forth  for  such  school district as "SUPPLEMENTAL PUB
 EXCESS COST" under the heading "2008-09 BASE YEAR AIDS"  in  the  school
 aid  computer  listing  produced  by  the commissioner in support of the
 budget for the two thousand nine--two thousand ten school year and enti-
 tled "SA0910".
   § 9. Paragraph b of subdivision 6-c of section 3602 of  the  education
 law,  as  amended by section 11 of part CCC of chapter 59 of the laws of
 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   b. For projects approved by the  commissioner  authorized  to  receive
 additional building aid pursuant to this subdivision for the purchase of
 stationary  metal  detectors, security cameras or other security devices
 approved by the commissioner that increase the safety  of  students  and
 school  personnel,  provided  that  for  purposes of this paragraph such
 other security devices shall be limited to electronic  security  systems
 and  hardened  doors,  and  provided  that  for projects approved by the
 commissioner on or after the first day of  July  two  thousand  thirteen
 [and  before the first day of July two thousand twenty-three] such addi-
 tional aid shall equal  the  product  of  (i)  the  building  aid  ratio
 computed for use in the current year pursuant to paragraph c of subdivi-
 sion  six  of this section plus ten percentage points, except that in no
 case shall this amount exceed one hundred percent, and (ii)  the  actual
 approved  expenditures incurred in the base year pursuant to this subdi-
 vision, provided that the limitations on cost allowances  prescribed  by
 paragraph  a  of  subdivision  six  of this section shall not apply, and
 provided further that any projects aided under this  paragraph  must  be
 included  in  a  district's  school  safety plan. The commissioner shall
 annually prescribe a special cost allowance  for  metal  detectors,  and
 security  cameras,  and  the approved expenditures shall not exceed such
 cost allowance.
   § 10. Paragraph i of subdivision 12 of section 3602 of  the  education
 law,  as  amended  by  section 15 of part A of chapter 56 of the laws of
 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   i. For the two thousand  twenty-one--two  thousand  twenty-two  school
 year [and] THROUGH the two thousand [twenty-two] TWENTY-THREE--two thou-
 sand  [twenty-three] TWENTY-FOUR school year, each school district shall
 be entitled to an apportionment equal to the amount set forth  for  such
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 school  district  as  "ACADEMIC  ENHANCEMENT" under the heading "2020-21
 ESTIMATED AIDS" in the school  aid  computer  listing  produced  by  the
 commissioner  in  support of the budget for the two thousand twenty--two
 thousand  twenty-one school year and entitled "SA202-1", and such appor-
 tionment shall be deemed to satisfy the state obligation to  provide  an
 apportionment  pursuant  to  subdivision  eight  of  section  thirty-six
 hundred forty-one of this article.
   § 11. The opening paragraph of subdivision 16 of section 3602  of  the
 education  law,  as amended by section 16 of part A of chapter 56 of the
 laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   Each school district shall be eligible  to  receive  a  high  tax  aid
 apportionment  in the two thousand eight--two thousand nine school year,
 which shall equal the greater of (i) the sum of the tier 1 high tax  aid
 apportionment, the tier 2 high tax aid apportionment and the tier 3 high
 tax  aid apportionment or (ii) the product of the apportionment received
 by the school district pursuant to this subdivision in the two  thousand
 seven--two  thousand  eight  school  year, multiplied by the due-minimum
 factor, which shall equal, for districts with an alternate pupil  wealth
 ratio  computed  pursuant  to  paragraph  b of subdivision three of this
 section that is less than two, seventy percent (0.70), and for all other
 districts, fifty percent (0.50). Each school district shall be  eligible
 to  receive  a  high tax aid apportionment in the two thousand nine--two
 thousand ten through two thousand twelve--two thousand  thirteen  school
 years in the amount set forth for such school district as "HIGH TAX AID"
 under  the  heading  "2008-09 BASE YEAR AIDS" in the school aid computer
 listing produced by the commissioner in support of the  budget  for  the
 two  thousand  nine--two thousand ten school year and entitled "SA0910".
 Each school district shall be eligible to receive a high tax aid  appor-
 tionment in the two thousand thirteen--two thousand fourteen through two
 thousand  [twenty-two] TWENTY-THREE--two thousand [twenty-three] TWENTY-
 FOUR school years equal to the greater of (1) the amount set  forth  for
 such  school  district as "HIGH TAX AID" under the heading "2008-09 BASE
 YEAR AIDS" in the school aid computer listing produced  by  the  commis-
 sioner  in support of the budget for the two thousand nine--two thousand
 ten school year and entitled "SA0910" or (2) the amount  set  forth  for
 such  school district as "HIGH TAX AID" under the heading "2013-14 ESTI-
 MATED AIDS" in the school aid computer listing produced by  the  commis-
 sioner  in  support  of the executive budget for the 2013-14 fiscal year
 and entitled "BT131-4".
   § 12. Section 3602-e of the education law is amended by adding  a  new
 subdivision 3 to read as follows:
   3.  PROSPECTIVE  PREKINDERGARTEN ENROLLMENT REPORTING. A. BEGINNING IN
 THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR SCHOOL YEAR, ALL
 SCHOOL DISTRICTS ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE AN APPORTIONMENT UNDER THIS SECTION
 OR SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWO-EE OF THIS PART SHALL ANNUALLY  REPORT
 TO  THE  COMMISSIONER:  (I)  THE NUMBER OF FOUR-YEAR-OLD PREKINDERGARTEN
 STUDENTS THE DISTRICT INTENDS TO SERVE IN FULL-DAY AND HALF-DAY SLOTS IN
 DISTRICT-OPERATED PROGRAMS IN THE CURRENT YEAR; (II) THE NUMBER OF FOUR-
 YEAR-OLD PREKINDERGARTEN STUDENTS THE DISTRICT INTENDS TO SERVE IN FULL-
 DAY AND HALF-DAY SLOTS IN PROGRAMS OPERATED BY COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZA-
 TIONS  IN  THE  CURRENT  YEAR;  (III)  THE   NUMBER   OF   FOUR-YEAR-OLD
 PREKINDERGARTEN STUDENTS WHOSE PARENT OR GUARDIAN HAS APPLIED FOR A SEAT
 FOR THEM IN THE CURRENT YEAR, BUT TO WHOM THE DISTRICT LACKS CAPACITY TO
 OFFER  A  SEAT; (IV) THE TOTAL NUMBER OF FOUR-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN RESIDING
 IN THE DISTRICT WHO ARE ELIGIBLE TO BE SERVED  UNDER  THIS  SECTION  AND
 SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWO-EE OF THIS PART, INCLUDING STUDENTS WHOSE
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 PARENT  OR GUARDIAN DID NOT APPLY, WHERE SUCH INFORMATION CAN BE REASON-
 ABLY ASCERTAINED; (V) THE TOTAL NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO ARE  ELIGIBLE  TO
 ENROLL  IN  FOUR-YEAR-OLD  PREKINDERGARTEN  BUT  ARE  SERVED  IN PRIVATE
 SETTINGS  OR  WHOSE  PARENT  OR  GUARDIAN  HAS  NOT CHOSEN TO ENROLL THE
 STUDENT IN A PREKINDERGARTEN  PROGRAM  WHERE  SUCH  INFORMATION  CAN  BE
 REASONABLY  ASCERTAINED;  AND  (VI)  ANY  OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO
 DISTRICTS AND NECESSARY TO ACCURATELY  ESTIMATE  THE  UNMET  DEMAND  FOR
 FOUR-YEAR-OLD  PREKINDERGARTEN SERVICES WITHIN THE DISTRICT. THIS REPORT
 SHALL BE DUE NO LATER THAN SEPTEMBER FIRST OF EACH  YEAR  AND  SHALL  BE
 COLLECTED  AS  PART OF THE APPLICATION SPECIFIED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION
 FIVE OF THIS SECTION. BEGINNING NOVEMBER  FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-
 THREE,  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  ANNUALLY SUBMIT A REPORT TO THE CHAIR-
 PERSON OF THE ASSEMBLY WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE, THE CHAIRPERSON OF  THE
 SENATE  FINANCE  COMMITTEE  AND  THE  DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET WHICH SHALL
 INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO  THE  INFORMATION  REPORTED  BY  DISTRICTS
 UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION.
   § 13. Subdivision 20 of section 3602-e of the education law is amended
 by adding a new paragraph b to read as follows:
   B. TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR SCHOOL YEAR.
   (I) THE UNIVERSAL PREKINDERGARTEN EXPANSION FOR THE TWO THOUSAND TWEN-
 TY-THREE--TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-FOUR SCHOOL YEAR SHALL BE EQUAL TO TWICE
 THE PRODUCT OF (1) EXPANSION SLOTS MULTIPLIED BY (2)  SELECTED  AID  PER
 PREKINDERGARTEN  PUPIL  CALCULATED PURSUANT TO SUBPARAGRAPH (I) OF PARA-
 GRAPH B OF SUBDIVISION TEN OF THIS SECTION FOR THE TWO THOUSAND  TWENTY-
 THREE--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR SCHOOL YEAR.
   (II)  FOR PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH, "EXPANSION SLOTS" SHALL BE SLOTS
 FOR NEW FULL-DAY FOUR-YEAR-OLD PREKINDERGARTEN PUPILS  FOR  PURPOSES  OF
 SUBPARAGRAPH  (II)  OF  PARAGRAPH  B OF SUBDIVISION TEN OF THIS SECTION.
 EXPANSION SLOTS SHALL BE EQUAL TO THE POSITIVE DIFFERENCE,  IF  ANY,  OF
 (1) THE PRODUCT OF EIGHT HUNDRED NINETY-SEVEN THOUSANDTHS (0.897) MULTI-
 PLIED  BY  UNSERVED  FOUR-YEAR-OLD  PREKINDERGARTEN PUPILS AS DEFINED IN
 SUBPARAGRAPH (IV) OF PARAGRAPH B OF SUBDIVISION TEN OF THIS SECTION LESS
 (2) THE SUM OF FOUR-YEAR-OLD STUDENTS SERVED PLUS THE UNDERSERVED COUNT.
 IF SUCH EXPANSION SLOTS ARE GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO TEN BUT  LESS  THAN
 TWENTY, THE EXPANSION SLOTS SHALL BE TWENTY; IF SUCH EXPANSION SLOTS ARE
 LESS  THAN TEN, THE EXPANSION SLOTS SHALL BE ZERO; AND FOR A CITY SCHOOL
 DISTRICT IN A CITY HAVING A POPULATION  OF  ONE  MILLION  OR  MORE,  THE
 EXPANSION SLOTS SHALL BE ZERO.
   (III)  FOR PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH, "FOUR-YEAR-OLD STUDENTS SERVED"
 SHALL BE EQUAL TO THE SUM OF (1) THE NUMBER  OF  FOUR-YEAR-OLD  STUDENTS
 SERVED IN FULL-DAY AND HALF-DAY SETTINGS IN A STATE FUNDED PROGRAM WHICH
 MUST MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION AS REPORTED TO THE DEPARTMENT
 FOR  THE  TWO  THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO SCHOOL YEAR,
 PLUS (2)  THE  NUMBER  OF  FOUR-YEAR-OLD  STUDENTS  SERVED  IN  FULL-DAY
 SETTINGS  IN  A STATE FUNDED PROGRAM WHICH MUST MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF
 SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWO-EE OF THIS PART AND FOR WHICH GRANTS WERE
 AWARDED PRIOR TO THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE SCHOOL
 YEAR, PLUS (3) THE NUMBER OF EXPANSION SLOTS ALLOCATED PURSUANT TO PARA-
 GRAPH B OF SUBDIVISION NINETEEN OF THIS SECTION, PLUS (4) THE NUMBER  OF
 EXPANSION  SLOTS  ALLOCATED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH A OF THIS SUBDIVISION,
 PLUS (5) THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT MAY BE SERVED  IN  FULL-DAY
 PREKINDERGARTEN  PROGRAMS  FUNDED BY GRANTS WHICH MUST MEET THE REQUIRE-
 MENTS OF SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED  TWO-EE  OF  THIS  PART  FOR  GRANTS
 AWARDED  IN  THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO OR TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE SCHOOL YEAR.
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   (IV) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH, THE UNDERSERVED  COUNT  SHALL  BE
 EQUAL TO THE POSITIVE DIFFERENCE, IF ANY, OF (1) THE SUM OF (A) ELIGIBLE
 FULL-DAY FOUR-YEAR-OLD PREKINDERGARTEN PUPILS AS DEFINED IN SUBPARAGRAPH
 (II) OF PARAGRAPH B OF SUBDIVISION TEN OF THIS SECTION FOR THE TWO THOU-
 SAND TWENTY-ONE--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO SCHOOL YEAR, PLUS (B) THE PROD-
 UCT OF FIVE-TENTHS (0.5) AND THE ELIGIBLE HALF-DAY FOUR-YEAR-OLD PREKIN-
 DERGARTEN  PUPILS  AS  DEFINED  IN  SUBPARAGRAPH (III) OF PARAGRAPH B OF
 SUBDIVISION TEN OF THIS SECTION FOR  THE  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-ONE--TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO SCHOOL YEAR, LESS (2) THE POSITIVE DIFFERENCE OF (A)
 THE  NUMBER  OF  FOUR-YEAR-OLD  STUDENTS SERVED IN FULL-DAY AND HALF-DAY
 SETTINGS IN A STATE-FUNDED PROGRAM WHICH MUST MEET THE  REQUIREMENTS  OF
 THIS  SECTION AS REPORTED TO THE DEPARTMENT FOR THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-
 ONE--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO SCHOOL YEAR, WITH STUDENTS SERVED IN  HALF-
 DAY  SETTINGS  MULTIPLIED  BY  FIVE-TENTHS (0.5), LESS (B) THE NUMBER OF
 PUPILS SERVED IN  A  CONVERSION  SLOT  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION  THIRTY-SIX
 HUNDRED TWO-EE OF THIS PART IN THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE--TWO THOUSAND
 TWENTY-TWO SCHOOL YEAR MULTIPLIED BY FIVE-TENTHS (0.5).
   § 14. Paragraph d of subdivision 12 of section 3602-e of the education
 law,  as  amended by section 17-b of part A of chapter 56 of the laws of
 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   d. transitional guidelines and rules which allow a program to meet the
 required staff qualifications  and  any  other  requirements  set  forth
 pursuant to this section and regulations adopted by the board of regents
 and  the  commissioner;  provided that such guidelines include an annual
 process by which a district may apply to the  commissioner  by  [August]
 SEPTEMBER first of the current school year for a waiver that would allow
 personnel  employed  by  an eligible agency that is collaborating with a
 school district to provide prekindergarten services and licensed  by  an
 agency  other  than  the  department,  to  meet the staff qualifications
 prescribed by the licensing or registering  agency.  Provided,  further,
 that  the  commissioner  shall  annually  submit a report by [September]
 NOVEMBER first to the chairperson of the assembly ways and means commit-
 tee, the chairperson of the senate finance committee and the director of
 the budget which shall include but not be limited to the following:  (a)
 a  listing  of  the school districts receiving a waiver pursuant to this
 paragraph from the commissioner for the current  school  year;  (b)  the
 number and proportion of students within each district receiving a waiv-
 er  pursuant  to  this  paragraph  for  the current school year that are
 receiving instruction from personnel employed by an eligible agency that
 is collaborating with  a  school  district  to  provide  prekindergarten
 services  and  licensed  by an agency other than the department; and (c)
 the number and proportion of total prekindergarten  personnel  for  each
 school  district  that  are providing instructional services pursuant to
 this paragraph that are employed by an eligible agency that  is  collab-
 orating  with  a school district to provide prekindergarten services and
 licensed by an agency other than the department, to meet the staff qual-
 ifications prescribed by the licensing or registering agency.
   § 15. Paragraph c of subdivision 8 of section 3602-ee of the education
 law, as amended by section 17-a of part A of chapter 56 of the  laws  of
 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   (c) for eligible agencies as defined in paragraph b of subdivision one
 of section thirty-six hundred two-e of this part that are not schools, a
 bachelor's degree in early childhood education. Provided however, begin-
 ning  with the two thousand twenty-two--two thousand twenty-three school
 year, a school district  may  annually  apply  to  the  commissioner  by
 [August]  SEPTEMBER  first  of the current school year for a waiver that
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 would allow personnel employed by an eligible agency that is collaborat-
 ing with a school  district  to  provide  prekindergarten  services  and
 licensed by an agency other than the department, to meet the staff qual-
 ifications  prescribed  by the licensing or registering agency. Provided
 further that the commissioner shall annually submit a report by [Septem-
 ber] NOVEMBER first to the chairperson of the assembly  ways  and  means
 committee,  the  chairperson  of  the  senate  finance committee and the
 director of the budget which shall include but not  be  limited  to  the
 following:  (a)  a  listing  of  the school districts receiving a waiver
 pursuant to this paragraph from the commissioner for the current  school
 year;  (b)  the  number  and proportion of students within each district
 receiving a waiver pursuant to this paragraph  for  the  current  school
 year that are receiving instruction from personnel employed by an eligi-
 ble agency that is collaborating with a school district to provide prek-
 indergarten  services  and  licensed by an agency other than the depart-
 ment; and  (c)  the  number  and  proportion  of  total  prekindergarten
 personnel  for  each  school  district  that are providing instructional
 services pursuant to this paragraph that are  employed  by  an  eligible
 agency  that  is collaborating with a school district to provide prekin-
 dergarten services and licensed by an agency other than the  department,
 to  meet  the staff qualifications prescribed by the licensing or regis-
 tering agency.
   § 16. Subdivision 16 of section  3602-ee  of  the  education  law,  as
 amended  by  section  17 of part A of chapter 56 of the laws of 2022, is
 amended to read as follows:
   16. The authority of the department to administer the universal  full-
 day  pre-kindergarten  program shall expire June thirtieth, two thousand
 [twenty-three] TWENTY-FOUR; provided that the program shall continue and
 remain in full effect.
   § 17. Paragraph a of subdivision 5 of section 3604  of  the  education
 law,  as  amended by chapter 161 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read
 as follows:
   a. State aid adjustments. All errors or omissions in the apportionment
 shall be corrected by the commissioner. Whenever a school  district  has
 been  apportioned  less  money  than  that  to which it is entitled, the
 commissioner may allot to such district the balance to which it is enti-
 tled. Whenever a school district has been apportioned  more  money  than
 that  to which it is entitled, the commissioner may, by an order, direct
 such moneys to be paid back to the state to be credited to  the  general
 fund  local  assistance  account  for  state  aid to the schools, or may
 deduct such amount from the  next  apportionment  to  be  made  to  said
 district,  provided, however, that, upon notification of excess payments
 of aid for which a recovery must be made by the state through  deduction
 of  future  aid payments, a school district may request that such excess
 payments be  recovered  by  deducting  such  excess  payments  from  the
 payments due to such school district and payable in the month of June in
 (i) the school year in which such notification was received and (ii) the
 two  succeeding  school  years,  provided further that there shall be no
 interest penalty assessed against such  district  or  collected  by  the
 state.  Such  request  shall be made to the commissioner in such form as
 the commissioner shall prescribe, and shall be  based  on  documentation
 that the total amount to be recovered is in excess of one percent of the
 district's  total  general  fund  expenditures  for the preceding school
 year. The amount to be deducted in the first year shall be  the  greater
 of  (i) the sum of the amount of such excess payments that is recognized
 as a liability due to other governments by the district for the  preced-
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 ing  school year and the positive remainder of the district's unreserved
 fund balance at the close of the preceding school year less the  product
 of  the  district's  total  general  fund expenditures for the preceding
 school year multiplied by five percent, or (ii) one-third of such excess
 payments.  The amount to be recovered in the second year shall equal the
 lesser of the remaining amount of such excess payments to  be  recovered
 or  one-third  of such excess payments, and the remaining amount of such
 excess payments shall be recovered in the third year.  Provided  further
 that,  notwithstanding  any  other  provisions  of this subdivision, any
 pending payment of moneys due to such district as a prior  year  adjust-
 ment  payable pursuant to paragraph c of this subdivision for aid claims
 that had been previously paid as current year aid payments in excess  of
 the  amount  to which the district is entitled and for which recovery of
 excess payments is to be made  pursuant  to  this  paragraph,  shall  be
 reduced  at  the  time  of  actual  payment by any remaining unrecovered
 balance of such excess payments, and the remaining scheduled  deductions
 of  such  excess payments pursuant to this paragraph shall be reduced by
 the commissioner to reflect the amount so recovered.  [The  commissioner
 shall certify no payment to a school district based on a claim submitted
 later  than three years after the close of the school year in which such
 payment was first to be made.  For claims for which payment is first  to
 be  made  in  the nineteen hundred ninety-six--ninety-seven school year,
 the commissioner shall certify no payment to a school district based  on
 a  claim  submitted  later than two years after the close of such school
 year.] For claims for which payment is first to be made [in the nineteen
 hundred ninety-seven--ninety-eight school year and thereafter] PRIOR  TO
 THE  TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE SCHOOL YEAR, the
 commissioner shall certify no payment to a school district  based  on  a
 claim submitted later than one year after the close of such school year.
 FOR  CLAIMS  FOR  WHICH  PAYMENT IS FIRST TO BE MADE IN THE TWO THOUSAND
 TWENTY-TWO--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE SCHOOL YEAR  AND  THEREAFTER,  THE
 COMMISSIONER  SHALL  CERTIFY  NO PAYMENT TO A SCHOOL DISTRICT BASED ON A
 CLAIM SUBMITTED LATER THAN THE FIRST OF NOVEMBER OF  SUCH  SCHOOL  YEAR.
 Provided,  however,  no  payments  shall be barred or reduced where such
 payment is required as a result of a final audit of the  state.  [It  is
 further  provided  that,  until June thirtieth, nineteen hundred ninety-
 six, the commissioner may grant a waiver from  the  provisions  of  this
 section  for any school district if it is in the best educational inter-
 ests of the district pursuant to guidelines developed by the commission-
 er and approved by the director of the budget.] IT IS  FURTHER  PROVIDED
 THAT, FOR ANY APPORTIONMENTS PROVIDED PURSUANT TO SECTIONS SEVEN HUNDRED
 ONE,  SEVEN  HUNDRED  ELEVEN,  SEVEN  HUNDRED  FIFTY-ONE,  SEVEN HUNDRED
 FIFTY-THREE, NINETEEN HUNDRED FIFTY, THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWO,  THIRTY-SIX
 HUNDRED  TWO-B,  THIRTY-SIX  HUNDRED TWO-C, THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWO-E AND
 FORTY-FOUR HUNDRED FIVE OF THIS CHAPTER FOR THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO-
 -TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE AND TWO THOUSAND  TWENTY-THREE--TWO  THOUSAND
 TWENTY-FOUR SCHOOL YEARS, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL CERTIFY NO PAYMENT TO A
 SCHOOL  DISTRICT,  OTHER  THAN  PAYMENTS  PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISIONS FOUR,
 SIX-A, ELEVEN, THIRTEEN AND FIFTEEN OF SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWO OF
 THIS PART, IN EXCESS OF THE PAYMENT COMPUTED BASED ON AN ELECTRONIC DATA
 FILE USED TO PRODUCE THE SCHOOL AID COMPUTER  LISTING  PRODUCED  BY  THE
 COMMISSIONER  IN  SUPPORT  OF THE EXECUTIVE BUDGET REQUEST SUBMITTED FOR
 THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE--TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-FOUR  STATE  FISCAL
 YEAR  AND  ENTITLED  "BT232-4", AND FURTHER PROVIDED THAT FOR ANY APPOR-
 TIONMENTS PROVIDED PURSUANT TO SECTIONS SEVEN HUNDRED ONE, SEVEN HUNDRED
 ELEVEN, SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE,  SEVEN  HUNDRED  FIFTY-THREE,  NINETEEN
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 HUNDRED  FIFTY,  THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWO, THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWO-B, THIR-
 TY-SIX HUNDRED TWO-C, THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWO-E  AND  FORTY-FOUR  HUNDRED
 FIVE  OF  THIS  CHAPTER  FOR  THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR--TWO THOUSAND
 TWENTY-FIVE  SCHOOL  YEAR AND THEREAFTER, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL CERTIFY
 NO PAYMENT TO A SCHOOL DISTRICT, OTHER THAN PAYMENTS PURSUANT TO  SUBDI-
 VISIONS  FOUR, SIX-A, ELEVEN, THIRTEEN AND FIFTEEN OF SECTION THIRTY-SIX
 HUNDRED TWO OF THIS PART, IN EXCESS OF THE PAYMENT COMPUTED BASED ON  AN
 ELECTRONIC  DATA  FILE  USED  TO PRODUCE THE SCHOOL AID COMPUTER LISTING
 PRODUCED BY THE COMMISSIONER IN SUPPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE BUDGET  REQUEST
 SUBMITTED FOR THE STATE FISCAL YEAR IN WHICH THE SCHOOL YEAR COMMENCES.
   § 18. The opening paragraph of section 3609-a of the education law, as
 amended  by  section  19 of part A of chapter 56 of the laws of 2022, is
 amended to read as follows:
   For aid payable in the two thousand seven--two thousand  eight  school
 year  through  the  two  thousand  twenty-two--two thousand twenty-three
 school year, "moneys apportioned" shall mean the lesser of (i)  the  sum
 of  one  hundred  percent  of  the  respective amount set forth for each
 school district as payable pursuant to this section in  the  school  aid
 computer  listing  for  the current year produced by the commissioner in
 support of the budget which includes the appropriation for  the  general
 support  for  public schools for the prescribed payments and individual-
 ized payments due prior to April first for the  current  year  plus  the
 apportionment  payable during the current school year pursuant to subdi-
 vision six-a and subdivision fifteen of section thirty-six  hundred  two
 of  this  part  minus  any  reductions  to current year aids pursuant to
 subdivision seven of section thirty-six hundred four of this part or any
 deduction from  apportionment  payable  pursuant  to  this  chapter  for
 collection  of a school district basic contribution as defined in subdi-
 vision eight of section forty-four hundred one of this chapter, less any
 grants provided pursuant to subparagraph two-a of paragraph b of  subdi-
 vision  four  of section ninety-two-c of the state finance law, less any
 grants provided pursuant to subdivision five  of  section  ninety-seven-
 nnnn  of  the  state  finance  law, less any grants provided pursuant to
 subdivision twelve of section thirty-six hundred forty-one of this arti-
 cle, or (ii) the apportionment calculated by the commissioner  based  on
 data  on  file  at  the time the payment is processed; provided however,
 that for the purposes of any payments  made  pursuant  to  this  section
 prior  to  the  first  business  day of June of the current year, moneys
 apportioned shall not include any aids payable pursuant to  subdivisions
 six  and  fourteen,  if applicable, of section thirty-six hundred two of
 this part as current year aid for  debt  service  on  bond  anticipation
 notes  and/or bonds first issued in the current year or any aids payable
 for full-day kindergarten for the current year pursuant  to  subdivision
 nine  of section thirty-six hundred two of this part. The definitions of
 "base year" and "current year"  as  set  forth  in  subdivision  one  of
 section thirty-six hundred two of this part shall apply to this section.
 [For  aid  payable  in the two thousand twenty-two--two thousand twenty-
 three school year, reference to such "school aid  computer  listing  for
 the  current year" shall mean the printouts entitled "SA222-3".] FOR AID
 PAYABLE IN  THE  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-THREE--TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-FOUR
 SCHOOL  YEAR  AND THEREAFTER, "MONEYS APPORTIONED" SHALL MEAN THE SUM OF
 APPORTIONMENTS PROVIDED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION FOUR OF SECTION  THIRTY-
 SIX  HUNDRED TWO OF THIS ARTICLE PLUS THE LESSER OF:  (I) THE SUM OF ONE
 HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE RESPECTIVE  AMOUNT  SET  FORTH  FOR  EACH  SCHOOL
 DISTRICT  AS PAYABLE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION IN THE SCHOOL AID COMPUTER
 LISTING FOR THE CURRENT YEAR PRODUCED BY THE COMMISSIONER IN SUPPORT  OF
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 THE  EXECUTIVE  BUDGET  REQUEST WHICH INCLUDES THE APPROPRIATION FOR THE
 GENERAL SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR THE PRESCRIBED PAYMENTS AND INDI-
 VIDUALIZED PAYMENTS DUE PRIOR TO APRIL FIRST FOR THE CURRENT  YEAR  PLUS
 THE  APPORTIONMENT  PAYABLE  DURING  THE CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR PURSUANT TO
 SUBDIVISIONS SIX-A AND FIFTEEN OF SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWO OF THIS
 PART MINUS ANY REDUCTIONS TO CURRENT YEAR AIDS PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION
 SEVEN  OF  SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED FOUR OF THIS PART OR ANY DEDUCTION
 FROM APPORTIONMENT PAYABLE PURSUANT TO THIS CHAPTER FOR COLLECTION OF  A
 SCHOOL  DISTRICT  BASIC  CONTRIBUTION AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION EIGHT OF
 SECTION FORTY-FOUR HUNDRED ONE OF THIS CHAPTER, LESS ANY GRANTS PROVIDED
 PURSUANT TO SUBPARAGRAPH TWO-A OF PARAGRAPH B  OF  SUBDIVISION  FOUR  OF
 SECTION  NINETY-TWO-C OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW, LESS ANY GRANTS PROVIDED
 PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION SIX OF SECTION NINETY-SEVEN-NNNN  OF  THE  STATE
 FINANCE  LAW, LESS ANY GRANTS PROVIDED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWELVE OF
 SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED FORTY-ONE OF THIS  ARTICLE,  LESS  APPORTION-
 MENTS  PROVIDED  PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION  FOUR  OF  SECTION THIRTY-SIX
 HUNDRED TWO OF THIS ARTICLE, OR (II) THE APPORTIONMENT CALCULATED BY THE
 COMMISSIONER BASED ON DATA ON FILE AT THE TIME THE PAYMENT IS PROCESSED,
 EXCLUDING  APPORTIONMENTS  PROVIDED  PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION  FOUR  OF
 SECTION  THIRTY-SIX  HUNDRED TWO OF THIS ARTICLE; PROVIDED HOWEVER, THAT
 FOR THE PURPOSES OF ANY PAYMENTS MADE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION PRIOR  TO
 THE  FIRST  BUSINESS DAY OF JUNE OF THE CURRENT YEAR, MONEYS APPORTIONED
 SHALL NOT INCLUDE ANY AIDS PAYABLE  PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISIONS  SIX  AND
 FOURTEEN,  IF APPLICABLE, OF SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWO OF THIS PART
 AS CURRENT YEAR AID FOR DEBT SERVICE ON BOND ANTICIPATION  NOTES  AND/OR
 BONDS  FIRST ISSUED IN THE CURRENT YEAR OR ANY AIDS PAYABLE FOR FULL-DAY
 KINDERGARTEN FOR THE  CURRENT  YEAR  PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION  NINE  OF
 SECTION  THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWO OF THIS PART. FOR AID PAYABLE IN THE TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR SCHOOL  YEAR,  REFERENCE
 TO  SUCH  "SCHOOL  AID COMPUTER LISTING FOR THE CURRENT YEAR" SHALL MEAN
 THE PRINTOUTS ENTITLED "BT232-4".
   § 19. Section 3638 of the education law is amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 7 to read as follows:
   7. ZERO-EMISSION BUS PROGRESS REPORTING. A. BEGINNING IN THE TWO THOU-
 SAND  TWENTY-THREE--TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-FOUR  SCHOOL  YEAR, ALL SCHOOL
 DISTRICTS ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE AN APPORTIONMENT UNDER  SUBDIVISION  SEVEN
 OF  SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWO OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL ANNUALLY SUBMIT
 TO THE COMMISSIONER A PROGRESS REPORT ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF  ZERO-EM-
 ISSION  BUSES  AS  REQUIRED UNDER THIS SECTION IN A FORMAT PRESCRIBED BY
 THE COMMISSIONER AND APPROVED BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET.  THE REPORT
 SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, (I) SUFFICIENCY  OF  THE  ELECTRIC
 GRID  TO SUPPORT ANTICIPATED ELECTRICAL NEEDS, (II) THE AVAILABILITY AND
 INSTALLATION OF CHARGING  STATIONS  AND  OTHER  COMPONENTS  REQUIRED  TO
 SUPPORT THE ANTICIPATED FULL NEEDS FOR ZERO-EMISSION SCHOOL BUSES, (III)
 PROGRESS  OF  THE  TRAINING AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT NEEDED TO SUPPORT,
 MAINTAIN, AND SERVICE ZERO-EMISSION BUSES, (IV) THE NUMBER  AND  PROPOR-
 TION  OF ZERO-EMISSION BUSES PURCHASED, LEASED, OR UTILIZED BY DISTRICTS
 PROVIDING TRANSPORTATION SERVICES CURRENTLY IN USE AND THE TOTAL  ANTIC-
 IPATED  NUMBER FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS, AND (V) THE NUMBER AND PROPORTION
 OF ZERO-EMISSION BUSES PURCHASED, LEASED,  OR  UTILIZED  BY  CONTRACTORS
 PROVIDING  TRANSPORTATION SERVICES CURRENTLY IN USE AND THE TOTAL ANTIC-
 IPATED NUMBER FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS.   THESE REPORTS SHALL  BE  DUE  NO
 LATER  THAN  AUGUST  FIRST  OF EACH YEAR.   BEGINNING OCTOBER FIRST, TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ANNUALLY SUBMIT  A  REPORT
 TO  THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE ASSEMBLY WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE, THE CHAIR-
 PERSON OF THE SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE AND THE DIRECTOR  OF  THE  BUDGET
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 WHICH  SHALL  INCLUDE  BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO THE INFORMATION REPORTED BY
 DISTRICTS UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION.
   §  20.  Subdivision b of section 2 of chapter 756 of the laws of 1992,
 relating to funding a program for work force education conducted by  the
 consortium  for worker education in New York city, as amended by section
 20 of part A of chapter 56 of the laws of 2022, is amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   b.  Reimbursement for programs approved in accordance with subdivision
 a of this section for the reimbursement for the 2018--2019  school  year
 shall not exceed 59.4 percent of the lesser of such approvable costs per
 contact hour or fourteen dollars and ninety-five cents per contact hour,
 reimbursement  for  the  2019--2020  school  year  shall not exceed 57.7
 percent of the lesser of such  approvable  costs  per  contact  hour  or
 fifteen  dollars  sixty  cents  per  contact hour, reimbursement for the
 2020--2021 school year shall not exceed 56.9 percent of  the  lesser  of
 such  approvable  costs  per contact hour or sixteen dollars and twenty-
 five cents per contact hour, reimbursement  for  the  2021--2022  school
 year  shall  not  exceed  56.0  percent of the lesser of such approvable
 costs per contact hour or sixteen dollars and forty  cents  per  contact
 hour,  [and]  reimbursement  for  the  2022--2023  school year shall not
 exceed 55.7 percent of the lesser of such approvable costs  per  contact
 hour or sixteen dollars and sixty cents per contact hour, AND REIMBURSE-
 MENT FOR THE 2023--2024 SCHOOL YEAR SHALL NOT EXCEED 54.7 PERCENT OF THE
 LESSER OF SUCH APPROVABLE COSTS PER CONTACT HOUR OR EIGHTEEN DOLLARS PER
 CONTACT  HOUR,  and  where  a  contact  hour represents sixty minutes of
 instruction services provided to an eligible adult.  Notwithstanding any
 other provision of law to the contrary, for the 2018--2019  school  year
 such contact hours shall not exceed one million four hundred sixty-three
 thousand nine hundred sixty-three (1,463,963); for the 2019--2020 school
 year  such  contact  hours  shall  not  exceed  one million four hundred
 forty-four  thousand  four  hundred  forty-four  (1,444,444);  for   the
 2020--2021  school  year such contact hours shall not exceed one million
 four hundred six thousand nine hundred twenty-six (1,406,926);  for  the
 2021--2022  school  year such contact hours shall not exceed one million
 four hundred sixteen thousand one hundred twenty-two (1,416,122);  [and]
 for  the  2022--2023 school year such contact hours shall not exceed one
 million four hundred six thousand nine hundred  twenty-six  (1,406,926);
 AND  FOR  THE 2023--2024 SCHOOL YEAR SUCH CONTACT HOURS SHALL NOT EXCEED
 ONE MILLION ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT  THOUSAND  SIX  HUNDRED  NINETY-NINE
 (1,168,699). Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
 the apportionment calculated for the city school district of the city of
 New York pursuant to subdivision 11 of section 3602 of the education law
 shall  be  computed  as if such contact hours provided by the consortium
 for worker education, not to exceed the contact hours set forth  herein,
 were eligible for aid in accordance with the provisions of such subdivi-
 sion 11 of section 3602 of the education law.
   §  21. Section 4 of chapter 756 of the laws of 1992, relating to fund-
 ing a program for work force education conducted by the  consortium  for
 worker  education  in New York city, is amended by adding a new subdivi-
 sion bb to read as follows:
   BB. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS  SUBDIVISION  SHALL  NOT  APPLY  AFTER  THE
 COMPLETION OF PAYMENTS FOR THE 2023--24 SCHOOL YEAR. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY
 INCONSISTENT  PROVISIONS  OF  LAW,  THE  COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION SHALL
 WITHHOLD A PORTION OF EMPLOYMENT PREPARATION EDUCATION AID  DUE  TO  THE
 CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK TO SUPPORT A PORTION OF THE
 COSTS OF THE WORK FORCE EDUCATION PROGRAM. SUCH MONEYS SHALL BE CREDITED
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 TO  THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION FUND-LOCAL ASSISTANCE ACCOUNT
 AND SHALL NOT  EXCEED  ELEVEN  MILLION  FIVE  HUNDRED  THOUSAND  DOLLARS
 ($11,500,000).
   §  22. Section 6 of chapter 756 of the laws of 1992, relating to fund-
 ing a program for work force education conducted by the  consortium  for
 worker education in New York city, as amended by section 22 of part A of
 chapter 56 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   §  6.  This  act  shall  take effect July 1, 1992, and shall be deemed
 repealed [on] June 30, [2023] 2024.
   § 23. Subdivision 2 of section 44 of part CCC of  chapter  59  of  the
 laws  of 2018 amending the education law, relating to a statement of the
 total funding allocation, is amended to read as follows:
   2. Sections four and four-a of this act shall  expire  and  be  deemed
 repealed June 30, [2023] 2028; and
   §  24.  Section  12  of  chapter  147 of the laws of 2001 amending the
 education law relating to conditional appointment  of  school  district,
 charter school or BOCES employees, as amended by section 24 of part A of
 chapter 56 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   §  12.  This  act shall take effect on the same date as chapter 180 of
 the laws of 2000 takes effect[, and shall expire July 1, 2023 when  upon
 such date the provisions of this act shall be deemed repealed].
   §  25. Section 12 of part C of chapter 56 of the laws of 2020  direct-
 ing the commissioner of education to appoint   a   monitor    for    the
 Rochester city  school district,  establishing  the  powers  and  duties
 of  such  monitor and certain other officers and relating to the  appor-
 tionment  of aid   to such   school   district, is amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   §  12. This act shall take effect immediately, provided, however, that
 sections two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine and ten of this
 act shall expire and be  deemed  repealed  June  30,  [2023]  2025;  and
 provided further, however that sections one and eleven of this act shall
 expire and be deemed repealed June 30, 2049.
   § 26. Subdivision 11 of section 94 of part C of chapter 57 of the laws
 of  2004  relating to the support of education, as amended by section 37
 of part A of chapter 56 of the laws of  2020,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   11.  section  seventy-one  of  this  act  shall  expire  and be deemed
 repealed June 30, [2023] 2028;
   § 27. 1. The education department shall conduct a comprehensive  study
 of alternative tuition rate-setting methodologies for approved providers
 operating  school-age  programs  receiving  funding under article 81 and
 article 89  of  the  education  law  and  providers  operating  approved
 preschool special education programs under section 4410 of the education
 law.  The  department  shall ensure that such study consider stakeholder
 feedback and include, but not be limited to, a comparative  analysis  of
 rate-setting  methodologies  utilized  by other agencies of the state of
 New York, including the rate-setting methodology utilized by the  office
 of children and family services for private residential school programs;
 options  and recommendations for an alternative rate-setting methodology
 or methodologies; cost estimates for such alternative methodologies; and
 an analysis of current provider tuition rates compared to tuition  rates
 that would be established under such alternative methodologies.
   2.  At a minimum, any recommended alternative rate-setting methodology
 or methodologies proposed for such preschool  and  school-age  providers
 shall: (a)  in total, be cost neutral to the state, school districts and
 counties;  (b) substantially restrict or eliminate tuition rate appeals;
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 (c) establish tuition rates that are calculated  based  on  standardized
 parameters  and criteria, including, but not limited to, defined program
 and staffing models, regional costs,  and  minimum  required  enrollment
 levels  as  a  percentage of program operating capacities; (d) include a
 schedule to phase in new tuition rates in  accordance  with  the  recom-
 mended  methodology  or  methodologies; and (e) ensure tuition rates for
 all programs can be calculated no  later  than  the  beginning  of  each
 school year.
   3.  The  education  department  shall  present its recommendations and
 analysis to the division of the budget  no  later  than  July  1,  2025,
 provided,  however, that the department shall regularly consult with the
 division of the budget throughout completion of its study.  Adoption  of
 any  alternative  rate-setting  methodologies  shall  be  subject to the
 approval of the director of the division of the budget.
   § 28. Section 3 of chapter 507  of  the  laws  of  1974,  relating  to
 providing  for  the  apportionment  of state monies to certain nonpublic
 schools, to reimburse them for their expenses in complying with  certain
 state  requirements  for  the administration of state testing and evalu-
 ation programs and for participation in state programs for the reporting
 of basic educational data, as amended by section 38 of part A of chapter
 56 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
   § 3. Apportionment. a. The commissioner shall  annually  apportion  to
 each  qualifying  school,  for  school years beginning on and after July
 first, nineteen hundred seventy-four, an amount equal to the actual cost
 incurred by each such  school  during  the  preceding  school  year  for
 providing  services  required  by  law  to  be  rendered to the state in
 compliance  with  the  requirements  of  the  state's  pupil  evaluation
 program,  the  basic  educational data system, regents examinations, the
 statewide evaluation plan, the uniform procedure  for  pupil  attendance
 reporting,  the  state's  immunization  program  and other similar state
 prepared examinations and reporting  procedures.    Provided  that  each
 nonpublic  school that seeks aid payable in the two thousand twenty--two
 thousand twenty-one school year to reimburse two thousand  nineteen--two
 thousand  twenty  school year expenses shall submit a claim for such aid
 to the state education department no later than May fifteenth, two thou-
 sand twenty-one and such claims shall be paid  by  the  state  education
 department  no  later  than  June  thirtieth,  two  thousand twenty-one.
 Provided further that each nonpublic school that seeks  aid  payable  in
 the  two  thousand  twenty-one--two  thousand twenty-two school year and
 thereafter shall submit a claim for such  aid  to  the  state  education
 department  no later than April first of the school year in which aid is
 payable and such claims shall be paid by the state education  department
 no  later  than  May thirty-first of such school year.  PROVIDED FURTHER
 THAT, FOR AID PAYABLE IN THE  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-THREE--TWO  THOUSAND
 TWENTY-FOUR SCHOOL YEAR AND THEREAFTER, THE STATE'S LIABILITY UNDER THIS
 SECTION  SHALL  BE  LIMITED  TO  THE ANNUAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED FOR SUCH
 PURPOSE. IN THE EVENT THAT TOTAL CLAIMS SUBMITTED EXCEED  THE  APPROPRI-
 ATION  AVAILABLE FOR SUCH AID, EACH CLAIMANT SHALL ONLY BE REIMBURSED AN
 AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE PERCENTAGE THAT EACH SUCH CLAIMANT REPRESENTS TO THE
 TOTAL OF ALL CLAIMS SUBMITTED.
   b. Such nonpublic schools shall be eligible to receive  aid  based  on
 the  number  of days or portion of days attendance is taken and either a
 5.0/5.5 hour standard instructional day, or another work day  as  certi-
 fied by the nonpublic school officials, in accordance with the methodol-
 ogy  for  computing  salary  and  benefits  applied by the department in
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 paying aid for the two thousand twelve--two thousand thirteen and  prior
 school years.
   c. The commissioner shall annually apportion to each qualifying school
 in  the  cities  of  New  York,  Buffalo and Rochester, for school years
 beginning on or after July first two thousand sixteen, an  amount  equal
 to  the  actual  cost  incurred by each such school during the preceding
 school year in meeting the recording and reporting requirements  of  the
 state  school  immunization program, provided that the state's liability
 shall be limited to the amount appropriated for this purpose.
   § 29. Special apportionment for salary  expenses.  1.  Notwithstanding
 any  other  provision  of  law,  upon application to the commissioner of
 education, not sooner than the first day of  the  second  full  business
 week  of  June  2024  and  not later than the last day of the third full
 business week of June 2024, a school district eligible for an apportion-
 ment pursuant to section 3602 of the education law shall be eligible  to
 receive  an  apportionment pursuant to this section, for the school year
 ending June 30, 2024, for salary expenses incurred between April  1  and
 June 30, 2023 and such apportionment shall not exceed the sum of (a) the
 deficit  reduction assessment of 1990--1991 as determined by the commis-
 sioner of education, pursuant to paragraph f of subdivision 1 of section
 3602 of the education law, as in effect through June 30, 1993, plus  (b)
 186  percent  of such amount for a city school district in a city with a
 population in excess of 1,000,000 inhabitants, plus (c) 209  percent  of
 such  amount  for  a city school district in a city with a population of
 more than 195,000 inhabitants and less than 219,000 inhabitants  accord-
 ing  to  the  latest  federal  census,  plus (d) the net gap elimination
 adjustment for 2010--2011, as determined by the commissioner  of  educa-
 tion pursuant to chapter 53 of the laws of 2010, plus (e) the gap elimi-
 nation  adjustment  for 2011-- 2012 as determined by the commissioner of
 education pursuant to subdivision 17 of section 3602  of  the  education
 law,  and provided further that such apportionment shall not exceed such
 salary expenses.  Such application shall be made by a  school  district,
 after the board of education or trustees have adopted a resolution to do
 so and in the case of a city school district in a city with a population
 in excess of 125,000 inhabitants, with the approval of the mayor of such
 city.
   2.  The  claim  for  an  apportionment to be paid to a school district
 pursuant to subdivision 1 of this section  shall  be  submitted  to  the
 commissioner  of  education  on  a form prescribed for such purpose, and
 shall be payable upon determination by such commissioner that  the  form
 has been submitted as prescribed. Such approved amounts shall be payable
 on  the  same  day in September of the school year following the year in
 which application was made as funds provided pursuant to subparagraph  4
 of  paragraph  b  of  subdivision 4 of section 92-c of the state finance
 law, on the audit and warrant  of  the  state  comptroller  on  vouchers
 certified  or  approved  by  the commissioner of education in the manner
 prescribed by law from moneys in the state lottery  fund  and  from  the
 general  fund  to  the  extent that the amount paid to a school district
 pursuant to this section exceeds the amount, if  any,  due  such  school
 district  pursuant  to subparagraph 2 of paragraph a of subdivision 1 of
 section 3609-a of the education law in the  school  year  following  the
 year in which application was made.
   3.  Notwithstanding  the provisions of section 3609-a of the education
 law, an amount equal to the amount paid to a school district pursuant to
 subdivisions 1 and 2 of this section shall first be  deducted  from  the
 following  payments  due  the  school  district  during  the school year
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 following the year in which application was made  pursuant  to  subpara-
 graphs  1,  2,  3,  4  and  5 of paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section
 3609-a of the education law in the following order: the  lottery  appor-
 tionment  payable  pursuant to subparagraph 2 of such paragraph followed
 by the fixed fall payments payable pursuant to subparagraph  4  of  such
 paragraph  and then followed by the district's payments to the teachers'
 retirement system pursuant to subparagraph 1 of such paragraph, and  any
 remainder  to  be  deducted  from  the  individualized  payments due the
 district pursuant to paragraph b of such subdivision shall  be  deducted
 on  a  chronological  basis  starting  with the earliest payment due the
 district.
   § 30. Special apportionment for public pension accruals. 1.   Notwith-
 standing any other provision of law, upon application to the commission-
 er  of education, not later than June 30, 2024, a school district eligi-
 ble for an apportionment pursuant to section 3602 of the  education  law
 shall  be eligible to receive an apportionment pursuant to this section,
 for the school year ending June 30, 2024 and  such  apportionment  shall
 not  exceed  the  additional  accruals  required  to  be  made by school
 districts in the 2004--2005 and 2005--2006 school years associated  with
 changes  for  such  public pension liabilities. The amount of such addi-
 tional accrual shall be certified to the commissioner  of  education  by
 the  president of the board of education or the trustees or, in the case
 of a city school district in a city  with  a  population  in  excess  of
 125,000  inhabitants,  the mayor of such city. Such application shall be
 made by a school district, after the board of education or trustees have
 adopted a resolution to do so and in the case of a city school  district
 in  a  city with a population in excess of 125,000 inhabitants, with the
 approval of the mayor of such city.
   2. The claim for an apportionment to be  paid  to  a  school  district
 pursuant  to  subdivision  1  of  this section shall be submitted to the
 commissioner of education on a form prescribed  for  such  purpose,  and
 shall  be  payable upon determination by such commissioner that the form
 has been submitted as prescribed. Such approved amounts shall be payable
 on the same day in September of the school year following  the  year  in
 which  application was made as funds provided pursuant to subparagraph 4
 of paragraph b of subdivision 4 of section 92-c  of  the  state  finance
 law,  on  the  audit  and  warrant  of the state comptroller on vouchers
 certified or approved by the commissioner of  education  in  the  manner
 prescribed  by  law  from  moneys in the state lottery fund and from the
 general fund to the extent that the amount paid  to  a  school  district
 pursuant  to  this  section  exceeds the amount, if any, due such school
 district pursuant to subparagraph 2 of paragraph a of subdivision  1  of
 section  3609-a  of  the  education law in the school year following the
 year in which application was made.
   3. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 3609-a of  the  education
 law, an amount equal to the amount paid to a school district pursuant to
 subdivisions  1  and  2 of this section shall first be deducted from the
 following payments due  the  school  district  during  the  school  year
 following  the  year  in which application was made pursuant to subpara-
 graphs 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 of paragraph  a  of  subdivision  1  of  section
 3609-a  of  the education law in the following order: the lottery appor-
 tionment payable pursuant to subparagraph 2 of such  paragraph  followed
 by  the  fixed  fall payments payable pursuant to subparagraph 4 of such
 paragraph and then followed by the district's payments to the  teachers'
 retirement  system pursuant to subparagraph 1 of such paragraph, and any
 remainder to be  deducted  from  the  individualized  payments  due  the
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 district  pursuant  to paragraph b of such subdivision shall be deducted
 on a chronological basis starting with  the  earliest  payment  due  the
 district.
   §  31. The amounts specified in this section shall be a set-aside from
 the state funds which each such district is  receiving  from  the  total
 foundation aid:
   1.  for the development, maintenance or expansion of magnet schools or
 magnet school programs for the 2023--2024  school  year.  For  the  city
 school  district  of  the city of New York there shall be a set-aside of
 foundation aid equal to forty-eight  million  one  hundred  seventy-five
 thousand  dollars  ($48,175,000) including five hundred thousand dollars
 ($500,000) for the Andrew Jackson High  School;  for  the  Buffalo  city
 school   district,   twenty-one  million  twenty-five  thousand  dollars
 ($21,025,000); for the Rochester city school district,  fifteen  million
 dollars  ($15,000,000);  for the Syracuse city school district, thirteen
 million dollars ($13,000,000); for the  Yonkers  city  school  district,
 forty-nine  million five hundred thousand dollars ($49,500,000); for the
 Newburgh city school district, four million six hundred forty-five thou-
 sand dollars ($4,645,000); for the Poughkeepsie  city  school  district,
 two million four hundred seventy-five thousand dollars ($2,475,000); for
 the Mount Vernon city school district, two million dollars ($2,000,000);
 for  the New Rochelle city school district, one million four hundred ten
 thousand dollars ($1,410,000); for the Schenectady city school district,
 one million eight hundred thousand dollars ($1,800,000);  for  the  Port
 Chester  city  school  district,  one million one hundred fifty thousand
 dollars ($1,150,000); for the White Plains city  school  district,  nine
 hundred  thousand  dollars ($900,000); for the Niagara Falls city school
 district, six hundred thousand dollars ($600,000); for the  Albany  city
 school  district,  three  million  five  hundred  fifty thousand dollars
 ($3,550,000); for the Utica city school district,  two  million  dollars
 ($2,000,000);  for  the Beacon city school district, five hundred sixty-
 six  thousand  dollars  ($566,000);  for  the  Middletown  city   school
 district,  four  hundred  thousand  dollars ($400,000); for the Freeport
 union free school district, four hundred  thousand  dollars  ($400,000);
 for  the  Greenburgh  central  school  district,  three hundred thousand
 dollars ($300,000);  for  the  Amsterdam  city  school  district,  eight
 hundred  thousand  dollars  ($800,000);  for  the  Peekskill city school
 district, two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000); and  for  the  Hudson
 city school district, four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000).
   2.  Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law to the contrary,
 a school district setting aside such foundation  aid  pursuant  to  this
 section  may  use  such  set-aside  funds  for: (a) any instructional or
 instructional support costs associated with the operation  of  a  magnet
 school;  or (b) any instructional or instructional support costs associ-
 ated with implementation of an alternative approach to promote diversity
 and/or enhancement of the instructional program and raising of standards
 in elementary and secondary schools of school districts having  substan-
 tial concentrations of minority students.
   3.  The  commissioner of education shall not be authorized to withhold
 foundation aid from a school district that used such funds in accordance
 with this subdivision, notwithstanding any inconsistency with a  request
 for  proposals issued by such commissioner for the purpose of attendance
 improvement and dropout prevention for the 2023--2024 school  year,  and
 for  any city school district in a city having a population of more than
 one million,  the  set-aside  for  attendance  improvement  and  dropout
 prevention  shall  equal  the amount set aside in the base year. For the
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 2023--2024 school year, it is further  provided  that  any  city  school
 district  in  a  city having a population of more than one million shall
 allocate at least one-third of any increase from  base  year  levels  in
 funds set aside pursuant to the requirements of this section to communi-
 ty-based  organizations.  Any increase required pursuant to this section
 to community-based organizations must  be  in  addition  to  allocations
 provided to community-based organizations in the base year.
   4.  For the purpose of teacher support for the 2023--2024 school year:
 for the city school district of the city of New York, sixty-two  million
 seven hundred seven thousand dollars ($62,707,000); for the Buffalo city
 school  district,  one  million seven hundred forty-one thousand dollars
 ($1,741,000); for the Rochester city school district, one million seven-
 ty-six thousand  dollars  ($1,076,000);  for  the  Yonkers  city  school
 district,   one   million   one  hundred  forty-seven  thousand  dollars
 ($1,147,000); and for the Syracuse city school district,  eight  hundred
 nine  thousand  dollars ($809,000). All funds made available to a school
 district pursuant to this section shall be  distributed  among  teachers
 including  prekindergarten teachers and teachers of adult vocational and
 academic subjects in accordance with this section and shall be in  addi-
 tion  to  salaries heretofore or hereafter negotiated or made available;
 provided, however, that all funds distributed pursuant to  this  section
 for  the  current year shall be deemed to incorporate all funds distrib-
 uted pursuant to former subdivision 27 of section 3602 of the  education
 law  for prior years. In school districts where the teachers are repres-
 ented by certified or  recognized  employee  organizations,  all  salary
 increases  funded  pursuant to this section shall be determined by sepa-
 rate collective negotiations conducted pursuant to  the  provisions  and
 procedures  of  article 14 of the civil service law, notwithstanding the
 existence of a negotiated agreement between  a  school  district  and  a
 certified or recognized employee organization.
   §  32.  Support  of  public libraries. The moneys appropriated for the
 support of public libraries by a chapter of the laws  of  2023  enacting
 the  aid  to  localities  budget  shall be apportioned for the 2023-2024
 state fiscal year in accordance with the  provisions  of  sections  271,
 272,  273,  282,  284,  and  285  of the education law as amended by the
 provisions of such chapter and the provisions of this section,  provided
 that library construction aid pursuant to section 273-a of the education
 law  shall  not  be  payable  from the appropriations for the support of
 public libraries and provided further that no library, library system or
 program, as defined by the commissioner of education, shall receive less
 total system or program aid than it  received  for  the  year  2001-2002
 except as a result of a reduction adjustment necessary to conform to the
 appropriations for support of public libraries.
   Notwithstanding  any other provision of law to the contrary the moneys
 appropriated for the support of public libraries for the year  2023-2024
 by  a  chapter of the laws of 2023 enacting the aid to localities budget
 shall fulfill the state's obligation to provide such aid  and,  pursuant
 to a plan developed by the commissioner of education and approved by the
 director of the budget, the aid payable to libraries and library systems
 pursuant  to  such  appropriations  shall  be reduced proportionately to
 ensure that the total amount of aid payable does not  exceed  the  total
 appropriations for such purpose.
   §  33. Subparagraph 2 of paragraph a of section 1 of chapter 94 of the
 laws of 2002 relating to the financial stability of the  Rochester  city
 school district, is amended to read as follows:
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   (2)  Notwithstanding  any  other provisions of law, for aid payable in
 the 2002-03 through [2022-23] 2027-28 school years, an amount  equal  to
 twenty  million  dollars  ($20,000,000)  of  general  support for public
 schools otherwise due and payable to the Rochester city school  district
 on  or before September first of the applicable school year shall be for
 an entitlement period ending the immediately preceding June thirtieth.
   § 34. Severability. The provisions of this act shall be severable, and
 if the application of  any  clause,  sentence,  paragraph,  subdivision,
 section  or  part  of  this  act  to any person or circumstance shall be
 adjudged by any court of competent  jurisdiction  to  be  invalid,  such
 judgment shall not necessarily affect, impair or invalidate the applica-
 tion of any such clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section, part
 of  this  act  or  remainder  thereof,  as the case may be, to any other
 person or circumstance, but shall be confined in its  operation  to  the
 clause,  sentence,  paragraph,  subdivision,  section  or  part  thereof
 directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment  shall  have
 been rendered.
   §  35.  This act shall take effect immediately, and shall be deemed to
 have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2023, provided,
 however, that:
   1. Sections one, two, three, five, eight, nine, ten, eleven, fourteen,
 fifteen, sixteen, eighteen, twenty-two, thirty-one, and thirty-three  of
 this act shall take effect July 1, 2023;
   2.  Section three of this act shall expire and be deemed repealed June
 30, 2024;
   3. Section nineteen of this act shall expire and  be  deemed  repealed
 June 30, 2036; and
   4. The amendments to chapter 756 of the laws of 1992 relating to fund-
 ing  a  program  for  work force education conducted by a consortium for
 worker education in New York city made by sections twenty and twenty-one
 of this act shall not affect the repeal of such  chapter  and  shall  be
 deemed repealed therewith.
 
                                  PART B
 
   Section  1.  The opening paragraph of subparagraph 4 of paragraph h of
 subdivision 2 of section 355 of the education law, as amended by section
 1 of part JJJ of chapter 59 of the laws of 2017, is amended to  read  as
 follows:
   The trustees shall not impose a differential tuition charge based upon
 need or income. Except as hereinafter provided, all students enrolled in
 programs  leading  to like degrees at state-operated institutions of the
 state university shall be charged a uniform rate of tuition  except  for
 differential tuition rates based on state residency.  Provided, however,
 that  the trustees may authorize the presidents of the colleges of tech-
 nology and the colleges of agriculture and technology to  set  differing
 rates  of  tuition  for  each  of  the colleges for students enrolled in
 degree-granting programs leading to an associate degree  and  non-degree
 granting  programs  so  long  as  such  tuition rate does not exceed the
 tuition rate charged  to  students  who  are  enrolled  in  like  degree
 programs  or  degree-granting undergraduate programs leading to a bacca-
 laureate degree  at  other  state-operated  institutions  of  the  state
 university  of New York.  PROVIDED FURTHER, THAT THE TRUSTEES MAY ESTAB-
 LISH A DIFFERENTIAL TUITION CHARGE FOR STUDENTS ATTENDING THE UNIVERSITY
 CENTERS AT ALBANY, BINGHAMTON, BUFFALO,  AND  STONY  BROOK  PURSUANT  TO
 SUBDIVISION  FOUR-C OF THIS SECTION. Notwithstanding any other provision
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 of this subparagraph, the trustees may authorize the setting of a  sepa-
 rate  category  of  tuition rate, that shall be greater than the tuition
 rate for resident students and less than the tuition rate for  non-resi-
 dent  students,  only for students enrolled in distance learning courses
 who are not residents of the state. Except as  otherwise  authorized  in
 this  subparagraph,  the  trustees  shall  not  adopt  changes affecting
 tuition charges prior to the enactment of the  annual  budget,  provided
 however that:
   §  2. Subparagraph 4 of paragraph h of subdivision 2 of section 355 of
 the education law, as amended by section 2 of chapter 437 of the laws of
 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   (4) The trustees shall not impose a differential tuition charge  based
 upon  need  or income. All students enrolled in programs leading to like
 degrees at state-operated institutions of the state university shall  be
 charged  a uniform rate of tuition except for differential tuition rates
 based on state residency.  Provided,  however,  that  the  trustees  may
 authorize  the presidents of the colleges of technology and the colleges
 of agriculture and technology to set differing rates of tuition for each
 of the colleges for students enrolled in degree-granting programs  lead-
 ing  to  an associate degree and non-degree granting programs so long as
 such tuition rate does not exceed the tuition rate charged  to  students
 who  are enrolled in like degree programs or degree-granting undergradu-
 ate programs leading to a baccalaureate degree at  other  state-operated
 institutions  of  the  state  university of New York.  PROVIDED FURTHER,
 THAT THE TRUSTEES  MAY  ESTABLISH  A  DIFFERENTIAL  TUITION  CHARGE  FOR
 STUDENTS   ATTENDING  THE  UNIVERSITY  CENTERS  AT  ALBANY,  BINGHAMTON,
 BUFFALO, AND STONY BROOK PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION FOUR-C OF THIS SECTION.
 Notwithstanding any other provision of this subparagraph,  the  trustees
 may  authorize  the setting of a separate category of tuition rate, that
 shall be greater than the tuition rate for resident  students  and  less
 than  the  tuition  rate  for  non-resident  students, only for students
 enrolled in distance learning courses  who  are  not  residents  of  the
 state.  The  trustees  shall not adopt changes affecting tuition charges
 prior to the enactment of the annual budget.
   § 3. Paragraph h of subdivision 2 of section 355 of the education  law
 is  amended  by  adding  two  new subparagraphs 4-a-1 and 4-c to read as
 follows:
   (4-A-1) COMMENCING IN  THE  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-THREE--TWO  THOUSAND
 TWENTY-FOUR  ACADEMIC  YEAR  THROUGH  THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SEVEN--TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY-EIGHT ACADEMIC YEAR, FOLLOWING THE REVIEW  AND  APPROVAL
 OF  THE  CHANCELLOR  OF  THE STATE UNIVERSITY OR HIS OR HER DESIGNEE THE
 BOARD OF TRUSTEES MAY ANNUALLY RAISE NON-RESIDENT UNDERGRADUATE RATES OF
 TUITION FOR THE FOUR UNIVERSITY CENTERS AT ALBANY, BINGHAMTON,  BUFFALO,
 AND  STONY BROOK IF THE BOARD SHALL DETERMINE THAT SUCH RATE INCREASE IS
 COMPETITIVE WITH THE RATES OF  TUITION  CHARGED  BY  PEER  INSTITUTIONS,
 PROVIDED  HOWEVER  THAT IN NO YEAR SHALL SUCH RATE OF TUITION EXCEED ONE
 HUNDRED AND TEN PERCENT OF THE TUITION RATE FOR THE  UNIVERSITY  CENTERS
 IN THE PRIOR ACADEMIC YEAR.
   (4-C)  COMMENCING  WITH  THE  TWO  THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE--TWO THOUSAND
 TWENTY-FOUR ACADEMIC YEAR AND THEREAFTER,  THE  BOARD  OF  TRUSTEES  MAY
 RAISE  RESIDENT  UNDERGRADUATE RATES OF TUITION IN EXCESS OF THE TUITION
 RATES OF THE PRIOR ACADEMIC YEAR BY AS MUCH AS  THE  LOWER  OF  (I)  THE
 GENERAL  HIGHER  EDUCATION  PRICE  INDEX (HEPI) RELEASED ANNUALLY BY THE
 COMMONFUND ASSET MANAGEMENT COMPANY, INC.  FOUNDED  IN  1971,  OR  OTHER
 ALTERNATIVE  ENTITY  THAT  MAY  BE  RESPONSIBLE  FOR THIS INDEX INTO THE
 FUTURE, RELEASED MOST RECENTLY PRIOR TO THE START OF EACH ACADEMIC YEAR,
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 OR (II) THREE PERCENT.   NOTWITHSTANDING THE  PRECEDING,  AND  UPON  THE
 APPROVAL  OF  THE  STATE  UNIVERSITY  OF NEW YORK BOARD OF TRUSTEES, THE
 FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS MAY HAVE ADDITIONAL  INCREASES  TO  THE  RESIDENT
 RATES  OF  UNDERGRADUATE TUITION THAT ARE IN ADDITION TO ANY IMPACT FROM
 THE PRECEDING; FOR THE  UNIVERSITY  CENTER  AT  ALBANY,  THE  UNIVERSITY
 CENTER  AT BINGHAMTON, THE UNIVERSITY CENTER AT BUFFALO, AND THE UNIVER-
 SITY CENTER AT STONY BROOK SUCH ANNUAL INCREASE MAY  INCLUDE  UP  TO  AN
 ADDITIONAL  SIX  PERCENTAGE  POINTS.   NOTWITHSTANDING THE PRECEDING, NO
 SUCH ADDITIONAL ANNUAL INCREASE SHALL RESULT IN  A  RATE  IN  EXCESS  OF
 THIRTY PERCENT HIGHER THAN THE RATE CHARGED IN SUCH YEAR FOR STATE-OPER-
 ATED  INSTITUTIONS  OTHER  THAN  THE  UNIVERSITY  CENTER  AT ALBANY, THE
 UNIVERSITY CENTER AT BINGHAMTON, THE UNIVERSITY CENTER AT  BUFFALO,  AND
 THE UNIVERSITY CENTER AT STONY BROOK. MONIES GENERATED BY THESE PROSPEC-
 TIVE INCREASES SHALL BE USED DIRECTLY TO SUPPORT STUDENT ACCESS, STUDENT
 SERVICES,  RESEARCH  AND  DISCOVERY,  AND  THE SUCCESS OF THE UNIVERSITY
 SYSTEM.
   § 4. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 7 of section 6206 of  the  education
 law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (vi) to read as follows:
   (VI) COMMENCING WITH THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE--TWO THOUSAND TWEN-
 TY-FOUR  ACADEMIC  YEAR  AND THEREAFTER, THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
 BOARD OF TRUSTEES MAY RAISE RESIDENT UNDERGRADUATE RATES OF  TUITION  IN
 EXCESS OF THE TUITION RATES OF THE PRIOR ACADEMIC YEAR BY AS MUCH AS THE
 LOWER  OF  (A)  THE GENERAL HIGHER EDUCATION PRICE INDEX (HEPI) RELEASED
 ANNUALLY BY THE COMMONFUND ASSET MANAGEMENT  COMPANY,  INC.  FOUNDED  IN
 1971, OR OTHER ALTERNATIVE ENTITY THAT MAY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS INDEX
 INTO  THE  FUTURE,  RELEASED  MOST  RECENTLY  PRIOR TO THE START OF EACH
 ACADEMIC YEAR, OR (B) THREE PERCENT. MONIES GENERATED BY THESE  PROSPEC-
 TIVE INCREASES SHALL BE USED DIRECTLY TO SUPPORT STUDENT ACCESS, STUDENT
 SERVICES,  RESEARCH  AND  DISCOVERY,  AND  THE SUCCESS OF THE UNIVERSITY
 SYSTEM.
   § 5. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 7 of section 6206 of  the  education
 law,  as  amended by chapter 669 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read
 as follows:
   (a) (I) The board of trustees shall establish positions,  departments,
 divisions  and  faculties; appoint and in accordance with the provisions
 of law fix salaries of  instructional  and  non-instructional  employees
 therein;  establish  and conduct courses and curricula; prescribe condi-
 tions of student admission, attendance and discharge; and shall have the
 power to determine in its discretion whether tuition  shall  be  charged
 and  to  regulate  tuition  charges, and other instructional and non-in-
 structional fees and other fees and charges at the educational units  of
 the  city  university.  The trustees shall review any proposed community
 college tuition increase and the justification for  such  increase.  The
 justification  provided by the community college for such increase shall
 include a detailed analysis of ongoing operating  costs,  capital,  debt
 service  expenditures, and all revenues. The trustees shall not impose a
 differential tuition charge based upon  need  or  income.  All  students
 enrolled  in  programs  leading  to  like degrees at the senior colleges
 shall be charged a uniform rate  of  tuition,  except  for  differential
 tuition  rates  based  on  state  residency.  Notwithstanding  any other
 provision of this paragraph, the trustees may authorize the setting of a
 separate category of tuition  rate,  that  shall  be  greater  than  the
 tuition  rate  for  resident students and less than the tuition rate for
 non-resident students, only for students enrolled in  distance  learning
 courses  who  are not residents of the state. The trustees shall further
 provide that the payment of tuition and fees by any student who is not a
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 resident of New York state, other than a non-immigrant noncitizen within
 the meaning of paragraph (15) of subsection (a) of section 1101 of title
 8 of the United States Code, shall be paid at a rate or charge no great-
 er than that imposed for students who are residents of the state if such
 student:
   [(i)]  (1)  attended  an approved New York high school for two or more
 years, graduated from an approved New York high school and  applied  for
 attendance  at an institution or educational unit of the city university
 within five years of receiving a New York state high school diploma; or
   [(ii)] (2) attended an approved New York  state  program  for  general
 equivalency  diploma  exam  preparation,  received a general equivalency
 diploma issued within New York state and applied for  attendance  at  an
 institution or educational unit of the city university within five years
 of receiving a general equivalency diploma issued within New York state;
 or
   [(iii)]  (3) was enrolled in an institution or educational unit of the
 city university in the fall semester or  quarter  of  the  two  thousand
 one--two  thousand two academic year and was authorized by such institu-
 tion or educational unit to pay tuition at the rate  or  charge  imposed
 for students who are residents of the state.
   A  student without lawful immigration status shall also be required to
 file an affidavit with such institution or educational unit stating that
 the student has filed an application to legalize his or her  immigration
 status,  or will file such an application as soon as he or she is eligi-
 ble to do so. The trustees shall not adopt changes  in  tuition  charges
 prior  to  the enactment of the annual budget. The board of trustees may
 accept as partial reimbursement for the education  of  veterans  of  the
 armed  forces of the United States who are otherwise qualified such sums
 as may be authorized by federal legislation to be paid for  such  educa-
 tion. The board of trustees may conduct on a fee basis extension courses
 and  courses  for  adult  education  appropriate  to the field of higher
 education.  In  all  courses  and  courses  of  study  it  may,  in  its
 discretion,  require students to pay library, laboratory, locker, break-
 age and other instructional and non-instructional fees and meet the cost
 of books and consumable supplies. In addition to the foregoing fees  and
 charges,  the  board of trustees may impose and collect fees and charges
 for student government and other  student  activities  and  receive  and
 expend them as agent or trustee.
   (II) COMMENCING WITH THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE--TWO THOUSAND TWEN-
 TY-FOUR  ACADEMIC  YEAR  AND THEREAFTER, THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
 BOARD OF TRUSTEES MAY RAISE RESIDENT UNDERGRADUATE RATES OF  TUITION  IN
 EXCESS OF THE TUITION RATES OF THE PRIOR ACADEMIC YEAR BY AS MUCH AS THE
 LOWER  OF  (1)  THE GENERAL HIGHER EDUCATION PRICE INDEX (HEPI) RELEASED
 ANNUALLY BY THE COMMONFUND ASSET MANAGEMENT  COMPANY,  INC.  FOUNDED  IN
 1971, OR OTHER ALTERNATIVE ENTITY THAT MAY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS INDEX
 INTO  THE  FUTURE,  RELEASED  MOST  RECENTLY  PRIOR TO THE START OF EACH
 ACADEMIC YEAR, OR (2) THREE PERCENT. MONIES GENERATED BY THESE  PROSPEC-
 TIVE INCREASES SHALL BE USED DIRECTLY TO SUPPORT STUDENT ACCESS, STUDENT
 SERVICES,  RESEARCH  AND  DISCOVERY,  AND  THE SUCCESS OF THE UNIVERSITY
 SYSTEM.
   § 6. This act shall take effect immediately; provided however:
   a. the amendments to subparagraph 4 of paragraph h of subdivision 2 of
 section 355 of the education law made by section one of this  act  shall
 be subject to the expiration and reversion of such subparagraph pursuant
 to  section  16 of chapter 260 of the laws of 2011 as amended, when upon
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 such date the provisions of section two of this act shall  take  effect;
 and
   b. the amendments to paragraph (a) of subdivision 7 of section 6206 of
 the  education  law made by section four of this act shall be subject to
 the expiration and reversion of such paragraph pursuant to section 16 of
 chapter 260 of the laws of 2011 as amended,  when  upon  such  date  the
 provisions of section five of this act shall take effect.
 
                                  PART C
 
   Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 6438-b
 to read as follows:
   §  6438-B.  ACCESS TO MEDICATION ABORTION PRESCRIPTION DRUGS. 1. EVERY
 CAMPUS OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AND EVERY CAMPUS OF THE  CITY
 UNIVERSITY  OF  NEW  YORK,  WHICH  SHALL  INCLUDE  THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
 CAMPUSES OF  SUCH  INSTITUTIONS,  SHALL  PROVIDE  ACCESS  TO  MEDICATION
 ABORTION  PRESCRIPTION  DRUGS  FOR  ALL STUDENTS ENROLLED AT SUCH INSTI-
 TUTIONS.
   2. FOR PURPOSES  OF  THIS  SECTION,  "ACCESS  TO  MEDICATION  ABORTION
 PRESCRIPTION DRUGS" MEANS EITHER:
   (A) THE PRESCRIBING AND DISPENSING OF MEDICATION ABORTION PRESCRIPTION
 DRUGS  DIRECTLY TO A STUDENT, PERFORMED BY INDIVIDUALS LEGALLY CERTIFIED
 TO PRESCRIBE AND DISPENSE SUCH MEDICATION  EMPLOYED  BY  OR  WORKING  ON
 BEHALF OF THE CAMPUS; OR
   (B)  REFERRAL  TO  A  HEALTHCARE PROVIDER OR PHARMACY IN THE COMMUNITY
 CERTIFIED TO DISPENSE SUCH MEDICATION.
   3. THE TRUSTEES OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AND  THE  TRUSTEES
 OF  THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK SHALL ADOPT UNIFORM POLICES FOR EACH
 UNIVERSITY ENSURING EFFECTIVE ACCESS TO MEDICATION ABORTION PRESCRIPTION
 DRUGS PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect August 1, 2023. Effective immediately,
 the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or  regulation  neces-
 sary  for  the  implementation  of  this  act  on its effective date are
 authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
 
                                  PART D
 
   Section 1. Paragraphs b and c of subdivision 4 of section 612  of  the
 education  law, as added by chapter 425 of the laws of 1988, are amended
 to read as follows:
   [b. A grant to a recipient of an award under this  section  shall  not
 exceed  the amount of three hundred thousand dollars for any grant year,
 provided that a recipient may receive a grant in excess of  such  amount
 at  the rate of twelve hundred fifty dollars for each student, in excess
 of two hundred forty students, who is provided compensatory and  support
 services by the recipient during such grant year.
   c.]  B.  The  grant  recipients  shall  provide students at public and
 nonpublic schools the opportunity to receive  compensatory  and  support
 services  in  an equitable manner consistent with the number and need of
 the children in such schools.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART E
 
   Section 1. Section 1503 of the business corporation law is amended  by
 adding a new paragraph (h) to read as follows:
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   (H)  ANY FIRM ESTABLISHED FOR THE BUSINESS PURPOSE OF INCORPORATING AS
 A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CORPORATION FORMED  TO  LAWFULLY  ENGAGE  IN  THE
 PRACTICE  OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY, AS SUCH PRACTICE IS DEFINED UNDER ARTI-
 CLE 149 OF THE EDUCATION LAW SHALL BE REQUIRED TO SHOW (I) THAT A SIMPLE
 MAJORITY  OF  THE OWNERSHIP OF THE FIRM, IN TERMS OF FINANCIAL INTERESTS
 AND VOTING RIGHTS HELD BY THE  FIRM'S  OWNERS,  BELONGS  TO  INDIVIDUALS
 LICENSED TO PRACTICE PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY IN SOME STATE, AND (II) THAT ALL
 SHAREHOLDERS OF A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CORPORATION WHOSE PRINCIPAL PLACE
 OF  BUSINESS  IS  IN  THIS STATE, AND WHO ARE ENGAGED IN THE PRACTICE OF
 PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY IN THIS STATE, HOLD  A  VALID  LICENSE  ISSUED  UNDER
 SECTION  7404  OF  THE  EDUCATION  LAW.  FOR PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH,
 "FINANCIAL INTEREST" MEANS  CAPITAL  STOCK,  CAPITAL  ACCOUNTS,  CAPITAL
 CONTRIBUTIONS,  CAPITAL  INTEREST, OR INTEREST IN UNDISTRIBUTED EARNINGS
 OF A BUSINESS ENTITY.  ALTHOUGH  FIRMS  REGISTERED  WITH  THE  EDUCATION
 DEPARTMENT  MAY  INCLUDE  NON-LICENSEE OWNERS, A REGISTERED FIRM AND ITS
 OWNERS MUST COMPLY WITH RULES PROMULGATED BY THE STATE BOARD OF REGENTS.
 NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, A FIRM INCORPORATED  UNDER  THIS  SECTION
 MAY  NOT  HAVE NON-LICENSEE OWNERS IF THE FIRM'S NAME INCLUDES THE WORDS
 "CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT," OR "CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS," OR THE
 ABBREVIATIONS "CPA" OR "CPAS".  EACH NON-LICENSEE OWNER OF A  FIRM  THAT
 IS INCORPORATED UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE A NATURAL PERSON WHO ACTIVE-
 LY  PARTICIPATES IN THE BUSINESS OF THE FIRM OR ITS AFFILIATED ENTITIES.
 FOR PURPOSES  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION,  "ACTIVELY  PARTICIPATE"  MEANS  TO
 PROVIDE  SERVICES  TO  CLIENTS OR TO OTHERWISE INDIVIDUALLY TAKE PART IN
 THE DAY-TO-DAY BUSINESS OR MANAGEMENT OF THE FIRM OR AN AFFILIATED ENTI-
 TY. SUCH A FIRM SHALL HAVE ATTACHED TO ITS CERTIFICATE OF  INCORPORATION
 A  CERTIFICATE  OR CERTIFICATES DEMONSTRATING THE FIRM'S COMPLIANCE WITH
 THIS PARAGRAPH, IN LIEU OF THE CERTIFICATE OR CERTIFICATES  REQUIRED  BY
 SUBPARAGRAPH (II) OF PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SECTION.
   § 2. Section 1507 of the business corporation law is amended by adding
 a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
   (C)  ANY FIRM ESTABLISHED FOR THE BUSINESS PURPOSE OF INCORPORATING AS
 A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CORPORATION PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (H) OF  SECTION
 1503  OF THIS ARTICLE MAY ISSUE SHARES TO INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE AUTHORIZED
 BY LAW TO PRACTICE IN THIS STATE THE PROFESSION WHICH  SUCH  CORPORATION
 IS  AUTHORIZED  TO  PRACTICE  OR WHO WILL ENGAGE IN THE PRACTICE OF SUCH
 PROFESSION IN SUCH CORPORATION WITHIN  THIRTY  DAYS  OF  THE  DATE  SUCH
 SHARES  ARE  ISSUED AND MAY ALSO ISSUE SHARES TO EMPLOYEES OF THE CORPO-
 RATION NOT LICENSED AS CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS, PROVIDED THAT:
   (I) AT LEAST A SIMPLE MAJORITY OF THE OUTSTANDING SHARES OF  STOCK  OF
 THE CORPORATION ARE OWNED BY CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS,
   (II)  AT LEAST A SIMPLE MAJORITY OF THE DIRECTORS ARE CERTIFIED PUBLIC
 ACCOUNTANTS, AND
   (III) AT LEAST A SIMPLE MAJORITY OF THE OFFICERS ARE CERTIFIED  PUBLIC
 ACCOUNTANTS, AND
   (IV)  THE PRESIDENT, THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND THE
 CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OR OFFICERS ARE  CERTIFIED  PUBLIC  ACCOUNTANTS.
 NO  SHAREHOLDER OF A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CORPORATION ESTABLISHED PURSU-
 ANT TO PARAGRAPH (H) OF SECTION 1503 OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL ENTER INTO  A
 VOTING  TRUST AGREEMENT, PROXY OR ANY OTHER TYPE OF AGREEMENT VESTING IN
 ANOTHER PERSON, THE AUTHORITY TO EXERCISE VOTING POWER OF ANY OR ALL  OF
 HIS  OR  HER SHARES. ALL AGREEMENTS MADE OR PROXIES GRANTED IN VIOLATION
 OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE VOID.
   § 3. Section 1508 of the business corporation law is amended by adding
 a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
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   (C) THE DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS OF ANY FIRM ESTABLISHED FOR  THE  BUSI-
 NESS  PURPOSE  OF  INCORPORATING  AS  A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CORPORATION
 PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (H) OF SECTION 1503 OF THIS  ARTICLE  MAY  INCLUDE
 INDIVIDUALS  WHO  ARE NOT LICENSED TO PRACTICE PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY IN ANY
 STATE,  PROVIDED  HOWEVER  THAT AT LEAST A SIMPLE MAJORITY OF THE DIREC-
 TORS, AT LEAST A SIMPLE MAJORITY OF THE OFFICERS AND THE PRESIDENT,  THE
 CHAIRPERSON OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OR
 OFFICERS  ARE  AUTHORIZED BY LAW TO PRACTICE IN ANY STATE THE PROFESSION
 WHICH SUCH CORPORATION IS AUTHORIZED TO PRACTICE, AND ARE EITHER  SHARE-
 HOLDERS  OF  SUCH  CORPORATION  OR  ENGAGED  IN  THE  PRACTICE  OF THEIR
 PROFESSIONS IN SUCH CORPORATION.
   § 4. Section 1509 of the business corporation law, as amended by chap-
 ter 550 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
 § 1509. Disqualification  of  shareholders,  directors,   officers   and
           employees.
   If  any  shareholder,  director, officer or employee of a professional
 service corporation, including  a  design  professional  service  corpo-
 ration,  who  has  been  rendering  professional  service  to the public
 becomes legally disqualified to practice his OR  HER  profession  within
 this  state,  he  OR  SHE shall sever all employment with, and financial
 interests (other than interests as  a  creditor)  in,  such  corporation
 forthwith  or as otherwise provided in section 1510 of this article. All
 provisions of law regulating the rendering of professional services by a
 person elected or appointed to a public office shall be applicable to  a
 shareholder,  director,  officer and employee of such corporation in the
 same manner and to the same extent as if fully set  forth  herein.  Such
 legal  disqualification  to  practice  his OR HER profession within this
 state shall be deemed to constitute an irrevocable offer by the disqual-
 ified shareholder to sell his OR HER shares to the corporation, pursuant
 to the provisions of section 1510 of this article or of the  certificate
 of  incorporation,  by-laws  or  agreement among the corporation and all
 shareholders, whichever is applicable. Compliance with the terms of such
 offer shall be specifically enforceable in the courts of this  state.  A
 professional  service  corporation's  failure to enforce compliance with
 this provision shall constitute a ground for forfeiture of  its  certif-
 icate of incorporation and its dissolution.
   § 5. Paragraph (a) of section 1511 of the business corporation law, as
 amended  by  chapter 550 of the laws of 2011, is amended and a new para-
 graph (c) is added to read as follows:
   (a) No shareholder of a professional service corporation [or], INCLUD-
 ING a design professional service corporation, may sell or transfer  his
 OR  HER  shares  in such corporation except to another individual who is
 eligible to have shares issued to him OR  HER  by  such  corporation  or
 except  in  trust to another individual who would be eligible to receive
 shares if he OR SHE were employed by  the  corporation.  Nothing  herein
 contained shall be construed to prohibit the transfer of shares by oper-
 ation  of  law or by court decree.  No transferee of shares by operation
 of law or court decree may vote the shares for  any  purpose  whatsoever
 except  with  respect to corporate action under sections 909 and 1001 of
 this chapter. The restriction in the preceding sentence shall not apply,
 however, where such transferee would be eligible to have  shares  issued
 to  him  OR HER if he OR SHE were an employee of the corporation and, if
 there are other shareholders, a  majority  of  such  other  shareholders
 shall fail to redeem the shares so transferred, pursuant to section 1510
 of  this  article, within sixty days of receiving written notice of such
 transfer. Any sale or transfer, except by  operation  of  law  or  court
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 decree  or  except for a corporation having only one shareholder, may be
 made only after the same shall have been approved by the board of direc-
 tors, or at a shareholders' meeting specially called for such purpose by
 such  proportion, not less than a majority, of the outstanding shares as
 may be provided in the certificate of incorporation or in the by-laws of
 such professional service corporation. At such shareholders' meeting the
 shares held by the shareholder proposing to sell or transfer his OR  HER
 shares  may  not  be voted or counted for any purpose, unless all share-
 holders consent that such shares be voted or counted. The certificate of
 incorporation or the by-laws of the professional service corporation, or
 the professional service corporation and  the  shareholders  by  private
 agreement,  may  provide,  in  lieu  of  or in addition to the foregoing
 provisions, for the alienation of shares and may require the  redemption
 or purchase of such shares by such corporation at prices and in a manner
 specifically set forth therein. The existence of the restrictions on the
 sale  or transfer of shares, as contained in this article and, if appli-
 cable, in the certificate of incorporation, by-laws, stock  purchase  or
 stock  redemption agreement, shall be noted conspicuously on the face or
 back of every certificate for shares issued by  a  professional  service
 corporation.  Any  sale  or  transfer  in violation of such restrictions
 shall be void.
   (C) A FIRM ESTABLISHED FOR THE BUSINESS PURPOSE OF INCORPORATING AS  A
 PROFESSIONAL  SERVICE  CORPORATION  PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (H) OF SECTION
 1503 OF THIS ARTICLE, SHALL PURCHASE OR REDEEM THE SHARES OF  A  NON-LI-
 CENSED PROFESSIONAL SHAREHOLDER IN THE CASE OF HIS OR HER TERMINATION OF
 EMPLOYMENT  WITHIN  THIRTY  DAYS AFTER SUCH TERMINATION.   A FIRM ESTAB-
 LISHED FOR THE BUSINESS  PURPOSE  OF  INCORPORATING  AS  A  PROFESSIONAL
 SERVICE  CORPORATION  PURSUANT  TO PARAGRAPH (H) OF SECTION 1503 OF THIS
 ARTICLE, SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO PURCHASE OR REDEEM  THE  SHARES  OF  A
 TERMINATED NON-LICENSED PROFESSIONAL SHARE-HOLDER IF SUCH SHARES, WITHIN
 THIRTY  DAYS  AFTER SUCH TERMINATION, ARE SOLD OR TRANSFERRED TO ANOTHER
 EMPLOYEE OF THE CORPORATION PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE.
   § 6. Section 1514 of the business corporation law is amended by adding
 a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
   (C) EACH FIRM ESTABLISHED FOR THE BUSINESS PURPOSE OF INCORPORATING AS
 A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CORPORATION PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (H) OF  SECTION
 1503 OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL, AT LEAST ONCE EVERY THREE YEARS ON OR BEFORE
 THE  DATE  PRESCRIBED BY THE LICENSING AUTHORITY, FURNISH A STATEMENT TO
 THE LICENSING AUTHORITY LISTING THE NAMES  AND  RESIDENCE  ADDRESSES  OF
 EACH  SHAREHOLDER,  DIRECTOR AND OFFICER OF SUCH CORPORATION AND CERTIFY
 AS THE DATE OF CERTIFICATION AND AT ALL TIMES OVER THE ENTIRE THREE YEAR
 PERIOD THAT:
   (I) AT LEAST A SIMPLE MAJORITY OF THE OUTSTANDING SHARES OF  STOCK  OF
 THE CORPORATION ARE AND WERE OWNED BY CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS,
   (II)  AT  LEAST A SIMPLE MAJORITY OF THE DIRECTORS ARE AND WERE CERTI-
 FIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS,
   (III) AT LEAST A SIMPLE MAJORITY OF THE OFFICERS ARE AND  WERE  CERTI-
 FIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS, AND
   (IV)  THE PRESIDENT, THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND THE
 CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER  OR  OFFICERS  ARE  AND  WERE  CERTIFIED  PUBLIC
 ACCOUNTANTS.
 THE  STATEMENT  SHALL BE SIGNED BY THE PRESIDENT OR ANY CERTIFIED PUBLIC
 ACCOUNTANT VICE-PRESIDENT AND  ATTESTED  TO  BY  THE  SECRETARY  OR  ANY
 ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE CORPORATION.
   § 7. Paragraph (d) of section 1525 of the business corporation law, as
 added by chapter 505 of the laws of 1983, is amended to read as follows:
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   (d)  "Foreign  professional  service corporation" means a professional
 service corporation, whether or not denominated as such, organized under
 the laws of a jurisdiction other than this state, all of the  sharehold-
 ers,  directors  and  officers  of  which are authorized and licensed to
 practice  the  profession  for  which such corporation is licensed to do
 business; except that all shareholders,  directors  and  officers  of  a
 foreign  professional service corporation which provides health services
 in this state shall be licensed in this state.  A  FOREIGN  PROFESSIONAL
 SERVICE  CORPORATION FORMED TO LAWFULLY ENGAGE IN THE PRACTICE OF PUBLIC
 ACCOUNTANCY AS A FIRM, AS SUCH PRACTICE IS DEFINED UNDER ARTICLE 149  OF
 THE  EDUCATION  LAW,  OR EQUIVALENT STATE LAW, SHALL BE REQUIRED TO SHOW
 (I) THAT A SIMPLE MAJORITY OF THE OWNERSHIP OF THE  FIRM,  IN  TERMS  OF
 FINANCIAL INTERESTS AND VOTING RIGHTS HELD BY THE FIRM'S OWNERS, BELONGS
 TO  INDIVIDUALS  LICENSED  TO PRACTICE PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY IN SOME STATE,
 AND (II) THAT ALL SHAREHOLDERS OF A FOREIGN PROFESSIONAL SERVICE  CORPO-
 RATION  WHOSE  PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS IS IN THIS STATE, AND WHO ARE
 ENGAGED IN THE PRACTICE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY  IN  THIS  STATE,  HOLD  A
 VALID  LICENSE  ISSUED  UNDER  SECTION  7404  OF  THE EDUCATION LAW. FOR
 PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH, "FINANCIAL INTEREST"  MEANS  CAPITAL  STOCK,
 CAPITAL  ACCOUNTS,  CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS, CAPITAL INTEREST, OR INTEREST
 IN UNDISTRIBUTED EARNINGS OF A BUSINESS ENTITY.  ALTHOUGH  FIRMS  REGIS-
 TERED  WITH  THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT MAY INCLUDE NON-LICENSEE OWNERS, A
 REGISTERED FIRM AND ITS OWNERS MUST COMPLY WITH RULES PROMULGATED BY THE
 STATE BOARD OF REGENTS. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, A FIRM REGISTERED
 WITH THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT MAY NOT HAVE NON-LICENSEE  OWNERS  IF  THE
 FIRM'S NAME INCLUDES THE WORDS "CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT," OR "CERTI-
 FIED  PUBLIC  ACCOUNTANTS,"  OR  THE ABBREVIATIONS "CPA" OR "CPAS". EACH
 NON-LICENSEE OWNER OF A FIRM THAT IS OPERATING UNDER THIS SECTION  SHALL
 BE  A  NATURAL  PERSON  WHO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATES IN THE BUSINESS OF THE
 FIRM OR ITS AFFILIATED ENTITIES, PROVIDED EACH BENEFICIAL  OWNER  OF  AN
 EQUITY  INTEREST IN SUCH ENTITY IS A NATURAL PERSON WHO ACTIVELY PARTIC-
 IPATES IN THE BUSINESS CONDUCTED BY THE FIRM OR ITS AFFILIATED ENTITIES.
 FOR PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH, "ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE" MEANS TO  PROVIDE
 SERVICES  TO  CLIENTS OR TO OTHERWISE INDIVIDUALLY TAKE PART IN THE DAY-
 TO-DAY BUSINESS OR MANAGEMENT OF THE FIRM OR AN AFFILIATED ENTITY.
   § 8. Subdivision (q) of section 121-1500 of the  partnership  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  475  of  the  laws  of 2014, is amended to read as
 follows:
   (q) Each partner of a registered limited liability partnership  formed
 to  provide  medical services in this state must be licensed pursuant to
 article 131 of the education law to practice medicine in this state  and
 each  partner  of  a  registered limited liability partnership formed to
 provide dental services in this state must be licensed pursuant to arti-
 cle 133 of the education law to practice dentistry in this state.   Each
 partner  of a registered limited liability partnership formed to provide
 veterinary services in this state must be licensed pursuant  to  article
 135  of the education law to practice veterinary medicine in this state.
 EACH PARTNER OF A REGISTERED LIMITED  LIABILITY  PARTNERSHIP  FORMED  TO
 PROVIDE  PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY SERVICES AS A FIRM, WHOSE PRINCIPAL PLACE OF
 BUSINESS IS IN THIS STATE AND WHO PROVIDES PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY  SERVICES,
 MUST  BE LICENSED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE  149 OF THE EDUCATION LAW TO PRAC-
 TICE PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY IN THIS STATE.  Each  partner  of  a  registered
 limited  liability  partnership formed to provide professional engineer-
 ing, land surveying, geological services, architectural and/or landscape
 architectural services in this state must be licensed pursuant to  arti-
 cle 145, article 147 and/or article 148 of the education law to practice
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 one  or more of such professions in this state. Each partner of a regis-
 tered limited liability partnership formed to provide licensed  clinical
 social  work services in this state must be licensed pursuant to article
 154 of the education law to practice clinical social work in this state.
 Each  partner  of  a  registered limited liability partnership formed to
 provide creative arts therapy services in this state  must  be  licensed
 pursuant  to  article 163 of the education law to practice creative arts
 therapy in this state. Each partner of a  registered  limited  liability
 partnership  formed  to  provide marriage and family therapy services in
 this state must be licensed pursuant to article 163 of the education law
 to practice marriage and family therapy in this state. Each partner of a
 registered limited liability partnership formed to provide mental health
 counseling services in this state must be licensed pursuant  to  article
 163  of  the  education law to practice mental health counseling in this
 state. Each partner of a registered limited liability partnership formed
 to provide psychoanalysis services in this state must be licensed pursu-
 ant to article 163 of the education law to  practice  psychoanalysis  in
 this  state.  Each partner of a registered limited liability partnership
 formed to provide applied behavior analysis service in this  state  must
 be licensed or certified pursuant to article 167 of the education law to
 practice  applied  behavior analysis in this state. A REGISTERED LIMITED
 LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP FORMED TO  LAWFULLY  ENGAGE  IN  THE  PRACTICE  OF
 PUBLIC  ACCOUNTANCY AS A FIRM, AS SUCH PRACTICE IS DEFINED UNDER ARTICLE
 149 OF THE EDUCATION LAW, SHALL BE REQUIRED TO SHOW (I)  THAT  A  SIMPLE
 MAJORITY  OF  THE OWNERSHIP OF THE FIRM, IN TERMS OF FINANCIAL INTERESTS
 AND VOTING RIGHTS HELD BY THE  FIRM'S  OWNERS,  BELONGS  TO  INDIVIDUALS
 LICENSED TO PRACTICE PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY IN SOME STATE, AND (II) THAT ALL
 PARTNERS  OF  A  LIMITED  LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP WHOSE PRINCIPAL PLACE OF
 BUSINESS IS IN THIS STATE, AND WHO ARE ENGAGED IN THE PRACTICE OF PUBLIC
 ACCOUNTANCY IN THIS STATE, HOLD A VALID  LICENSE  ISSUED  UNDER  SECTION
 7404  OF THE EDUCATION LAW. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "FINANCIAL
 INTEREST" MEANS CAPITAL STOCK, CAPITAL ACCOUNTS, CAPITAL  CONTRIBUTIONS,
 CAPITAL  INTEREST,  OR  INTEREST IN UNDISTRIBUTED EARNINGS OF A BUSINESS
 ENTITY. ALTHOUGH FIRMS REGISTERED  WITH  THE  EDUCATION  DEPARTMENT  MAY
 INCLUDE  NON-LICENSEE  OWNERS,  A  REGISTERED  FIRM  AND ITS OWNERS MUST
 COMPLY WITH RULES PROMULGATED BY THE STATE BOARD  OF  REGENTS.  NOTWITH-
 STANDING  THE FOREGOING, A FIRM REGISTERED WITH THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
 MAY NOT HAVE NON-LICENSEE OWNERS IF THE FIRM'S NAME INCLUDES  THE  WORDS
 "CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT," OR "CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS," OR THE
 ABBREVIATIONS "CPA" OR "CPAS". EACH NON-LICENSEE OWNER OF A FIRM THAT IS
 FORMED  UNDER  THIS  SECTION  SHALL BE (I) A NATURAL PERSON WHO ACTIVELY
 PARTICIPATES IN THE BUSINESS OF THE FIRM OR ITS AFFILIATED ENTITIES,  OR
 (II)  AN ENTITY, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, A PARTNERSHIP OR PROFES-
 SIONAL CORPORATION, PROVIDED EACH BENEFICIAL OWNER OF AN EQUITY INTEREST
 IN SUCH ENTITY IS A NATURAL PERSON  WHO  ACTIVELY  PARTICIPATES  IN  THE
 BUSINESS  CONDUCTED BY THE FIRM OR ITS AFFILIATED ENTITIES. FOR PURPOSES
 OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE" MEANS TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO
 CLIENTS OR TO OTHERWISE INDIVIDUALLY TAKE PART IN THE  DAY-TO-DAY  BUSI-
 NESS OR MANAGEMENT OF THE FIRM OR AN AFFILIATED ENTITY.
   §  9.  Subdivision  (q) of section 121-1502 of the partnership law, as
 amended by chapter 475 of the laws  of  2014,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   (q)  Each  partner  of  a  foreign limited liability partnership which
 provides medical services in this state must  be  licensed  pursuant  to
 article  131  of the education law to practice medicine in the state and
 each partner of a foreign limited liability partnership  which  provides
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 dental services in the state must be licensed pursuant to article 133 of
 the education law to practice dentistry in this state. Each partner of a
 foreign  limited liability partnership which provides veterinary service
 in  the state shall be licensed pursuant to article 135 of the education
 law to practice veterinary medicine in this state.  Each  partner  of  a
 foreign  limited liability partnership which provides professional engi-
 neering, land surveying, geological services, architectural and/or land-
 scape architectural services in this state must be licensed pursuant  to
 article  145,  article  147  and/or  article 148 of the education law to
 practice one or more of such professions.  EACH  PARTNER  OF  A  FOREIGN
 LIMITED  LIABILITY  PARTNERSHIP  FORMED  TO  PROVIDE  PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY
 SERVICES AS A FIRM, WHOSE PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS IS IN  THIS  STATE
 AND  WHO PROVIDES PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY SERVICES, MUST BE LICENSED PURSUANT
 TO ARTICLE 149 OF THE EDUCATION LAW TO PRACTICE  PUBLIC  ACCOUNTANCY  IN
 THIS  STATE.  Each  partner  of  a foreign limited liability partnership
 which provides licensed clinical social work services in this state must
 be licensed pursuant to article 154 of the  education  law  to  practice
 licensed  clinical  social work in this state. Each partner of a foreign
 limited liability  partnership  which  provides  creative  arts  therapy
 services  in  this state must be licensed pursuant to article 163 of the
 education law to practice creative arts  therapy  in  this  state.  Each
 partner  of  a  foreign  limited  liability  partnership  which provides
 marriage and family therapy services in  this  state  must  be  licensed
 pursuant  to  article  163 of the education law to practice marriage and
 family therapy in this state. Each partner of a foreign limited  liabil-
 ity partnership which provides mental health counseling services in this
 state  must  be licensed pursuant to article 163 of the education law to
 practice mental health counseling in  this  state.  Each  partner  of  a
 foreign  limited  liability  partnership  which  provides psychoanalysis
 services in this state must be licensed pursuant to article 163  of  the
 education  law to practice psychoanalysis in this state. Each partner of
 a foreign limited liability partnership which provides applied  behavior
 analysis  services  in this state must be licensed or certified pursuant
 to article 167 of the education law to practice applied behavior  analy-
 sis  in  this  state.  A FOREIGN LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP FORMED TO
 LAWFULLY ENGAGE IN THE PRACTICE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY AS A FIRM, AS SUCH
 PRACTICE IS DEFINED UNDER ARTICLE 149 OF THE  EDUCATION  LAW,  SHALL  BE
 REQUIRED  TO  SHOW  (I)  THAT  A SIMPLE MAJORITY OF THE OWNERSHIP OF THE
 FIRM, IN TERMS OF FINANCIAL INTERESTS AND  VOTING  RIGHTS  HELD  BY  THE
 FIRM'S  OWNERS,  BELONGS  TO  INDIVIDUALS  LICENSED  TO  PRACTICE PUBLIC
 ACCOUNTANCY IN SOME STATE, AND (II) THAT ALL  PARTNERS  OF  THE  FOREIGN
 LIMITED  LIABILITY  PARTNERSHIP  WHOSE PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS IS IN
 THIS STATE, AND WHO ARE ENGAGED IN THE PRACTICE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY IN
 THIS STATE, HOLD A VALID LICENSE ISSUED UNDER SECTION 7404 OF THE EDUCA-
 TION LAW. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "FINANCIAL  INTEREST"  MEANS
 CAPITAL  STOCK,  CAPITAL ACCOUNTS, CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS, CAPITAL INTER-
 EST, OR  INTEREST  IN  UNDISTRIBUTED  EARNINGS  OF  A  BUSINESS  ENTITY.
 ALTHOUGH  FIRMS  REGISTERED  WITH  THE  EDUCATION DEPARTMENT MAY INCLUDE
 NON-LICENSEE OWNERS, A REGISTERED FIRM AND ITS OWNERS MUST  COMPLY  WITH
 RULES  PROMULGATED  BY  THE  STATE BOARD OF REGENTS. NOTWITHSTANDING THE
 FOREGOING, A FIRM REGISTERED WITH THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT MAY NOT  HAVE
 NON-LICENSEE  OWNERS  IF  THE  FIRM'S NAME INCLUDES THE WORDS "CERTIFIED
 PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT," OR "CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS," OR  THE  ABBREVI-
 ATIONS  "CPA"  OR  "CPAS".    EACH  NON-LICENSEE OWNER OF A FIRM THAT IS
 FORMED UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE (I) A  NATURAL  PERSON  WHO  ACTIVELY
 PARTICIPATES  IN THE BUSINESS OF THE FIRM OR ITS AFFILIATED ENTITIES, OR
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 (II) AN ENTITY, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, A PARTNERSHIP OR  PROFES-
 SIONAL  CORPORATION,  PROVIDED  THAT  EACH BENEFICIAL OWNER OF AN EQUITY
 INTEREST IN SUCH ENTITY IS A NATURAL PERSON WHO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATES IN
 THE  BUSINESS  CONDUCTED  BY  THE  FIRM  OR ITS AFFILIATED ENTITIES. FOR
 PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE"  MEANS  TO  PROVIDE
 SERVICES  TO  CLIENTS OR TO OTHERWISE INDIVIDUALLY TAKE PART IN THE DAY-
 TO-DAY BUSINESS OR MANAGEMENT OF THE FIRM OR AN AFFILIATED ENTITY.
   § 10. Subdivision (b) of section 1207 of the limited liability company
 law, as amended by chapter 475 of the laws of 2014, is amended  to  read
 as follows:
   (b)  With  respect to a professional service limited liability company
 formed to provide medical services as such services are defined in arti-
 cle 131 of the education law, each  member  of  such  limited  liability
 company must be licensed pursuant to article 131 of the education law to
 practice  medicine in this state. With respect to a professional service
 limited liability company formed to  provide  dental  services  as  such
 services are defined in article 133 of the education law, each member of
 such  limited liability company must be licensed pursuant to article 133
 of the education law to practice dentistry in this state.  With  respect
 to  a  professional  service limited liability company formed to provide
 veterinary services as such services are defined in article 135  of  the
 education  law,  each  member  of such limited liability company must be
 licensed pursuant to article 135 of the education law to practice veter-
 inary medicine in this state. With respect  to  a  professional  service
 limited  liability  company  formed to provide professional engineering,
 land surveying, architectural, landscape architectural and/or geological
 services as such services are defined in article 145,  article  147  and
 article  148 of the education law, each member of such limited liability
 company must be licensed pursuant to article  145,  article  147  and/or
 article  148  of  the  education  law  to  practice  one or more of such
 professions in this state. WITH RESPECT TO A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE LIMIT-
 ED LIABILITY COMPANY FORMED TO PROVIDE PUBLIC  ACCOUNTANCY  SERVICES  AS
 SUCH  SERVICES  ARE  DEFINED  IN  ARTICLE  149 OF THE EDUCATION LAW EACH
 MEMBER OF SUCH LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY WHOSE PRINCIPAL PLACE OF  BUSI-
 NESS IS IN THIS STATE AND WHO PROVIDES PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY SERVICES, MUST
 BE  LICENSED  PURSUANT  TO  ARTICLE 149 OF THE EDUCATION LAW TO PRACTICE
 PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY IN THIS STATE. With respect to a professional service
 limited liability company formed to  provide  licensed  clinical  social
 work  services as such services are defined in article 154 of the educa-
 tion law, each  member  of  such  limited  liability  company  shall  be
 licensed  pursuant  to  article  154  of  the  education law to practice
 licensed clinical social work in this state. With respect to  a  profes-
 sional service limited liability company formed to provide creative arts
 therapy  services  as  such  services  are defined in article 163 of the
 education law, each member of such limited  liability  company  must  be
 licensed  pursuant to article 163 of the education law to practice crea-
 tive arts therapy in this state. With respect to a professional  service
 limited  liability company formed to provide marriage and family therapy
 services as such services are defined in article 163  of  the  education
 law,  each  member  of  such  limited liability company must be licensed
 pursuant to article 163 of the education law to  practice  marriage  and
 family  therapy  in  this  state. With respect to a professional service
 limited liability company formed to  provide  mental  health  counseling
 services  as  such  services are defined in article 163 of the education
 law, each member of such limited  liability  company  must  be  licensed
 pursuant  to  article 163 of the education law to practice mental health
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 counseling in this state. With respect to a professional service limited
 liability company formed to  provide  psychoanalysis  services  as  such
 services are defined in article 163 of the education law, each member of
 such  limited liability company must be licensed pursuant to article 163
 of the education law to practice  psychoanalysis  in  this  state.  With
 respect  to  a  professional service limited liability company formed to
 provide applied behavior analysis services as such services are  defined
 in article 167 of the education law, each member of such limited liabil-
 ity company must be licensed or certified pursuant to article 167 of the
 education  law  to  practice  applied behavior analysis in this state. A
 PROFESSIONAL SERVICE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY FORMED TO LAWFULLY ENGAGE
 IN THE PRACTICE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY AS A FIRM,  AS  SUCH  PRACTICE  IS
 DEFINED UNDER ARTICLE 149 OF THE EDUCATION LAW SHALL BE REQUIRED TO SHOW
 (I)  THAT  A  SIMPLE  MAJORITY OF THE OWNERSHIP OF THE FIRM, IN TERMS OF
 FINANCIAL INTERESTS, AND  VOTING  RIGHTS  HELD  BY  THE  FIRM'S  OWNERS,
 BELONGS  TO  INDIVIDUALS LICENSED TO PRACTICE PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY IN SOME
 STATE, AND (II) THAT ALL  MEMBERS  OF  A  LIMITED  PROFESSIONAL  SERVICE
 LIMITED  LIABILITY COMPANY, WHOSE PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS IS IN THIS
 STATE, AND WHO ARE ENGAGED IN THE PRACTICE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY IN THIS
 STATE, HOLD A VALID LICENSE ISSUED UNDER SECTION 7404 OF  THE  EDUCATION
 LAW.  FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "FINANCIAL INTEREST" MEANS CAPI-
 TAL STOCK, CAPITAL ACCOUNTS, CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS, CAPITAL INTEREST, OR
 INTEREST IN UNDISTRIBUTED EARNINGS OF A BUSINESS ENTITY. ALTHOUGH  FIRMS
 REGISTERED  WITH  THE  EDUCATION  DEPARTMENT  MAY  INCLUDE  NON-LICENSEE
 OWNERS, A REGISTERED FIRM AND ITS OWNERS MUST COMPLY WITH RULES  PROMUL-
 GATED  BY  THE  STATE BOARD OF REGENTS. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, A
 FIRM REGISTERED WITH THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT MAY NOT HAVE  NON-LICENSEE
 OWNERS  IF THE FIRM'S NAME INCLUDES THE WORDS "CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNT-
 ANT," OR "CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS," OR THE ABBREVIATIONS  "CPA"  OR
 "CPAS".  EACH NON-LICENSEE OWNER OF A FIRM THAT IS REGISTERED UNDER THIS
 SECTION  SHALL  BE (I) A NATURAL PERSON WHO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATES IN THE
 BUSINESS OF THE FIRM OR ITS AFFILIATED  ENTITIES,  OR  (II)  AN  ENTITY,
 INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO,  A PARTNERSHIP OR PROFESSIONAL CORPO-
 RATION, PROVIDED EACH BENEFICIAL OWNER OF AN  EQUITY  INTEREST  IN  SUCH
 ENTITY  IS  A  NATURAL  PERSON WHO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATES IN THE BUSINESS
 CONDUCTED BY THE FIRM OR ITS AFFILIATED ENTITIES. FOR PURPOSES  OF  THIS
 SUBDIVISION, "ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE" MEANS TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO CLIENTS
 OR  TO  OTHERWISE  INDIVIDUALLY  TAKE PART IN THE DAY-TO-DAY BUSINESS OR
 MANAGEMENT OF THE FIRM OR AN AFFILIATED ENTITY.
   § 11. Subdivision (a) of section 1301 of the limited liability company
 law, as amended by chapter 475 of the laws of 2014, is amended  to  read
 as follows:
   (a)  "Foreign  professional service limited liability company" means a
 professional service limited liability company, whether or  not  denomi-
 nated  as  such,  organized  under the laws of a jurisdiction other than
 this state, (i) each of whose members and managers, if any, is a profes-
 sional authorized by law to render a professional  service  within  this
 state  and who is or has been engaged in the practice of such profession
 in such professional service limited liability company or a  predecessor
 entity, or will engage in the practice of such profession in the profes-
 sional  service limited liability company within thirty days of the date
 such professional becomes a member, or each of whose members and  manag-
 ers,  if  any, is a professional at least one of such members is author-
 ized by law to render a professional service within this state  and  who
 is  or  has  been  engaged  in  the  practice of such profession in such
 professional service limited liability company or a predecessor  entity,
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 or  will  engage  in the practice of such profession in the professional
 service limited liability company within thirty days of  the  date  such
 professional  becomes  a  member,  or  (ii)  authorized by, or holding a
 license,  certificate,  registration  or  permit issued by the licensing
 authority pursuant to,  the  education  law  to  render  a  professional
 service within this state; except that all members and managers, if any,
 of  a  foreign  professional  service  limited  liability  company  that
 provides health services in this state shall be licensed in this  state.
 With respect to a foreign professional service limited liability company
 which provides veterinary services as such services are defined in arti-
 cle  135  of the education law, each member of such foreign professional
 service limited liability company shall be licensed pursuant to  article
 135  of  the education law to practice veterinary medicine. With respect
 to a  foreign  professional  service  limited  liability  company  which
 provides medical services as such services are defined in article 131 of
 the  education  law,  each  member  of such foreign professional service
 limited liability company must be licensed pursuant to  article  131  of
 the education law to practice medicine in this state.  With respect to a
 foreign  professional  service  limited liability company which provides
 dental services as such services are  defined  in  article  133  of  the
 education  law, each member of such foreign professional service limited
 liability company must be licensed pursuant to article 133 of the educa-
 tion law to practice dentistry in this state. With respect to a  foreign
 professional  service  limited  liability company which provides profes-
 sional engineering, land surveying, geologic, architectural and/or land-
 scape architectural services as such services  are  defined  in  article
 145,  article  147  and article 148 of the education law, each member of
 such foreign professional service  limited  liability  company  must  be
 licensed  pursuant to article 145, article 147 and/or article 148 of the
 education law to practice one or more of such professions in this state.
 WITH RESPECT TO A FOREIGN PROFESSIONAL SERVICE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
 WHICH PROVIDES PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY SERVICES AS SUCH SERVICES ARE  DEFINED
 IN ARTICLE 149 OF THE EDUCATION LAW, EACH MEMBER OF SUCH FOREIGN PROFES-
 SIONAL  SERVICE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY WHOSE PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSI-
 NESS IS IN THIS STATE AND  WHO  PROVIDES  PUBLIC  ACCOUNTANCY  SERVICES,
 SHALL  BE LICENSED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 149 OF THE EDUCATION LAW TO PRAC-
 TICE PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY IN THIS STATE. With respect to a foreign profes-
 sional service limited liability company which provides  licensed  clin-
 ical social work services as such services are defined in article 154 of
 the  education  law,  each  member  of such foreign professional service
 limited liability company shall be licensed pursuant to article  154  of
 the  education  law to practice clinical social work in this state. With
 respect to a foreign  professional  service  limited  liability  company
 which  provides  creative  arts  therapy  services  as such services are
 defined in article 163 of the education law, each member of such foreign
 professional service limited liability company must be licensed pursuant
 to article 163 of the education law to practice creative arts therapy in
 this state. With respect  to  a  foreign  professional  service  limited
 liability company which provides marriage and family therapy services as
 such  services  are  defined  in  article 163 of the education law, each
 member of such foreign professional service  limited  liability  company
 must  be  licensed pursuant to article 163 of the education law to prac-
 tice marriage and family therapy  in  this  state.  With  respect  to  a
 foreign  professional  service  limited liability company which provides
 mental health counseling services as such services are defined in  arti-
 cle  163  of the education law, each member of such foreign professional
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 service limited liability company must be licensed pursuant  to  article
 163  of  the  education law to practice mental health counseling in this
 state. With respect to a foreign professional service limited  liability
 company  which  provides  psychoanalysis  services  as such services are
 defined in article 163 of the education law, each member of such foreign
 professional service limited liability company must be licensed pursuant
 to article 163 of the education law to practice psychoanalysis  in  this
 state.  With respect to a foreign professional service limited liability
 company which  provides  applied  behavior  analysis  services  as  such
 services are defined in article 167 of the education law, each member of
 such  foreign  professional  service  limited  liability company must be
 licensed or certified pursuant to article 167 of the  education  law  to
 practice applied behavior analysis in this state. A FOREIGN PROFESSIONAL
 SERVICE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY FORMED TO LAWFULLY ENGAGE IN THE PRAC-
 TICE  OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY AS A FIRM, AS SUCH PRACTICE IS DEFINED UNDER
 ARTICLE 149 OF THE EDUCATION LAW SHALL BE REQUIRED TO SHOW  (I)  THAT  A
 SIMPLE  MAJORITY  OF  THE  OWNERSHIP  OF THE FIRM, IN TERMS OF FINANCIAL
 INTERESTS, AND VOTING RIGHTS HELD BY THE FIRM'S OWNERS, BELONGS TO INDI-
 VIDUALS LICENSED TO PRACTICE PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY IN SOME STATE, AND  (II)
 THAT  ALL  MEMBERS  OF  A  FOREIGN  LIMITED PROFESSIONAL SERVICE LIMITED
 LIABILITY COMPANY, WHOSE PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS IS IN  THIS  STATE,
 AND WHO ARE ENGAGED IN THE PRACTICE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY IN THIS STATE,
 HOLD A VALID LICENSE ISSUED UNDER SECTION 7404 OF THE EDUCATION LAW. FOR
 PURPOSES  OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "FINANCIAL INTEREST" MEANS CAPITAL STOCK,
 CAPITAL ACCOUNTS, CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS, CAPITAL INTEREST,  OR  INTEREST
 IN  UNDISTRIBUTED  EARNINGS  OF A BUSINESS ENTITY. ALTHOUGH FIRMS REGIS-
 TERED WITH THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT MAY INCLUDE NON-LICENSEE  OWNERS,  A
 REGISTERED FIRM AND ITS OWNERS MUST COMPLY WITH RULES PROMULGATED BY THE
 STATE  BOARD  OF REGENTS.   NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, A FIRM REGIS-
 TERED WITH THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT MAY NOT HAVE NON-LICENSEE OWNERS  IF
 THE  FIRM'S  NAME  INCLUDES  THE WORDS "CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT," OR
 "CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS," OR THE ABBREVIATIONS  "CPA"  OR  "CPAS".
 EACH  NON-LICENSEE OWNER OF A FIRM THAT IS REGISTERED UNDER THIS SECTION
 SHALL BE (I) A NATURAL PERSON WHO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATES IN THE  BUSINESS
 OF  THE  FIRM  OR ITS AFFILIATED ENTITIES, OR (II) AN ENTITY, INCLUDING,
 BUT NOT LIMITED TO, A PARTNERSHIP OR PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION,  PROVIDED
 EACH  BENEFICIAL OWNER OF AN EQUITY INTEREST IN SUCH ENTITY IS A NATURAL
 PERSON WHO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATES IN THE BUSINESS CONDUCTED BY  THE  FIRM
 OR  ITS AFFILIATED ENTITIES. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "ACTIVELY
 PARTICIPATE" MEANS TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO CLIENTS OR TO OTHERWISE  INDI-
 VIDUALLY  TAKE PART IN THE DAY-TO-DAY BUSINESS OR MANAGEMENT OF THE FIRM
 OR AN AFFILIATED ENTITY.
   § 12. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, if a
 firm which is registered  with  the  education  department  to  lawfully
 engage  in the practice of public accountancy has one or more non-licen-
 see owners, each such non-licensee owner of  the  firm  whose  principal
 place  of  business is in New York state shall pay a fee of nine hundred
 dollars to the department of education on a triennial basis.
   § 13. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART F
 
   Section 1. Short title. This article shall be known and cited  as  the
 "new homes targets and fast-track approval act".
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   § 2. Article 20 of the general municipal law is renumbered to be arti-
 cle  21,  sections  1000 and 1001 are renumbered to be sections 1020 and
 1021, and a new article 20 is added to read as follows:
 
                                ARTICLE 20
                 NEW HOMES TARGETS AND FAST TRACK APPROVAL

 SECTION 1000. LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND DECLARATIONS.
         1001. DEFINITIONS.
         1002. APPLICABILITY.
         1003. SAFE HARBOR.
         1004. LOCAL  PROCEDURES  OUTSIDE  OF  SAFE HARBOR/GENERAL APPEAL
                 PROCESS.
         1005. HOUSING REVIEW BOARD.
         1006. LAND USE APPEALS BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT.
   § 1000. LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND DECLARATIONS. THE LEGISLATURE  HEREBY
 FINDS, DETERMINES, AND DECLARES THAT:
   1.  THE LACK OF HOUSING, ESPECIALLY AFFORDABLE AND SUPPORTIVE HOUSING,
 IS A CRITICAL PROBLEM THAT THREATENS THE  ECONOMIC,  ENVIRONMENTAL,  AND
 SOCIAL  QUALITY OF LIFE THROUGHOUT NEW YORK STATE AND DISPROPORTIONATELY
 BURDENS VARIOUS VULNERABLE POPULATIONS THAT DISPROPORTIONATELY NEED MORE
 AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPTIONS INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO,  LOW-  AND
 MODERATE-INCOME, RACIAL AND ETHNIC MINORITY, AND ELDERLY HOUSEHOLDS.
   2. HOUSING IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK IS AMONG THE MOST EXPENSIVE IN THE
 NATION.  THE  EXCESSIVE  COST OF THE STATE'S HOUSING SUPPLY IS PARTIALLY
 CAUSED BY A LACK OF NEW HOUSING PRODUCTION  DUE  TO  THE  PREVALENCE  OF
 LOCAL  GOVERNMENTAL  LAND  USE POLICIES THAT LIMIT THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR
 AND PLACE PROCEDURAL IMPEDIMENTS ON THE APPROVAL OF HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS
 AND THEREBY INCREASE DEVELOPMENT COSTS AND RESTRICT THE HOUSING SUPPLY.
   3. LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL LIMITATIONS ON AND BARRIERS TO HOUSING  DEVELOP-
 MENT  ARE  ESPECIALLY COMMON FOR MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, WHICH
 CONSTRAINS THE SUPPLY OF AFFORDABLE AND SUPPORTIVE  HOUSING  THAT  OFTEN
 REQUIRE MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT TO BE ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE.
   4.  AMONG  THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE PREVALENCE OF LOCAL RESTRICTIONS ON
 HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ARE  THE  LACK  OF  HOUSING  TO  SUPPORT  EMPLOYMENT
 GROWTH;  IMBALANCE IN NUMBER OF JOBS AND HOUSING SUPPLY, WITH THE FORMER
 OUTSTRIPPING THE LATTER; SPRAWL; EXCESSIVE COMMUTING; AND THE  POTENTIAL
 FOR  DISCRIMINATION  AGAINST  LOW-INCOME  AND  MINORITY  HOUSEHOLDS  WHO
 DISPROPORTIONATELY REQUIRE AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES.
   5. MANY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS DO NOT GIVE ADEQUATE ATTENTION TO THE  LOCAL
 AND  BROADER REGIONAL ECONOMIC, ENVIRONMENTAL, AND SOCIAL COSTS OF LOCAL
 POLICIES AND ACTIONS THAT HAVE THE EFFECT OF STAGNATING OR REDUCING  THE
 SUPPLY  OF  HOUSING, INCLUDING AFFORDABLE AND SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, OR HOW
 SUCH POLICIES AND ACTIONS THEREBY PRODUCE THREATS TO THE PUBLIC  HEALTH,
 SAFETY, AND GENERAL WELFARE.
   6. ADDITIONALLY, MANY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS DO NOT GIVE ADEQUATE ATTENTION
 TO  THE  LOCAL  AND BROADER REGIONAL ECONOMIC, ENVIRONMENTAL, AND SOCIAL
 COSTS OF LOCAL POLICIES AND ACTIONS THAT RESULT IN DISAPPROVALS OR INHI-
 BITION OF PROPOSALS FOR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS THAT WOULD  BENEFIT
 THE  PUBLIC  HEALTH, SAFETY, AND GENERAL WELFARE; A REDUCTION IN DENSITY
 OF SUCH HOUSING PROJECTS; AND CREATION OF EXCESSIVE LAND USE  AND  OTHER
 BARRIERS FOR SUCH HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS TO BE BUILT.
   7.  LEGISLATION  IS  NECESSARY TO FORESTALL RESTRICTIVE LAND USE PRAC-
 TICES THAT INHIBIT AND LIMIT HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, AND TO FORESTALL UNDUE
 LOCAL DISAPPROVALS OF HOUSING DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, ESPECIALLY  AFFORDA-
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 BLE  AND  SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, GIVEN THAT SUCH PRACTICES AND DISAPPROVALS
 PRODUCE THREATS TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, AND GENERAL WELFARE.
   8.  THE  STATE  OF  NEW  YORK  MUST ENSURE THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS GIVE
 ADEQUATE ATTENTION TO THE LOCAL AND BROADER REGIONAL ECONOMIC,  ENVIRON-
 MENTAL,  AND  SOCIAL  COSTS OF LAND USE ZONING AND PLANNING POLICIES AND
 ACTIONS, AS WELL AS THE DENIAL OF APPLICATIONS  TO  BUILD  NEW  HOUSING,
 WHICH  COLLECTIVELY AND INDIVIDUALLY MAY RESULT IN A DEARTH OF APPROPRI-
 ATE HOUSING TO MEET THE NEEDS OF  ALL  RESIDENTS  IN  THE  COMMUNITY  OR
 REGION.
   9.  IN  FURTHERANCE OF OVERALL HOUSING PRODUCTION GOALS AND TO PROMOTE
 THE GREATEST EFFICIENCY AND COORDINATED DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS  OF  LOCALI-
 TIES  WITHIN  THE  STATE,  IT  IS BOTH A MATTER OF STATE CONCERN AND THE
 POLICY OF THE STATE THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ADDRESS THEIR LAND USE  POLI-
 CIES, PRACTICES, AND DECISIONS THAT MAKE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS, AND ESPE-
 CIALLY  MULTI-FAMILY,  AFFORDABLE,  AND SUPPORTIVE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS,
 IMPOSSIBLE OR INFEASIBLE.
   10. TO FURTHER ADDRESS THE SHORTAGE OF AFFORDABLE AND SUPPORTIVE HOUS-
 ING IN NEW YORK AND ENCOURAGE REDUCTION OF LAND USE RESTRICTIONS AND THE
 PRODUCTION OF MUCH NEEDED HOUSING, THIS  ARTICLE  CREATES  AN  IMPARTIAL
 FORUM  AND  A  PROCESS  FOR  SPECIALLY  DESIGNATING  JUDGES  TO  RESOLVE
 CONFLICTS ARISING FROM LOCAL DECISIONS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF  AFFORDABLE
 AND SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
   11. IN ORDER TO PREVENT HOUSING INSECURITY, HARDSHIP, AND DISLOCATION,
 THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  ACT ARE NECESSARY AND DESIGNED TO PROTECT THE
 PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, AND GENERAL WELFARE OF THE RESIDENTS OF NEW  YORK
 STATE.
   §  1001. DEFINITIONS. THE FOLLOWING DEFINITIONS APPLY FOR THE PURPOSES
 OF THIS ARTICLE:
   1. "ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT" SHALL MEAN  AN  ATTACHED  OR  A  DETACHED
 RESIDENTIAL  DWELLING UNIT THAT PROVIDES HOUSING FOR ONE OR MORE PERSONS
 WHICH IS LOCATED ON A LOT WITH A PROPOSED OR EXISTING  PRIMARY  RESIDEN-
 TIAL  DWELLING  UNIT  AND SHALL INCLUDE PERMANENT PROVISIONS FOR LIVING,
 SLEEPING, EATING, COOKING, AND SANITATION ON THE SAME LOT AS THE PRIMARY
 SINGLE-FAMILY OR MULTI-FAMILY DWELLING.
   2. "AFFORDABLE HOUSING" SHALL  MEAN  ANY  INCOME  RESTRICTED  HOUSING,
 WHETHER INTENDED FOR RENTAL OR HOMEOWNERSHIP, THAT IS SUBJECT TO A REGU-
 LATORY AGREEMENT WITH A LOCAL, STATE OR FEDERAL GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY.
   3.  "APPLICATION"  SHALL  MEAN  AN  APPLICATION FOR A BUILDING PERMIT,
 VARIANCE, WAIVER, CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, SPECIAL  PERMIT,  ZONING  TEXT
 AMENDMENT,  ZONING MAP AMENDMENT, AMENDMENT TO ZONING DISTRICTS, CERTIF-
 ICATION, AUTHORIZATION, SITE PLAN  APPROVAL,  SUBDIVISION  APPROVAL,  OR
 OTHER DISCRETIONARY LAND USE DETERMINATION BY A LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT.
   4.  "DIVISION"  SHALL  MEAN  THE  DIVISION  OF  HOUSING  AND COMMUNITY
 RENEWAL.
   5. "ECONOMICALLY INFEASIBLE" SHALL MEAN ANY CONDITION BROUGHT ABOUT BY
 ANY SINGLE FACTOR OR COMBINATION OF FACTORS TO THE EXTENT THAT IT  MAKES
 IT SUBSTANTIALLY UNLIKELY FOR AN OWNER TO PROCEED IN BUILDING A RESIDEN-
 TIAL  HOUSING  PROJECT AND STILL REALIZE A REASONABLE RETURN IN BUILDING
 OR OPERATING  SUCH  HOUSING  WITHOUT  SUBSTANTIALLY  CHANGING  THE  RENT
 LEVELS,  RESIDENTIAL  DWELLING  UNIT SIZES, OR RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNIT
 COUNTS PROPOSED BY THE OWNER.
   6. "HOUSING REVIEW BOARD" SHALL MEAN THE HOUSING REVIEW  BOARD  ESTAB-
 LISHED PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE.
   7.  "LAND  USE  ACTION"  SHALL MEAN ANY ENACTMENT OF OR AMENDMENT TO A
 PROVISION OF A ZONING LOCAL LAW, ORDINANCE, RESOLUTION, POLICY, PROGRAM,
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 PROCEDURE, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, SITE PLAN,  SUBDIVISION  PLAN,  CRITERIA,
 RULE, REGULATION, OR REQUIREMENT OF A LOCAL AGENCY.
   8.  "LAND  USE  REQUIREMENTS" SHALL MEAN ANY AND ALL LOCAL LAWS, ORDI-
 NANCES, RESOLUTIONS, OR REGULATIONS, THAT SHALL BE  ADOPTED  OR  ENACTED
 UNDER THIS CHAPTER, THE MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW, OR ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL
 OR OTHER LAW PERTAINING TO LAND USE, AND SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMIT-
 ED TO A LOCALITY'S:
   A. WRITTEN OR OTHER COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OR PLANS;
   B. ZONING ORDINANCE, LOCAL LAWS, RESOLUTIONS, OR REGULATIONS;
   C.  SPECIAL  USE  PERMIT,  SPECIAL EXCEPTION PERMIT, OR SPECIAL PERMIT
 ORDINANCE, LOCAL LAWS, RESOLUTIONS, OR REGULATIONS;
   D. SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE, LOCAL LAWS, RESOLUTIONS, OR REGULATIONS;
   E. SITE PLAN REVIEW  ORDINANCE,  LOCAL  LAWS,  RESOLUTIONS,  OR  REGU-
 LATIONS; AND
   F. POLICIES OR PROCEDURES, OR ANY PLANNING, ZONING, OR OTHER REGULATO-
 RY TOOL THAT CONTROLS OR ESTABLISHES STANDARDS FOR THE USE AND OCCUPANCY
 OF  LAND,  THE  AREA AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF
 LAND, OR THE INTENSITY OF SUCH DEVELOPMENT.
   9. "LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT" SHALL BE DEFINED AS ANY  LEGISLATIVE  BODY
 OF  A  LOCALITY, PLANNING BOARD, ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS, PLANNING DIVI-
 SION, PLANNING COMMISSION, BOARD OF  STANDARDS  AND  APPEALS,  BOARD  OF
 ZONING  APPEALS,  OR  ANY  OFFICIAL  OR  EMPLOYEE,  OR ANY OTHER AGENCY,
 DEPARTMENT, BOARD OR OTHER ENTITY RELATED TO A LOCALITY WITH THE AUTHOR-
 ITY TO APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE OF ANY SPECIFIC PROJECT OR AMENDMENT TO ANY
 LAND USE REQUIREMENTS AS DEFINED IN THIS ARTICLE.
   10. "LOCALITY" SHALL REFER TO ALL  CITIES,  TOWNS,  OR  VILLAGES  THAT
 REGULATE  LAND  USE  PURSUANT TO THE GENERAL CITY LAW, THE TOWN LAW, THE
 VILLAGE LAW, OR OTHER STATE LAW, AS APPLICABLE. PROVIDED FURTHER THAT IN
 A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, "LOCALITY" SHALL  REFER
 TO  A  COMMUNITY  BOARD DISTRICT AS DEFINED BY CHAPTER SIXTY-NINE OF THE
 CHARTER OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK. PROVIDED FURTHER THAT "LOCALITY"  SHALL
 REFER  TO  ANY CITY, TOWN, OR VILLAGE WITHIN A COUNTY, WHERE SUCH COUNTY
 REGULATES OR OTHERWISE HAS APPROVAL AUTHORITY  OVER  LAND  USE  REQUIRE-
 MENTS.
   11. "METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION COMMUTER DISTRICT" SHALL REFER TO THE
 COUNTIES  OF  THE  BRONX,  KINGS  (BROOKLYN), NEW YORK, RICHMOND (STATEN
 ISLAND),  QUEENS,  WESTCHESTER,  ORANGE,  PUTNAM,  DUTCHESS,   ROCKLAND,
 NASSAU, AND SUFFOLK.
   12.  "OBJECTIVE  STANDARDS" SHALL BE DEFINED AS STANDARDS THAT INVOLVE
 NO PERSONAL OR SUBJECTIVE JUDGMENT BY A PUBLIC OFFICIAL OR EMPLOYEE  AND
 ARE  UNIFORMLY  VERIFIABLE  BY  REFERENCE  TO  A  PUBLICLY AVAILABLE AND
 UNIFORM BENCHMARK OR CRITERION AVAILABLE AND KNOWABLE BY BOTH THE DEVEL-
 OPMENT APPLICANT AND THE PUBLIC OFFICIAL OR EMPLOYEE BEFORE SUBMITTAL OF
 A RESIDENTIAL LAND USE APPLICATION.
   13. "PREVIOUSLY DISTURBED LAND" SHALL MEAN A PARCEL  OR  LOT  OF  LAND
 THAT  WAS  OCCUPIED  OR  FORMERLY  OCCUPIED  BY  A BUILDING OR OTHERWISE
 IMPROVED OR UTILIZED THAT IS NOT LOCATED IN A 100-YEAR FLOODPLAIN OR WAS
 NOT BEING USED FOR COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES AS OF THE  EFFECTIVE
 DATE OF THIS ARTICLE.
   14.  "QUALIFYING PROJECT" SHALL REFER TO AN APPLICATION THAT IS FOR AT
 LEAST TEN DWELLING UNITS IN LOCALITIES NOT LOCATED IN  THE  METROPOLITAN
 TRANSPORTATION  COMMUTER  DISTRICT  OR AT LEAST TWENTY DWELLING UNITS IN
 LOCALITIES LOCATED IN THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION COMMUTER  DISTRICT
 AND AT LEAST TWENTY PERCENT OF THE DWELLING UNITS ARE AFFORDABLE HOUSING
 UNITS  RESTRICTED  TO  HOUSEHOLDS  AT OR BELOW FIFTY PERCENT OF THE AREA
 MEDIAN INCOME OR SUPPORTIVE DWELLING  UNITS,  OR  AT  LEAST  TWENTY-FIVE
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 PERCENT OF THE DWELLING UNITS ARE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS RESTRICTED TO
 HOUSEHOLDS  AT  OR  BELOW  EIGHTY  PERCENT  OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME OR
 SUPPORTIVE DWELLING UNITS.
   15.  "RESIDENTIAL  DWELLING UNIT" SHALL MEAN ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE
 OR PORTION THEREOF WHICH IS LEGALLY OCCUPIED IN WHOLE OR IN PART AS  THE
 HOME,  RESIDENCE  OR SLEEPING PLACE OF ONE OR MORE HUMAN BEINGS, HOWEVER
 THE TERM DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY CLASS B MULTIPLE DWELLINGS AS  DEFINED  IN
 SECTION FOUR OF THE MULTIPLE DWELLING LAW OR HOUSING THAT IS INTENDED TO
 BE USED ON A SEASONAL BASIS.
   16. "SAFE HARBOR" SHALL MEAN THAT A LOCALITY'S DENIALS OF APPLICATIONS
 ARE  NOT  SUBJECT  TO  APPEAL PURSUANT TO SECTION ONE THOUSAND FOUR, ONE
 THOUSAND FIVE OR ONE THOUSAND SIX OF THIS ARTICLE FOR A THREE-YEAR CYCLE
 AS SET FORTH IN SECTION ONE THOUSAND THREE OF THIS ARTICLE.
   17. "SUPPORTIVE HOUSING" SHALL MEAN RESIDENTIAL  DWELLING  UNITS  WITH
 SUPPORTIVE SERVICES FOR TENANTS.
   18.  "THREE-YEAR CYCLE" SHALL MEAN A TERM OF THREE CALENDAR YEARS WITH
 THE FIRST CYCLE BEGINNING ON JANUARY FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-FOUR,
 AND EACH CYCLE COMMENCING THREE CALENDAR YEARS THEREAFTER.
   §  1002.  APPLICABILITY. THIS ARTICLE SHALL APPLY TO ALL LOCALITIES AS
 DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION TEN OF SECTION ONE THOUSAND ONE OF THIS ARTICLE.
   § 1003. SAFE HARBOR. 1. DETERMINATIONS.   A. THE DIVISION,  USING  THE
 INFORMATION  SUBMITTED  PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION, MAY MAKE AND PUBLISH A
 DETERMINATION AS TO WHETHER A LOCALITY IS IN SAFE HARBOR AS A RESULT  OF
 SUCH  LOCALITY  ACHIEVING  ITS GROWTH TARGETS, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION
 THREE OF THIS SECTION. SUCH DETERMINATION MAY  ONLY  BE  REVIEWED  BY  A
 COURT  OR THE HOUSING REVIEW BOARD AS PART OF AN APPEAL OF A DENIAL OF A
 SPECIFIC QUALIFYING PROJECT.
   B. SAFE HARBOR, AS DEFINED IN SECTION ONE THOUSAND ONE OF  THIS  ARTI-
 CLE,  SHALL  BE GRANTED TO LOCALITIES BASED UPON A THREE-YEAR CYCLE WITH
 THE FIRST CYCLE BEGINNING ON JANUARY FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-FOUR,
 PROVIDED  FURTHER THAT ALL LOCALITIES SHALL BE DEEMED IN SAFE HARBOR FOR
 THE DURATION OF THE FIRST CYCLE BEGINNING ON JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND
 TWENTY-FOUR AND TERMINATING AFTER DECEMBER  THIRTY-FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND
 TWENTY-SIX.
   (I)  A  LOCALITY SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE IN SAFE HARBOR IF SUCH LOCALITY
 SATISFACTORILY ENACTS AT LEAST TWO PREFERRED ACTIONS, AS  SET  FORTH  IN
 SUBDIVISION FOUR OF THIS SECTION.  EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE SET FORTH IN THIS
 ARTICLE,  ANY DETERMINATION ISSUED BY THE DIVISION THAT A LOCALITY IS IN
 SAFE HARBOR BASED ON THE ENACTMENT OF PREFERRED ACTIONS, AS SET FORTH IN
 SUBDIVISION FOUR OF THIS SECTION, SHALL BE IN EFFECT FROM THE  EFFECTIVE
 DATE  OF SUCH DETERMINATION THROUGH THE END OF THE THREE-YEAR CYCLE THAT
 IS CURRENT ON THE DATE ON WHICH SUCH DETERMINATION IS  ISSUED,  PROVIDED
 FURTHER,  HOWEVER,  THAT  ANY  DETERMINATION  AS  TO WHETHER SAFE HARBOR
 SHOULD APPLY BASED ON THE LOCALITY'S ENACTMENT OF SUCH PREFERRED ACTIONS
 SHALL BE BASED ON SUCH PREFERRED ACTIONS ENACTED DURING  THE  THREE-YEAR
 CYCLE  IMMEDIATELY  PRECEDING THE THREE-YEAR CYCLE IN WHICH THE DETERMI-
 NATION WAS ISSUED. IN THE  EVENT  THAT  A  LOCALITY  RESCINDS  ANY  SUCH
 PREFERRED  ACTION  THAT CONTRIBUTED TO A LOCALITY BEING DETERMINED TO BE
 IN SAFE HARBOR WITHIN TEN YEARS OF SUCH  PREFERRED  ACTION'S  ENACTMENT,
 SUCH  LOCALITY SHALL BE INELIGIBLE FOR SAFE HARBOR FOR TEN YEARS, START-
 ING ON THE DATE SUCH LOCALITY WAS INITIALLY DEEMED TO BE IN SAFE  HARBOR
 AS A RESULT OF SUCH RESCINDED PREFERRED ACTION.
   (II)  A LOCALITY SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE IN SAFE HARBOR IF SUCH LOCALITY
 MET OR EXCEEDED THEIR GROWTH TARGETS AS SET FORTH IN  SUBDIVISION  THREE
 OF  THIS  SECTION.  EXCEPT  AS  OTHERWISE SET FORTH IN THIS ARTICLE, ANY
 DETERMINATION ISSUED BY THE DIVISION THAT A LOCALITY IS IN  SAFE  HARBOR
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 BASED  ON  THE  LOCALITY  MEETING  OR EXCEEDING THEIR GROWTH TARGETS SET
 FORTH IN SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE IN EFFECT  FROM  THE
 EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF SUCH DETERMINATION THROUGH THE END OF THE THREE-YEAR
 CYCLE  THAT WAS CURRENT AT THE TIME SUCH DETERMINATION WAS ISSUED BY THE
 DIVISION; PROVIDED FURTHER, HOWEVER, THAT ANY DETERMINATION AS TO WHETH-
 ER SAFE HARBOR SHOULD APPLY SHALL BE BASED ON THE  LOCALITY  MEETING  OR
 EXCEEDING  THEIR  GROWTH  TARGETS  IN  THE  THREE-YEAR CYCLE IMMEDIATELY
 PRECEDING THE THREE-YEAR CYCLE IN WHICH THE DETERMINATION WAS ISSUED.
   (III) A LOCALITY SHALL BE DETERMINED TO BE  IN  SAFE  HARBOR  FOR  THE
 THREE-YEAR  CYCLE BEGINNING ON JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SEVEN,
 AND ENDING ON DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-NINE, IF,  FROM
 A PERIOD BEGINNING ON JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE, AND ENDING
 ON  DECEMBER  THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE, SUCH LOCALITY MET
 OR EXCEEDED THEIR GROWTH TARGETS AS SET FORTH IN  SUBDIVISION  THREE  OF
 THIS SECTION.
   2. LOCAL REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. EACH LOCALITY SUBJECT TO THIS ARTICLE
 SHALL SUBMIT HOUSING PRODUCTION INFORMATION TO THE DIVISION. SUCH INFOR-
 MATION SHALL BE SUBMITTED PURSUANT TO THE DEADLINES SET FORTH BY SECTION
 TWENTY-A  OF  THE  PUBLIC  HOUSING LAW AND SHALL CONTAIN THE INFORMATION
 PRESCRIBED IN SUCH SECTION. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF  THIS
 SECTION,  ANY FAILURE OF A LOCALITY TO PROVIDE SUCH INFORMATION PURSUANT
 TO THIS SUBDIVISION TO THE DIVISION SHALL RESULT IN THE  LOCALITY  BEING
 DEEMED  INELIGIBLE FOR SAFE HARBOR UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THE INFORMATION IS
 PROPERLY SUBMITTED.
   3. GROWTH TARGETS. A. A LOCALITY MAY  BE  DETERMINED  TO  BE  IN  SAFE
 HARBOR  FOR  A THREE-YEAR CYCLE, IF, IN THE PREVIOUS THREE-YEAR CYCLE, A
 LOCALITY LOCATED OUTSIDE OF  THE  METROPOLITAN  TRANSPORTATION  COMMUTER
 DISTRICT PERMITTED THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW ELIGIBLE RESIDENTIAL DWELLING
 UNITS  IN  AN  AMOUNT  EQUAL TO ONE PERCENT OF THE AMOUNT OF RESIDENTIAL
 HOUSING UNITS EXISTING IN THE LOCALITY AS REPORTED IN THE MOST  RECENTLY
 PUBLISHED UNITED STATES DECENNIAL CENSUS.
   B.  A LOCALITY MAY BE DETERMINED TO BE IN SAFE HARBOR FOR A THREE-YEAR
 CYCLE, IF, IN THE PREVIOUS THREE-YEAR CYCLE, A LOCALITY  LOCATED  INSIDE
 OF  THE  METROPOLITAN  TRANSPORTATION  COMMUTER  DISTRICT  PERMITTED THE
 CONSTRUCTION OF NEW ELIGIBLE RESIDENTIAL DWELLING  UNITS  IN  AN  AMOUNT
 EQUAL TO THREE PERCENT OF THE AMOUNT OF RESIDENTIAL HOUSING UNITS EXIST-
 ING  IN  THE  LOCALITY AS REPORTED IN THE MOST RECENTLY PUBLISHED UNITED
 STATES DECENNIAL CENSUS.
   C. SUBJECT TO PARAGRAPH D OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE NUMBER OF  ELIGIBLE
 RESIDENTIAL  DWELLING  UNITS  SHALL  BE  CALCULATED  USING THE FOLLOWING
 FORMULA:
   (I) A PERMITTED NEW RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNIT SHALL BE COUNTED AS  ONE
 ELIGIBLE  RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNIT, PROVIDED THAT A PERMITTED NEW RESI-
 DENTIAL DWELLING UNIT THAT IS INCOME RESTRICTED TO HOUSEHOLDS EARNING NO
 MORE THAN AN AMOUNT THAT IS DETERMINED PURSUANT TO A  REGULATORY  AGREE-
 MENT WITH A FEDERAL, STATE, OR LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY SHALL BE COUNT-
 ED AS TWO ELIGIBLE RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS; AND
   (II)  EVERY  PERMITTED  RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNIT THAT BECAME SUITABLE
 FOR OCCUPANCY AND THAT PREVIOUSLY HAD BEEN DEEMED ABANDONED PURSUANT  TO
 ARTICLE  NINETEEN-A  OF  THE  REAL  PROPERTY ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS LAW
 SHALL BE COUNTED AS  ONE  AND  ONE-HALF  ELIGIBLE  RESIDENTIAL  DWELLING
 UNITS.
   FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, A PROJECT SHALL BE CONSIDERED TO
 BE  PERMITTED  IF  IT  HAS  RECEIVED  ALL NECESSARY LOCAL AUTHORIZATIONS
 REQUIRED PRIOR TO REQUESTING A BUILDING PERMIT.
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   D. THE FOLLOWING PERMITTED RESIDENTIAL DWELLING  UNITS  SHALL  NOT  BE
 COUNTED AS ELIGIBLE RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS:
   (I)  ANY  PERMITTED  RESIDENTIAL  DWELLING UNIT WHERE MORE THAN TWELVE
 MONTHS HAVE PASSED BETWEEN THE AUTHORIZATION GRANTING PERMISSION AND THE
 COMMENCEMENT OF CONSTRUCTION; AND
   (II) ANY PERMITTED RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNIT WHERE MORE  THAN  TWENTY-
 FOUR  MONTHS  HAVE  PASSED BETWEEN THE AUTHORIZATION GRANTING PERMISSION
 AND THE ISSUANCE OF A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY OR TEMPORARY  CERTIFICATE
 OF OCCUPANCY.
   E.  IN  THE EVENT A PERMITTED RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNIT IS NOT COUNTED
 AS AN ELIGIBLE RESIDENTIAL UNIT PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH D OF THIS SUBDIVI-
 SION, SUCH RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNIT MAY BE COUNTED AS AN ELIGIBLE RESI-
 DENTIAL DWELLING UNIT WHEN THE CERTIFICATE  OF  OCCUPANCY  OR  TEMPORARY
 CERTIFICATE  OF  OCCUPANCY IS ISSUED FOR SUCH RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNIT.
 PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT IN NO EVENT SHALL AN ELIGIBLE RESIDENTIAL DWELL-
 ING UNIT BE COUNTED TOWARDS A LOCALITY'S GROWTH TARGET IN MORE THAN  ONE
 THREE-YEAR CYCLE.
   4. PREFERRED ACTIONS. A. ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS. IT SHALL BE CONSID-
 ERED  TO  BE  A  PREFERRED ACTION PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION IF A LOCALITY
 ENACTS BY LOCAL LAW THE PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH. FOR  ANY  LOCALITY
 WITHIN  A  CITY  WITH  A  POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, IT SHALL BE
 CONSIDERED TO BE SUCH A PREFERRED ACTION IF SUCH CITY  ENACTS  BY  LOCAL
 LAW  THE  PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH THROUGHOUT SUCH LOCALITY. FOR ANY
 LOCALITY LOCATED WITHIN A COUNTY WHEREIN SUCH  COUNTY  IS  EMPOWERED  TO
 APPROVE  OR  AMEND  SOME  OR ALL OF THE LAND USE REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE
 WITHIN THE LOCALITY, TO THE EXTENT THE COUNTY IS SO EMPOWERED, IT  SHALL
 BE CONSIDERED SUCH A PREFERRED ACTION IF SUCH COUNTY ENACTS BY LOCAL LAW
 THE PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH TO BE IN EFFECT THROUGHOUT SUCH LOCALI-
 TY.
   (I) DEFINITIONS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH:
   A. "LOCAL GOVERNMENT" SHALL MEAN A COUNTY, CITY, TOWN OR VILLAGE.
   B.  "NONCONFORMING ZONING CONDITION" SHALL MEAN A PHYSICAL IMPROVEMENT
 ON A PROPERTY THAT DOES NOT CONFORM WITH CURRENT ZONING STANDARDS.
   C. "PROPOSED DWELLING" SHALL MEAN A DWELLING THAT IS THE SUBJECT OF  A
 PERMIT APPLICATION AND THAT MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS FOR PERMITTING.
   (II)  A LOCAL GOVERNMENT SHALL, BY LOCAL LAW, PROVIDE FOR THE CREATION
 OF ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS. SUCH LOCAL LAW SHALL:
   A. DESIGNATE AREAS WITHIN THE JURISDICTION  OF  THE  LOCAL  GOVERNMENT
 WHERE  ACCESSORY  DWELLING  UNITS  SHALL  BE PERMITTED. DESIGNATED AREAS
 SHALL INCLUDE ALL AREAS THAT PERMIT SINGLE-FAMILY OR MULTI-FAMILY  RESI-
 DENTIAL USE, AND ALL LOTS WITH AN EXISTING RESIDENTIAL USE;
   B.  AUTHORIZE THE CREATION OF AT LEAST ONE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT PER
 LOT;
   C. PROVIDE REASONABLE STANDARDS FOR ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS THAT  MAY
 INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, HEIGHT, LANDSCAPE, ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW
 AND MAXIMUM SIZE OF A UNIT. IN NO CASE SHALL SUCH STANDARDS UNREASONABLY
 RESTRICT THE CREATION OF ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS; AND
   D. REQUIRE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS TO COMPLY WITH THE FOLLOWING:
   (1)  SUCH  ACCESSORY  DWELLING  UNIT  MAY  BE RENTED SEPARATE FROM THE
 PRIMARY RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNIT, BUT SHALL NOT BE  SOLD  OR  OTHERWISE
 CONVEYED SEPARATE FROM THE PRIMARY RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNIT;
   (2)  SUCH  ACCESSORY  DWELLING  UNIT  SHALL  BE  LOCATED ON A LOT THAT
 INCLUDES A PROPOSED DWELLING OR EXISTING RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNIT;
   (3) SUCH ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT SHALL NOT BE RENTED  FOR  A  TERM  OF
 LESS THAN THIRTY DAYS; AND
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   (4)  IF  THERE  IS  AN EXISTING PRIMARY RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNIT, THE
 TOTAL FLOOR AREA OF AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT SHALL  NOT  EXCEED  FIFTY
 PERCENT  OF  THE EXISTING PRIMARY RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNIT, UNLESS SUCH
 LIMIT WOULD PREVENT THE CREATION OF AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT  THAT  IS
 NO GREATER THAN SIX HUNDRED SQUARE FEET.
   (III)  A  LOCAL GOVERNMENT SHALL NOT ESTABLISH BY LOCAL LAW ANY OF THE
 FOLLOWING:
   A. IN A LOCAL GOVERNMENT HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, A
 MINIMUM SQUARE FOOTAGE REQUIREMENT FOR AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT GREAT-
 ER THAN TWO HUNDRED SQUARE FEET, OR IN A LOCAL GOVERNMENT HAVING A POPU-
 LATION OF LESS THAN ONE MILLION, A MINIMUM  SQUARE  FOOTAGE  REQUIREMENT
 FOR  AN  ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT THAT IS GREATER THAN FIVE HUNDRED FIFTY
 SQUARE FEET;
   B. A MAXIMUM SQUARE FOOTAGE REQUIREMENT FOR AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT
 THAT IS LESS THAN FIFTEEN HUNDRED SQUARE FEET;
   C. ANY OTHER MINIMUM OR MAXIMUM SIZE FOR OR OTHER LIMITS ON AN  ACCES-
 SORY DWELLING UNIT THAT DOES NOT PERMIT AT LEAST AN EIGHT HUNDRED SQUARE
 FOOT  ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT WITH FOUR-FOOT SIDE AND REAR YARD SETBACKS
 TO BE CONSTRUCTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER  LOCAL  STANDARDS,  INCLUDING
 ANY SUCH MINIMUM OR MAXIMUM SIZE BASED UPON A PERCENTAGE OF THE PROPOSED
 DWELLING  OR  EXISTING  PRIMARY  RESIDENTIAL  DWELLING UNIT, OR ANY SUCH
 OTHER LIMITS ON LOT COVERAGE, FLOOR AREA RATIO, OPEN SPACE, AND  MINIMUM
 LOT  SIZE.  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS SECTION, A LOCAL
 GOVERNMENT MAY PROVIDE, WHERE A LOT  CONTAINS  AN  EXISTING  RESIDENTIAL
 DWELLING  UNIT,  THAT  AN  ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT LOCATED WITHIN AND/OR
 ATTACHED TO THE PRIMARY RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNIT SHALL NOT  EXCEED  THE
 BUILDABLE  ENVELOPE FOR THE EXISTING RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNIT, AND THAT
 AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT THAT IS DETACHED FROM AN EXISTING RESIDENTIAL
 DWELLING UNIT SHALL BE CONSTRUCTED IN THE SAME LOCATION AND TO THE  SAME
 DIMENSIONS AS AN EXISTING STRUCTURE, IF SUCH STRUCTURE EXISTS;
   D.  A  CEILING  HEIGHT REQUIREMENT GREATER THAN SEVEN FEET, UNLESS THE
 LOCAL GOVERNMENT CAN DEMONSTRATE THAT SUCH A  REQUIREMENT  IS  NECESSARY
 FOR THE PRESERVATION OF HEALTH AND SAFETY;
   E.  ANY REQUIREMENT THAT A PATHWAY EXIST OR BE CONSTRUCTED IN CONJUNC-
 TION WITH THE CREATION OF AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT, UNLESS  THE  LOCAL
 GOVERNMENT  CAN  DEMONSTRATE  THAT SUCH REQUIREMENT IS NECESSARY FOR THE
 PRESERVATION OF HEALTH AND SAFETY;
   F. ANY SETBACK FOR AN EXISTING RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNIT OR  ACCESSORY
 STRUCTURE  OR  A  STRUCTURE  CONSTRUCTED IN THE SAME LOCATION AND TO THE
 SAME DIMENSIONS AS AN EXISTING STRUCTURE THAT IS CONVERTED TO AN  ACCES-
 SORY DWELLING UNIT OR TO A PORTION OF AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT, OR ANY
 SETBACK  OF  MORE THAN FOUR FEET FROM THE SIDE AND REAR LOT LINES FOR AN
 ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT THAT IS NOT CONVERTED FROM AN EXISTING STRUCTURE
 OR A NEW STRUCTURE CONSTRUCTED IN THE SAME  LOCATION  AND  TO  THE  SAME
 DIMENSIONS AS AN EXISTING STRUCTURE; OR
   G.  ANY HEALTH OR SAFETY REQUIREMENTS ON ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS THAT
 ARE NOT  NECESSARY  TO  PROTECT  HEALTH  AND  SAFETY.  NOTHING  IN  THIS
 PROVISION  SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO PREVENT A LOCAL GOVERNMENT FROM REQUIR-
 ING THAT ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS ARE, WHERE  APPLICABLE,  SUPPORTED  BY
 SEPTIC  CAPACITY  NECESSARY  TO  MEET  STATE HEALTH, SAFETY AND SANITARY
 STANDARDS, THAT THE CREATION OF SUCH ACCESSORY DWELLING  UNITS  COMPORTS
 WITH  FLOOD  RESILIENCY  POLICIES  OR  EFFORTS,  AND THAT SUCH ACCESSORY
 DWELLING UNITS ARE  CONSISTENT  WITH  THE  PROTECTION  OF  WETLANDS  AND
 WATERSHEDS.
   (IV)  NO PARKING REQUIREMENT SHALL BE IMPOSED ON AN ACCESSORY DWELLING
 UNIT; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT WHERE NO ADJACENT  PUBLIC  STREET  PERMITS
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 YEAR-ROUND  ON-STREET PARKING AND THE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT IS GREATER
 THAN ONE-HALF MILE FROM ACCESS TO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, A LOCAL GOVERN-
 MENT MAY REQUIRE UP TO ONE OFF-STREET PARKING SPACE PER ACCESSORY UNIT.
   (V) A LOCAL GOVERNMENT SHALL NOT REQUIRE THAT OFF-STREET PARKING SPAC-
 ES  BE  REPLACED  IF  A GARAGE, CARPORT, OR COVERED PARKING STRUCTURE IS
 DEMOLISHED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN ACCESSORY DWELLING
 UNIT OR CONVERTED TO AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT.
   (VI) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY LOCAL LAW, ORDINANCE,  RESOLUTION,  OR  REGU-
 LATIONS,  A  PERMIT  APPLICATION TO CREATE AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT IN
 CONFORMANCE WITH A LOCAL LAW ADOPTED PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL BE
 CONSIDERED MINISTERIALLY, WITHOUT DISCRETIONARY REVIEW OR A HEARING.  IF
 THERE  IS AN EXISTING SINGLE-FAMILY OR MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DWELLING
 UNIT ON THE LOT, THE PERMITTING LOCAL GOVERNMENT SHALL ACT ON THE APPLI-
 CATION TO CREATE AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT WITHIN NINETY DAYS FROM  THE
 DATE  THE  LOCAL  AGENCY RECEIVES A COMPLETED APPLICATION OR, IN A LOCAL
 GOVERNMENT HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE  MILLION  OR  MORE,  WITHIN  SIXTY
 DAYS.  IF THE PERMIT APPLICATION TO CREATE AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT IS
 SUBMITTED WITH A PERMIT APPLICATION TO CREATE A NEW PRIMARY  RESIDENTIAL
 DWELLING  UNIT  ON  THE  LOT,  THE PERMITTING LOCAL GOVERNMENT MAY DELAY
 ACTING ON THE PERMIT APPLICATION FOR THE ACCESSORY DWELLING  UNIT  UNTIL
 THE PERMITTING LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACTS ON THE PERMIT APPLICATION TO CREATE
 THE NEW PRIMARY RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNIT, BUT THE APPLICATION TO CREATE
 THE  ACCESSORY  DWELLING  UNIT SHALL BE CONSIDERED WITHOUT DISCRETIONARY
 REVIEW OR HEARING. IF THE APPLICANT REQUESTS A DELAY,  THE  TIME  PERIOD
 FOR  REVIEW  SHALL  BE  TOLLED  FOR THE PERIOD OF THE DELAY. SUCH REVIEW
 SHALL INCLUDE ALL NECESSARY PERMITS  AND  APPROVALS  INCLUDING,  WITHOUT
 LIMITATION, THOSE RELATED TO HEALTH AND SAFETY. A LOCAL GOVERNMENT SHALL
 NOT  REQUIRE  AN  ADDITIONAL  OR  AMENDED  CERTIFICATE  OF  OCCUPANCY IN
 CONNECTION WITH AN ACCESSORY  DWELLING  UNIT.  A  LOCAL  GOVERNMENT  MAY
 CHARGE  A FEE NOT TO EXCEED ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS PER APPLICATION FOR THE
 REIMBURSEMENT OF THE ACTUAL COSTS SUCH LOCAL AGENCY INCURS  PURSUANT  TO
 THE LOCAL LAW ENACTED PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH.
   (VII) LOCAL GOVERNMENTS SHALL ESTABLISH AN ADMINISTRATIVE APPEAL PROC-
 ESS  TO  A  LOCAL  AGENCY  FOR APPLICATIONS TO CREATE ACCESSORY DWELLING
 UNITS. THE JURISDICTION OF THE LOCAL AGENCY TO DECIDE SUCH APPEALS SHALL
 BE LIMITED TO REVIEWING ANY ORDER,  REQUIREMENT,  DECISION,  INTERPRETA-
 TION,  OR  DETERMINATION  ISSUED UNDER THE LOCAL LAW ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
 THIS PARAGRAPH AND DECIDING THE MATTER FROM WHICH ANY  SUCH  APPEAL  WAS
 TAKEN.  WHEN A PERMIT TO CREATE AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT PURSUANT TO A
 LOCAL LAW ADOPTED PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH IS DENIED, THE LOCAL AGENCY
 THAT DENIED THE PERMIT SHALL  ISSUE  A  NOTICE  OF  DENIAL  WHICH  SHALL
 CONTAIN  THE  REASON  OR  REASONS SUCH PERMIT APPLICATION WAS DENIED AND
 INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW THE APPLICANT MAY APPEAL SUCH  DENIAL.  SUCH  NOTICE
 SHALL  BE  MADE  PART  OF  THE  RECORD  OF APPEALS. ALL APPEALS SHALL BE
 SUBMITTED TO THE LOCAL AGENCY AUTHORIZED BY THE GOVERNING  BODY  OF  THE
 LOCAL  GOVERNMENT  TO DECIDE SUCH APPEALS, IN WRITING WITHIN THIRTY DAYS
 OF ANY ORDER, REQUIREMENT, DECISION,  INTERPRETATION,  OR  DETERMINATION
 RELATED TO THE CREATION OF ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS.
   (VIII)  NO  OTHER LOCAL LAW, ORDINANCE, POLICY, OR REGULATION SHALL BE
 THE BASIS FOR THE DENIAL OF A BUILDING PERMIT OR A USE PERMIT UNDER THIS
 PARAGRAPH EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT NECESSARY TO PROTECT  HEALTH  AND  SAFETY
 AND  PROVIDED  SUCH  LAW,  POLICY,  OR REGULATION IS CONSISTENT WITH THE
 REQUIREMENTS OF THIS PARAGRAPH.
   (IX) A LOCAL GOVERNMENT SHALL NOT REQUIRE, AS A CONDITION  FOR  MINIS-
 TERIAL APPROVAL OF A PERMIT APPLICATION FOR THE CREATION OF AN ACCESSORY
 DWELLING  UNIT,  THE  CORRECTION  OF  NONCONFORMING  ZONING  CONDITIONS,
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 NONCOMPLYING ZONING CONDITIONS, OR OTHER MINOR VIOLATIONS OF  ANY  LOCAL
 LAW.
   (X) WHERE AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT REQUIRES A NEW OR SEPARATE UTILI-
 TY CONNECTION DIRECTLY BETWEEN THE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT AND THE UTIL-
 ITY,  THE  CONNECTION  MAY  BE  SUBJECT  TO A CONNECTION FEE OR CAPACITY
 CHARGE THAT SHALL BE PROPORTIONATE TO THE BURDEN OF THE PROPOSED  ACCES-
 SORY  DWELLING  UNIT,  BASED  UPON  EITHER ITS SIZE OR THE NUMBER OF ITS
 PLUMBING FIXTURES UPON THE WATER OR SEWER SYSTEM.  SUCH  FEE  OR  CHARGE
 SHALL   NOT  EXCEED  THE  REASONABLE  COST  OF  PROVIDING  SUCH  UTILITY
 CONNECTION. A LOCAL  GOVERNMENT  SHALL  NOT  IMPOSE  ANY  OTHER  FEE  IN
 CONNECTION WITH AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT.
   (XI)  A PROPERTY OWNER WHO IS DENIED A PERMIT BY A LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN
 VIOLATION OF THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL HAVE A PRIVATE CAUSE OF  ACTION  IN  A
 COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION.
   (XII)  ANY  AMENDMENT  UNDERTAKEN  PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL BE
 EXEMPT FROM ANY ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW REQUIREMENTS  PURSUANT  TO  ARTICLE
 EIGHT  OF  THE  ENVIRONMENTAL  CONSERVATION  LAW AND ANY RULES AND REGU-
 LATIONS PROMULGATED PURSUANT THERETO, AND ANY  SUBSTANTIALLY  EQUIVALENT
 LOCAL  LAW,  REGULATION  OR  RULE  TO ARTICLE EIGHT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL
 CONSERVATION LAW, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IN A CITY WITH A  POPU-
 LATION  GREATER  THAN  ONE  MILLION  PEOPLE,  CITY ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
 REVIEW.
   B. LOT SPLITS. IT SHALL BE CONSIDERED TO BE A PREFERRED ACTION  PURSU-
 ANT  TO THIS SECTION IF A LOCALITY ENACTS BY LOCAL LAW THE PROVISIONS OF
 THIS PARAGRAPH. FOR ANY LOCALITY WITHIN A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF  ONE
 MILLION  OR MORE, IT SHALL BE A CONSIDERED TO BE SUCH A PREFERRED ACTION
 IF SUCH CITY ENACTS BY  LOCAL  LAW  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  PARAGRAPH
 THROUGHOUT SUCH LOCALITY. FOR ANY LOCALITY LOCATED WITHIN A COUNTY WHER-
 EIN SUCH COUNTY IS EMPOWERED TO APPROVE OR AMEND SOME OR ALL OF THE LAND
 USE REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE WITHIN THE LOCALITY, TO THE EXTENT THE COUN-
 TY  IS  SO  EMPOWERED, IT SHALL BE CONSIDERED SUCH A PREFERRED ACTION IF
 SUCH COUNTY ENACTS BY LOCAL LAW THE PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH  TO  BE
 IN EFFECT THROUGHOUT SUCH LOCALITY.
   (I) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF STATE OR LOCAL LAW, RULE OR
 REGULATION, A LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT SHALL MINISTERIALLY APPROVE, AS SET
 FORTH  BY  THE  LOCAL  LAW  ADOPTED  TO  ESTABLISH A PREFERRED ACTION IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH THIS PARAGRAPH, A LOT TO BE SPLIT  IF  THE  LEAD  AGENCY
 EQUIVALENT  DETERMINES  THAT THE LOT MEETS ALL OF THE FOLLOWING REQUIRE-
 MENTS:
   A. THE LOT TO BE SPLIT CREATES NO MORE THAN TWO NEW LOTS  OF  APPROXI-
 MATELY  EQUAL  LOT AREA, PROVIDED THAT ONE LOT SHALL NOT BE SMALLER THAN
 FORTY PERCENT OF THE LOT AREA OF  THE  ORIGINAL  LOT  PROPOSED  FOR  THE
 SUBDIVISION;
   B. THE LOT TO BE SPLIT IS LOCATED IN AN AREA WHERE SINGLE-FAMILY RESI-
 DENTIAL USE IS PERMITTED;
   C.  THE LOT WAS NOT CREATED FROM A PREVIOUS LOT SPLIT PERMITTED PURSU-
 ANT TO THE LOCAL LAW THAT WAS ENACTED PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH; AND
   D. THE PROPOSED LOT SPLIT WOULD NOT REQUIRE DEMOLITION  OR  ALTERATION
 OF ANY OF THE FOLLOWING TYPES OF HOUSING:
   (1)  HOUSING THAT IS SUBJECT TO A RECORDED COVENANT, ORDINANCE, LAW OR
 REGULATORY AGREEMENT  THAT  RESTRICTS  RENTS  TO  LEVELS  AFFORDABLE  TO
 PERSONS AND FAMILIES OF A SET INCOME;
   (2) HOUSING THAT IS SUBJECT TO THE EMERGENCY RENT STABILIZATION LAW OR
 THE EMERGENCY TENANT PROTECTION ACT; OR
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   (3) HOUSING THAT IS LISTED ON THE STATE REGISTRY OF HISTORIC PLACES OR
 HAD  AN  APPLICATION  PENDING  TO  BE  LISTED ON SUCH REGISTRY AS OF THE
 EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ARTICLE.
   (II)  AN  APPLICATION  FOR A LOT SPLIT SHALL BE APPROVED IN ACCORDANCE
 WITH THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS:
   A. A LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT SHALL APPROVE OR DENY AN APPLICATION FOR A
 LOT SPLIT MINISTERIALLY WITHOUT DISCRETIONARY REVIEW.
   B. A LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT SHALL NOT REQUIRE DEDICATIONS  OF  RIGHTS-
 OF-WAY  OR  THE  CONSTRUCTION OF OFFSITE IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE LOTS BEING
 CREATED AS A CONDITION OF APPROVING A LOT SPLIT PURSUANT TO A LOCAL  LAW
 ADOPTED PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH.
   C.  A  LEAD  AGENCY  EQUIVALENT  SHALL  NOT IMPOSE LAND USE STANDARDS,
 ZONING STANDARDS, SUBDIVISION STANDARDS,  DESIGN  REVIEW  STANDARDS,  OR
 OTHER  DEVELOPMENT  STANDARDS  THAT  WOULD HAVE THE EFFECT OF PHYSICALLY
 PRECLUDING THE CONSTRUCTION OF TWO UNITS, ONE ON EACH OF  THE  RESULTING
 LOTS,  OR  THAT  WOULD  RESULT IN A UNIT SIZE OF LESS THAN EIGHT HUNDRED
 SQUARE FEET, PROVIDED FURTHER THAT NO SETBACK SHALL BE REQUIRED  FOR  AN
 EXISTING  STRUCTURE  OR A STRUCTURE CONSTRUCTED IN THE SAME LOCATION AND
 TO THE SAME DIMENSIONS AS AN EXISTING STRUCTURE.
   D. NOTWITHSTANDING CLAUSE C OF THIS SUBPARAGRAPH, A LEAD AGENCY EQUIV-
 ALENT MAY REQUIRE A SETBACK OF UP TO FOUR FEET FROM THE  SIDE  AND  REAR
 LOT LINES.
   (III) A LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT MAY DENY A LOT SPLIT IF THE LEAD AGENCY
 EQUIVALENT  MAKES  A  WRITTEN FINDING, BASED UPON A PREPONDERANCE OF THE
 EVIDENCE, THAT A PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNIT ON ONE  OF  THE  NEW
 LOTS  WOULD HAVE A SPECIFIC, ADVERSE IMPACT UPON PUBLIC HEALTH OR SAFETY
 FOR WHICH THERE IS NO FEASIBLE METHOD  TO  SATISFACTORILY  MITIGATE  THE
 SPECIFIC ADVERSE IMPACT.
   (IV)  A LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT MAY REQUIRE ANY OF THE FOLLOWING CONDI-
 TIONS WHEN CONSIDERING AN APPLICATION TO UNDERTAKE A LOT SPLIT:
   A. EASEMENTS REQUIRED FOR THE PROVISION OF PUBLIC SERVICES AND FACILI-
 TIES;
   B. A REQUIREMENT THAT THE LOTS HAVE ACCESS TO, PROVIDE ACCESS  TO,  OR
 ADJOIN THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY; AND
   C.  OFF-STREET  PARKING  OF  UP  TO ONE SPACE PER RESIDENTIAL DWELLING
 UNIT, EXCEPT THAT A LEAD AGENCY  EQUIVALENT  SHALL  NOT  IMPOSE  PARKING
 REQUIREMENTS IN EITHER OF THE FOLLOWING INSTANCES:
   (1) WHERE YEAR-ROUND PARKING IS PERMITTED ON AN ADJACENT STREET; OR
   (2)  WHERE  THE  SPLIT LOT IS WITHIN ONE-HALF MILE OF ACCESS TO PUBLIC
 TRANSPORTATION.
   (V) A LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT SHALL NOT IMPOSE OWNER OCCUPANCY REQUIRE-
 MENTS ON A LOT SPLIT AUTHORIZED PURSUANT TO A LOCAL LAW ADOPTED PURSUANT
 TO THIS PARAGRAPH.
   (VI) A LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT SHALL REQUIRE THAT A RENTAL OF ANY  UNIT
 CREATED  PURSUANT  TO  A LOCAL LAW ADOPTED PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH BE
 FOR A TERM LONGER THAN THIRTY DAYS.
   (VII) A LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT SHALL NOT REQUIRE, AS A  CONDITION  FOR
 MINISTERIAL  APPROVAL  OF  A  LOT  SPLIT PURSUANT TO A LOCAL LAW ADOPTED
 PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH, CORRECTION OF NONCONFORMING OR  NONCOMPLYING
 ZONING CONDITIONS.
   (VIII)  A  REQUEST  FOR  A  LOT  SPLIT PURSUANT TO A LOCAL LAW ADOPTED
 PURSUANT TO THIS  PARAGRAPH  SHALL  NOT  BE  DENIED  SOLELY  BECAUSE  IT
 PROPOSED  ADJACENT OR CONNECTED STRUCTURES, PROVIDED THAT THE STRUCTURES
 MEET BUILDING CODE SAFETY STANDARDS AND ARE SUFFICIENT TO ALLOW SEPARATE
 CONVEYANCE.
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   (IX) ANY AMENDMENT UNDERTAKEN PURSUANT  TO  THIS  PARAGRAPH  SHALL  BE
 EXEMPT  FROM  ANY  ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW REQUIREMENTS PURSUANT TO ARTICLE
 EIGHT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW  AND  ANY  RULES  AND  REGU-
 LATIONS  PROMULGATED  PURSUANT THERETO, AND ANY SUBSTANTIALLY EQUIVALENT
 LOCAL  LAW,  REGULATION  OR  RULE  TO ARTICLE EIGHT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL
 CONSERVATION LAW, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IN A CITY WITH A  POPU-
 LATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, CITY ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY REVIEW.
   C.  REMOVE  EXCLUSIONARY  MEASURES.  IT  SHALL  BE  CONSIDERED TO BE A
 PREFERRED ACTION PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION IF A LOCALITY ENACTS BY  LOCAL
 LAW  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS PARAGRAPH. FOR ANY LOCALITY WITHIN A CITY
 WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, IT SHALL BE CONSIDERED  TO  BE
 SUCH  A PREFERRED ACTION IF SUCH CITY ENACTS BY LOCAL LAW THE PROVISIONS
 OF THIS PARAGRAPH THROUGHOUT SUCH LOCALITY.  FOR  ANY  LOCALITY  LOCATED
 WITHIN  A  COUNTY  WHEREIN  SUCH COUNTY IS EMPOWERED TO APPROVE OR AMEND
 SOME OR ALL OF THE LAND USE REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE WITHIN THE LOCALITY,
 TO THE EXTENT THE COUNTY IS SO EMPOWERED, IT SHALL BE CONSIDERED SUCH  A
 PREFERRED  ACTION  IF  SUCH COUNTY ENACTS BY LOCAL LAW THE PROVISIONS OF
 THIS PARAGRAPH TO BE IN EFFECT THROUGHOUT SUCH LOCALITY.
   (I) NO LOCALITY SHALL, AS PART OF ITS LAND USE LAWS, ORDINANCES, RULES
 OR REGULATIONS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ZONING LAWS,  ORDINANCES,
 RULES  OR REGULATIONS, SITE PLAN REVIEW LAWS, ORDINANCES, RULES OR REGU-
 LATIONS, SUBDIVISION LAWS, RULES OR REGULATIONS, OR COMPREHENSIVE  PLAN-
 NING LAWS, RULES OR REGULATIONS, IMPOSE:
   A. MINIMUM LOT SIZE REQUIREMENTS FOR MIXED-USE OR RESIDENTIAL USES;
   B. HEIGHT LIMITS THAT PRECLUDE OR UNDULY RESTRICT THE ABILITY TO BUILD
 RESIDENTIAL  ACCOMMODATIONS,  INCLUDING  MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL BUILD-
 INGS;
   C. LOT COVERAGE RESTRICTIONS THAT  PRECLUDE  OR  UNDULY  RESTRICT  THE
 ABILITY  TO  BUILD  RESIDENTIAL  ACCOMMODATIONS,  INCLUDING MULTI-FAMILY
 RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS; OR
   D. PARKING MINIMUMS ON ANY SITE THAT  EXCEED  ONE  PARKING  SPACE  PER
 RESIDENTIAL  DWELLING  UNIT, PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT NO PARKING MINIMUMS
 MAY BE IMPOSED FOR ANY SITE THAT  INCLUDES  RESIDENTIAL  DWELLING  UNITS
 WHEN  SUCH  SITE  IS  LOCATED WITHIN ONE-HALF MILE FROM ACCESS TO PUBLIC
 TRANSPORTATION.
   (II) ANY AMENDMENT UNDERTAKEN PURSUANT  TO  THIS  PARAGRAPH  SHALL  BE
 EXEMPT  FROM  ANY  ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW REQUIREMENTS PURSUANT TO ARTICLE
 EIGHT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW  AND  ANY  RULES  AND  REGU-
 LATIONS  PROMULGATED  PURSUANT THERETO, AND ANY SUBSTANTIALLY EQUIVALENT
 LOCAL LAW, REGULATION OR RULE TO  ARTICLE  EIGHT  OF  THE  ENVIRONMENTAL
 CONSERVATION  LAW, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IN A CITY WITH A POPU-
 LATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, CITY ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY REVIEW.
   D. SMART GROWTH REZONINGS. IT SHALL BE CONSIDERED TO  BE  A  PREFERRED
 ACTION  PURSUANT  TO  THIS SECTION IF A LOCALITY ENACTS BY LOCAL LAW THE
 PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH. SUCH PREFERRED ACTION  SHALL  BE  DESIGNED
 AND IMPLEMENTED IN SUCH A MANNER THAT IT COMPLIES WITH FEDERAL AND STATE
 FAIR  HOUSING  LAWS,  INCLUDING THE REQUIREMENT TO AFFIRMATIVELY FURTHER
 FAIR HOUSING, WHICH SHALL INCLUDE COMPLIANCE WITH THE  REQUIREMENTS  SET
 FORTH  IN SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION SIX HUNDRED OF THE PUBLIC HOUSING
 LAW. FOR ANY LOCALITY WITHIN A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION  OR
 MORE,  IT SHALL BE CONSIDERED TO BE SUCH A PREFERRED ACTION IF SUCH CITY
 ENACTS BY LOCAL LAW THE PROVISIONS OF  THIS  PARAGRAPH  THROUGHOUT  SUCH
 LOCALITY.   FOR ANY LOCALITY LOCATED WITHIN A COUNTY WHEREIN SUCH COUNTY
 IS EMPOWERED TO APPROVE OR AMEND SOME OR ALL OF THE  LAND  USE  REQUIRE-
 MENTS  APPLICABLE  WITHIN  THE  LOCALITY, TO THE EXTENT THE COUNTY IS SO
 EMPOWERED, IT SHALL BE CONSIDERED SUCH A PREFERRED ACTION IF SUCH COUNTY
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 ENACTS BY LOCAL LAW THE PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH  TO  BE  IN  EFFECT
 THROUGHOUT SUCH LOCALITY.
   (I)  A  LEAD  AGENCY  EQUIVALENT  SHALL UNDERTAKE A LAND USE ACTION TO
 AMEND  ITS  LAND  USE  REQUIREMENTS,  AS  APPLICABLE,  TO   PERMIT   THE
 CONSTRUCTION  OF  RESIDENTIAL  HOUSING  WITH  AN AGGREGATE DENSITY OF AT
 LEAST TWENTY-FIVE RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE OVER  AN  AREA  OR
 AREAS CONSISTING SOLELY OF PREVIOUSLY DISTURBED LAND THAT, IN THE AGGRE-
 GATE,  ARE  EQUAL  TO ONE-THIRD OF THE PREVIOUSLY DISTURBED LAND MASS OF
 THE LOCALITY.
   (II) SUCH LAND USE ACTION SHALL NOT INCLUDE ANY MEASURE THAT MAKES THE
 DEVELOPMENT OF RESIDENTIAL HOUSING ECONOMICALLY  INFEASIBLE,  INCLUDING,
 BUT  NOT LIMITED TO, UNDULY RESTRICTIVE HEIGHT LIMITS, EXCESSIVE YARD OR
 OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENTS, THE IMPOSITION OF MINIMUM OR  MAXIMUM  RESIDEN-
 TIAL  DWELLING  UNIT SIZE LIMITS, OR RESTRICTIONS ON THE TOTAL NUMBER OF
 PERMITTED  RESIDENTIAL  DWELLING  UNITS  WITHIN  A  RESIDENTIAL  HOUSING
 PROJECT  BASED  ON  LOT  SIZE OR OTHER CRITERIA OTHER THAN THE AGGREGATE
 DENSITY.
   (III) SUCH LAND USE ACTION SHALL PERMIT COMMERCIAL USES ON  A  REASON-
 ABLE  PERCENTAGE  OF THE LOTS IMPACTED BY THE AMENDMENT WITH THE GOAL OF
 GRANTING RESIDENTS ACCESS TO AMENITIES, GOODS, AND SERVICES WITHIN WALK-
 ING DISTANCE OF THEIR RESIDENCES.
   (IV) ANY AMENDMENT UNDERTAKEN PURSUANT  TO  THIS  PARAGRAPH  SHALL  BE
 EXEMPT  FROM  ANY  ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW REQUIREMENTS PURSUANT TO ARTICLE
 EIGHT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW  AND  ANY  RULES  AND  REGU-
 LATIONS  PROMULGATED  PURSUANT THERETO, AND ANY SUBSTANTIALLY EQUIVALENT
 LOCAL LAW, REGULATION OR RULE TO  ARTICLE  EIGHT  OF  THE  ENVIRONMENTAL
 CONSERVATION  LAW, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IN A CITY WITH A POPU-
 LATION GREATER THAN  ONE  MILLION  PEOPLE,  CITY  ENVIRONMENTAL  QUALITY
 REVIEW.
   (V)  ANY  PROPOSED  PROJECT  THAT  PROVIDES  RESIDENTIAL  HOUSING  AND
 COMPLIES WITH A LOCALITY'S LAND USE REQUIREMENTS, AFTER  SUCH  LAND  USE
 REQUIREMENTS  HAVE  BEEN  AMENDED  PURSUANT  TO THIS PARAGRAPH, SHALL BE
 EXEMPT FROM REVIEW REQUIREMENTS PURSUANT TO ARTICLE EIGHT OF  THE  ENVI-
 RONMENTAL  CONSERVATION  LAW  AND  ANY RULES AND REGULATIONS PROMULGATED
 THERETO, AND ANY SUBSTANTIALLY EQUIVALENT LOCAL LAW, REGULATION OR  RULE
 TO  ARTICLE  EIGHT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW, INCLUDING, BUT
 NOT LIMITED TO, IN A CITY WITH A POPULATION  GREATER  THAN  ONE  MILLION
 PEOPLE, CITY ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY REVIEW.
   (VI)  PROJECT SPECIFIC REVIEW OF ANY PROJECT THAT PROVIDES RESIDENTIAL
 HOUSING AND COMPLIES WITH A LOCALITY'S LAND USE REQUIREMENTS, AFTER SUCH
 REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN AMENDED PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH, SHALL:
   A. BE COMPLETED WITH WRITTEN APPROVAL OR DENIAL BEING DELIVERED TO THE
 APPLYING PARTY WITHIN ONE HUNDRED TWENTY DAYS OF THE  APPLICATION  BEING
 SUBMITTED; AND
   B. BE LIMITED TO A REVIEW OF THE FOLLOWING:
   (1)  THE CAPACITY OF LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE DRINKING
 WATER AND WASTEWATER SERVICES TO THE PROPOSED PROJECT;
   (2) THE CAPACITY OF LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE TO PROVIDE  ADEQUATE  UTILITY
 SERVICES TO THE PROPOSED PROJECT; AND
   (3) THE AESTHETICS OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT, PROVIDED THAT ANY AESTHET-
 IC  REVIEW  MUST BE BASED ON PUBLISHED OBJECTIVE STANDARDS. IF NO OBJEC-
 TIVE STANDARDS ARE PUBLISHED, NO PROJECT SPECIFIC  REVIEW  MAY  CONSIDER
 AESTHETICS. PROVIDED FURTHER THAT NO AESTHETIC REQUIREMENTS MAY INCREASE
 THE  COST  OF  A  PROJECT  TO MAKE SUCH PROJECT AS PROPOSED ECONOMICALLY
 INFEASIBLE.
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   C. UNLESS SPECIFICALLY SET FORTH BY THIS PARAGRAPH, NOTHING SET  FORTH
 IN THIS SUBPARAGRAPH SHALL BE INTERPRETED TO OVERRIDE OR OTHERWISE WAIVE
 ANY  PERMITTING  REQUIRED  PURSUANT  TO  STATE  OR FEDERAL LAWS OR REGU-
 LATIONS.
   E.  ADAPTIVE REUSE REZONINGS. IT SHALL BE CONSIDERED TO BE A PREFERRED
 ACTION PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION IF A LOCALITY ENACTS BY  LOCAL  LAW  THE
 PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  PARAGRAPH. SUCH PREFERRED ACTION SHALL BE DESIGNED
 AND IMPLEMENTED IN SUCH A MANNER THAT IT COMPLIES WITH FEDERAL AND STATE
 FAIR HOUSING LAWS, INCLUDING THE REQUIREMENT  TO  AFFIRMATIVELY  FURTHER
 FAIR  HOUSING,  WHICH SHALL INCLUDE COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS SET
 FORTH IN SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION SIX HUNDRED OF THE PUBLIC  HOUSING
 LAW.  FOR  ANY LOCALITY WITHIN A CITY WITH A POPULATION GREATER THAN ONE
 MILLION PEOPLE, IT SHALL BE CONSIDERED TO BE SUCH A PREFERRED ACTION  IF
 SUCH  CITY ENACTS BY LOCAL LAW THE PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH THROUGH-
 OUT SUCH LOCALITY.  FOR ANY LOCALITY LOCATED  WITHIN  A  COUNTY  WHEREIN
 SUCH COUNTY IS EMPOWERED TO APPROVE OR AMEND SOME OR ALL OF THE LAND USE
 REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE WITHIN THE LOCALITY, TO THE EXTENT THE COUNTY IS
 SO  EMPOWERED,  IT  SHALL  BE CONSIDERED SUCH A PREFERRED ACTION IF SUCH
 COUNTY ENACTS BY LOCAL LAW THE PROVISIONS OF THIS  PARAGRAPH  TO  BE  IN
 EFFECT THROUGHOUT SUCH LOCALITY.
   (I)  A  LEAD  AGENCY  EQUIVALENT  SHALL UNDERTAKE A LAND USE ACTION TO
 AMEND ITS LAND USE REQUIREMENTS TO PERMIT THE CONSTRUCTION AND OCCUPANCY
 OF RESIDENTIAL HOUSING WITH AN AGGREGATE DENSITY OF AT LEAST TWENTY-FIVE
 RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE IN  AN  AREA  THAT,  PRIOR  TO  SUCH
 AMENDMENT, PERMITTED ONLY COMMERCIAL USE.
   A. SUCH LAND USE ACTION MUST ENCOMPASS AN AREA OF AT LEAST ONE HUNDRED
 ACRES.
   B.  SUCH  LAND USE ACTION SHALL NOT INCLUDE ANY MEASURE THAT MAKES THE
 DEVELOPMENT OF RESIDENTIAL HOUSING ECONOMICALLY  INFEASIBLE,  INCLUDING,
 BUT  NOT LIMITED TO, UNDULY RESTRICTIVE HEIGHT LIMITS, EXCESSIVE YARD OR
 OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENTS, THE IMPOSITION OF MINIMUM OR MAXIMUM UNIT  SIZE
 LIMITS,  OR  RESTRICTIONS  ON  THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PERMITTED RESIDENTIAL
 DWELLING UNITS WITHIN A RESIDENTIAL HOUSING PROJECT BASED ON LOT SIZE OR
 OTHER CRITERIA OTHER THAN THE AGGREGATE DENSITY.
   C. SUCH LAND USE ACTION SHALL PERMIT COMMERCIAL USES ON  A  REASONABLE
 PERCENTAGE OF THE LOTS IMPACTED BY THE AMENDMENT WITH THE GOAL OF GRANT-
 ING  RESIDENTS  ACCESS  TO AMENITIES, GOODS, AND SERVICES WITHIN WALKING
 DISTANCE OF THEIR RESIDENCES.
   (II) ANY AMENDMENT UNDERTAKEN PURSUANT  TO  THIS  PARAGRAPH  SHALL  BE
 EXEMPT  FROM  ANY  ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW REQUIREMENTS PURSUANT TO ARTICLE
 EIGHT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW  AND  ANY  RULES  AND  REGU-
 LATIONS  PROMULGATED  PURSUANT THERETO, AND ANY SUBSTANTIALLY EQUIVALENT
 LOCAL LAW, REGULATION OR RULE TO  ARTICLE  EIGHT  OF  THE  ENVIRONMENTAL
 CONSERVATION  LAW, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IN A CITY WITH A POPU-
 LATION GREATER THAN  ONE  MILLION  PEOPLE,  CITY  ENVIRONMENTAL  QUALITY
 REVIEW.
   (III)  ANY  PROPOSED  PROJECT  THAT  PROVIDES  RESIDENTIAL HOUSING AND
 COMPLIES WITH LAND USE REQUIREMENTS, AFTER SUCH  LAND  USE  REQUIREMENTS
 HAVE  BEEN  AMENDED  PURSUANT  TO  THIS  PARAGRAPH, SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM
 REVIEW REQUIREMENTS PURSUANT  TO  ARTICLE  EIGHT  OF  THE  ENVIRONMENTAL
 CONSERVATION  LAW  AND  ANY  RULES  AND REGULATIONS PROMULGATED PURSUANT
 THERETO, AND ANY SUBSTANTIALLY EQUIVALENT LOCAL LAW, REGULATION OR  RULE
 TO  ARTICLE  EIGHT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW, INCLUDING, BUT
 NOT LIMITED TO, IN A CITY WITH A POPULATION  GREATER  THAN  ONE  MILLION
 PEOPLE, CITY ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY REVIEW.
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   (IV)  ANY  PROJECT THAT PROVIDES RESIDENTIAL HOUSING AND COMPLIES WITH
 APPLICABLE LAND USE REQUIREMENTS, AFTER SUCH LAND USE REQUIREMENTS  HAVE
 BEEN AMENDED PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH, SHALL BE BUILDABLE AS OF RIGHT,
 AND ANY PROJECT SPECIFIC REVIEW RELATING TO SUCH PROJECT SHALL:
   A. BE COMPLETED WITH WRITTEN APPROVAL OR DENIAL BEING DELIVERED TO THE
 APPLYING  PARTY  WITHIN ONE HUNDRED TWENTY DAYS OF THE APPLICATION BEING
 SUBMITTED; AND
   B. BE LIMITED TO A REVIEW OF THE FOLLOWING:
   (1) THE CAPACITY OF LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE  DRINKING
 WATER AND WASTEWATER SERVICES TO THE PROPOSED PROJECT;
   (2)  THE  CAPACITY OF LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE UTILITY
 SERVICES TO THE PROPOSED PROJECT; AND
   (3) THE AESTHETICS OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT, PROVIDED THAT ANY AESTHET-
 IC REVIEW MUST BE BASED ON PUBLISHED OBJECTIVE STANDARDS. IF  NO  OBJEC-
 TIVE  STANDARDS  ARE  PUBLISHED, NO PROJECT SPECIFIC REVIEW MAY CONSIDER
 AESTHETICS. PROVIDED FURTHER THAT NO AESTHETIC REQUIREMENTS MAY INCREASE
 THE COST OF A PROJECT TO MAKE  SUCH  PROJECT  AS  PROPOSED  ECONOMICALLY
 INFEASIBLE.
   C.  UNLESS SPECIFICALLY SET FORTH BY THIS PARAGRAPH, NOTHING SET FORTH
 IN THIS SUBPARAGRAPH SHALL BE INTERPRETED TO OVERRIDE OR OTHERWISE WAIVE
 ANY PERMITTING REQUIRED PURSUANT TO  STATE  OR  FEDERAL  LAWS  OR  REGU-
 LATIONS.
   §  1004.  LOCAL PROCEDURES OUTSIDE OF SAFE HARBOR/GENERAL APPEAL PROC-
 ESS. EFFECTIVE JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SEVEN, WHEN A LOCALITY
 IS NOT IN SAFE HARBOR:
   1. AN APPLICANT MAY PROPOSE A QUALIFYING  PROJECT  TO  A  LEAD  AGENCY
 EQUIVALENT,  REGARDLESS  OF WHETHER THE QUALIFYING PROJECT COMPLIES WITH
 THE LAND USE REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO THE SITE  WHERE  THE  QUALIFYING
 PROJECT  IS  PROPOSED.  NO  LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT MAY REJECT A PROPOSED
 QUALIFYING PROJECT DUE TO SUCH PROJECT FAILING TO COMPLY WITH  THE  LAND
 USE  REQUIREMENTS  ON THE SITE WHERE THE QUALIFYING PROJECT IS PROPOSED,
 UNLESS SUCH QUALIFYING PROJECT IS NOT LOCATED  ON  PREVIOUSLY  DISTURBED
 LAND.
   2. THE LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT MUST APPROVE OR DENY THE APPLICATION FOR
 THE  QUALIFYING  PROJECT  WITHIN ONE HUNDRED TWENTY DAYS IF THE PROPOSED
 QUALIFYING PROJECT CONTAINS AT LEAST TEN RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS  BUT
 LESS THAN ONE HUNDRED RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS, AND WITHIN ONE HUNDRED
 EIGHTY  DAYS  IF THE PROPOSED QUALIFYING PROJECT CONTAINS ONE HUNDRED OR
 MORE RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS. FAILURE TO APPROVE OR DENY AN  APPLICA-
 TION  WITHIN  THE  TIME  PERIODS  SPECIFIED IN THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE
 DEEMED TO BE A CONSTRUCTIVE DENIAL, PROVIDED FURTHER THAT THE IMPOSITION
 OF CONDITIONS ON THE PROJECT BY THE LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT  THAT  RENDER
 THE PROJECT ECONOMICALLY INFEASIBLE SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A CONSTRUCTIVE
 DENIAL,  AND  SUBJECT  TO  APPEAL  PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION, SECTION ONE
 THOUSAND FIVE OR SECTION ONE THOUSAND SIX OF THIS ARTICLE.
   3. ANY PROJECT  SPECIFIC  REVIEW  RELATED  TO  A  PROPOSED  QUALIFYING
 PROJECT  SHALL  BE  EXEMPT  FROM REVIEW REQUIREMENTS PURSUANT TO ARTICLE
 EIGHT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW  AND  ANY  RULES  AND  REGU-
 LATIONS  PROMULGATED  PURSUANT THERETO, AND ANY SUBSTANTIALLY EQUIVALENT
 LOCAL LAW, REGULATION OR RULE TO  ARTICLE  EIGHT  OF  THE  ENVIRONMENTAL
 CONSERVATION  LAW, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IN A CITY WITH A POPU-
 LATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, CITY ENVIRONMENTAL  QUALITY  REVIEW,  AND
 SHALL BE LIMITED TO A REVIEW OF THE FOLLOWING:
   A.  THE  CAPACITY OF LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE DRINKING
 WATER AND WASTEWATER SERVICES TO THE PROPOSED PROJECT;
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   B. THE CAPACITY OF LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE TO  PROVIDE  ADEQUATE  UTILITY
 SERVICES TO THE PROPOSED PROJECT; AND
   C. THE AESTHETICS OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT, PROVIDED THAT ANY AESTHETIC
 REVIEW  MUST  BE BASED ON PUBLISHED OBJECTIVE STANDARDS. IF NO OBJECTIVE
 STANDARDS  ARE  PUBLISHED,  NO  PROJECT  SPECIFIC  REVIEW  MAY  CONSIDER
 AESTHETICS. PROVIDED FURTHER THAT NO AESTHETIC REQUIREMENTS MAY INCREASE
 THE  COST  OF  A  PROJECT  TO MAKE SUCH PROJECT AS PROPOSED ECONOMICALLY
 INFEASIBLE.
   NOTHING SET FORTH IN THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE INTERPRETED TO OVERRIDE
 OR OTHERWISE WAIVE ANY PERMITTING REQUIRED PURSUANT TO STATE OR  FEDERAL
 LAWS OR REGULATIONS, UNLESS SPECIFICALLY SET FORTH IN THIS ARTICLE.
   4.  ANY  DENIAL  OF AN APPLICATION MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY THE SPECIFIC
 REASONS FOR THE DENIAL SET FORTH IN WRITING.
   5. WHEN AN APPLICANT IS DENIED PERMISSION TO PROCEED WITH A QUALIFYING
 PROJECT, THE APPLICANT MAY FILE AN APPEAL  OF  THE  DENIAL  PURSUANT  TO
 SECTION  ONE  THOUSAND  FIVE  OR ONE THOUSAND SIX OF THIS ARTICLE WITHIN
 SIXTY DAYS OF THE DENIAL. AN APPLICANT MAY ONLY FILE ONE SUCH APPEAL PER
 QUALIFYING PROJECT AND MAY ONLY FILE  EITHER  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION  ONE
 THOUSAND FIVE OR ONE THOUSAND SIX.
   §  1005.  HOUSING REVIEW BOARD. 1. STRUCTURE AND POWERS OF THE HOUSING
 REVIEW BOARD.
   A. THERE IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED, WITHIN THE DIVISION, A HOUSING  REVIEW
 BOARD, TO EFFECTUATE THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE.
   B.  THE  HOUSING  REVIEW  BOARD  SHALL CONSIST OF FIVE MEMBERS.  THREE
 MEMBERS SHALL  BE  APPOINTED  BY  THE  GOVERNOR,  ONE  MEMBER  SHALL  BE
 APPOINTED  BY  THE  SPEAKER  OF  THE  ASSEMBLY,  AND ONE MEMBER SHALL BE
 APPOINTED BY THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE.  THE  BOARD  MEMBERS
 SHALL  SERVE  FIVE YEAR TERMS, AND SHALL ONLY BE RELIEVED FOR CAUSE. ANY
 VACANCIES ON THE BOARD SHALL BE FILLED WITHIN A REASONABLE  TIME  PERIOD
 BY  THE OFFICIAL WHO APPOINTED THE BOARD MEMBER WHOSE ABSENCE HAS CAUSED
 THE VACANCY.
   C. THE HOUSING REVIEW BOARD SHALL HAVE THE POWER AND DUTIES TO CONDUCT
 HEARINGS, TAKE OATHS, ISSUE ORDERS, AND OTHERWISE PERFORM  ANY  FUNCTION
 NECESSARY  TO OPERATE IN CONFORMITY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE.
 THE POWERS OF THE HOUSING REVIEW BOARD SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED
 TO, THE POWERS GRANTED TO THE COMMISSIONER OF HOUSING BY SUBDIVISION ONE
 OF SECTION FOURTEEN OF THE PUBLIC HOUSING LAW, AND THE STATUTES,  RULES,
 REGULATIONS  AND OTHER DOCUMENTS GOVERNING THE ADMINISTRATION OF HOUSING
 BY THE DIVISION OF HOMES AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL.
   D. THE DIVISION SHALL PROVIDE ANY ADMINISTRATIVE  AND  STAFF  SUPPORT,
 INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGES, TO THE HOUSING
 REVIEW   BOARD   NECESSARY  FOR  THE  EFFECTIVE  IMPLEMENTATION  OF  THE
 PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE.
   E. IF THE DIVISION DETERMINES THAT A LOCALITY DOES OR DOES NOT QUALIFY
 FOR SAFE HARBOR, THE HOUSING REVIEW  BOARD,  OR  ANY  COURT  HEARING  AN
 APPEAL  RELATED TO SUCH LOCALITY SHALL TAKE JUDICIAL NOTICE OF THE DIVI-
 SION'S DETERMINATION. IF THE DIVISION HAS NOT ISSUED A DETERMINATION  AS
 TO  WHETHER  A  LOCALITY IS IN SAFE HARBOR BASED ON THE THREE-YEAR CYCLE
 THAT WAS COMPLETED IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO THE APPLICABLE THREE-YEAR CYCLE,
 AND SUCH A DETERMINATION IS NECESSARY TO ADJUDICATE AN APPEAL BEFORE THE
 HOUSING REVIEW BOARD OR A COURT, SUCH HOUSING REVIEW BOARD OR COURT  MAY
 MAKE  SUCH  A DETERMINATION THAT APPLIES ONLY TO THE APPLICATION PENDING
 BEFORE THE HOUSING REVIEW BOARD OR THE COURT, PROVIDED FURTHER, HOWEVER,
 THAT IF THE HOUSING REVIEW BOARD OR A COURT MAKES A DETERMINATION THAT A
 LOCALITY IS IN  SAFE  HARBOR  AS  A  RESULT  OF  THE  LOCALITY  ENACTING
 PREFERRED  ACTIONS  PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION FOUR OF SECTION ONE THOUSAND
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 THREE OF THIS ARTICLE, SUCH DETERMINATION SHALL  BE  APPLIED  TO  FUTURE
 PROCEEDINGS  PURSUANT  TO  THIS  SECTION AND SECTION ONE THOUSAND SIX OF
 THIS ARTICLE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE THREE-YEAR CYCLE  FOR  WHICH  SUCH
 DETERMINATION WAS MADE. THE DIVISION, AT ITS DISCRETION, MAY TAKE NOTICE
 OF  SUCH  DETERMINATION AND THE FACTS UNDERLYING SUCH DETERMINATION, AND
 ISSUE ITS OWN DETERMINATION AS TO THE APPLICATION OF  SAFE  HARBOR  THAT
 WOULD  BE  APPLIED  TO ALL FURTHER APPEALS RELATING TO SUCH LOCALITY FOR
 THE DURATION THAT SAFE HARBOR APPLIES.
   2. APPEALS BEFORE THE HOUSING REVIEW BOARD. A.  BEGINNING  ON  JANUARY
 FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SEVEN, ANY APPLICANT WHOSE APPLICATION RELAT-
 ING  TO  A  QUALIFYING PROJECT IS DENIED BY A LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT MAY
 APPEAL SUCH DENIAL TO THE HOUSING REVIEW BOARD WITHIN SIXTY DAYS OF  THE
 ISSUANCE OF THE DENIAL.
   B.  IF  AN  APPEAL  IS BROUGHT BEFORE THE HOUSING REVIEW BOARD AND THE
 DIVISION HAS ALREADY DETERMINED THAT THE LOCALITY AT ISSUE  IS  IN  SAFE
 HARBOR  FOR  THE  APPLICABLE  THREE-YEAR CYCLE, THEN THE APPEAL SHALL BE
 DENIED AND THE DETERMINATION BY THE  LEAD  AGENCY  EQUIVALENT  SHALL  BE
 MAINTAINED. IF NO DETERMINATION HAS BEEN MADE AS TO WHETHER THE LOCALITY
 IS IN SAFE HARBOR, THE HOUSING REVIEW BOARD SHALL DETERMINE AS A THRESH-
 OLD ISSUE WHETHER SUCH LOCALITY IS IN SAFE HARBOR.
   C. IF A LOCALITY IS FOUND TO NOT BE IN SAFE HARBOR, THE HOUSING REVIEW
 BOARD  SHALL  ISSUE A DETERMINATION AS TO WHETHER THE LEAD AGENCY EQUIV-
 ALENT PROPERLY DENIED THE APPLICATION AT ISSUE IN THE APPEAL PURSUANT TO
 THE REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN SECTION ONE THOUSAND FOUR OF THIS ARTICLE.
   D. IN ISSUING A DETERMINATION, THE HOUSING REVIEW BOARD MAY:
   (I) REMAND THE PROCEEDING TO THE LEAD  AGENCY  EQUIVALENT  AND  DIRECT
 SUCH  LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT TO ISSUE A COMPREHENSIVE PERMIT OR APPROVAL
 TO THE APPLICANT;
   (II) DENY THE APPEAL AND UPHOLD THE LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT'S DENIAL OF
 THE APPLICATION; OR
   (III) REMAND THE PROCEEDING TO THE LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT  AND  DIRECT
 SUCH  LEAD  AGENCY  EQUIVALENT TO CONSIDER THE APPLICATION AS AMENDED TO
 ADDRESS ANY LEGITIMATE CONCERNS RAISED BY THE  LEAD  AGENCY  EQUIVALENT.
 THE  HOUSING  REVIEW  BOARD  MAY REQUIRE THAT THE LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT
 CONSIDER ANY SUCH AMENDED APPLICATION ON AN EXPEDITED BASIS.
   E. IN CONSIDERING THE DENIAL OF AN  APPLICATION,  THE  HOUSING  REVIEW
 BOARD  MAY  ONLY  CONSIDER  THE REASONS FOR THE DENIAL GIVEN BY THE LEAD
 AGENCY EQUIVALENT AT THE TIME THE APPLICATION WAS DENIED.
   F. ONCE A DETERMINATION HAS BEEN ISSUED BY THE HOUSING  REVIEW  BOARD,
 SUCH  DETERMINATION  MAY BE APPEALED WITHIN SIXTY DAYS TO AN ADMINISTRA-
 TIVE LAW JUDGE DESIGNATED TO HEAR SUCH MATTERS. ANY DETERMINATION ISSUED
 BY AN ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE SHALL BE CONSIDERED TO BE A FINAL  AGENCY
 DETERMINATION  AND  MAY BE APPEALED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE SEVENTY-EIGHT OF
 THE CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES.
   3. BURDEN OF PROOF BEFORE THE HOUSING REVIEW BOARD. A.  (I)  DURING  A
 PROCEEDING  BEFORE  THE  HOUSING REVIEW BOARD, THE LOCALITY WHICH DENIED
 THE PERMIT FOR THE QUALIFYING PROJECT SHALL INITIALLY CARRY  THE  BURDEN
 OF  PROOF TO DEMONSTRATE, BASED UPON CLEAR AND CONVINCING EVIDENCE, THAT
 THE PERMIT WAS PROPERLY DENIED PURSUANT TO ONE OR MORE  OF  THE  REASONS
 SET  FORTH  IN  SUBDIVISION  THREE  OF SECTION ONE THOUSAND FOUR OF THIS
 ARTICLE, THAT THE LOCALITY IS IN SAFE HARBOR, OR  THAT  THE  PROJECT  AT
 ISSUE IS NOT A QUALIFYING PROJECT.
   (II)  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY OTHER PROVISION IN THIS ARTICLE, A LOCALITY
 THAT IS NOT IN SAFE HARBOR MAY RAISE AS AN AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE THAT  THE
 AMOUNT  OF  ELIGIBLE RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS, AS WEIGHTED PURSUANT TO
 SUBDIVISION THREE  OF  SECTION  ONE  THOUSAND  THREE  OF  THIS  ARTICLE,
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 CONSTRUCTED  IN  THE THREE-YEAR CYCLE DURING WHICH THE APPEAL WAS FILED,
 COMBINED  WITH  THE  AMOUNT  OF  ELIGIBLE  RESIDENTIAL  DWELLING   UNITS
 CONSTRUCTED  IN  THE THREE-YEAR CYCLE IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE CYCLE IN
 WHICH THE APPEAL WAS FILED, CONSTITUTE AN AMOUNT OF ELIGIBLE RESIDENTIAL
 DWELLING  UNITS  TO  QUALIFY THE LOCALITY FOR SAFE HARBOR FOR THE THREE-
 YEAR CYCLE IN WHICH THE APPEAL WAS FILED.  PROVIDED, FURTHER THAT ELIGI-
 BLE RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS SHALL ONLY BE CREDITED FOR ONE THREE-YEAR
 CYCLE, REGARDLESS OF WHEN SUCH DWELLING UNITS WERE PERMITTED  OR  BUILT.
 SUCH  DEFENSE MUST BE DEMONSTRATED BY CLEAR AND CONVINCING EVIDENCE, AND
 MUST BE SUBSTANTIATED  BY  DOCUMENTATION  SUCH  AS  TEMPORARY  OR  FINAL
 CERTIFICATES  OF  OCCUPANCY  FOR  THE HOUSING. IF THE LOCALITY MEETS THE
 BURDEN SET FORTH IN THIS PARAGRAPH, UNLESS  THE  APPLICANT  SUCCESSFULLY
 REBUTS  THE  EVIDENCE  OR REASONS FOR REJECTION PROVIDED BY THE LOCALITY
 PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH B OF THIS  SUBDIVISION,  SUCH  LOCALITY  SHALL  BE
 DEEMED TO BE IN SAFE HARBOR FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE THREE-YEAR CYCLE IN
 EFFECT  AT THE TIME THE APPEAL WAS FILED, EFFECTIVE THE DATE SUCH DETER-
 MINATION IS MADE.
   B. IF THE LOCALITY MEETS THE BURDEN SET FORTH IN PARAGRAPH A  OF  THIS
 SUBDIVISION,  THE  APPLICANT  SHALL BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO REBUT THE
 EVIDENCE AND REASONS FOR REJECTION PROVIDED BY THE LOCALITY.
   C. IF THE DIVISION ISSUES A DETERMINATION AS TO WHETHER A LOCALITY  IS
 IN  SAFE  HARBOR, THE HOUSING REVIEW BOARD AND ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGES
 SHALL TAKE NOTICE OF SUCH DETERMINATION. IF NO  SUCH  DETERMINATION  HAS
 BEEN ISSUED BY THE DIVISION, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH E OF SUBDI-
 VISION  ONE OF THIS SECTION, THE HOUSING REVIEW BOARD AND ADMINISTRATIVE
 LAW JUDGES MAY MAKE A DETERMINATION AS TO WHETHER A LOCALITY IS IN  SAFE
 HARBOR,  BASED  ON  THE  THREE-YEAR CYCLE THAT WAS COMPLETED IMMEDIATELY
 PRIOR TO THE APPLICABLE THREE-YEAR CYCLE, SOLELY  FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF
 ISSUING A DETERMINATION REGARDING THE APPLICATION THAT IS THE SUBJECT OF
 THE APPEAL BEING CONSIDERED.
   4.  COSTS  SHALL  NOT  BE ALLOWED AGAINST THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND THE
 OFFICER OR OFFICERS WHOSE FAILURE OR REFUSAL GAVE RISE  TO  THE  SPECIAL
 PROCEEDING,  UNLESS  IT SHALL APPEAR TO THE COURT THAT THE LOCAL GOVERN-
 MENT AND ITS OFFICERS ACTED WITH GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR  IN  BAD  FAITH  OR
 WITH MALICE.
   §  1006.  LAND  USE APPEALS BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT. 1. JUDGES OF THE
 SUPREME COURT THAT ARE SPECIALLY DESIGNATED AS LAND USE  JUDGES  BY  THE
 CHIEF  ADMINISTRATOR  OF  THE  COURTS SHALL HEAR LAND USE APPEALS.  SUCH
 JUDGES SHALL BE SELECTED FROM A LIST OF QUALIFIED CANDIDATES AS  CREATED
 BY  THE  LAND  USE ADVISORY COUNCIL.  ONLY SUCH LAND USE JUDGES SHALL BE
 EMPOWERED TO ADJUDICATE LAND USE APPEALS PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION  ARIS-
 ING  ANYWHERE  IN  THE  STATE OF NEW YORK, REGARDLESS OF WHAT COUNTY THE
 JUDGE SERVES IN OVER THE COURSE OF THEIR NORMAL DUTIES.
   2. THERE SHALL BE ESTABLISHED A LAND USE ADVISORY  COUNCIL.    A.  THE
 LAND  USE  ADVISORY  COUNCIL  SHALL  BE  COMPOSED OF FIVE MEMBERS. THREE
 MEMBERS SHALL  BE  APPOINTED  BY  THE  GOVERNOR,  ONE  MEMBER  SHALL  BE
 APPOINTED  BY  THE  SPEAKER  OF  THE  ASSEMBLY,  AND ONE MEMBER SHALL BE
 APPOINTED BY THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE.  THE  MEMBERS  SHALL
 SERVE  FIVE YEAR TERMS, AND SHALL ONLY BE RELIEVED FOR CAUSE. ANY VACAN-
 CIES ON THE COUNCIL SHALL BE FILLED WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME  PERIOD  BY
 THE  OFFICIAL  WHO  APPOINTED  THE  MEMBER  WHOSE ABSENCE HAS CAUSED THE
 VACANCY.
   B. THE LAND USE ADVISORY COUNCIL SHALL MEET  AT  LEAST  FOUR  TIMES  A
 YEAR,  AND ON SUCH ADDITIONAL OCCASIONS AS THEY MAY REQUIRE OR AS MAY BE
 REQUIRED BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE. MEMBERS SHALL RECEIVE  NO  COMPEN-
 SATION.
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   C. THE LAND USE ADVISORY COUNCIL SHALL PUBLISH A LIST OF SUPREME COURT
 JUDGES  QUALIFIED TO HEAR LAND USE APPEALS BASED ON TRAINING, EXPERIENCE
 AND JUDICIAL TEMPERAMENT.
   3. APPEALS BEFORE A LAND USE JUDGE. A. BEGINNING ON JANUARY FIRST, TWO
 THOUSAND  TWENTY-SEVEN,  ANY  APPLICANT  WHOSE  APPLICATION RELATED TO A
 QUALIFYING PROJECT IS DENIED BY A LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT MAY APPEAL SUCH
 DENIAL BEFORE A LAND USE JUDGE DESIGNATED PURSUANT TO  THIS  SECTION  IN
 SUPREME COURT. THE APPLICANT SHALL CHOOSE THE FORUM IN WHICH TO FILE THE
 APPEAL.
   B. IF AN APPEAL IS BROUGHT BEFORE SUCH LAND USE JUDGE AND THE DIVISION
 HAS  ALREADY DETERMINED THAT THE LOCALITY AT ISSUE IS IN SAFE HARBOR FOR
 THE APPLICABLE THREE-YEAR CYCLE, THEN THE APPEAL SHALL BE DENIED AND THE
 DETERMINATION BY THE LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT SHALL BE MAINTAINED.  IF  NO
 DETERMINATION  HAS  BEEN  MADE  AS  TO  WHETHER  THE LOCALITY IS IN SAFE
 HARBOR, SUCH LAND USE JUDGE SHALL DETERMINE AS A THRESHOLD ISSUE WHETHER
 SUCH LOCALITY IS IN SAFE HARBOR BASED ON THE THREE-YEAR CYCLE  THAT  WAS
 COMPLETED IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO THE APPLICABLE THREE-YEAR CYCLE.
   C.  IF  A  LOCALITY  IS  FOUND TO NOT BE IN SAFE HARBOR, SUCH LAND USE
 JUDGE SHALL ISSUE A DETERMINATION AS TO WHETHER THE LEAD  AGENCY  EQUIV-
 ALENT PROPERLY DENIED THE APPLICATION AT ISSUE IN THE APPEAL PURSUANT TO
 THE REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN SECTION ONE THOUSAND FOUR OF THIS ARTICLE.
   D. IN ISSUING A DETERMINATION, SUCH LAND USE JUDGE MAY:
   (I)  REMAND  THE  PROCEEDING  TO THE LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT AND DIRECT
 SUCH LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT TO ISSUE A COMPREHENSIVE PERMIT OR  APPROVAL
 TO THE APPLICANT;
   (II) DENY THE APPEAL AND UPHOLD THE LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT'S DENIAL OF
 THE APPLICATION; OR
   (III)  REMAND  THE PROCEEDING TO THE LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT AND DIRECT
 SUCH LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT TO CONSIDER THE APPLICATION  AS  AMENDED  TO
 ADDRESS  ANY  LEGITIMATE  CONCERNS RAISED BY THE LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT.
 SUCH LAND USE JUDGE MAY REQUIRE THAT THE LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT CONSIDER
 ANY SUCH AMENDED APPLICATION ON AN EXPEDITED BASIS.
   E. IN CONSIDERING THE DENIAL OF AN APPLICATION, SUCH  LAND  USE  JUDGE
 MAY  ONLY  CONSIDER  THE REASONS FOR THE DENIAL GIVEN BY THE LEAD AGENCY
 EQUIVALENT AT THE TIME THE APPLICATION WAS DENIED.
   4. BURDEN OF PROOF BEFORE A COURT. A. (I) DURING A PROCEEDING BEFORE A
 LAND USE JUDGE DESIGNATED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION, THE  LOCALITY  WHICH
 DENIED  THE  PERMIT FOR THE QUALIFYING PROJECT SHALL INITIALLY CARRY THE
 BURDEN  OF  PROOF  TO  DEMONSTRATE,  BASED  UPON  CLEAR  AND  CONVINCING
 EVIDENCE,  THAT THE PERMITS WERE PROPERLY DENIED PURSUANT TO ONE OR MORE
 OF THE REASONS SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISION THREE OF  SECTION  ONE  THOUSAND
 FOUR  OF  THIS ARTICLE, THAT THE LOCALITY IS IN SAFE HARBOR, OR THAT THE
 PROJECT AT ISSUE IS NOT A QUALIFYING PROJECT.
   (II) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION IN THIS ARTICLE,  A  LOCALITY
 THAT  IS NOT IN SAFE HARBOR MAY RAISE AS AN AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE THAT THE
 AMOUNT OF ELIGIBLE RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS, AS WEIGHTED  PURSUANT  TO
 SUBDIVISION  THREE  OF  SECTION  ONE  THOUSAND  THREE  OF  THIS ARTICLE,
 CONSTRUCTED IN THE THREE-YEAR CYCLE DURING WHICH THE APPEAL  WAS  FILED,
 COMBINED   WITH  THE  AMOUNT  OF  ELIGIBLE  RESIDENTIAL  DWELLING  UNITS
 CONSTRUCTED IN THE THREE-YEAR CYCLE IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE  CYCLE  IN
 WHICH THE APPEAL WAS FILED, CONSTITUTE AN AMOUNT OF ELIGIBLE RESIDENTIAL
 DWELLING  UNITS  NEEDED  TO QUALIFY THE LOCALITY FOR SAFE HARBOR FOR THE
 THREE-YEAR CYCLE IN WHICH THE APPEAL WAS FILED. PROVIDED, FURTHER,  THAT
 ELIGIBLE  RESIDENTIAL  DWELLING  UNITS  SHALL  ONLY  BE CREDITED FOR ONE
 THREE-YEAR CYCLE, REGARDLESS OF WHEN SUCH DWELLING UNITS WERE  PERMITTED
 OR  BUILT.    SUCH  DEFENSE MUST BE DEMONSTRATED BY CLEAR AND CONVINCING
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 EVIDENCE, AND MUST BE SUBSTANTIATED BY DOCUMENTATION SUCH  AS  TEMPORARY
 OR  FINAL  CERTIFICATES  OF  OCCUPANCY  FOR THE HOUSING. IF THE LOCALITY
 MEETS THE BURDEN SET FORTH  IN  THIS  PARAGRAPH,  UNLESS  THE  APPLICANT
 SUCCESSFULLY  REBUTS  THE  EVIDENCE OR REASONS FOR REJECTION PROVIDED BY
 THE LOCALITY PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH B OF THIS SUBDIVISION, SUCH  LOCALITY
 SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE IN SAFE HARBOR FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE THREE-YEAR
 CYCLE  IN  EFFECT  AT  THE TIME THE APPEAL WAS FILED, EFFECTIVE THE DATE
 SUCH DETERMINATION IS MADE.
   B. IF THE LOCALITY MEETS THE BURDEN SET FORTH IN PARAGRAPH A  OF  THIS
 SUBDIVISION,  THE  APPLICANT  SHALL BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO REBUT THE
 EVIDENCE AND REASONS FOR REJECTION PROVIDED BY THE LOCALITY.
   C. IF THE DIVISION ISSUES A DETERMINATION AS TO WHETHER A LOCALITY  IS
 IN  SAFE  HARBOR, SUCH LAND USE JUDGE SHALL TAKE NOTICE OF SUCH DETERMI-
 NATION. IF NO SUCH DETERMINATION HAS BEEN ISSUED BY THE DIVISION, EXCEPT
 AS PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH E OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF  SECTION  ONE  THOUSAND
 FIVE OF THIS ARTICLE, SUCH LAND USE JUDGE MAY MAKE A DETERMINATION AS TO
 WHETHER A LOCALITY IS IN SAFE HARBOR, BASED ON THE THREE-YEAR CYCLE THAT
 WAS  COMPLETED  IMMEDIATELY  PRIOR  TO  THE APPLICABLE THREE-YEAR CYCLE,
 SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSES OF ISSUING A DETERMINATION REGARDING THE  APPLI-
 CATION THAT IS THE SUBJECT OF THE APPEAL BEING CONSIDERED.
   5.  ANY  FINAL ORDER ISSUED BY A LAND USE JUDGE DESIGNATED PURSUANT TO
 THIS SECTION SHALL BE APPEALED IN A MANNER  CONSISTENT  WITH  THE  CIVIL
 PRACTICE LAW AND RULES.
   6.  THE  CHIEF  ADMINISTRATOR  OF THE COURT SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND
 REGULATIONS TO CARRY OUT THE MANDATE OF THIS SECTION.
   7. COSTS SHALL NOT BE ALLOWED AGAINST THE  LOCAL  GOVERNMENT  AND  THE
 OFFICER  OR  OFFICERS  WHOSE FAILURE OR REFUSAL GAVE RISE TO THE SPECIAL
 PROCEEDING, UNLESS IT SHALL APPEAR TO THE COURT THAT THE  LOCAL  GOVERN-
 MENT  AND  ITS  OFFICERS  ACTED WITH GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR IN BAD FAITH OR
 WITH MALICE.
   8. EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS OF LOCALITIES MAY ONLY BE SUED IN THEIR  OFFI-
 CIAL CAPACITY FOR NON-COMPLIANCE WITH THIS ARTICLE.
   §  3.  Section 14 of the public housing law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 8 to read as follows:
   8. THE DIVISION SHALL HAVE THE AUTHORITY  TO  PROMULGATE  REGULATIONS,
 RULES AND POLICIES RELATED TO LAND USE BY CITIES, TOWNS, AND VILLAGES AS
 IT RELATES TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF HOUSING, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
 THE  ADMINISTRATION  AND  ENFORCEMENT  OF  ARTICLE TWENTY OF THE GENERAL
 MUNICIPAL LAW, THE TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 2023, AND SECTION
 TWENTY-A OF THE PUBLIC HOUSING LAW.  SUCH  ENFORCEMENT  AUTHORITY  SHALL
 INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, ALL OF THE POWERS GRANTED BY SUBDIVISION
 ONE  OF THIS SECTION, IN ADDITION TO THE STATUTES, RULES, REGULATION AND
 OTHER DOCUMENTS REGARDING THE AUTHORITY  OF  THE  DIVISION,  AND,  WHERE
 APPLICABLE,  THE POWER TO ISSUE ORDERS AND ADMINISTER FUNDING AND GRANTS
 TO LOCALITIES TO ASSIST WITH LAND USE PLANNING.
   § 4. Severability. In the event it is determined by a court of  compe-
 tent  jurisdiction that any phrase, clause, part, subdivision, paragraph
 or subsection, or any of the provisions of this article  is  unconstitu-
 tional or otherwise invalid or inoperative, such determination shall not
 affect  the validity or effect of the remaining provisions of this arti-
 cle.
   § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
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   Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
 the "transit-oriented development act of 2023".
   §  2.  Legislative  findings and statement of purpose. The legislature
 hereby finds, determines and declares:
   New York State has a vital interest in reducing harmful greenhouse gas
 emissions. New York State further recognizes that encouraging and facil-
 itating use of rail-based mass transit is a valuable method for reducing
 greenhouse gas emissions. New York State further recognizes that  creat-
 ing  walkable living environments with a variety of housing options near
 rail-based mass transit not only advances the goal  of  encouraging  the
 use  of  rail-based  mass  transit, but also promotes local and regional
 economic development.
   Housing in the state of New York is among the most  expensive  in  the
 nation and housing insecurity remains a problem for many low- and moder-
 ate-income families. The excessive cost of the state's housing supply is
 partially caused by a lack of housing near public transit access points.
 This  lack  of  available  housing  is especially pronounced in well-re-
 sourced municipalities and neighborhoods with  access  to  jobs,  educa-
 tional  resources,  and  health  infrastructure that engender social and
 economic mobility.
   Many local governments do not give adequate attention to  or  planning
 for  the  local and broader regional economic, environmental, and social
 costs of local policies and actions that have the effect  of  stagnating
 or  reducing  the supply of housing, including affordable and supportive
 housing, or how such policies and actions thereby produce threats to the
 public health, safety, and general welfare.
   Increasing the supply of housing in close proximity to  rail  stations
 is  a matter of state concern and critical to promoting housing afforda-
 bility, reducing housing insecurity, driving economic growth,  encourag-
 ing  social  and  economic  mobility,  and  actualizing the goals of the
 Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act.
   A public policy purpose would be  served  and  the  interests  of  the
 people  of  the  state would be advanced by requiring local planning and
 zoning changes that will facilitate the production of multifamily  hous-
 ing in areas near rail stations.
   §  3.  The general city law is amended by adding a new section 20-h to
 read as follows:
   § 20-H. DENSITY OF RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS  NEAR  TRANSIT  STATIONS.  1.
 DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE
 FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (A)  "AGGREGATE  DENSITY  REQUIREMENT"  SHALL BE DEFINED AS A REQUIRED
 MINIMUM AVERAGE DENSITY OF RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS PER ACRE ACROSS A TRAN-
 SIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE, PROVIDED THAT EXEMPT LAND  SHALL  NOT  BE
 INCLUDED  IN THE CALCULATION TO DETERMINE THE AGGREGATE DENSITY REQUIRE-
 MENT. PROVIDED FURTHER THAT:
   (I) WITHIN A TIER 1 TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT  ZONE,  THE  REQUIRED
 MINIMUM AVERAGE DENSITY SHALL BE FIFTY RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS PER ACRE;
   (II)  WITHIN  A TIER 2 TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE, THE REQUIRED
 MINIMUM AVERAGE DENSITY SHALL BE THIRTY RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS PER ACRE;
   (III) WITHIN A TIER 3 TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE, THE  REQUIRED
 MINIMUM  AVERAGE DENSITY SHALL BE TWENTY RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS PER ACRE;
 AND
   (IV) WITHIN A TIER 4 TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE,  THE  REQUIRED
 MINIMUM AVERAGE DENSITY SHALL BE FIFTEEN RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS PER ACRE.
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   (B)  "AMENDMENT" SHALL BE DEFINED AS ANY LOCAL LEGISLATIVE, EXECUTIVE,
 OR ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGE MADE TO A CITY'S LOCAL LAND USE TOOLS  PURSUANT
 TO SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION.
   (C)  "ECONOMICALLY  INFEASIBLE" SHALL MEAN ANY CONDITION BROUGHT ABOUT
 BY ANY SINGLE FACTOR OR COMBINATION OF FACTORS TO  THE  EXTENT  THAT  IT
 MAKES  IT  SUBSTANTIALLY  UNLIKELY FOR AN OWNER TO PROCEED IN BUILDING A
 RESIDENTIAL HOUSING PROJECT AND STILL REALIZE  A  REASONABLE  RETURN  IN
 BUILDING  OR  OPERATING  SUCH HOUSING WITHOUT SUBSTANTIALLY CHANGING THE
 RENT LEVELS, UNIT SIZES, OR UNIT COUNTS PROPOSED BY THE OWNER.
   (D) "EXEMPT LAND" SHALL BE DEFINED AS NON-BUILDABLE LAND,  CEMETERIES,
 MAPPED OR DEDICATED PARKS, REGISTERED HISTORIC SITES, AND HIGHWAYS.
   (E) "HIGHWAYS" SHALL BE DEFINED AS A VEHICLE ROAD DESIGNATED AND IDEN-
 TIFIED  PURSUANT  TO  THE  NEW  YORK STATE OR FEDERAL INTERSTATE HIGHWAY
 SYSTEM.
   (F) "LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT" SHALL BE DEFINED AS ANY  CITY  OR  COMMON
 COUNCIL  OR  OTHER  LEGISLATIVE BODY OF THE CITY, PLANNING BOARD, ZONING
 BOARD OF APPEALS, PLANNING DIVISION, PLANNING COMMISSION, BOARD OF STAN-
 DARDS AND APPEALS, BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS, OR ANY OFFICIAL OR EMPLOYEE,
 OR ANY OTHER AGENCY, DEPARTMENT, BOARD, BODY, OR OTHER ENTITY IN A  CITY
 WITH  THE  AUTHORITY TO APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE OF ANY SPECIFIC PROJECT OR
 AMENDMENT TO ANY LOCAL LAND USE TOOLS AS DEFINED HEREIN.
   (G) "LOCAL LAND USE TOOLS" SHALL BE  ADOPTED  OR  ENACTED  UNDER  THIS
 CHAPTER,  THE  MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW, OR ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL OR OTHER
 LAW PERTAINING TO LAND USE, AND SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE  LIMITED  TO  A
 CITY'S:
   (I) WRITTEN OR OTHER COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OR PLANS;
   (II) ZONING ORDINANCE, LOCAL LAWS, RESOLUTIONS OR REGULATIONS;
   (III)  SPECIAL USE PERMIT, SPECIAL EXCEPTION PERMIT, OR SPECIAL PERMIT
 ORDINANCE, LOCAL LAWS, RESOLUTIONS OR REGULATIONS;
   (IV) SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE, LOCAL LAWS, RESOLUTIONS, OR REGULATIONS;
   (V) SITE PLAN REVIEW  ORDINANCE,  LOCAL  LAWS,  RESOLUTIONS  OR  REGU-
 LATIONS; AND/OR
   (VI)  POLICIES  OR  PROCEDURES, OR ANY PLANNING, ZONING, OR OTHER LAND
 USE REGULATORY TOOL THAT CONTROLS OR ESTABLISHES STANDARDS FOR  THE  USE
 AND  OCCUPANCY  OF  LAND,  THE AREA AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THE
 DEVELOPMENT OF LAND OR THE INTENSITY OF SUCH DEVELOPMENT.
   (H) "MAPPED OR DEDICATED PARKS" SHALL BE DEFINED AS:
   (I) ANY LAND DESIGNATED ON AN OFFICIAL MAP ESTABLISHED  AS  AUTHORIZED
 BY  LAW  OR  DEPICTED  ON  ANOTHER  MAP  ADOPTED OR ENACTED BY THE LOCAL
 GOVERNING BOARD AS A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE SPACE DESIGNATED  FOR  PARK  OR
 RECREATIONAL USE ON OR BEFORE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION; OR
   (II)  ANY  PARKLAND EXPRESSLY OR IMPLIEDLY DEDICATED TO PARK OR RECRE-
 ATIONAL USE ON OR BEFORE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION.
   (I) "NON-BUILDABLE LAND" SHALL BE DEFINED AS ANY LAND THAT  CANNOT  BE
 BUILT UPON WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT ALTERATIONS TO THE NATURAL TERRAIN NEEDED
 TO  MAKE  SUCH LAND SUITABLE FOR CONSTRUCTION, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED
 TO RIVERS AND STREAMS, FRESHWATER AND TIDAL WETLANDS, MARSHLANDS,  COAS-
 TAL  EROSION  HAZARD  AREAS, ONE-HUNDRED-YEAR FLOOD PLAIN, AND PROTECTED
 FORESTS. NO LAND THAT HAS PREVIOUSLY HAD A BUILDING  OR  OTHER  IMPROVE-
 MENT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO PARKING LOTS, CONSTRUCTED ON IT SHALL
 BE CONSIDERED NON-BUILDABLE LAND.
   (J)  "OBJECTIVE  STANDARDS" SHALL BE DEFINED AS STANDARDS THAT INVOLVE
 NO PERSONAL OR SUBJECTIVE JUDGMENT BY A PUBLIC OFFICIAL OR EMPLOYEE  AND
 ARE  UNIFORMLY  VERIFIABLE  BY  REFERENCE  TO  A  PUBLICLY AVAILABLE AND
 UNIFORM BENCHMARK OR CRITERION AVAILABLE AND KNOWABLE BY BOTH THE DEVEL-
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 OPMENT APPLICANT AND THE PUBLIC OFFICIAL OR EMPLOYEE BEFORE SUBMITTAL OF
 A LAND USE APPLICATION TO LOCATE AND DEVELOP RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS.
   (K)  "PROJECT  SPECIFIC  REVIEW"  SHALL  BE  DEFINED  AS ANY REVIEW OR
 APPROVAL PROCESS RELATED TO A SPECIFIC SITE, OR TO A  PROPOSED  DEVELOP-
 MENT  OR  AN  APPLICATION, REGARDLESS OF THE NUMBER OF SITES, INCLUDING,
 BUT NOT LIMITED TO, VARIANCE, WAIVER, SPECIAL PERMIT, SITE  PLAN  REVIEW
 OR SUBDIVISION REVIEW.
   (L)  "QUALIFYING  PROJECT" SHALL BE DEFINED AS A PROPOSED PROJECT THAT
 CONSISTS PRIMARILY OF RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS THAT IS OR WILL  BE  LOCATED
 WITHIN  A  TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE AND WHICH WILL BE CONNECTED
 TO PUBLICLY-OWNED WATER AND SEWAGE SYSTEMS.
   (M) "REGISTERED HISTORIC SITES" SHALL BE DEFINED AS SITES,  DISTRICTS,
 STRUCTURES,  LANDMARKS,  OR  BUILDINGS  LISTED  ON THE STATE REGISTER OF
 HISTORIC PLACES AS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION.
   (N) "RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS" SHALL BE DEFINED AS ANY BUILDING OR STRUC-
 TURE OR PORTION THEREOF WHICH IS LEGALLY OCCUPIED IN WHOLE OR IN PART AS
 THE HOME, RESIDENCE OR SLEEPING PLACE  OF  ONE  OR  MORE  HUMAN  BEINGS,
 HOWEVER  THE  TERM  DOES  NOT  INCLUDE ANY CLASS B MULTIPLE DWELLINGS AS
 DEFINED IN SECTION FOUR OF THE MULTIPLE DWELLING LAW OR HOUSING THAT  IS
 INTENDED TO BE USED ON A SEASONAL BASIS.
   (O)  "RESIDENTIAL ZONE" SHALL BE DEFINED AS ANY LAND WITHIN A TRANSIT-
 ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE WHEREIN RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS ARE PERMITTED AS
 OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION.
   (P) "TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS" IS  THE  PROCESS  BY
 WHICH  ALL  PROJECT  SPECIFIC  REVIEWS IN A TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT
 ZONE AND ALL OTHER LAND USE ACTIONS UNDERTAKEN PURSUANT TO THIS  SECTION
 SHALL BE REVIEWED, WHICH SHALL:
   (I)  BE  COMPLETED  WITH  APPROVAL OR DENIAL DELIVERED TO THE APPLYING
 PARTY WITHIN ONE HUNDRED TWENTY DAYS OF THE APPLICATION BEING SUBMITTED;
 AND
   (II) BE LIMITED TO A REVIEW OF THE FOLLOWING:
   (A) THE CAPACITY OF LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE  DRINKING
 WATER AND WASTEWATER SERVICES TO THE PROPOSED PROJECT;
   (B)  THE  CAPACITY OF LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE UTILITY
 SERVICES TO THE PROPOSED PROJECT; AND
   (C) THE AESTHETICS OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT, PROVIDED THAT ANY AESTHET-
 IC REVIEW MUST BE BASED ON PUBLISHED OBJECTIVE STANDARDS. IF  NO  OBJEC-
 TIVE  STANDARDS  ARE  PUBLISHED,  NO TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT REVIEW
 PROCESS MAY CONSIDER AESTHETICS, AND PROVIDED FURTHER THAT NO  AESTHETIC
 REQUIREMENTS  SHALL  INCREASE  THE  COST OF A QUALIFYING PROJECT TO MAKE
 SUCH PROJECT AS PROPOSED ECONOMICALLY INFEASIBLE.
   ALL PROPOSED ACTIONS SUBJECT TO REVIEW PURSUANT TO A  TRANSIT-ORIENTED
 DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM ANY ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
 REQUIREMENTS PURSUANT TO ARTICLE EIGHT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
 LAW  AND  ANY  RULES  AND REGULATIONS PROMULGATED THERETO, AND ANY LOCAL
 EQUIVALENT LAW, REGULATION OR RULE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT  LIMITED  TO,  IN
 THE  CITY  OF  NEW  YORK,  CITY  ENVIRONMENTAL  QUALITY REVIEW. PROVIDED
 FURTHER THAT NOTHING SET FORTH IN THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL BE INTERPRETED TO
 OVERRIDE OR OTHERWISE WAIVE ANY PERMITTING REQUIRED PURSUANT TO STATE OR
 FEDERAL LAWS OR REGULATIONS, UNLESS SPECIFICALLY SET FORTH HEREIN.
   (Q) "TIER 1 QUALIFYING TRANSIT STATION" SHALL BE DEFINED AS  ANY  RAIL
 STATION, INCLUDING SUBWAY STATIONS, WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK THAT IS
 NOT  OPERATED  ON AN EXCLUSIVELY SEASONAL BASIS AND THAT IS OWNED, OPER-
 ATED OR OTHERWISE SERVED BY METRO-NORTH RAILROAD, THE LONG ISLAND  RAIL-
 ROAD,  THE  PORT  AUTHORITY  OF  NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY, THE NEW JERSEY
 TRANSIT CORPORATION, THE NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY, OR THE  METRO-
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 POLITAN  TRANSPORTATION  AUTHORITY  WHERE ANY PORTION OF SUCH STATION IS
 LOCATED EITHER WITHIN A CITY WITH  A  POPULATION  OF  GREATER  THAN  ONE
 MILLION PEOPLE, OR NO MORE THAN FIFTEEN MILES FROM THE NEAREST BORDER OF
 A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF GREATER THAN ONE MILLION PEOPLE, AS MEASURED
 ON A STRAIGHT LINE FROM SUCH CITY'S NEAREST BORDER TO SUCH RAIL STATION.
   (R)  "TIER  2 QUALIFYING TRANSIT STATION" SHALL BE DEFINED AS ANY RAIL
 STATION, INCLUDING SUBWAY STATIONS, WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK THAT IS
 NOT OPERATED ON AN EXCLUSIVELY SEASONAL BASIS AND THAT IS  OWNED,  OPER-
 ATED  OR OTHERWISE SERVED BY METRO-NORTH RAILROAD, THE LONG ISLAND RAIL-
 ROAD, THE PORT AUTHORITY OF NEW YORK AND  NEW  JERSEY,  THE  NEW  JERSEY
 TRANSIT  CORPORATION, THE NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY, OR THE METRO-
 POLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY WHERE ANY PORTION OF  SUCH  STATION  IS
 LOCATED MORE THAN FIFTEEN AND NO MORE THAN THIRTY MILES FROM THE NEAREST
 BORDER  OF  A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF GREATER THAN ONE MILLION PEOPLE,
 AS MEASURED ON A STRAIGHT LINE FROM SUCH CITY'S NEAREST BORDER  TO  SUCH
 RAIL STATION.
   (S)  "TIER  3 QUALIFYING TRANSIT STATION" SHALL BE DEFINED AS ANY RAIL
 STATION, INCLUDING SUBWAY STATIONS, WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK THAT IS
 NOT OPERATED ON AN EXCLUSIVELY SEASONAL BASIS AND THAT IS  OWNED,  OPER-
 ATED  OR OTHERWISE SERVED BY METRO-NORTH RAILROAD, THE LONG ISLAND RAIL-
 ROAD, THE PORT AUTHORITY OF NEW YORK AND  NEW  JERSEY,  THE  NEW  JERSEY
 TRANSIT  CORPORATION, THE NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY, OR THE METRO-
 POLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY WHERE ANY PORTION OF  SUCH  STATION  IS
 LOCATED  MORE  THAN THIRTY AND NO MORE THAN FIFTY MILES FROM THE NEAREST
 BORDER OF A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF GREATER THAN ONE  MILLION  PEOPLE,
 AS  MEASURED  ON A STRAIGHT LINE FROM SUCH CITY'S NEAREST BORDER TO SUCH
 RAIL STATION.
   (T) "TIER 4 QUALIFYING TRANSIT STATION" SHALL BE DEFINED AS  ANY  RAIL
 STATION, INCLUDING SUBWAY STATIONS, WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK THAT IS
 NOT  OPERATED  ON AN EXCLUSIVELY SEASONAL BASIS AND THAT IS OWNED, OPER-
 ATED OR OTHERWISE SERVED BY METRO-NORTH RAILROAD, THE LONG ISLAND  RAIL-
 ROAD,  THE  PORT  AUTHORITY  OF  NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY, THE NEW JERSEY
 TRANSIT CORPORATION, THE NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY, OR THE  METRO-
 POLITAN  TRANSPORTATION  AUTHORITY WHERE THE ENTIRETY OF SUCH STATION IS
 LOCATED MORE THAN FIFTY MILES FROM THE NEAREST BORDER OF A CITY  WITH  A
 POPULATION OF GREATER THAN ONE MILLION PEOPLE, AS MEASURED ON A STRAIGHT
 LINE FROM SUCH CITY'S NEAREST BORDER TO SUCH RAIL STATION.
   (U) "TIER 1 TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE" SHALL BE DEFINED AS ANY
 LAND,  OTHER  THAN EXEMPT LAND, LOCATED WITHIN A ONE-HALF MILE RADIUS OF
 ANY PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE AREAS OF A TIER 1  QUALIFYING  TRANSIT  STATION,
 PROVIDED THAT SUCH PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE AREAS INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMIT-
 ED  TO,  PLATFORMS, TICKETING AREAS, WAITING AREAS, ENTRANCES AND EXITS,
 AND PARKING LOTS OR PARKING STRUCTURES THAT PROVIDE PARKING FOR  CUSTOM-
 ERS  OF  SUCH TIER 1 QUALIFYING TRANSIT STATIONS, AND ARE APPURTENANT TO
 SUCH TIER 1 QUALIFYING TRANSIT STATIONS, REGARDLESS OF THE OWNERSHIP  OF
 SUCH  PARKING STRUCTURES OR FACILITIES, AS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS
 SECTION. PROVIDED FURTHER THAT ANY TIER  1  QUALIFYING  TRANSIT  STATION
 SHALL  BE CONSIDERED TO BE PART OF SUCH TIER 1 TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOP-
 MENT ZONE.
   (V) "TIER 2 TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE" SHALL BE DEFINED AS ANY
 LAND, OTHER THAN EXEMPT LAND, LOCATED WITHIN A ONE-HALF MILE  RADIUS  OF
 ANY  PUBLICLY  ACCESSIBLE  AREAS OF A TIER 2 QUALIFYING TRANSIT STATION,
 PROVIDED THAT SUCH PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE AREAS INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMIT-
 ED TO, PLATFORMS, TICKETING AREAS, WAITING AREAS, ENTRANCES  AND  EXITS,
 AND  PARKING LOTS OR PARKING STRUCTURES THAT PROVIDE PARKING FOR CUSTOM-
 ERS OF SUCH TIER 2 QUALIFYING TRANSIT STATIONS, AND ARE  APPURTENANT  TO
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 SUCH  TIER 2 QUALIFYING TRANSIT STATIONS, REGARDLESS OF THE OWNERSHIP OF
 SUCH PARKING STRUCTURES OR FACILITIES, AS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF  THIS
 SECTION.  PROVIDED  FURTHER  THAT  ANY TIER 2 QUALIFYING TRANSIT STATION
 SHALL  BE CONSIDERED TO BE PART OF SUCH TIER 2 TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOP-
 MENT ZONE.
   (W) "TIER 3 TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE" SHALL BE DEFINED AS ANY
 LAND, OTHER THAN EXEMPT LAND, LOCATED WITHIN A ONE-HALF MILE  RADIUS  OF
 ANY  PUBLICLY  ACCESSIBLE  AREAS OF A TIER 3 QUALIFYING TRANSIT STATION,
 PROVIDED THAT SUCH PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE AREAS INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMIT-
 ED TO, PLATFORMS, TICKETING AREAS, WAITING AREAS, ENTRANCES  AND  EXITS,
 AND  PARKING LOTS OR PARKING STRUCTURES THAT PROVIDE PARKING FOR CUSTOM-
 ERS OF SUCH TIER 3 QUALIFYING TRANSIT STATIONS, AND ARE  APPURTENANT  TO
 SUCH  TIER 3 QUALIFYING TRANSIT STATIONS, REGARDLESS OF THE OWNERSHIP OF
 SUCH PARKING STRUCTURES OR FACILITIES, AS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF  THIS
 SECTION.  PROVIDED  FURTHER  THAT  ANY TIER 3 QUALIFYING TRANSIT STATION
 SHALL BE CONSIDERED TO BE PART OF SUCH TIER 3 TRANSIT-ORIENTED  DEVELOP-
 MENT ZONE.
   (X) "TIER 4 TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE" SHALL BE DEFINED AS ANY
 LAND,  OTHER  THAN EXEMPT LAND, LOCATED WITHIN A ONE-HALF MILE RADIUS OF
 ANY PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE AREAS OF A TIER 4  QUALIFYING  TRANSIT  STATION,
 PROVIDED THAT SUCH PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE AREAS INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMIT-
 ED  TO,  PLATFORMS, TICKETING AREAS, WAITING AREAS, ENTRANCES AND EXITS,
 AND PARKING LOTS OR PARKING STRUCTURES THAT PROVIDE PARKING FOR  CUSTOM-
 ERS  OF  SUCH TIER 4 QUALIFYING TRANSIT STATIONS, AND ARE APPURTENANT TO
 SUCH TIER 4 QUALIFYING TRANSIT STATIONS, REGARDLESS OF THE OWNERSHIP  OF
 SUCH  PARKING STRUCTURES OR FACILITIES, AS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS
 SECTION. PROVIDED FURTHER THAT ANY TIER  4  QUALIFYING  TRANSIT  STATION
 SHALL  BE CONSIDERED TO BE PART OF SUCH TIER 4 TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOP-
 MENT ZONE.
   (Y) "TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE" SHALL REFER TO A TIER 1 TRANS-
 IT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE,  A  TIER  2  TRANSIT-ORIENTED  DEVELOPMENT
 ZONE,  A  TIER 3 TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE, OR A TIER 4 TRANSIT-
 ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE, AS APPLICABLE.
   2. AMENDMENT TO LOCAL LAND USE TOOLS. (A)  A  CITY'S  LOCAL  LAND  USE
 TOOLS  SHALL BE AMENDED TO MEET OR EXCEED THE AGGREGATE DENSITY REQUIRE-
 MENT ON OR BEFORE THE DATE THAT IS THREE YEARS SUBSEQUENT TO THE  EFFEC-
 TIVE  DATE  OF THIS SECTION UNLESS SUCH AGGREGATE DENSITY REQUIREMENT IS
 PERMITTED PURSUANT TO A CITY'S LOCAL LAND USE  TOOLS  WITHOUT  REQUIRING
 ANY AMENDMENT.
   (B)  ANY AMENDMENT UNDERTAKEN PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDI-
 VISION SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM ANY  REVIEW  REQUIRED  PURSUANT  TO  ARTICLE
 EIGHT  OF  THE  ENVIRONMENTAL  CONSERVATION  LAW AND ANY RULES AND REGU-
 LATIONS PROMULGATED THERETO, AND ANY LOCAL EQUIVALENT  LAW,  REGULATION,
 OR  RULE,  INCLUDING,  BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, CITY
 ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY REVIEW, PROVIDED FURTHER THAT ANY AMENDMENT TO THE
 PERMISSIBLE USE OF NON-BUILDABLE LAND SHALL BE SUBJECT TO  SUCH  REVIEW,
 AS APPLICABLE.
   (C) NO AMENDMENT UNDERTAKEN PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVI-
 SION  SHALL  CREATE  OR  OTHERWISE  IMPOSE ANY UNREASONABLE LAWS, RULES,
 REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES OR RESTRICTIONS  THAT  EFFECTIVELY  PREVENT  THE
 CONSTRUCTION  OR  OCCUPATION  OF QUALIFYING PROJECTS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
 LIMITED  TO,  ANY  SUCH  LAWS,   RULES,   REGULATIONS,   GUIDELINES   OR
 RESTRICTIONS GOVERNING LOT COVERAGE, OPEN SPACE, HEIGHT, SETBACKS, FLOOR
 AREA RATIOS, OR PARKING REQUIREMENTS.
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   (D)  PRIOR TO THE FINALIZATION OF THE AMENDMENT UNDERTAKEN PURSUANT TO
 PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT SHALL  SET
 FORTH IN WRITING AND PUBLISH:
   (I)  A DESCRIPTION OF THE LAND THAT IS PART OF THE APPLICABLE TRANSIT-
 ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE;
   (II) A DESCRIPTION OF THE LAND  THAT  IS  EXEMPT  FROM  THE  AGGREGATE
 DENSITY REQUIREMENT;
   (III)  A  DESCRIPTION  OF  ANY  EXEMPT  LAND  THAT  WOULD OTHERWISE BE
 INCLUDED IN THE TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE;
   (IV) A SPECIFIC DESCRIPTION OF THE PERMISSIBLE LAND  USES  WITHIN  THE
 APPLICABLE TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE PRIOR TO THE AMENDMENT;
   (V) A SPECIFIC DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSED PERMISSIBLE LAND USES WITH-
 IN THE APPLICABLE TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE FOLLOWING THE AMEND-
 MENT;
   (VI)  THE  ALLOWABLE  AGGREGATE DENSITY, MEANING THE AVERAGE ALLOWABLE
 DENSITY WITHIN THE  APPLICABLE  TRANSIT-ORIENTED  DEVELOPMENT  ZONE,  OF
 RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS PRIOR TO THE AMENDMENT;
   (VII)  THE  ALLOWABLE AGGREGATE DENSITY, MEANING THE AVERAGE ALLOWABLE
 DENSITY WITHIN THE  APPLICABLE  TRANSIT-ORIENTED  DEVELOPMENT  ZONE,  OF
 RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS SUBSEQUENT TO THE AMENDMENT;
   (VIII) THE CAPACITY OF THE DRINKING WATER SUPPLY AND WASTEWATER TREAT-
 MENT SERVICES, AS APPLICABLE, TO SUPPORT THE PROPOSED INCREASED RESIDEN-
 TIAL DWELLINGS DENSITY CONTEMPLATED BY THE AMENDMENT;
   (IX)  THE CAPACITY OF LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE UTILITY
 SERVICES TO SUPPORT THE PROPOSED INCREASED RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS DENSITY
 CONTEMPLATED BY THE AMENDMENT;
   (X) THE EXISTENCE OF SITES CONTAINING  OR  CONTAMINATED  BY  HAZARDOUS
 WASTE WITHIN THE AREA CONTEMPLATED BY THE AMENDMENT;
   (XI) ANY REQUIRED STORMWATER RUNOFF STRATEGIES OR REQUIREMENTS CONTEM-
 PLATED BY THE AMENDMENT; AND
   (XII)  A  SPECIFIC DESCRIPTION OF ANY LAND WITHIN THE APPLICABLE TRAN-
 SIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE LOCATED WITHIN THE ONE-HUNDRED-YEAR  FLOOD
 PLAIN OR WHERE THE DEPTH TO THE WATER TABLE IS LESS THAN THREE FEET.
   (E)  IN THE EVENT THAT A CITY FAILS TO FINALIZE THE AMENDMENT PURSUANT
 TO AND WITHIN THE REQUIRED TIME SET  FORTH  IN  PARAGRAPH  (A)  OF  THIS
 SUBDIVISION,  AND  UNTIL SUCH TIME AS A CITY COMPREHENSIVELY UPDATES ITS
 LOCAL LAND USE TOOLS IN COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH (A) OF  THIS  SUBDIVI-
 SION, AND NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, LOCAL,
 OR OTHER LAW, INCLUDING THE COMMON LAW, TO THE CONTRARY:
   (I)  ALL  CITIES SHALL PERMIT THE CONSTRUCTION AND OCCUPATION OF RESI-
 DENTIAL DWELLINGS WITH A DENSITY UP  TO  AND  INCLUDING  THE  APPLICABLE
 AGGREGATE DENSITY REQUIREMENT IN ANY RESIDENTIAL ZONE;
   (II)  NO  CITY  SHALL IMPOSE RESTRICTIONS THAT EFFECTIVELY PREVENT THE
 CONSTRUCTION OR OCCUPANCY OF SUCH RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS, INCLUDING,  BUT
 NOT  LIMITED  TO,  ANY  SUCH  RESTRICTIONS RELATED TO LOT COVERAGE, OPEN
 SPACE, HEIGHT, SETBACKS, FLOOR AREA RATIOS, OR PARKING REQUIREMENTS; AND
   (III) A PROJECT FOR RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS, WHICH  WOULD  OTHERWISE  BE
 CLASSIFIED AS A QUALIFYING PROJECT IF A CITY TIMELY ADOPTED AN AMENDMENT
 PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION AND WHICH IS APPROVED BY A
 CITY  OR  LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT PURSUANT TO A TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOP-
 MENT REVIEW PROCESS PRIOR TO THE DATE OF THE AMENDMENT, SHALL BE  VESTED
 UPON  THE  ISSUANCE  OF  A  BUILDING  PERMIT IN THE EVENT A SUBSEQUENTLY
 ENACTED AMENDMENT OR ANY UPDATES TO THE LAND USE TOOLS ARE  CONTRARY  TO
 THE  RIGHTS  GRANTED  FOR  SUCH  PROJECT. SUCH VESTED RIGHTS SHALL EXIST
 WITHOUT THE NEED  FOR  THE  PERMIT  HOLDER  TO  DEMONSTRATE  SUBSTANTIAL
 EXPENDITURE  AND  SUBSTANTIAL CONSTRUCTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PERMIT
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 PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE AMENDMENT OR ANY UPDATES TO THE  LAND
 USE TOOLS.
   3.  TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS. (A) IN THE EVENT THAT
 A CITY FAILS TO FINALIZE  THE  AMENDMENT  PURSUANT  TO  AND  WITHIN  THE
 REQUIRED  TIME  SET  FORTH  IN  PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS
 SECTION, AND UNTIL SUCH TIME AS A CITY COMPREHENSIVELY UPDATES ITS LOCAL
 LAND USE TOOLS IN COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH (A) OF  SUBDIVISION  TWO  OF
 THIS SECTION, ANY PROJECT SPECIFIC REVIEW RELATED TO A PROPOSED QUALIFY-
 ING  PROJECT SHALL BE REVIEWED PURSUANT TO THE TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOP-
 MENT REVIEW PROCESS.
   (B) AFTER THE FINALIZATION OF THE  AMENDMENT  UNDERTAKEN  PURSUANT  TO
 PARAGRAPH  (A)  OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION, ANY PROJECT SPECIFIC
 REVIEW RELATED TO A PROPOSED QUALIFYING PROJECT SHALL BE REVIEWED PURSU-
 ANT TO THE TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS.
   4. ENFORCEMENT. (A) (I) THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF NEW  YORK
 MAY  COMMENCE AN ACTION IN A COURT OF APPROPRIATE JURISDICTION TO COMPEL
 A CITY TO AMEND ITS LOCAL LAND USE TOOLS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIRE-
 MENTS SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION IF THE CITY FAILS  TO
 DO SO WITHIN THE REQUIRED TIMEFRAME SET FORTH THEREIN.
   (II) A PARTY MAY PURSUE A CAUSE OF ACTION PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (B) OF
 THIS SUBDIVISION IF SUCH PARTY IS IMPROPERLY DENIED PERMISSION BY A LEAD
 AGENCY  EQUIVALENT  TO  BUILD A QUALIFYING PROJECT PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH
 (B) OF SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION.
   (B) (I) UPON A FAILURE OF A CITY TO  COMPLY  WITH  THE  DEADLINES  SET
 FORTH  IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION, OR A LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT'S
 DENIAL OF ANY APPLICATION SUBMITTED IN RELATION TO A QUALIFYING  PROJECT
 IN  VIOLATION OF PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION, ANY
 PARTY AGGRIEVED BY ANY SUCH FAILURE OR DENIAL  MAY  COMMENCE  A  SPECIAL
 PROCEEDING  AGAINST  THE  SUBJECT CITY OR LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT AND THE
 OFFICERS OF SUCH CITY AND LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT IN  THE  SUPREME  COURT
 WITHIN THE JUDICIAL DISTRICT IN WHICH THE CITY OR THE GREATER PORTION OF
 THE  TERRITORY  OF  SUCH  CITY  IS LOCATED TO COMPEL COMPLIANCE WITH THE
 PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
   (II) IF, UPON COMMENCEMENT OF SUCH PROCEEDING, IT SHALL APPEAR TO  THE
 COURT  THAT  TESTIMONY  IS  NECESSARY  FOR THE PROPER DISPOSITION OF THE
 MATTER, THE COURT MAY TAKE EVIDENCE AND DETERMINE THE MATTER.   ALTERNA-
 TIVELY,  THE  COURT  MAY  APPOINT  A HEARING OFFICER PURSUANT TO ARTICLE
 FORTY-THREE OF THE CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES TO TAKE SUCH EVIDENCE AS
 IT MAY DIRECT AND REPORT THE SAME TO THE COURT WITH  THE  HEARING  OFFI-
 CER'S  FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW, WHICH SHALL CONSTITUTE A
 PART OF THE PROCEEDINGS UPON WHICH THE DETERMINATION OF THE COURT  SHALL
 BE MADE.
   (III)  THE  CITY  OR LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT MUST SET FORTH THE REASONS
 FOR THE DENIAL OF THE APPLICATION AND  MUST  DEMONSTRATE  BY  CLEAR  AND
 CONVINCING  EVIDENCE  THAT THE CITY OR LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT DENIED THE
 APPLICATION DUE TO BONA FIDE HEALTH AND SAFETY CONCERNS, OR PURSUANT  TO
 THE  TRANSIT-ORIENTED  DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS THAT COMPLIES WITH THE
 REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION. IF THE  CITY  OR  LEAD  AGENCY  EQUIVALENT
 MEETS  SUCH  BURDEN,  THE  APPLICANT  SHALL  BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO
 DEMONSTRATE THAT THE CONCERNS RAISED BY THE CITY OR LEAD  AGENCY  EQUIV-
 ALENT ARE PRETEXTUAL OR THAT SUCH CONCERNS CAN BE ADDRESSED OR MITIGATED
 BY CHANGES TO THE QUALIFYING PROJECT.
   (IV)  THE COURT MAY REVERSE OR AFFIRM, WHOLLY OR PARTLY, OR MAY MODIFY
 THE DECISION BROUGHT UP FOR REVIEW. THE COURT MAY  ALSO  REMAND  TO  THE
 CITY  OR LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT TO PROCESS OR FURTHER CONSIDER AN APPLI-
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 CATION CONSISTENT WITH THE TERMS OF ANY ORDER OF THE COURT, INCLUDING ON
 AN EXPEDITED BASIS.
   (V)  COSTS  SHALL  NOT BE ALLOWED AGAINST THE CITY, LEAD AGENCY EQUIV-
 ALENT, AND THE OFFICER WHOSE FAILURE OR REFUSAL GAVE RISE TO THE SPECIAL
 PROCEEDING, UNLESS IT SHALL APPEAR TO THE  COURT  THAT  THE  CITY,  LEAD
 AGENCY EQUIVALENT, AND ITS OFFICERS OR EMPLOYEES ACTED WITH GROSS NEGLI-
 GENCE, IN BAD FAITH, OR WITH MALICE.
   §  4. The town law is amended by adding a new section 261-d to read as
 follows:
   § 261-D. DENSITY OF RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS NEAR  TRANSIT  STATIONS.  1.
 DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE
 FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (A)  "AGGREGATE  DENSITY  REQUIREMENT"  SHALL BE DEFINED AS A REQUIRED
 MINIMUM AVERAGE DENSITY OF RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS PER ACRE ACROSS A TRAN-
 SIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE, PROVIDED THAT EXEMPT LAND  SHALL  NOT  BE
 INCLUDED  IN THE CALCULATION TO DETERMINE THE AGGREGATE DENSITY REQUIRE-
 MENT. PROVIDED FURTHER THAT:
   (I) WITHIN A TIER 1 TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT  ZONE,  THE  REQUIRED
 MINIMUM AVERAGE DENSITY SHALL BE FIFTY RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS PER ACRE;
   (II)  WITHIN  A TIER 2 TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE, THE REQUIRED
 MINIMUM AVERAGE DENSITY SHALL BE THIRTY RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS PER ACRE;
   (III) WITHIN A TIER 3 TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE, THE  REQUIRED
 MINIMUM  AVERAGE DENSITY SHALL BE TWENTY RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS PER ACRE;
 AND
   (IV) WITHIN A TIER 4 TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE,  THE  REQUIRED
 MINIMUM AVERAGE DENSITY SHALL BE FIFTEEN RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS PER ACRE.
   (B)  "AMENDMENT" SHALL BE DEFINED AS ANY LOCAL LEGISLATIVE, EXECUTIVE,
 OR ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGE MADE TO A TOWN'S LOCAL LAND USE TOOLS  PURSUANT
 TO SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION.
   (C)  "ECONOMICALLY  INFEASIBLE" SHALL MEAN ANY CONDITION BROUGHT ABOUT
 BY ANY SINGLE FACTOR OR COMBINATION OF FACTORS TO  THE  EXTENT  THAT  IT
 MAKES  IT  SUBSTANTIALLY  UNLIKELY FOR AN OWNER TO PROCEED IN BUILDING A
 RESIDENTIAL HOUSING PROJECT AND STILL REALIZE  A  REASONABLE  RETURN  IN
 BUILDING  OR  OPERATING  SUCH HOUSING WITHOUT SUBSTANTIALLY CHANGING THE
 RENT LEVELS, UNIT SIZES, OR UNIT COUNTS PROPOSED BY THE OWNER.
   (D) "EXEMPT LAND" SHALL BE DEFINED AS NON-BUILDABLE LAND,  CEMETERIES,
 MAPPED OR DEDICATED PARKS, REGISTERED HISTORIC SITES, AND HIGHWAYS.
   (E) "HIGHWAYS" SHALL BE DEFINED AS A VEHICLE ROAD DESIGNATED AND IDEN-
 TIFIED  PURSUANT  TO  THE  NEW  YORK STATE OR FEDERAL INTERSTATE HIGHWAY
 SYSTEM.
   (F) "LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT" SHALL BE DEFINED AS ANY  TOWN  OR  COMMON
 COUNCIL  OR  OTHER  LEGISLATIVE BODY OF THE TOWN, PLANNING BOARD, ZONING
 BOARD OF APPEALS, PLANNING DIVISION, PLANNING COMMISSION, BOARD OF STAN-
 DARDS AND APPEALS, BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS, OR ANY OFFICIAL OR EMPLOYEE,
 OR ANY OTHER AGENCY, DEPARTMENT, BOARD, BODY, OR OTHER ENTITY IN A  TOWN
 WITH  THE  AUTHORITY TO APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE OF ANY SPECIFIC PROJECT OR
 AMENDMENT TO ANY LOCAL LAND USE TOOLS AS DEFINED HEREIN.
   (G) "LOCAL LAND USE TOOLS" SHALL BE  ADOPTED  OR  ENACTED  UNDER  THIS
 CHAPTER,  THE  MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW, OR ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL OR OTHER
 LAW PERTAINING TO LAND USE, AND SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE  LIMITED  TO  A
 TOWN'S:
   (I) WRITTEN OR OTHER COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OR PLANS;
   (II) ZONING ORDINANCE, LOCAL LAWS, RESOLUTIONS OR REGULATIONS;
   (III)  SPECIAL USE PERMIT, SPECIAL EXCEPTION PERMIT, OR SPECIAL PERMIT
 ORDINANCE, LOCAL LAWS, RESOLUTIONS OR REGULATIONS;
   (IV) SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE, LOCAL LAWS, RESOLUTIONS OR REGULATIONS;
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   (V) SITE PLAN REVIEW  ORDINANCE,  LOCAL  LAWS,  RESOLUTIONS  OR  REGU-
 LATIONS; AND/OR
   (VI)  POLICIES  OR  PROCEDURES, OR ANY PLANNING, ZONING, OR OTHER LAND
 USE REGULATORY TOOL THAT CONTROLS OR ESTABLISHES STANDARDS FOR  THE  USE
 AND  OCCUPANCY  OF  LAND,  THE AREA AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THE
 DEVELOPMENT OF LAND OR THE INTENSITY OF SUCH DEVELOPMENT.
   (H) "MAPPED OR DEDICATED PARKS" SHALL BE DEFINED AS:
   (I) ANY LAND DESIGNATED ON AN OFFICIAL MAP ESTABLISHED  AS  AUTHORIZED
 BY  LAW  OR  DEPICTED  ON  ANOTHER  MAP  ADOPTED OR ENACTED BY THE LOCAL
 GOVERNING BOARD AS A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE SPACE DESIGNATED  FOR  PARK  OR
 RECREATIONAL USE ON OR BEFORE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION; OR
   (II)  ANY  PARKLAND EXPRESSLY OR IMPLIEDLY DEDICATED TO PARK OR RECRE-
 ATIONAL USE ON OR BEFORE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION.
   (I) "NON-BUILDABLE LAND" SHALL BE DEFINED AS ANY LAND THAT  CANNOT  BE
 BUILT UPON WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT ALTERATIONS TO THE NATURAL TERRAIN NEEDED
 TO  MAKE  SUCH LAND SUITABLE FOR CONSTRUCTION, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED
 TO RIVERS AND STREAMS, FRESHWATER AND TIDAL WETLANDS, MARSHLANDS,  COAS-
 TAL  EROSION  HAZARD  AREAS, ONE-HUNDRED-YEAR FLOOD PLAIN, AND PROTECTED
 FORESTS. NO LAND THAT HAS PREVIOUSLY HAD A BUILDING  OR  OTHER  IMPROVE-
 MENT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO PARKING LOTS, CONSTRUCTED ON IT SHALL
 BE CONSIDERED NON-BUILDABLE LAND.
   (J)  "OBJECTIVE  STANDARDS" SHALL BE DEFINED AS STANDARDS THAT INVOLVE
 NO PERSONAL OR SUBJECTIVE JUDGMENT BY A PUBLIC OFFICIAL OR EMPLOYEE  AND
 ARE  UNIFORMLY  VERIFIABLE  BY  REFERENCE  TO  A  PUBLICLY AVAILABLE AND
 UNIFORM BENCHMARK OR CRITERION AVAILABLE AND KNOWABLE BY BOTH THE DEVEL-
 OPMENT APPLICANT AND THE PUBLIC OFFICIAL OR EMPLOYEE BEFORE SUBMITTAL OF
 A LAND USE APPLICATION TO LOCATE AND DEVELOP RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS.
   (K) "PROJECT SPECIFIC REVIEW"  SHALL  BE  DEFINED  AS  ANY  REVIEW  OR
 APPROVAL  PROCESS  RELATED TO A SPECIFIC SITE, OR TO A PROPOSED DEVELOP-
 MENT OR AN APPLICATION, REGARDLESS OF THE NUMBER  OF  SITES,  INCLUDING,
 BUT  NOT  LIMITED TO, VARIANCE, WAIVER, SPECIAL PERMIT, SITE PLAN REVIEW
 OR SUBDIVISION REVIEW.
   (L) "QUALIFYING PROJECT" SHALL BE DEFINED AS A PROPOSED  PROJECT  THAT
 CONSISTS  PRIMARILY  OF RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS THAT IS OR WILL BE LOCATED
 WITHIN A TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE AND WHICH WILL  BE  CONNECTED
 TO PUBLICLY-OWNED WATER AND SEWAGE SYSTEMS.
   (M)  "REGISTERED HISTORIC SITES" SHALL BE DEFINED AS SITES, DISTRICTS,
 STRUCTURES, LANDMARKS, OR BUILDINGS LISTED  ON  THE  STATE  REGISTER  OF
 HISTORIC PLACES AS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION.
   (N) "RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS" SHALL BE DEFINED AS ANY BUILDING OR STRUC-
 TURE OR PORTION THEREOF WHICH IS LEGALLY OCCUPIED IN WHOLE OR IN PART AS
 THE  HOME,  RESIDENCE  OR  SLEEPING  PLACE  OF ONE OR MORE HUMAN BEINGS,
 HOWEVER THE TERM DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY  CLASS  B  MULTIPLE  DWELLINGS  AS
 DEFINED  IN SECTION FOUR OF THE MULTIPLE DWELLING LAW OR HOUSING THAT IS
 INTENDED TO BE USED ON A SEASONAL BASIS.
   (O) "RESIDENTIAL ZONE" SHALL BE DEFINED AS ANY LAND WITHIN A  TRANSIT-
 ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE WHEREIN RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS ARE PERMITTED AS
 OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION.
   (P)  "TRANSIT-ORIENTED  DEVELOPMENT  REVIEW PROCESS" IS THE PROCESS BY
 WHICH ALL PROJECT SPECIFIC REVIEWS  IN  A  TRANSIT-ORIENTED  DEVELOPMENT
 ZONE  AND ALL OTHER LAND USE ACTIONS UNDERTAKEN PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION
 SHALL BE REVIEWED, WHICH SHALL:
   (I) BE COMPLETED WITH APPROVAL OR DENIAL  DELIVERED  TO  THE  APPLYING
 PARTY WITHIN ONE HUNDRED TWENTY DAYS OF THE APPLICATION BEING SUBMITTED;
 AND
   (II) BE LIMITED TO A REVIEW OF THE FOLLOWING:
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   (A)  THE CAPACITY OF LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE DRINKING
 WATER AND WASTEWATER SERVICES TO THE PROPOSED PROJECT;
   (B)  THE  CAPACITY OF LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE UTILITY
 SERVICES TO THE PROPOSED PROJECT; AND
   (C) THE AESTHETICS OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT, PROVIDED THAT ANY AESTHET-
 IC REVIEW MUST BE BASED ON PUBLISHED OBJECTIVE STANDARDS. IF  NO  OBJEC-
 TIVE  STANDARDS  ARE  PUBLISHED,  NO TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT REVIEW
 PROCESS MAY CONSIDER AESTHETICS, AND PROVIDED FURTHER THAT NO  AESTHETIC
 REQUIREMENTS  SHALL  INCREASE  THE  COST OF A QUALIFYING PROJECT TO MAKE
 SUCH PROJECT AS PROPOSED ECONOMICALLY INFEASIBLE.
   ALL PROPOSED ACTIONS SUBJECT TO REVIEW PURSUANT TO A  TRANSIT-ORIENTED
 DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM ANY ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
 REQUIREMENTS PURSUANT TO ARTICLE EIGHT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
 LAW  AND  ANY  RULES  AND REGULATIONS PROMULGATED THERETO, AND ANY LOCAL
 EQUIVALENT LAW, REGULATION OR RULE. PROVIDED FURTHER  THAT  NOTHING  SET
 FORTH  IN  THIS  PARAGRAPH SHALL BE INTERPRETED TO OVERRIDE OR OTHERWISE
 WAIVE ANY PERMITTING REQUIRED PURSUANT TO STATE OR FEDERAL LAWS OR REGU-
 LATIONS, UNLESS SPECIFICALLY SET FORTH HEREIN.
   (Q) "TIER 1 QUALIFYING TRANSIT STATION" SHALL BE DEFINED AS  ANY  RAIL
 STATION, INCLUDING SUBWAY STATIONS, WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK THAT IS
 NOT  OPERATED  ON AN EXCLUSIVELY SEASONAL BASIS AND THAT IS OWNED, OPER-
 ATED OR OTHERWISE SERVED BY METRO-NORTH RAILROAD, THE LONG ISLAND  RAIL-
 ROAD,  THE  PORT  AUTHORITY  OF  NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY, THE NEW JERSEY
 TRANSIT CORPORATION, THE NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY, OR THE  METRO-
 POLITAN  TRANSPORTATION  AUTHORITY  WHERE ANY PORTION OF SUCH STATION IS
 LOCATED EITHER WITHIN A TOWN WITH  A  POPULATION  OF  GREATER  THAN  ONE
 MILLION PEOPLE, OR NO MORE THAN FIFTEEN MILES FROM THE NEAREST BORDER OF
 A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF GREATER THAN ONE MILLION PEOPLE, AS MEASURED
 ON A STRAIGHT LINE FROM SUCH CITY'S NEAREST BORDER TO SUCH RAIL STATION.
   (R)  "TIER  2 QUALIFYING TRANSIT STATION" SHALL BE DEFINED AS ANY RAIL
 STATION, INCLUDING SUBWAY STATIONS, WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK THAT IS
 NOT OPERATED ON AN EXCLUSIVELY SEASONAL BASIS AND THAT IS  OWNED,  OPER-
 ATED  OR OTHERWISE SERVED BY METRO-NORTH RAILROAD, THE LONG ISLAND RAIL-
 ROAD, THE PORT AUTHORITY OF NEW YORK AND  NEW  JERSEY,  THE  NEW  JERSEY
 TRANSIT  CORPORATION, THE NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY, OR THE METRO-
 POLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY WHERE ANY PORTION OF  SUCH  STATION  IS
 LOCATED MORE THAN FIFTEEN AND NO MORE THAN THIRTY MILES FROM THE NEAREST
 BORDER  OF  A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF GREATER THAN ONE MILLION PEOPLE,
 AS MEASURED ON A STRAIGHT LINE FROM SUCH CITY'S NEAREST BORDER  TO  SUCH
 RAIL STATION.
   (S)  "TIER  3 QUALIFYING TRANSIT STATION" SHALL BE DEFINED AS ANY RAIL
 STATION, INCLUDING SUBWAY STATIONS, WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK THAT IS
 NOT OPERATED ON AN EXCLUSIVELY SEASONAL BASIS AND THAT IS  OWNED,  OPER-
 ATED  OR OTHERWISE SERVED BY METRO-NORTH RAILROAD, THE LONG ISLAND RAIL-
 ROAD, THE PORT AUTHORITY OF NEW YORK AND  NEW  JERSEY,  THE  NEW  JERSEY
 TRANSIT  CORPORATION, THE NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY, OR THE METRO-
 POLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY WHERE ANY PORTION OF  SUCH  STATION  IS
 LOCATED  MORE  THAN THIRTY AND NO MORE THAN FIFTY MILES FROM THE NEAREST
 BORDER OF A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF GREATER THAN ONE  MILLION  PEOPLE,
 AS  MEASURED  ON A STRAIGHT LINE FROM SUCH CITY'S NEAREST BORDER TO SUCH
 RAIL STATION.
   (T) "TIER 4 QUALIFYING TRANSIT STATION" SHALL BE DEFINED AS  ANY  RAIL
 STATION, INCLUDING SUBWAY STATIONS, WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK THAT IS
 NOT  OPERATED  ON AN EXCLUSIVELY SEASONAL BASIS AND THAT IS OWNED, OPER-
 ATED OR OTHERWISE SERVED BY METRO-NORTH RAILROAD, THE LONG ISLAND  RAIL-
 ROAD,  THE  PORT  AUTHORITY  OF  NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY, THE NEW JERSEY
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 TRANSIT CORPORATION, THE NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY, OR THE  METRO-
 POLITAN  TRANSPORTATION  AUTHORITY WHERE THE ENTIRETY OF SUCH STATION IS
 LOCATED MORE THAN FIFTY MILES FROM THE NEAREST BORDER OF A CITY  WITH  A
 POPULATION OF GREATER THAN ONE MILLION PEOPLE, AS MEASURED ON A STRAIGHT
 LINE FROM SUCH CITY'S NEAREST BORDER TO SUCH RAIL STATION.
   (U) "TIER 1 TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE" SHALL BE DEFINED AS ANY
 LAND,  OTHER  THAN EXEMPT LAND, LOCATED WITHIN A ONE-HALF MILE RADIUS OF
 ANY PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE AREAS OF A TIER 1  QUALIFYING  TRANSIT  STATION,
 PROVIDED THAT SUCH PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE AREAS INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMIT-
 ED  TO,  PLATFORMS, TICKETING AREAS, WAITING AREAS, ENTRANCES AND EXITS,
 AND PARKING LOTS OR PARKING STRUCTURES THAT PROVIDE PARKING FOR  CUSTOM-
 ERS  OF  SUCH TIER 1 QUALIFYING TRANSIT STATIONS, AND ARE APPURTENANT TO
 SUCH TIER 1 QUALIFYING TRANSIT STATIONS, REGARDLESS OF THE OWNERSHIP  OF
 SUCH  PARKING STRUCTURES OR FACILITIES, AS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS
 SECTION. PROVIDED FURTHER THAT ANY TIER  1  QUALIFYING  TRANSIT  STATION
 SHALL  BE CONSIDERED TO BE PART OF SUCH TIER 1 TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOP-
 MENT ZONE.
   (V) "TIER 2 TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE" SHALL BE DEFINED AS ANY
 LAND, OTHER THAN EXEMPT LAND, LOCATED WITHIN A ONE-HALF MILE  RADIUS  OF
 ANY  PUBLICLY  ACCESSIBLE  AREAS OF A TIER 2 QUALIFYING TRANSIT STATION,
 PROVIDED THAT SUCH PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE AREAS INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMIT-
 ED TO, PLATFORMS, TICKETING AREAS, WAITING AREAS, ENTRANCES  AND  EXITS,
 AND  PARKING LOTS OR PARKING STRUCTURES THAT PROVIDE PARKING FOR CUSTOM-
 ERS OF SUCH TIER 2 QUALIFYING TRANSIT STATIONS, AND ARE  APPURTENANT  TO
 SUCH  TIER 2 QUALIFYING TRANSIT STATIONS, REGARDLESS OF THE OWNERSHIP OF
 SUCH PARKING STRUCTURES OR FACILITIES, AS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF  THIS
 SECTION.  PROVIDED  FURTHER  THAT  ANY TIER 2 QUALIFYING TRANSIT STATION
 SHALL BE CONSIDERED TO BE PART OF SUCH TIER 2 TRANSIT-ORIENTED  DEVELOP-
 MENT ZONE.
   (W) "TIER 3 TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE" SHALL BE DEFINED AS ANY
 LAND,  OTHER  THAN EXEMPT LAND, LOCATED WITHIN A ONE-HALF MILE RADIUS OF
 ANY PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE AREAS OF A TIER 3  QUALIFYING  TRANSIT  STATION,
 PROVIDED THAT SUCH PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE AREAS INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMIT-
 ED  TO,  PLATFORMS, TICKETING AREAS, WAITING AREAS, ENTRANCES AND EXITS,
 AND PARKING LOTS OR PARKING STRUCTURES THAT PROVIDE PARKING FOR  CUSTOM-
 ERS  OF  SUCH TIER 3 QUALIFYING TRANSIT STATIONS, AND ARE APPURTENANT TO
 SUCH TIER 3 QUALIFYING TRANSIT STATIONS, REGARDLESS OF THE OWNERSHIP  OF
 SUCH  PARKING STRUCTURES OR FACILITIES, AS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS
 SECTION. PROVIDED FURTHER THAT ANY TIER  3  QUALIFYING  TRANSIT  STATION
 SHALL  BE CONSIDERED TO BE PART OF SUCH TIER 3 TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOP-
 MENT ZONE.
   (X) "TIER 4 TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE" SHALL BE DEFINED AS ANY
 LAND, OTHER THAN EXEMPT LAND, LOCATED WITHIN A ONE-HALF MILE  RADIUS  OF
 ANY  PUBLICLY  ACCESSIBLE  AREAS OF A TIER 4 QUALIFYING TRANSIT STATION,
 PROVIDED THAT SUCH PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE AREAS INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMIT-
 ED TO, PLATFORMS, TICKETING AREAS, WAITING AREAS, ENTRANCES  AND  EXITS,
 AND  PARKING LOTS OR PARKING STRUCTURES THAT PROVIDE PARKING FOR CUSTOM-
 ERS OF SUCH TIER 4 QUALIFYING TRANSIT STATIONS, AND ARE  APPURTENANT  TO
 SUCH  TIER 4 QUALIFYING TRANSIT STATIONS, REGARDLESS OF THE OWNERSHIP OF
 SUCH PARKING STRUCTURES OR FACILITIES, AS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF  THIS
 SECTION.  PROVIDED  FURTHER  THAT  ANY TIER 4 QUALIFYING TRANSIT STATION
 SHALL BE CONSIDERED TO BE PART OF SUCH TIER 4 TRANSIT-ORIENTED  DEVELOP-
 MENT ZONE.
   (Y)  "TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE" SHALL REFER TO A TIER 1 TRAN-
 SIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE, A  TIER  2  TRANSIT-ORIENTED  DEVELOPMENT
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 ZONE,  A  TIER 3 TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE, OR A TIER 4 TRANSIT-
 ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE, AS APPLICABLE.
   2.  AMENDMENT  TO  LOCAL  LAND  USE TOOLS. (A) A TOWN'S LOCAL LAND USE
 TOOLS SHALL BE AMENDED TO MEET OR EXCEED THE AGGREGATE DENSITY  REQUIRE-
 MENT  ON OR BEFORE THE DATE THAT IS THREE YEARS SUBSEQUENT TO THE EFFEC-
 TIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION UNLESS SUCH AGGREGATE DENSITY  REQUIREMENT  IS
 PERMITTED  PURSUANT  TO  A TOWN'S LOCAL LAND USE TOOLS WITHOUT REQUIRING
 ANY AMENDMENT.
   (B) ANY AMENDMENT UNDERTAKEN PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS  SUBDI-
 VISION  SHALL  BE  EXEMPT  FROM  ANY REVIEW REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE
 EIGHT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW  AND  ANY  RULES  AND  REGU-
 LATIONS  PROMULGATED  THERETO, AND ANY LOCAL EQUIVALENT LAW, REGULATION,
 OR RULE, PROVIDED FURTHER THAT ANY AMENDMENT TO THE PERMISSIBLE  USE  OF
 NON-BUILDABLE LAND SHALL BE SUBJECT TO SUCH REVIEW, AS APPLICABLE.
   (C) NO AMENDMENT UNDERTAKEN PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVI-
 SION  SHALL  CREATE  OR  OTHERWISE  IMPOSE ANY UNREASONABLE LAWS, RULES,
 REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES OR RESTRICTIONS  THAT  EFFECTIVELY  PREVENT  THE
 CONSTRUCTION  OR  OCCUPATION  OF QUALIFYING PROJECTS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
 LIMITED  TO,  ANY  SUCH  LAWS,   RULES,   REGULATIONS,   GUIDELINES   OR
 RESTRICTIONS GOVERNING LOT COVERAGE, OPEN SPACE, HEIGHT, SETBACKS, FLOOR
 AREA RATIOS, OR PARKING REQUIREMENTS.
   (D)  PRIOR TO THE FINALIZATION OF THE AMENDMENT UNDERTAKEN PURSUANT TO
 PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT SHALL  SET
 FORTH IN WRITING AND PUBLISH:
   (I)  A DESCRIPTION OF THE LAND THAT IS PART OF THE APPLICABLE TRANSIT-
 ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE;
   (II) A DESCRIPTION OF THE LAND  THAT  IS  EXEMPT  FROM  THE  AGGREGATE
 DENSITY REQUIREMENT;
   (III)  A  DESCRIPTION  OF  ANY  EXEMPT  LAND  THAT  WOULD OTHERWISE BE
 INCLUDED IN THE TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE;
   (IV) A SPECIFIC DESCRIPTION OF THE PERMISSIBLE LAND  USES  WITHIN  THE
 APPLICABLE TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE PRIOR TO THE AMENDMENT;
   (V) A SPECIFIC DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSED PERMISSIBLE LAND USES WITH-
 IN THE APPLICABLE TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE FOLLOWING THE AMEND-
 MENT;
   (VI)  THE  ALLOWABLE  AGGREGATE DENSITY, MEANING THE AVERAGE ALLOWABLE
 DENSITY WITHIN THE  APPLICABLE  TRANSIT-ORIENTED  DEVELOPMENT  ZONE,  OF
 RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS PRIOR TO THE AMENDMENT;
   (VII)  THE  ALLOWABLE AGGREGATE DENSITY, MEANING THE AVERAGE ALLOWABLE
 DENSITY WITHIN THE  APPLICABLE  TRANSIT-ORIENTED  DEVELOPMENT  ZONE,  OF
 RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS SUBSEQUENT TO THE AMENDMENT;
   (VIII) THE CAPACITY OF THE DRINKING WATER SUPPLY AND WASTEWATER TREAT-
 MENT SERVICES, AS APPLICABLE, TO SUPPORT THE PROPOSED INCREASED RESIDEN-
 TIAL DWELLINGS DENSITY CONTEMPLATED BY THE AMENDMENT;
   (IX)  THE CAPACITY OF LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE UTILITY
 SERVICES TO SUPPORT THE PROPOSED INCREASED RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS DENSITY
 CONTEMPLATED BY THE AMENDMENT;
   (X) THE EXISTENCE OF SITES CONTAINING  OR  CONTAMINATED  BY  HAZARDOUS
 WASTE WITHIN THE AREA CONTEMPLATED BY THE AMENDMENT;
   (XI) ANY REQUIRED STORMWATER RUNOFF STRATEGIES OR REQUIREMENTS CONTEM-
 PLATED BY THE AMENDMENT; AND
   (XII)  A  SPECIFIC DESCRIPTION OF ANY LAND WITHIN THE APPLICABLE TRAN-
 SIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE LOCATED WITHIN THE ONE-HUNDRED-YEAR  FLOOD
 PLAIN OR WHERE THE DEPTH TO THE WATER TABLE IS LESS THAN THREE FEET.
   (E)  IN THE EVENT THAT A TOWN FAILS TO FINALIZE THE AMENDMENT PURSUANT
 TO AND WITHIN THE REQUIRED TIME SET  FORTH  IN  PARAGRAPH  (A)  OF  THIS
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 SUBDIVISION,  AND  UNTIL SUCH TIME AS A TOWN COMPREHENSIVELY UPDATES ITS
 LOCAL LAND USE TOOLS IN COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH (A) OF  THIS  SUBDIVI-
 SION, AND NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, LOCAL,
 OR OTHER LAW, INCLUDING THE COMMON LAW, TO THE CONTRARY:
   (I) ALL TOWNS SHALL PERMIT THE CONSTRUCTION AND OCCUPATION OF RESIDEN-
 TIAL  DWELLINGS WITH A DENSITY UP TO AND INCLUDING THE APPLICABLE AGGRE-
 GATE DENSITY REQUIREMENT IN ANY RESIDENTIAL ZONE;
   (II) NO TOWN SHALL IMPOSE RESTRICTIONS THAT  EFFECTIVELY  PREVENT  THE
 CONSTRUCTION  OR OCCUPANCY OF SUCH RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS, INCLUDING, BUT
 NOT LIMITED TO, ANY SUCH RESTRICTIONS  RELATED  TO  LOT  COVERAGE,  OPEN
 SPACE, HEIGHT, SETBACKS, FLOOR AREA RATIOS, OR PARKING REQUIREMENTS; AND
   (III)  A  PROJECT  FOR RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS, WHICH WOULD OTHERWISE BE
 CLASSIFIED AS A QUALIFYING PROJECT IF A TOWN TIMELY ADOPTED AN AMENDMENT
 PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION AND WHICH IS APPROVED BY A
 TOWN OR LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT PURSUANT TO A  TRANSIT-ORIENTED  DEVELOP-
 MENT  REVIEW PROCESS PRIOR TO THE DATE OF THE AMENDMENT, SHALL BE VESTED
 UPON THE ISSUANCE OF A BUILDING  PERMIT  IN  THE  EVENT  A  SUBSEQUENTLY
 ENACTED  AMENDMENT  OR ANY UPDATES TO THE LAND USE TOOLS ARE CONTRARY TO
 THE RIGHTS GRANTED FOR SUCH PROJECT.  SUCH  VESTED  RIGHTS  SHALL  EXIST
 WITHOUT  THE  NEED  FOR  THE  PERMIT  HOLDER  TO DEMONSTRATE SUBSTANTIAL
 EXPENDITURE AND SUBSTANTIAL CONSTRUCTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH  THE  PERMIT
 PRIOR  TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE AMENDMENT OR ANY UPDATES TO THE LAND
 USE TOOLS.
   3. TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS. (A) IN THE EVENT  THAT
 A  TOWN  FAILS  TO  FINALIZE  THE  AMENDMENT  PURSUANT TO AND WITHIN THE
 REQUIRED TIME SET FORTH IN PARAGRAPH (A)  OF  SUBDIVISION  TWO  OF  THIS
 SECTION, AND UNTIL SUCH TIME AS A TOWN COMPREHENSIVELY UPDATES ITS LOCAL
 LAND  USE  TOOLS  IN COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF
 THIS SECTION, ANY PROJECT SPECIFIC REVIEW RELATED TO A PROPOSED QUALIFY-
 ING PROJECT SHALL BE REVIEWED PURSUANT TO THE TRANSIT-ORIENTED  DEVELOP-
 MENT REVIEW PROCESS.
   (B)  AFTER  THE  FINALIZATION  OF THE AMENDMENT UNDERTAKEN PURSUANT TO
 PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION TWO, ANY PROJECT SPECIFIC REVIEW RELATED TO
 A PROPOSED QUALIFYING PROJECT SHALL BE REVIEWED PURSUANT  TO  THE  TRAN-
 SIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS.
   4.  ENFORCEMENT.  (A)(I) THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
 MAY COMMENCE AN ACTION IN A COURT OF APPROPRIATE JURISDICTION TO  COMPEL
 A TOWN TO AMEND ITS LOCAL LAND USE TOOLS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIRE-
 MENTS  SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION IF THE TOWN FAILS TO
 DO SO WITHIN THE REQUIRED TIMEFRAME SET FORTH THEREIN.
   (II) A PARTY MAY PURSUE A CAUSE OF ACTION PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (B) OF
 THIS SUBDIVISION IF SUCH PARTY IS IMPROPERLY DENIED PERMISSION BY A LEAD
 AGENCY EQUIVALENT TO BUILD A QUALIFYING PROJECT  PURSUANT  TO  PARAGRAPH
 (B) OF SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION.
   (B)  (I)  UPON  A  FAILURE  OF A TOWN TO COMPLY WITH THE DEADLINES SET
 FORTH IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION, OR A LEAD AGENCY  EQUIVALENT'S
 DENIAL  OF ANY APPLICATION SUBMITTED IN RELATION TO A QUALIFYING PROJECT
 IN VIOLATION OF PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION,  ANY
 PARTY  AGGRIEVED  BY  ANY  SUCH FAILURE OR DENIAL MAY COMMENCE A SPECIAL
 PROCEEDING AGAINST THE SUBJECT TOWN OR LEAD AGENCY  EQUIVALENT  AND  THE
 OFFICERS  OF  SUCH  TOWN AND LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT IN THE SUPREME COURT
 WITHIN THE JUDICIAL DISTRICT IN WHICH THE TOWN OR THE GREATER PORTION OF
 THE TERRITORY OF SUCH TOWN IS LOCATED  TO  COMPEL  COMPLIANCE  WITH  THE
 PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
   (II)  IF, UPON COMMENCEMENT OF SUCH PROCEEDING, IT SHALL APPEAR TO THE
 COURT THAT TESTIMONY IS NECESSARY FOR  THE  PROPER  DISPOSITION  OF  THE
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 MATTER,  THE COURT MAY TAKE EVIDENCE AND DETERMINE THE MATTER.  ALTERNA-
 TIVELY, THE COURT MAY APPOINT A  HEARING  OFFICER  PURSUANT  TO  ARTICLE
 FORTY-THREE OF THE CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES TO TAKE SUCH EVIDENCE AS
 IT  MAY  DIRECT  AND REPORT THE SAME TO THE COURT WITH THE HEARING OFFI-
 CER'S FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW, WHICH SHALL CONSTITUTE  A
 PART  OF THE PROCEEDINGS UPON WHICH THE DETERMINATION OF THE COURT SHALL
 BE MADE.
   (III) THE TOWN OR LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT MUST SET  FORTH  THE  REASONS
 FOR  THE  DENIAL  OF  THE  APPLICATION AND MUST DEMONSTRATE BY CLEAR AND
 CONVINCING EVIDENCE THAT THE TOWN OR LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT  DENIED  THE
 APPLICATION  DUE TO BONA FIDE HEALTH AND SAFETY CONCERNS, OR PURSUANT TO
 THE TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS THAT COMPLIES  WITH  THE
 REQUIREMENTS  OF  THIS  SECTION.  IF  THE TOWN OR LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT
 MEETS SUCH BURDEN, THE APPLICANT  SHALL  BE  GIVEN  THE  OPPORTUNITY  TO
 DEMONSTRATE  THAT  THE CONCERNS RAISED BY THE TOWN OR LEAD AGENCY EQUIV-
 ALENT ARE PRETEXTUAL OR THAT SUCH CONCERNS CAN BE ADDRESSED OR MITIGATED
 BY CHANGES TO THE QUALIFYING PROJECT.
   (IV) THE COURT MAY REVERSE OR AFFIRM, WHOLLY OR PARTLY, OR MAY  MODIFY
 THE  DECISION  BROUGHT  UP  FOR REVIEW. THE COURT MAY ALSO REMAND TO THE
 TOWN OR LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT TO PROCESS OR FURTHER CONSIDER AN  APPLI-
 CATION CONSISTENT WITH THE TERMS OF ANY ORDER OF THE COURT, INCLUDING ON
 AN EXPEDITED BASIS.
   (V)  COSTS  SHALL  NOT BE ALLOWED AGAINST THE TOWN, LEAD AGENCY EQUIV-
 ALENT, AND THE OFFICERS WHOSE  FAILURE  OR  REFUSAL  GAVE  RISE  TO  THE
 SPECIAL  PROCEEDING,  UNLESS IT SHALL APPEAR TO THE COURT THAT THE TOWN,
 LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT, AND ITS OFFICERS OR EMPLOYEES ACTED  WITH  GROSS
 NEGLIGENCE, IN BAD FAITH, OR WITH MALICE.
   §  5.  The  village  law is amended by adding a new section 7-700-a to
 read as follows:
   § 7-700-A DENSITY OF RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS NEAR TRANSIT  STATIONS.  1.
 DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE
 FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (A)  "AGGREGATE  DENSITY  REQUIREMENT"  SHALL BE DEFINED AS A REQUIRED
 MINIMUM AVERAGE DENSITY OF RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS PER ACRE ACROSS A TRAN-
 SIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE, PROVIDED THAT EXEMPT LAND  SHALL  NOT  BE
 INCLUDED  IN THE CALCULATION TO DETERMINE THE AGGREGATE DENSITY REQUIRE-
 MENT. PROVIDED FURTHER THAT:
   (I) WITHIN A TIER 1 TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT  ZONE,  THE  REQUIRED
 MINIMUM AVERAGE DENSITY SHALL BE FIFTY RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS PER ACRE;
   (II)  WITHIN  A TIER 2 TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE, THE REQUIRED
 MINIMUM AVERAGE DENSITY SHALL BE THIRTY RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS PER ACRE;
   (III) WITHIN A TIER 3 TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE, THE  REQUIRED
 MINIMUM  AVERAGE DENSITY SHALL BE TWENTY RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS PER ACRE;
 AND
   (IV) WITHIN A TIER 4 TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE,  THE  REQUIRED
 MINIMUM AVERAGE DENSITY SHALL BE FIFTEEN RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS PER ACRE.
   (B)  "AMENDMENT" SHALL BE DEFINED AS ANY LOCAL LEGISLATIVE, EXECUTIVE,
 OR ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGE MADE TO A VILLAGE'S LOCAL LAND USE TOOLS PURSU-
 ANT TO SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION.
   (C) "ECONOMICALLY INFEASIBLE" SHALL MEAN ANY CONDITION  BROUGHT  ABOUT
 BY  ANY  SINGLE  FACTOR  OR COMBINATION OF FACTORS TO THE EXTENT THAT IT
 MAKES IT SUBSTANTIALLY UNLIKELY FOR AN OWNER TO PROCEED  IN  BUILDING  A
 RESIDENTIAL  HOUSING  PROJECT  AND  STILL REALIZE A REASONABLE RETURN IN
 BUILDING OR OPERATING SUCH HOUSING WITHOUT  SUBSTANTIALLY  CHANGING  THE
 RENT LEVELS, UNIT SIZES, OR UNIT COUNTS PROPOSED BY THE OWNER.
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   (D)  "EXEMPT LAND" SHALL BE DEFINED AS NON-BUILDABLE LAND, CEMETERIES,
 MAPPED OR DEDICATED PARKS, REGISTERED HISTORIC SITES, AND HIGHWAYS.
   (E) "HIGHWAYS" SHALL BE DEFINED AS A VEHICLE ROAD DESIGNATED AND IDEN-
 TIFIED  PURSUANT  TO  THE  NEW  YORK STATE OR FEDERAL INTERSTATE HIGHWAY
 SYSTEM.
   (F) "LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT" SHALL BE DEFINED AS ANY VILLAGE OR COMMON
 COUNCIL OR OTHER LEGISLATIVE BODY OF THE VILLAGE, PLANNING BOARD, ZONING
 BOARD OF APPEALS, PLANNING DIVISION, PLANNING COMMISSION, BOARD OF STAN-
 DARDS AND APPEALS, BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS, OR ANY OFFICIAL OR EMPLOYEE,
 OR ANY OTHER AGENCY, DEPARTMENT, BOARD,  BODY,  OR  OTHER  ENTITY  IN  A
 VILLAGE  WITH  THE  AUTHORITY  TO  APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE OF ANY SPECIFIC
 PROJECT OR AMENDMENT TO ANY LOCAL LAND USE TOOLS AS DEFINED HEREIN.
   (G) "LOCAL LAND USE TOOLS" SHALL BE  ADOPTED  OR  ENACTED  UNDER  THIS
 CHAPTER,  THE  MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW, OR ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL OR OTHER
 LAW PERTAINING TO LAND USE, AND SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE  LIMITED  TO  A
 VILLAGE'S:
   (I) WRITTEN OR OTHER COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OR PLANS;
   (II) ZONING ORDINANCE, LOCAL LAWS, RESOLUTIONS OR REGULATIONS;
   (III)  SPECIAL USE PERMIT, SPECIAL EXCEPTION PERMIT, OR SPECIAL PERMIT
 ORDINANCE, LOCAL LAWS, RESOLUTIONS OR REGULATIONS;
   (IV) SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE, LOCAL LAWS, RESOLUTIONS OR REGULATIONS;
   (V) SITE PLAN REVIEW  ORDINANCE,  LOCAL  LAWS,  RESOLUTIONS  OR  REGU-
 LATIONS; AND/OR
   (VI)  POLICIES  OR  PROCEDURES, OR ANY PLANNING, ZONING, OR OTHER LAND
 USE REGULATORY TOOL THAT CONTROLS OR ESTABLISHES STANDARDS FOR  THE  USE
 AND  OCCUPANCY  OF  LAND,  THE AREA AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THE
 DEVELOPMENT OF LAND OR THE INTENSITY OF SUCH DEVELOPMENT.
   (H) "MAPPED OR DEDICATED PARKS" SHALL BE DEFINED AS:
   (I) ANY LAND DESIGNATED ON AN OFFICIAL MAP ESTABLISHED  AS  AUTHORIZED
 BY  LAW  OR  DEPICTED  ON  ANOTHER  MAP  ADOPTED OR ENACTED BY THE LOCAL
 GOVERNING BOARD AS A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE SPACE DESIGNATED  FOR  PARK  OR
 RECREATIONAL USE ON OR BEFORE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION; OR
   (II)  ANY  PARKLAND EXPRESSLY OR IMPLIEDLY DEDICATED TO PARK OR RECRE-
 ATIONAL USE ON OR BEFORE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION.
   (I) "NON-BUILDABLE LAND" SHALL BE DEFINED AS ANY LAND THAT  CANNOT  BE
 BUILT UPON WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT ALTERATIONS TO THE NATURAL TERRAIN NEEDED
 TO  MAKE  SUCH LAND SUITABLE FOR CONSTRUCTION, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED
 TO RIVERS AND STREAMS, FRESHWATER AND TIDAL WETLANDS, MARSHLANDS,  COAS-
 TAL  EROSIONS  HAZARD AREAS, ONE-HUNDRED-YEAR FLOOD PLAIN, AND PROTECTED
 FORESTS. NO LAND THAT HAS PREVIOUSLY HAD A BUILDING  OR  OTHER  IMPROVE-
 MENT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO PARKING LOTS, CONSTRUCTED ON IT SHALL
 BE CONSIDERED NON-BUILDABLE LAND.
   (J)  "OBJECTIVE  STANDARDS" SHALL BE DEFINED AS STANDARDS THAT INVOLVE
 NO PERSONAL OR SUBJECTIVE JUDGMENT BY A PUBLIC OFFICIAL OR EMPLOYEE  AND
 ARE  UNIFORMLY  VERIFIABLE  BY  REFERENCE  TO  A  PUBLICLY AVAILABLE AND
 UNIFORM BENCHMARK OR CRITERION AVAILABLE AND KNOWABLE BY BOTH THE DEVEL-
 OPMENT APPLICANT AND THE PUBLIC OFFICIAL OR EMPLOYEE BEFORE SUBMITTAL OF
 A LAND USE APPLICATION TO LOCATE AND DEVELOP RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS.
   (K) "PROJECT SPECIFIC REVIEW"  SHALL  BE  DEFINED  AS  ANY  REVIEW  OR
 APPROVAL  PROCESS  RELATED TO A SPECIFIC SITE, OR TO A PROPOSED DEVELOP-
 MENT OR AN APPLICATION, REGARDLESS OF THE NUMBER  OF  SITES,  INCLUDING,
 BUT  NOT  LIMITED TO, VARIANCE, WAIVER, SPECIAL PERMIT, SITE PLAN REVIEW
 OR SUBDIVISION REVIEW.
   (L) "QUALIFYING PROJECT" SHALL BE DEFINED AS A PROPOSED  PROJECT  THAT
 CONSISTS  PRIMARILY  OF RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS THAT IS OR WILL BE LOCATED
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 WITHIN A TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE AND WHICH WILL  BE  CONNECTED
 TO PUBLICLY-OWNED WATER AND SEWAGE SYSTEMS.
   (M)  "REGISTERED HISTORIC SITES" SHALL BE DEFINED AS SITES, DISTRICTS,
 STRUCTURES, LANDMARKS, OR BUILDINGS LISTED  ON  THE  STATE  REGISTER  OF
 HISTORIC PLACES AS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION.
   (N) "RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS" SHALL BE DEFINED AS ANY BUILDING OR STRUC-
 TURE OR PORTION THEREOF WHICH IS LEGALLY OCCUPIED IN WHOLE OR IN PART AS
 THE  HOME,  RESIDENCE  OR  SLEEPING  PLACE  OF ONE OR MORE HUMAN BEINGS,
 HOWEVER THE TERM DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY  CLASS  B  MULTIPLE  DWELLINGS  AS
 DEFINED  IN SECTION FOUR OF THE MULTIPLE DWELLING LAW OR HOUSING THAT IS
 INTENDED TO BE USED ON A SEASONAL BASIS.
   (O) "RESIDENTIAL ZONE" SHALL BE DEFINED AS ANY LAND WITHIN A  TRANSIT-
 ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE WHEREIN RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS ARE PERMITTED AS
 OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION.
   (P)  "TRANSIT-ORIENTED  DEVELOPMENT  REVIEW PROCESS" IS THE PROCESS BY
 WHICH ALL PROJECT SPECIFIC REVIEWS  IN  A  TRANSIT-ORIENTED  DEVELOPMENT
 ZONE  AND ALL OTHER LAND USE ACTIONS UNDERTAKEN PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION
 SHALL BE REVIEWED, WHICH SHALL:
   (I) BE COMPLETED WITH APPROVAL OR DENIAL  DELIVERED  TO  THE  APPLYING
 PARTY WITHIN ONE HUNDRED TWENTY DAYS OF THE APPLICATION BEING SUBMITTED;
 AND
   (II) BE LIMITED TO A REVIEW OF THE FOLLOWING:
   (A)  THE CAPACITY OF LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE DRINKING
 WATER AND WASTEWATER SERVICES TO THE PROPOSED PROJECT;
   (B) THE CAPACITY OF LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE TO PROVIDE  ADEQUATE  UTILITY
 SERVICES TO THE PROPOSED PROJECT; AND
   (C) THE AESTHETICS OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT, PROVIDED THAT ANY AESTHET-
 IC  REVIEW  MUST BE BASED ON PUBLISHED OBJECTIVE STANDARDS. IF NO OBJEC-
 TIVE STANDARDS ARE PUBLISHED,  NO  TRANSIT-ORIENTED  DEVELOPMENT  REVIEW
 PROCESS  MAY CONSIDER AESTHETICS, AND PROVIDED FURTHER THAT NO AESTHETIC
 REQUIREMENTS SHALL INCREASE THE COST OF A  QUALIFYING  PROJECT  TO  MAKE
 SUCH PROJECT AS PROPOSED ECONOMICALLY INFEASIBLE.
   ALL  PROPOSED ACTIONS SUBJECT TO REVIEW PURSUANT TO A TRANSIT-ORIENTED
 DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM ANY ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
 REQUIREMENTS PURSUANT TO ARTICLE EIGHT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
 LAW AND ANY RULES AND REGULATIONS PROMULGATED  THERETO,  AND  ANY  LOCAL
 EQUIVALENT  LAW,  REGULATION  OR RULE. PROVIDED FURTHER THAT NOTHING SET
 FORTH IN THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL BE INTERPRETED TO  OVERRIDE  OR  OTHERWISE
 WAIVE ANY PERMITTING REQUIRED PURSUANT TO STATE OR FEDERAL LAWS OR REGU-
 LATIONS, UNLESS SPECIFICALLY SET FORTH HEREIN.
   (Q)  "TIER  1 QUALIFYING TRANSIT STATION" SHALL BE DEFINED AS ANY RAIL
 STATION, INCLUDING SUBWAY STATIONS, WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK THAT IS
 NOT OPERATED ON AN EXCLUSIVELY SEASONAL BASIS AND THAT IS  OWNED,  OPER-
 ATED  OR OTHERWISE SERVED BY METRO-NORTH RAILROAD, THE LONG ISLAND RAIL-
 ROAD, THE PORT AUTHORITY OF NEW YORK AND  NEW  JERSEY,  THE  NEW  JERSEY
 TRANSIT  CORPORATION, THE NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY, OR THE METRO-
 POLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY WHERE ANY PORTION OF  SUCH  STATION  IS
 LOCATED  EITHER  WITHIN  A VILLAGE WITH A POPULATION OF GREATER THAN ONE
 MILLION PEOPLE, OR NO MORE THAN FIFTEEN MILES FROM THE NEAREST BORDER OF
 A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF GREATER THAN ONE MILLION PEOPLE, AS MEASURED
 ON A STRAIGHT LINE FROM SUCH CITY'S NEAREST BORDER TO SUCH RAIL STATION.
   (R) "TIER 2 QUALIFYING TRANSIT STATION" SHALL BE DEFINED AS  ANY  RAIL
 STATION, INCLUDING SUBWAY STATIONS, WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK THAT IS
 NOT  OPERATED  ON AN EXCLUSIVELY SEASONAL BASIS AND THAT IS OWNED, OPER-
 ATED OR OTHERWISE SERVED BY METRO-NORTH RAILROAD, THE LONG ISLAND  RAIL-
 ROAD,  THE  PORT  AUTHORITY  OF  NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY, THE NEW JERSEY
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 TRANSIT CORPORATION, THE NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY, OR THE  METRO-
 POLITAN  TRANSPORTATION  AUTHORITY  WHERE ANY PORTION OF SUCH STATION IS
 LOCATED MORE THAN FIFTEEN AND NO MORE THAN THIRTY MILES FROM THE NEAREST
 BORDER  OF  A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF GREATER THAN ONE MILLION PEOPLE,
 AS MEASURED ON A STRAIGHT LINE FROM SUCH CITY'S NEAREST BORDER  TO  SUCH
 RAIL STATION.
   (S)  "TIER  3 QUALIFYING TRANSIT STATION" SHALL BE DEFINED AS ANY RAIL
 STATION, INCLUDING SUBWAY STATIONS, WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK THAT IS
 NOT OPERATED ON AN EXCLUSIVELY SEASONAL BASIS AND THAT IS  OWNED,  OPER-
 ATED  OR OTHERWISE SERVED BY METRO-NORTH RAILROAD, THE LONG ISLAND RAIL-
 ROAD, THE PORT AUTHORITY OF NEW YORK AND  NEW  JERSEY,  THE  NEW  JERSEY
 TRANSIT  CORPORATION, THE NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY, OR THE METRO-
 POLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY WHERE ANY PORTION OF  SUCH  STATION  IS
 LOCATED  MORE  THAN THIRTY AND NO MORE THAN FIFTY MILES FROM THE NEAREST
 BORDER OF A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF GREATER THAN ONE  MILLION  PEOPLE,
 AS  MEASURED  ON A STRAIGHT LINE FROM SUCH CITY'S NEAREST BORDER TO SUCH
 RAIL STATION.
   (T) "TIER 4 QUALIFYING TRANSIT STATION" SHALL BE DEFINED AS  ANY  RAIL
 STATION, INCLUDING SUBWAY STATIONS, WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK THAT IS
 NOT  OPERATED  ON AN EXCLUSIVELY SEASONAL BASIS AND THAT IS OWNED, OPER-
 ATED OR OTHERWISE SERVED BY METRO-NORTH RAILROAD, THE LONG ISLAND  RAIL-
 ROAD,  THE  PORT  AUTHORITY  OF  NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY, THE NEW JERSEY
 TRANSIT CORPORATION, THE NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY, OR THE  METRO-
 POLITAN  TRANSPORTATION  AUTHORITY WHERE THE ENTIRETY OF SUCH STATION IS
 LOCATED MORE THAN FIFTY MILES FROM THE NEAREST BORDER OF A CITY  WITH  A
 POPULATION OF GREATER THAN ONE MILLION PEOPLE, AS MEASURED ON A STRAIGHT
 LINE FROM SUCH CITY'S NEAREST BORDER TO SUCH RAIL STATION.
   (U) "TIER 1 TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE" SHALL BE DEFINED AS ANY
 LAND,  OTHER  THAN EXEMPT LAND, LOCATED WITHIN A ONE-HALF MILE RADIUS OF
 ANY PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE AREAS OF A TIER 1  QUALIFYING  TRANSIT  STATION,
 PROVIDED THAT SUCH PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE AREAS INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMIT-
 ED  TO,  PLATFORMS, TICKETING AREAS, WAITING AREAS, ENTRANCES AND EXITS,
 AND PARKING LOTS OR PARKING STRUCTURES THAT PROVIDE PARKING FOR  CUSTOM-
 ERS  OF  SUCH TIER 1 QUALIFYING TRANSIT STATIONS, AND ARE APPURTENANT TO
 SUCH TIER 1 QUALIFYING TRANSIT STATIONS, REGARDLESS OF THE OWNERSHIP  OF
 SUCH  PARKING STRUCTURES OR FACILITIES, AS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS
 SECTION. PROVIDED FURTHER THAT ANY TIER  1  QUALIFYING  TRANSIT  STATION
 SHALL  BE CONSIDERED TO BE PART OF SUCH TIER 1 TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOP-
 MENT ZONE.
   (V) "TIER 2 TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE" SHALL BE DEFINED AS ANY
 LAND, OTHER THAN EXEMPT LAND, LOCATED WITHIN A ONE-HALF MILE  RADIUS  OF
 ANY  PUBLICLY  ACCESSIBLE  AREAS OF A TIER 2 QUALIFYING TRANSIT STATION,
 PROVIDED THAT SUCH PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE AREAS INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMIT-
 ED TO, PLATFORMS, TICKETING AREAS, WAITING AREAS, ENTRANCES  AND  EXITS,
 AND  PARKING LOTS OR PARKING STRUCTURES THAT PROVIDE PARKING FOR CUSTOM-
 ERS OF SUCH TIER 2 QUALIFYING TRANSIT STATIONS, AND ARE  APPURTENANT  TO
 SUCH  TIER 2 QUALIFYING TRANSIT STATIONS, REGARDLESS OF THE OWNERSHIP OF
 SUCH PARKING STRUCTURES OR FACILITIES, AS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF  THIS
 SECTION.  PROVIDED  FURTHER  THAT  ANY TIER 2 QUALIFYING TRANSIT STATION
 SHALL BE CONSIDERED TO BE PART OF SUCH TIER 2 TRANSIT-ORIENTED  DEVELOP-
 MENT ZONE.
   (W) "TIER 3 TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE" SHALL BE DEFINED AS ANY
 LAND,  OTHER  THAN EXEMPT LAND, LOCATED WITHIN A ONE-HALF MILE RADIUS OF
 ANY PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE AREAS OF A TIER 3  QUALIFYING  TRANSIT  STATION,
 PROVIDED THAT SUCH PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE AREAS INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMIT-
 ED  TO,  PLATFORMS, TICKETING AREAS, WAITING AREAS, ENTRANCES AND EXITS,
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 AND PARKING LOTS OR PARKING STRUCTURES THAT PROVIDE PARKING FOR  CUSTOM-
 ERS  OF  SUCH TIER 3 QUALIFYING TRANSIT STATIONS, AND ARE APPURTENANT TO
 SUCH TIER 3 QUALIFYING TRANSIT STATIONS, REGARDLESS OF THE OWNERSHIP  OF
 SUCH  PARKING STRUCTURES OR FACILITIES, AS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS
 SECTION. PROVIDED FURTHER THAT ANY TIER  3  QUALIFYING  TRANSIT  STATION
 SHALL  BE CONSIDERED TO BE PART OF SUCH TIER 3 TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOP-
 MENT ZONE.
   (X) "TIER 4 TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE" SHALL BE DEFINED AS ANY
 LAND, OTHER THAN EXEMPT LAND, LOCATED WITHIN A ONE-HALF MILE  RADIUS  OF
 ANY  PUBLICLY  ACCESSIBLE  AREAS OF A TIER 4 QUALIFYING TRANSIT STATION,
 PROVIDED THAT SUCH PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE AREAS INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMIT-
 ED TO, PLATFORMS, TICKETING AREAS, WAITING AREAS, ENTRANCES  AND  EXITS,
 AND  PARKING LOTS OR PARKING STRUCTURES THAT PROVIDE PARKING FOR CUSTOM-
 ERS OF SUCH TIER 4 QUALIFYING TRANSIT STATIONS, AND ARE  APPURTENANT  TO
 SUCH  TIER 4 QUALIFYING TRANSIT STATIONS, REGARDLESS OF THE OWNERSHIP OF
 SUCH PARKING STRUCTURES OR FACILITIES, AS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF  THIS
 SECTION.  PROVIDED  FURTHER  THAT  ANY TIER 4 QUALIFYING TRANSIT STATION
 SHALL BE CONSIDERED TO BE PART OF SUCH TIER 4 TRANSIT-ORIENTED  DEVELOP-
 MENT ZONE.
   (Y)  "TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE" SHALL REFER TO A TIER 1 TRAN-
 SIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE, A  TIER  2  TRANSIT-ORIENTED  DEVELOPMENT
 ZONE,  A  TIER 3 TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE, OR A TIER 4 TRANSIT-
 ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE, AS APPLICABLE.
   2. AMENDMENT TO LOCAL LAND USE TOOLS. (A) A VILLAGE'S LOCAL  LAND  USE
 TOOLS  SHALL BE AMENDED TO MEET OR EXCEED THE AGGREGATE DENSITY REQUIRE-
 MENT ON OR BEFORE THE DATE THAT IS THREE YEARS SUBSEQUENT TO THE  EFFEC-
 TIVE  DATE  OF THIS SECTION UNLESS SUCH AGGREGATE DENSITY REQUIREMENT IS
 PERMITTED PURSUANT TO A VILLAGE'S LOCAL LAND USE TOOLS WITHOUT REQUIRING
 ANY AMENDMENT.
   (B) ANY AMENDMENT UNDERTAKEN PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS  SUBDI-
 VISION  SHALL  BE  EXEMPT  FROM  ANY REVIEW REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE
 EIGHT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW  AND  ANY  RULES  AND  REGU-
 LATIONS  PROMULGATED  THERETO, AND ANY LOCAL EQUIVALENT LAW, REGULATION,
 OR RULE, PROVIDED FURTHER THAT ANY AMENDMENT TO THE PERMISSIBLE  USE  OF
 NON-BUILDABLE LAND SHALL BE SUBJECT TO SUCH REVIEW, AS APPLICABLE.
   (C) NO AMENDMENT UNDERTAKEN PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVI-
 SION  SHALL  CREATE  OR  OTHERWISE  IMPOSE ANY UNREASONABLE LAWS, RULES,
 REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES OR RESTRICTIONS  THAT  EFFECTIVELY  PREVENT  THE
 CONSTRUCTION  OR  OCCUPATION  OF QUALIFYING PROJECTS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
 LIMITED  TO,  ANY  SUCH  LAWS,   RULES,   REGULATIONS,   GUIDELINES   OR
 RESTRICTIONS GOVERNING LOT COVERAGE, OPEN SPACE, HEIGHT, SETBACKS, FLOOR
 AREA RATIOS, OR PARKING REQUIREMENTS.
   (D)  PRIOR TO THE FINALIZATION OF THE AMENDMENT UNDERTAKEN PURSUANT TO
 PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT SHALL  SET
 FORTH IN WRITING AND PUBLISH:
   (I)  A DESCRIPTION OF THE LAND THAT IS PART OF THE APPLICABLE TRANSIT-
 ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE;
   (II) A DESCRIPTION OF THE LAND  THAT  IS  EXEMPT  FROM  THE  AGGREGATE
 DENSITY REQUIREMENT;
   (III)  A  DESCRIPTION  OF  ANY  EXEMPT  LAND  THAT  WOULD OTHERWISE BE
 INCLUDED IN THE TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE;
   (IV) A SPECIFIC DESCRIPTION OF THE PERMISSIBLE LAND  USES  WITHIN  THE
 APPLICABLE TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE PRIOR TO THE AMENDMENT;
   (V) A SPECIFIC DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSED PERMISSIBLE LAND USES WITH-
 IN THE APPLICABLE TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE FOLLOWING THE AMEND-
 MENT;
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   (VI)  THE  ALLOWABLE  AGGREGATE DENSITY, MEANING THE AVERAGE ALLOWABLE
 DENSITY WITHIN THE  APPLICABLE  TRANSIT-ORIENTED  DEVELOPMENT  ZONE,  OF
 RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS PRIOR TO THE AMENDMENT;
   (VII)  THE  ALLOWABLE AGGREGATE DENSITY, MEANING THE AVERAGE ALLOWABLE
 DENSITY WITHIN THE  APPLICABLE  TRANSIT-ORIENTED  DEVELOPMENT  ZONE,  OF
 RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS SUBSEQUENT TO THE AMENDMENT;
   (VIII) THE CAPACITY OF THE DRINKING WATER SUPPLY AND WASTEWATER TREAT-
 MENT SERVICES, AS APPLICABLE, TO SUPPORT THE PROPOSED INCREASED RESIDEN-
 TIAL DWELLINGS DENSITY CONTEMPLATED BY THE AMENDMENT;
   (IX)  THE CAPACITY OF LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE UTILITY
 SERVICES TO SUPPORT THE PROPOSED INCREASED RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS DENSITY
 CONTEMPLATED BY THE AMENDMENT;
   (X) THE EXISTENCE OF SITES CONTAINING  OR  CONTAMINATED  BY  HAZARDOUS
 WASTE WITHIN THE AREA CONTEMPLATED BY THE AMENDMENT;
   (XI) ANY REQUIRED STORMWATER RUNOFF STRATEGIES OR REQUIREMENTS CONTEM-
 PLATED BY THE AMENDMENT; AND
   (XII)  A  SPECIFIC DESCRIPTION OF ANY LAND WITHIN THE APPLICABLE TRAN-
 SIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE LOCATED WITHIN THE ONE-HUNDRED-YEAR  FLOOD
 PLAIN OR WHERE THE DEPTH TO THE WATER TABLE IS LESS THAN THREE FEET.
   (E) IN THE EVENT THAT A VILLAGE FAILS TO FINALIZE THE AMENDMENT PURSU-
 ANT  TO  AND WITHIN THE REQUIRED TIME SET FORTH IN PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS
 SUBDIVISION, AND UNTIL SUCH TIME AS A  VILLAGE  COMPREHENSIVELY  UPDATES
 ITS LOCAL LAND USE TOOLS IN COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDI-
 VISION,  AND  NOTWITHSTANDING  THE  PROVISIONS  OF ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL,
 LOCAL, OR OTHER LAW, INCLUDING THE COMMON LAW, TO THE CONTRARY:
   (I) ALL VILLAGES SHALL PERMIT THE CONSTRUCTION AND OCCUPATION OF RESI-
 DENTIAL DWELLINGS WITH A DENSITY UP  TO  AND  INCLUDING  THE  APPLICABLE
 AGGREGATE DENSITY REQUIREMENT IN ANY RESIDENTIAL ZONE;
   (II) NO VILLAGE SHALL IMPOSE RESTRICTIONS THAT EFFECTIVELY PREVENT THE
 CONSTRUCTION  OR OCCUPANCY OF SUCH RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS, INCLUDING, BUT
 NOT LIMITED TO, ANY SUCH RESTRICTIONS  RELATED  TO  LOT  COVERAGE,  OPEN
 SPACE, HEIGHT, SETBACKS, FLOOR AREA RATIOS, OR PARKING REQUIREMENTS; AND
   (III)  A  PROJECT  FOR RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS, WHICH WOULD OTHERWISE BE
 CLASSIFIED AS A QUALIFYING PROJECT IF A VILLAGE TIMELY ADOPTED AN AMEND-
 MENT PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION AND WHICH IS APPROVED
 BY A VILLAGE OR LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT PURSUANT  TO  A  TRANSIT-ORIENTED
 DEVELOPMENT  REVIEW PROCESS PRIOR TO THE DATE OF THE AMENDMENT, SHALL BE
 VESTED UPON THE ISSUANCE OF A BUILDING PERMIT IN THE EVENT A SUBSEQUENT-
 LY ENACTED AMENDMENT OR ANY UPDATES TO THE LAND USE TOOLS  ARE  CONTRARY
 TO  THE  RIGHTS GRANTED FOR SUCH PROJECT. SUCH VESTED RIGHTS SHALL EXIST
 WITHOUT THE NEED  FOR  THE  PERMIT  HOLDER  TO  DEMONSTRATE  SUBSTANTIAL
 EXPENDITURE  AND  SUBSTANTIAL CONSTRUCTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PERMIT
 PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE AMENDMENT OR ANY UPDATES TO THE  LAND
 USE TOOLS.
   3.  TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS. (A) IN THE EVENT THAT
 A VILLAGE FAILS TO FINALIZE THE AMENDMENT PURSUANT  TO  AND  WITHIN  THE
 REQUIRED  TIME  SET  FORTH  IN  PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS
 SECTION, AND UNTIL SUCH TIME AS A VILLAGE  COMPREHENSIVELY  UPDATES  ITS
 LOCAL LAND USE TOOLS IN COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION TWO
 OF THIS SECTION, ANY PROJECT SPECIFIC REVIEW RELATED TO A PROPOSED QUAL-
 IFYING PROJECT SHALL BE REVIEWED PURSUANT TO THE TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVEL-
 OPMENT REVIEW PROCESS.
   (B)  AFTER  THE  FINALIZATION  OF THE AMENDMENT UNDERTAKEN PURSUANT TO
 PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION, ANY  PROJECT  SPECIFIC
 REVIEW RELATED TO A PROPOSED QUALIFYING PROJECT SHALL BE REVIEWED PURSU-
 ANT TO THE TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS.
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   4.  ENFORCEMENT.  (A)(I) THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
 MAY COMMENCE AN ACTION IN A COURT OF APPROPRIATE JURISDICTION TO  COMPEL
 A  VILLAGE  TO  AMEND  ITS  LOCAL  LAND USE TOOLS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE
 REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION IF THE VILLAGE
 FAILS TO DO SO WITHIN THE REQUIRED TIMEFRAME SET FORTH THEREIN.
   (II) A PARTY MAY PURSUE A CAUSE OF ACTION PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (B) OF
 THIS SUBDIVISION IF SUCH PARTY IS IMPROPERLY DENIED PERMISSION BY A LEAD
 AGENCY  EQUIVALENT  TO  BUILD A QUALIFYING PROJECT PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH
 (B) OF SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION.
   (B)(I) UPON A FAILURE OF A VILLAGE TO COMPLY WITH  THE  DEADLINES  SET
 FORTH  IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION, OR A LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT'S
 DENIAL OF ANY APPLICATION SUBMITTED IN RELATION TO A QUALIFYING  PROJECT
 IN  VIOLATION OF PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION, ANY
 PARTY AGGRIEVED BY ANY SUCH FAILURE OR DENIAL  MAY  COMMENCE  A  SPECIAL
 PROCEEDING AGAINST THE SUBJECT VILLAGE OR LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT AND THE
 OFFICERS OF SUCH VILLAGE AND LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT IN THE SUPREME COURT
 WITHIN THE JUDICIAL DISTRICT IN WHICH THE VILLAGE OR THE GREATER PORTION
 OF  THE  TERRITORY  OF SUCH VILLAGE IS LOCATED TO COMPEL COMPLIANCE WITH
 THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
   (II) IF, UPON COMMENCEMENT OF SUCH PROCEEDING, IT SHALL APPEAR TO  THE
 COURT  THAT  TESTIMONY  IS  NECESSARY  FOR THE PROPER DISPOSITION OF THE
 MATTER, THE COURT MAY TAKE EVIDENCE AND DETERMINE THE MATTER.   ALTERNA-
 TIVELY,  THE  COURT  MAY  APPOINT  A HEARING OFFICER PURSUANT TO ARTICLE
 FORTY-THREE OF THE CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES TO TAKE SUCH EVIDENCE AS
 IT MAY DIRECT AND REPORT THE SAME TO THE COURT WITH  THE  HEARING  OFFI-
 CER'S  FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW, WHICH SHALL CONSTITUTE A
 PART OF THE PROCEEDINGS UPON WHICH THE DETERMINATION OF THE COURT  SHALL
 BE MADE.
   (III) THE VILLAGE OR LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT MUST SET FORTH THE REASONS
 FOR  THE  DENIAL  OF  THE  APPLICATION AND MUST DEMONSTRATE BY CLEAR AND
 CONVINCING EVIDENCE THAT THE VILLAGE OR LEAD  AGENCY  EQUIVALENT  DENIED
 THE APPLICATION DUE TO BONA FIDE HEALTH AND SAFETY CONCERNS, OR PURSUANT
 TO  THE  TRANSIT-ORIENTED  DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS THAT COMPLIES WITH
 THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION. IF THE VILLAGE OR LEAD  AGENCY  EQUIV-
 ALENT MEETS SUCH BURDEN, THE APPLICANT SHALL BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO
 DEMONSTRATE  THAT  THE  CONCERNS  RAISED  BY  THE VILLAGE OR LEAD AGENCY
 EQUIVALENT ARE PRETEXTUAL OR THAT SUCH  CONCERNS  CAN  BE  ADDRESSED  OR
 MITIGATED BY CHANGES TO THE QUALIFYING PROJECT.
   (IV)  THE COURT MAY REVERSE OR AFFIRM, WHOLLY OR PARTLY, OR MAY MODIFY
 THE DECISION BROUGHT UP FOR REVIEW. THE COURT MAY  ALSO  REMAND  TO  THE
 VILLAGE  OR  LEAD  AGENCY  EQUIVALENT  TO PROCESS OR FURTHER CONSIDER AN
 APPLICATION CONSISTENT WITH THE TERMS OF ANY ORDER OF THE COURT, INCLUD-
 ING ON AN EXPEDITED BASIS.
   (V) COSTS SHALL NOT BE ALLOWED AGAINST THE VILLAGE, LEAD AGENCY EQUIV-
 ALENT, AND THE OFFICER WHOSE FAILURE OR REFUSAL GAVE RISE TO THE SPECIAL
 PROCEEDING, UNLESS IT SHALL APPEAR TO THE COURT THAT THE  VILLAGE,  LEAD
 AGENCY EQUIVALENT, AND ITS OFFICERS OR EMPLOYEES ACTED WITH GROSS NEGLI-
 GENCE, IN BAD FAITH, OR WITH MALICE.
   § 6. This act shall take effect immediately.

                                  PART H
 
   Section  1.  The public housing law is amended by adding a new section
 20-a to read as follows:
   § 20-A. HOUSING PRODUCTION REPORTING. 1.  FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF  THIS
 SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
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   (A)  "LOCAL BOARD" MEANS ANY CITY, TOWN, OR VILLAGE BOARD, COMMISSION,
 OFFICER OR OTHER AGENCY OR OFFICE HAVING SUPERVISION OF THE CONSTRUCTION
 OF BUILDINGS OR THE POWER OF ENFORCING MUNICIPAL BUILDING LAWS.
   (B) "HOUSING SITE" MEANS THE SITE OF PLANNED CONSTRUCTION, CONVERSION,
 ALTERATION,  DEMOLITION,  OR  CONSOLIDATION  OF  ONE OR MORE RESIDENTIAL
 BUILDINGS.
   (C) "DWELLING UNIT" MEANS A DWELLING  WITHIN  A  RESIDENTIAL  BUILDING
 WHICH  IS EITHER SOLD, RENTED, LEASED, LET OR HIRED OUT, TO BE OCCUPIED,
 OR IS OCCUPIED AS THE RESIDENCE OR HOME OF ONE OR MORE INDIVIDUALS  THAT
 IS INDEPENDENT OF OTHER DWELLINGS WITHIN SUCH RESIDENTIAL BUILDING.
   2.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL REQUIRE EACH LOCAL BOARD TO SUBMIT TO THE
 DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL ANNUALLY, IN  THE  MANNER  AND
 FORMAT  TO BE DIRECTED BY THE DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL,
 THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION REGARDING NEW CONSTRUCTION, CONVERSION, ALTER-
 ATION, DEMOLITION, OR CONSOLIDATION OF A HOUSING SITE WITHIN THE  JURIS-
 DICTION  OF  SUCH  LOCAL  BOARD  THAT IS REQUIRED TO BE REPORTED TO SUCH
 LOCAL BOARD:
   (A) THE ADDRESS OF SUCH HOUSING SITE;
   (B) THE BLOCK AND/OR LOT NUMBER OF SUCH HOUSING SITE;
   (C) THE TOTAL NUMBER OF DWELLING UNITS IN SUCH HOUSING SITE;
   (D) THE BUILDING TYPE, ANY RELEVANT DATES OF  APPROVAL,  PERMITS,  AND
 COMPLETIONS ASSOCIATED WITH SUCH HOUSING SITE;
   (E) ANY ASSOCIATED GOVERNMENTAL SUBSIDIES OR PROGRAM FUNDS BEING ALLO-
 CATED TO SUCH HOUSING SITE THAT SUCH LOCAL BOARD IS AWARE OF;
   (F) THE SPECIFIC DETAILS OF SUCH CONSTRUCTION, CONVERSION, ALTERATION,
 DEMOLITION, OR CONSOLIDATION OF SUCH HOUSING SITE;
   (G)  ANY  PERMITS REQUESTED TO BUILD DWELLING UNITS, AND THE STATUS OF
 SUCH REQUESTS AS OF THE DATE OF THE REPORT; AND
   (H) THE TOTAL NUMBER OF DWELLING UNITS WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF  THE
 LOCAL BOARD AS OF THE DATE OF THE REPORT.
   3. BEGINNING ON THE THIRTY-FIRST OF JANUARY NEXT SUCCEEDING THE EFFEC-
 TIVE  DATE  OF  THIS  SECTION, AND ANNUALLY THEREAFTER, THE COMMISSIONER
 SHALL REQUIRE EACH LOCAL BOARD TO  SUBMIT  TO  THE  COMMISSIONER,  IN  A
 MANNER  AND  FORMAT TO BE DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER, A DIGITAL FILE
 CONTAINING A ZONING MAP OR MAPS OF SUCH LOCAL BOARD'S JURISDICTION  THAT
 CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION FOR THE PRIOR YEAR:
   (A) THE GEOGRAPHIC EXTENTS OF AREAS WHERE RESIDENTIAL HOUSING, COMMER-
 CIAL, INDUSTRIAL, OR OTHER DEVELOPMENTS ARE OR ARE NOT PERMITTED;
   (B) IN AREAS ZONED FOR RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS, WHERE RESIDENTIAL BUILD-
 INGS  CONTAINING TWO, THREE, AND FOUR OR MORE DWELLING UNITS ARE ALLOWED
 PER LOT;
   (C) ANY MINIMUM LOT SIZE REQUIREMENTS FOR RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS;
   (D) ANY MINIMUM SIZE REQUIREMENTS FOR INDIVIDUAL DWELLING UNITS;
   (E) ANY PARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS;
   (F) ANY SETBACK OR LOT COVERAGE REQUIREMENTS  FOR  RESIDENTIAL  BUILD-
 INGS;
   (G)  DESIGNATION OF WHETHER EACH ZONING APPROVAL GRANTED BY SUCH LOCAL
 BOARD WAS AS-OF-RIGHT OR DISCRETIONARY;
   (H) THE GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDS OF ANY AREAS WHICH HAVE BEEN  AMENDED  SINCE
 SUCH LOCAL BOARD'S PREVIOUS SUBMISSION PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION;
   (I) ANY FLOOR AREA RATIO RESTRICTIONS FOR RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS;
   (J)  IN  AREAS  WHERE  RESIDENTIAL  DEVELOPMENT  IS NOT PERMITTED, THE
 REASONS SUCH DEVELOPMENT IS NOT PERMITTED; AND
   (K) ANY OTHER INFORMATION DEEMED RELEVANT BY THE COMMISSIONER.
   4. THE COMMISSIONER MAY MAKE THE  INFORMATION  SUBMITTED  PURSUANT  TO
 SUBDIVISIONS  TWO  AND  THREE  OF THIS SECTION PUBLICLY AVAILABLE ON THE
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 DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL'S WEBSITE, UPDATED ANNUALLY TO
 REFLECT THE MOST RECENT SUBMISSIONS.
   §  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
 ing the date upon which it shall have become a law. Effective immediate-
 ly, the addition, amendment and/or repeal  of  any  rule  or  regulation
 necessary  for  the implementation of this act on its effective date are
 authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
 
                                  PART I
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 1971 of the  real
 property  actions  and proceedings law, as amended by chapter 529 of the
 laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
   (b) In the case of a vacant dwelling, it is not sealed or continuously
 guarded, IN THAT ADMITTANCE TO THE PROPERTY MAY BE GAINED WITHOUT DAMAG-
 ING ANY PORTION OF THE PROPERTY, as required by law or it was sealed  or
 is  continuously  guarded by a person other than the owner, a mortgagee,
 lienor or agent thereof, and [either] ANY of the following facts exists:
   (i) A vacate order of the  department  or  other  governmental  agency
 currently prohibits occupancy of the dwelling; or
   (ii)  The tax on such premises has been due and unpaid for a period of
 at least one year; or
   (III) THE PROPERTY HAS HAD A ZONING, BUILDING OR PROPERTY  MAINTENANCE
 CODE  VIOLATION WHICH HAS THE POTENTIAL TO INJURE, ENDANGER OR UNREASON-
 ABLY ANNOY THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF OTHERS THAT  HAS  BEEN  CONTINUOUSLY
 OUTSTANDING  AND NOT REMEDIED FOR A PERIOD OF AT LEAST ONE YEAR FROM THE
 DATE THE ORIGINAL NOTICE OF VIOLATION WAS SERVED UPON THE PROPERTY OWNER
 PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION FOUR OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED EIGHT OF THE CIVIL
 PRACTICE LAW AND RULES IF THE OWNER IS A NATURAL PERSON, OR PURSUANT  TO
 SECTION  THREE HUNDRED TEN, THREE HUNDRED TEN-A, THREE HUNDRED ELEVEN OR
 THREE HUNDRED ELEVEN-A OF THE CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES IF THE  OWNER
 IS  A PARTNERSHIP, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, CORPORATION OR LIMITED LIABILITY
 COMPANY, RESPECTIVELY; OR
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART J
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 11 of section 3 of the multiple  dwelling  law,
 as  amended  by  chapter  806 of the laws of 1972, is amended to read as
 follows:
   11. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the following
 enumerated articles, sections and subdivisions of sections of this chap-
 ter shall not apply to the construction or alteration of multiple dwell-
 ings for which an application for a permit is  made  to  the  department
 after  December  sixth,  nineteen  hundred sixty-nine in a city having a
 population of one million or more [which adopts  or  has  adopted  local
 laws,  ordinances,  resolutions or regulations providing protection from
 fire  hazards  and  making  provision  for  escape  from  fire  in   the
 construction  and alteration of multiple dwellings and in other respects
 as protective as local law seventy-six of the laws of the  city  of  New
 York  for  nineteen  hundred  sixty-eight  and covering the same subject
 matter as the following]: subdivisions twenty-five, twenty-seven,  twen-
 ty-eight,  thirty-five-c,  thirty-six  and  thirty-nine of section four,
 subdivision three of section twenty-eight, sections thirty-six,  thirty-
 seven,  fifty,  fifty-one,  fifty-two,  fifty-three,  fifty-five, sixty,
 sixty-one, sixty-seven, subdivisions one, two, four and five of  section
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 seventy-five,  article four, article five, article five-A[,] AND article
 six [and article seven-B]; except that after  December  sixth,  nineteen
 hundred  sixty-nine  where a multiple dwelling erected prior to December
 sixth,  nineteen  hundred  sixty-nine  is altered, or a building erected
 prior to December sixth, nineteen hundred sixty-nine is converted  to  a
 multiple  dwelling  pursuant  to  a permit applied for to the department
 having jurisdiction, the foregoing articles, sections  and  subdivisions
 of  sections  shall  remain  applicable  where  a local law of such city
 authorizes such alteration or conversion to be made, at  the  option  of
 the  owner,  either  in accordance with the requirements of the building
 law and regulations in effect in such  city  prior  to  December  sixth,
 nineteen hundred sixty-eight or the requirements of the building law and
 regulations  in  effect  after such date, and the owner elects to comply
 with the requirements of the building  law  and  regulations  in  effect
 prior to December sixth, nineteen hundred sixty-eight.
   § 2. Section 275 of the multiple dwelling law, as added by chapter 734
 of the laws of 1985, is amended to read as follows:
   §  275.  Legislative findings. It is hereby declared and found that in
 cities with a population in excess of  one  million,  large  numbers  of
 loft,  manufacturing,  commercial,  institutional,  public and community
 facility buildings have lost, and continue to  lose,  their  tenants  to
 more modern premises; and that the untenanted portions of such buildings
 constitute  a  potential housing stock within such cities which is capa-
 ble, when appropriately altered, of  accommodating  general  residential
 use, thereby contributing to an alleviation of the housing shortage most
 severely  affecting moderate and middle income families, and of accommo-
 dating joint living-work quarters for artists by making  readily  avail-
 able  space  which  is  physically  and economically suitable for use by
 persons regularly engaged in the arts.
   There is a public purpose to be served by making accommodations readi-
 ly available for joint living-work quarters for artists for the  follow-
 ing  reasons:    persons  regularly  engaged  in the arts require larger
 amounts of space for the pursuit of their artistic endeavors and for the
 storage of the materials therefor and of the products thereof  than  are
 regularly  to  be  found  in dwellings subject to this article; that the
 financial remunerations to be obtained from pursuit of a career  in  the
 arts  are  generally  small;  that as a result of such limited financial
 remuneration persons regularly engaged in the  arts  generally  find  it
 financially  impossible  to  maintain  quarters for the pursuit of their
 artistic endeavors separate and apart from their  places  of  residence;
 that the cultural life of cities of more than one million persons within
 this  state  and of the state as a whole is enhanced by the residence in
 such cities of large numbers of persons regularly engaged in  the  arts;
 that  the  high  cost  of  land within such cities makes it particularly
 difficult for persons regularly engaged in the arts to obtain the use of
 the amounts of space required for their work as aforesaid; and that  the
 residential  use  of  the space is secondary or accessory to the primary
 use as a place of work.
   It is further declared that the legislation governing  the  alteration
 of  such buildings to accommodate general residential use must of neces-
 sity be more restrictive  than  statutes  heretofore  in  effect,  which
 affected only joint living-work quarters for artists.
   It  is the intention of this legislation to promulgate statewide mini-
 mum standards for all alterations of non-residential buildings to  resi-
 dential  use,  but  the  legislature  is  cognizant that the use of such
 buildings for residential purposes must be consistent with local  zoning
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 ordinances.  The  legislature  further recognizes that it is the role of
 localities to adopt regulations which will define in further detail  the
 manner  in  which alterations should be carried out where building types
 and  conditions  are  peculiar  to their local environment. IT IS HEREBY
 ADDITIONALLY DECLARED AND FOUND THAT IN  CITIES  WITH  A  POPULATION  IN
 EXCESS  OF ONE MILLION, LARGE NUMBERS OF COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS HAVE LOST,
 AND CONTINUE TO LOSE, THEIR TENANTS TO MORE MODERN PREMISES AND  TO  THE
 CHANGING  NATURE  OF  REMOTE  OFFICE  WORK  IN  THE WAKE OF THE COVID-19
 PANDEMIC; AND THAT THE UNTENANTED PORTIONS OF SUCH BUILDINGS  CONSTITUTE
 A  POTENTIAL  HOUSING  STOCK  WITHIN  SUCH CITIES WHICH IS CAPABLE, WHEN
 APPROPRIATELY ALTERED, OF ACCOMMODATING GENERAL RESIDENTIAL USE, THEREBY
 CONTRIBUTING TO AN ALLEVIATION OF THE HOUSING SHORTAGE.
   § 3. Section 276 of the multiple dwelling law, as amended  by  chapter
 420 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   § 276. [Definition of an artist] DEFINITIONS. As used in this article,
 the FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   1.  THE  word  "artist" means a person who is regularly engaged in the
 fine arts, such as painting and sculpture or in the performing or  crea-
 tive  arts, including choreography and filmmaking, or in the composition
 of music on a professional basis,  and  is  so  certified  by  the  city
 department  of  cultural  affairs  and/or state council on the arts. For
 joint living-work quarters for artists limited to artists' occupancy  by
 local  zoning resolution, any permanent occupant whose residence therein
 began on or before December fifteenth, two thousand twenty-one shall  be
 deemed  to  meet such occupancy requirements under the same rights as an
 artist so certified in accordance with applicable law.
   2. THE TERM "GENERAL RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES" MEANS USE OF A BUILDING  AS
 A  CLASS  A MULTIPLE DWELLING, EXCEPT THAT SUCH TERM SHALL NOT INCLUDE A
 ROOMING UNIT AS DEFINED IN SECTION 27-2004 OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF
 THE CITY OF NEW YORK OTHER THAN A ROOMING UNIT IN A CLASS A OR  CLASS  B
 MULTIPLE DWELLING THAT IS AUTHORIZED PURSUANT TO SECTION 27-2077 OF SUCH
 ADMINISTRATIVE CODE.
   §  4. The multiple dwelling law is amended by adding a new section 279
 to read as follows:
   § 279. OCCUPANCY OF COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS. 1. ANY BUILDING  IN  A  CITY
 WITH  A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE PERSONS WHICH WAS OCCUPIED FOR
 LOFT, COMMERCIAL, INSTITUTIONAL, PUBLIC, COMMUNITY FACILITY OR  MANUFAC-
 TURING  PURPOSES  AT  ANY  TIME PRIOR TO DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, NINETEEN
 HUNDRED NINETY, MAY BE OCCUPIED, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, FOR GENERAL  RESI-
 DENTIAL  PURPOSES  IF SUCH OCCUPANCY IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THIS ARTICLE,
 NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER ARTICLE OF THIS CHAPTER, OR ANY  PROVISION  OF
 LAW  COVERING  THE  SAME SUBJECT MATTER, EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE REQUIRED BY
 THE ZONING RESOLUTION OF SUCH CITY.
   2. OCCUPANCY PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE PERMITTED ONLY  IF  THE
 CONDITIONS  IN  SUBDIVISIONS  ONE THROUGH SIXTEEN OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED
 SEVENTY-SEVEN OF THIS ARTICLE ARE COMPLIED WITH, EXCEPT THAT THE CONVER-
 SION SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO INCLUDE  JOINT  LIVING-WORK  QUARTERS  FOR
 ARTISTS,  AND  PROVIDED  FURTHER THAT CONVERSIONS UNDERTAKEN PURSUANT TO
 THIS SECTION SHALL NOT BE SUBJECT TO SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION  TWEN-
 TY-SIX OF THIS CHAPTER.
   3.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  STATE  OR  LOCAL  LAW,  RULE, OR REGULATION,
 INCLUDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS SECTION OR ARTICLE TO THE  CONTRA-
 RY,  THE  PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL APPLY TO ANY BUILDING LOCATED
 IN A DISTRICT THAT OTHERWISE WOULD HAVE BEEN SUBJECT TO  THE  PROVISIONS
 OF SECTION 15-01 OF THE ZONING RESOLUTION OF A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF
 ONE MILLION OR MORE PERSONS.
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   §  5.  An  application  for  conversion  of a building pursuant to the
 provisions of this  act,  which  application  for  a  permit  containing
 complete  plans  and specifications is filed prior to December 31, 2030,
 shall be permitted to proceed as if subdivision 3 of section 279 of  the
 multiple dwelling law, as added by section four of this act, remained in
 effect, so long as construction of such project begins within the earli-
 er to occur of three years from December 31, 2030 or such time which the
 permit otherwise expires.
   §  6.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
 subdivision 3 of section 279 of the multiple dwelling law  as  added  by
 section four of this act shall expire and be deemed repealed on December
 31, 2030; provided further, however, that the repeal of subdivision 3 of
 section  279  of  the  multiple dwelling law as added by section four of
 this act shall not affect the use of any building for  general  residen-
 tial  purposes,  as  such term is defined in article 7-B of the multiple
 dwelling law, permitted prior to such repeal.
 
                                  PART K
 
   Section 1. The multiple dwelling law is amended by adding a new  arti-
 cle 7-D to read as follows:
                                ARTICLE 7-D
          LEGALIZATION AND CONVERSION OF BASEMENT DWELLING UNITS
 SECTION 288. DEFINITIONS.
         289. BASEMENT LOCAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS.
         290. TENANT PROTECTIONS IN INHABITED BASEMENT DWELLING UNITS.
   § 288. DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS ARTICLE, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL
 HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   1. THE TERM "INHABITED BASEMENT DWELLING UNIT" MEANS A BASEMENT UNLAW-
 FULLY  OCCUPIED AS A RESIDENCE BY ONE OR MORE TENANTS ON OR PRIOR TO THE
 EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ARTICLE;
   2. THE TERM "RENTED" MEANS LEASED, LET, OR HIRED OUT, WITH OR  WITHOUT
 A WRITTEN AGREEMENT; AND
   3. THE TERM "TENANT" MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL TO WHOM AN INHABITED BASEMENT
 DWELLING UNIT IS RENTED.
   §  289.  BASEMENT  LOCAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS.  1. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY
 OTHER PROVISION OF STATE OR LOCAL LAW TO THE CONTRARY, IN A CITY WITH  A
 POPULATION  OF  ONE  MILLION OR MORE, THE LOCAL LEGISLATIVE BODY MAY, BY
 LOCAL LAW, ESTABLISH A PROGRAM TO  ADDRESS,  PROVIDED  THAT  HEALTH  AND
 SAFETY  ARE PROTECTED, (A) THE LEGALIZATION OF SPECIFIED INHABITED BASE-
 MENT DWELLING UNITS IN EXISTENCE PRIOR TO THE  EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF  THIS
 ARTICLE  THROUGH  CONVERSION TO LEGAL DWELLING UNITS, OR (B) THE CONVER-
 SION OF OTHER SPECIFIED BASEMENT DWELLING UNITS IN  EXISTENCE  PRIOR  TO
 THE  EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF THIS ARTICLE TO LEGAL DWELLING UNITS. THE LOCAL
 LAW AUTHORIZED BY THIS SECTION, AND ANY RULES OR REGULATIONS PROMULGATED
 THEREUNDER, SHALL NOT BE  SUBJECT  TO  ENVIRONMENTAL  REVIEW,  INCLUDING
 ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW CONDUCTED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE EIGHT OF THE ENVIRON-
 MENTAL  CONSERVATION LAW AND ANY STATE AND LOCAL REGULATIONS PROMULGATED
 THEREUNDER.
   2. THE PROGRAM ESTABLISHED BY SUCH LOCAL LAW MAY PROVIDE TO  AN  OWNER
 WHO  CONVERTS  AN  INHABITED BASEMENT DWELLING UNIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH A
 LOCAL LAW AUTHORIZED BY THIS ARTICLE OR WHO OTHERWISE ABATES THE ILLEGAL
 OCCUPANCY OF A BASEMENT DWELLING UNIT, (A) FREEDOM  FROM  ANY  CIVIL  OR
 ADMINISTRATIVE  LIABILITY, CITATIONS, FINES, PENALTIES, JUDGMENTS OR ANY
 OTHER DETERMINATIONS  OF OR PROSECUTION FOR  CIVIL  VIOLATIONS  OF  THIS
 CHAPTER,  OTHER  STATE  LAW OR LOCAL LAW OR RULES, AND THE ZONING RESOL-
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 UTION OF SUCH CITY, AND (B) RELIEF FROM ANY OUTSTANDING CIVIL  JUDGMENTS
 ISSUED  IN  CONNECTION  WITH  ANY  SUCH VIOLATION OF SUCH LAWS, RULES OR
 ZONING RESOLUTION ISSUED BEFORE THE  EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF  THIS  ARTICLE.
 PROVIDED  THAT  SUCH  LOCAL  LAW SHALL REQUIRE THAT ALL APPLICATIONS FOR
 CONVERSIONS BE FILED BY A DATE CERTAIN SUBSEQUENT TO THE EFFECTIVE  DATE
 OF  THIS  ARTICLE, PROVIDED FURTHER THAT SUCH DATE SHALL NOT EXCEED FIVE
 YEARS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ARTICLE.
   3. SUCH LOCAL LAW MAY PROVIDE THAT ANY PROVISION OF  THIS  CHAPTER  OR
 LOCAL  LAW,  RULE  OR REGULATION, SHALL NOT BE APPLICABLE TO PROVIDE FOR
 THE ALTERATIONS NECESSARY FOR THE CONVERSION OF  A  SPECIFIED  INHABITED
 BASEMENT  DWELLING  UNIT  OR  OTHER  SPECIFIED BASEMENT DWELLING UNIT IN
 EXISTENCE PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE INTO A LAWFUL DWELLING  UNIT.  ANY
 AMENDMENT OF THE ZONING RESOLUTION NECESSARY TO ENACT SUCH PROGRAM SHALL
 BE SUBJECT TO A PUBLIC HEARING AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF SUCH LOCAL-
 ITY,  AND  APPROVAL  BY SUCH COMMISSION AND THE LEGISLATIVE BODY OF SUCH
 LOCAL GOVERNMENT, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT IT SHALL NOT REQUIRE  ENVIRON-
 MENTAL  REVIEW,  INCLUDING  ENVIRONMENTAL  REVIEW  CONDUCTED PURSUANT TO
 ARTICLE EIGHT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW AND  ANY  STATE  AND
 LOCAL  REGULATIONS  PROMULGATED  THEREUNDER,  OR ANY ADDITIONAL LAND USE
 REVIEW.
   § 290. TENANT PROTECTIONS IN INHABITED BASEMENT DWELLING  UNITS.    1.
 THE  PROGRAM  AUTHORIZED BY THIS ARTICLE SHALL REQUIRE AN APPLICATION TO
 MAKE ALTERATIONS TO LEGALIZE AN  INHABITED  BASEMENT  DWELLING  UNIT  BE
 ACCOMPANIED  BY  A CERTIFICATION INDICATING WHETHER SUCH UNIT WAS RENTED
 TO A TENANT ON THE  EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF  THIS  ARTICLE,  NOTWITHSTANDING
 WHETHER THE OCCUPANCY OF SUCH UNIT WAS AUTHORIZED BY LAW. A CITY MAY NOT
 USE  SUCH CERTIFICATION AS THE BASIS FOR AN ENFORCEMENT ACTION FOR ILLE-
 GAL OCCUPANCY OF SUCH UNIT, PROVIDED  THAT  NOTHING  CONTAINED  IN  THIS
 ARTICLE  SHALL  BE  CONSTRUED  TO  LIMIT SUCH CITY FROM ISSUING A VACATE
 ORDER FOR HAZARDOUS OR UNSAFE CONDITIONS.
   2. THE LOCAL LAW AUTHORIZED BY  THIS  ARTICLE  SHALL  PROVIDE  THAT  A
 TENANT  IN  OCCUPANCY AT THE TIME OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ARTICLE,
 WHO IS EVICTED OR OTHERWISE REMOVED FROM SUCH UNIT AS  A  RESULT  OF  AN
 ALTERATION  NECESSARY  TO BRING AN INHABITED BASEMENT DWELLING UNIT INTO
 COMPLIANCE WITH THE STANDARDS ESTABLISHED BY THE LOCAL LAW AUTHORIZED BY
 THIS ARTICLE, SHALL HAVE A RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL TO RETURN TO SUCH UNIT
 AS A TENANT UPON ITS FIRST LAWFUL OCCUPANCY AS A  LEGAL  DWELLING  UNIT,
 NOTWITHSTANDING  WHETHER THE OCCUPANCY AT THE TIME OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE
 OF THIS ARTICLE WAS AUTHORIZED BY LAW. SUCH LOCAL LAW SHALL SPECIFY  HOW
 TO DETERMINE PRIORITY WHEN MULTIPLE TENANTS MAY CLAIM SUCH RIGHT.
   3.  A TENANT UNLAWFULLY DENIED A RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL TO RETURN TO A
 LEGAL DWELLING UNIT, AS PROVIDED PURSUANT TO THE LOCAL LAW AUTHORIZED BY
 THIS ARTICLE, SHALL HAVE A CAUSE OF ACTION IN  ANY  COURT  OF  COMPETENT
 JURISDICTION  FOR  COMPENSATORY  DAMAGES  OR  DECLARATORY AND INJUNCTIVE
 RELIEF AS THE  COURT  DEEMS  NECESSARY  IN  THE  INTERESTS  OF  JUSTICE,
 PROVIDED  THAT  SUCH  COMPENSATORY  RELIEF  SHALL  NOT EXCEED THE ANNUAL
 RENTAL CHARGES FOR SUCH LEGAL DWELLING UNIT.
   § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 472 of the private housing finance  law,
 as  amended  by  chapter  479 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as
 follows:
   1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any  general,  special  or  local
 law,  a  municipality,  acting  through an agency, is authorized: (A) to
 make, or contract to make, loans to low and moderate income  owner-occu-
 pants  of one to four unit existing private or multiple dwellings within
 its territorial limits, subject to the limitation  of  subdivisions  two
 through  seven of this section, in such amounts as shall be required for
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 the rehabilitation of such dwellings, provided, however, that such loans
 shall not exceed sixty thousand dollars per dwelling unit,  EXCEPT  THAT
 THE  LIMITATION  ON  THE  MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF A LOAN, AS DESCRIBED IN THIS
 PARAGRAPH,  SHALL  NOT  APPLY TO ANY SUCH LOAN FOR, IN WHOLE OR IN PART,
 REHABILITATION OF A SPECIFIED INHABITED BASEMENT DWELLING UNIT OR  OTHER
 SPECIFIED  BASEMENT  DWELLING  UNIT  FOR  WHICH  SUCH OWNER HAS SOUGHT A
 PERMIT PURSUANT TO THE LOCAL LAW  AUTHORIZED  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION  TWO
 HUNDRED  EIGHTY-NINE  OF  THE MULTIPLE DWELLING LAW. Such loans may also
 include the refinancing of the outstanding indebtedness of  such  dwell-
 ings,  and the municipality may make temporary loans or advances to such
 owner-occupants in anticipation of permanent loans  for  such  purposes;
 AND
   (B) TO MAKE OR CONTRACT TO MAKE GRANTS TO ANY OWNER DESCRIBED IN PARA-
 GRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, ON THE SAME TERMS AS PERMITTED UNDER SUCH
 PARAGRAPH FOR A LOAN.
   §  3.  Section  472  of  the private housing finance law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
   1-A. AS USED IN THIS ARTICLE, THE TERM "LOAN" SHALL INCLUDE ANY  GRANT
 MADE BY A MUNICIPALITY PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT
 PROVISIONS  OF  THIS ARTICLE CONCERNING THE REPAYMENT OR FORGIVENESS OF,
 OR SECURITY FOR, A LOAN SHALL NOT APPLY TO ANY GRANT  MADE  PURSUANT  TO
 THIS ARTICLE.
   §  4. Subdivision 2 of section 473 of the private housing finance law,
 as added by chapter 786 of the laws of  1987,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   2.  A  municipality shall neither make nor participate in a loan to an
 owner-occupant of an existing private or multiple dwelling  pursuant  to
 this  article unless the agency finds that the area in which such dwell-
 ing is situated is a blighted, deteriorated or deteriorating area or has
 a blighting influence on the surrounding area, or is in danger of becom-
 ing a slum or a blighted area because of the existence  of  substandard,
 unsanitary,  deteriorating  or  deteriorated conditions, an aged housing
 stock, or other factors indicating an inability of the private sector to
 cause such rehabilitation to be made, EXCEPT THAT ANY SUCH FINDING SHALL
 NOT BE REQUIRED FOR ANY SUCH LOAN FOR, IN WHOLE OR  IN  PART,  REHABILI-
 TATION  OF  A SPECIFIED INHABITED BASEMENT DWELLING UNIT OR OTHER SPECI-
 FIED BASEMENT DWELLING UNIT FOR WHICH SUCH OWNER  HAS  SOUGHT  A  PERMIT
 PURSUANT  TO  THE  LOCAL  LAW AUTHORIZED PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO HUNDRED
 EIGHTY-NINE OF THE MULTIPLE DWELLING LAW.
   § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART L
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 26 of the multiple  dwelling  law,
 as  amended  by  chapter  748 of the laws of 1961, is amended to read as
 follows:
   3. Floor area ratio (FAR). [The] EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED  IN  AND
 DETERMINED UNDER A ZONING LAW, ORDINANCE, OR RESOLUTION OF A CITY WITH A
 POPULATION  OF  ONE  MILLION  OR  MORE, OR AFTER CONSULTATION WITH LOCAL
 OFFICIALS, AS PROVIDED IN A GENERAL PROJECT PLAN OF THE NEW  YORK  STATE
 URBAN  DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, THE floor area ratio (FAR) of any dwell-
 ing or dwellings on a lot shall not exceed 12.0, except that a fireproof
 class B dwelling in which six or more passenger elevators are maintained
 and operated in any city having a local zoning law, ordinance or  resol-
 ution  restricting  districts  in  such  city to residential use, may be
 erected in accordance with the provisions of such zoning law,  ordinance
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 or resolution, if such class B dwelling is erected in a district no part
 of  which  is  restricted by such zoning law, ordinance or resolution to
 residential uses.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART M
 
   Section  1.  Section  489  of  the real property tax law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision 21 to read as follows:
   21. (A) DEFINITIONS. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION:
   (1) "AFFORDABLE RENT" SHALL MEAN THE MAXIMUM RENT WITHIN THE MARKETING
 BAND THAT IS ALLOWED FOR AN AFFORDABLE  RENTAL  UNIT  AS  SUCH  RENT  IS
 ESTABLISHED BY THE LOCAL HOUSING AGENCY.
   (2) "AFFORDABLE RENTAL UNIT" SHALL MEAN A DWELLING UNIT IN AN ELIGIBLE
 RENTAL  BUILDING  THAT, AS OF THE FILING OF AN APPLICATION FOR A CERTIF-
 ICATE OF ELIGIBILITY AND REASONABLE COST, HAS A RENT  AT  OR  BELOW  THE
 APPLICABLE AFFORDABLE RENT.
   (3)  "CERTIFICATE  OF  ELIGIBILITY  AND  REASONABLE COST" SHALL MEAN A
 DOCUMENT ISSUED BY THE LOCAL HOUSING  AGENCY  THAT  ESTABLISHES  THAT  A
 PROPERTY  IS ELIGIBLE FOR REHABILITATION PROGRAM BENEFITS AND SETS FORTH
 THE CERTIFIED REASONABLE COST OF THE  ELIGIBLE  CONSTRUCTION  FOR  WHICH
 SUCH BENEFITS SHALL BE RECEIVED.
   (4)  "CERTIFIED REASONABLE COST SCHEDULE" SHALL MEAN A TABLE PROVIDING
 MAXIMUM DOLLAR LIMITS FOR SPECIFIED ALTERATIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS, ESTAB-
 LISHED, AND UPDATED AS NECESSARY, BY THE LOCAL HOUSING AGENCY.
   (5) "CHECKLIST" SHALL MEAN A DOCUMENT THAT THE  LOCAL  HOUSING  AGENCY
 ISSUES REQUESTING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR DOCUMENTATION THAT IS NECES-
 SARY  FOR  FURTHER  ASSESSMENT  OF  AN  APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF
 ELIGIBILITY AND REASONABLE COST WHERE  SUCH  APPLICATION  CONTAINED  ALL
 INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED AT THE INITIAL FILING.
   (6)   "COMMENCEMENT   DATE"  SHALL  MEAN,  WITH  RESPECT  TO  ELIGIBLE
 CONSTRUCTION, THE DATE ON WHICH ANY PHYSICAL  OPERATION  UNDERTAKEN  FOR
 THE PURPOSE OF PERFORMING SUCH ELIGIBLE CONSTRUCTION LAWFULLY BEGINS.
   (7)   "COMPLETION   DATE"   SHALL   MEAN,  WITH  RESPECT  TO  ELIGIBLE
 CONSTRUCTION, THE DATE ON WHICH:
   (A) EVERY PHYSICAL OPERATION UNDERTAKEN FOR THE PURPOSE OF ALL  ELIGI-
 BLE CONSTRUCTION HAS CONCLUDED; AND
   (B)  ALL SUCH ELIGIBLE CONSTRUCTION HAS BEEN COMPLETED TO A REASONABLE
 AND CUSTOMARY STANDARD THAT RENDERS SUCH ELIGIBLE  CONSTRUCTION  CAPABLE
 OF  USE  FOR  THE  PURPOSE  FOR  WHICH  SUCH  ELIGIBLE  CONSTRUCTION WAS
 INTENDED.
   (8) "DWELLING UNIT" SHALL MEAN  ANY  RESIDENTIAL  ACCOMMODATION  IN  A
 CLASS A MULTIPLE DWELLING THAT:
   (A)  IS  ARRANGED,  DESIGNED,  USED OR INTENDED FOR USE BY ONE OR MORE
 PERSONS LIVING TOGETHER AND MAINTAINING A COMMON HOUSEHOLD;
   (B) CONTAINS AT LEAST ONE ROOM; AND
   (C) CONTAINS WITHIN SUCH ACCOMMODATION  LAWFUL  SANITARY  AND  KITCHEN
 FACILITIES RESERVED FOR ITS OCCUPANTS.
   (9)  "ELIGIBLE  BUILDING"  SHALL  MEAN AN ELIGIBLE RENTAL BUILDING, AN
 ELIGIBLE HOMEOWNERSHIP BUILDING, OR AN ELIGIBLE REGULATED  HOMEOWNERSHIP
 BUILDING,  PROVIDED  THAT  SUCH BUILDING CONTAINS THREE OR MORE DWELLING
 UNITS.
   (10) "ELIGIBLE CONSTRUCTION" SHALL MEAN ALTERATIONS OR IMPROVEMENTS TO
 AN ELIGIBLE BUILDING THAT:
   (A) ARE SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIED ON THE CERTIFIED REASONABLE COST SCHE-
 DULE;
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   (B) MEET THE MINIMUM SCOPE OF WORK THRESHOLD;
   (C)  HAVE A COMPLETION DATE THAT IS AFTER JUNE TWENTY-NINTH, TWO THOU-
 SAND TWENTY-TWO AND PRIOR TO JUNE THIRTIETH, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX AND
 THAT IS NOT MORE THAN THIRTY MONTHS AFTER THEIR COMMENCEMENT DATE; AND
   (D) ARE NOT ATTRIBUTABLE TO ANY INCREASED CUBIC CONTENT IN SUCH ELIGI-
 BLE BUILDING.
   (11) "ELIGIBLE HOMEOWNERSHIP BUILDING" SHALL MEAN AN EXISTING BUILDING
 THAT:
   (A) IS A CLASS A MULTIPLE DWELLING OPERATED AS CONDOMINIUM OR  COOPER-
 ATIVE HOUSING;
   (B) IS NOT OPERATING IN WHOLE OR IN PART AS A HOTEL; AND
   (C)  HAS AN AVERAGE ASSESSED VALUATION, INCLUDING THE VALUATION OF THE
 LAND, THAT AS OF THE COMMENCEMENT DATE DOES NOT EXCEED THE HOMEOWNERSHIP
 AVERAGE ASSESSED VALUATION LIMITATION.
   (12) "ELIGIBLE REGULATED HOMEOWNERSHIP BUILDING" SHALL MEAN AN  EXIST-
 ING  BUILDING  THAT IS A CLASS A MULTIPLE DWELLING OWNED AND OPERATED BY
 EITHER:
   (A) A MUTUAL COMPANY THAT CONTINUES TO BE ORGANIZED AND OPERATED AS  A
 MUTUAL  COMPANY  AND THAT HAS ENTERED INTO AND RECORDED A MUTUAL COMPANY
 REGULATORY AGREEMENT; OR
   (B) A MUTUAL REDEVELOPMENT COMPANY THAT CONTINUES TO BE ORGANIZED  AND
 OPERATED AS A MUTUAL REDEVELOPMENT COMPANY AND THAT HAS ENTERED INTO AND
 RECORDED A MUTUAL REDEVELOPMENT COMPANY REGULATORY AGREEMENT.
   (13) "ELIGIBLE RENTAL BUILDING" SHALL MEAN AN EXISTING BUILDING THAT:
   (A)  IS A CLASS A MULTIPLE DWELLING IN WHICH ALL OF THE DWELLING UNITS
 ARE OPERATED AS RENTAL HOUSING;
   (B) IS NOT OPERATING IN WHOLE OR IN PART AS A HOTEL; AND
   (C) SATISFIES ONE OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS:
   (I) NOT LESS THAN FIFTY PERCENT OF THE DWELLING UNITS IN SUCH BUILDING
 ARE AFFORDABLE RENTAL UNITS;
   (II) SUCH BUILDING IS OWNED AND OPERATED BY A  LIMITED-PROFIT  HOUSING
 COMPANY; OR
   (III)  SUCH  BUILDING  IS  THE  RECIPIENT  OF SUBSTANTIAL GOVERNMENTAL
 ASSISTANCE.
   (14) "EXISTING BUILDING" SHALL MEAN AN ENCLOSED STRUCTURE WHICH:
   (A) IS PERMANENTLY AFFIXED TO THE LAND;
   (B) HAS ONE OR MORE FLOORS AND A ROOF;
   (C) IS BOUNDED BY WALLS;
   (D) HAS AT LEAST ONE PRINCIPAL ENTRANCE UTILIZED FOR DAY-TO-DAY PEDES-
 TRIAN INGRESS AND EGRESS;
   (E) HAS A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY OR EQUIVALENT DOCUMENT THAT  IS  IN
 EFFECT PRIOR TO THE COMMENCEMENT DATE; AND
   (F)  EXCLUSIVE OF THE LAND, HAS AN ASSESSED VALUATION OF MORE THAN ONE
 THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE COMMENCE-
 MENT DATE.
   (15) "HOMEOWNERSHIP AVERAGE ASSESSED VALUATION LIMITATION" SHALL  MEAN
 AN  AVERAGE ASSESSED VALUATION OF FORTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS PER DWELL-
 ING UNIT.
   (16) "LIMITED-PROFIT HOUSING COMPANY" SHALL HAVE THE SAME  MEANING  AS
 "COMPANY"  SET  FORTH  IN  SECTION TWELVE OF THE PRIVATE HOUSING FINANCE
 LAW.
   (17) "MARKET RENTAL UNIT" SHALL MEAN A DWELLING UNIT  IN  AN  ELIGIBLE
 RENTAL BUILDING OTHER THAN AN AFFORDABLE RENTAL UNIT.
   (18)  "MARKETING  BAND"  SHALL  MEAN MAXIMUM RENT AMOUNTS RANGING FROM
 TWENTY PERCENT OF EIGHTY PERCENT OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME, ADJUSTED FOR
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 FAMILY SIZE, TO THIRTY PERCENT OF EIGHTY  PERCENT  OF  THE  AREA  MEDIAN
 INCOME, ADJUSTED FOR FAMILY SIZE.
   (19)  "MINIMUM  SCOPE  OF WORK THRESHOLD" SHALL MEAN A TOTAL AMOUNT OF
 CERTIFIED REASONABLE COST ESTABLISHED BY RULES AND  REGULATIONS  OF  THE
 LOCAL  HOUSING  AGENCY,  PROVIDED THAT SUCH AMOUNT SHALL BE NO LESS THAN
 ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR EACH DWELLING UNIT IN EXISTENCE ON
 THE COMPLETION DATE.
   (20) "MULTIPLE DWELLING" SHALL  HAVE  THE  MEANING  AS  SET  FORTH  IN
 SECTION FOUR OF THE MULTIPLE DWELLING LAW.
   (21)  "MUTUAL  COMPANY" SHALL HAVE THE MEANING AS SET FORTH IN SECTION
 TWELVE OF THE PRIVATE HOUSING FINANCE LAW.
   (22) "MUTUAL COMPANY REGULATORY AGREEMENT" SHALL MEAN  A  BINDING  AND
 IRREVOCABLE  AGREEMENT  BETWEEN A MUTUAL COMPANY AND THE COMMISSIONER OF
 HOUSING, THE MUTUAL COMPANY SUPERVISING AGENCY, THE NEW YORK CITY  HOUS-
 ING DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, OR THE NEW YORK STATE HOUSING FINANCE AGEN-
 CY  PROHIBITING THE DISSOLUTION OR RECONSTITUTION OF SUCH MUTUAL COMPANY
 PURSUANT TO SECTION THIRTY-FIVE OF THE PRIVATE HOUSING FINANCE  LAW  FOR
 NOT  LESS  THAN  FIFTEEN  YEARS  FROM THE COMMENCEMENT OF REHABILITATION
 PROGRAM BENEFITS FOR THE EXISTING BUILDING OWNED AND  OPERATED  BY  SUCH
 MUTUAL COMPANY.
   (23)  "MUTUAL COMPANY SUPERVISING AGENCY" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING,
 WITH RESPECT TO ANY MUTUAL COMPANY, AS "SUPERVISING AGENCY" SET FORTH IN
 SECTION TWO OF THE PRIVATE HOUSING FINANCE LAW.
   (24) "MUTUAL REDEVELOPMENT COMPANY" SHALL HAVE  THE  SAME  MEANING  AS
 "MUTUAL"  WHEN  APPLIED  TO  A  REDEVELOPMENT  COMPANY,  AS SET FORTH IN
 SECTION ONE HUNDRED TWO OF THE PRIVATE HOUSING FINANCE LAW.
   (25) "MUTUAL REDEVELOPMENT COMPANY REGULATORY AGREEMENT" SHALL MEAN  A
 BINDING AND IRREVOCABLE AGREEMENT BETWEEN A MUTUAL REDEVELOPMENT COMPANY
 AND  THE  COMMISSIONER OF HOUSING, THE REDEVELOPMENT COMPANY SUPERVISING
 AGENCY, THE NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION,  OR  THE  NEW
 YORK  STATE HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY PROHIBITING THE DISSOLUTION OR RECON-
 STITUTION OF SUCH MUTUAL REDEVELOPMENT COMPANY PURSUANT TO  SECTION  ONE
 HUNDRED TWENTY-THREE OF THE PRIVATE HOUSING FINANCE LAW UNTIL THE EARLI-
 ER OF:
   (A)  FIFTEEN  YEARS  FROM  THE  COMMENCEMENT OF REHABILITATION PROGRAM
 BENEFITS FOR THE EXISTING BUILDING OWNED AND  OPERATED  BY  SUCH  MUTUAL
 REDEVELOPMENT COMPANY; OR
   (B)  THE  EXPIRATION OF ANY TAX EXEMPTION GRANTED TO SUCH MUTUAL REDE-
 VELOPMENT COMPANY PURSUANT TO SECTION ONE  HUNDRED  TWENTY-FIVE  OF  THE
 PRIVATE HOUSING FINANCE LAW.
   (26)  "REDEVELOPMENT COMPANY" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS SET FORTH
 IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED TWO OF THE PRIVATE HOUSING FINANCE LAW.
   (27) "REDEVELOPMENT COMPANY SUPERVISING AGENCY" SHALL  HAVE  THE  SAME
 MEANING,  WITH  RESPECT  TO  ANY  REDEVELOPMENT COMPANY, AS "SUPERVISING
 AGENCY" SET FORTH IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED  TWO  OF  THE  PRIVATE  HOUSING
 FINANCE LAW.
   (28)  "REHABILITATION  PROGRAM  BENEFITS" SHALL MEAN ABATEMENT OF REAL
 PROPERTY TAXES PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION.
   (29) "RENT REGULATION" SHALL MEAN, COLLECTIVELY, THE EMERGENCY HOUSING
 RENT CONTROL LAW, ANY LOCAL LAW ENACTED PURSUANT TO THE LOCAL  EMERGENCY
 HOUSING RENT CONTROL ACT, THE RENT STABILIZATION LAW OF NINETEEN HUNDRED
 SIXTY-NINE,  THE  RENT  STABILIZATION  CODE,  AND  THE  EMERGENCY TENANT
 PROTECTION ACT OF NINETEEN SEVENTY-FOUR, ALL AS  IN  EFFECT  AS  OF  THE
 EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF THE CHAPTER OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE
 THAT ADDED THIS SUBDIVISION, OR AS ANY SUCH STATUTE IS AMENDED THEREAFT-
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 ER, TOGETHER WITH  ANY  SUCCESSOR  STATUTES  OR  REGULATIONS  ADDRESSING
 SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME SUBJECT MATTER.
   (30)  "RESTRICTION PERIOD" SHALL MEAN, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY TERMINATION
 OR REVOCATION OF REHABILITATION PROGRAM BENEFITS PRIOR TO  SUCH  PERIOD,
 FIFTEEN  YEARS  FROM THE INITIAL RECEIPT OF REHABILITATION PROGRAM BENE-
 FITS, OR SUCH ADDITIONAL PERIOD OF TIME AS MAY BE  IMPOSED  PURSUANT  TO
 CLAUSE (A) OF SUBPARAGRAPH FIVE OF PARAGRAPH (E) OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   (31)  "SUBSTANTIAL  GOVERNMENTAL ASSISTANCE" SHALL MEAN GRANTS, LOANS,
 OR SUBSIDIES FROM ANY FEDERAL, STATE OR  LOCAL  GOVERNMENTAL  AGENCY  OR
 INSTRUMENTALITY  IN  FURTHERANCE  OF  A  PROGRAM  FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF
 AFFORDABLE HOUSING APPROVED BY THE LOCAL HOUSING AGENCY,  PROVIDED  THAT
 SUCH GRANTS, LOANS, OR SUBSIDIES ARE PROVIDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH A REGU-
 LATORY  AGREEMENT  ENTERED INTO WITH SUCH AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY THAT
 IS IN EFFECT AS OF THE FILING DATE OF THE APPLICATION FOR A  CERTIFICATE
 OF ELIGIBILITY AND REASONABLE COST.
   (32)  "SUBSTANTIAL  INTEREST"  SHALL MEAN AN OWNERSHIP INTEREST OF TEN
 PERCENT OR MORE.
   (B) ABATEMENT. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF ANY OTHER SUBDIVISION
 OF THIS SECTION OR OF ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL OR LOCAL LAW TO THE CONTRARY,
 ANY CITY TO WHICH  THE  MULTIPLE  DWELLING  LAW  IS  APPLICABLE,  ACTING
 THROUGH  ITS LOCAL LEGISLATIVE BODY OR OTHER GOVERNING AGENCY, IS HEREBY
 AUTHORIZED AND EMPOWERED, UNTIL AND INCLUDING JUNE THIRTIETH, TWO  THOU-
 SAND  TWENTY-FIVE, TO ADOPT AND AMEND LOCAL LAWS OR ORDINANCES PROVIDING
 AN ABATEMENT OF REAL PROPERTY TAXES ON AN  ELIGIBLE  BUILDING  IN  WHICH
 ELIGIBLE CONSTRUCTION HAS BEEN COMPLETED, PROVIDED THAT:
   (1)  SUCH  ABATEMENT SHALL NOT EXCEED SEVENTY PERCENT OF THE CERTIFIED
 REASONABLE COST OF THE ELIGIBLE CONSTRUCTION, AS DETERMINED UNDER  RULES
 AND REGULATIONS OF THE LOCAL HOUSING AGENCY;
   (2) SUCH ABATEMENT SHALL NOT BE EFFECTIVE FOR MORE THAN TWENTY YEARS;
   (3)  THE  ANNUAL  ABATEMENT  OF  REAL  PROPERTY TAXES ON SUCH ELIGIBLE
 BUILDING SHALL NOT EXCEED EIGHT  AND  ONE-THIRD  PERCENT  OF  THE  TOTAL
 CERTIFIED REASONABLE COST OF SUCH ELIGIBLE CONSTRUCTION;
   (4)  THE  ANNUAL  ABATEMENT  OF  REAL  PROPERTY TAXES ON SUCH ELIGIBLE
 BUILDING IN ANY CONSECUTIVE TWELVE-MONTH PERIOD SHALL IN NO EVENT EXCEED
 THE AMOUNT OF REAL PROPERTY TAXES PAYABLE IN  SUCH  TWELVE-MONTH  PERIOD
 FOR  SUCH  BUILDING,  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT SUCH ABATEMENT SHALL NOT
 EXCEED FIFTY PERCENT OF THE AMOUNT OF REAL  PROPERTY  TAXES  PAYABLE  IN
 SUCH TWELVE-MONTH PERIOD FOR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING:
   (A)  AN  ELIGIBLE  RENTAL  BUILDING  OWNED BY A LIMITED-PROFIT HOUSING
 COMPANY OR A REDEVELOPMENT COMPANY; (B) AN ELIGIBLE HOMEOWNERSHIP BUILD-
 ING; AND
   (C) AN ELIGIBLE REGULATED HOMEOWNERSHIP BUILDING; AND
   (5) SUCH ABATEMENT SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE  BEGINNING  WITH  THE  FIRST
 QUARTERLY  TAX  BILL  IMMEDIATELY  FOLLOWING THE DATE OF ISSUANCE OF THE
 CERTIFICATE OF ELIGIBILITY AND REASONABLE COST.
   (C) AUTHORITY OF CITY TO ADOPT RULES AND REGULATIONS. ANY  SUCH  LOCAL
 LAW  OR ORDINANCE SHALL AUTHORIZE THE ADOPTION OF RULES AND REGULATIONS,
 NOT INCONSISTENT WITH THIS SUBDIVISION, BY THE LOCAL HOUSING AGENCY  AND
 ANY OTHER LOCAL AGENCY NECESSARY FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS SUBDIVI-
 SION.
   (D)  APPLICATIONS.  (1)  ANY SUCH LOCAL LAW OR ORDINANCE SHALL REQUIRE
 THAT AN APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF ELIGIBILITY AND REASONABLE COST
 PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION BE MADE AFTER THE COMPLETION DATE AND ON OR
 BEFORE THE LATER OF (A) FOUR MONTHS FROM  THE  EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF  SUCH
 LOCAL LAW OR ORDINANCE; OR (B) FOUR MONTHS FROM SUCH COMPLETION DATE.
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   (2)  SUCH  APPLICATION SHALL INCLUDE EVIDENCE OF ELIGIBILITY FOR REHA-
 BILITATION PROGRAM BENEFITS AND EVIDENCE OF REASONABLE COST AS SHALL  BE
 SATISFACTORY  TO THE LOCAL HOUSING AGENCY INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
 EVIDENCE SHOWING THE COST OF ELIGIBLE CONSTRUCTION.
   (3) THE LOCAL HOUSING AGENCY SHALL REQUIRE A NON-REFUNDABLE FILING FEE
 THAT  SHALL  BE  PAID  BY  A CERTIFIED CHECK OR CASHIER'S CHECK UPON THE
 FILING OF AN APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF ELIGIBILITY AND REASONABLE
 COST. SUCH FEE SHALL BE (A) ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS, PLUS (B)  SEVENTY-FIVE
 DOLLARS  FOR  EACH  DWELLING UNIT IN EXCESS OF SIX DWELLING UNITS IN THE
 ELIGIBLE BUILDING THAT IS THE SUBJECT OF SUCH APPLICATION.
   (4) ANY APPLICATION THAT IS FILED PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH  THAT  IS
 MISSING  ANY  OF  THE  INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED AT INITIAL
 FILING BY SUCH LOCAL LAW OR ORDINANCE AND ANY RULES AND  REGULATIONS  OF
 THE  LOCAL  HOUSING AGENCY SHALL BE DENIED, PROVIDED THAT A NEW APPLICA-
 TION FOR THE SAME ELIGIBLE CONSTRUCTION, TOGETHER WITH A NEW NON-REFUND-
 ABLE FILING FEE, MAY BE FILED WITHIN FIFTEEN DAYS OF THE DATE  OF  ISSU-
 ANCE OF SUCH DENIAL. IF SUCH SECOND APPLICATION IS ALSO MISSING ANY SUCH
 REQUIRED  INFORMATION  AND  DOCUMENTATION,  IT  SHALL  BE  DENIED AND NO
 FURTHER APPLICATIONS FOR THE SAME ELIGIBLE CONSTRUCTION SHALL BE PERMIT-
 TED.
   (5) THE FAILURE OF AN APPLICANT TO RESPOND  TO  ANY  CHECKLIST  WITHIN
 THIRTY  DAYS  OF  THE  DATE  OF ITS ISSUANCE BY THE LOCAL HOUSING AGENCY
 SHALL RESULT IN DENIAL OF SUCH APPLICATION, AND NO FURTHER  APPLICATIONS
 FOR THE SAME ELIGIBLE CONSTRUCTION SHALL BE PERMITTED. THE LOCAL HOUSING
 AGENCY  SHALL  ISSUE  NOT MORE THAN THREE CHECKLISTS PER APPLICATION. AN
 APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF ELIGIBILITY AND REASONABLE  COST  SHALL
 BE DENIED WHEN THE LOCAL HOUSING AGENCY DOES NOT HAVE A SUFFICIENT BASIS
 TO  ISSUE  A  CERTIFICATE  OF  ELIGIBILITY AND REASONABLE COST AFTER THE
 TIMELY RESPONSE OF AN APPLICANT TO THE THIRD CHECKLIST  CONCERNING  SUCH
 APPLICATION.    AFTER THE LOCAL HOUSING AGENCY HAS DENIED AN APPLICATION
 FOR THE REASON DESCRIBED IN THE PRECEDING SENTENCE,  SUCH  AGENCY  SHALL
 PERMIT NO FURTHER APPLICATIONS FOR THE SAME ELIGIBLE CONSTRUCTION.
   (6)  AN  APPLICATION  FOR  A CERTIFICATE OF ELIGIBILITY AND REASONABLE
 COST SHALL ALSO INCLUDE AN AFFIDAVIT OF NO HARASSMENT.
   (A) SUCH AFFIDAVIT SHALL SET FORTH THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
   (I) THE NAME OF EVERY OWNER OF  RECORD  AND  OWNER  OF  A  SUBSTANTIAL
 INTEREST IN THE ELIGIBLE BUILDING OR ENTITY OWNING THE ELIGIBLE BUILDING
 OR SPONSORING THE ELIGIBLE CONSTRUCTION; AND
   (II)  A STATEMENT THAT NONE OF SUCH PERSONS HAD, WITHIN THE FIVE YEARS
 PRIOR TO THE COMPLETION DATE, BEEN FOUND TO HAVE HARASSED OR  UNLAWFULLY
 EVICTED  TENANTS  BY  JUDGMENT  OR  DETERMINATION  OF A COURT OR AGENCY,
 INCLUDING A NON-GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY HAVING APPROPRIATE  LEGAL  JURISDIC-
 TION,  UNDER  THE  PENAL LAW, ANY STATE OR LOCAL LAW REGULATING RENTS OR
 ANY STATE OR LOCAL LAW RELATING TO HARASSMENT  OF  TENANTS  OR  UNLAWFUL
 EVICTION.
   (B)  NO  ELIGIBLE BUILDING SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR AN ABATEMENT PURSUANT
 TO PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION WHERE:
   (I) ANY AFFIDAVIT REQUIRED UNDER THIS SUBPARAGRAPH HAS NOT BEEN FILED;
   (II) ANY SUCH AFFIDAVIT CONTAINS A WILLFUL MISREPRESENTATION OR  OMIS-
 SION OF ANY MATERIAL FACT; OR
   (III)  ANY  OWNER  OF RECORD OR OWNER OF A SUBSTANTIAL INTEREST IN THE
 ELIGIBLE BUILDING OR ENTITY OWNING THE ELIGIBLE BUILDING  OR  SPONSORING
 THE  ELIGIBLE  CONSTRUCTION HAS BEEN FOUND, BY JUDGMENT OR DETERMINATION
 OF A COURT OR AGENCY, INCLUDING A NON-GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY HAVING  APPRO-
 PRIATE  LEGAL  JURISDICTION, UNDER THE PENAL LAW, ANY STATE OR LOCAL LAW
 REGULATING RENTS OR ANY STATE OR LOCAL LAW  RELATING  TO  HARASSMENT  OF
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 TENANTS  OR  UNLAWFUL  EVICTION, TO HAVE, WITHIN THE FIVE YEARS PRIOR TO
 THE COMPLETION DATE, HARASSED OR UNLAWFULLY EVICTED TENANTS,  UNTIL  AND
 UNLESS THE FINDING IS REVERSED ON APPEAL.
   (C)  NOTWITHSTANDING  THE  PROVISIONS OF ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL OR LOCAL
 LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THE CORPORATION COUNSEL OR  OTHER  LEGAL  REPRESEN-
 TATIVE  OF  A  CITY  HAVING  A  POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE OR THE
 DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF ANY COUNTY, MAY INSTITUTE AN ACTION  OR  PROCEEDING
 IN ANY COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION THAT MAY BE APPROPRIATE OR NECES-
 SARY  TO DETERMINE WHETHER ANY OWNER OF RECORD OR OWNER OF A SUBSTANTIAL
 INTEREST IN THE ELIGIBLE BUILDING OR ENTITY OWNING THE ELIGIBLE BUILDING
 OR SPONSORING THE  ELIGIBLE  CONSTRUCTION  HAS  HARASSED  OR  UNLAWFULLY
 EVICTED TENANTS AS DESCRIBED IN THIS SUBPARAGRAPH.
   (7)  NOTWITHSTANDING  THE  PROVISIONS OF ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL OR LOCAL
 LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THE LOCAL HOUSING AGENCY MAY REQUIRE BY  RULES  AND
 REGULATIONS  THAT  AN  APPLICATION  FOR A CERTIFICATE OF ELIGIBILITY AND
 REASONABLE COST BE FILED ELECTRONICALLY.
   (E) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR AN ELIGIBLE RENTAL BUILDING OTHER THAN
 ONE OWNED AND OPERATED BY A LIMITED-PROFIT  HOUSING  COMPANY.  ANY  SUCH
 LOCAL  LAW  OR  ORDINANCE  SHALL, IN ADDITION TO ALL OTHER CONDITIONS OF
 ELIGIBILITY FOR REHABILITATION PROGRAM BENEFITS SET FORTH IN THIS SUBDI-
 VISION, REQUIRE THAT AN ELIGIBLE RENTAL BUILDING, OTHER THAN  ONE  OWNED
 AND  OPERATED  BY A LIMITED-PROFIT HOUSING COMPANY, ALSO COMPLY WITH ALL
 PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, AN ELIGIBLE
 RENTAL BUILDING  THAT  IS  THE  RECIPIENT  OF  SUBSTANTIAL  GOVERNMENTAL
 ASSISTANCE  SHALL  NOT  BE  REQUIRED  TO  COMPLY  WITH THE PROVISIONS OF
 SUBPARAGRAPH THREE OF THIS PARAGRAPH.
   (1) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF RENT REGULATION TO THE  CONTRARY,
 ANY  MARKET  RENTAL UNIT WITHIN SUCH ELIGIBLE RENTAL BUILDING SUBJECT TO
 RENT REGULATION AS OF THE FILING DATE OF THE APPLICATION FOR  A  CERTIF-
 ICATE  OF ELIGIBILITY AND REASONABLE COST AND ANY AFFORDABLE RENTAL UNIT
 WITHIN SUCH ELIGIBLE RENTAL BUILDING SHALL BE SUBJECT TO RENT REGULATION
 UNTIL SUCH UNIT  FIRST  BECOMES  VACANT  AFTER  THE  EXPIRATION  OF  THE
 RESTRICTION  PERIOD  AT WHICH TIME SUCH UNIT, UNLESS IT WOULD BE SUBJECT
 TO RENT REGULATION FOR REASONS OTHER THAN THE PROVISIONS OF THIS  SUBDI-
 VISION,  SHALL  BE  DEREGULATED,  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT  DURING  THE
 RESTRICTION PERIOD, NO EXEMPTION OR EXCLUSION FROM  ANY  REQUIREMENT  OF
 RENT REGULATION SHALL APPLY TO SUCH DWELLING UNITS.
   (2)  ADDITIONAL  REQUIREMENTS  FOR AN ELIGIBLE RENTAL BUILDING THAT IS
 NOT A RECIPIENT OF SUBSTANTIAL GOVERNMENTAL ASSISTANCE.
   (A) NOT LESS THAN FIFTY PERCENT OF THE DWELLING UNITS IN SUCH ELIGIBLE
 RENTAL BUILDING SHALL BE DESIGNATED AS AFFORDABLE RENTAL UNITS.
   (B) THE OWNER OF SUCH ELIGIBLE RENTAL BUILDING SHALL  ENSURE  THAT  NO
 AFFORDABLE RENTAL UNIT IS HELD OFF THE MARKET FOR A PERIOD THAT IS LONG-
 ER THAN REASONABLY NECESSARY.
   (C)  THE  OWNER  OF  SUCH  ELIGIBLE  RENTAL  BUILDING  SHALL WAIVE THE
 COLLECTION OF ANY MAJOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT RENT INCREASE GRANTED BY THE
 NEW YORK STATE DIVISION OF HOUSING AND  COMMUNITY  RENEWAL  PURSUANT  TO
 RENT  REGULATION THAT IS ATTRIBUTABLE TO ELIGIBLE CONSTRUCTION FOR WHICH
 SUCH ELIGIBLE RENTAL BUILDING RECEIVES REHABILITATION PROGRAM  BENEFITS,
 AND SHALL FILE A DECLARATION WITH THE NEW YORK STATE DIVISION OF HOUSING
 AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL PROVIDING SUCH WAIVER.
   (D)  AN  AFFORDABLE  RENTAL  UNIT  SHALL NOT BE RENTED ON A TEMPORARY,
 TRANSIENT OR SHORT-TERM BASIS. EVERY LEASE AND RENEWAL  THEREOF  FOR  AN
 AFFORDABLE  RENTAL  UNIT SHALL BE FOR A TERM OF ONE OR TWO YEARS, AT THE
 OPTION OF THE TENANT, AND SHALL INCLUDE A NOTICE  IN  AT  LEAST  TWELVE-
 POINT TYPE INFORMING SUCH TENANT OF THEIR RIGHTS PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDI-
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 VISION,  INCLUDING  AN EXPLANATION OF THE RESTRICTIONS ON RENT INCREASES
 THAT MAY BE IMPOSED ON SUCH AFFORDABLE RENTAL UNIT.
   (E)  THE  LOCAL  HOUSING AGENCY MAY ESTABLISH BY RULES AND REGULATIONS
 SUCH REQUIREMENTS AS THE LOCAL HOUSING AGENCY DEEMS NECESSARY OR  APPRO-
 PRIATE  FOR  DESIGNATING  AFFORDABLE  RENTAL  UNITS,  INCLUDING, BUT NOT
 LIMITED TO, DESIGNATING THE UNIT MIX AND  DISTRIBUTION  REQUIREMENTS  OF
 SUCH AFFORDABLE RENTAL UNITS IN AN ELIGIBLE BUILDING.
   (3)  THE OWNER OF SUCH ELIGIBLE RENTAL BUILDING SHALL NOT ENGAGE IN OR
 CAUSE ANY HARASSMENT OF THE TENANTS OF SUCH ELIGIBLE RENTAL BUILDING  OR
 UNLAWFULLY EVICT ANY SUCH TENANTS DURING THE RESTRICTION PERIOD.
   (4)  NO  DWELLING  UNITS WITHIN SUCH ELIGIBLE RENTAL BUILDING SHALL BE
 CONVERTED TO COOPERATIVE OR CONDOMINIUM OWNERSHIP DURING THE RESTRICTION
 PERIOD.
   (5) ANY  NON-COMPLIANCE  OF  AN  ELIGIBLE  RENTAL  BUILDING  WITH  THE
 PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  PARAGRAPH SHALL PERMIT THE LOCAL HOUSING AGENCY TO
 TAKE THE FOLLOWING ACTION:
   (A) EXTEND THE RESTRICTION PERIOD;
   (B) INCREASE THE NUMBER OF AFFORDABLE RENTAL UNITS  IN  SUCH  ELIGIBLE
 RENTAL BUILDING;
   (C)  IMPOSE  A  PENALTY  OF  NOT MORE THAN THE PRODUCT OF ONE THOUSAND
 DOLLARS PER INSTANCE OF NON-COMPLIANCE AND THE NUMBER OF DWELLING  UNITS
 CONTAINED IN SUCH ELIGIBLE RENTAL BUILDING; AND
   (D) TERMINATE OR REVOKE ANY REHABILITATION PROGRAM BENEFITS IN ACCORD-
 ANCE WITH PARAGRAPH (M) OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   (F)  COMPLIANCE  WITH  APPLICABLE LAW. ANY SUCH LOCAL LAW OR ORDINANCE
 MAY ALSO PROVIDE THAT  REHABILITATION  PROGRAM  BENEFITS  SHALL  NOT  BE
 ALLOWED  FOR ANY ELIGIBLE BUILDING UNLESS AND UNTIL SUCH ELIGIBLE BUILD-
 ING COMPLIES WITH ALL APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF LAW.
   (G) IMPLEMENTATION OF REHABILITATION PROGRAM BENEFITS.  UPON  ISSUANCE
 OF  A  CERTIFICATE  OF  ELIGIBILITY  AND  REASONABLE COST AND PAYMENT OF
 OUTSTANDING FEES, THE LOCAL HOUSING AGENCY SHALL BE AUTHORIZED TO TRANS-
 MIT SUCH CERTIFICATE OF ELIGIBILITY AND REASONABLE  COST  TO  THE  LOCAL
 AGENCY  RESPONSIBLE FOR REAL PROPERTY TAX ASSESSMENT.  UPON RECEIPT OF A
 CERTIFICATE OF ELIGIBILITY AND REASONABLE COST, THE LOCAL AGENCY RESPON-
 SIBLE FOR REAL PROPERTY TAX ASSESSMENT SHALL CERTIFY THE AMOUNT OF TAXES
 TO BE ABATED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION AND  PURSUANT
 TO  SUCH  CERTIFICATE OF ELIGIBILITY AND REASONABLE COST PROVIDED BY THE
 LOCAL HOUSING AGENCY.
   (H) OUTSTANDING TAXES AND CHARGES. ANY SUCH  LOCAL  LAW  OR  ORDINANCE
 SHALL  ALSO  PROVIDE  THAT  REHABILITATION PROGRAM BENEFITS SHALL NOT BE
 ALLOWED FOR AN ELIGIBLE BUILDING IN EITHER OF THE FOLLOWING CASES:
   (1) THERE ARE OUTSTANDING REAL ESTATE TAXES OR WATER AND SEWER CHARGES
 OR PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES THAT ARE DUE AND OWING AS OF THE  LAST  DAY
 OF  THE  TAX PERIOD PRECEDING THE DATE OF THE RECEIPT OF THE CERTIFICATE
 OF ELIGIBILITY AND REASONABLE COST BY THE LOCAL AGENCY  RESPONSIBLE  FOR
 REAL PROPERTY TAX ASSESSMENT; OR
   (2)  REAL  ESTATE  TAXES  OR  WATER  AND SEWER CHARGES DUE AT ANY TIME
 DURING THE AUTHORIZED TERM OF SUCH BENEFITS REMAIN UNPAID FOR  ONE  YEAR
 AFTER THE SAME ARE DUE AND PAYABLE.
   (I) ADDITIONAL LIMITATIONS ON ELIGIBILITY. ANY SUCH LOCAL LAW OR ORDI-
 NANCE SHALL ALSO PROVIDE THAT:
   (1)  REHABILITATION  PROGRAM  BENEFITS  SHALL  NOT  BE ALLOWED FOR ANY
 ELIGIBLE BUILDING RECEIVING TAX EXEMPTION OR ABATEMENT CONCURRENTLY  FOR
 REHABILITATION OR NEW CONSTRUCTION UNDER ANY OTHER PROVISION OF STATE OR
 LOCAL  LAW  OR ORDINANCE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ANY ELIGIBLE CONSTRUCTION
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 TO AN ELIGIBLE BUILDING RECEIVING A TAX EXEMPTION OR ABATEMENT UNDER THE
 PROVISIONS OF THE PRIVATE HOUSING FINANCE LAW;
   (2)  REHABILITATION PROGRAM BENEFITS SHALL NOT BE ALLOWED FOR ANY ITEM
 OF ELIGIBLE CONSTRUCTION IN AN ELIGIBLE BUILDING IF SUCH ELIGIBLE BUILD-
 ING IS RECEIVING TAX EXEMPTION OR ABATEMENT FOR THE SAME  OR  A  SIMILAR
 ITEM  OF ELIGIBLE CONSTRUCTION AS OF THE DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST PRECEDING
 THE DATE OF APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF ELIGIBILITY AND  REASONABLE
 COST FOR SUCH REHABILITATION PROGRAM BENEFITS;
   (3)  WHERE THE ELIGIBLE CONSTRUCTION INCLUDES OR BENEFITS A PORTION OF
 AN ELIGIBLE BUILDING THAT IS NOT OCCUPIED  FOR  DWELLING  PURPOSES,  THE
 ASSESSED  VALUATION OF SUCH ELIGIBLE BUILDING AND THE COST OF THE ELIGI-
 BLE CONSTRUCTION SHALL BE APPORTIONED  SO  THAT  REHABILITATION  PROGRAM
 BENEFITS  SHALL NOT BE PROVIDED FOR ELIGIBLE CONSTRUCTION MADE FOR OTHER
 THAN DWELLING PURPOSES; AND
   (4) REHABILITATION PROGRAM BENEFITS SHALL NOT BE APPLIED TO  ABATE  OR
 REDUCE  THE  TAXES  UPON  THE LAND PORTION OF REAL PROPERTY, WHICH SHALL
 CONTINUE TO BE TAXED BASED UPON THE ASSESSED VALUATION OF THE  LAND  AND
 THE APPLICABLE TAX RATE AT THE TIME SUCH TAXES ARE LEVIED.
   (J)  RE-INSPECTION PENALTY. ANY SUCH LOCAL LAW OR ORDINANCE SHALL ALSO
 PROVIDE THAT IF THE LOCAL HOUSING  AGENCY  CANNOT  VERIFY  THE  ELIGIBLE
 CONSTRUCTION  CLAIMED  BY  AN APPLICANT UPON THE FIRST INSPECTION BY THE
 LOCAL HOUSING AGENCY OF THE ELIGIBLE BUILDING, SUCH APPLICANT  SHALL  BE
 REQUIRED  TO  PAY TEN TIMES THE ACTUAL COST OF ANY ADDITIONAL INSPECTION
 NEEDED TO VERIFY SUCH ELIGIBLE CONSTRUCTION.
   (K) STRICT LIABILITY FOR INACCURATE APPLICATIONS. ANY SUCH  LOCAL  LAW
 OR  ORDINANCE SHALL ALSO PROVIDE THAT IF THE LOCAL HOUSING AGENCY DETER-
 MINES THAT AN APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF ELIGIBILITY  AND  REASON-
 ABLE  COST  CONTAINS  A MATERIAL MISSTATEMENT OF FACT, THE LOCAL HOUSING
 AGENCY MAY REJECT SUCH APPLICATION AND BAR THE SUBMISSION OF  ANY  OTHER
 APPLICATION  PURSUANT  TO THIS SUBDIVISION WITH RESPECT TO SUCH ELIGIBLE
 BUILDING FOR A PERIOD NOT TO EXCEED THREE YEARS. AN APPLICANT SHALL  NOT
 BE RELIEVED FROM LIABILITY UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH BECAUSE IT SUBMITTED ITS
 APPLICATION UNDER A MISTAKEN BELIEF OF FACT.  FURTHERMORE, ANY PERSON OR
 ENTITY  THAT FILES MORE THAN SIX APPLICATIONS CONTAINING SUCH A MATERIAL
 MISSTATEMENT OF FACT WITHIN ANY TWELVE-MONTH PERIOD SHALL BE BARRED FROM
 SUBMITTING ANY NEW APPLICATION FOR REHABILITATION  PROGRAM  BENEFITS  ON
 BEHALF OF ANY ELIGIBLE BUILDING FOR A PERIOD NOT TO EXCEED FIVE YEARS.
   (L)  INVESTIGATORY  AUTHORITY.  ANY  SUCH LOCAL LAW OR ORDINANCE SHALL
 ALSO ALLOW THE LOCAL HOUSING AGENCY TO REQUIRE SUCH  CERTIFICATIONS  AND
 CONSENTS  NECESSARY  TO  ACCESS RECORDS, INCLUDING OTHER TAX RECORDS, AS
 MAY BE DEEMED APPROPRIATE TO ENFORCE  THE  ELIGIBILITY  REQUIREMENTS  OF
 THIS  SUBDIVISION. ANY SUCH LOCAL LAW OR ORDINANCE SHALL FURTHER PROVIDE
 THAT, FOR PURPOSES OF DETERMINING AND CERTIFYING ELIGIBILITY  FOR  REHA-
 BILITATION  PROGRAM  BENEFITS  AND  THE  REASONABLE COST OF ANY ELIGIBLE
 CONSTRUCTION, THE LOCAL HOUSING AGENCY SHALL BE AUTHORIZED TO:
   (1) ADMINISTER OATHS TO AND TAKE THE TESTIMONY OF ANY PERSON,  INCLUD-
 ING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE OWNER OF SUCH ELIGIBLE BUILDING;
   (2)  ISSUE  SUBPOENAS REQUIRING THE ATTENDANCE OF SUCH PERSONS AND THE
 PRODUCTION OF ANY BILLS, BOOKS, PAPERS OR OTHER DOCUMENTS AS IT MAY DEEM
 NECESSARY;
   (3) MAKE PRELIMINARY ESTIMATES OF THE MAXIMUM REASONABLE COST OF  SUCH
 ELIGIBLE CONSTRUCTION;
   (4)  ESTABLISH MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE COSTS OF SPECIFIED UNITS, FIXTURES OR
 WORK IN SUCH ELIGIBLE CONSTRUCTION;
   (5) REQUIRE THE SUBMISSION OF PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS OF SUCH  ELIGI-
 BLE CONSTRUCTION BEFORE THE COMMENCEMENT THEREOF;
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   (6) REQUIRE PHYSICAL ACCESS TO INSPECT THE ELIGIBLE BUILDING; AND
   (7)  ON  AN  ANNUAL  BASIS,  REQUIRE  THE SUBMISSION OF LEASES FOR ANY
 DWELLING UNIT IN A BUILDING GRANTED A  CERTIFICATE  OF  ELIGIBILITY  AND
 REASONABLE COST.
   (M)  TERMINATION  OR REVOCATION. ANY SUCH LOCAL LAW OR ORDINANCE SHALL
 PROVIDE THAT FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS  SUBDIVISION,
 ANY  SUCH  LOCAL LAW OR ORDINANCE, ANY RULES AND REGULATIONS PROMULGATED
 THEREUNDER, OR ANY MUTUAL COMPANY REGULATORY AGREEMENT OR  MUTUAL  REDE-
 VELOPMENT  COMPANY  REGULATORY  AGREEMENT  ENTERED  INTO THEREUNDER, MAY
 RESULT IN REVOCATION OF ANY REHABILITATION PROGRAM BENEFITS  RETROACTIVE
 TO  THE  COMMENCEMENT  THEREOF. SUCH TERMINATION OR REVOCATION SHALL NOT
 EXEMPT  SUCH  ELIGIBLE  BUILDING  FROM  CONTINUED  COMPLIANCE  WITH  THE
 REQUIREMENTS  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION,  SUCH  LOCAL LAW OR ORDINANCE, SUCH
 RULES AND REGULATIONS, AND SUCH MUTUAL COMPANY REGULATORY  AGREEMENT  OR
 MUTUAL REDEVELOPMENT COMPANY REGULATORY AGREEMENT.
   (N)  CRIMINAL  LIABILITY  FOR UNAUTHORIZED USES. ANY SUCH LOCAL LAW OR
 ORDINANCE SHALL ALSO PROVIDE THAT IN THE EVENT  THAT  ANY  RECIPIENT  OF
 REHABILITATION  PROGRAM BENEFITS USES ANY DWELLING UNIT IN SUCH ELIGIBLE
 BUILDING IN VIOLATION OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF SUCH LOCAL LAW OR ORDINANCE
 AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION AND ANY  RULES  AND  REGULATIONS
 PROMULGATED  PURSUANT  THERETO,  SUCH  RECIPIENT  SHALL  BE GUILTY OF AN
 UNCLASSIFIED MISDEMEANOR PUNISHABLE BY A FINE IN AN AMOUNT EQUIVALENT TO
 DOUBLE THE VALUE OF THE GAIN OF SUCH RECIPIENT FROM SUCH UNLAWFUL USE OR
 IMPRISONMENT FOR NOT MORE THAN NINETY DAYS, OR BOTH.
   (O) PRIVATE RIGHT OF  ACTION.  ANY  PROSPECTIVE,  PRESENT,  OR  FORMER
 TENANT  OF  AN  ELIGIBLE RENTAL BUILDING MAY SUE TO ENFORCE THE REQUIRE-
 MENTS AND PROHIBITIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION, ANY SUCH LOCAL LAW OR  ORDI-
 NANCE,  OR  ANY  RULES  AND  REGULATIONS  PROMULGATED THEREUNDER, IN THE
 SUPREME COURT OF NEW YORK. ANY SUCH INDIVIDUAL HARMED  BY  REASON  OF  A
 VIOLATION  OF SUCH REQUIREMENTS AND PROHIBITIONS MAY SUE THEREFOR IN THE
 SUPREME COURT OF NEW YORK ON BEHALF OF HIMSELF  OR  HERSELF,  AND  SHALL
 RECOVER  THREEFOLD  THE  DAMAGES  SUSTAINED  AND  THE  COST OF THE SUIT,
 INCLUDING A REASONABLE ATTORNEY'S FEE. THE LOCAL HOUSING AGENCY MAY  USE
 ANY  COURT DECISION UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH THAT IS ADVERSE TO THE OWNER OF
 AN ELIGIBLE BUILDING  AS  THE  BASIS  FOR  FURTHER  ENFORCEMENT  ACTION.
 NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, AN ACTION BY A TENANT OF AN
 ELIGIBLE RENTAL BUILDING UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH MUST BE  COMMENCED  WITHIN
 SIX YEARS FROM THE DATE OF THE LATEST VIOLATION.
   (P)  APPOINTMENT OF RECEIVER. IN ADDITION TO THE REMEDIES FOR NON-COM-
 PLIANCE PROVIDED FOR IN SUBPARAGRAPH  FIVE  OF  PARAGRAPH  (E)  OF  THIS
 SUBDIVISION,  ANY  SUCH LOCAL LAW OR ORDINANCE MAY ALSO PROVIDE THAT THE
 LOCAL HOUSING AGENCY MAY MAKE  APPLICATION  FOR  THE  APPOINTMENT  OF  A
 RECEIVER  IN  ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCEDURES CONTAINED IN SUCH LOCAL LAW
 OR ORDINANCE. ANY RECEIVER APPOINTED PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL BE
 AUTHORIZED, IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER POWERS CONFERRED BY LAW, TO  EFFECT
 COMPLIANCE  WITH  THE  PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION, SUCH LOCAL LAW OR
 ORDINANCE, AND RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE LOCAL  HOUSING  AGENCY.  ANY
 EXPENDITURES  INCURRED  BY  THE RECEIVER TO EFFECT SUCH COMPLIANCE SHALL
 CONSTITUTE A DEBT OF THE OWNER AND A LIEN UPON THE  PROPERTY,  AND  UPON
 THE  RENTS  AND  INCOME  THEREOF,  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH  THE  PROCEDURES
 CONTAINED IN SUCH LOCAL LAW OR ORDINANCE. THE LOCAL  HOUSING  AGENCY  IN
 ITS  DISCRETION  MAY  PROVIDE  FUNDS TO BE EXPENDED BY THE RECEIVER, AND
 SUCH FUNDS SHALL CONSTITUTE A DEBT RECOVERABLE FROM THE OWNER IN ACCORD-
 ANCE WITH APPLICABLE LOCAL LAWS OR ORDINANCES.
   (R) AUTHORITY OF CITY TO LIMIT LOCAL  LAW.  WHERE  A  CITY  ENACTS  OR
 AMENDS  A  LOCAL LAW OR ORDINANCE UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION, SUCH LOCAL LAW
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 OR ORDINANCE MAY RESTRICT, LIMIT OR CONDITION THE ELIGIBILITY, SCOPE  OR
 AMOUNT  OF  REHABILITATION PROGRAM BENEFITS UNDER THE LOCAL LAW OR ORDI-
 NANCE IN ANY MANNER, PROVIDED THAT THE LOCAL LAW OR  ORDINANCE  MAY  NOT
 GRANT  REHABILITATION  PROGRAM  BENEFITS  BEYOND  THOSE PROVIDED IN THIS
 SUBDIVISION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART N
 
   Section 1. The real property tax  law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 section 421-p to read as follows:
   §  421-P. EXEMPTION OF NEWLY-CONSTRUCTED RENTAL MULTIPLE DWELLINGS. 1.
 (A) A CITY, TOWN OR VILLAGE MAY, BY LOCAL LAW, PROVIDE FOR THE EXEMPTION
 OF RENTAL MULTIPLE DWELLINGS CONSTRUCTED IN A BENEFIT AREA DESIGNATED IN
 SUCH LOCAL LAW FROM TAXATION AND SPECIAL AD VALOREM LEVIES, AS  PROVIDED
 IN  THIS  SECTION.  SUBSEQUENT  TO THE ADOPTION OF SUCH A LOCAL LAW, ANY
 OTHER MUNICIPAL CORPORATION IN WHICH  THE  DESIGNATED  BENEFIT  AREA  IS
 LOCATED  MAY LIKEWISE EXEMPT SUCH PROPERTY FROM ITS TAXATION AND SPECIAL
 AD VALOREM LEVIES BY LOCAL LAW, OR IN THE CASE OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT,  BY
 RESOLUTION.
   (B)  AS  USED  IN THIS SECTION, THE TERM "BENEFIT AREA" MEANS THE AREA
 WITHIN A CITY, TOWN OR VILLAGE, DESIGNATED BY LOCAL  LAW,  TO  WHICH  AN
 EXEMPTION, ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION, APPLIES.
   (C)  THE TERM "RENTAL MULTIPLE DWELLING" MEANS A STRUCTURE, OTHER THAN
 A HOTEL, CONSISTING OF TWENTY OR MORE DWELLING UNITS, WHERE ALL  OF  THE
 UNITS  ARE  RENTED FOR RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES, AND AT LEAST TWENTY PERCENT
 OF SUCH UNITS, UPON INITIAL  RENTAL  AND  UPON  EACH  SUBSEQUENT  RENTAL
 FOLLOWING   A   VACANCY   DURING  THE  RESTRICTION  PERIOD  OR  EXTENDED
 RESTRICTION PERIOD, AS APPLICABLE, IS AFFORDABLE TO  AND  RESTRICTED  TO
 OCCUPANCY  BY  INDIVIDUALS  OR  FAMILIES WHOSE HOUSEHOLD INCOME DOES NOT
 EXCEED EIGHTY PERCENT OF THE AREA MEDIAN  INCOME,  ADJUSTED  FOR  FAMILY
 SIZE, ON AVERAGE, AT THE TIME THAT SUCH HOUSEHOLDS INITIALLY OCCUPY SUCH
 DWELLING UNITS, PROVIDED FURTHER THAT ALL OF THE INCOME RESTRICTED UNITS
 UPON  INITIAL RENTAL AND UPON EACH SUBSEQUENT RENTAL FOLLOWING A VACANCY
 DURING THE RESTRICTION PERIOD OR EXTENDED RESTRICTION PERIOD, AS  APPLI-
 CABLE, SHALL BE AFFORDABLE TO AND RESTRICTED TO OCCUPANCY BY INDIVIDUALS
 OR  FAMILIES  WHOSE HOUSEHOLD INCOME DOES NOT EXCEED ONE HUNDRED PERCENT
 OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME, ADJUSTED FOR FAMILY SIZE, AT  THE  TIME  THAT
 SUCH  HOUSEHOLDS  INITIALLY OCCUPY SUCH DWELLING UNITS. SUCH RESTRICTION
 PERIOD SHALL BE IN EFFECT COTERMINOUS WITH THE BENEFIT PERIOD, PROVIDED,
 HOWEVER, THAT THE TENANT OR TENANTS IN  AN  INCOME  RESTRICTED  DWELLING
 UNIT  AT  THE  TIME SUCH RESTRICTION PERIOD ENDS SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO
 LEASE RENEWALS AT THE INCOME RESTRICTED LEVEL UNTIL SUCH  TIME  AS  SUCH
 TENANT OR TENANTS PERMANENTLY VACATE THE DWELLING UNIT.
   2.  ELIGIBLE  NEWLY-CONSTRUCTED  RENTAL MULTIPLE DWELLINGS IN A DESIG-
 NATED BENEFIT AREA SHALL BE WHOLLY  EXEMPT  FROM  TAXATION  WHILE  UNDER
 CONSTRUCTION,  SUBJECT  TO A MAXIMUM OF THREE YEARS. SUCH PROPERTY SHALL
 THEN BE EXEMPT FOR AN ADDITIONAL PERIOD OF TWENTY-FIVE YEARS,  PROVIDED,
 THAT  THE  EXEMPTION PERCENTAGE DURING SUCH ADDITIONAL PERIOD OF TWENTY-
 FIVE YEARS SHALL BEGIN AT NINETY-SIX PERCENT AND SHALL DECREASE BY  FOUR
 PERCENT EACH YEAR THEREAFTER. PROVIDED, HOWEVER:
   (A)  TAXES  SHALL  BE PAID DURING THE EXEMPTION PERIOD IN AN AMOUNT AT
 LEAST EQUAL TO THE TAXES PAID ON SUCH LAND AND ANY IMPROVEMENTS  THEREON
 DURING THE TAX YEAR PRECEDING THE COMMENCEMENT OF SUCH EXEMPTION.
   (B)  NO  OTHER  EXEMPTION  MAY  BE  GRANTED  CONCURRENTLY  TO THE SAME
 IMPROVEMENTS UNDER ANY OTHER SECTION OF LAW.
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   3. TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR EXEMPTION UNDER THIS SECTION, SUCH  CONSTRUCTION
 SHALL  TAKE PLACE ON VACANT, PREDOMINANTLY VACANT OR UNDERUTILIZED LAND,
 OR ON LAND IMPROVED WITH A NON-CONFORMING USE OR ON LAND CONTAINING  ONE
 OR  MORE  SUBSTANDARD  OR  STRUCTURALLY UNSOUND DWELLINGS, OR A DWELLING
 THAT HAS BEEN CERTIFIED AS UNSANITARY BY THE LOCAL HEALTH AGENCY.
   4.  APPLICATION  FOR  EXEMPTION  UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE MADE ON A
 FORM PRESCRIBED BY THE COMMISSIONER AND FILED WITH THE  ASSESSOR  ON  OR
 BEFORE THE APPLICABLE TAXABLE STATUS DATE.
   5.  IN  THE CASE OF NEWLY CONSTRUCTED PROPERTY WHICH IS USED PARTIALLY
 AS A RENTAL MULTIPLE DWELLING AND  PARTIALLY  FOR  COMMERCIAL  OR  OTHER
 PURPOSES,  THE PORTION OF THE NEWLY CONSTRUCTED PROPERTY THAT IS USED AS
 A RENTAL MULTIPLE DWELLING SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE  EXEMPTION  AUTHOR-
 IZED BY THIS SECTION IF:
   (A) THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE PORTION USED AS A RENTAL MULTIPLE DWELL-
 ING  REPRESENTS  AT  LEAST  FIFTY  PERCENT  OF THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE
 ENTIRE PROPERTY;
   (B) THE RENTAL UNITS ARE AFFORDABLE  TO  INDIVIDUALS  OR  FAMILIES  AS
 DETERMINED  ACCORDING  TO  THE  CRITERIA  SET  FORTH IN PARAGRAPH (C) OF
 SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION; AND
   (C) THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS  SECTION  ARE  OTHERWISE  SATISFIED  WITH
 RESPECT  TO THE PORTION OF THE PROPERTY USED AS A RENTAL MULTIPLE DWELL-
 ING.
   6. THE EXEMPTION AUTHORIZED BY THIS SECTION SHALL NOT BE AVAILABLE  IN
 A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE.
   7.  ANY RECIPIENT OF THE EXEMPTION AUTHORIZED BY THIS SECTION OR THEIR
 DESIGNEE SHALL CERTIFY COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  SECTION
 UNDER  PENALTY  OF  PERJURY, AT SUCH TIME OR TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER AS
 MAY BE PRESCRIBED IN THE LOCAL LAW ADOPTED BY THE CITY, TOWN OR  VILLAGE
 PURSUANT  TO  PARAGRAPH  (A) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, OR BY A
 SUBSEQUENT LOCAL LAW. SUCH CITY, TOWN  OR  VILLAGE  MAY  ESTABLISH  SUCH
 PROCEDURES AS IT DEEMS NECESSARY FOR MONITORING AND ENFORCING COMPLIANCE
 OF AN ELIGIBLE BUILDING WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART O
 
   Section  1.  The  real  property  tax  law  is amended by adding a new
 section 421-p to read as follows:
   §  421-P.  EXEMPTION  OF  CAPITAL  IMPROVEMENTS  TO  RESIDENTIAL   NEW
 CONSTRUCTION  INVOLVING  THE  CREATION  OF  ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS. 1.
 RESIDENTIAL  BUILDINGS  RECONSTRUCTED,  ALTERED,  IMPROVED,   OR   NEWLY
 CONSTRUCTED IN ORDER TO CREATE ONE OR MORE ADDITIONAL RESIDENTIAL DWELL-
 ING  UNITS  ON THE SAME PARCEL AS A PRE-EXISTING RESIDENTIAL BUILDING TO
 PROVIDE INDEPENDENT LIVING FACILITIES FOR ONE OR MORE PERSONS SUBSEQUENT
 TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF A LOCAL LAW OR RESOLUTION ENACTED  PURSUANT  TO
 THIS SECTION SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM TAXATION AND SPECIAL AD VALOREM LEVIES
 TO  THE EXTENT PROVIDED HEREINAFTER. AFTER A PUBLIC HEARING, THE GOVERN-
 ING BOARD OF A COUNTY, CITY, TOWN OR VILLAGE MAY ADOPT A LOCAL LAW AND A
 SCHOOL DISTRICT, OTHER THAN A SCHOOL DISTRICT SUBJECT TO ARTICLE  FIFTY-
 TWO  OF THE EDUCATION LAW, MAY ADOPT A RESOLUTION TO GRANT THE EXEMPTION
 AUTHORIZED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION. A COPY OF SUCH LOCAL LAW OR  RESOL-
 UTION  SHALL  BE  FILED  WITH  THE COMMISSIONER AND THE ASSESSOR OF SUCH
 COUNTY, CITY, TOWN OR VILLAGE WHO PREPARES THE ASSESSMENT ROLL ON  WHICH
 THE  TAXES  OF  SUCH  COUNTY, CITY, TOWN, VILLAGE OR SCHOOL DISTRICT ARE
 LEVIED.
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   2. (A) SUCH BUILDINGS SHALL BE EXEMPT FOR A PERIOD OF  FIVE  YEARS  TO
 THE  EXTENT  OF ONE HUNDRED PER CENTUM OF THE INCREASE IN ASSESSED VALUE
 THEREOF ATTRIBUTABLE TO SUCH RECONSTRUCTION, ALTERATION, IMPROVEMENT, OR
 NEW CONSTRUCTION FOR SUCH ADDITIONAL  RESIDENTIAL  UNIT  OR  UNITS  THAT
 PROVIDE  INDEPENDENT  LIVING FACILITIES FOR ONE OR MORE PERSONS, AND FOR
 AN ADDITIONAL PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING:
   (I) THE EXTENT OF SUCH EXEMPTION SHALL BE DECREASED BY TWENTY-FIVE PER
 CENTUM OF THE "EXEMPTION BASE" FOR EACH OF THE FIRST THREE YEARS  DURING
 SUCH  ADDITIONAL  PERIOD  AND  SHALL  BE  DECREASED BY A FURTHER TEN PER
 CENTUM OF THE "EXEMPTION BASE" DURING EACH OF THE  FINAL  TWO  YEARS  OF
 SUCH  ADDITIONAL  PERIOD.  THE  EXEMPTION SHALL EXPIRE AT THE END OF THE
 EXTENDED PERIOD.  THE "EXEMPTION BASE" SHALL BE THE INCREASE IN ASSESSED
 VALUE AS DETERMINED IN THE INITIAL YEAR OF THE TERM  OF  THE  EXEMPTION,
 EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBPARAGRAPH (II) OF THIS PARAGRAPH.
   (II)  IN  ANY YEAR IN WHICH A CHANGE IN LEVEL OF ASSESSMENT OF FIFTEEN
 PERCENT OR MORE IS CERTIFIED FOR A FINAL ASSESSMENT ROLL PURSUANT TO THE
 RULES OF THE COMMISSIONER, THE EXEMPTION BASE SHALL BE MULTIPLIED  BY  A
 FRACTION,  THE  NUMERATOR  OF WHICH SHALL BE THE TOTAL ASSESSED VALUE OF
 THE PARCEL ON SUCH FINAL ASSESSMENT ROLL (AFTER ACCOUNTING FOR ANY PHYS-
 ICAL OR QUANTITY CHANGES TO THE PARCEL SINCE THE  IMMEDIATELY  PRECEDING
 ASSESSMENT  ROLL),  AND  THE  DENOMINATOR  OF  WHICH  SHALL BE THE TOTAL
 ASSESSED VALUE OF THE PARCEL ON THE IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING FINAL  ASSESS-
 MENT  ROLL.  THE  RESULT  SHALL BE THE NEW EXEMPTION BASE. THE EXEMPTION
 SHALL THEREUPON BE RECOMPUTED TO TAKE INTO  ACCOUNT  THE  NEW  EXEMPTION
 BASE,  NOTWITHSTANDING THE FACT THAT THE ASSESSOR RECEIVES CERTIFICATION
 OF THE CHANGE IN LEVEL OF ASSESSMENT AFTER THE COMPLETION,  VERIFICATION
 AND  FILING OF THE FINAL ASSESSMENT ROLL. IN THE EVENT THE ASSESSOR DOES
 NOT HAVE CUSTODY OF THE ROLL WHEN SUCH CERTIFICATION  IS  RECEIVED,  THE
 ASSESSOR  SHALL  CERTIFY  THE RECOMPUTED EXEMPTION TO THE LOCAL OFFICERS
 HAVING CUSTODY AND CONTROL OF THE ROLL,  AND  SUCH  LOCAL  OFFICERS  ARE
 HEREBY  DIRECTED AND AUTHORIZED TO ENTER THE RECOMPUTED EXEMPTION CERTI-
 FIED BY THE ASSESSOR ON THE ROLL. THE ASSESSOR SHALL GIVE WRITTEN NOTICE
 OF SUCH RECOMPUTED EXEMPTION TO THE PROPERTY OWNER, WHO MAY,  IF  HE  OR
 SHE  BELIEVES THAT THE EXEMPTION WAS RECOMPUTED INCORRECTLY, APPLY FOR A
 CORRECTION IN THE MANNER PROVIDED BY TITLE THREE OF ARTICLE FIVE OF THIS
 CHAPTER FOR THE CORRECTION OF CLERICAL ERRORS.
   (III) SUCH EXEMPTION SHALL BE LIMITED TO TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND  DOLLARS
 IN  INCREASED  MARKET  VALUE OF THE PROPERTY ATTRIBUTABLE TO SUCH RECON-
 STRUCTION, ALTERATION, IMPROVEMENT, OR NEW CONSTRUCTION AND ANY INCREASE
 IN MARKET VALUE GREATER THAN SUCH AMOUNT SHALL NOT BE ELIGIBLE  FOR  THE
 EXEMPTION  PURSUANT  TO  THIS SECTION. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION,
 THE MARKET VALUE OF THE RECONSTRUCTION, ALTERATION, IMPROVEMENT, OR  NEW
 CONSTRUCTION  AS  AUTHORIZED BY SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE
 EQUAL TO THE  INCREASED  ASSESSED  VALUE  ATTRIBUTABLE  TO  SUCH  RECON-
 STRUCTION,  ALTERATION,  IMPROVEMENT  OR NEW CONSTRUCTION DIVIDED BY THE
 CLASS ONE RATIO IN A SPECIAL ASSESSING UNIT OR THE MOST RECENTLY  ESTAB-
 LISHED  STATE  EQUALIZATION  RATE  OR  SPECIAL  EQUALIZATION RATE IN THE
 REMAINDER OF THE STATE, EXCEPT WHERE  THE  STATE  EQUALIZATION  RATE  OR
 SPECIAL  EQUALIZATION  RATE  EQUALS  OR  EXCEEDS NINETY-FIVE PERCENT, IN
 WHICH CASE THE INCREASE IN ASSESSED VALUE ATTRIBUTABLE  TO  SUCH  RECON-
 STRUCTION,  ALTERATION,  IMPROVEMENT OR NEW CONSTRUCTION SHALL BE DEEMED
 TO EQUAL THE MARKET VALUE OF SUCH RECONSTRUCTION,  ALTERATION,  IMPROVE-
 MENT, OR NEW CONSTRUCTION.
   (B)  NO  SUCH  EXEMPTION  SHALL  BE GRANTED FOR RECONSTRUCTION, ALTER-
 ATIONS, IMPROVEMENTS, OR NEW CONSTRUCTION UNLESS:
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   (I) SUCH RECONSTRUCTION, ALTERATION, IMPROVEMENT, OR NEW  CONSTRUCTION
 WAS  COMMENCED  SUBSEQUENT  TO  THE  EFFECTIVE  DATE OF THE LOCAL LAW OR
 RESOLUTION ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION; AND
   (II) THE VALUE OF SUCH RECONSTRUCTION, ALTERATION, IMPROVEMENT, OR NEW
 CONSTRUCTION EXCEEDS THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS; AND
   (III)   SUCH   RECONSTRUCTION,   ALTERATION,   IMPROVEMENT,   OR   NEW
 CONSTRUCTION CREATED ONE OR MORE ADDITIONAL RESIDENTIAL  DWELLING  UNITS
 ON  THE  SAME  PARCEL AS THE PREEXISTING RESIDENTIAL BUILDING TO PROVIDE
 INDEPENDENT LIVING FACILITIES FOR ONE OR MORE PERSONS.
   (C) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION THE TERMS RECONSTRUCTION, ALTERATION,
 IMPROVEMENT, AND NEW CONSTRUCTION SHALL NOT INCLUDE ORDINARY MAINTENANCE
 AND REPAIRS.
   3. SUCH EXEMPTION SHALL BE GRANTED ONLY UPON APPLICATION BY THE  OWNER
 OF  SUCH BUILDING ON A FORM PRESCRIBED BY THE COMMISSIONER. THE APPLICA-
 TION SHALL BE FILED WITH THE ASSESSOR OF  THE  CITY,  TOWN,  VILLAGE  OR
 COUNTY HAVING THE POWER TO ASSESS PROPERTY FOR TAXATION ON OR BEFORE THE
 APPROPRIATE TAXABLE STATUS DATE OF SUCH CITY, TOWN, VILLAGE OR COUNTY.
   4.  IF SATISFIED THAT THE APPLICANT IS ENTITLED TO AN EXEMPTION PURSU-
 ANT TO THIS SECTION, THE ASSESSOR SHALL APPROVE THE APPLICATION AND SUCH
 BUILDING SHALL THEREAFTER BE EXEMPT FROM TAXATION AND SPECIAL AD VALOREM
 LEVIES AS HEREIN PROVIDED COMMENCING WITH THE ASSESSMENT  ROLL  PREPARED
 ON THE BASIS OF THE TAXABLE STATUS DATE REFERRED TO IN SUBDIVISION THREE
 OF THIS SECTION. THE ASSESSED VALUE OF ANY EXEMPTION GRANTED PURSUANT TO
 THIS  SECTION  SHALL  BE  ENTERED BY THE ASSESSOR ON THE ASSESSMENT ROLL
 WITH THE TAXABLE PROPERTY, WITH THE AMOUNT OF THE EXEMPTION SHOWN  IN  A
 SEPARATE COLUMN.
   5. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, A RESIDENTIAL BUILDING SHALL MEAN
 ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE DESIGNED AND OCCUPIED EXCLUSIVELY FOR RESIDEN-
 TIAL PURPOSES BY NOT MORE THAN TWO FAMILIES.
   6.  IN THE EVENT THAT A BUILDING GRANTED AN EXEMPTION PURSUANT TO THIS
 SECTION CEASES TO BE USED PRIMARILY FOR RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES,  OR  TITLE
 THERETO  IS  TRANSFERRED  TO OTHER THAN THE HEIRS OR DISTRIBUTEES OF THE
 OWNER, THE EXEMPTION GRANTED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL CEASE.
   7. (A) A COUNTY, CITY, TOWN OR VILLAGE  MAY,  BY  ITS  LOCAL  LAW,  OR
 SCHOOL DISTRICT, BY ITS RESOLUTION:
   (I)  REDUCE  THE PER CENTUM OF EXEMPTION OTHERWISE ALLOWED PURSUANT TO
 THIS SECTION;
   (II) LIMIT ELIGIBILITY FOR THE EXEMPTION  TO  THOSE  FORMS  OF  RECON-
 STRUCTION,   ALTERATIONS,  IMPROVEMENTS,  OR  NEW  CONSTRUCTION  AS  ARE
 PRESCRIBED IN SUCH LOCAL LAW OR RESOLUTION.
   (B) NO SUCH LOCAL LAW OR RESOLUTION SHALL REPEAL AN EXEMPTION  GRANTED
 PURSUANT  TO  THIS  SECTION UNTIL THE EXPIRATION OF THE PERIOD FOR WHICH
 SUCH EXEMPTION WAS GRANTED.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to assess-
 ment rolls based on taxable status dates  occurring  on  or  after  such
 effective date.

                                  PART P
 
   Section  1. Paragraph a of subdivision 3 of section 224-a of the labor
 law, as added by section 1 of Part FFF of chapter  58  of  the  laws  of
 2020, is amended to read as follows:
   a.  Benefits  under  section four hundred twenty-one-a OR FOUR HUNDRED
 SIXTY-SEVEN-M of the real property tax law;
   § 2. The real property tax law is amended  by  adding  a  new  section
 467-m to read as follows:
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   § 467-M. EXEMPTION FROM LOCAL REAL PROPERTY TAXATION OF CERTAIN MULTI-
 PLE  DWELLINGS IN A CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE.  1.
 DEFINITIONS. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION,  THE  FOLLOWING  TERMS  SHALL
 HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   A. "AFFORDABLE HOUSING FROM COMMERCIAL CONVERSIONS TAX INCENTIVE BENE-
 FITS" HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS "AHCC PROGRAM BENEFITS", SHALL MEAN THE
 EXEMPTION  FROM  REAL  PROPERTY  TAXATION  AUTHORIZED  PURSUANT  TO THIS
 SECTION.
   B. "AFFORDABILITY REQUIREMENT" SHALL MEAN  THAT  WITHIN  ANY  ELIGIBLE
 MULTIPLE  DWELLING:  (I)  NOT  LESS  THAN TWENTY PERCENT OF THE DWELLING
 UNITS ARE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS; (II) NOT LESS THAN FIVE  PERCENT  OF
 THE DWELLING UNITS ARE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FORTY PERCENT UNITS; (III) THE
 WEIGHTED  AVERAGE  OF ALL INCOME BANDS FOR ALL OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING
 UNITS DOES NOT  EXCEED  SEVENTY  PERCENT  OF  THE  AREA  MEDIAN  INCOME,
 ADJUSTED FOR FAMILY SIZE; (IV) THERE ARE NO MORE THAN THREE INCOME BANDS
 FOR  ALL  OF  THE  AFFORDABLE  HOUSING UNITS; AND (V) NO INCOME BAND FOR
 AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS EXCEEDS ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE AREA  MEDIAN
 INCOME, ADJUSTED FOR FAMILY SIZE.
   C.  "AFFORDABLE HOUSING FORTY PERCENT UNIT" SHALL MEAN A DWELLING UNIT
 THAT: (I) IS SITUATED WITHIN THE ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE  DWELLING  FOR  WHICH
 AHCC PROGRAM BENEFITS ARE GRANTED; AND (II) UPON INITIAL RENTAL AND UPON
 EACH  SUBSEQUENT RENTAL FOLLOWING A VACANCY DURING THE RESTRICTION PERI-
 OD, IS AFFORDABLE TO AND RESTRICTED TO OCCUPANCY BY INDIVIDUALS OR FAMI-
 LIES WHOSE HOUSEHOLD INCOME DOES NOT EXCEED FORTY PERCENT  OF  THE  AREA
 MEDIAN INCOME, ADJUSTED FOR FAMILY SIZE, AT THE TIME THAT SUCH HOUSEHOLD
 INITIALLY OCCUPIES SUCH DWELLING UNIT.
   D.  "AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNIT" SHALL MEAN, COLLECTIVELY AND INDIVIDUAL-
 LY: (I) AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING FORTY PERCENT UNIT;  AND  (II)  ANY  OTHER
 UNIT THAT MEETS THE AFFORDABILITY REQUIREMENT UPON INITIAL OCCUPANCY AND
 UPON  EACH  SUBSEQUENT RENTAL FOLLOWING A VACANCY DURING THE RESTRICTION
 PERIOD, AND IS AFFORDABLE TO AND RESTRICTED TO OCCUPANCY BY  INDIVIDUALS
 OR  FAMILIES  WHOSE  HOUSEHOLD  INCOME  DOES NOT EXCEED THE INCOME BANDS
 ESTABLISHED IN CONJUNCTION WITH SUCH AFFORDABILITY REQUIREMENT.
   E. "AGENCY" SHALL MEAN THE NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING PRESER-
 VATION AND DEVELOPMENT.
   F. "APPLICATION" SHALL MEAN AN APPLICATION FOR AHCC PROGRAM BENEFITS.
   G. "BUILDING SERVICE EMPLOYEE" SHALL MEAN ANY PERSON WHO IS  REGULARLY
 EMPLOYED  AT,  AND  PERFORMS WORK IN CONNECTION WITH THE CARE OR MAINTE-
 NANCE OF, AN ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED  TO,
 A WATCHMAN, GUARD, DOORMAN, BUILDING CLEANER, PORTER, HANDYMAN, JANITOR,
 GARDENER,  GROUNDSKEEPER,  ELEVATOR  OPERATOR  AND  STARTER,  AND WINDOW
 CLEANER, BUT NOT INCLUDING PERSONS REGULARLY  SCHEDULED  TO  WORK  FEWER
 THAN EIGHT HOURS PER WEEK AT SUCH ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING.
   H.  "COMMENCEMENT  DATE"  SHALL  MEAN  THE  DATE UPON WHICH THE ACTUAL
 CONSTRUCTION OF THE ELIGIBLE CONVERSION LAWFULLY BEGINS IN GOOD FAITH.
   I. "COMPLETION DATE" SHALL MEAN THE DATE UPON WHICH THE LOCAL  DEPART-
 MENT OF BUILDINGS ISSUES THE FIRST TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT CERTIFICATE OF
 OCCUPANCY  COVERING ALL RESIDENTIAL AREAS OF AN ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELL-
 ING.
   J. "CONSTRUCTION PERIOD" SHALL MEAN,  WITH  RESPECT  TO  ANY  ELIGIBLE
 MULTIPLE DWELLING, A PERIOD: (I) BEGINNING ON THE LATER OF THE COMMENCE-
 MENT  DATE OR THREE YEARS BEFORE THE COMPLETION DATE; AND (II) ENDING ON
 THE DAY PRECEDING THE COMPLETION DATE.
   K. "DWELLING" OR "DWELLINGS" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS SET  FORTH
 IN SUBDIVISION FOUR OF SECTION FOUR OF THE MULTIPLE DWELLING LAW.
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   L.  "ELIGIBLE  CONVERSION" SHALL MEAN THE CONVERSION OF A NON-RESIDEN-
 TIAL BUILDING TO AN ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING.
   M.  "ELIGIBLE  MULTIPLE  DWELLING"  SHALL  MEAN A MULTIPLE DWELLING IN
 WHICH: (I) ALL DWELLING UNITS INCLUDED IN ANY APPLICATION  ARE  OPERATED
 AS  RENTAL  HOUSING;  (II)  SIX OR MORE DWELLING UNITS HAVE BEEN CREATED
 THROUGH AN ELIGIBLE CONVERSION; (III) THE  COMMENCEMENT  DATE  IS  AFTER
 DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO AND ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER
 THIRTY-FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND THIRTY-TWO; AND (IV) THE COMPLETION DATE IS
 ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND THIRTY-EIGHT.
   N. "FISCAL OFFICER" SHALL MEAN  THE  COMPTROLLER  OR  OTHER  ANALOGOUS
 OFFICER IN A CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE.
   O. "FLOOR AREA" SHALL MEAN THE HORIZONTAL AREAS OF THE SEVERAL FLOORS,
 OR ANY PORTION THEREOF, OF A DWELLING OR DWELLINGS, AND ACCESSORY STRUC-
 TURES  ON  A  LOT MEASURED FROM THE EXTERIOR FACES OF EXTERIOR WALLS, OR
 FROM THE CENTER LINE OF PARTY WALLS.
   P. "INCOME BAND" SHALL MEAN A PERCENTAGE OF THE  AREA  MEDIAN  INCOME,
 ADJUSTED FOR FAMILY SIZE, THAT IS A MULTIPLE OF TEN PERCENT.
   Q.  "MANHATTAN  PRIME  DEVELOPMENT  AREA"  SHALL  MEAN ANY TAX LOT NOW
 EXISTING OR HEREAFTER CREATED WHICH IS LOCATED ENTIRELY  SOUTH  OF  96TH
 STREET IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN.
   R.  "MARKET  UNIT"  SHALL MEAN A DWELLING UNIT IN AN ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE
 DWELLING OTHER THAN AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNIT.
   S. "MARKETING BAND" SHALL MEAN MAXIMUM RENT AMOUNTS RANGING FROM TWEN-
 TY PERCENT TO THIRTY PERCENT OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME OR  INCOME  BAND,
 RESPECTIVELY, THAT IS APPLICABLE TO A SPECIFIC AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNIT.
   T.  "MULTIPLE  DWELLING"  SHALL  HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS SET FORTH IN
 SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF SECTION FOUR OF THE MULTIPLE DWELLING LAW.
   U. "NINETEEN-YEAR BENEFIT" SHALL MEAN: (I) FOR THE CONSTRUCTION  PERI-
 OD,  A  ONE HUNDRED PERCENT EXEMPTION FROM REAL PROPERTY TAXATION, OTHER
 THAN ASSESSMENTS FOR LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS;  (II)  FOR  THE  FIRST  FIFTEEN
 YEARS OF THE RESTRICTION PERIOD, (A) WITHIN THE MANHATTAN PRIME DEVELOP-
 MENT  AREA, A FIFTY PERCENT EXEMPTION FROM REAL PROPERTY TAXATION, OTHER
 THAN ASSESSMENTS FOR LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS, AND (B) OUTSIDE OF THE  MANHAT-
 TAN  PRIME  DEVELOPMENT  AREA, A THIRTY-FIVE PERCENT EXEMPTION FROM REAL
 PROPERTY TAXATION, OTHER THAN ASSESSMENTS FOR LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS;  (III)
 FOR THE SIXTEENTH YEAR OF THE RESTRICTION PERIOD, (A) WITHIN THE MANHAT-
 TAN PRIME DEVELOPMENT AREA, A FORTY PERCENT EXEMPTION FROM REAL PROPERTY
 TAXATION, OTHER THAN ASSESSMENTS FOR LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS, AND (B) OUTSIDE
 OF   THE  MANHATTAN  PRIME  DEVELOPMENT  AREA,  A  TWENTY-EIGHT  PERCENT
 EXEMPTION FROM REAL PROPERTY TAXATION, OTHER THAN ASSESSMENTS FOR  LOCAL
 IMPROVEMENTS;  (IV)  FOR THE SEVENTEENTH YEAR OF THE RESTRICTION PERIOD,
 (A) WITHIN THE  MANHATTAN  PRIME  DEVELOPMENT  AREA,  A  THIRTY  PERCENT
 EXEMPTION  FROM REAL PROPERTY TAXATION, OTHER THAN ASSESSMENTS FOR LOCAL
 IMPROVEMENTS, AND (B) OUTSIDE OF THE MANHATTAN PRIME DEVELOPMENT AREA, A
 TWENTY-ONE PERCENT EXEMPTION FROM REAL  PROPERTY  TAXATION,  OTHER  THAN
 ASSESSMENTS  FOR  LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS; (V) FOR THE EIGHTEENTH YEAR OF THE
 RESTRICTION PERIOD, (A) WITHIN THE MANHATTAN PRIME DEVELOPMENT  AREA,  A
 TWENTY PERCENT EXEMPTION FROM REAL PROPERTY TAXATION, OTHER THAN ASSESS-
 MENTS  FOR  LOCAL  IMPROVEMENTS,  AND (B) OUTSIDE OF THE MANHATTAN PRIME
 DEVELOPMENT AREA, A FOURTEEN PERCENT EXEMPTION FROM REAL PROPERTY  TAXA-
 TION,  OTHER  THAN  ASSESSMENTS FOR LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS; AND (VI) FOR THE
 NINETEENTH YEAR OF THE RESTRICTION  PERIOD,  (A)  WITHIN  THE  MANHATTAN
 PRIME DEVELOPMENT AREA, A TEN PERCENT EXEMPTION FROM REAL PROPERTY TAXA-
 TION,  OTHER THAN ASSESSMENTS FOR LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS, AND (B) OUTSIDE OF
 THE MANHATTAN PRIME DEVELOPMENT AREA, A  SEVEN  PERCENT  EXEMPTION  FROM
 REAL PROPERTY TAXATION, OTHER THAN ASSESSMENTS FOR LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS.
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   V.  "NON-RESIDENTIAL  BUILDING" SHALL MEAN A STRUCTURE OR PORTION OF A
 STRUCTURE HAVING AT LEAST ONE FLOOR, A ROOF AND  AT  LEAST  THREE  WALLS
 ENCLOSING ALL OR MOST OF THE SPACE USED IN CONNECTION WITH THE STRUCTURE
 OR  PORTION  OF  THE STRUCTURE, WHICH HAS A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY FOR
 COMMERCIAL, MANUFACTURING OR OTHER NON-RESIDENTIAL USE FOR NOT LESS THAN
 NINETY  PERCENT OF THE AGGREGATE FLOOR AREA OF SUCH STRUCTURE OR PORTION
 OF SUCH STRUCTURE, OR OTHER PROOF OF  SUCH  NON-RESIDENTIAL  USE  AS  IS
 ACCEPTABLE TO THE AGENCY.
   W.  "NON-RESIDENTIAL  TAX  LOT"  SHALL  MEAN  A  TAX LOT THAT DOES NOT
 CONTAIN ANY DWELLING UNITS.
   X. "RENT STABILIZATION" SHALL MEAN, COLLECTIVELY, THE RENT  STABILIZA-
 TION  LAW  OF  NINETEEN HUNDRED SIXTY-NINE, THE RENT STABILIZATION CODE,
 AND THE EMERGENCY TENANT PROTECTION ACT OF NINETEEN SEVENTY-FOUR, ALL AS
 IN EFFECT AS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION OR AS AMENDED  THERE-
 AFTER,  TOGETHER  WITH  ANY SUCCESSOR STATUTES OR REGULATIONS ADDRESSING
 SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME SUBJECT MATTER.
   Y. "RESIDENTIAL TAX LOT" SHALL MEAN A TAX LOT THAT  CONTAINS  DWELLING
 UNITS.
   Z.  "RESTRICTION  PERIOD"  SHALL  MEAN  A  PERIOD  COMMENCING  ON  THE
 COMPLETION DATE AND EXTENDING IN PERPETUITY, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY EARLIER
 TERMINATION OR REVOCATION OF AHCC PROGRAM BENEFITS.
   2. BENEFIT. IN CITIES HAVING A POPULATION  OF  ONE  MILLION  OR  MORE,
 NOTWITHSTANDING  THE  PROVISIONS  OF ANY OTHER GENERAL, SPECIAL OR LOCAL
 LAW TO THE CONTRARY, A NEW ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING, EXCEPT  A  HOTEL,
 THAT  COMPLIES  WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM
 REAL PROPERTY TAXATION, OTHER THAN ASSESSMENTS FOR  LOCAL  IMPROVEMENTS,
 IN  THE  AMOUNTS AND FOR THE PERIODS SPECIFIED IN THIS SECTION, PROVIDED
 THAT SUCH ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING IS USED OR HELD  OUT  FOR  USE  FOR
 DWELLING  PURPOSES.  AN ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING THAT MEETS ALL OF THE
 REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION SHALL RECEIVE A NINETEEN-YEAR BENEFIT.
   3. TAX PAYMENTS. IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER AMOUNTS PAYABLE PURSUANT  TO
 THIS SECTION, THE OWNER OF ANY ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING RECEIVING AHCC
 PROGRAM  BENEFITS SHALL PAY, IN EACH TAX YEAR IN WHICH SUCH AHCC PROGRAM
 BENEFITS ARE IN EFFECT, ALL ASSESSMENTS FOR LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS.
   4. LIMITATION ON BENEFITS FOR NON-RESIDENTIAL SPACE. IF THE  AGGREGATE
 FLOOR  AREA OF COMMERCIAL, COMMUNITY FACILITY AND ACCESSORY USE SPACE IN
 AN ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING EXCEEDS TWELVE PERCENT  OF  THE  AGGREGATE
 FLOOR AREA IN SUCH ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING, ANY AHCC PROGRAM BENEFITS
 SHALL  BE  REDUCED  BY A PERCENTAGE EQUAL TO SUCH EXCESS. IF AN ELIGIBLE
 MULTIPLE DWELLING CONTAINS MULTIPLE TAX LOTS, THE  TAX  ARISING  OUT  OF
 SUCH  REDUCTION  IN AHCC PROGRAM BENEFITS SHALL FIRST BE APPORTIONED PRO
 RATA AMONG ANY NON-RESIDENTIAL TAX LOTS. AFTER ANY SUCH  NON-RESIDENTIAL
 TAX LOTS ARE FULLY TAXABLE, THE REMAINDER OF THE TAX ARISING OUT OF SUCH
 REDUCTION  IN  AHCC  PROGRAM  BENEFITS, IF ANY, SHALL BE APPORTIONED PRO
 RATA AMONG THE REMAINING RESIDENTIAL TAX LOTS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF  THIS
 SECTION,  ACCESSORY USE SPACE SHALL NOT INCLUDE HOME OCCUPATION SPACE OR
 ACCESSORY PARKING SPACE LOCATED NOT MORE THAN  TWENTY-THREE  FEET  ABOVE
 THE CURB LEVEL.
   5.  APPLICATION  OF  BENEFIT. BASED ON THE CERTIFICATION OF THE AGENCY
 CERTIFYING ELIGIBILITY FOR AHCC  PROGRAM  BENEFITS,  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF
 FINANCE SHALL DETERMINE THE AMOUNT OF THE EXEMPTION PURSUANT TO SUBDIVI-
 SIONS  TWO AND FOUR OF THIS SECTION AND SHALL APPLY THE EXEMPTION TO THE
 ASSESSED VALUE OF THE ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING.
   6. AFFORDABILITY REQUIREMENTS. AN  ELIGIBLE  MULTIPLE  DWELLING  SHALL
 COMPLY   WITH   THE  FOLLOWING  AFFORDABILITY  REQUIREMENTS  DURING  THE
 RESTRICTION PERIOD:
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   A. ALL AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS IN AN ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING SHALL
 SHARE THE SAME COMMON ENTRANCES AND COMMON AREAS AS RENTAL  MARKET  RATE
 UNITS  IN SUCH ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING AND SHALL NOT BE ISOLATED TO A
 SPECIFIC  FLOOR  OR  AREA  OF  AN  ELIGIBLE  MULTIPLE  DWELLING.  COMMON
 ENTRANCES  SHALL  MEAN  ANY MEANS OF INGRESS OR EGRESS REGULARLY USED BY
 ANY RESIDENT OF A RENTAL DWELLING UNIT IN THE ELIGIBLE  MULTIPLE  DWELL-
 ING.
   B.  UNLESS  PREEMPTED BY THE REQUIREMENTS OF A FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL
 HOUSING PROGRAM, EITHER: (I) THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS IN AN ELIGIBLE
 MULTIPLE DWELLING SHALL HAVE A  UNIT  MIX  PROPORTIONAL  TO  THE  RENTAL
 MARKET  UNITS;  OR (II) AT LEAST FIFTY PERCENT OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING
 UNITS IN AN ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING SHALL HAVE TWO OR  MORE  BEDROOMS
 AND  NO  MORE  THAN  TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS
 SHALL HAVE LESS THAN ONE BEDROOM.
   C. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF RENT STABILIZATION TO THE  CONTRA-
 RY:  (I) ALL AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS SHALL REMAIN FULLY SUBJECT TO RENT
 STABILIZATION DURING THE RESTRICTION PERIOD;  AND  (II)  ANY  AFFORDABLE
 HOUSING  UNIT  OCCUPIED BY A TENANT THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE AGENCY
 PRIOR TO THE AGENCY'S DENIAL OF AN ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING'S APPLICA-
 TION FOR AHCC PROGRAM BENEFITS SHALL REMAIN SUBJECT TO  RENT  STABILIZA-
 TION UNTIL SUCH TENANT VACATES SUCH AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNIT.
   D.  ALL  RENT  STABILIZATION  REGISTRATIONS REQUIRED TO BE FILED SHALL
 CONTAIN A DESIGNATION THAT SPECIFICALLY  IDENTIFIES  AFFORDABLE  HOUSING
 UNITS CREATED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION AS "AHCC PROGRAM AFFORDABLE HOUS-
 ING  UNITS"  AND  SHALL  CONTAIN AN EXPLANATION OF THE REQUIREMENTS THAT
 APPLY TO ALL SUCH AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS.
   E. FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION  THAT
 REQUIRE  THE  CREATION,  MAINTENANCE, RENT STABILIZATION COMPLIANCE, AND
 OCCUPANCY OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS SHALL RESULT IN REVOCATION OF AHCC
 PROGRAM BENEFITS.
   F. NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL: (I) PROHIBIT  THE  OCCUPANCY  OF  AN
 AFFORDABLE  HOUSING  UNIT BY INDIVIDUALS OR FAMILIES WHOSE INCOME AT ANY
 TIME IS LESS THAN THE MAXIMUM PERCENTAGE OF THE AREA  MEDIAN  INCOME  OR
 INCOME BAND, AS APPLICABLE, ADJUSTED FOR FAMILY SIZE, SPECIFIED FOR SUCH
 AFFORDABLE  HOUSING  UNIT PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION; OR (II) PROHIBIT THE
 OWNER OF AN ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE  DWELLING  FROM  REQUIRING,  UPON  INITIAL
 RENTAL  OR  UPON  ANY  RENTAL  FOLLOWING A VACANCY, THE OCCUPANCY OF ANY
 AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNIT BY SUCH LOWER INCOME INDIVIDUALS OR FAMILIES.
   G. FOLLOWING ISSUANCE OF A TEMPORARY CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY AND UPON
 EACH VACANCY THEREAFTER, AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNIT  SHALL  PROMPTLY  BE
 OFFERED  FOR  RENTAL  BY  INDIVIDUALS  OR FAMILIES WHOSE INCOME DOES NOT
 EXCEED THE MAXIMUM PERCENTAGE OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME OR INCOME  BAND,
 AS  APPLICABLE,  ADJUSTED FOR FAMILY SIZE, SPECIFIED FOR SUCH AFFORDABLE
 HOUSING UNIT PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION AND  WHO  INTEND  TO  OCCUPY  SUCH
 AFFORDABLE  HOUSING UNIT AS THEIR PRIMARY RESIDENCE. AN AFFORDABLE HOUS-
 ING UNIT SHALL NOT BE: (I) RENTED TO A CORPORATION, PARTNERSHIP OR OTHER
 ENTITY; OR (II) HELD OFF THE MARKET FOR A PERIOD LONGER THAN IS  REASON-
 ABLY NECESSARY TO PERFORM REPAIRS NEEDED TO MAKE SUCH AFFORDABLE HOUSING
 UNIT AVAILABLE FOR OCCUPANCY.
   H.  AN  AFFORDABLE  HOUSING  UNIT  SHALL NOT BE RENTED ON A TEMPORARY,
 TRANSIENT OR SHORT-TERM BASIS.  EVERY LEASE AND RENEWAL THEREOF  FOR  AN
 AFFORDABLE  HOUSING UNIT SHALL BE FOR A TERM OF ONE OR TWO YEARS, AT THE
 OPTION OF THE TENANT.
   I. AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNIT SHALL NOT BE CONVERTED TO COOPERATIVE OR
 CONDOMINIUM OWNERSHIP.
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   J. THE AGENCY MAY ESTABLISH BY RULE SUCH REQUIREMENTS  AS  THE  AGENCY
 DEEMS  NECESSARY  OR  APPROPRIATE  FOR:  (I) THE MARKETING OF AFFORDABLE
 HOUSING UNITS, BOTH UPON INITIAL OCCUPANCY AND UPON  ANY  VACANCY;  (II)
 MONITORING COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION; AND (III)
 THE  ESTABLISHMENT OF MARKETING BANDS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS. SUCH
 REQUIREMENTS MAY INCLUDE, BUT NEED NOT BE LIMITED TO, RETAINING A  MONI-
 TOR  APPROVED  BY  THE  AGENCY AND PAID FOR BY THE OWNER OF THE ELIGIBLE
 MULTIPLE DWELLING.
   K. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF THIS SECTION TO  THE  CONTRARY,  A
 MARKET  UNIT  SHALL  NOT BE SUBJECT TO RENT STABILIZATION UNLESS, IN THE
 ABSENCE OF AHCC PROGRAM BENEFITS, THE UNIT  WOULD  BE  SUBJECT  TO  RENT
 STABILIZATION.
   7.  BUILDING  SERVICE  EMPLOYEES. A. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVI-
 SION, "APPLICANT" SHALL MEAN AN APPLICANT FOR AHCC PROGRAM BENEFITS, ANY
 SUCCESSOR TO SUCH APPLICANT, OR ANY EMPLOYER OF BUILDING SERVICE EMPLOY-
 EES FOR SUCH APPLICANT INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, A PROPERTY MANAGE-
 MENT COMPANY OR CONTRACTOR.
   B. ALL BUILDING SERVICE EMPLOYEES EMPLOYED BY  THE  APPLICANT  AT  THE
 ELIGIBLE  MULTIPLE DWELLING SHALL RECEIVE THE APPLICABLE PREVAILING WAGE
 FOR THE DURATION OF THE  NINETEEN-YEAR  BENEFIT  PERIOD,  REGARDLESS  OF
 WHETHER SUCH BENEFITS ARE REVOKED OR TERMINATED.
   C.  THE  FISCAL OFFICER SHALL HAVE THE POWER TO ENFORCE THE PROVISIONS
 OF THIS SUBDIVISION. IN ENFORCING SUCH PROVISIONS,  THE  FISCAL  OFFICER
 SHALL HAVE THE POWER: (I) TO INVESTIGATE OR CAUSE AN INVESTIGATION TO BE
 MADE  TO  DETERMINE THE PREVAILING WAGES FOR BUILDING SERVICE EMPLOYEES,
 AND IN MAKING SUCH INVESTIGATION, THE FISCAL OFFICER  MAY  UTILIZE  WAGE
 AND FRINGE BENEFIT DATA FROM VARIOUS SOURCES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
 TO,  DATA  AND  DETERMINATIONS  OF  FEDERAL, STATE OR OTHER GOVERNMENTAL
 AGENCIES; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE PROVISION OF A DWELLING UNIT SHALL
 NOT BE CONSIDERED WAGES OR A  FRINGE  BENEFIT;  (II)  TO  INSTITUTE  AND
 CONDUCT INSPECTIONS AT THE SITE OF THE WORK OR ELSEWHERE; (III) TO EXAM-
 INE  THE  BOOKS,  DOCUMENTS AND RECORDS PERTAINING TO THE WAGES PAID TO,
 AND THE HOURS OF WORK PERFORMED BY, BUILDING SERVICE EMPLOYEES; (IV)  TO
 HOLD  HEARINGS  AND,  IN  CONNECTION  THEREWITH, TO ISSUE SUBPOENAS, THE
 ENFORCEMENT OF WHICH SHALL BE REGULATED BY THE CIVIL  PRACTICE  LAW  AND
 RULES, ADMINISTER OATHS AND EXAMINE WITNESSES; (V) TO MAKE A CLASSIFICA-
 TION BY CRAFT, TRADE OR OTHER GENERALLY RECOGNIZED OCCUPATIONAL CATEGORY
 OF THE BUILDING SERVICE EMPLOYEES AND TO DETERMINE WHETHER SUCH WORK HAS
 BEEN PERFORMED BY THE BUILDING SERVICE EMPLOYEES IN SUCH CLASSIFICATION;
 (VI)  TO  REQUIRE THE APPLICANT TO FILE WITH THE FISCAL OFFICER A RECORD
 OF THE WAGES ACTUALLY PAID BY SUCH APPLICANT  TO  THE  BUILDING  SERVICE
 EMPLOYEES AND OF THEIR HOURS OF WORK; (VII) TO DELEGATE ANY OF THE FORE-
 GOING  POWERS  TO  HIS OR HER DEPUTY OR OTHER AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE;
 (VIII) TO PROMULGATE RULES AS HE OR SHE SHALL CONSIDER NECESSARY FOR THE
 PROPER EXECUTION OF THE DUTIES, RESPONSIBILITIES  AND  POWERS  CONFERRED
 UPON  HIM  OR  HER  BY  THE  PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION; AND (IX) TO
 PRESCRIBE  APPROPRIATE  SANCTIONS  FOR  FAILURE  TO  COMPLY   WITH   THE
 PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION.  FOR EACH VIOLATION OF PARAGRAPH B OF
 THIS SUBDIVISION, THE FISCAL OFFICER MAY REQUIRE THE PAYMENT OF (A) BACK
 WAGES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; (B) LIQUIDATED DAMAGES UP TO THREE TIMES  THE
 AMOUNT  OF  THE  BACK  WAGES AND FRINGE BENEFITS FOR WILLFUL VIOLATIONS;
 AND/OR (C) REASONABLE ATTORNEYS' FEES. IF THE FISCAL OFFICER FINDS  THAT
 THE  APPLICANT HAS FAILED TO COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVI-
 SION, HE OR SHE SHALL PRESENT EVIDENCE OF  SUCH  NON-COMPLIANCE  TO  THE
 AGENCY.
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   D. PARAGRAPH B OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL NOT BE APPLICABLE TO:  (I) AN
 ELIGIBLE  MULTIPLE  DWELLING CONTAINING LESS THAN THIRTY DWELLING UNITS;
 OR (II) AN ELIGIBLE  MULTIPLE  DWELLING  WHOSE  ELIGIBLE  CONVERSION  IS
 CARRIED  OUT  WITH THE SUBSTANTIAL ASSISTANCE OF GRANTS, LOANS OR SUBSI-
 DIES  PROVIDED  BY  A  FEDERAL,  STATE  OR  LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR
 INSTRUMENTALITY PURSUANT TO A PROGRAM FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF  AFFORDABLE
 HOUSING.
   E.  THE  APPLICANT SHALL SUBMIT A SWORN AFFIDAVIT WITH ITS APPLICATION
 CERTIFYING THAT IT SHALL COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF  THIS  SUBDIVI-
 SION  OR  IS  EXEMPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH PARAGRAPH D OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
 UPON THE AGENCY'S APPROVAL OF SUCH APPLICATION, THE APPLICANT WHO IS NOT
 EXEMPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH PARAGRAPH D OF THIS SUBDIVISION  SHALL  SUBMIT
 ANNUALLY  A  SWORN  AFFIDAVIT  TO  THE FISCAL OFFICER CERTIFYING THAT IT
 SHALL COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   8. CONCURRENT EXEMPTIONS OR ABATEMENTS. AN ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE  DWELLING
 RECEIVING  AHCC PROGRAM BENEFITS SHALL NOT RECEIVE ANY EXEMPTION FROM OR
 ABATEMENT OF REAL PROPERTY TAXATION UNDER ANY OTHER LAW.
   9.  VOLUNTARY  RENUNCIATION  OR   TERMINATION.   NOTWITHSTANDING   THE
 PROVISIONS  OF  ANY  GENERAL,  SPECIAL  OR LOCAL LAW TO THE CONTRARY, AN
 OWNER SHALL NOT BE ENTITLED TO VOLUNTARILY RENOUNCE  OR  TERMINATE  AHCC
 PROGRAM  BENEFITS  UNLESS  THE  AGENCY  AUTHORIZES  SUCH RENUNCIATION OR
 TERMINATION IN CONNECTION WITH  THE  COMMENCEMENT  OF  A  TAX  EXEMPTION
 PURSUANT  TO  THE  PRIVATE  HOUSING  FINANCE LAW OR SECTION FOUR HUNDRED
 TWENTY-C OF THIS TITLE.
   10. TERMINATION OR REVOCATION. THE AGENCY MAY TERMINATE OR REVOKE AHCC
 PROGRAM BENEFITS FOR NONCOMPLIANCE WITH THIS SECTION. ALL OF THE AFFORD-
 ABLE HOUSING UNITS SHALL REMAIN SUBJECT TO RENT  STABILIZATION  AND  ALL
 OTHER  REQUIREMENTS  OF THIS SECTION FOR THE DURATION OF THE RESTRICTION
 PERIOD, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER SUCH  BENEFITS  HAVE  BEEN  TERMINATED  OR
 REVOKED.
   11.  POWERS  CUMULATIVE.  THE  ENFORCEMENT  PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION
 SHALL NOT BE EXCLUSIVE, AND ARE IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER  RIGHTS,  REME-
 DIES  OR  ENFORCEMENT  POWERS SET FORTH IN ANY OTHER LAW OR AVAILABLE AT
 LAW OR IN EQUITY.
   12. MULTIPLE TAX LOTS.  IF  AN  ELIGIBLE  MULTIPLE  DWELLING  CONTAINS
 MULTIPLE  TAX  LOTS, AN APPLICATION MAY BE SUBMITTED WITH RESPECT TO ONE
 OR MORE OF SUCH TAX LOTS. THE AGENCY  SHALL  DETERMINE  ELIGIBILITY  FOR
 AHCC  PROGRAM BENEFITS BASED UPON THE TAX LOTS INCLUDED IN SUCH APPLICA-
 TION AND BENEFITS FOR EACH SUCH  ELIGIBLE  MULTIPLE  DWELLING  SHALL  BE
 BASED UPON THE COMPLETION DATE OF EACH SUCH MULTIPLE DWELLING.
   13.  APPLICATIONS.  A.  THE  APPLICATION  WITH RESPECT TO ANY ELIGIBLE
 MULTIPLE DWELLING SHALL BE FILED WITH THE AGENCY  NO  EARLIER  THAN  THE
 COMPLETION DATE AND NOT LATER THAN ONE YEAR AFTER THE COMPLETION DATE OF
 SUCH ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING.
   B.  NOTWITHSTANDING  THE  PROVISIONS OF ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, OR LOCAL
 LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THE AGENCY MAY REQUIRE BY RULE THAT APPLICATIONS BE
 FILED ELECTRONICALLY.
   C. THE AGENCY MAY RELY ON CERTIFICATION BY AN  ARCHITECT  OR  ENGINEER
 SUBMITTED  BY  AN APPLICANT IN CONNECTION WITH THE FILING OF AN APPLICA-
 TION. A FALSE CERTIFICATION BY  SUCH  ARCHITECT  OR  ENGINEER  SHALL  BE
 DEEMED  TO  BE  PROFESSIONAL  MISCONDUCT  PURSUANT TO SECTION SIXTY-FIVE
 HUNDRED NINE OF THE EDUCATION LAW.   ANY  ARCHITECT  OR  ENGINEER  FOUND
 GUILTY  OF  SUCH  MISCONDUCT  UNDER THE PROCEDURES PRESCRIBED IN SECTION
 SIXTY-FIVE HUNDRED TEN OF THE EDUCATION LAW  SHALL  BE  SUBJECT  TO  THE
 PENALTIES  PRESCRIBED IN SECTION SIXTY-FIVE HUNDRED ELEVEN OF THE EDUCA-
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 TION LAW AND SHALL THEREAFTER BE INELIGIBLE TO  SUBMIT  A  CERTIFICATION
 PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.
   D.  SUCH APPLICATION SHALL ALSO CERTIFY THAT ALL TAXES, WATER CHARGES,
 AND SEWER RENTS CURRENTLY DUE AND OWING ON THE  PROPERTY  WHICH  IS  THE
 SUBJECT OF THE APPLICATION HAVE BEEN PAID OR ARE CURRENTLY BEING PAID IN
 TIMELY  INSTALLMENTS PURSUANT TO A WRITTEN AGREEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT
 OF FINANCE OR OTHER APPROPRIATE AGENCY.
   14. FILING FEE. THE AGENCY MAY REQUIRE A FILING FEE OF  NO  LESS  THAN
 THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS PER DWELLING UNIT IN CONNECTION WITH ANY APPLICA-
 TION, EXCEPT THAT THE AGENCY MAY PROMULGATE RULES:
   A.  IMPOSING  A  LESSER  FEE  FOR  AN ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING WHOSE
 ELIGIBLE CONVERSION IS CARRIED OUT WITH THE  SUBSTANTIAL  ASSISTANCE  OF
 GRANTS, LOANS OR SUBSIDIES PROVIDED BY A FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL GOVERN-
 MENTAL  AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY PURSUANT TO A PROGRAM FOR THE DEVELOP-
 MENT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING; AND
   B. REQUIRING A  PORTION  OF  THE  FILING  FEE  TO  BE  PAID  UPON  THE
 SUBMISSION  OF THE INFORMATION THE AGENCY REQUIRES IN ADVANCE OF APPROV-
 ING THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE MARKETING PROCESS FOR SUCH ELIGIBLE  CONVER-
 SION.
   15.  RULES.  EXCEPT  AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF THIS SECTION,
 THE AGENCY SHALL HAVE THE SOLE AUTHORITY TO ENFORCE  THE  PROVISIONS  OF
 THIS  SECTION  AND  MAY  PROMULGATE RULES TO CARRY OUT THE PROVISIONS OF
 THIS SECTION.
   16. PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF AFFORDABILITY REQUIREMENTS. A.  ON  OR
 AFTER  THE  EXPIRATION DATE OF THE NINETEEN-YEAR BENEFIT, THE AGENCY MAY
 IMPOSE, AFTER NOTICE AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD, A PENALTY  FOR  ANY
 VIOLATION BY AN ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING OF THE AFFORDABILITY REQUIRE-
 MENTS OF SUBDIVISION SIX OF THIS SECTION.
   B.  A  PENALTY  IMPOSED  UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE COMPUTED AS A
 PERCENTAGE OF THE CAPITALIZED VALUE OF ALL AHCC PROGRAM BENEFITS ON  THE
 ELIGIBLE  MULTIPLE  DWELLING, CALCULATED AS OF THE FIRST YEAR THAT BENE-
 FITS WERE GRANTED, NOT TO EXCEED ONE THOUSAND PERCENT. THE AGENCY  SHALL
 ESTABLISH  A SCHEDULE AND METHOD OF CALCULATION OF SUCH PENALTIES PURSU-
 ANT TO SUBDIVISION FIFTEEN OF THIS SECTION.
   C. A PENALTY IMPOSED UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE  IMPOSED  AGAINST
 THE  OWNER  OF  THE ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING AT THE TIME THE VIOLATION
 OCCURRED, EVEN IF SUCH OWNER  NO  LONGER  OWNS  SUCH  ELIGIBLE  MULTIPLE
 DWELLING AT THE TIME OF THE AGENCY'S DETERMINATION.
   D.  A  PERSON OR ENTITY WHO FAILS TO PAY A PENALTY IMPOSED PURSUANT TO
 THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR PUNISHABLE  BY  IMPRI-
 SONMENT NOT TO EXCEED SIX MONTHS.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
                                  PART Q
 
   Section  1.  Notwithstanding  any  other provision of law, the housing
 trust fund corporation may provide, for  purposes  of  the  neighborhood
 preservation  program,  a  sum  not to exceed $12,830,000 for the fiscal
 year ending March 31, 2024.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
 and subject to the approval of the New York state director of the  budg-
 et,  the  board  of  directors  of the state of New York mortgage agency
 shall authorize the transfer to the housing trust fund corporation,  for
 the purposes of reimbursing any costs associated with neighborhood pres-
 ervation  program  contracts authorized by this section, a total sum not
 to exceed $12,830,000, such transfer to be made  from  (i)  the  special
 account  of  the  mortgage  insurance  fund  created pursuant to section
 2429-b of the public authorities law, in an amount  not  to  exceed  the
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 actual  excess  balance in the special account of the mortgage insurance
 fund, as determined and certified by the  state  of  New  York  mortgage
 agency  for  the fiscal year 2022-2023 in accordance with section 2429-b
 of  the  public  authorities  law, if any, and/or (ii) provided that the
 reserves in the project pool insurance account of the mortgage insurance
 fund created pursuant to section 2429-b of the  public  authorities  law
 are  sufficient  to attain and maintain the credit rating (as determined
 by the state of New York mortgage agency)  required  to  accomplish  the
 purposes  of  such  account,  the  project pool insurance account of the
 mortgage insurance fund, such transfer to be made as soon as practicable
 but no later than June 30, 2023.
   § 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of  law,  the  housing  trust
 fund  corporation  may  provide,  for purposes of the rural preservation
 program, a sum not to exceed $5,360,000 for the fiscal year ending March
 31, 2024.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law,  and  subject  to
 the  approval of the New York state director of the budget, the board of
 directors of the state of New York mortgage agency shall  authorize  the
 transfer  to  the  housing  trust  fund corporation, for the purposes of
 reimbursing  any  costs  associated  with  rural  preservation   program
 contracts  authorized  by  this  section,  a  total  sum  not  to exceed
 $5,360,000, such transfer to be made from (i) the special account of the
 mortgage insurance fund created pursuant to section 2429-b of the public
 authorities law, in an amount not to exceed the actual excess balance in
 the special account of the mortgage insurance fund,  as  determined  and
 certified  by  the state of New York mortgage agency for the fiscal year
 2022-2023 in accordance with section 2429-b of  the  public  authorities
 law,  if any, and/or (ii) provided that the reserves in the project pool
 insurance account of the mortgage insurance  fund  created  pursuant  to
 section  2429-b  of  the public authorities law are sufficient to attain
 and maintain the credit rating (as determined by the state of  New  York
 mortgage  agency)  required  to accomplish the purposes of such account,
 the project pool insurance account of the mortgage insurance fund,  such
 transfer  to  be  made as soon as practicable but no later than June 30,
 2023.
   § 3. Notwithstanding any other provision of  law,  the  housing  trust
 fund  corporation  may provide, for purposes of the rural rental assist-
 ance program pursuant to article 17-A of  the  private  housing  finance
 law,  a  sum  not to exceed $21,710,000 for the fiscal year ending March
 31, 2024.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law,  and  subject  to
 the  approval of the New York state director of the budget, the board of
 directors of the state of New York mortgage agency shall  authorize  the
 transfer  to  the  housing  trust  fund corporation, for the purposes of
 reimbursing any costs associated with rural  rental  assistance  program
 contracts  authorized  by  this  section,  a  total  sum  not  to exceed
 $21,710,000, such transfer to be made from (i) the  special  account  of
 the  mortgage  insurance  fund created pursuant to section 2429-b of the
 public authorities law, in an amount not to  exceed  the  actual  excess
 balance in the special account of the mortgage insurance fund, as deter-
 mined  and  certified  by  the state of New York mortgage agency for the
 fiscal year 2022-2023 in accordance with section 2429-b  of  the  public
 authorities  law,  if any, and/or (ii) provided that the reserves in the
 project pool insurance account of the mortgage  insurance  fund  created
 pursuant  to section 2429-b of the public authorities law are sufficient
 to attain and maintain the credit rating, as determined by the state  of
 New  York  mortgage  agency, required to accomplish the purposes of such
 account, the project pool insurance account of  the  mortgage  insurance
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 fund,  such  transfer  shall be made as soon as practicable but no later
 than June 30, 2023.
   §  4. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the homeless housing
 and assistance corporation may provide, for purposes  of  the  New  York
 state  supportive  housing  program,  the  solutions to end homelessness
 program or the operational support for AIDS housing program, or to qual-
 ified grantees under such programs, in accordance with the  requirements
 of  such  programs,  a sum not to exceed $50,781,000 for the fiscal year
 ending March 31, 2024. The homeless housing and  assistance  corporation
 may  enter into an agreement with the office of temporary and disability
 assistance to administer such sum in accordance with the requirements of
 such programs. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,  and  subject
 to  the approval of the New York state director of the budget, the board
 of directors of the state of New York mortgage  agency  shall  authorize
 the transfer to the homeless housing and assistance corporation, a total
 sum  not  to  exceed  $50,781,000, such transfer to be made from (i) the
 special account of the  mortgage  insurance  fund  created  pursuant  to
 section 2429-b of the public authorities law, in an amount not to exceed
 the  actual excess balance in the special account of the mortgage insur-
 ance fund, as determined and certified by the state of New York mortgage
 agency for the fiscal year 2022-2023 in accordance with  section  2429-b
 of  the  public  authorities  law, if any, and/or (ii) provided that the
 reserves in the project pool insurance account of the mortgage insurance
 fund created pursuant to section 2429-b of the  public  authorities  law
 are sufficient to attain and maintain the credit rating as determined by
 the  state  of  New  York  mortgage  agency,  required to accomplish the
 purposes of such account, the project  pool  insurance  account  of  the
 mortgage  insurance fund, such transfer shall be made as soon as practi-
 cable but no later than March 31, 2024.
   § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART R
 
   Section 1. Subparagraph (xxviii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 16 of
 section 421-a of the real property tax law, as amended by section  3  of
 part  TTT  of  chapter  59  of  the  laws of 2017, is amended to read as
 follows:
   (xxviii) "Eligible multiple dwelling" shall mean a  multiple  dwelling
 or  homeownership  project containing six or more dwelling units created
 through new construction or eligible conversion for which the  commence-
 ment date is after December thirty-first, two thousand fifteen and on or
 before  June  fifteenth,  two  thousand  twenty-two,  and  for which the
 completion date is on or before June fifteenth,  two  thousand  [twenty-
 six] THIRTY.
   § 2.  This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART S
 
   Section  1.    Section 652 of the labor law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
   1-A. ANNUAL MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE.  (A) NEW YORK CITY.  ON  AND  AFTER
 DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE, EVERY EMPLOYER REGARD-
 LESS  OF SIZE SHALL PAY TO EACH OF ITS EMPLOYEES FOR EACH HOUR WORKED IN
 THE CITY OF NEW YORK, A WAGE OF NOT LESS THAN THE ADJUSTED MINIMUM  WAGE
 RATE  ESTABLISHED  ANNUALLY  BY  THE COMMISSIONER. SUCH ADJUSTED MINIMUM
 WAGE RATE SHALL BE DETERMINED BY INCREASING THE CURRENT  YEAR'S  MINIMUM
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 WAGE  RATE  BY THE LESSER OF THREE PERCENT AND THE RATE OF CHANGE IN THE
 AVERAGE OF THE MOST RECENT PERIOD BETWEEN THE FIRST OF  AUGUST  AND  THE
 THIRTY-FIRST  OF  JULY OVER THE PRECEDING TWELVE MONTHS PUBLISHED BY THE
 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR NON-SEASONALLY ADJUSTED CONSUMER PRICE
 INDEX  FOR  NORTHEAST  REGION  URBAN  WAGE  EARNERS AND CLERICAL WORKERS
 (CPI-W) OR ANY SUCCESSOR  INDEX  AS  CALCULATED  BY  THE  UNITED  STATES
 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.
   (B)  REMAINDER  OF  DOWNSTATE. ON AND AFTER DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE, EVERY EMPLOYER SHALL PAY TO EACH OF ITS EMPLOYEES
 FOR EACH HOUR WORKED IN THE COUNTIES OF NASSAU, SUFFOLK,  AND  WESTCHES-
 TER,  A WAGE OF NOT LESS THAN THE ADJUSTED MINIMUM WAGE RATE ESTABLISHED
 ANNUALLY BY THE COMMISSIONER. SUCH ADJUSTED MINIMUM WAGE RATE  SHALL  BE
 DETERMINED  BY  INCREASING  THE  CURRENT YEAR'S MINIMUM WAGE RATE BY THE
 LESSER OF THREE PERCENT AND THE RATE OF CHANGE IN  THE  AVERAGE  OF  THE
 MOST  RECENT  PERIOD BETWEEN THE FIRST OF AUGUST AND THE THIRTY-FIRST OF
 JULY OVER THE PRECEDING TWELVE MONTHS FOR THE NORTHEAST REGION CPI-W  OR
 ANY  SUCCESSOR  INDEX  AS  CALCULATED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF
 LABOR.
   (C) REMAINDER OF STATE. ON AND AFTER DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO  THOU-
 SAND  TWENTY-THREE, IN THE YEAR FOLLOWING THE YEAR THE MINIMUM WAGE RATE
 EQUALS FIFTEEN DOLLARS FOR EACH HOUR WORKED OUTSIDE OF THE CITY  OF  NEW
 YORK  AND  THE  COUNTIES OF NASSAU, SUFFOLK, AND WESTCHESTER PURSUANT TO
 SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, EVERY EMPLOYER SHALL PAY TO EACH OF ITS
 EMPLOYEES FOR EACH HOUR WORKED OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK  AND  THE
 COUNTIES OF NASSAU, SUFFOLK, AND WESTCHESTER A WAGE OF NOT LESS THAN THE
 ADJUSTED  MINIMUM  WAGE  RATE  ESTABLISHED ANNUALLY BY THE COMMISSIONER.
 SUCH ADJUSTED MINIMUM WAGE RATE SHALL BE DETERMINED  BY  INCREASING  THE
 CURRENT  YEAR'S MINIMUM WAGE RATE BY THE LESSER OF THREE PERCENT AND THE
 RATE OF CHANGE IN THE AVERAGE OF THE  MOST  RECENT  PERIOD  BETWEEN  THE
 FIRST  OF  AUGUST AND THE THIRTY-FIRST OF JULY OVER THE PRECEDING TWELVE
 MONTHS FOR THE NORTHEAST REGION CPI-W OR ANY SUCCESSOR INDEX  AS  CALCU-
 LATED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.
   (D)  NOTWITHSTANDING PARAGRAPHS (A), (B), AND (C) OF THIS SUBDIVISION,
 THE MINIMUM WAGE FOR A HOME CARE AIDE AS DEFINED IN  SECTION  THIRTY-SIX
 HUNDRED FOURTEEN-C OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW SHALL BE SET BY SUBDIVISIONS
 TWO  AND  THREE  OF  SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED FOURTEEN-F OF THE PUBLIC
 HEALTH LAW.
   (E) EXCEPTIONS. NOTWITHSTANDING PARAGRAPHS (A), (B) AND  (C)  OF  THIS
 SUBDIVISION, THERE SHALL BE NO INCREASE IN THE MINIMUM WAGE IN THE STATE
 FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR IF:
   (I) THE RATE OF CHANGE IN THE AVERAGE OF THE MOST RECENT PERIOD OF THE
 FIRST OF AUGUST TO THE THIRTY-FIRST OF JULY OVER THE PRECEDING PERIOD OF
 THE FIRST OF AUGUST TO THE THIRTY-FIRST OF JULY FOR THE NORTHEAST REGION
 CPI-W IS NEGATIVE;
   (II)  THE  THREE-MONTH  MOVING  AVERAGE OF THE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NEW
 YORK STATE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE AS DETERMINED BY THE U-3 MEASURE  OF  LABOR
 UNDERUTILIZATION  FOR  THE MOST RECENT PERIOD ENDING THE THIRTY-FIRST OF
 JULY AS CALCULATED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT  OF  LABOR  RISES  BY
 ONE-HALF  PERCENTAGE POINT OR MORE RELATIVE TO ITS LOW DURING THE PREVI-
 OUS TWELVE MONTHS; OR
   (III) SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, TOTAL  NON-FARM  EMPLOYMENT  FOR  NEW  YORK
 STATE  IN  JULY,  CALCULATED  BY  THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR,
 DECREASED FROM THE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, TOTAL  NON-FARM  EMPLOYMENT  FOR
 NEW YORK STATE IN APRIL, AND SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, TOTAL NON-FARM EMPLOY-
 MENT FOR NEW YORK STATE IN JULY, CALCULATED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPART-
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 MENT  OF  LABOR,  DECREASED FROM THE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, TOTAL NON-FARM
 EMPLOYMENT FOR NEW YORK STATE IN JANUARY.
   (F)  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PUBLISH THE ADJUSTED MINIMUM WAGE RATES NO
 LATER THAN THE FIRST OF OCTOBER OF EACH YEAR TO TAKE EFFECT ON THE THIR-
 TY-FIRST DAY OF DECEMBER. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL  PUBLISH  THE  ADJUSTED
 MINIMUM  WAGE  RATES  THAT WILL GO INTO EFFECT ON DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST,
 TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE NO LATER  THAN  OCTOBER  FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND
 TWENTY-THREE.
   § 2. Subdivisions 2, 4 and 5 of section 652 of the labor law, subdivi-
 sion  2  as amended by chapter 38 of the laws of 1990, the opening para-
 graph of subdivision 2 as amended by section 6 of part II of chapter  58
 of the laws of 2020, and subdivisions 4 and 5 as amended by section 2 of
 part  K  of  chapter  54  of  the  laws  of 2016, are amended to read as
 follows:
   2. Existing wage orders. The minimum wage  orders  in  effect  on  the
 effective date of this act shall remain in full force and effect, except
 as modified in accordance with the provisions of this article; provided,
 however,  that  the minimum wage order for farm workers codified at part
 one hundred ninety of title twelve of the New York  code  of  rules  and
 regulations  in  effect  on  January first, two thousand twenty shall be
 deemed to be a wage order established and adopted under this article and
 shall remain in full force and effect except as modified  in  accordance
 with  the provisions of this article or article nineteen-A of this chap-
 ter.
   Such minimum wage orders shall be  modified  by  the  commissioner  to
 increase  all  monetary amounts specified therein in the same proportion
 as the increase in the hourly minimum wage as provided in  [subdivision]
 SUBDIVISIONS one AND ONE-A of this section, including the amounts speci-
 fied  in such minimum wage orders as allowances for gratuities, and when
 furnished by the employer to its employees, for meals, lodging,  apparel
 and  other  such items, services and facilities. All amounts so modified
 shall be rounded off to the nearest  five  cents.  The  modified  orders
 shall  be  promulgated by the commissioner without a public hearing, and
 without reference to a wage board, and shall  become  effective  on  the
 effective date of such increases in the minimum wage except as otherwise
 provided  in  this  subdivision,  notwithstanding any other provision of
 this article.
   4. Notwithstanding subdivisions one, ONE-A and two  of  this  section,
 the  wage  for  an  employee who is a food service worker receiving tips
 shall be a cash wage of at least two-thirds of the  minimum  wage  rates
 set  forth  in  subdivision  one of this section, rounded to the nearest
 five cents or seven  dollars  and  fifty  cents,  whichever  is  higher,
 provided  that  the  tips  of  such an employee, when added to such cash
 wage, are equal to or exceed the minimum  wage  in  effect  pursuant  to
 [subdivision]  SUBDIVISIONS  one  AND ONE-A of this section and provided
 further that no other cash wage is established pursuant to  section  six
 hundred fifty-three of this article.
   5.  Notwithstanding  subdivisions  one, ONE-A and two of this section,
 meal and lodging allowances for a food service worker receiving  a  cash
 wage  pursuant  to  subdivision  four of this section shall not increase
 more than two-thirds of the increase required by subdivision two of this
 section as applied to state wage orders in effect pursuant to  [subdivi-
 sion] SUBDIVISIONS one AND ONE-A of this section.
   § 3. Section 3614-f of the public health law, as added by section 1 of
 part  XX  of  chapter  56  of  the  laws  of 2022, is amended to read as
 follows:
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   § 3614-f. Home care minimum wage increase. 1. For the purpose of  this
 section,  "home  care  aide"  shall  have the same meaning as defined in
 section thirty-six hundred fourteen-c of this article.
   2. [In addition to the otherwise applicable minimum wage under section
 six hundred fifty-two of the labor law, or any otherwise applicable wage
 rule  or order under article nineteen of the labor law]  NOTWITHSTANDING
 ANY INCREASE TO THE MINIMUM WAGE UNDER PARAGRAPH (A),  (B),  OR  (C)  OF
 SUBDIVISION ONE-A OF SECTION SIX HUNDRED FIFTY-TWO OF THE LABOR LAW, the
 minimum  wage  for  a  home care aide shall be increased by an amount of
 three dollars and zero cents FROM THE  MINIMUM  WAGE  ESTABLISHED  UNDER
 SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF  SECTION SIX HUNDRED FIFTY-TWO OF THE LABOR LAW FOR
 EACH REGION OF THE STATE in accordance with the following schedule:
   (a) beginning October first, two thousand twenty-two, the minimum wage
 for a home care aide shall be increased by an amount of two dollars  and
 zero cents, and
   (b)  beginning  October  first, two thousand twenty-three, the minimum
 wage for a home care aide shall be increased by an additional amount  of
 one dollar and zero cents.
   3.  ON AND AFTER DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE, THE
 MINIMUM WAGE FOR A HOME CARE AIDE SHALL BE THE GREATER OF EITHER:
   (A) THE RATE ESTABLISHED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION  TWO  OF  THIS
 SECTION; OR
   (B)  THE  RATE  ESTABLISHED  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH  SECTION SIX HUNDRED
 FIFTY-TWO OF THE LABOR LAW.
   4. AT NO TIME SHALL THE MINIMUM WAGE FOR A HOME CARE  AIDE  BE  HIGHER
 THAN  EIGHTEEN DOLLARS UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THE MINIMUM WAGE RATE PURSUANT
 TO SUBDIVISION ONE-A OF SECTION SIX HUNDRED FIFTY-TWO OF THE  LABOR  LAW
 IN THE LOCALITY OF THE STATE IN WHICH SUCH HOME CARE AIDE WORKS IS HIGH-
 ER THAN EIGHTEEN DOLLARS.
   5.  Where  any  home  care aide is paid less than WHAT IS required [by
 subdivision] UNDER SUBDIVISIONS two AND THREE of this section, the  home
 care  aide,  or  the  commissioner of labor acting on behalf of the home
 care aide, may bring a civil action under article six or nineteen of the
 labor law; provided that this shall not  preclude  the  commissioner  of
 labor from taking direct administrative enforcement action under article
 six of the labor law.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART T
 
   Section 1. Legislative findings. The legislature finds that both with-
 in  the  city  of  New  York and across the United States, over the past
 several decades, income inequality has  expanded  and  that  poverty  is
 frequently  concentrated  in  economically  disadvantaged  regions.  The
 legislature also finds that economic disparities among  individuals  and
 across  communities have further expanded due to the economic and health
 effects of the virus known as COVID-19. The purpose of this  legislation
 is  to  remediate  these economic disparities by authorizing the city of
 New York, the city school district of the city of New York, the New York
 city school construction authority, the New York city health and  hospi-
 tals  corporation,  the New York city industrial development agency, and
 other city-affiliated not-for-profit corporations to  use  the  economic
 power of their transactions to implement programs by administrative rule
 requiring  contractors  and  subcontractors benefitting from such trans-
 actions to make best efforts to employ qualified economically  disadvan-
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 taged  candidates  and  qualified candidates from economically disadvan-
 taged regions.
   §  2.  The New York city charter is amended by adding a new chapter 79
 to read as follows:
                                CHAPTER 79
                COMMUNITY HIRING AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
 § 3501. ABSORPTION HIRE. THE TERM "ABSORPTION HIRE" MEANS AN  INDIVIDUAL
 WHO FILLS A BUILDING SERVICE OPPORTUNITY AND WHO:
   (1) WAS EMPLOYED TO PERFORM BUILDING SERVICE WORK WITHIN THE PRECEDING
 SIX MONTHS AT THE SAME FACILITY TO WHICH SUCH INDIVIDUAL IS ASSIGNED; OR
   (2) FILLS SUCH BUILDING SERVICE OPPORTUNITY AS A RESULT OF A REASSIGN-
 MENT BY A CONTRACTOR OR SUBCONTRACTOR, AS APPLICABLE, DUE TO A DISPLACE-
 MENT  CAUSED BY THE CLOSURE OF ANOTHER FACILITY, A STAFFING REDUCTION AT
 ANOTHER FACILITY, OR ANY OTHER SIMILAR EVENT.
   APPRENTICE. THE TERM "APPRENTICE" MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS RECEIVING
 TRAINING AND PERFORMING LABOR PURSUANT TO AN APPRENTICESHIP AGREEMENT.
   APPRENTICESHIP AGREEMENT. THE TERM "APPRENTICESHIP AGREEMENT" MEANS AN
 AGREEMENT, AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED BY SECTION EIGHT HUNDRED  SIXTEEN  OF
 THE  LABOR  LAW,  THAT  HAS  BEEN  REGISTERED WITH, AND APPROVED BY, THE
 COMMISSIONER OF LABOR OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK PURSUANT TO ARTICLE TWEN-
 TY-THREE OF THE LABOR LAW.
   BUILDING SERVICE OPPORTUNITY. THE TERM "BUILDING SERVICE  OPPORTUNITY"
 MEANS AN EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY TO PERFORM BUILDING SERVICE WORK.
   BUILDING  SERVICE  OPPORTUNITY  LABOR HOUR. THE TERM "BUILDING SERVICE
 OPPORTUNITY LABOR HOUR" MEANS A LABOR HOUR PERFORMED  BY  AN  INDIVIDUAL
 EMPLOYED TO FILL A BUILDING SERVICE OPPORTUNITY.
   BUILDING  SERVICE  WORK.  THE  TERM  "BUILDING SERVICE WORK" MEANS THE
 CLASSIFICATIONS OF LABOR THAT THE APPLICABLE FISCAL OFFICER HAS  IDENTI-
 FIED  AS  CONSISTENT  WITH  SECTION TWO HUNDRED THIRTY OF THE LABOR LAW,
 REGARDLESS OF WHETHER SUCH LABOR CONSTITUTES BUILDING SERVICE  WORK  FOR
 WHICH  WORKERS  ARE ENTITLED TO PREVAILING WAGE PURSUANT TO ARTICLE NINE
 OF THE LABOR LAW.
   CITY-AFFILIATED NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION. THE TERM  "CITY-AFFILIATED
 NOT-FOR-PROFIT  CORPORATION"  MEANS  A  LOCAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OR
 OTHER NOT-FOR-PROFIT  CORPORATION,  A  MAJORITY  OF  WHOSE  MEMBERS  ARE
 APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR.
   CONSTRUCTION. THE TERM "CONSTRUCTION" MEANS:
   (1) ANY LABOR OF A TYPE THAT THE APPLICABLE FISCAL OFFICER, AS DEFINED
 IN  PARAGRAPH E OF SUBDIVISION FIVE OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED TWENTY OF THE
 LABOR LAW, HAS IDENTIFIED IN A PUBLISHED SCHEDULE AS A CLASSIFICATION OF
 WORK PERFORMED BY LABORERS, WORKMEN OR MECHANICS, REGARDLESS OF  WHETHER
 SUCH LABOR CONSTITUTES PUBLIC WORK PURSUANT TO SUCH SECTION; AND
   (2)  ANY ADDITIONAL TYPES OF LABOR IDENTIFIED BY THE DIRECTOR BY RULE,
 PROVIDED THAT SUCH LABOR SHALL NOT INCLUDE BUILDING SERVICE WORK.
   CONTRACTOR. THE TERM "CONTRACTOR" MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL, COMPANY, CORPO-
 RATION, PARTNERSHIP, OR OTHER ENTITY THAT HAS ENTERED INTO A TRANSACTION
 WITH THE CITY, EXCEPT THAT THE TERM "CONTRACTOR" DOES NOT INCLUDE:
   (1) ANY GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY;
   (2)  ANY  MICROBUSINESS,  OTHER  THAN   A   MICROBUSINESS   PERFORMING
 CONSTRUCTION WORK UNDER A TRANSACTION; OR
   (3) ANY LABOR ORGANIZATION.
   DIRECTOR.  THE  TERM  "DIRECTOR"  MEANS  THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF
 COMMUNITY HIRING AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT OR HIS OR HER DESIGNEE.
   ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED CANDIDATE. THE TERM "ECONOMICALLY DISADVAN-
 TAGED CANDIDATE" MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL:
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   (1) WHOSE INCOME OR HOUSEHOLD INCOME FALLS BELOW AN APPLICABLE QUANTI-
 TATIVE THRESHOLD DETERMINED BY THE DIRECTOR, PROVIDED THAT  SUCH  INCOME
 SHALL  NOT  INCLUDE ANY TYPES OF PUBLIC BENEFITS PROVIDED BY THE FEDERAL
 GOVERNMENT OR A STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND IDENTIFIED BY  THE  DIREC-
 TOR; AND
   (2) WHO IS CERTIFIED AS MEETING ALL APPLICABLE REQUIREMENTS.
   ECONOMICALLY  DISADVANTAGED  REGION.  THE TERM "ECONOMICALLY DISADVAN-
 TAGED REGION" MEANS AN AREA, REPRESENTED BY ITS ZIP CODE,  IN  WHICH  AT
 LEAST  FIFTEEN  PERCENT  OF  RESIDENTS  HAVE HOUSEHOLD INCOMES BELOW THE
 FEDERAL POVERTY THRESHOLD.
   ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED REGION CANDIDATE.  THE  TERM  "ECONOMICALLY
 DISADVANTAGED  REGION CANDIDATE" MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS CERTIFIED AS
 MEETING ALL APPLICABLE REQUIREMENTS AND WHO IS A:
   (1) RESIDENT  OF  AN  ADDRESS  WITHIN  AN  ECONOMICALLY  DISADVANTAGED
 REGION;
   (2) RESIDENT OF A BUILDING THAT IS:
   (I) OWNED OR OPERATED BY THE NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY; AND
   (II) SUBJECT TO SECTION NINE OF THE UNITED STATES HOUSING ACT OF NINE-
 TEEN HUNDRED THIRTY-SEVEN, AS AMENDED; OR
   (3) RESIDENT OF A DWELLING UNIT THAT IS:
   (I)  SUBJECT  TO A REGULATORY AGREEMENT WITH A FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL
 GOVERNMENT AGENCY REQUIRING THAT OCCUPANCY OF SUCH  UNIT  BE  RESTRICTED
 BASED ON THE INCOME OF THE OCCUPANTS; AND
   (II)  LOCATED  IN  A  BUILDING THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY OPERATED BY THE NEW
 YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY, WAS PREVIOUSLY SUBJECT TO SECTION  NINE  OF
 THE  UNITED  STATES  HOUSING  ACT  OF  NINETEEN HUNDRED THIRTY-SEVEN, AS
 AMENDED, AND IS SUBJECT TO SECTION EIGHT OF SUCH ACT.
   EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY. THE  TERM  "EMPLOYMENT  OPPORTUNITY"  MEANS  A
 VACANCY IN A POSITION TO PERFORM SERVICES UNDER A TRANSACTION.
   EXEMPT TRANSACTION. THE TERM "EXEMPT TRANSACTION" INCLUDES ANY:
   (1) CONTRACT PROCURED PURSUANT TO SECTION ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-TWO OF THE
 STATE FINANCE LAW;
   (2)  CONTRACT  FOR  THE  PERFORMANCE  OF SERVICES BY A CITY-AFFILIATED
 NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION;
   (3) CONTRACT THE PRINCIPAL PURPOSE OF WHICH IS THE SUPPLY OF GOODS;
   (4) CONTRACT IN AN AMOUNT  BELOW  THE  SMALL  PURCHASE  THRESHOLD  SET
 PURSUANT  TO  THE  AUTHORITY AND PROCEDURE SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISION A OF
 SECTION THREE HUNDRED FOURTEEN OF THIS CHARTER;
   (5) CONTRACT FOR CONFIDENTIAL OR INVESTIGATIVE SERVICES OR  ANY  OTHER
 TYPE  OF  CONTRACT EXCLUDED BY A RULE ADOPTED BY THE DIRECTOR BASED ON A
 DETERMINATION THAT THE APPLICATION OF GOALS  UNDER  THIS  PROGRAM  WOULD
 SUBSTANTIALLY UNDERMINE THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF THAT TYPE OF CONTRACT;
   (6)  CONTRACT  SUBJECT  TO  FEDERAL OR STATE FUNDING REQUIREMENTS THAT
 PRECLUDE OR SUBSTANTIALLY CONFLICT WITH THE APPLICATION OF  GOALS  UNDER
 THIS PROGRAM;
   (7) CONTRACT FOR EMERGENCY DEMOLITION SERVICES PROCURED BY THE DEPART-
 MENT  OF  HOUSING PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT PURSUANT TO THE PROCEDURE
 SET FORTH IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTEEN OF THIS CHARTER; OR
   (8) A CONTRACT FOR WHICH CONTRACTOR SELECTION IS MADE  BY  AN  ELECTED
 OFFICIAL  OTHER THAN THE MAYOR OR AN AGENCY OTHER THAN A MAYORAL AGENCY,
 EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY RULE BY THE DIRECTOR.
   LABOR ORGANIZATION. THE TERM  "LABOR  ORGANIZATION"  HAS  THE  MEANING
 PROVIDED  IN  SECTION  ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-TWO OF TITLE TWENTY-NINE OF THE
 UNITED STATES CODE, OR ANY SUCCESSOR PROVISION.
   MAYORAL AGENCY. THE TERM "MAYORAL AGENCY" INCLUDES:
   (1) ANY AGENCY THE HEAD OF WHICH IS APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR;
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   (2) ANY AGENCY HEADED BY A BOARD, COMMISSION,  OR  OTHER  MULTI-MEMBER
 BODY, THE MAJORITY OF THE MEMBERSHIP OF WHICH IS APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR;
 AND
   (3) THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR.
   MICROBUSINESS.  THE TERM "MICROBUSINESS" MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL, COMPANY,
 CORPORATION, PARTNERSHIP, OR OTHER ENTITY THAT EMPLOYS NO LESS THAN  ONE
 EMPLOYEE AND NO MORE THAN NINE EMPLOYEES.
   MWBE.  THE  TERM  "MWBE"  MEANS  A BUSINESS CERTIFIED AS A MINORITY OR
 WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE PURSUANT TO  ARTICLE  FIFTEEN-A  OF  THE
 EXECUTIVE LAW OR SECTION THIRTEEN HUNDRED FOUR OF THIS CHARTER.
   PROJECT  LABOR  AGREEMENT.  THE TERM "PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENT" MEANS A
 PRE-HIRE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT ENTERED INTO BETWEEN  THE  CITY
 AND  A  BONA  FIDE  BUILDING  AND  CONSTRUCTION TRADE LABOR ORGANIZATION
 ESTABLISHING THE LABOR ORGANIZATION OR ITS AFFILIATES AS THE  COLLECTIVE
 BARGAINING  REPRESENTATIVE FOR ALL PERSONS WHO WILL PERFORM CONSTRUCTION
 WORK ON A TRANSACTION, PROVIDED SUCH AGREEMENT:
   (1) PROVIDES THAT ONLY CONTRACTORS AND SUBCONTRACTORS WHO SIGN A  PRE-
 NEGOTIATED  AGREEMENT  WITH THE LABOR ORGANIZATION CAN PERFORM SUCH WORK
 ON SUCH TRANSACTION; AND
   (2) INCLUDES GOALS FOR THE EMPLOYMENT OF QUALIFIED ECONOMICALLY DISAD-
 VANTAGED REGION CANDIDATES TO PERFORM SUCH WORK.
   REFERRAL SOURCE. THE  TERM  "REFERRAL  SOURCE"  MEANS  AN  INDIVIDUAL,
 COMPANY,  CORPORATION,  PARTNERSHIP,  AGENCY,  UNION REFERRAL SYSTEM, OR
 OTHER ENTITY SELECTED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH THREE OF  SUBDIVISION  A  OF
 SECTION  THIRTY-FIVE  HUNDRED  TWO  OF THIS CHAPTER TO MAKE REFERRALS OF
 CANDIDATES TO CONTRACTORS, PROSPECTIVE CONTRACTORS, SUBCONTRACTORS,  AND
 PROSPECTIVE  SUBCONTRACTORS  FOR  THE PURPOSES OF MEETING THE APPLICABLE
 EMPLOYMENT GOALS SET FORTH IN SUCH SECTION; PROVIDED THAT UNION REFERRAL
 SYSTEMS THAT HAVE AFFILIATED REGISTERED APPRENTICE PROGRAMS WITH  DIRECT
 ENTRY ACCESS FROM PRE-APPRENTICE PROGRAMS THAT ARE COMPLIANT WITH UNITED
 STATES  DEPARTMENT  OF LABOR OR NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR REGU-
 LATIONS, AS WELL AS UNION REFERRAL SYSTEMS  WITH  COMMUNITY  RECRUITMENT
 PROGRAMS,  SHALL  BE DEEMED AN APPROVED REFERRAL SOURCE FOR THE PURPOSES
 OF PARAGRAPH THREE OF SUBDIVISION A OF SECTION THIRTY-FIVE  HUNDRED  TWO
 OF THIS CHAPTER.
   SMALL BUSINESS. THE TERM "SMALL BUSINESS" MEANS AN ENTITY THAT:
   (1) IS INDEPENDENTLY OWNED AND OPERATED; AND
   (2)  HAS ANNUAL GROSS REVENUES NOT EXCEEDING FIVE MILLION DOLLARS OR A
 LESSER AMOUNT ESTABLISHED BY THE DIRECTOR BY RULE.
   SUBCONTRACTOR. THE TERM "SUBCONTRACTOR" MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL,  COMPANY,
 CORPORATION, PARTNERSHIP OR OTHER ENTITY THAT HAS ENTERED INTO AN AGREE-
 MENT  WITH  A  CONTRACTOR  OR  ANOTHER SUBCONTRACTOR IN ORDER TO PERFORM
 SERVICES OR ANY OTHER OBLIGATION UNDER A TRANSACTION, PROVIDED THAT SUCH
 AGREEMENT INVOLVES THE PERFORMANCE OF CONSTRUCTION WORK OF ANY VALUE, OR
 THE TOTAL  DOLLAR  VALUE  OF  SUCH  AGREEMENT  EXCEEDS  TWENTY  THOUSAND
 DOLLARS,  AND  FURTHER  PROVIDED  THAT THE TERM "SUBCONTRACTOR" DOES NOT
 INCLUDE:
   (1) EMPLOYEES;
   (2) GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES;
   (3)   MICROBUSINESSES,   OTHER   THAN    MICROBUSINESSES    PERFORMING
 CONSTRUCTION WORK UNDER A TRANSACTION; OR
   (4) LABOR ORGANIZATIONS.
   TRANSACTION.  THE  TERM  "TRANSACTION"  MEANS,  A PROCUREMENT CONTRACT
 EXCEPT THAT THE TERM "TRANSACTION" SHALL NOT INCLUDE ANY  EXEMPT  TRANS-
 ACTION.
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   §  3502.  OFFICE  OF  COMMUNITY  HIRING  AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. A.
 OFFICE ESTABLISHED. THE MAYOR SHALL ESTABLISH  AN  OFFICE  OF  COMMUNITY
 HIRING  AND  WORKFORCE  DEVELOPMENT. SUCH OFFICE MAY BE ESTABLISHED AS A
 SEPARATE OFFICE OR WITHIN ANY DEPARTMENT THE HEAD OF WHICH IS  APPOINTED
 BY  THE  MAYOR. THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY HIRING AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
 SHALL BE HEADED BY A DIRECTOR WHO SHALL BE APPOINTED  BY  THE  MAYOR  OR
 HEAD  OF  SUCH  DEPARTMENT.  THE  DIRECTOR  SHALL, AS THE DIRECTOR DEEMS
 APPROPRIATE, ADOPT RULES CONSISTENT WITH THE  PURPOSE  OF  THIS  CHAPTER
 RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT GOALS ON TRANSACTIONS, INCLUDING RULES:
   (1)  REQUIRING  CONTRACTORS  AND  SUBCONTRACTORS  TO AGREE TO PUBLICLY
 DISCLOSE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES;
   (2) ESTABLISHING A PROCEDURE FOR THE CERTIFICATION OF  INDIVIDUALS  AS
 ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED CANDIDATES, ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED REGION
 CANDIDATES,  OR  BOTH, PROVIDED THAT SUCH CERTIFICATION PROCEDURE SHALL,
 TO THE EXTENT THE DIRECTOR DEEMS FEASIBLE, USE DATA SOURCES AND ADMINIS-
 TRATIVE PROCESSES ESTABLISHED  OR  MAINTAINED  BY  THE  CITY  FOR  OTHER
 PROGRAMS  OR  OPERATIONS  IN ORDER TO MINIMIZE ADMINISTRATIVE BURDENS ON
 CONTRACTORS, SUBCONTRACTORS, AND INDIVIDUALS;
   (3) ESTABLISHING A PROCEDURE BY WHICH THE DIRECTOR MAY APPROVE  REFER-
 RAL  SOURCES  FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF  THIS SECTION, WHEREBY THE DIRECTOR
 SHALL:
   (I) PUBLICLY RELEASE A REFERRAL SOURCE SOLICITATION  THAT  INCLUDES  A
 DESCRIPTION  OF  FUNCTIONS  OF  A  REFERRAL  SOURCE, THE MANNER IN WHICH
 RESPONSES MUST BE SUBMITTED, AND THE CRITERIA BY WHICH RESPONDING  ENTI-
 TIES  WILL BE APPROVED, AND AUTHORIZE ONE OR MORE ENTITIES, AS APPROPRI-
 ATE, TO FUNCTION AS REFERRAL SOURCES, BASED ON THE CRITERIA INCLUDED  IN
 THE SOLICITATION;
   (II) AUTHORIZE AN AGENCY IN WRITING TO FUNCTION AS A REFERRAL SOURCE;
   (III)  AUTHORIZE,  IN WRITING, AN ENTITY ENGAGED PURSUANT TO AN AGREE-
 MENT WITH AN AGENCY FOR EMPLOYMENT RECRUITMENT SERVICES OR  OTHER  WORK-
 FORCE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TO FUNCTION AS A REFERRAL SOURCE; OR
   (IV)  IDENTIFY  AND  DEEM  UNION REFERRAL SYSTEMS THAT HAVE AFFILIATED
 REGISTERED APPRENTICE PROGRAMS WITH DIRECT ENTRY ACCESS FROM PRE-APPREN-
 TICE PROGRAMS AND THAT ARE COMPLIANT WITH UNITED  STATES  DEPARTMENT  OF
 LABOR  OR  NEW  YORK  STATE  DEPARTMENT OF LABOR REGULATIONS, AS WELL AS
 UNION REFERRAL SYSTEMS WITH COMMUNITY RECRUITMENT PROGRAMS, AS  APPROVED
 REFERRAL SYSTEMS;
   (4)  ESTABLISHING  A  PROCEDURE THROUGH WHICH THE DIRECTOR MAY PROVIDE
 INFORMATION REGARDING REFERRAL SOURCES TO  CONTRACTORS,  SUBCONTRACTORS,
 PROSPECTIVE CONTRACTORS, AND PROSPECTIVE SUBCONTRACTORS;
   (5)  ESTABLISHING  A PROCEDURE BY WHICH THE DIRECTOR SHALL MONITOR AND
 CRITERIA BY WHICH THE DIRECTOR SHALL EVALUATE THE  PERFORMANCE  OF  EACH
 REFERRAL  SOURCE  ON  AN ANNUAL BASIS, AND WHERE THE DIRECTOR DETERMINES
 THAT A REFERRAL SOURCE HAS PERFORMED INADEQUATELY, TERMINATE OR  SUSPEND
 THE REFERRAL SOURCE;
   (6)  REQUIRING CONTRACTORS TO AGREE TO MAKE BEST EFFORTS TO INTERVIEW,
 AS APPROPRIATE,  AND  TO  EMPLOY  QUALIFIED  ECONOMICALLY  DISADVANTAGED
 REGION CANDIDATES IN ORDER TO MEET EMPLOYMENT GOALS RELATING TO BUILDING
 SERVICE WORK BASED ON:
   (I) THE PERCENTAGE OF BUILDING SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES FILLED BY ECONOM-
 ICALLY  DISADVANTAGED  REGION  CANDIDATES,  PROVIDED THAT IN CALCULATING
 SUCH GOALS, ABSORPTION HIRES SHALL NOT BE CONSIDERED; OR
   (II) THE  PERCENTAGE  OF  BUILDING  SERVICE  OPPORTUNITY  LABOR  HOURS
 PERFORMED BY ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED REGION CANDIDATES, PROVIDED THAT
 IN  CALCULATING  SUCH  GOALS,  BUILDING  SERVICE OPPORTUNITY LABOR HOURS
 PERFORMED BY ABSORPTION HIRES SHALL NOT BE CONSIDERED;
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   (7) REQUIRING CONTRACTORS AND SUBCONTRACTORS TO  AGREE  TO  MAKE  BEST
 EFFORTS TO EMPLOY QUALIFIED ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED REGION CANDIDATES
 TO  PERFORM  NO  LESS  THAN  THIRTY  PERCENT  OF THE CUMULATIVE HOURS OF
 CONSTRUCTION LABOR ON  TRANSACTIONS  INVOLVING  CONSTRUCTION  WORK,  AND
 ADDITIONALLY REQUIRING, TO THE EXTENT FEASIBLE CONSISTENT WITH THE MAXI-
 MUM  RATIOS  OF  APPRENTICES TO JOURNEY-LEVEL WORKERS ESTABLISHED BY THE
 NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, THAT SUCH  CONTRACTORS  AND  SUBCON-
 TRACTORS AGREE TO MAKE BEST EFFORTS TO EMPLOY APPRENTICES WHO ARE QUALI-
 FIED  ECONOMICALLY  DISADVANTAGED  REGION  CANDIDATES TO PERFORM NO LESS
 THAN NINE PERCENT  OF  SUCH  CUMULATIVE  HOURS  OF  CONSTRUCTION  LABOR,
 PROVIDED  THAT  LABOR PERFORMED BY APPRENTICES WHO ARE QUALIFIED ECONOM-
 ICALLY DISADVANTAGED REGION CANDIDATES SHALL  BE  CREDITED  TOWARDS  THE
 ACHIEVEMENT  OF  BOTH  EMPLOYMENT GOALS SET FORTH IN THIS PARAGRAPH, AND
 FURTHER PROVIDED THAT PRIOR TO RELEASING A  SOLICITATION  FOR  A  TRANS-
 ACTION  OR  OTHERWISE  INITIATING  A  PROCESS FOR ENTERING INTO A TRANS-
 ACTION, AS APPLICABLE, THE DIRECTOR MAY WAIVE  SUCH  REQUIREMENTS  WHERE
 THE  DIRECTOR  DETERMINES  IN  WRITING  THAT  SUCH WAIVER IS IN THE BEST
 INTEREST OF THE CITY;
   (8) REQUIRING CONTRACTORS TO AGREE TO MAKE BEST EFFORTS  TO  INTERVIEW
 AND  TO  EMPLOY QUALIFIED ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED CANDIDATES IN ORDER
 TO  MEET  EMPLOYMENT  GOALS  RELATING  TO  WORK  THAT  NEITHER  INVOLVES
 CONSTRUCTION WORK NOR BUILDING SERVICE WORK, AND ESTABLISHING SUCH GOALS
 BASED ON:
   (I)  THE PERCENTAGE OF THE CUMULATIVE HOURS OF LABOR PERFORMED BY SUCH
 CANDIDATES;
   (II) THE PERCENTAGE OF EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FILLED BY SUCH  CANDI-
 DATES; OR
   (III) THE TOTAL VALUE OF THE TRANSACTION;
   (9)  REQUIRING  SUBCONTRACTORS TO AGREE TO MAKE BEST EFFORTS TO INTER-
 VIEW, AS APPROPRIATE, AND TO EXTEND OFFERS OF  EMPLOYMENT  TO  QUALIFIED
 CANDIDATES  IN ORDER TO MEET ANY EMPLOYMENT GOALS DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH
 SIX OR EIGHT OF THIS  SUBDIVISION  AND  ESTABLISHED  PURSUANT  TO  RULES
 ADOPTED BY THE DIRECTOR;
   (10)  ESTABLISHING  A  SCHEDULE  OF  CIVIL PENALTIES, BASED ON FACTORS
 INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO A CONTRACTOR'S  INDUSTRY  OR  ANY  RELEVANT
 OCCUPATIONS EMPLOYED BY A CONTRACTOR OR SUBCONTRACTOR, THAT THE DIRECTOR
 OR  AN  APPLICABLE AGENCY MAY IMPOSE ON A CONTRACTOR DUE TO THE CONTRAC-
 TOR'S OR  SUBCONTRACTOR'S  NON-COMPLIANCE  WITH  AN  OBLIGATION  CREATED
 PURSUANT  TO  THIS  SECTION  AND  A PROCEDURE FOR THE IMPOSITION OF SUCH
 PENALTIES, WHICH WILL NOT EXCLUDE OTHER  REMEDIES  ESTABLISHED  IN  THIS
 CHARTER  OR  ANY  OTHER  LAW,  PROVIDED THAT ANY CIVIL PENALTIES IMPOSED
 PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL NOT EXCEED TWO  THOUSAND  FIVE  HUNDRED
 DOLLARS  FOR EACH NON-COMPLIANCE WITH SUCH AN OBLIGATION OR EACH FAILURE
 TO CORRECT SUCH NON-COMPLIANCE, AND FURTHER PROVIDED THAT  WHEN  PROMUL-
 GATING  RULES  ESTABLISHING  OR AMENDING SUCH A SCHEDULE OF CIVIL PENAL-
 TIES, THE DIRECTOR SHALL CONSIDER THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF SUCH PENALTIES
 ON CONTRACTORS AND SUBCONTRACTORS THAT ARE MWBES, NOT-FOR-PROFIT  CORPO-
 RATIONS, OR SMALL BUSINESSES;
   (11)  DESIGNATING  PAPER  OR  ELECTRONIC FORMATS FOR THE SUBMISSION OF
 DOCUMENTS RELATED TO THE SELECTION AND OPERATION OF REFERRAL SOURCES AND
 CONTRACTORS AND SUBCONTRACTORS SUBJECT TO GOALS PURSUANT  TO  PARAGRAPHS
 SIX  THROUGH  NINE OF THIS SUBDIVISION, AS APPLICABLE, INCLUDING BUT NOT
 LIMITED TO, DOCUMENTS CONTAINING INFORMATION REQUIRED PURSUANT TO  PARA-
 GRAPHS  ONE AND THREE OF THIS SUBDIVISION AND SUBDIVISION C AND SUBPARA-
 GRAPHS (E) AND (F) OF PARAGRAPH ONE OF SUBDIVISION D  OF  THIS  SECTION;
 SOLICITATION  DOCUMENTS AND RESPONSES, INCLUDING BIDS AND PROPOSALS; AND
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 DATA RELATED TO LABOR  PERFORMED  PURSUANT  TO  TRANSACTIONS,  INCLUDING
 PAYROLL REPORTS, AS APPLICABLE; AND
   (12)  (A) AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR TO ESTABLISH FACTORS BY WHICH GOALS
 DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPHS SIX, EIGHT, AND NINE OF THIS SUBDIVISION WILL BE
 ESTABLISHED FOR INDIVIDUAL TRANSACTIONS, INCLUDING:
   (I) THE SCOPE OF THE TRANSACTION;
   (II) THE AVAILABILITY OF QUALIFIED ECONOMICALLY  DISADVANTAGED  CANDI-
 DATES AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED REGION CANDIDATES;
   (III)  THE  NATURE  OF  ANY EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT THE DIRECTOR
 EXPECTS WILL RESULT FROM THE TRANSACTION;
   (IV) THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF SUCH GOAL ON CONTRACTORS AND  SUBCONTRAC-
 TORS,  AS  APPLICABLE,  THAT  ARE MWBES, NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATIONS, OR
 SMALL BUSINESSES; AND
   (V) ANY OTHER SIMILAR FACTORS.
   (B) PRIOR TO SETTING A GOAL PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION FOR AN  INDI-
 VIDUAL  TRANSACTION,  THE  AGENCY  ENTERING  INTO  THE TRANSACTION SHALL
 CONSIDER THE GOALS SET FOR PREVIOUS, SIMILAR  TRANSACTIONS  AND  WHETHER
 SUCH GOALS WERE APPROPRIATE FOR SUCH TRANSACTIONS.
   B.  LISTS  OF ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED REGIONS. NO LATER THAN NINETY
 DAYS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, AND AT LEAST ONCE  DURING
 EACH TWELVE-MONTH PERIOD THEREAFTER, THE DIRECTOR SHALL PUBLISH A REPORT
 INCLUDING  AN  UPDATED  LIST  OF  ALL ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED REGIONS
 WITHIN A RADIUS OF ONE HUNDRED MILES OF THE CITY  OR  ALL  SUCH  ECONOM-
 ICALLY DISADVANTAGED REGIONS WITHIN THE METROPOLITAN AREA. NOTHING SHALL
 PRECLUDE  AN INDIVIDUAL WHOSE RESIDENCE IS WITHIN AN ECONOMICALLY DISAD-
 VANTAGED REGION THAT IS NOT INCLUDED IN SUCH LIST FROM QUALIFYING AS  AN
 ECONOMICALLY  DISADVANTAGED  REGION  CANDIDATE FOR THE PURPOSES OF GOALS
 SET FORTH UNDER THIS SECTION.
   C. REPORTING. NO LATER THAN ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY DAYS AFTER  THE  EFFEC-
 TIVE  DATE  OF  THIS  SECTION AND EACH QUARTER THEREAFTER, THE OFFICE OF
 COMMUNITY HIRING AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT SHALL PUBLISH A REPORT  ON  A
 WEBSITE  MAINTAINED OR CONTROLLED BY THE CITY, PURSUANT TO RULES ADOPTED
 BY THE DIRECTOR, THAT SHALL INCLUDE, FOR EACH TRANSACTION SUBJECT  TO  A
 GOAL  ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH SIX, SEVEN, OR EIGHT OF SUBDIVI-
 SION A OF THIS  SECTION,  INFORMATION  DEMONSTRATING  THE  CORRESPONDING
 CONTRACTOR'S  PROGRESS TOWARDS MEETING SUCH GOAL AND, IF APPLICABLE, ANY
 SUBCONTRACTORS' PROGRESS TOWARDS MEETING ANY GOAL  ESTABLISHED  PURSUANT
 TO  PARAGRAPH SEVEN OR NINE OF SUBDIVISION A OF THIS SECTION, AND AGGRE-
 GATE INFORMATION REGARDING THE DEMOGRAPHICS AND COMPENSATION OF  ECONOM-
 ICALLY   DISADVANTAGED  REGION  CANDIDATES,  ECONOMICALLY  DISADVANTAGED
 CANDIDATES, AND APPRENTICES WHO ARE  ECONOMICALLY  DISADVANTAGED  REGION
 CANDIDATES,  AS APPLICABLE, RELATIVE TO ALL INDIVIDUALS EMPLOYED BY SUCH
 CONTRACTOR AND, IF APPLICABLE, SUBCONTRACTORS ON  SUCH  TRANSACTION.  IN
 COMPILING THIS REPORT, THE DIRECTOR SHALL, TO THE EXTENT HE OR SHE DEEMS
 FEASIBLE,  USE  DATA  SOURCES  ESTABLISHED OR MAINTAINED BY THE CITY FOR
 OTHER PROGRAMS OR OPERATIONS IN ORDER TO MINIMIZE ADMINISTRATIVE BURDENS
 ON CONTRACTORS AND SUBCONTRACTORS,  PROVIDED  THAT  WHERE  THE  DIRECTOR
 DETERMINES  THAT  SUCH  DATA  SOURCES  CANNOT  BE  USED TO COMPLETE SUCH
 REPORT, THE DIRECTOR MAY ADOPT RULES REQUIRING CONTRACTORS  AND  SUBCON-
 TRACTORS  TO  PROVIDE  SUCH  ADDITIONAL  DATA NECESSARY TO COMPLETE THIS
 REPORT, AND TO CERTIFY THE  ACCURACY  OF  SUCH  ADDITIONAL  INFORMATION.
 NOTHING IN THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE INTERPRETED TO AUTHORIZE THE DIREC-
 TOR  TO PROMULGATE RULES REQUIRING LABOR ORGANIZATIONS TO PROVIDE INFOR-
 MATION ON A REGULAR BASIS TO COMPLETE SUCH REPORTS.
   D. BEST EFFORTS. (1) IN DETERMINING WHETHER A  CONTRACTOR  OR  SUBCON-
 TRACTOR  HAS  EXERCISED BEST EFFORTS TO MEET THE EMPLOYMENT GOALS ESTAB-
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 LISHED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION A OF THIS  SECTION,  THE  DIRECTOR  SHALL
 CONSIDER THE DEGREE TO WHICH THE CONTRACTOR OR SUBCONTRACTOR HAS ENDEAV-
 ORED:
   (A)  TO  REVIEW  ECONOMICALLY  DISADVANTAGED  REGION  CANDIDATES'  AND
 ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED CANDIDATES' QUALIFICATIONS, AS APPLICABLE, IN
 GOOD FAITH;
   (B) TO ADVERTISE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, AS APPLICABLE, IN A  MANNER
 REASONABLY  INTENDED  TO  ATTRACT  QUALIFIED  ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED
 CANDIDATES OR ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED REGION CANDIDATES, EXCEPT  THAT
 CONTRACTORS  AND SUBCONTRACTORS PERFORMING CONSTRUCTION WORK PURSUANT TO
 A PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENT SHALL NOT BE  REQUIRED TO ADVERTISE EMPLOYMENT
 OPPORTUNITIES FOR CONSTRUCTION WORK;
   (C) TO COORDINATE WITH REFERRAL SOURCES OR APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS, AS
 APPLICABLE, IN ORDER TO INTERVIEW, IF APPLICABLE, AND EMPLOY SUCH CANDI-
 DATES IDENTIFIED BY SUCH REFERRAL SOURCES  OR  APPRENTICESHIP  PROGRAMS,
 PROVIDED THAT FOR CONTRACTORS AND SUBCONTRACTORS PERFORMING CONSTRUCTION
 WORK  PURSUANT  TO  A  PROJECT  LABOR AGREEMENT, THE DIRECTOR SHALL ONLY
 CONSIDER THE DEGREE TO WHICH THE CONTRACTOR OR SUBCONTRACTOR HAS ENDEAV-
 ORED TO MEET SUCH GOALS BY COMPLYING WITH  THE  REFERRAL  PROVISIONS  OF
 SUCH PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENT;
   (D)  TO REVIEW AND ORGANIZE THE WORK UNDER THE TRANSACTION IN ORDER TO
 ELIMINATE OBSTACLES TO MEETING SUCH EMPLOYMENT GOALS;
   (E) TO MONITOR AND TO DOCUMENT  THE  CONTRACTOR'S  OR  SUBCONTRACTOR'S
 EFFORTS TO MEET THE EMPLOYMENT GOALS;
   (F)  TO  CONTACT THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY HIRING AND WORKFORCE DEVELOP-
 MENT AT ROUTINE INTERVALS, OR AS OTHERWISE REQUIRED BY RULE,  TO  INFORM
 THE  DIRECTOR OF THE CONTRACTOR'S OR SUBCONTRACTOR'S EFFORTS TO MEET THE
 EMPLOYMENT GOALS; AND
   (G) TO TAKE ALL OTHER COMMERCIALLY  REASONABLE  ACTIONS  TO  MEET  THE
 EMPLOYMENT GOALS.
   (2) IN ORDER TO EXERCISE BEST EFFORTS, NEITHER CONTRACTORS NOR SUBCON-
 TRACTORS ARE REQUIRED:
   (A) TO UNDERTAKE AN UNDUE FINANCIAL BURDEN;
   (B)  TO  TERMINATE OR SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE THE WORK LEVELS OF ANY OF A
 CONTRACTOR'S OR SUBCONTRACTOR'S EXISTING EMPLOYEES;
   (C) TO EXTEND AN OFFER OF EMPLOYMENT  TO  AN  INDIVIDUAL  WHOSE  LABOR
 WOULD NOT BE COMMERCIALLY USEFUL; OR
   (D)  TO  FORGO  FILLING BUILDING SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES WITH ABSORPTION
 HIRES.
   E. DISCRETIONARY  APPLICATION  OF  GOALS.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER
 PROVISION  OF THIS SECTION, EMPLOYMENT GOALS AUTHORIZED UNDER PARAGRAPHS
 SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT AND NINE OF SUBDIVISION A OF THIS SECTION MAY, BUT ARE
 NOT REQUIRED TO BE, ESTABLISHED  FOR  TRANSACTIONS  THAT  ARE  EMERGENCY
 PROCUREMENT  CONTRACTS  PROCURED  PURSUANT TO THE PROCEDURE SET FORTH IN
 SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTEEN OF THIS CHARTER.
   F. ADJUSTMENT OF CONSTRUCTION GOALS. ON A BIANNUAL BASIS, THE DIRECTOR
 SHALL REVIEW AND THEREAFTER MAY PROMULGATE RULES INCREASING OR  DECREAS-
 ING  THE VALUE OF THE EMPLOYMENT GOALS ESTABLISHED UNDER PARAGRAPH SEVEN
 OF SUBDIVISION A OF THIS SECTION.
   G. WAGE PAYMENT ASSURANCES. THE DIRECTOR MAY PROMULGATE RULES  SETTING
 FORTH  STANDARDS AND A PROCEDURE BY WHICH CONTRACTORS AND SUBCONTRACTORS
 THAT THE DIRECTOR HAS DETERMINED HAVE A RECORD OF FAILING TO PAY  WAGES,
 INCLUDING  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO  PREVAILING WAGES AND BENEFITS REQUIRED
 PURSUANT TO ARTICLE EIGHT OF THE LABOR LAW,  TO  INDIVIDUALS  PERFORMING
 CONSTRUCTION  LABOR  UNDER  A  TRANSACTION  SHALL BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE
 ADDITIONAL ASSURANCES ACCEPTABLE TO THE DIRECTOR  IN  ORDER  TO  RECEIVE
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 CREDIT  TOWARDS  THE  ACHIEVEMENT OF EMPLOYMENT GOALS SET FORTH IN PARA-
 GRAPH SEVEN OF SUBDIVISION A OF THIS SECTION.
   §  3. Paragraph 1 of subdivision b of section 311 of the New York city
 charter, as amended by local law number 20 of the city of New  York  for
 the year 2004, is amended to read as follows:
   1.   the  methods  for  soliciting  bids  or  proposals  and  awarding
 contracts, consistent with the provisions of this chapter, PROVIDED THAT
 THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY HIRING AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
 MAY PROMULGATE RULES AUTHORIZING AGENCIES TO INCORPORATE INTO THE  AWARD
 METHODOLOGY  FOR ANY CONTRACT A QUANTITATIVE FACTOR BASED ON A BIDDER OR
 PROPOSER'S CAPACITY TO MEET OR  EXCEED  GOALS  ESTABLISHED  PURSUANT  TO
 SUBDIVISION  A  OF  SECTION THIRTY-FIVE HUNDRED TWO OF THIS CHARTER, AND
 FURTHER PROVIDED THAT AGENCIES INCORPORATING SUCH A QUANTITATIVE  FACTOR
 INTO  THE AWARD METHODOLOGY FOR A CONTRACT PURSUANT TO SUCH A RULE SHALL
 CONSIDER THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF SUCH A  QUANTITATIVE  FACTOR  ON  BUSI-
 NESSES  CERTIFIED AS MINORITY OR WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES PURSU-
 ANT TO ARTICLE FIFTEEN-A  OF  THE  EXECUTIVE  LAW  OR  SECTION  THIRTEEN
 HUNDRED  FOUR  OF  THIS  CHARTER, NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATIONS, AND SMALL
 BUSINESSES, AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN SECTION THIRTY-FIVE  HUNDRED  ONE
 OF THIS CHARTER;
   §  4.  Subparagraphs  (x) and (xi) of paragraph a of subdivision 36 of
 section 2590-h of the education law, as amended by  chapter  98  of  the
 laws of 2019, are amended and two new subparagraphs (xii) and (xiii) are
 added to read as follows:
   (x)  a  process for emergency procurement in the case of an unforeseen
 danger to life, safety, property or a necessary  service  provided  that
 such  procurement  shall be made with such competition as is practicable
 under the circumstances and that a written determination  of  the  basis
 for the emergency procurement shall be required and filed with the comp-
 troller  of  the  city of New York when such emergency contract is filed
 with such comptroller; [and]
   (xi) procedures for the fair  and  equitable  resolution  of  contract
 disputes[.];
   (XII)  EMPLOYMENT  GOALS  ESTABLISHED  IN  ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROGRAM
 ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION THIRTY-FIVE HUNDRED TWO OF THE NEW  YORK
 CITY  CHARTER, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO EMPLOYMENT GOALS ESTABLISHED
 PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH SEVEN OF SUBDIVISION A AND THE CORRESPONDING  BEST
 EFFORTS PROVISIONS SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISION D OF SUCH SECTION; PROVIDED,
 HOWEVER,  THAT  WHERE A PROVISION OF SUCH SECTION REQUIRES ACTION BY THE
 DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY HIRING  AND  WORKFORCE  DEVELOPMENT,
 SUCH ACTION SHALL NOT BE TAKEN BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF COMMUNI-
 TY HIRING AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BUT SHALL BE TAKEN BY THE CHANCELLOR
 OR HIS OR HER DESIGNEE; AND
   (XIII)  A  QUANTITATIVE  FACTOR  TO BE USED IN THE EVALUATION OF BIDS,
 PROPOSALS OR OTHER OFFERS FOR THE  PURPOSES  OF  AWARDING  OF  CONTRACTS
 BASED  ON  A  BIDDER,  PROPOSER  OR  OTHER OFFERER'S CAPACITY TO MEET OR
 EXCEED GOALS ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SUBPARAGRAPH (XII)  OF  THIS  PARA-
 GRAPH, PROVIDED THAT, WHEN INCORPORATING SUCH A QUANTITATIVE FACTOR INTO
 THE  AWARD  PROCESS  FOR  A CONTRACT, THE CHANCELLOR, SUPERINTENDENT, OR
 SCHOOL, AS APPLICABLE, SHALL CONSIDER THE POTENTIAL  IMPACT  OF  SUCH  A
 QUANTITATIVE  FACTOR  ON BUSINESSES CERTIFIED AS MINORITY OR WOMEN-OWNED
 BUSINESS ENTERPRISES PURSUANT TO ARTICLE FIFTEEN-A OF THE EXECUTIVE  LAW
 OR  SECTION THIRTEEN HUNDRED FOUR OF THE NEW YORK CITY CHARTER, NOT-FOR-
 PROFIT CORPORATIONS, AND SMALL BUSINESSES, AS SUCH TERM  IS  DEFINED  IN
 SECTION THIRTY-FIVE HUNDRED ONE OF SUCH CHARTER.
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   §  5.  Subdivision (c) of section 917 of the general municipal law, as
 separately amended by chapter 1082 of the laws of 1974 and  chapter  239
 of the laws of 2001, is amended to read as follows:
   (c)  For the benefit of the city and the inhabitants thereof an indus-
 trial development agency, to be known as the New  York  City  Industrial
 Development  Agency, is hereby established for the accomplishment of any
 or all of the purposes specified in title one of article  eighteen-A  of
 this  chapter,  except  that it shall not have the power to construct or
 rehabilitate any residential facility or housing of any nature and  kind
 whatsoever,   nor  shall  it  use  any  of  its  funds  to  further  the
 construction or rehabilitation of any residential facility or housing of
 any nature and kind whatsoever. It shall constitute a body corporate and
 politic, and be perpetual in duration. It shall only have the powers and
 duties conferred by title one of article eighteen-A of this chapter upon
 industrial development agencies as of January 1,  1973  except  that  it
 shall have the power to finance a rail freight facility AND THE POWER TO
 ESTABLISH  EMPLOYMENT  GOALS  IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROGRAM ESTABLISHED
 PURSUANT TO SECTION THIRTY-FIVE HUNDRED TWO OF THE NEW YORK  CITY  CHAR-
 TER,  INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO EMPLOYMENT GOALS ESTABLISHED PURSUANT
 TO PARAGRAPH SEVEN OF SUBDIVISION A AND THE CORRESPONDING  BEST  EFFORTS
 PROVISIONS  SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISION D OF SUCH SECTION; PROVIDED, HOWEV-
 ER, THAT WHERE A PROVISION OF SUCH SECTION REQUIRES ACTION BY THE DIREC-
 TOR OF THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY HIRING AND  WORKFORCE  DEVELOPMENT,  SUCH
 ACTION  SHALL  NOT  BE  TAKEN BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY
 HIRING AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BUT SHALL BE TAKEN BY THE CHIEF  EXECU-
 TIVE OFFICER OF THE AGENCY OR HIS OR HER DESIGNEE, and it shall not have
 the  power of condemnation. In the exercise of the powers conferred upon
 such agency with respect to the acquisition of real property by  article
 eighteen-A of this chapter such agency shall be limited to the geograph-
 ical jurisdictional limits of the city.
   §  6.  Section  816-b of the labor law, as added by chapter 571 of the
 laws of 2001, is amended to read as follows:
   §  816-b.  Apprenticeship  participation  on  [construction]   CERTAIN
 GOVERNMENTAL contracts. 1. For purposes of this section:
   (a)  "governmental  entity" shall mean the state, any state agency, as
 that term is defined in section two-a of the state finance law,  munici-
 pal  corporation, commission appointed pursuant to law, school district,
 district corporation, board of education, board  of  cooperative  educa-
 tional  services,  soil conservation district, and public benefit corpo-
 ration; [and]
   (b) "construction contract" shall mean any contract to which a govern-
 mental entity may be a direct  or  indirect  party  which  involves  the
 design, construction, reconstruction, improvement, rehabilitation, main-
 tenance, repair, furnishing, equipping of or otherwise providing for any
 building, facility or physical structure of any kind; AND
   (C) "CITY GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY" MEANS A GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY THAT IS (I)
 A  CITY  WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE INHABITANTS; OR (II) A
 CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT OR PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION  OPERATING  PRIMARILY
 WITHIN A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE INHABITANTS.
   2. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, of section one
 hundred three of the general municipal law, of section one hundred thir-
 ty-five  of  the  state finance law, of section one hundred fifty-one of
 the public housing law, or of any other general, special or local law or
 administrative code, in  entering  into  any  construction  contract,  a
 governmental  entity [which] THAT is to be a direct or indirect party to
 such contract may require that any contractors and subcontractors  have,
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 prior  to  entering into such contract, apprenticeship agreements appro-
 priate for the type and scope of work to be performed,  that  have  been
 registered  with,  and  approved  by,  the  commissioner pursuant to the
 requirements found in this article. A CITY GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY THAT IS A
 DIRECT  OR  INDIRECT PARTY TO A CONTRACT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO A
 CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT, MAY ESTABLISH IN ITS SPECIFICATIONS A REQUIREMENT
 THAT, IN PERFORMING THE WORK,  THE  CONTRACTOR  AND  ITS  SUBCONTRACTORS
 UTILIZE  A  MINIMUM  RATIO  OF  APPRENTICES TO JOURNEY-LEVEL WORKERS, AS
 ESTABLISHED BY THE GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY BUT SUBJECT TO ANY MAXIMUM  RATIO
 ESTABLISHED  BY  THE  DEPARTMENT, FOR ANY CLASSIFICATION APPROPRIATE FOR
 THE TYPE AND SCOPE OF WORK TO BE PERFORMED, PROVIDED THAT NO SUCH  MINI-
 MUM  RATIO  SHALL  BE  ESTABLISHED  FOR  LABOR  PERFORMED  PURSUANT TO A
 CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT SUBJECT TO A GOAL FOR THE  EMPLOYMENT  OF  APPREN-
 TICES WHO RESIDE IN ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED REGIONS. Whenever utiliz-
 ing  [this requirement] THESE REQUIREMENTS, the governmental entity may,
 in addition to whatever considerations are required by law, consider the
 degree to which career opportunities in apprenticeship training programs
 approved by the commissioner may be provided.
   § 7. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary,  any  city-
 affiliated  not-for-profit  corporation,  as  such  term  is  defined in
 section 3501 of the New York city charter, is  authorized  to  establish
 employment  goals in accordance with the program established pursuant to
 section 3502 of such charter, including but not  limited  to  employment
 goals  established  pursuant  to  paragraph  7  of subdivision a and the
 corresponding best efforts provisions set forth in subdivision d of such
 section; provided, however, that  where  a  provision  of  such  section
 requires  action  by  the director of the office of community hiring and
 workforce development of the city of New York, such action shall not  be
 taken  by  the  director of the office of community hiring and workforce
 development but shall be taken by the chief executive  officer  of  such
 corporation, or a duly appointed designee.
   § 8. Section 1728 of the public authorities law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 15-a to read as follows:
   15-A.  TO  ESTABLISH  EMPLOYMENT  GOALS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROGRAM
 ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION THIRTY-FIVE HUNDRED TWO OF THE NEW  YORK
 CITY  CHARTER, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO EMPLOYMENT GOALS ESTABLISHED
 PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH SEVEN OF SUBDIVISION A AND THE CORRESPONDING  BEST
 EFFORTS PROVISIONS SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISION D OF SUCH SECTION; PROVIDED,
 HOWEVER,  THAT  WHERE A PROVISION OF SUCH SECTION REQUIRES ACTION BY THE
 DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY HIRING  AND  WORKFORCE  DEVELOPMENT,
 SUCH ACTION SHALL NOT BE TAKEN BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF COMMUNI-
 TY  HIRING AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BUT SHALL BE TAKEN BY THE PRESIDENT
 OF THE AUTHORITY OR HIS OR HER DESIGNEE;
   § 9. The opening paragraph of paragraph d of subdivision 5 of  section
 1734  of the public authorities law, as added by chapter 738 of the laws
 of 1988, is amended to read as follows:
   the authority determines that it is in the public  interest  to  award
 contracts  pursuant  to a process for competitive requests for proposals
 as hereinafter set forth. For purposes of this section,  a  process  for
 competitive  requests  for  proposals  shall mean a method of soliciting
 proposals and awarding a contract on the basis of a formal evaluation of
 the characteristics, such  as  quality,  cost,  delivery  schedule,  THE
 CAPACITY  TO MEET OR EXCEED THE GOALS SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISION FIFTEEN-A
 OF SECTION SEVENTEEN HUNDRED TWENTY-EIGHT OF THIS TITLE and financing of
 such proposals against stated selection criteria. Public notice  of  the
 requests  for proposals shall be given in the same manner as provided in
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 subdivision three of this section and shall include the selection crite-
 ria. In the event the authority makes a material change in the selection
 criteria from those previously stated in the notice, it will inform  all
 proposers of such change and permit proposers to modify their proposals.
 WHEN  THE AUTHORITY INCLUDES IN THE SELECTION CRITERIA FOR A REQUEST FOR
 PROPOSALS A QUANTITATIVE FACTOR BASED ON A PROPOSER'S CAPACITY  TO  MEET
 OR EXCEED THE GOALS SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISION FIFTEEN-A OF SECTION SEVEN-
 TEEN  HUNDRED  TWENTY-EIGHT  OF THIS TITLE, THE AUTHORITY SHALL CONSIDER
 THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF SUCH A QUANTITATIVE FACTOR ON BUSINESSES  CERTI-
 FIED AS MINORITY OR WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES PURSUANT TO ARTICLE
 FIFTEEN-A OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, SECTION THIRTEEN HUNDRED FOUR OF THE NEW
 YORK  CITY  CHARTER,  OR  SECTION  SEVENTEEN HUNDRED FORTY-THREE OF THIS
 TITLE, NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATIONS, AND SMALL BUSINESSES, AS  SUCH  TERM
 IS DEFINED IN SECTION THIRTY-FIVE HUNDRED ONE OF THE NEW YORK CITY CHAR-
 TER.
   §  10.  Section  5  of  section  1 of chapter 1016 of the laws of 1969
 constituting the New York city health and hospitals corporation act,  is
 amended by adding a new subdivision 20-a to read as follows:
   20-A.  TO  ESTABLISH  EMPLOYMENT  GOALS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROGRAM
 ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION THIRTY-FIVE HUNDRED TWO OF THE NEW  YORK
 CITY  CHARTER, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO EMPLOYMENT GOALS ESTABLISHED
 PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH SEVEN OF SUBDIVISION A AND THE CORRESPONDING  BEST
 EFFORTS PROVISIONS SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISION D OF SUCH SECTION; PROVIDED,
 HOWEVER,  THAT  WHERE A PROVISION OF SUCH SECTION REQUIRES ACTION BY THE
 DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY HIRING  AND  WORKFORCE  DEVELOPMENT,
 SUCH ACTION SHALL NOT BE TAKEN BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF COMMUNI-
 TY  HIRING  AND  WORKFORCE  DEVELOPMENT  BUT  SHALL  BE  TAKEN BY A DULY
 APPOINTED DESIGNEE OF THE CORPORATION; AND
   § 11. Section 8 of section 1 of chapter  1016  of  the  laws  of  1969
 constituting  the New York city health and hospitals corporation act, is
 amended by adding a new subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
   1-A. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION IN THIS ACT, THE  CORPORATION
 MAY ESTABLISH A QUANTITATIVE FACTOR TO BE USED IN THE EVALUATION OF BIDS
 FOR  THE  PURPOSES OF AWARDING OF CONTRACTS BASED ON A BIDDER'S CAPACITY
 TO MEET OR EXCEED GOALS ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWENTY-A  OF
 SECTION FIVE OF THIS ACT, PROVIDED THAT WHEN ESTABLISHING SUCH A QUANTI-
 TATIVE  FACTOR,  THE  CORPORATION SHALL CONSIDER THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF
 SUCH A QUANTITATIVE  FACTOR  ON  BUSINESSES  CERTIFIED  AS  MINORITY  OR
 WOMEN-OWNED  BUSINESS  ENTERPRISES  PURSUANT TO ARTICLE FIFTEEN-A OF THE
 EXECUTIVE LAW OR SECTION THIRTEEN HUNDRED FOUR  OF  THE  NEW  YORK  CITY
 CHARTER, NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATIONS, AND SMALL BUSINESSES, AS SUCH TERM
 IS DEFINED IN SECTION THIRTY-FIVE HUNDRED ONE OF THE NEW YORK CITY CHAR-
 TER;
   §  12.  Subdivision  b of section 2 of chapter 749 of the laws of 2019
 constituting the New York city public works investment act,  is  amended
 by adding a new paragraph 12-a to read as follows:
   (12-A)  A  QUANTITATIVE FACTOR TO BE USED IN THE EVALUATION OF BIDS OR
 OFFERS FOR AWARDING OF CONTRACTS BASED ON A BIDDER OR OFFERER'S CAPACITY
 TO MEET OR EXCEED GOALS ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION A OF SECTION
 3502 OF THE NEW YORK CITY CHARTER;
   § 13. No provision of this act shall be construed  to  invalidate  any
 provision  of  a  project  labor  agreement,  as such term is defined in
 section 3501 of the New York city charter, as added by  section  two  of
 this  act,  or  otherwise  affect the contractual rights of any party to
 such an agreement.
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   § 14. Severability. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, or section  of
 this  act is declared invalid or unconstitutional by any court of compe-
 tent jurisdiction, after exhaustion of all further judicial review, such
 portion shall be deemed severable, and the court's  judgment  shall  not
 affect,  impair  or  invalidate  the remainder of this act, but shall be
 confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, or section
 of this act directly involved in the controversy in which  the  judgment
 was rendered.
   §  15.  This  act  shall  take effect on the one hundred eightieth day
 after it shall have become a law; provided that:
   (a) sections one, two, three, five,  six,  seven,  eight,  nine,  ten,
 eleven,  thirteen,  and  fourteen of this act shall expire and be deemed
 repealed seven years after this act takes  effect,  provided  that  such
 expiration  and repeal shall not affect any transaction, as such term is
 defined by section 3501 of the  New  York  city  charter,  as  added  by
 section  two  of  this act, entered into or for which a solicitation was
 released prior to such expiration and repeal, or to any renewals, exten-
 sions, modifications, or amendments to such transaction;
   (b) the amendments to paragraph a of subdivision 36 of section  2590-h
 of  the  education law made by section four of this act shall not affect
 the expiration of such subdivision and section pursuant to section 34 of
 chapter 91 of the laws of 2002 and subdivision 12 of section 17 of chap-
 ter 345 of the laws of 2009, as amended, and shall expire and be  deemed
 repealed therewith, or seven years after this act takes effect, whichev-
 er  occurs  earlier,  provided that such expiration and repeal shall not
 affect any transaction entered into or  for  which  a  solicitation  was
 released prior to such expiration and repeal, or to any renewals, exten-
 sions, modifications, or amendments to such transaction; and
   (c) the amendments to chapter 749 of the laws of 2019 constituting the
 New York city public works investment act made by section twelve of this
 act  shall not affect the expiration and repeal of such chapter pursuant
 to section 14 of such chapter, as  amended,  and  shall  expire  and  be
 deemed  repealed  therewith, or seven years after this act takes effect,
 whichever occurs earlier.
   Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or  repeal  of  any
 rule  or  regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its
 effective date are authorized to be made and completed on or before such
 effective date by the director of the office  of  community  hiring  and
 workforce  development  of  the city of New York, the chancellor and the
 city board of the city school district of the  city  of  New  York,  the
 president  of  the New York city school construction authority, the duly
 appointed designee of the New York  city  health  and  hospitals  corpo-
 ration,  the  chief  executive  officer  of the New York city industrial
 development agency, and the chief executive officer of any  city-affili-
 ated not-for-profit corporation, as such term is defined by section 3501
 of the New York city charter, as added by section two of this act.

                                  PART U
 
   Section  1. Subdivision 2 of section 410-u of the social services law,
 as amended by section 1 of part L of chapter 56 of the laws of 2022,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   2.  The  state  block  grant  for child care shall be divided into two
 parts pursuant to a plan developed by the department and approved by the
 director of the budget. One part shall  be  retained  by  the  state  to
 provide child care on a statewide basis to special groups and for activ-
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 ities  to  increase  the  availability  and/or  quality  of  child  care
 programs, including, but not limited to,  the  start-up  of  child  care
 programs,  the  operation  of child care resource and referral programs,
 training  activities,  the  regulation  and  monitoring  of  child  care
 programs, the development of computerized  data  systems,  and  consumer
 education,  provided  however,  that  child  care  resource and referral
 programs funded under title five-B of article six of this chapter  shall
 meet  additional  performance  standards  developed by the department of
 social services including but not limited to: increasing the  number  of
 child  care  placements  for  persons  who  are at or below [two hundred
 percent of the state income standard, or three hundred  percent  of  the
 state  income  standard effective August first, two thousand twenty-two,
 provided such persons are at or below] eighty-five percent of the  state
 median  income,  with emphasis on placements supporting local efforts in
 meeting federal and state work  participation  requirements,  increasing
 technical  assistance  to  all modalities of legal child care to persons
 who are at or below [two hundred percent of the state  income  standard,
 or  three  hundred percent of the state income standard effective August
 first, two thousand twenty-two, provided such persons are at  or  below]
 eighty-five  percent of the state median income, including the provision
 of training to assist providers in meeting child care standards or regu-
 latory requirements, and creating  new  child  care  opportunities,  and
 assisting social services districts in assessing and responding to child
 care  needs  for  persons  at or below [two hundred percent of the state
 income standard, or three hundred percent of the state  income  standard
 effective  August  first, two thousand twenty-two, provided such persons
 are at or below] eighty-five percent of the  state  median  income.  The
 department  shall  have the authority to withhold funds from those agen-
 cies which do not meet performance standards. Agencies whose  funds  are
 withheld  may  have funds restored upon achieving performance standards.
 The other part shall  be  allocated  to  social  services  districts  to
 provide  child  care  assistance to families receiving family assistance
 and to other low income families.
   § 2.  Subdivisions 1 and 3 of section 410-w  of  the  social  services
 law,  subdivision  1  as amended by section 2 of part L of chapter 56 of
 the laws of 2022, and subdivision 3 as amended by  chapter  834  of  the
 laws of 2022, are amended to read as follows:
   1.  A  social services district may use the funds allocated to it from
 the block grant to provide child care assistance to:
   (a) families receiving public assistance when such child care  assist-
 ance is necessary: to enable a parent or caretaker relative to engage in
 work,  participate  in  work  activities  or perform a community service
 pursuant to title nine-B of article five of this chapter;  to  enable  a
 teenage  parent  to  attend  high  school  or  other equivalent training
 program; because the parent  or  caretaker  relative  is  physically  or
 mentally incapacitated; or because family duties away from home necessi-
 tate the parent or caretaker relative's absence; child day care shall be
 provided during breaks in activities[, for a period of up to two weeks].
 Such child day care [may] SHALL be authorized [for a period of up to one
 month if child care arrangements shall be lost if not continued, and the
 program  or employment is scheduled to begin within such period] FOR THE
 PERIOD DESIGNATED BY THE REGULATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT;
   (b) families with incomes up to [two  hundred  percent  of  the  state
 income  standard,  or three hundred percent of the state income standard
 effective August first, two thousand twenty-two] EIGHTY-FIVE PERCENT  OF
 THE  STATE  MEDIAN  INCOME who are attempting through work activities to
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 transition off of public assistance when such child care is necessary in
 order to enable a  parent  or  caretaker  relative  to  engage  in  work
 provided  such  families'  public  assistance  has  been terminated as a
 result  of  increased  hours  of  or income from employment or increased
 income from child support  payments  or  the  family  voluntarily  ended
 assistance; provided that the family received public assistance at least
 three  of  the  six  months preceding the month in which eligibility for
 such assistance terminated or ended or provided  that  such  family  has
 received  child care assistance under subdivision four of this section[;
 and provided, the family income does not exceed eighty-five  percent  of
 the state median income];
   (c)  families  with  incomes  up  to [two hundred percent of the state
 income standard, or three hundred percent of the state  income  standard
 effective  August first, two thousand twenty-two] EIGHTY-FIVE PERCENT OF
 THE STATE MEDIAN INCOME, which are determined  in  accordance  with  the
 regulations  of  the  department  to be at risk of becoming dependent on
 family assistance[; provided, the family income does not exceed  eighty-
 five percent of the state median income];
   (d)  families  with  incomes  up  to [two hundred percent of the state
 income standard, or three hundred percent of the state  income  standard
 effective  August first, two thousand twenty-two] EIGHTY-FIVE PERCENT OF
 THE STATE MEDIAN INCOME, who are attending a post secondary  educational
 program[;  provided,  the  family  income  does  not  exceed eighty-five
 percent of the state median income]; and
   (e) other families with incomes up to  [two  hundred  percent  of  the
 state  income  standard,  or  three  hundred percent of the state income
 standard effective August first,  two  thousand  twenty-two,  which  the
 social services district designates in its consolidated services plan as
 eligible  for  child  care  assistance] EIGHTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE STATE
 MEDIAN INCOME in accordance with criteria  established  by  the  depart-
 ment[;  provided,  the family income does not exceed eighty-five percent
 of the state median income].
   3. A social services district shall guarantee child care assistance to
 families in receipt of public assistance with  children  under  thirteen
 years  of  age when such child care assistance is necessary for a parent
 or caretaker relative to engage in work or participate  in  work  activ-
 ities pursuant to the provisions of title nine-B of article five of this
 chapter.  Child care assistance shall continue to be guaranteed for such
 a family for a period of twelve months or may be provided  by  a  social
 service  district for a period up to twenty-four months, after the month
 in which the family's eligibility for public assistance  has  terminated
 or ended when such child care is necessary in order to enable the parent
 or  caretaker  relative  to  engage  in work, provided that the family's
 public assistance has been terminated as a result of an increase in  the
 hours  of  or  income  from  employment  or  increased income from child
 support payments or because the  family  voluntarily  ended  assistance;
 that  the family received public assistance in at least three of the six
 months preceding the month in  which  eligibility  for  such  assistance
 terminated or ended or provided that such family has received child care
 assistance under subdivision four of this section; AND that the family's
 income  does  not exceed [two hundred percent of the state income stand-
 ard, or three hundred percent of the  state  income  standard  effective
 August  first,  two thousand twenty-two; and that the family income does
 not exceed] eighty-five percent of the state median income.  Such  child
 day  care  shall recognize the need for continuity of care for the child
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 and a district shall not move a child from an existing  provider  unless
 the participant consents to such move.
   §  3.  Paragraph  (a)  of subdivision 2 of section 410-x of the social
 services law, as amended by chapter 416 of the laws of 2000, is  amended
 to read as follows:
   (a)  [A social services district] THE DEPARTMENT may establish priori-
 ties for the  families  which  will  be  eligible  to  receive  funding;
 provided that the priorities provide that eligible families will receive
 equitable access to child care assistance funds to the extent that these
 funds are available.
   §  4.  Paragraphs (b) and (c) of subdivision 2 of section 410-x of the
 social services law are REPEALED.
   § 5. This act shall take effect October 1, 2023. The office  of  chil-
 dren  and  family services is hereby authorized to promulgate such rules
 and regulations as may be necessary, including on an emergency basis, to
 implement the provisions of this act.
 
                                  PART V
 
   Section 1. Section 3 of part N of chapter 56  of  the  laws  of  2020,
 amending the social services law relating to restructuring financing for
 residential  school  placements,  as  amended  by section 1 of part M of
 chapter 56 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately [and shall expire  and  be
 deemed  repealed April 1, 2023]; provided however that the amendments to
 subdivision 10 of section 153 of the social services law made by section
 one of this act, shall not affect the expiration of such subdivision and
 shall be deemed to expire therewith.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

                                  PART W
 
   Section 1. Section 11 of subpart A of part G of chapter 57 of the laws
 of 2012, amending the social services  law  and  the  family  court  act
 relating  to  establishing  a  juvenile  justice  services close to home
 initiative, as amended by section 2 of part G of chapter 56 of the  laws
 of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   §  11.  This  act shall take effect April 1, 2012 [and shall expire on
 March 31, 2023 when upon such date the provisions of this act  shall  be
 deemed  repealed;  provided,  however,  that  effective immediately, the
 addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule  or  regulation  necessary
 for  the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized
 and directed to be made and completed on or before such effective  date;
 provided,  however,  upon  the  repeal  of  this  act, a social services
 district that has custody  of  a  juvenile  delinquent  pursuant  to  an
 approved juvenile justice services close to home initiative shall retain
 custody  of such juvenile delinquent until custody may be legally trans-
 ferred in an orderly fashion  to  the  office  of  children  and  family
 services].
   §  2.  Section  7  of subpart B of part G of chapter 57 of the laws of
 2012, amending the social services law, the family  court  act  and  the
 executive  law relating to juvenile delinquents, as amended by section 3
 of part G of chapter 56 of the laws of  2018,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   §  7.  This  act  shall take effect April 1, 2012 [and shall expire on
 March 31, 2023 when upon such date the provisions of this act  shall  be
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 deemed  repealed;  provided,  however,  that  effective immediately, the
 addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule  or  regulation  necessary
 for  the  implementation of this act on its effective date is authorized
 and directed to be made and completed on or before such effective date].
   §  3.  This  act  shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to
 have been in full force and effect on and after March 31, 2023.
 
                                  PART X
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 336-a of the social services  law,
 as  amended  by  chapter  275 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read as
 follows:
   1. Social services districts shall make  available  vocational  educa-
 tional training and educational activities.  Such activities may include
 but  need not be limited to, high school education or education designed
 to prepare a participant for  a  high  school  equivalency  certificate,
 basic  and  remedial education, education in English proficiency, educa-
 tion or a course of  instruction  in  financial  literacy  and  personal
 finance  that  includes  instruction  on household cash management tech-
 niques, career advice to obtain a well  paying  and  secure  job,  using
 checking  and  savings  accounts, obtaining and utilizing short and long
 term credit, securing a loan or other long  term  financing  arrangement
 for  high  cost  items,  participation  in  a higher education course of
 instruction or trade school, and no more than a total of four  years  of
 post-secondary  education  (or  the  part-time  equivalent). Educational
 activities pursuant to this section may  be  offered  with  any  of  the
 following  providers  which meet the performance or assessment standards
 established in regulations by the commissioner  for  such  providers:  a
 community college, licensed trade school, registered business school, or
 a  two-year or four-year college; provided, however, that such post-sec-
 ondary education must be necessary to  the  attainment  of  the  partic-
 ipant's  individual  employment  goal  as set forth in the employability
 plan and such goal must relate directly to obtaining  useful  employment
 [in  a  recognized  occupation].  When making [any] AN assignment to any
 educational activity pursuant to this subdivision, such assignment shall
 be permitted only to the extent that such assignment is consistent  with
 the individual's assessment and employment plan goals in accordance with
 sections  three  hundred  thirty-five and three hundred thirty-five-a of
 this title and shall require that the individual maintains  satisfactory
 academic progress and hourly participation is documented consistent with
 federal  and  state requirements. For purposes of this provision "satis-
 factory academic progress" shall mean having a cumulative C average,  or
 its  equivalent, as determined by the academic institution. The require-
 ment to maintain satisfactory academic progress may be waived if done so
 by the academic institution and the social services  district  based  on
 undue  hardship  caused by an event such as a personal injury or illness
 of the student, the death of a relative of the student or  other  exten-
 uating circumstances. [Any enrollment in post-secondary education beyond
 a twelve month period must be combined with no less than twenty hours of
 participation  averaged  weekly in paid employment or work activities or
 community service when paid employment is not available.]  PARTICIPATION
 IN  AN  EDUCATIONAL  AND/OR  VOCATIONAL  TRAINING  PROGRAM,  THAT  SHALL
 INCLUDE, BUT  NOT  BE  LIMITED  TO,  A  TWO-YEAR  POST-SECONDARY  DEGREE
 PROGRAM, WHICH IS NECESSARY FOR THE PARTICIPANT TO ATTAIN THEIR INDIVID-
 UAL  EMPLOYMENT  GOAL AND IS LIKELY TO LEAD TO A DEGREE OR CERTIFICATION
 AND SUSTAINED  EMPLOYMENT, SHALL BE APPROVED CONSISTENT WITH SUCH  INDI-
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 VIDUAL'S  ASSESSMENT  AND  EMPLOYABILITY  PLAN  TO  THE EXTENT THAT SUCH
 APPROVAL DOES NOT JEOPARDIZE THE STATE'S ABILITY TO COMPLY WITH  FEDERAL
 WORK  PARTICIPATION  RATES, AS DETERMINED BY THE OFFICE OF TEMPORARY AND
 DISABILITY ASSISTANCE.
   §  2.  Paragraph  (a)  of subdivision 8 of section 131-a of the social
 services law is amended by adding two new subparagraphs (xi)  and  (xii)
 to read as follows:
   (XI) ALL OF THE EARNED INCOME OF A RECIPIENT OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE THAT
 IS  DERIVED  FROM PARTICIPATION IN A QUALIFIED WORK ACTIVITY OR TRAINING
 PROGRAM AS DETERMINED BY THE OFFICE OF TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY  ASSIST-
 ANCE,  TO THE EXTENT THAT SUCH EARNED INCOME HAS NOT ALREADY BEEN DISRE-
 GARDED PURSUANT TO SUBPARAGRAPH (VII) OF THIS PARAGRAPH,  PROVIDED  THAT
 THE  RECIPIENT'S TOTAL INCOME SHALL NOT BE MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED PERCENT
 OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL.
   (XII) ONCE DURING THE LIFETIME OF A RECIPIENT  OF  PUBLIC  ASSISTANCE,
 ALL OF THE EARNED INCOME OF SUCH RECIPIENT WILL BE DISREGARDED FOLLOWING
 JOB ENTRY, PROVIDED THAT SUCH EXEMPTION OF INCOME FOR PURPOSES OF PUBLIC
 ASSISTANCE  ELIGIBILITY SHALL BE FOR NO MORE THAN SIX CONSECUTIVE MONTHS
 FROM THE INITIAL DATE OF OBTAINING SUCH EMPLOYMENT AND THAT THE  RECIPI-
 ENT'S  TOTAL  INCOME  SHALL  NOT BE MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE
 FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the two hundred fortieth day  after
 it shall have become a law.
 
                                  PART Y

   Section  1. The social services law is amended by adding a new section
 152-d to read as follows:
   § 152-D. REPLACEMENT OF STOLEN PUBLIC ASSISTANCE.  1.  NOTWITHSTANDING
 SECTION  THREE HUNDRED FIFTY-J OF THIS ARTICLE AND SUBDIVISION ELEVEN OF
 SECTION ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-ONE OF THIS TITLE,  AND  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH
 THIS  SECTION,  PUBLIC  ASSISTANCE  RECIPIENTS SHALL RECEIVE REPLACEMENT
 ASSISTANCE FOR THE LOSS OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE, AS DEFINED IN  SUBDIVISION
 NINETEEN  OF  SECTION TWO OF THIS CHAPTER, IN INSTANCES WHEN SUCH PUBLIC
 ASSISTANCE HAS BEEN STOLEN AS A RESULT OF CARD SKIMMING, CLONING,  THIRD
 PARTY MISREPRESENTATION OR OTHER SIMILAR FRAUDULENT ACTIVITIES, CONSIST-
 ENT  WITH  GUIDANCE  ISSUED  BY  THE  OFFICE OF TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY
 ASSISTANCE.
   2. THE OFFICE OF TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY ASSISTANCE SHALL ESTABLISH A
 PROTOCOL FOR RECIPIENTS TO REPORT INCIDENTS OF STOLEN PUBLIC ASSISTANCE.
   3. SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICTS  SHALL  PROMPTLY  REPLACE  STOLEN  PUBLIC
 ASSISTANCE,  HOWEVER,  SUCH  REPLACEMENT  SHALL OCCUR NO LATER THAN FIVE
 BUSINESS DAYS AFTER THE SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT HAS VERIFIED THE PUBLIC
 ASSISTANCE WAS STOLEN IN ACCORDANCE WITH  GUIDANCE  ESTABLISHED  BY  THE
 OFFICE OF TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY ASSISTANCE.
   4.  FOR  PUBLIC  ASSISTANCE  THAT  IS  VERIFIED AS STOLEN, REPLACEMENT
 ASSISTANCE SHALL BE PROVIDED BY THE SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT IN  ACCORD-
 ANCE WITH THIS SECTION AS FOLLOWS:
   (A)  THE  LESSER  OF:  (I)  THE  AMOUNT  OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE THAT WAS
 STOLEN; OR (II) THE AMOUNT OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PROVIDED DURING THE  TWO
 MOST RECENT MONTHS PRIOR TO SUCH ASSISTANCE BEING STOLEN; AND
   (B)(I)  NO  MORE  THAN  TWICE IN A FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR TO COVER PUBLIC
 ASSISTANCE STOLEN ON OR AFTER OCTOBER  FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-TWO
 THROUGH  SEPTEMBER  THIRTIETH, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR; OR (II) NO MORE
 THAN ONCE IN A FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR TO COVER PUBLIC ASSISTANCE STOLEN  ON
 OR AFTER OCTOBER FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR.
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   5.  ANY  REPLACEMENT  ASSISTANCE  PROVIDED UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE
 EXEMPT FROM RECOUPMENT AND RECOVERY PROVISIONS UNDER TITLE SIX OF  ARTI-
 CLE  THREE OF THIS CHAPTER; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT ASSISTANCE SHALL NOT
 BE EXEMPT FROM RECOUPMENT AND RECOVERY IF IT IS  LATER  DETERMINED  THAT
 THE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE THAT WAS REPLACED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION WAS NOT
 STOLEN  AS  A RESULT OF CARD SKIMMING, CLONING, THIRD PARTY MISREPRESEN-
 TATION OR OTHER SIMILAR FRAUDULENT ACTIVITIES.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART Z
 
   Section 1.   Paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and  (d)  of  subdivision  1  of
 section  131-o  of  the  social services law, as amended by section 1 of
 part S of chapter 56 of the  laws  of  2022,  are  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   (a)  in  the  case of each individual receiving family care, an amount
 equal to at least [$161.00] $175.00 for each month beginning on or after
 January first, two thousand [twenty-two] TWENTY-THREE.
   (b) in the case of each  individual  receiving  residential  care,  an
 amount  equal  to at least [$186.00] $202.00 for each month beginning on
 or after January first, two thousand [twenty-two] TWENTY-THREE.
   (c) in the case of  each  individual  receiving  enhanced  residential
 care,  an  amount  equal  to  at  least [$222.00] $241.00 for each month
 beginning on or after January first, two thousand  [twenty-two]  TWENTY-
 THREE.
   (d)  for  the  period  commencing January first, two thousand [twenty-
 three] TWENTY-FOUR, the monthly personal needs  allowance  shall  be  an
 amount  equal  to  the sum of the amounts set forth in subparagraphs one
 and two of this paragraph:
   (1) the amounts specified in paragraphs  (a),  (b)  and  (c)  of  this
 subdivision; and
   (2)  the  amount  in subparagraph one of this paragraph, multiplied by
 the percentage of any  federal  supplemental  security  income  cost  of
 living adjustment which becomes effective on or after January first, two
 thousand  [twenty-three]  TWENTY-FOUR,  but prior to June thirtieth, two
 thousand  [twenty-three]  TWENTY-FOUR,  rounded  to  the  nearest  whole
 dollar.
   §  2.  Paragraphs  (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f) of subdivision 2 of
 section 209 of the social services law, as amended by section 2 of  part
 S of chapter 56 of the laws of 2022, are amended to read as follows:
   (a)  On  and  after  January  first, two thousand [twenty-two] TWENTY-
 THREE, for an eligible individual living alone, [$928.00] $1,001.00; and
 for an eligible couple living alone, [$1,365.00] $1,475.00.
   (b)  On  and  after   January   first,   two   thousand   [twenty-two]
 TWENTY-THREE,  for  an  eligible  individual  living with others with or
 without in-kind income, [$864.00] $937.00; and for  an  eligible  couple
 living   with   others  with  or  without  in-kind  income,  [$1,307.00]
 $1,417.00.
   (c) On and after January first, two thousand [twenty-two]TWENTY-THREE,
 (i) for  an  eligible  individual  receiving  family  care,  [$1,107.48]
 $1,180.48 if he or she is receiving such care in the city of New York or
 the  county of Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester or Rockland; and (ii) for an
 eligible couple receiving family care in the city of  New  York  or  the
 county of Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester or Rockland, two times the amount
 set  forth in subparagraph (i) of this paragraph; or (iii) for an eligi-
 ble individual receiving such care in any other  county  in  the  state,
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 [$1,069.48]  $1,142.48;  and  (iv) for an eligible couple receiving such
 care in any other county in the state, two times the amount set forth in
 subparagraph (iii) of this paragraph.
   (d)   On   and   after   January   first,  two  thousand  [twenty-two]
 TWENTY-THREE, (i) for an eligible individual receiving residential care,
 [$1,276.00] $1,349.00 if he or she is receiving such care in the city of
 New York or the county of Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester or Rockland;  and
 (ii)  for  an  eligible couple receiving residential care in the city of
 New York or the county of Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester or Rockland,  two
 times  the  amount  set  forth in subparagraph (i) of this paragraph; or
 (iii) for an eligible individual receiving such care in any other county
 in the state, [$1,246.00] $1,319.00; and (iv)  for  an  eligible  couple
 receiving  such  care  in  any  other county in the state, two times the
 amount set forth in subparagraph (iii) of this paragraph.
   (e)  On  and  after   January   first,   two   thousand   [twenty-two]
 TWENTY-THREE, (i) for an eligible individual receiving enhanced residen-
 tial  care,  [$1,535.00]  $1,608.00;  and  (ii)  for  an eligible couple
 receiving enhanced residential care, two times the amount set  forth  in
 subparagraph (i) of this paragraph.
   (f) The amounts set forth in paragraphs (a) through (e) of this subdi-
 vision  shall  be  increased to reflect any increases in federal supple-
 mental security income benefits for individuals or couples which  become
 effective  on  or after January first, two thousand [twenty-three] TWEN-
 TY-FOUR but prior to June thirtieth, two thousand  [twenty-three]  TWEN-
 TY-FOUR.
   § 3. This act shall take effect December 31, 2023.
   § 2. Severability clause. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivi-
 sion,  section  or  part  of  this act shall be adjudged by any court of
 competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment  shall  not  affect,
 impair,  or  invalidate  the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in
 its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph,  subdivision,  section
 or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judg-
 ment shall have been rendered. It is hereby declared to be the intent of
 the  legislature  that  this  act  would  have been enacted even if such
 invalid provisions had not been included herein.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately  provided,  however,  that
 the  applicable effective date of Parts A through Z of this act shall be
 as specifically set forth in the last section of such Parts.

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                       S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 1, 2023
                                ___________
 
 IN  SENATE -- A BUDGET BILL, submitted by the Governor pursuant to arti-
   cle seven of the Constitution -- read twice and ordered  printed,  and
   when  printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance -- committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 IN ASSEMBLY -- A BUDGET BILL, submitted  by  the  Governor  pursuant  to
   article  seven  of  the  Constitution -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Ways and Means --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the education law, in relation to contracts for excel-
   lence; in relation to the high-impact tutoring set-aside; to amend the
   education law, in relation to foundation aid; to amend  the  education
   law, in relation to the number of charters issued; to amend the educa-
   tion law, in relation to actual valuation; to amend the education law,
   in  relation  to average daily attendance; to amend the education law,
   in relation to supplemental public  excess  cost  aid;  to  amend  the
   education  law,  in  relation to building aid for metal detectors, and
   safety devices for electrically operated partitions, room dividers and
   doors; to amend the education law, in relation to academic enhancement
   aid; to amend the education law, in relation to high tax aid; to amend
   the education law, in relation to prospective prekindergarten  enroll-
   ment  reporting;  to  amend  the education law, in relation to transi-
   tional guidelines and rules; to amend the education law,  in  relation
   to  universal  prekindergarten expansions; to amend the education law,
   in relation to extending provisions of the statewide  universal  full-
   day  pre-kindergarten program; to amend the education law, in relation
   to state aid adjustments; to amend the education law, in  relation  to
   certain moneys apportioned; to amend the education law, in relation to
   zero emission bus progress reporting; to amend chapter 756 of the laws
   of  1992  relating  to  funding  a  program  for  work force education
   conducted by the consortium for worker education in New York city,  in
   relation to reimbursement for the 2023-2024 school year, withholding a
   portion of employment preparation education aid and in relation to the
   effectiveness  thereof; to amend part CCC of chapter 59 of the laws of
   2018 amending the education law relating to a statement of  the  total
   funding allocation, in relation to the effectiveness thereof; to amend
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   chapter 147 of the laws of 2001 amending the education law relating to
   conditional  appointment  of  school district, charter school or BOCES
   employees, in relation to the effectiveness thereof; to amend  part  C
   of chapter 56 of the laws of 2020 directing the commissioner of educa-
   tion  to  appoint  a  monitor  for the Rochester city school district,
   establishing the powers and duties of such monitor and  certain  other
   officers  and  relating  to  the  apportionment  of aid to such school
   district, in relation to the effectiveness thereof; part C of  chapter
   57  of  the  laws  of  2004  relating  to the support of education, in
   relation to the effectiveness thereof; directing the education depart-
   ment to conduct a comprehensive study of alternative tuition rate-set-
   ting methodologies for approved  providers  operating  school-age  and
   preschool  programs  receiving  funding; to amend chapter  507  of the
   laws  of  1974  relating  to providing for the apportionment of  state
   monies  to certain nonpublic  schools,  to reimburse  them  for  their
   expenses in complying with certain state requirements for the adminis-
   tration of state testing and evaluation programs and for participation
   in  state  programs  for  the  reporting of basic educational data, in
   relation to the  calculation  of   nonpublic schools'  eligibility  to
   receive  aid; providing for special apportionment for salary expenses;
   providing  for  special  apportionment  for  public  pension accruals;
   providing for set-asides from the state funds which certain  districts
   are  receiving from the total foundation aid; providing for support of
   public libraries; to amend chapter 94 of the laws of 2002 relating  to
   the  financial  stability  of  the  Rochester city school district, in
   relation to the effectiveness thereof; and providing for the repeal of
   certain provisions upon expiration thereof  (Part  A);  to  amend  the
   education  law,  in  relation  to  tuition  authorization at the state
   university of New York and the city university of New York  (Part  B);
   to amend the education law, in relation to providing access to medica-
   tion  abortion  prescription drugs at the state university of New York
   and the city university of New York (Part C); to amend  the  education
   law,  in  relation  to removing the maximum award caps for the liberty
   partnerships program (Part D); to amend the business corporation  law,
   the partnership law and the limited liability company law, in relation
   to certified public accountants (Part E); to amend the general munici-
   pal  law  and  the public housing law, in relation to enacting the new
   homes targets and fast-track approval  act  (Part  F);  to  amend  the
   general  city  law,  the  town law and the village law, in relation to
   requiring certain densities  of  residential  dwellings  near  transit
   stations  (Part  G);  to  amend the public housing law, in relation to
   requiring certain housing production information to be reported to the
   division of housing and community renewal (Part H); to amend the  real
   property  actions and proceedings law, in relation to determining when
   a dwelling is abandoned (Part I); to amend the multiple dwelling  law,
   in  relation  to  modernizing  regulations for office building conver-
   sions; and providing for the repeal of certain provisions of such  law
   relating  thereto (Part J); to amend the multiple dwelling law and the
   private housing finance law, in relation to establishing a program  to
   address  the legalization of specified basement dwelling units and the
   conversion of other specified basement dwelling units in a city with a
   population of one million or more (Part  K);  to  amend  the  multiple
   dwelling law, in relation to authorizing a city of one million or more
   to  remove  the cap on the floor area ratio of certain dwellings (Part
   L); to amend the real property tax law, in relation to  authorizing  a
   tax  abatement  for alterations and improvements to multiple dwellings
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   for purposes of preserving habitability in  affordable  housing  (Part
   M);  to  amend the real property tax law, in relation to authorizing a
   city, town or village other than a  city  with  a  population  of  one
   million  or  more  to provide by local law for a tax exemption for new
   construction of eligible rental multiple dwellings (Part N); to  amend
   the real property tax law, in relation to providing a tax exemption on
   the  increase  in  value of property resulting from the addition of an
   accessory dwelling unit (Part O); to amend the labor law and the  real
   property  tax  law,  in  relation  to the exemption from real property
   taxation of certain multiple dwellings in a city having  a  population
   of  one  million or more (Part P); to utilize reserves in the mortgage
   insurance fund for various housing purposes (Part  Q);  to  amend  the
   real  property  tax  law,  in  relation to eligible multiple dwellings
   (Part R); to amend the  labor  law  and  the  public  health  law,  in
   relation  to indexing the minimum wage to inflation (Part S); to amend
   the New York city charter, the education law,  the  general  municipal
   law,  the  labor  law, the public authorities law, chapter 1016 of the
   laws of 1969 constituting the  New  York  city  health  and  hospitals
   corporation  act, and chapter 749 of the laws of 2019 constituting the
   New York city public works investment act, in  relation  to  providing
   for employment opportunities for economically disadvantaged candidates
   and  economically  disadvantaged  region candidates and apprenticeship
   utilization on public transactions; and providing for  the  repeal  of
   such  provisions upon expiration thereof (Part T); to amend the social
   services law, in relation to eligibility for  child  care  assistance;
   and  to  repeal  certain provisions of such law relating thereto (Part
   U); to amend part N of chapter 56 of the laws of  2020,  amending  the
   social  services  law relating to restructuring financing for residen-
   tial school placements, in relation to the effectiveness thereof (Part
   V); to amend subpart A of chapter 57 of the laws of 2012 amending  the
   social  services law and the family court act relating to establishing
   a juvenile justice services close to home  initiative,  and  to  amend
   subpart  B  of  part  G of chapter 57 of the laws of 2012 amending the
   social services law, the family court act and the executive law relat-
   ing to juvenile delinquents, in relation  to  making  such  provisions
   permanent  (Part  W); to amend the social services law, in relation to
   eliminating  the  requirement  for  combined   education   and   other
   work/activity assignments, directing approval of certain education and
   vocational  training  activities  up to two-year post-secondary degree
   programs and providing for a disregard of earned income received by  a
   recipient  of public assistance derived from participating in a quali-
   fied work activity or training program, and further  providing  for  a
   one-time  disregard of earned income following job entry for up to six
   consecutive months under certain circumstances (Part X); to amend  the
   social  services  law, in relation to the replacement of stolen public
   assistance (Part Y); and to amend the social services law, in relation
   to increasing the standards of monthly need for aged, blind and  disa-
   bled persons living in the community (Part Z)
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. This act enacts into law major  components  of  legislation
 necessary  to  implement  the state education, labor, housing and family
 assistance budget for the 2023-2024 state fiscal year. Each component is
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 wholly contained within a Part identified as  Parts  A  through  Z.  The
 effective  date for each particular provision contained within such Part
 is set forth in the last section of such  Part.  Any  provision  in  any
 section  contained  within  a  Part, including the effective date of the
 Part, which makes a reference to a section "of this act", when  used  in
 connection  with  that particular component, shall be deemed to mean and
 refer to the corresponding section of the Part in  which  it  is  found.
 Section  three of this act sets forth the general effective date of this
 act.
 
                                  PART A

   Section 1. Paragraph e of subdivision 1 of section 211-d of the educa-
 tion law, as amended by chapter 556 of the laws of 2022, is  amended  to
 read as follows:
   e.  Notwithstanding  paragraphs  a and b of this subdivision, a school
 district that submitted a contract for excellence for the  two  thousand
 eight--two  thousand nine school year shall submit a contract for excel-
 lence for the  two  thousand  nine--two  thousand  ten  school  year  in
 conformity  with the requirements of subparagraph (vi) of paragraph a of
 subdivision two of this section unless all schools in the  district  are
 identified  as  in  good  standing  and  provided further that, a school
 district that submitted a contract for excellence for the  two  thousand
 nine--two  thousand  ten school year, unless all schools in the district
 are identified as in good standing, shall submit a contract  for  excel-
 lence for the two thousand eleven--two thousand twelve school year which
 shall,  notwithstanding  the  requirements of subparagraph (vi) of para-
 graph a of subdivision two of this section, provide for the  expenditure
 of  an  amount  which  shall  be not less than the product of the amount
 approved by the commissioner in the contract for excellence for the  two
 thousand   nine--two   thousand  ten  school  year,  multiplied  by  the
 district's gap elimination adjustment percentage  and  provided  further
 that, a school district that submitted a contract for excellence for the
 two thousand eleven--two thousand twelve school year, unless all schools
 in  the  district  are  identified  as  in good standing, shall submit a
 contract for excellence for the two thousand twelve--two thousand  thir-
 teen  school  year  which  shall,  notwithstanding  the  requirements of
 subparagraph (vi) of paragraph a of subdivision  two  of  this  section,
 provide  for  the  expenditure of an amount which shall be not less than
 the amount approved by the commissioner in the contract  for  excellence
 for  the  two  thousand  eleven--two  thousand  twelve  school  year and
 provided further that, a school district that submitted a  contract  for
 excellence  for  the  two  thousand twelve--two thousand thirteen school
 year, unless all schools in the  district  are  identified  as  in  good
 standing,  shall  submit  a contract for excellence for the two thousand
 thirteen--two thousand fourteen school year which shall, notwithstanding
 the requirements of subparagraph (vi) of paragraph a of subdivision  two
 of this section, provide for the expenditure of an amount which shall be
 not  less  than  the amount approved by the commissioner in the contract
 for excellence for the two thousand twelve--two thousand thirteen school
 year and provided further that,  a  school  district  that  submitted  a
 contract  for  excellence  for  the  two thousand thirteen--two thousand
 fourteen school year, unless all schools in the district are  identified
 as  in good standing, shall submit a contract for excellence for the two
 thousand  fourteen--two  thousand  fifteen  school  year  which   shall,
 notwithstanding  the requirements of subparagraph (vi) of paragraph a of
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 subdivision two of this section,  provide  for  the  expenditure  of  an
 amount  which  shall be not less than the amount approved by the commis-
 sioner in the contract for excellence for the two thousand thirteen--two
 thousand  fourteen  school  year;  and  provided  further that, a school
 district that submitted a contract for excellence for the  two  thousand
 fourteen--two  thousand  fifteen  school year, unless all schools in the
 district are identified as in good standing, shall submit a contract for
 excellence for the two thousand  fifteen--two  thousand  sixteen  school
 year  which shall, notwithstanding the requirements of subparagraph (vi)
 of paragraph a of subdivision two  of  this  section,  provide  for  the
 expenditure  of  an  amount  which  shall  be  not  less than the amount
 approved by the commissioner in the contract for excellence for the  two
 thousand  fourteen--two  thousand  fifteen  school  year;  and  provided
 further that a school district that submitted a contract for  excellence
 for  the  two thousand fifteen--two thousand sixteen school year, unless
 all schools in the district are identified as in  good  standing,  shall
 submit a contract for excellence for the two thousand sixteen--two thou-
 sand seventeen school year which shall, notwithstanding the requirements
 of  subparagraph (vi) of paragraph a of subdivision two of this section,
 provide for the expenditure of an amount which shall be  not  less  than
 the  amount  approved by the commissioner in the contract for excellence
 for the two thousand fifteen--two  thousand  sixteen  school  year;  and
 provided  further  that, a school district that submitted a contract for
 excellence for the two thousand sixteen--two thousand  seventeen  school
 year,  unless  all  schools  in  the  district are identified as in good
 standing, shall submit a contract for excellence for  the  two  thousand
 seventeen--two  thousand eighteen school year which shall, notwithstand-
 ing the requirements of subparagraph (vi) of paragraph a of  subdivision
 two  of  this  section,  provide  for the expenditure of an amount which
 shall be not less than the amount approved by the  commissioner  in  the
 contract  for  excellence  for  the  two  thousand sixteen--two thousand
 seventeen school year; and provided further that a school district  that
 submitted  a contract for excellence for the two thousand seventeen--two
 thousand eighteen school year, unless all schools in  the  district  are
 identified  as  in good standing, shall submit a contract for excellence
 for the two thousand eighteen--two thousand nineteen school  year  which
 shall,  notwithstanding  the  requirements of subparagraph (vi) of para-
 graph a of subdivision two of this section, provide for the  expenditure
 of  an  amount  which  shall be not less than the amount approved by the
 commissioner in the contract for excellence for the two thousand  seven-
 teen--two  thousand  eighteen  school year; and provided further that, a
 school district that submitted a contract for  excellence  for  the  two
 thousand eighteen--two thousand nineteen school year, unless all schools
 in  the  district  are  identified  as  in good standing, shall submit a
 contract for excellence for  the  two  thousand  nineteen--two  thousand
 twenty  school  year  which  shall,  notwithstanding the requirements of
 subparagraph (vi) of paragraph a of subdivision  two  of  this  section,
 provide  for  the  expenditure of an amount which shall be not less than
 the amount approved by the commissioner in the contract  for  excellence
 for  the  two  thousand eighteen--two thousand nineteen school year; and
 provided further that, a school district that submitted a  contract  for
 excellence  for  the  two  thousand nineteen--two thousand twenty school
 year, unless all schools in the  district  are  identified  as  in  good
 standing,  shall  submit  a contract for excellence for the two thousand
 twenty--two thousand twenty-one school year which shall, notwithstanding
 the requirements of subparagraph (vi) of paragraph a of subdivision  two
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 of this section, provide for the expenditure of an amount which shall be
 not  less  than  the amount approved by the commissioner in the contract
 for excellence for the two thousand nineteen--two thousand twenty school
 year;  and  provided  further  that,  a school district that submitted a
 contract for excellence for the two thousand twenty--two thousand  twen-
 ty-one school year, unless all schools in the district are identified as
 in  good  standing,  shall  submit a contract for excellence for the two
 thousand twenty-one--two thousand twenty-two school  year  which  shall,
 notwithstanding  the requirements of subparagraph (vi) of paragraph a of
 subdivision two of this section,  provide  for  the  expenditure  of  an
 amount  which  shall be not less than the amount approved by the commis-
 sioner in the contract for excellence for the two  thousand  twenty--two
 thousand  twenty-one  school  year;  and provided further that, a school
 district that submitted a contract for excellence for the  two  thousand
 twenty-one--two  thousand  twenty-two school year, unless all schools in
 the district are identified as in good standing, shall submit a contract
 for excellence for the two  thousand  twenty-two--two  thousand  twenty-
 three  school  year  which  shall,  notwithstanding  the requirements of
 subparagraph (vi) of paragraph a of subdivision  two  of  this  section,
 provide  for  the  expenditure of an amount which shall be not less than
 the amount approved by the commissioner in the contract  for  excellence
 for  the  two  thousand twenty-one--two thousand twenty-two school year;
 AND PROVIDED FURTHER THAT, A SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT SUBMITTED  A  CONTRACT
 FOR  EXCELLENCE  FOR  THE  TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-
 THREE SCHOOL YEAR, UNLESS ALL SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT ARE IDENTIFIED  AS
 IN  GOOD  STANDING,  SHALL  SUBMIT A CONTRACT FOR EXCELLENCE FOR THE TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR SCHOOL YEAR WHICH SHALL,
 NOTWITHSTANDING THE REQUIREMENTS OF SUBPARAGRAPH (VI) OF PARAGRAPH A  OF
 SUBDIVISION  TWO  OF  THIS  SECTION,  PROVIDE  FOR THE EXPENDITURE OF AN
 AMOUNT WHICH SHALL BE NOT LESS THAN THE AMOUNT APPROVED BY  THE  COMMIS-
 SIONER  IN THE CONTRACT FOR EXCELLENCE FOR THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO--
 TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE SCHOOL YEAR; provided,  however,  that,  in  a
 city  school  district  in  a city having a population of one million or
 more, notwithstanding the requirements of subparagraph (vi) of paragraph
 a of subdivision two of this section, the contract for excellence  shall
 provide  for  the  expenditure as set forth in subparagraph (v) of para-
 graph a of subdivision two of this section. For purposes of  this  para-
 graph,  the  "gap elimination adjustment percentage" shall be calculated
 as the sum of one minus the quotient of the sum of the school district's
 net gap elimination adjustment for two thousand ten--two thousand eleven
 computed pursuant to chapter fifty-three of the  laws  of  two  thousand
 ten,  making  appropriations  for  the  support  of government, plus the
 school district's gap elimination adjustment for two  thousand  eleven--
 two  thousand  twelve as computed pursuant to chapter fifty-three of the
 laws of two thousand eleven, making appropriations for  the  support  of
 the  local  assistance budget, including support for general support for
 public schools, divided by the total aid for adjustment computed  pursu-
 ant  to  chapter  fifty-three of the laws of two thousand eleven, making
 appropriations for the local assistance budget,  including  support  for
 general  support for public schools. Provided, further, that such amount
 shall be expended to support and maintain allowable programs and  activ-
 ities approved in the two thousand nine--two thousand ten school year or
 to  support  new  or  expanded  allowable programs and activities in the
 current year.
   § 2. Subdivision 4 of section 3602 of the education law is amended  by
 adding a new paragraph k to read as follows:
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   K.  FOUNDATION AID PAYABLE IN THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE--TWO THOU-
 SAND TWENTY-FOUR SCHOOL YEAR. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION  OF  LAW  TO
 THE  CONTRARY, FOUNDATION AID PAYABLE IN THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE--
 TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR SCHOOL YEAR SHALL BE EQUAL TO THE  SUM  OF  THE
 TOTAL  FOUNDATION  AID BASE COMPUTED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH J OF SUBDIVI-
 SION ONE OF THIS SECTION PLUS THE GREATER OF (A)  THE  POSITIVE  DIFFER-
 ENCE, IF ANY, OF (I) TOTAL FOUNDATION AID COMPUTED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH
 A  OF  THIS SUBDIVISION LESS (II) THE TOTAL FOUNDATION AID BASE COMPUTED
 PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH J OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, OR  (B)  THE
 PRODUCT  OF  THREE  HUNDREDTHS (0.03) MULTIPLIED BY THE TOTAL FOUNDATION
 AID BASE COMPUTED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH J OF  SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF  THIS
 SECTION.
   §  3.  Subdivision  4  of  section 3602 of education law is amended by
 adding a new paragraph e-1 to read as follows:
   E-1. HIGH-IMPACT TUTORING SET-ASIDE.  FOR  THE  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-
 THREE--TWO  THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR SCHOOL YEAR, EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL
 SET ASIDE FROM ITS TOTAL FOUNDATION AID THE AMOUNT SET  FORTH  FOR  EACH
 SCHOOL  DISTRICT  AS  "HIGH-IMPACT TUTORING SET-ASIDE" UNDER THE HEADING
 "2023-24 ESTIMATED AIDS" IN THE SCHOOL AID COMPUTER LISTING PRODUCED  BY
 THE  COMMISSIONER IN SUPPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE BUDGET REQUEST FOR THE TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR SCHOOL YEAR AND ENTITLED
 "BT232-4", AS COMPUTED PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH. EACH SCHOOL  DISTRICT
 SHALL  USE  SUCH  HIGH-IMPACT TUTORING SET-ASIDE AMOUNT TO DELIVER SMALL
 GROUP OR INDIVIDUAL TUTORING SESSIONS  IN  READING  AND  MATHEMATICS  TO
 STUDENTS  IN  GRADES  THREE  THROUGH  EIGHT  DESIGNATED  BY  EACH SCHOOL
 DISTRICT AS AT RISK OF FALLING BELOW STATE STANDARDS. SUCH SERVICES  AND
 SESSIONS  MAY BE PROVIDED DURING THE SCHOOL DAY, BEFORE OR AFTER SCHOOL,
 OR ON THE WEEKEND AND MUST OCCUR NO LESS THAN TWICE PER WEEK FOR NO LESS
 THAN THIRTY MINUTES UNTIL THE STUDENT IS  NO  LONGER  DESIGNATED  AS  AT
 RISK.  THE  FUNDS  SET  ASIDE  UNDER  THIS SECTION SHALL ONLY BE USED TO
 SUPPLEMENT CURRENT FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL FUNDING AND IN NO CASE SHALL
 SUPPLANT CURRENT DISTRICT EXPENDITURES OF FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL  FUNDS
 ON HIGH-IMPACT TUTORING.
   (1) FOR THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR SCHOOL
 YEAR,  FOR  DISTRICTS  SUBJECT TO A HIGH-IMPACT TUTORING SET-ASIDE, THIS
 SET-ASIDE SHALL EQUAL THE GREATER OF: (I) ONE HUNDRED  THOUSAND  DOLLARS
 OR  (II)  THE PRODUCT OF (A) ONE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-SEVEN TEN-
 THOUSANDTHS (0.1177) MULTIPLIED BY (B) THE FOUNDATION AID INCREASE BASE.
   (2) A DISTRICT SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE HIGH-IMPACT TUTORING  SET-ASIDE
 FOR  THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR SCHOOL YEAR
 IF (I) THE QUOTIENT ARRIVED AT WHEN DIVIDING THE FOUNDATION AID INCREASE
 BY THE FOUNDATION AID BASE IS GREATER THAN THREE HUNDREDTHS  (0.03)  AND
 (II)  THE FOUNDATION AID INCREASE BASE IS GREATER THAN ONE HUNDRED THOU-
 SAND DOLLARS ($100,000).
   (3) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH, "FOUNDATION  AID  INCREASE"  SHALL
 EQUAL  THE  POSITIVE DIFFERENCE OF THE AMOUNTS SET FORTH FOR EACH SCHOOL
 DISTRICT AS "FOUNDATION AID" UNDER THE HEADING "2023-24 ESTIMATED  AIDS"
 IN  THE  SCHOOL  AID  COMPUTER  LISTING  PRODUCED BY THE COMMISSIONER IN
 SUPPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE BUDGET REQUEST FOR  THE  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-
 THREE--TWO  THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR SCHOOL YEAR AND ENTITLED "BT232-4" LESS
 THE AMOUNTS SET FORTH FOR EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT AS "FOUNDATION AID" UNDER
 THE HEADING "2022-23 BASE YEAR AIDS" IN SUCH COMPUTER LISTING.
   (4) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH,  "FOUNDATION  AID  INCREASE  BASE"
 SHALL  EQUAL THE POSITIVE DIFFERENCE OF THE FOUNDATION AID INCREASE LESS
 THE PRODUCT OF THREE HUNDREDTHS (0.03) MULTIPLIED BY THE  TOTAL  FOUNDA-
 TION AID BASE.
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   §  4.   Subdivision 9 of section 2852 of the education law, as amended
 by section 2 of subpart A of part B of chapter 20 of the laws  of  2015,
 is amended to read as follows:
   9. The total number of charters issued pursuant to this article state-
 wide  shall not exceed four hundred sixty. (a) All charters issued on or
 after July first, two thousand fifteen and counted toward the  numerical
 limits  established  by this subdivision shall be issued by the board of
 regents upon application directly to the board  of  regents  or  on  the
 recommendation  of  the board of trustees of the state university of New
 York pursuant to a competitive process in  accordance  with  subdivision
 nine-a  of this section. [Fifty of such charters issued on or after July
 first, two thousand fifteen, and no more, shall be granted to a  charter
 for  a school to be located in a city having a population of one million
 or more.] The failure of any body to issue  the  regulations  authorized
 pursuant  to  this  article  shall not affect the authority of a charter
 entity to propose a charter to the board of  regents  or  the  board  of
 regents'  authority  to  grant such charter. A conversion of an existing
 public school to a charter school, or the  renewal  or  extension  of  a
 charter  approved  by any charter entity, OR THE REISSUANCE OF A SURREN-
 DERED, REVOKED OR TERMINATED CHARTER PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (B) OR  (B-1)
 OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION  shall  not be counted toward the numerical limits
 established by this subdivision.
   (b) A charter that has been surrendered, revoked or terminated  on  or
 before  July  first,  two thousand fifteen, including a charter that has
 not been renewed by action of its charter entity, may be reissued pursu-
 ant to paragraph (a) of this subdivision by the board of regents  either
 upon  application directly to the board of regents or on the recommenda-
 tion of the board of trustees of the state university of New York pursu-
 ant to a competitive process in accordance with  subdivision  nine-a  of
 this  section. Provided that such reissuance shall not be counted toward
 the statewide numerical  limit  established  by  this  subdivision,  and
 provided  further  that no more than twenty-two charters may be reissued
 pursuant to this paragraph.
   (B-1) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, A  CHARTER
 THAT  HAS  BEEN SURRENDERED, REVOKED OR TERMINATED AFTER JULY FIRST, TWO
 THOUSAND FIFTEEN, INCLUDING A CHARTER  THAT  HAS  NOT  BEEN  RENEWED  BY
 ACTION  OF ITS CHARTER ENTITY, MAY BE REISSUED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (A)
 OF THIS SUBDIVISION BY THE BOARD  OF  REGENTS  EITHER  UPON  APPLICATION
 DIRECTLY  TO  THE BOARD OF REGENTS OR ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE BOARD
 OF TRUSTEES OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK PURSUANT  TO  A  COMPET-
 ITIVE  PROCESS  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH SUBDIVISION NINE-A OF THIS SECTION.
 PROVIDED THAT SUCH REISSUANCE SHALL NOT BE COUNTED TOWARD THE  STATEWIDE
 NUMERICAL LIMIT ESTABLISHED BY THIS SUBDIVISION.
   (c)  For  purposes  of determining the total number of charters issued
 within  the  numerical  limits  established  by  this  subdivision,  the
 approval date of the charter entity shall be the determining factor.
   (d) Notwithstanding any provision of this article to the contrary, any
 charter  authorized  to  be issued by chapter fifty-seven of the laws of
 two thousand seven effective July first, two thousand  seven,  and  that
 remains  unissued  as of July first, two thousand fifteen, may be issued
 pursuant to the provisions of law applicable to a charter authorized  to
 be  issued  by such chapter in effect as of June fifteenth, two thousand
 fifteen[; provided however that  nothing  in  this  paragraph  shall  be
 construed  to increase the numerical limit applicable to a city having a
 population of one million or more as provided in paragraph (a)  of  this
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 subdivision, as amended by a chapter of the laws of two thousand fifteen
 which added this paragraph].
   §  5.  Paragraph  c  of subdivision 1 of section 3602 of the education
 law, as amended by section 11 of part B of chapter 57  of  the  laws  of
 2007, is amended to read as follows:
   c. "Actual valuation" shall mean the valuation of taxable real proper-
 ty  in  a  school  district obtained by taking the assessed valuation of
 taxable real property within  such  district  as  it  appears  upon  the
 assessment  roll  of  the  town,  city, village, or county in which such
 property is located, for the calendar year two years prior to the calen-
 dar year in which the base year commenced, after revision as provided by
 law, PLUS ANY ASSESSED VALUATION THAT WAS EXEMPTED FROM TAXATION  PURSU-
 ANT  TO  THE CLASS ONE REASSESSMENT EXEMPTION AUTHORIZED BY SECTION FOUR
 HUNDRED EIGHTY-FIVE-U OF THE REAL PROPERTY TAX LAW  OR  THE  RESIDENTIAL
 REVALUATION  EXEMPTION  AUTHORIZED BY SECTION FOUR HUNDRED EIGHTY-FIVE-V
 OF SUCH LAW AS ADDED BY CHAPTER FIVE HUNDRED SIXTY OF THE  LAWS  OF  TWO
 THOUSAND  TWENTY-ONE,  and dividing it by the state equalization rate as
 determined by the [state board of equalization and  assessment]  COMMIS-
 SIONER  OF  TAXATION  AND FINANCE, for the assessment roll of such town,
 city, village, or county completed during such preceding calendar  year.
 The  actual valuation of a central high school district shall be the sum
 of such valuations of its component  districts.  Such  actual  valuation
 shall  include  any  actual  valuation equivalent of payments in lieu of
 taxes determined pursuant to section four  hundred  eighty-five  of  the
 real property tax law. "Selected actual valuation" shall mean the lesser
 of  actual  valuation  calculated for aid payable in the current year or
 the two-year average of the actual valuation calculated for aid  payable
 in  the current year and the actual valuation calculated for aid payable
 in the base year.
   § 6. Paragraph d of subdivision 1 of section  3602  of  the  education
 law,  as  amended  by  section 11 of part B of chapter 57 of the laws of
 2007, is amended to read as follows:
   d. "Average daily attendance" shall mean the total number  of  attend-
 ance  days  of pupils in a public school of a school district in kinder-
 garten through grade twelve, or equivalent ungraded programs,  plus  the
 total  number  of  instruction  days for such pupils receiving homebound
 instruction including pupils receiving [instruction  through  a  two-way
 telephone  communication  system]  REMOTE  INSTRUCTION AS DEFINED IN THE
 REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER, divided  by  the  number  of  days  the
 district  school was in session as provided in this section. The attend-
 ance of pupils with disabilities attending under the provisions of para-
 graph c of subdivision two of section forty-four  hundred  one  of  this
 chapter shall be added to average daily attendance.
   §  7.  Paragraph  l  of subdivision 1 of section 3602 of the education
 law, as amended by section 11 of part B of chapter 57  of  the  laws  of
 2007, is amended to read as follows:
   l.  "Average  daily  membership"  shall  mean  the  possible aggregate
 attendance of all pupils in attendance in a public school of the  school
 district  in  kindergarten  through grade twelve, or equivalent ungraded
 programs,  including  possible  aggregate  attendance  for  such  pupils
 receiving homebound instruction, including pupils receiving [instruction
 through  a two-way telephone communication system] REMOTE INSTRUCTION AS
 DEFINED IN THE REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER, with the possible aggre-
 gate attendance of such pupils in one-half day kindergartens  multiplied
 by  one-half,  divided  by the number of days the district school was in
 session as provided in this section. The full time equivalent enrollment
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 of pupils with disabilities attending under the provisions of  paragraph
 c  of  subdivision two of section forty-four hundred one of this chapter
 shall be added to average daily membership.   Average  daily  membership
 shall  include  the  equivalent  attendance  of  the school district, as
 computed pursuant to paragraph d of this subdivision.  In  any  instance
 where  a  pupil  is  a resident of another state or an Indian pupil is a
 resident of any portion of a reservation located wholly or partly within
 the borders of the state pursuant to subdivision four of section  forty-
 one  hundred one of this chapter or a pupil is living on federally owned
 land or property, such pupil's possible aggregate  attendance  shall  be
 counted  as  part  of  the  possible  aggregate attendance of the school
 district in which such pupil is enrolled.
   § 8. The closing paragraph of subdivision 5-a of section 3602  of  the
 education  law,  as amended by section 14 of part A of chapter 56 of the
 laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   For the two thousand eight--two thousand nine school year, each school
 district shall be entitled to an apportionment equal to the  product  of
 fifteen  percent  and  the additional apportionment computed pursuant to
 this subdivision for the two thousand seven--two thousand  eight  school
 year.  For the two thousand nine--two thousand ten [through two thousand
 twenty-two--two thousand twenty-three] school [years] YEAR AND THEREAFT-
 ER each school district shall be entitled to an apportionment  equal  to
 the  amount  set  forth  for  such  school district as "SUPPLEMENTAL PUB
 EXCESS COST" under the heading "2008-09 BASE YEAR AIDS"  in  the  school
 aid  computer  listing  produced  by  the commissioner in support of the
 budget for the two thousand nine--two thousand ten school year and enti-
 tled "SA0910".
   § 9. Paragraph b of subdivision 6-c of section 3602 of  the  education
 law,  as  amended by section 11 of part CCC of chapter 59 of the laws of
 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   b. For projects approved by the  commissioner  authorized  to  receive
 additional building aid pursuant to this subdivision for the purchase of
 stationary  metal  detectors, security cameras or other security devices
 approved by the commissioner that increase the safety  of  students  and
 school  personnel,  provided  that  for  purposes of this paragraph such
 other security devices shall be limited to electronic  security  systems
 and  hardened  doors,  and  provided  that  for projects approved by the
 commissioner on or after the first day of  July  two  thousand  thirteen
 [and  before the first day of July two thousand twenty-three] such addi-
 tional aid shall equal  the  product  of  (i)  the  building  aid  ratio
 computed for use in the current year pursuant to paragraph c of subdivi-
 sion  six  of this section plus ten percentage points, except that in no
 case shall this amount exceed one hundred percent, and (ii)  the  actual
 approved  expenditures incurred in the base year pursuant to this subdi-
 vision, provided that the limitations on cost allowances  prescribed  by
 paragraph  a  of  subdivision  six  of this section shall not apply, and
 provided further that any projects aided under this  paragraph  must  be
 included  in  a  district's  school  safety plan. The commissioner shall
 annually prescribe a special cost allowance  for  metal  detectors,  and
 security  cameras,  and  the approved expenditures shall not exceed such
 cost allowance.
   § 10. Paragraph i of subdivision 12 of section 3602 of  the  education
 law,  as  amended  by  section 15 of part A of chapter 56 of the laws of
 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   i. For the two thousand  twenty-one--two  thousand  twenty-two  school
 year [and] THROUGH the two thousand [twenty-two] TWENTY-THREE--two thou-
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 sand  [twenty-three] TWENTY-FOUR school year, each school district shall
 be entitled to an apportionment equal to the amount set forth  for  such
 school  district  as  "ACADEMIC  ENHANCEMENT" under the heading "2020-21
 ESTIMATED  AIDS"  in  the  school  aid  computer listing produced by the
 commissioner in support of the budget for the two  thousand  twenty--two
 thousand  twenty-one school year and entitled "SA202-1", and such appor-
 tionment shall be deemed to satisfy the state obligation to  provide  an
 apportionment  pursuant  to  subdivision  eight  of  section  thirty-six
 hundred forty-one of this article.
   § 11. The opening paragraph of subdivision 16 of section 3602  of  the
 education  law,  as amended by section 16 of part A of chapter 56 of the
 laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   Each school district shall be eligible  to  receive  a  high  tax  aid
 apportionment  in the two thousand eight--two thousand nine school year,
 which shall equal the greater of (i) the sum of the tier 1 high tax  aid
 apportionment, the tier 2 high tax aid apportionment and the tier 3 high
 tax  aid apportionment or (ii) the product of the apportionment received
 by the school district pursuant to this subdivision in the two  thousand
 seven--two  thousand  eight  school  year, multiplied by the due-minimum
 factor, which shall equal, for districts with an alternate pupil  wealth
 ratio  computed  pursuant  to  paragraph  b of subdivision three of this
 section that is less than two, seventy percent (0.70), and for all other
 districts, fifty percent (0.50). Each school district shall be  eligible
 to  receive  a  high tax aid apportionment in the two thousand nine--two
 thousand ten through two thousand twelve--two thousand  thirteen  school
 years in the amount set forth for such school district as "HIGH TAX AID"
 under  the  heading  "2008-09 BASE YEAR AIDS" in the school aid computer
 listing produced by the commissioner in support of the  budget  for  the
 two  thousand  nine--two thousand ten school year and entitled "SA0910".
 Each school district shall be eligible to receive a high tax aid  appor-
 tionment in the two thousand thirteen--two thousand fourteen through two
 thousand  [twenty-two] TWENTY-THREE--two thousand [twenty-three] TWENTY-
 FOUR school years equal to the greater of (1) the amount set  forth  for
 such  school  district as "HIGH TAX AID" under the heading "2008-09 BASE
 YEAR AIDS" in the school aid computer listing produced  by  the  commis-
 sioner  in support of the budget for the two thousand nine--two thousand
 ten school year and entitled "SA0910" or (2) the amount  set  forth  for
 such  school district as "HIGH TAX AID" under the heading "2013-14 ESTI-
 MATED AIDS" in the school aid computer listing produced by  the  commis-
 sioner  in  support  of the executive budget for the 2013-14 fiscal year
 and entitled "BT131-4".
   § 12. Section 3602-e of the education law is amended by adding  a  new
 subdivision 3 to read as follows:
   3.  PROSPECTIVE  PREKINDERGARTEN ENROLLMENT REPORTING. A. BEGINNING IN
 THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR SCHOOL YEAR, ALL
 SCHOOL DISTRICTS ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE AN APPORTIONMENT UNDER THIS SECTION
 OR SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWO-EE OF THIS PART SHALL ANNUALLY  REPORT
 TO  THE  COMMISSIONER:  (I)  THE NUMBER OF FOUR-YEAR-OLD PREKINDERGARTEN
 STUDENTS THE DISTRICT INTENDS TO SERVE IN FULL-DAY AND HALF-DAY SLOTS IN
 DISTRICT-OPERATED PROGRAMS IN THE CURRENT YEAR; (II) THE NUMBER OF FOUR-
 YEAR-OLD PREKINDERGARTEN STUDENTS THE DISTRICT INTENDS TO SERVE IN FULL-
 DAY AND HALF-DAY SLOTS IN PROGRAMS OPERATED BY COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZA-
 TIONS  IN  THE  CURRENT  YEAR;  (III)  THE   NUMBER   OF   FOUR-YEAR-OLD
 PREKINDERGARTEN STUDENTS WHOSE PARENT OR GUARDIAN HAS APPLIED FOR A SEAT
 FOR THEM IN THE CURRENT YEAR, BUT TO WHOM THE DISTRICT LACKS CAPACITY TO
 OFFER  A  SEAT; (IV) THE TOTAL NUMBER OF FOUR-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN RESIDING
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 IN THE DISTRICT WHO ARE ELIGIBLE TO BE SERVED  UNDER  THIS  SECTION  AND
 SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWO-EE OF THIS PART, INCLUDING STUDENTS WHOSE
 PARENT  OR GUARDIAN DID NOT APPLY, WHERE SUCH INFORMATION CAN BE REASON-
 ABLY  ASCERTAINED;  (V) THE TOTAL NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO ARE ELIGIBLE TO
 ENROLL IN  FOUR-YEAR-OLD  PREKINDERGARTEN  BUT  ARE  SERVED  IN  PRIVATE
 SETTINGS  OR  WHOSE  PARENT  OR  GUARDIAN  HAS  NOT CHOSEN TO ENROLL THE
 STUDENT IN A PREKINDERGARTEN  PROGRAM  WHERE  SUCH  INFORMATION  CAN  BE
 REASONABLY  ASCERTAINED;  AND  (VI)  ANY  OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO
 DISTRICTS AND NECESSARY TO ACCURATELY  ESTIMATE  THE  UNMET  DEMAND  FOR
 FOUR-YEAR-OLD  PREKINDERGARTEN SERVICES WITHIN THE DISTRICT. THIS REPORT
 SHALL BE DUE NO LATER THAN SEPTEMBER FIRST OF EACH  YEAR  AND  SHALL  BE
 COLLECTED  AS  PART OF THE APPLICATION SPECIFIED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION
 FIVE OF THIS SECTION. BEGINNING NOVEMBER  FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-
 THREE,  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  ANNUALLY SUBMIT A REPORT TO THE CHAIR-
 PERSON OF THE ASSEMBLY WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE, THE CHAIRPERSON OF  THE
 SENATE  FINANCE  COMMITTEE  AND  THE  DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET WHICH SHALL
 INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO  THE  INFORMATION  REPORTED  BY  DISTRICTS
 UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION.
   § 13. Subdivision 20 of section 3602-e of the education law is amended
 by adding a new paragraph b to read as follows:
   B. TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR SCHOOL YEAR.
   (I) THE UNIVERSAL PREKINDERGARTEN EXPANSION FOR THE TWO THOUSAND TWEN-
 TY-THREE--TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-FOUR SCHOOL YEAR SHALL BE EQUAL TO TWICE
 THE PRODUCT OF (1) EXPANSION SLOTS MULTIPLIED BY (2)  SELECTED  AID  PER
 PREKINDERGARTEN  PUPIL  CALCULATED PURSUANT TO SUBPARAGRAPH (I) OF PARA-
 GRAPH B OF SUBDIVISION TEN OF THIS SECTION FOR THE TWO THOUSAND  TWENTY-
 THREE--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR SCHOOL YEAR.
   (II)  FOR PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH, "EXPANSION SLOTS" SHALL BE SLOTS
 FOR NEW FULL-DAY FOUR-YEAR-OLD PREKINDERGARTEN PUPILS  FOR  PURPOSES  OF
 SUBPARAGRAPH  (II)  OF  PARAGRAPH  B OF SUBDIVISION TEN OF THIS SECTION.
 EXPANSION SLOTS SHALL BE EQUAL TO THE POSITIVE DIFFERENCE,  IF  ANY,  OF
 (1) THE PRODUCT OF EIGHT HUNDRED NINETY-SEVEN THOUSANDTHS (0.897) MULTI-
 PLIED  BY  UNSERVED  FOUR-YEAR-OLD  PREKINDERGARTEN PUPILS AS DEFINED IN
 SUBPARAGRAPH (IV) OF PARAGRAPH B OF SUBDIVISION TEN OF THIS SECTION LESS
 (2) THE SUM OF FOUR-YEAR-OLD STUDENTS SERVED PLUS THE UNDERSERVED COUNT.
 IF SUCH EXPANSION SLOTS ARE GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO TEN BUT  LESS  THAN
 TWENTY, THE EXPANSION SLOTS SHALL BE TWENTY; IF SUCH EXPANSION SLOTS ARE
 LESS  THAN TEN, THE EXPANSION SLOTS SHALL BE ZERO; AND FOR A CITY SCHOOL
 DISTRICT IN A CITY HAVING A POPULATION  OF  ONE  MILLION  OR  MORE,  THE
 EXPANSION SLOTS SHALL BE ZERO.
   (III)  FOR PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH, "FOUR-YEAR-OLD STUDENTS SERVED"
 SHALL BE EQUAL TO THE SUM OF (1) THE NUMBER  OF  FOUR-YEAR-OLD  STUDENTS
 SERVED IN FULL-DAY AND HALF-DAY SETTINGS IN A STATE FUNDED PROGRAM WHICH
 MUST MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION AS REPORTED TO THE DEPARTMENT
 FOR  THE  TWO  THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO SCHOOL YEAR,
 PLUS (2)  THE  NUMBER  OF  FOUR-YEAR-OLD  STUDENTS  SERVED  IN  FULL-DAY
 SETTINGS  IN  A STATE FUNDED PROGRAM WHICH MUST MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF
 SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWO-EE OF THIS PART AND FOR WHICH GRANTS WERE
 AWARDED PRIOR TO THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE SCHOOL
 YEAR, PLUS (3) THE NUMBER OF EXPANSION SLOTS ALLOCATED PURSUANT TO PARA-
 GRAPH B OF SUBDIVISION NINETEEN OF THIS SECTION, PLUS (4) THE NUMBER  OF
 EXPANSION  SLOTS  ALLOCATED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH A OF THIS SUBDIVISION,
 PLUS (5) THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT MAY BE SERVED  IN  FULL-DAY
 PREKINDERGARTEN  PROGRAMS  FUNDED BY GRANTS WHICH MUST MEET THE REQUIRE-
 MENTS OF SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED  TWO-EE  OF  THIS  PART  FOR  GRANTS
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 AWARDED  IN  THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO OR TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE SCHOOL YEAR.
   (IV)  FOR  PURPOSES  OF THIS PARAGRAPH, THE UNDERSERVED COUNT SHALL BE
 EQUAL TO THE POSITIVE DIFFERENCE, IF ANY, OF (1) THE SUM OF (A) ELIGIBLE
 FULL-DAY FOUR-YEAR-OLD PREKINDERGARTEN PUPILS AS DEFINED IN SUBPARAGRAPH
 (II) OF PARAGRAPH B OF SUBDIVISION TEN OF THIS SECTION FOR THE TWO THOU-
 SAND TWENTY-ONE--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO SCHOOL YEAR, PLUS (B) THE PROD-
 UCT OF FIVE-TENTHS (0.5) AND THE ELIGIBLE HALF-DAY FOUR-YEAR-OLD PREKIN-
 DERGARTEN PUPILS AS DEFINED IN SUBPARAGRAPH  (III)  OF  PARAGRAPH  B  OF
 SUBDIVISION  TEN  OF  THIS  SECTION FOR THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE--TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO SCHOOL YEAR, LESS (2) THE POSITIVE DIFFERENCE OF (A)
 THE NUMBER OF FOUR-YEAR-OLD STUDENTS SERVED  IN  FULL-DAY  AND  HALF-DAY
 SETTINGS  IN  A STATE-FUNDED PROGRAM WHICH MUST MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF
 THIS SECTION AS REPORTED TO THE DEPARTMENT FOR THE TWO THOUSAND  TWENTY-
 ONE--TWO  THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO SCHOOL YEAR, WITH STUDENTS SERVED IN HALF-
 DAY SETTINGS MULTIPLIED BY FIVE-TENTHS (0.5), LESS  (B)  THE  NUMBER  OF
 PUPILS  SERVED  IN  A  CONVERSION  SLOT  PURSUANT  TO SECTION THIRTY-SIX
 HUNDRED TWO-EE OF THIS PART IN THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE--TWO THOUSAND
 TWENTY-TWO SCHOOL YEAR MULTIPLIED BY FIVE-TENTHS (0.5).
   § 14. Paragraph d of subdivision 12 of section 3602-e of the education
 law, as amended by section 17-b of part A of chapter 56 of the  laws  of
 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   d. transitional guidelines and rules which allow a program to meet the
 required  staff  qualifications  and  any  other  requirements set forth
 pursuant to this section and regulations adopted by the board of regents
 and the commissioner; provided that such guidelines  include  an  annual
 process  by  which  a district may apply to the commissioner by [August]
 SEPTEMBER first of the current school year for a waiver that would allow
 personnel employed by an eligible agency that is  collaborating  with  a
 school  district  to provide prekindergarten services and licensed by an
 agency other than the  department,  to  meet  the  staff  qualifications
 prescribed  by  the  licensing or registering agency. Provided, further,
 that the commissioner shall annually  submit  a  report  by  [September]
 NOVEMBER first to the chairperson of the assembly ways and means commit-
 tee, the chairperson of the senate finance committee and the director of
 the  budget which shall include but not be limited to the following: (a)
 a listing of the school districts receiving a waiver  pursuant  to  this
 paragraph  from  the  commissioner  for the current school year; (b) the
 number and proportion of students within each district receiving a waiv-
 er pursuant to this paragraph for  the  current  school  year  that  are
 receiving instruction from personnel employed by an eligible agency that
 is  collaborating  with  a  school  district  to provide prekindergarten
 services and licensed by an agency other than the  department;  and  (c)
 the  number  and  proportion of total prekindergarten personnel for each
 school district that are providing instructional  services  pursuant  to
 this  paragraph  that are employed by an eligible agency that is collab-
 orating with a school district to provide prekindergarten  services  and
 licensed by an agency other than the department, to meet the staff qual-
 ifications prescribed by the licensing or registering agency.
   § 15. Paragraph c of subdivision 8 of section 3602-ee of the education
 law,  as  amended by section 17-a of part A of chapter 56 of the laws of
 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   (c) for eligible agencies as defined in paragraph b of subdivision one
 of section thirty-six hundred two-e of this part that are not schools, a
 bachelor's degree in early childhood education. Provided however, begin-
 ning with the two thousand twenty-two--two thousand twenty-three  school
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 year,  a  school  district  may  annually  apply  to the commissioner by
 [August] SEPTEMBER first of the current school year for  a  waiver  that
 would allow personnel employed by an eligible agency that is collaborat-
 ing  with  a  school  district  to  provide prekindergarten services and
 licensed by an agency other than the department, to meet the staff qual-
 ifications prescribed by the licensing or registering  agency.  Provided
 further that the commissioner shall annually submit a report by [Septem-
 ber]  NOVEMBER  first  to the chairperson of the assembly ways and means
 committee, the chairperson of  the  senate  finance  committee  and  the
 director  of  the  budget  which shall include but not be limited to the
 following: (a) a listing of the  school  districts  receiving  a  waiver
 pursuant  to this paragraph from the commissioner for the current school
 year; (b) the number and proportion of  students  within  each  district
 receiving  a  waiver  pursuant  to this paragraph for the current school
 year that are receiving instruction from personnel employed by an eligi-
 ble agency that is collaborating with a school district to provide prek-
 indergarten services and licensed by an agency other  than  the  depart-
 ment;  and  (c)  the  number  and  proportion  of  total prekindergarten
 personnel for each school  district  that  are  providing  instructional
 services  pursuant  to  this  paragraph that are employed by an eligible
 agency that is collaborating with a school district to  provide  prekin-
 dergarten  services and licensed by an agency other than the department,
 to meet the staff qualifications prescribed by the licensing  or  regis-
 tering agency.
   §  16.  Subdivision  16  of  section  3602-ee of the education law, as
 amended by section 17 of part A of chapter 56 of the laws  of  2022,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   16.  The authority of the department to administer the universal full-
 day pre-kindergarten program shall expire June thirtieth,  two  thousand
 [twenty-three] TWENTY-FOUR; provided that the program shall continue and
 remain in full effect.
   §  17.  Paragraph  a of subdivision 5 of section 3604 of the education
 law, as amended by chapter 161 of the laws of 2005, is amended  to  read
 as follows:
   a. State aid adjustments. All errors or omissions in the apportionment
 shall  be  corrected by the commissioner. Whenever a school district has
 been apportioned less money than that  to  which  it  is  entitled,  the
 commissioner may allot to such district the balance to which it is enti-
 tled.  Whenever  a  school district has been apportioned more money than
 that to which it is entitled, the commissioner may, by an order,  direct
 such  moneys  to be paid back to the state to be credited to the general
 fund local assistance account for state  aid  to  the  schools,  or  may
 deduct  such  amount  from  the  next  apportionment  to be made to said
 district, provided, however, that, upon notification of excess  payments
 of  aid for which a recovery must be made by the state through deduction
 of future aid payments, a school district may request that  such  excess
 payments  be  recovered  by  deducting  such  excess  payments  from the
 payments due to such school district and payable in the month of June in
 (i) the school year in which such notification was received and (ii) the
 two succeeding school years, provided further that  there  shall  be  no
 interest  penalty  assessed  against  such  district or collected by the
 state. Such request shall be made to the commissioner in  such  form  as
 the  commissioner  shall  prescribe, and shall be based on documentation
 that the total amount to be recovered is in excess of one percent of the
 district's total general fund  expenditures  for  the  preceding  school
 year.  The  amount to be deducted in the first year shall be the greater
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 of (i) the sum of the amount of such excess payments that is  recognized
 as  a liability due to other governments by the district for the preced-
 ing school year and the positive remainder of the district's  unreserved
 fund  balance at the close of the preceding school year less the product
 of the district's total general  fund  expenditures  for  the  preceding
 school year multiplied by five percent, or (ii) one-third of such excess
 payments.  The amount to be recovered in the second year shall equal the
 lesser of the remaining amount of such excess payments to  be  recovered
 or  one-third  of such excess payments, and the remaining amount of such
 excess payments shall be recovered in the third year.  Provided  further
 that,  notwithstanding  any  other  provisions  of this subdivision, any
 pending payment of moneys due to such district as a prior  year  adjust-
 ment  payable pursuant to paragraph c of this subdivision for aid claims
 that had been previously paid as current year aid payments in excess  of
 the  amount  to which the district is entitled and for which recovery of
 excess payments is to be made  pursuant  to  this  paragraph,  shall  be
 reduced  at  the  time  of  actual  payment by any remaining unrecovered
 balance of such excess payments, and the remaining scheduled  deductions
 of  such  excess payments pursuant to this paragraph shall be reduced by
 the commissioner to reflect the amount so recovered.  [The  commissioner
 shall certify no payment to a school district based on a claim submitted
 later  than three years after the close of the school year in which such
 payment was first to be made.  For claims for which payment is first  to
 be  made  in  the nineteen hundred ninety-six--ninety-seven school year,
 the commissioner shall certify no payment to a school district based  on
 a  claim  submitted  later than two years after the close of such school
 year.] For claims for which payment is first to be made [in the nineteen
 hundred ninety-seven--ninety-eight school year and thereafter] PRIOR  TO
 THE  TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE SCHOOL YEAR, the
 commissioner shall certify no payment to a school district  based  on  a
 claim submitted later than one year after the close of such school year.
 FOR  CLAIMS  FOR  WHICH  PAYMENT IS FIRST TO BE MADE IN THE TWO THOUSAND
 TWENTY-TWO--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE SCHOOL YEAR  AND  THEREAFTER,  THE
 COMMISSIONER  SHALL  CERTIFY  NO PAYMENT TO A SCHOOL DISTRICT BASED ON A
 CLAIM SUBMITTED LATER THAN THE FIRST OF NOVEMBER OF  SUCH  SCHOOL  YEAR.
 Provided,  however,  no  payments  shall be barred or reduced where such
 payment is required as a result of a final audit of the  state.  [It  is
 further  provided  that,  until June thirtieth, nineteen hundred ninety-
 six, the commissioner may grant a waiver from  the  provisions  of  this
 section  for any school district if it is in the best educational inter-
 ests of the district pursuant to guidelines developed by the commission-
 er and approved by the director of the budget.] IT IS  FURTHER  PROVIDED
 THAT, FOR ANY APPORTIONMENTS PROVIDED PURSUANT TO SECTIONS SEVEN HUNDRED
 ONE,  SEVEN  HUNDRED  ELEVEN,  SEVEN  HUNDRED  FIFTY-ONE,  SEVEN HUNDRED
 FIFTY-THREE, NINETEEN HUNDRED FIFTY, THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWO,  THIRTY-SIX
 HUNDRED  TWO-B,  THIRTY-SIX  HUNDRED TWO-C, THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWO-E AND
 FORTY-FOUR HUNDRED FIVE OF THIS CHAPTER FOR THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO-
 -TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE AND TWO THOUSAND  TWENTY-THREE--TWO  THOUSAND
 TWENTY-FOUR SCHOOL YEARS, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL CERTIFY NO PAYMENT TO A
 SCHOOL  DISTRICT,  OTHER  THAN  PAYMENTS  PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISIONS FOUR,
 SIX-A, ELEVEN, THIRTEEN AND FIFTEEN OF SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWO OF
 THIS PART, IN EXCESS OF THE PAYMENT COMPUTED BASED ON AN ELECTRONIC DATA
 FILE USED TO PRODUCE THE SCHOOL AID COMPUTER  LISTING  PRODUCED  BY  THE
 COMMISSIONER  IN  SUPPORT  OF THE EXECUTIVE BUDGET REQUEST SUBMITTED FOR
 THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE--TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-FOUR  STATE  FISCAL
 YEAR  AND  ENTITLED  "BT232-4", AND FURTHER PROVIDED THAT FOR ANY APPOR-
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 TIONMENTS PROVIDED PURSUANT TO SECTIONS SEVEN HUNDRED ONE, SEVEN HUNDRED
 ELEVEN, SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE,  SEVEN  HUNDRED  FIFTY-THREE,  NINETEEN
 HUNDRED  FIFTY,  THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWO, THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWO-B, THIR-
 TY-SIX  HUNDRED  TWO-C,  THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWO-E AND FORTY-FOUR HUNDRED
 FIVE OF THIS CHAPTER FOR  THE  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-FOUR--TWO  THOUSAND
 TWENTY-FIVE  SCHOOL  YEAR AND THEREAFTER, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL CERTIFY
 NO PAYMENT TO A SCHOOL DISTRICT, OTHER THAN PAYMENTS PURSUANT TO  SUBDI-
 VISIONS  FOUR, SIX-A, ELEVEN, THIRTEEN AND FIFTEEN OF SECTION THIRTY-SIX
 HUNDRED TWO OF THIS PART, IN EXCESS OF THE PAYMENT COMPUTED BASED ON  AN
 ELECTRONIC  DATA  FILE  USED  TO PRODUCE THE SCHOOL AID COMPUTER LISTING
 PRODUCED BY THE COMMISSIONER IN SUPPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE BUDGET  REQUEST
 SUBMITTED FOR THE STATE FISCAL YEAR IN WHICH THE SCHOOL YEAR COMMENCES.
   § 18. The opening paragraph of section 3609-a of the education law, as
 amended  by  section  19 of part A of chapter 56 of the laws of 2022, is
 amended to read as follows:
   For aid payable in the two thousand seven--two thousand  eight  school
 year  through  the  two  thousand  twenty-two--two thousand twenty-three
 school year, "moneys apportioned" shall mean the lesser of (i)  the  sum
 of  one  hundred  percent  of  the  respective amount set forth for each
 school district as payable pursuant to this section in  the  school  aid
 computer  listing  for  the current year produced by the commissioner in
 support of the budget which includes the appropriation for  the  general
 support  for  public schools for the prescribed payments and individual-
 ized payments due prior to April first for the  current  year  plus  the
 apportionment  payable during the current school year pursuant to subdi-
 vision six-a and subdivision fifteen of section thirty-six  hundred  two
 of  this  part  minus  any  reductions  to current year aids pursuant to
 subdivision seven of section thirty-six hundred four of this part or any
 deduction from  apportionment  payable  pursuant  to  this  chapter  for
 collection  of a school district basic contribution as defined in subdi-
 vision eight of section forty-four hundred one of this chapter, less any
 grants provided pursuant to subparagraph two-a of paragraph b of  subdi-
 vision  four  of section ninety-two-c of the state finance law, less any
 grants provided pursuant to subdivision five  of  section  ninety-seven-
 nnnn  of  the  state  finance  law, less any grants provided pursuant to
 subdivision twelve of section thirty-six hundred forty-one of this arti-
 cle, or (ii) the apportionment calculated by the commissioner  based  on
 data  on  file  at  the time the payment is processed; provided however,
 that for the purposes of any payments  made  pursuant  to  this  section
 prior  to  the  first  business  day of June of the current year, moneys
 apportioned shall not include any aids payable pursuant to  subdivisions
 six  and  fourteen,  if applicable, of section thirty-six hundred two of
 this part as current year aid for  debt  service  on  bond  anticipation
 notes  and/or bonds first issued in the current year or any aids payable
 for full-day kindergarten for the current year pursuant  to  subdivision
 nine  of section thirty-six hundred two of this part. The definitions of
 "base year" and "current year"  as  set  forth  in  subdivision  one  of
 section thirty-six hundred two of this part shall apply to this section.
 [For  aid  payable  in the two thousand twenty-two--two thousand twenty-
 three school year, reference to such "school aid  computer  listing  for
 the  current year" shall mean the printouts entitled "SA222-3".] FOR AID
 PAYABLE IN  THE  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-THREE--TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-FOUR
 SCHOOL  YEAR  AND THEREAFTER, "MONEYS APPORTIONED" SHALL MEAN THE SUM OF
 APPORTIONMENTS PROVIDED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION FOUR OF SECTION  THIRTY-
 SIX  HUNDRED TWO OF THIS ARTICLE PLUS THE LESSER OF:  (I) THE SUM OF ONE
 HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE RESPECTIVE  AMOUNT  SET  FORTH  FOR  EACH  SCHOOL
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 DISTRICT  AS PAYABLE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION IN THE SCHOOL AID COMPUTER
 LISTING FOR THE CURRENT YEAR PRODUCED BY THE COMMISSIONER IN SUPPORT  OF
 THE  EXECUTIVE  BUDGET  REQUEST WHICH INCLUDES THE APPROPRIATION FOR THE
 GENERAL SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR THE PRESCRIBED PAYMENTS AND INDI-
 VIDUALIZED  PAYMENTS  DUE PRIOR TO APRIL FIRST FOR THE CURRENT YEAR PLUS
 THE APPORTIONMENT PAYABLE DURING THE CURRENT  SCHOOL  YEAR  PURSUANT  TO
 SUBDIVISIONS SIX-A AND FIFTEEN OF SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWO OF THIS
 PART  MINUS  ANY REDUCTIONS TO CURRENT YEAR AIDS PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION
 SEVEN OF SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED FOUR OF THIS PART OR  ANY  DEDUCTION
 FROM  APPORTIONMENT PAYABLE PURSUANT TO THIS CHAPTER FOR COLLECTION OF A
 SCHOOL DISTRICT BASIC CONTRIBUTION AS DEFINED IN  SUBDIVISION  EIGHT  OF
 SECTION FORTY-FOUR HUNDRED ONE OF THIS CHAPTER, LESS ANY GRANTS PROVIDED
 PURSUANT  TO  SUBPARAGRAPH  TWO-A  OF PARAGRAPH B OF SUBDIVISION FOUR OF
 SECTION NINETY-TWO-C OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW, LESS ANY GRANTS  PROVIDED
 PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION  SIX OF SECTION NINETY-SEVEN-NNNN OF THE STATE
 FINANCE LAW, LESS ANY GRANTS PROVIDED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWELVE  OF
 SECTION  THIRTY-SIX  HUNDRED  FORTY-ONE OF THIS ARTICLE, LESS APPORTION-
 MENTS PROVIDED  PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION  FOUR  OF  SECTION  THIRTY-SIX
 HUNDRED TWO OF THIS ARTICLE, OR (II) THE APPORTIONMENT CALCULATED BY THE
 COMMISSIONER BASED ON DATA ON FILE AT THE TIME THE PAYMENT IS PROCESSED,
 EXCLUDING  APPORTIONMENTS  PROVIDED  PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION  FOUR  OF
 SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWO OF THIS ARTICLE; PROVIDED  HOWEVER,  THAT
 FOR  THE PURPOSES OF ANY PAYMENTS MADE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION PRIOR TO
 THE FIRST BUSINESS DAY OF JUNE OF THE CURRENT YEAR,  MONEYS  APPORTIONED
 SHALL  NOT  INCLUDE  ANY  AIDS  PAYABLE PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISIONS SIX AND
 FOURTEEN, IF APPLICABLE, OF SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWO OF THIS  PART
 AS  CURRENT  YEAR AID FOR DEBT SERVICE ON BOND ANTICIPATION NOTES AND/OR
 BONDS FIRST ISSUED IN THE CURRENT YEAR OR ANY AIDS PAYABLE FOR  FULL-DAY
 KINDERGARTEN  FOR  THE  CURRENT  YEAR  PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION NINE OF
 SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWO OF THIS PART. FOR AID PAYABLE IN THE  TWO
 THOUSAND  TWENTY-THREE--TWO  THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR SCHOOL YEAR, REFERENCE
 TO SUCH "SCHOOL AID COMPUTER LISTING FOR THE CURRENT  YEAR"  SHALL  MEAN
 THE PRINTOUTS ENTITLED "BT232-4".
   §  19.  Section  3638  of the education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 7 to read as follows:
   7. ZERO-EMISSION BUS PROGRESS REPORTING. A. BEGINNING IN THE TWO THOU-
 SAND TWENTY-THREE--TWO THOUSAND  TWENTY-FOUR  SCHOOL  YEAR,  ALL  SCHOOL
 DISTRICTS  ELIGIBLE  TO RECEIVE AN APPORTIONMENT UNDER SUBDIVISION SEVEN
 OF SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWO OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL ANNUALLY  SUBMIT
 TO  THE COMMISSIONER A PROGRESS REPORT ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ZERO-EM-
 ISSION BUSES AS REQUIRED UNDER THIS SECTION IN A  FORMAT  PRESCRIBED  BY
 THE COMMISSIONER AND APPROVED BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET.  THE REPORT
 SHALL  INCLUDE,  BUT  NOT BE LIMITED TO, (I) SUFFICIENCY OF THE ELECTRIC
 GRID TO SUPPORT ANTICIPATED ELECTRICAL NEEDS, (II) THE AVAILABILITY  AND
 INSTALLATION  OF  CHARGING  STATIONS  AND  OTHER  COMPONENTS REQUIRED TO
 SUPPORT THE ANTICIPATED FULL NEEDS FOR ZERO-EMISSION SCHOOL BUSES, (III)
 PROGRESS OF THE TRAINING AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT  NEEDED  TO  SUPPORT,
 MAINTAIN,  AND  SERVICE ZERO-EMISSION BUSES, (IV) THE NUMBER AND PROPOR-
 TION OF ZERO-EMISSION BUSES PURCHASED, LEASED, OR UTILIZED BY  DISTRICTS
 PROVIDING  TRANSPORTATION SERVICES CURRENTLY IN USE AND THE TOTAL ANTIC-
 IPATED NUMBER FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS, AND (V) THE NUMBER AND  PROPORTION
 OF  ZERO-EMISSION  BUSES  PURCHASED,  LEASED, OR UTILIZED BY CONTRACTORS
 PROVIDING TRANSPORTATION SERVICES CURRENTLY IN USE AND THE TOTAL  ANTIC-
 IPATED  NUMBER  FOR  THE NEXT TWO YEARS.   THESE REPORTS SHALL BE DUE NO
 LATER THAN AUGUST FIRST OF EACH YEAR.    BEGINNING  OCTOBER  FIRST,  TWO
 THOUSAND  TWENTY-THREE,  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ANNUALLY SUBMIT A REPORT
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 TO THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE ASSEMBLY WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE, THE  CHAIR-
 PERSON  OF  THE  SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE AND THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET
 WHICH SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO THE  INFORMATION  REPORTED  BY
 DISTRICTS UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION.
   §  20.  Subdivision b of section 2 of chapter 756 of the laws of 1992,
 relating to funding a program for work force education conducted by  the
 consortium  for worker education in New York city, as amended by section
 20 of part A of chapter 56 of the laws of 2022, is amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   b.  Reimbursement for programs approved in accordance with subdivision
 a of this section for the reimbursement for the 2018--2019  school  year
 shall not exceed 59.4 percent of the lesser of such approvable costs per
 contact hour or fourteen dollars and ninety-five cents per contact hour,
 reimbursement  for  the  2019--2020  school  year  shall not exceed 57.7
 percent of the lesser of such  approvable  costs  per  contact  hour  or
 fifteen  dollars  sixty  cents  per  contact hour, reimbursement for the
 2020--2021 school year shall not exceed 56.9 percent of  the  lesser  of
 such  approvable  costs  per contact hour or sixteen dollars and twenty-
 five cents per contact hour, reimbursement  for  the  2021--2022  school
 year  shall  not  exceed  56.0  percent of the lesser of such approvable
 costs per contact hour or sixteen dollars and forty  cents  per  contact
 hour,  [and]  reimbursement  for  the  2022--2023  school year shall not
 exceed 55.7 percent of the lesser of such approvable costs  per  contact
 hour or sixteen dollars and sixty cents per contact hour, AND REIMBURSE-
 MENT FOR THE 2023--2024 SCHOOL YEAR SHALL NOT EXCEED 54.7 PERCENT OF THE
 LESSER OF SUCH APPROVABLE COSTS PER CONTACT HOUR OR EIGHTEEN DOLLARS PER
 CONTACT  HOUR,  and  where  a  contact  hour represents sixty minutes of
 instruction services provided to an eligible adult.  Notwithstanding any
 other provision of law to the contrary, for the 2018--2019  school  year
 such contact hours shall not exceed one million four hundred sixty-three
 thousand nine hundred sixty-three (1,463,963); for the 2019--2020 school
 year  such  contact  hours  shall  not  exceed  one million four hundred
 forty-four  thousand  four  hundred  forty-four  (1,444,444);  for   the
 2020--2021  school  year such contact hours shall not exceed one million
 four hundred six thousand nine hundred twenty-six (1,406,926);  for  the
 2021--2022  school  year such contact hours shall not exceed one million
 four hundred sixteen thousand one hundred twenty-two (1,416,122);  [and]
 for  the  2022--2023 school year such contact hours shall not exceed one
 million four hundred six thousand nine hundred  twenty-six  (1,406,926);
 AND  FOR  THE 2023--2024 SCHOOL YEAR SUCH CONTACT HOURS SHALL NOT EXCEED
 ONE MILLION ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT  THOUSAND  SIX  HUNDRED  NINETY-NINE
 (1,168,699). Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
 the apportionment calculated for the city school district of the city of
 New York pursuant to subdivision 11 of section 3602 of the education law
 shall  be  computed  as if such contact hours provided by the consortium
 for worker education, not to exceed the contact hours set forth  herein,
 were eligible for aid in accordance with the provisions of such subdivi-
 sion 11 of section 3602 of the education law.
   §  21. Section 4 of chapter 756 of the laws of 1992, relating to fund-
 ing a program for work force education conducted by the  consortium  for
 worker  education  in New York city, is amended by adding a new subdivi-
 sion bb to read as follows:
   BB. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS  SUBDIVISION  SHALL  NOT  APPLY  AFTER  THE
 COMPLETION OF PAYMENTS FOR THE 2023--24 SCHOOL YEAR. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY
 INCONSISTENT  PROVISIONS  OF  LAW,  THE  COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION SHALL
 WITHHOLD A PORTION OF EMPLOYMENT PREPARATION EDUCATION AID  DUE  TO  THE
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 CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK TO SUPPORT A PORTION OF THE
 COSTS OF THE WORK FORCE EDUCATION PROGRAM. SUCH MONEYS SHALL BE CREDITED
 TO  THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION FUND-LOCAL ASSISTANCE ACCOUNT
 AND  SHALL  NOT  EXCEED  ELEVEN  MILLION  FIVE  HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS
 ($11,500,000).
   § 22. Section 6 of chapter 756 of the laws of 1992, relating to  fund-
 ing  a  program for work force education conducted by the consortium for
 worker education in New York city, as amended by section 22 of part A of
 chapter 56 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   § 6. This act shall take effect July 1,  1992,  and  shall  be  deemed
 repealed [on] June 30, [2023] 2024.
   §  23.  Subdivision  2  of section 44 of part CCC of chapter 59 of the
 laws of 2018 amending the education law, relating to a statement of  the
 total funding allocation, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  Sections  four  and  four-a of this act shall expire and be deemed
 repealed June 30, [2023] 2028; and
   § 24. Section 12 of chapter 147 of  the  laws  of  2001  amending  the
 education  law  relating  to conditional appointment of school district,
 charter school or BOCES employees, as amended by section 24 of part A of
 chapter 56 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   § 12. This act shall take effect on the same date as  chapter  180  of
 the  laws of 2000 takes effect[, and shall expire July 1, 2023 when upon
 such date the provisions of this act shall be deemed repealed].
   § 25. Section 12 of part C of chapter 56 of the laws of 2020   direct-
 ing  the  commissioner  of education to appoint   a   monitor   for  the
 Rochester city  school district,  establishing  the  powers  and  duties
 of such monitor and certain other officers and relating to the    appor-
 tionment    of  aid   to such   school   district, is amended to read as
 follows:
   § 12. This act shall take effect immediately, provided, however,  that
 sections two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine and ten of this
 act  shall  expire  and  be  deemed  repealed  June 30, [2023] 2025; and
 provided further, however that sections one and eleven of this act shall
 expire and be deemed repealed June 30, 2049.
   § 26. Subdivision 11 of section 94 of part C of chapter 57 of the laws
 of 2004 relating to the support of education, as amended by  section  37
 of  part  A  of  chapter  56  of the laws of 2020, is amended to read as
 follows:
   11. section seventy-one  of  this  act  shall  expire  and  be  deemed
 repealed June 30, [2023] 2028;
   §  27. 1. The education department shall conduct a comprehensive study
 of alternative tuition rate-setting methodologies for approved providers
 operating school-age programs receiving funding  under  article  81  and
 article  89  of  the  education  law  and  providers  operating approved
 preschool special education programs under section 4410 of the education
 law. The department shall ensure that such  study  consider  stakeholder
 feedback  and  include, but not be limited to, a comparative analysis of
 rate-setting methodologies utilized by other agencies of  the  state  of
 New  York, including the rate-setting methodology utilized by the office
 of children and family services for private residential school programs;
 options and recommendations for an alternative rate-setting  methodology
 or methodologies; cost estimates for such alternative methodologies; and
 an  analysis of current provider tuition rates compared to tuition rates
 that would be established under such alternative methodologies.
   2. At a minimum, any recommended alternative rate-setting  methodology
 or  methodologies  proposed  for such preschool and school-age providers
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 shall: (a)  in total, be cost neutral to the state, school districts and
 counties; (b) substantially restrict or eliminate tuition rate  appeals;
 (c)  establish  tuition  rates that are calculated based on standardized
 parameters  and criteria, including, but not limited to, defined program
 and staffing models, regional costs,  and  minimum  required  enrollment
 levels  as  a  percentage of program operating capacities; (d) include a
 schedule to phase in new tuition rates in  accordance  with  the  recom-
 mended  methodology  or  methodologies; and (e) ensure tuition rates for
 all programs can be calculated no  later  than  the  beginning  of  each
 school year.
   3.  The  education  department  shall  present its recommendations and
 analysis to the division of the budget  no  later  than  July  1,  2025,
 provided,  however, that the department shall regularly consult with the
 division of the budget throughout completion of its study.  Adoption  of
 any  alternative  rate-setting  methodologies  shall  be  subject to the
 approval of the director of the division of the budget.
   § 28. Section 3 of chapter 507  of  the  laws  of  1974,  relating  to
 providing  for  the  apportionment  of state monies to certain nonpublic
 schools, to reimburse them for their expenses in complying with  certain
 state  requirements  for  the administration of state testing and evalu-
 ation programs and for participation in state programs for the reporting
 of basic educational data, as amended by section 38 of part A of chapter
 56 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
   § 3. Apportionment. a. The commissioner shall  annually  apportion  to
 each  qualifying  school,  for  school years beginning on and after July
 first, nineteen hundred seventy-four, an amount equal to the actual cost
 incurred by each such  school  during  the  preceding  school  year  for
 providing  services  required  by  law  to  be  rendered to the state in
 compliance  with  the  requirements  of  the  state's  pupil  evaluation
 program,  the  basic  educational data system, regents examinations, the
 statewide evaluation plan, the uniform procedure  for  pupil  attendance
 reporting,  the  state's  immunization  program  and other similar state
 prepared examinations and reporting  procedures.    Provided  that  each
 nonpublic  school that seeks aid payable in the two thousand twenty--two
 thousand twenty-one school year to reimburse two thousand  nineteen--two
 thousand  twenty  school year expenses shall submit a claim for such aid
 to the state education department no later than May fifteenth, two thou-
 sand twenty-one and such claims shall be paid  by  the  state  education
 department  no  later  than  June  thirtieth,  two  thousand twenty-one.
 Provided further that each nonpublic school that seeks  aid  payable  in
 the  two  thousand  twenty-one--two  thousand twenty-two school year and
 thereafter shall submit a claim for such  aid  to  the  state  education
 department  no later than April first of the school year in which aid is
 payable and such claims shall be paid by the state education  department
 no  later  than  May thirty-first of such school year.  PROVIDED FURTHER
 THAT, FOR AID PAYABLE IN THE  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-THREE--TWO  THOUSAND
 TWENTY-FOUR SCHOOL YEAR AND THEREAFTER, THE STATE'S LIABILITY UNDER THIS
 SECTION  SHALL  BE  LIMITED  TO  THE ANNUAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED FOR SUCH
 PURPOSE. IN THE EVENT THAT TOTAL CLAIMS SUBMITTED EXCEED  THE  APPROPRI-
 ATION  AVAILABLE FOR SUCH AID, EACH CLAIMANT SHALL ONLY BE REIMBURSED AN
 AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE PERCENTAGE THAT EACH SUCH CLAIMANT REPRESENTS TO THE
 TOTAL OF ALL CLAIMS SUBMITTED.
   b. Such nonpublic schools shall be eligible to receive  aid  based  on
 the  number  of days or portion of days attendance is taken and either a
 5.0/5.5 hour standard instructional day, or another work day  as  certi-
 fied by the nonpublic school officials, in accordance with the methodol-
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 ogy  for  computing  salary  and  benefits  applied by the department in
 paying aid for the two thousand twelve--two thousand thirteen and  prior
 school years.
   c. The commissioner shall annually apportion to each qualifying school
 in  the  cities  of  New  York,  Buffalo and Rochester, for school years
 beginning on or after July first two thousand sixteen, an  amount  equal
 to  the  actual  cost  incurred by each such school during the preceding
 school year in meeting the recording and reporting requirements  of  the
 state  school  immunization program, provided that the state's liability
 shall be limited to the amount appropriated for this purpose.
   § 29. Special apportionment for salary  expenses.  1.  Notwithstanding
 any  other  provision  of  law,  upon application to the commissioner of
 education, not sooner than the first day of  the  second  full  business
 week  of  June  2024  and  not later than the last day of the third full
 business week of June 2024, a school district eligible for an apportion-
 ment pursuant to section 3602 of the education law shall be eligible  to
 receive  an  apportionment pursuant to this section, for the school year
 ending June 30, 2024, for salary expenses incurred between April  1  and
 June 30, 2023 and such apportionment shall not exceed the sum of (a) the
 deficit  reduction assessment of 1990--1991 as determined by the commis-
 sioner of education, pursuant to paragraph f of subdivision 1 of section
 3602 of the education law, as in effect through June 30, 1993, plus  (b)
 186  percent  of such amount for a city school district in a city with a
 population in excess of 1,000,000 inhabitants, plus (c) 209  percent  of
 such  amount  for  a city school district in a city with a population of
 more than 195,000 inhabitants and less than 219,000 inhabitants  accord-
 ing  to  the  latest  federal  census,  plus (d) the net gap elimination
 adjustment for 2010--2011, as determined by the commissioner  of  educa-
 tion pursuant to chapter 53 of the laws of 2010, plus (e) the gap elimi-
 nation  adjustment  for 2011-- 2012 as determined by the commissioner of
 education pursuant to subdivision 17 of section 3602  of  the  education
 law,  and provided further that such apportionment shall not exceed such
 salary expenses.  Such application shall be made by a  school  district,
 after the board of education or trustees have adopted a resolution to do
 so and in the case of a city school district in a city with a population
 in excess of 125,000 inhabitants, with the approval of the mayor of such
 city.
   2.  The  claim  for  an  apportionment to be paid to a school district
 pursuant to subdivision 1 of this section  shall  be  submitted  to  the
 commissioner  of  education  on  a form prescribed for such purpose, and
 shall be payable upon determination by such commissioner that  the  form
 has been submitted as prescribed. Such approved amounts shall be payable
 on  the  same  day in September of the school year following the year in
 which application was made as funds provided pursuant to subparagraph  4
 of  paragraph  b  of  subdivision 4 of section 92-c of the state finance
 law, on the audit and warrant  of  the  state  comptroller  on  vouchers
 certified  or  approved  by  the commissioner of education in the manner
 prescribed by law from moneys in the state lottery  fund  and  from  the
 general  fund  to  the  extent that the amount paid to a school district
 pursuant to this section exceeds the amount, if  any,  due  such  school
 district  pursuant  to subparagraph 2 of paragraph a of subdivision 1 of
 section 3609-a of the education law in the  school  year  following  the
 year in which application was made.
   3.  Notwithstanding  the provisions of section 3609-a of the education
 law, an amount equal to the amount paid to a school district pursuant to
 subdivisions 1 and 2 of this section shall first be  deducted  from  the
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 following  payments  due  the  school  district  during  the school year
 following the year in which application was made  pursuant  to  subpara-
 graphs  1,  2,  3,  4  and  5 of paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section
 3609-a  of  the education law in the following order: the lottery appor-
 tionment payable pursuant to subparagraph 2 of such  paragraph  followed
 by  the  fixed  fall payments payable pursuant to subparagraph 4 of such
 paragraph and then followed by the district's payments to the  teachers'
 retirement  system pursuant to subparagraph 1 of such paragraph, and any
 remainder to be  deducted  from  the  individualized  payments  due  the
 district  pursuant  to paragraph b of such subdivision shall be deducted
 on a chronological basis starting with  the  earliest  payment  due  the
 district.
   §  30. Special apportionment for public pension accruals. 1.  Notwith-
 standing any other provision of law, upon application to the commission-
 er of education, not later than June 30, 2024, a school district  eligi-
 ble  for  an apportionment pursuant to section 3602 of the education law
 shall be eligible to receive an apportionment pursuant to this  section,
 for  the  school  year ending June 30, 2024 and such apportionment shall
 not exceed the  additional  accruals  required  to  be  made  by  school
 districts  in the 2004--2005 and 2005--2006 school years associated with
 changes for such public pension liabilities. The amount  of  such  addi-
 tional  accrual  shall  be certified to the commissioner of education by
 the president of the board of education or the trustees or, in the  case
 of  a  city  school  district  in  a city with a population in excess of
 125,000 inhabitants, the mayor of such city. Such application  shall  be
 made by a school district, after the board of education or trustees have
 adopted  a resolution to do so and in the case of a city school district
 in a city with a population in excess of 125,000 inhabitants,  with  the
 approval of the mayor of such city.
   2.  The  claim  for  an  apportionment to be paid to a school district
 pursuant to subdivision 1 of this section  shall  be  submitted  to  the
 commissioner  of  education  on  a form prescribed for such purpose, and
 shall be payable upon determination by such commissioner that  the  form
 has been submitted as prescribed. Such approved amounts shall be payable
 on  the  same  day in September of the school year following the year in
 which application was made as funds provided pursuant to subparagraph  4
 of  paragraph  b  of  subdivision 4 of section 92-c of the state finance
 law, on the audit and warrant  of  the  state  comptroller  on  vouchers
 certified  or  approved  by  the commissioner of education in the manner
 prescribed by law from moneys in the state lottery  fund  and  from  the
 general  fund  to  the  extent that the amount paid to a school district
 pursuant to this section exceeds the amount, if  any,  due  such  school
 district  pursuant  to subparagraph 2 of paragraph a of subdivision 1 of
 section 3609-a of the education law in the  school  year  following  the
 year in which application was made.
   3.  Notwithstanding  the provisions of section 3609-a of the education
 law, an amount equal to the amount paid to a school district pursuant to
 subdivisions 1 and 2 of this section shall first be  deducted  from  the
 following  payments  due  the  school  district  during  the school year
 following the year in which application was made  pursuant  to  subpara-
 graphs  1,  2,  3,  4  and  5 of paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section
 3609-a of the education law in the following order: the  lottery  appor-
 tionment  payable  pursuant to subparagraph 2 of such paragraph followed
 by the fixed fall payments payable pursuant to subparagraph  4  of  such
 paragraph  and then followed by the district's payments to the teachers'
 retirement system pursuant to subparagraph 1 of such paragraph, and  any
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 remainder  to  be  deducted  from  the  individualized  payments due the
 district pursuant to paragraph b of such subdivision shall  be  deducted
 on  a  chronological  basis  starting  with the earliest payment due the
 district.
   §  31. The amounts specified in this section shall be a set-aside from
 the state funds which each such district is  receiving  from  the  total
 foundation aid:
   1.  for the development, maintenance or expansion of magnet schools or
 magnet school programs for the 2023--2024  school  year.  For  the  city
 school  district  of  the city of New York there shall be a set-aside of
 foundation aid equal to forty-eight  million  one  hundred  seventy-five
 thousand  dollars  ($48,175,000) including five hundred thousand dollars
 ($500,000) for the Andrew Jackson High  School;  for  the  Buffalo  city
 school   district,   twenty-one  million  twenty-five  thousand  dollars
 ($21,025,000); for the Rochester city school district,  fifteen  million
 dollars  ($15,000,000);  for the Syracuse city school district, thirteen
 million dollars ($13,000,000); for the  Yonkers  city  school  district,
 forty-nine  million five hundred thousand dollars ($49,500,000); for the
 Newburgh city school district, four million six hundred forty-five thou-
 sand dollars ($4,645,000); for the Poughkeepsie  city  school  district,
 two million four hundred seventy-five thousand dollars ($2,475,000); for
 the Mount Vernon city school district, two million dollars ($2,000,000);
 for  the New Rochelle city school district, one million four hundred ten
 thousand dollars ($1,410,000); for the Schenectady city school district,
 one million eight hundred thousand dollars ($1,800,000);  for  the  Port
 Chester  city  school  district,  one million one hundred fifty thousand
 dollars ($1,150,000); for the White Plains city  school  district,  nine
 hundred  thousand  dollars ($900,000); for the Niagara Falls city school
 district, six hundred thousand dollars ($600,000); for the  Albany  city
 school  district,  three  million  five  hundred  fifty thousand dollars
 ($3,550,000); for the Utica city school district,  two  million  dollars
 ($2,000,000);  for  the Beacon city school district, five hundred sixty-
 six  thousand  dollars  ($566,000);  for  the  Middletown  city   school
 district,  four  hundred  thousand  dollars ($400,000); for the Freeport
 union free school district, four hundred  thousand  dollars  ($400,000);
 for  the  Greenburgh  central  school  district,  three hundred thousand
 dollars ($300,000);  for  the  Amsterdam  city  school  district,  eight
 hundred  thousand  dollars  ($800,000);  for  the  Peekskill city school
 district, two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000); and  for  the  Hudson
 city school district, four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000).
   2.  Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law to the contrary,
 a school district setting aside such foundation  aid  pursuant  to  this
 section  may  use  such  set-aside  funds  for: (a) any instructional or
 instructional support costs associated with the operation  of  a  magnet
 school;  or (b) any instructional or instructional support costs associ-
 ated with implementation of an alternative approach to promote diversity
 and/or enhancement of the instructional program and raising of standards
 in elementary and secondary schools of school districts having  substan-
 tial concentrations of minority students.
   3.  The  commissioner of education shall not be authorized to withhold
 foundation aid from a school district that used such funds in accordance
 with this subdivision, notwithstanding any inconsistency with a  request
 for  proposals issued by such commissioner for the purpose of attendance
 improvement and dropout prevention for the 2023--2024 school  year,  and
 for  any city school district in a city having a population of more than
 one million,  the  set-aside  for  attendance  improvement  and  dropout
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 prevention  shall  equal  the amount set aside in the base year. For the
 2023--2024 school year, it is further  provided  that  any  city  school
 district  in  a  city having a population of more than one million shall
 allocate  at  least  one-third  of any increase from base year levels in
 funds set aside pursuant to the requirements of this section to communi-
 ty-based organizations. Any increase required pursuant to  this  section
 to  community-based  organizations  must  be  in addition to allocations
 provided to community-based organizations in the base year.
   4. For the purpose of teacher support for the 2023--2024 school  year:
 for  the city school district of the city of New York, sixty-two million
 seven hundred seven thousand dollars ($62,707,000); for the Buffalo city
 school district, one million seven hundred  forty-one  thousand  dollars
 ($1,741,000); for the Rochester city school district, one million seven-
 ty-six  thousand  dollars  ($1,076,000);  for  the  Yonkers  city school
 district,  one  million  one  hundred   forty-seven   thousand   dollars
 ($1,147,000);  and  for the Syracuse city school district, eight hundred
 nine thousand dollars ($809,000). All funds made available to  a  school
 district  pursuant  to  this section shall be distributed among teachers
 including prekindergarten teachers and teachers of adult vocational  and
 academic  subjects in accordance with this section and shall be in addi-
 tion to salaries heretofore or hereafter negotiated or  made  available;
 provided,  however,  that all funds distributed pursuant to this section
 for the current year shall be deemed to incorporate all  funds  distrib-
 uted  pursuant to former subdivision 27 of section 3602 of the education
 law for prior years. In school districts where the teachers are  repres-
 ented  by  certified  or  recognized  employee organizations, all salary
 increases funded pursuant to this section shall be determined  by  sepa-
 rate  collective  negotiations  conducted pursuant to the provisions and
 procedures of article 14 of the civil service law,  notwithstanding  the
 existence  of  a  negotiated  agreement  between a school district and a
 certified or recognized employee organization.
   § 32. Support of public libraries. The  moneys  appropriated  for  the
 support  of  public  libraries by a chapter of the laws of 2023 enacting
 the aid to localities budget shall  be  apportioned  for  the  2023-2024
 state  fiscal  year  in  accordance with the provisions of sections 271,
 272, 273, 282, 284, and 285 of the  education  law  as  amended  by  the
 provisions  of such chapter and the provisions of this section, provided
 that library construction aid pursuant to section 273-a of the education
 law shall not be payable from the  appropriations  for  the  support  of
 public libraries and provided further that no library, library system or
 program, as defined by the commissioner of education, shall receive less
 total  system  or  program  aid  than it received for the year 2001-2002
 except as a result of a reduction adjustment necessary to conform to the
 appropriations for support of public libraries.
   Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary the  moneys
 appropriated  for the support of public libraries for the year 2023-2024
 by a chapter of the laws of 2023 enacting the aid to  localities  budget
 shall  fulfill  the state's obligation to provide such aid and, pursuant
 to a plan developed by the commissioner of education and approved by the
 director of the budget, the aid payable to libraries and library systems
 pursuant to such appropriations  shall  be  reduced  proportionately  to
 ensure  that  the  total amount of aid payable does not exceed the total
 appropriations for such purpose.
   § 33. Subparagraph 2 of paragraph a of section 1 of chapter 94 of  the
 laws  of  2002 relating to the financial stability of the Rochester city
 school district, is amended to read as follows:
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   (2) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, for  aid  payable  in
 the  2002-03  through [2022-23] 2027-28 school years, an amount equal to
 twenty million dollars  ($20,000,000)  of  general  support  for  public
 schools  otherwise due and payable to the Rochester city school district
 on  or before September first of the applicable school year shall be for
 an entitlement period ending the immediately preceding June thirtieth.
   § 34. Severability. The provisions of this act shall be severable, and
 if the application of  any  clause,  sentence,  paragraph,  subdivision,
 section  or  part  of  this  act  to any person or circumstance shall be
 adjudged by any court of competent  jurisdiction  to  be  invalid,  such
 judgment shall not necessarily affect, impair or invalidate the applica-
 tion of any such clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section, part
 of  this  act  or  remainder  thereof,  as the case may be, to any other
 person or circumstance, but shall be confined in its  operation  to  the
 clause,  sentence,  paragraph,  subdivision,  section  or  part  thereof
 directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment  shall  have
 been rendered.
   §  35.  This act shall take effect immediately, and shall be deemed to
 have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2023, provided,
 however, that:
   1. Sections one, two, three, five, eight, nine, ten, eleven, fourteen,
 fifteen, sixteen, eighteen, twenty-two, thirty-one, and thirty-three  of
 this act shall take effect July 1, 2023;
   2.  Section three of this act shall expire and be deemed repealed June
 30, 2024;
   3. Section nineteen of this act shall expire and  be  deemed  repealed
 June 30, 2036; and
   4. The amendments to chapter 756 of the laws of 1992 relating to fund-
 ing  a  program  for  work force education conducted by a consortium for
 worker education in New York city made by sections twenty and twenty-one
 of this act shall not affect the repeal of such  chapter  and  shall  be
 deemed repealed therewith.
 
                                  PART B
 
   Section  1.  The opening paragraph of subparagraph 4 of paragraph h of
 subdivision 2 of section 355 of the education law, as amended by section
 1 of part JJJ of chapter 59 of the laws of 2017, is amended to  read  as
 follows:
   The trustees shall not impose a differential tuition charge based upon
 need or income. Except as hereinafter provided, all students enrolled in
 programs  leading  to like degrees at state-operated institutions of the
 state university shall be charged a uniform rate of tuition  except  for
 differential tuition rates based on state residency.  Provided, however,
 that  the trustees may authorize the presidents of the colleges of tech-
 nology and the colleges of agriculture and technology to  set  differing
 rates  of  tuition  for  each  of  the colleges for students enrolled in
 degree-granting programs leading to an associate degree  and  non-degree
 granting  programs  so  long  as  such  tuition rate does not exceed the
 tuition rate charged  to  students  who  are  enrolled  in  like  degree
 programs  or  degree-granting undergraduate programs leading to a bacca-
 laureate degree  at  other  state-operated  institutions  of  the  state
 university  of New York.  PROVIDED FURTHER, THAT THE TRUSTEES MAY ESTAB-
 LISH A DIFFERENTIAL TUITION CHARGE FOR STUDENTS ATTENDING THE UNIVERSITY
 CENTERS AT ALBANY, BINGHAMTON, BUFFALO,  AND  STONY  BROOK  PURSUANT  TO
 SUBDIVISION  FOUR-C OF THIS SECTION. Notwithstanding any other provision
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 of this subparagraph, the trustees may authorize the setting of a  sepa-
 rate  category  of  tuition rate, that shall be greater than the tuition
 rate for resident students and less than the tuition rate for  non-resi-
 dent  students,  only for students enrolled in distance learning courses
 who are not residents of the state. Except as  otherwise  authorized  in
 this  subparagraph,  the  trustees  shall  not  adopt  changes affecting
 tuition charges prior to the enactment of the  annual  budget,  provided
 however that:
   §  2. Subparagraph 4 of paragraph h of subdivision 2 of section 355 of
 the education law, as amended by section 2 of chapter 437 of the laws of
 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   (4) The trustees shall not impose a differential tuition charge  based
 upon  need  or income. All students enrolled in programs leading to like
 degrees at state-operated institutions of the state university shall  be
 charged  a uniform rate of tuition except for differential tuition rates
 based on state residency.  Provided,  however,  that  the  trustees  may
 authorize  the presidents of the colleges of technology and the colleges
 of agriculture and technology to set differing rates of tuition for each
 of the colleges for students enrolled in degree-granting programs  lead-
 ing  to  an associate degree and non-degree granting programs so long as
 such tuition rate does not exceed the tuition rate charged  to  students
 who  are enrolled in like degree programs or degree-granting undergradu-
 ate programs leading to a baccalaureate degree at  other  state-operated
 institutions  of  the  state  university of New York.  PROVIDED FURTHER,
 THAT THE TRUSTEES  MAY  ESTABLISH  A  DIFFERENTIAL  TUITION  CHARGE  FOR
 STUDENTS   ATTENDING  THE  UNIVERSITY  CENTERS  AT  ALBANY,  BINGHAMTON,
 BUFFALO, AND STONY BROOK PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION FOUR-C OF THIS SECTION.
 Notwithstanding any other provision of this subparagraph,  the  trustees
 may  authorize  the setting of a separate category of tuition rate, that
 shall be greater than the tuition rate for resident  students  and  less
 than  the  tuition  rate  for  non-resident  students, only for students
 enrolled in distance learning courses  who  are  not  residents  of  the
 state.  The  trustees  shall not adopt changes affecting tuition charges
 prior to the enactment of the annual budget.
   § 3. Paragraph h of subdivision 2 of section 355 of the education  law
 is  amended  by  adding  two  new subparagraphs 4-a-1 and 4-c to read as
 follows:
   (4-A-1) COMMENCING IN  THE  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-THREE--TWO  THOUSAND
 TWENTY-FOUR  ACADEMIC  YEAR  THROUGH  THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SEVEN--TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY-EIGHT ACADEMIC YEAR, FOLLOWING THE REVIEW  AND  APPROVAL
 OF  THE  CHANCELLOR  OF  THE STATE UNIVERSITY OR HIS OR HER DESIGNEE THE
 BOARD OF TRUSTEES MAY ANNUALLY RAISE NON-RESIDENT UNDERGRADUATE RATES OF
 TUITION FOR THE FOUR UNIVERSITY CENTERS AT ALBANY, BINGHAMTON,  BUFFALO,
 AND  STONY BROOK IF THE BOARD SHALL DETERMINE THAT SUCH RATE INCREASE IS
 COMPETITIVE WITH THE RATES OF  TUITION  CHARGED  BY  PEER  INSTITUTIONS,
 PROVIDED  HOWEVER  THAT IN NO YEAR SHALL SUCH RATE OF TUITION EXCEED ONE
 HUNDRED AND TEN PERCENT OF THE TUITION RATE FOR THE  UNIVERSITY  CENTERS
 IN THE PRIOR ACADEMIC YEAR.
   (4-C)  COMMENCING  WITH  THE  TWO  THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE--TWO THOUSAND
 TWENTY-FOUR ACADEMIC YEAR AND THEREAFTER,  THE  BOARD  OF  TRUSTEES  MAY
 RAISE  RESIDENT  UNDERGRADUATE RATES OF TUITION IN EXCESS OF THE TUITION
 RATES OF THE PRIOR ACADEMIC YEAR BY AS MUCH AS  THE  LOWER  OF  (I)  THE
 GENERAL  HIGHER  EDUCATION  PRICE  INDEX (HEPI) RELEASED ANNUALLY BY THE
 COMMONFUND ASSET MANAGEMENT COMPANY, INC.  FOUNDED  IN  1971,  OR  OTHER
 ALTERNATIVE  ENTITY  THAT  MAY  BE  RESPONSIBLE  FOR THIS INDEX INTO THE
 FUTURE, RELEASED MOST RECENTLY PRIOR TO THE START OF EACH ACADEMIC YEAR,
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 OR (II) THREE PERCENT.   NOTWITHSTANDING THE  PRECEDING,  AND  UPON  THE
 APPROVAL  OF  THE  STATE  UNIVERSITY  OF NEW YORK BOARD OF TRUSTEES, THE
 FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS MAY HAVE ADDITIONAL  INCREASES  TO  THE  RESIDENT
 RATES  OF  UNDERGRADUATE TUITION THAT ARE IN ADDITION TO ANY IMPACT FROM
 THE PRECEDING; FOR THE  UNIVERSITY  CENTER  AT  ALBANY,  THE  UNIVERSITY
 CENTER  AT BINGHAMTON, THE UNIVERSITY CENTER AT BUFFALO, AND THE UNIVER-
 SITY CENTER AT STONY BROOK SUCH ANNUAL INCREASE MAY  INCLUDE  UP  TO  AN
 ADDITIONAL  SIX  PERCENTAGE  POINTS.   NOTWITHSTANDING THE PRECEDING, NO
 SUCH ADDITIONAL ANNUAL INCREASE SHALL RESULT IN  A  RATE  IN  EXCESS  OF
 THIRTY PERCENT HIGHER THAN THE RATE CHARGED IN SUCH YEAR FOR STATE-OPER-
 ATED  INSTITUTIONS  OTHER  THAN  THE  UNIVERSITY  CENTER  AT ALBANY, THE
 UNIVERSITY CENTER AT BINGHAMTON, THE UNIVERSITY CENTER AT  BUFFALO,  AND
 THE UNIVERSITY CENTER AT STONY BROOK. MONIES GENERATED BY THESE PROSPEC-
 TIVE INCREASES SHALL BE USED DIRECTLY TO SUPPORT STUDENT ACCESS, STUDENT
 SERVICES,  RESEARCH  AND  DISCOVERY,  AND  THE SUCCESS OF THE UNIVERSITY
 SYSTEM.
   § 4. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 7 of section 6206 of  the  education
 law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (vi) to read as follows:
   (VI) COMMENCING WITH THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE--TWO THOUSAND TWEN-
 TY-FOUR  ACADEMIC  YEAR  AND THEREAFTER, THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
 BOARD OF TRUSTEES MAY RAISE RESIDENT UNDERGRADUATE RATES OF  TUITION  IN
 EXCESS OF THE TUITION RATES OF THE PRIOR ACADEMIC YEAR BY AS MUCH AS THE
 LOWER  OF  (A)  THE GENERAL HIGHER EDUCATION PRICE INDEX (HEPI) RELEASED
 ANNUALLY BY THE COMMONFUND ASSET MANAGEMENT  COMPANY,  INC.  FOUNDED  IN
 1971, OR OTHER ALTERNATIVE ENTITY THAT MAY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS INDEX
 INTO  THE  FUTURE,  RELEASED  MOST  RECENTLY  PRIOR TO THE START OF EACH
 ACADEMIC YEAR, OR (B) THREE PERCENT. MONIES GENERATED BY THESE  PROSPEC-
 TIVE INCREASES SHALL BE USED DIRECTLY TO SUPPORT STUDENT ACCESS, STUDENT
 SERVICES,  RESEARCH  AND  DISCOVERY,  AND  THE SUCCESS OF THE UNIVERSITY
 SYSTEM.
   § 5. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 7 of section 6206 of  the  education
 law,  as  amended by chapter 669 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read
 as follows:
   (a) (I) The board of trustees shall establish positions,  departments,
 divisions  and  faculties; appoint and in accordance with the provisions
 of law fix salaries of  instructional  and  non-instructional  employees
 therein;  establish  and conduct courses and curricula; prescribe condi-
 tions of student admission, attendance and discharge; and shall have the
 power to determine in its discretion whether tuition  shall  be  charged
 and  to  regulate  tuition  charges, and other instructional and non-in-
 structional fees and other fees and charges at the educational units  of
 the  city  university.  The trustees shall review any proposed community
 college tuition increase and the justification for  such  increase.  The
 justification  provided by the community college for such increase shall
 include a detailed analysis of ongoing operating  costs,  capital,  debt
 service  expenditures, and all revenues. The trustees shall not impose a
 differential tuition charge based upon  need  or  income.  All  students
 enrolled  in  programs  leading  to  like degrees at the senior colleges
 shall be charged a uniform rate  of  tuition,  except  for  differential
 tuition  rates  based  on  state  residency.  Notwithstanding  any other
 provision of this paragraph, the trustees may authorize the setting of a
 separate category of tuition  rate,  that  shall  be  greater  than  the
 tuition  rate  for  resident students and less than the tuition rate for
 non-resident students, only for students enrolled in  distance  learning
 courses  who  are not residents of the state. The trustees shall further
 provide that the payment of tuition and fees by any student who is not a
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 resident of New York state, other than a non-immigrant noncitizen within
 the meaning of paragraph (15) of subsection (a) of section 1101 of title
 8 of the United States Code, shall be paid at a rate or charge no great-
 er than that imposed for students who are residents of the state if such
 student:
   [(i)]  (1)  attended  an approved New York high school for two or more
 years, graduated from an approved New York high school and  applied  for
 attendance  at an institution or educational unit of the city university
 within five years of receiving a New York state high school diploma; or
   [(ii)] (2) attended an approved New York  state  program  for  general
 equivalency  diploma  exam  preparation,  received a general equivalency
 diploma issued within New York state and applied for  attendance  at  an
 institution or educational unit of the city university within five years
 of receiving a general equivalency diploma issued within New York state;
 or
   [(iii)]  (3) was enrolled in an institution or educational unit of the
 city university in the fall semester or  quarter  of  the  two  thousand
 one--two  thousand two academic year and was authorized by such institu-
 tion or educational unit to pay tuition at the rate  or  charge  imposed
 for students who are residents of the state.
   A  student without lawful immigration status shall also be required to
 file an affidavit with such institution or educational unit stating that
 the student has filed an application to legalize his or her  immigration
 status,  or will file such an application as soon as he or she is eligi-
 ble to do so. The trustees shall not adopt changes  in  tuition  charges
 prior  to  the enactment of the annual budget. The board of trustees may
 accept as partial reimbursement for the education  of  veterans  of  the
 armed  forces of the United States who are otherwise qualified such sums
 as may be authorized by federal legislation to be paid for  such  educa-
 tion. The board of trustees may conduct on a fee basis extension courses
 and  courses  for  adult  education  appropriate  to the field of higher
 education.  In  all  courses  and  courses  of  study  it  may,  in  its
 discretion,  require students to pay library, laboratory, locker, break-
 age and other instructional and non-instructional fees and meet the cost
 of books and consumable supplies. In addition to the foregoing fees  and
 charges,  the  board of trustees may impose and collect fees and charges
 for student government and other  student  activities  and  receive  and
 expend them as agent or trustee.
   (II) COMMENCING WITH THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE--TWO THOUSAND TWEN-
 TY-FOUR  ACADEMIC  YEAR  AND THEREAFTER, THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
 BOARD OF TRUSTEES MAY RAISE RESIDENT UNDERGRADUATE RATES OF  TUITION  IN
 EXCESS OF THE TUITION RATES OF THE PRIOR ACADEMIC YEAR BY AS MUCH AS THE
 LOWER  OF  (1)  THE GENERAL HIGHER EDUCATION PRICE INDEX (HEPI) RELEASED
 ANNUALLY BY THE COMMONFUND ASSET MANAGEMENT  COMPANY,  INC.  FOUNDED  IN
 1971, OR OTHER ALTERNATIVE ENTITY THAT MAY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS INDEX
 INTO  THE  FUTURE,  RELEASED  MOST  RECENTLY  PRIOR TO THE START OF EACH
 ACADEMIC YEAR, OR (2) THREE PERCENT. MONIES GENERATED BY THESE  PROSPEC-
 TIVE INCREASES SHALL BE USED DIRECTLY TO SUPPORT STUDENT ACCESS, STUDENT
 SERVICES,  RESEARCH  AND  DISCOVERY,  AND  THE SUCCESS OF THE UNIVERSITY
 SYSTEM.
   § 6. This act shall take effect immediately; provided however:
   a. the amendments to subparagraph 4 of paragraph h of subdivision 2 of
 section 355 of the education law made by section one of this  act  shall
 be subject to the expiration and reversion of such subparagraph pursuant
 to  section  16 of chapter 260 of the laws of 2011 as amended, when upon
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 such date the provisions of section two of this act shall  take  effect;
 and
   b. the amendments to paragraph (a) of subdivision 7 of section 6206 of
 the  education  law made by section four of this act shall be subject to
 the expiration and reversion of such paragraph pursuant to section 16 of
 chapter 260 of the laws of 2011 as amended,  when  upon  such  date  the
 provisions of section five of this act shall take effect.
 
                                  PART C
 
   Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 6438-b
 to read as follows:
   §  6438-B.  ACCESS TO MEDICATION ABORTION PRESCRIPTION DRUGS. 1. EVERY
 CAMPUS OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AND EVERY CAMPUS OF THE  CITY
 UNIVERSITY  OF  NEW  YORK,  WHICH  SHALL  INCLUDE  THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
 CAMPUSES OF  SUCH  INSTITUTIONS,  SHALL  PROVIDE  ACCESS  TO  MEDICATION
 ABORTION  PRESCRIPTION  DRUGS  FOR  ALL STUDENTS ENROLLED AT SUCH INSTI-
 TUTIONS.
   2. FOR PURPOSES  OF  THIS  SECTION,  "ACCESS  TO  MEDICATION  ABORTION
 PRESCRIPTION DRUGS" MEANS EITHER:
   (A) THE PRESCRIBING AND DISPENSING OF MEDICATION ABORTION PRESCRIPTION
 DRUGS  DIRECTLY TO A STUDENT, PERFORMED BY INDIVIDUALS LEGALLY CERTIFIED
 TO PRESCRIBE AND DISPENSE SUCH MEDICATION  EMPLOYED  BY  OR  WORKING  ON
 BEHALF OF THE CAMPUS; OR
   (B)  REFERRAL  TO  A  HEALTHCARE PROVIDER OR PHARMACY IN THE COMMUNITY
 CERTIFIED TO DISPENSE SUCH MEDICATION.
   3. THE TRUSTEES OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AND  THE  TRUSTEES
 OF  THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK SHALL ADOPT UNIFORM POLICES FOR EACH
 UNIVERSITY ENSURING EFFECTIVE ACCESS TO MEDICATION ABORTION PRESCRIPTION
 DRUGS PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect August 1, 2023. Effective immediately,
 the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or  regulation  neces-
 sary  for  the  implementation  of  this  act  on its effective date are
 authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
 
                                  PART D
 
   Section 1. Paragraphs b and c of subdivision 4 of section 612  of  the
 education  law, as added by chapter 425 of the laws of 1988, are amended
 to read as follows:
   [b. A grant to a recipient of an award under this  section  shall  not
 exceed  the amount of three hundred thousand dollars for any grant year,
 provided that a recipient may receive a grant in excess of  such  amount
 at  the rate of twelve hundred fifty dollars for each student, in excess
 of two hundred forty students, who is provided compensatory and  support
 services by the recipient during such grant year.
   c.]  B.  The  grant  recipients  shall  provide students at public and
 nonpublic schools the opportunity to receive  compensatory  and  support
 services  in  an equitable manner consistent with the number and need of
 the children in such schools.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART E

   Section 1. Section 1503 of the business corporation law is amended  by
 adding a new paragraph (h) to read as follows:
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   (H)  ANY FIRM ESTABLISHED FOR THE BUSINESS PURPOSE OF INCORPORATING AS
 A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CORPORATION FORMED  TO  LAWFULLY  ENGAGE  IN  THE
 PRACTICE  OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY, AS SUCH PRACTICE IS DEFINED UNDER ARTI-
 CLE 149 OF THE EDUCATION LAW SHALL BE REQUIRED TO SHOW (I) THAT A SIMPLE
 MAJORITY  OF  THE OWNERSHIP OF THE FIRM, IN TERMS OF FINANCIAL INTERESTS
 AND VOTING RIGHTS HELD BY THE  FIRM'S  OWNERS,  BELONGS  TO  INDIVIDUALS
 LICENSED TO PRACTICE PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY IN SOME STATE, AND (II) THAT ALL
 SHAREHOLDERS OF A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CORPORATION WHOSE PRINCIPAL PLACE
 OF  BUSINESS  IS  IN  THIS STATE, AND WHO ARE ENGAGED IN THE PRACTICE OF
 PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY IN THIS STATE, HOLD  A  VALID  LICENSE  ISSUED  UNDER
 SECTION  7404  OF  THE  EDUCATION  LAW.  FOR PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH,
 "FINANCIAL INTEREST" MEANS  CAPITAL  STOCK,  CAPITAL  ACCOUNTS,  CAPITAL
 CONTRIBUTIONS,  CAPITAL  INTEREST, OR INTEREST IN UNDISTRIBUTED EARNINGS
 OF A BUSINESS ENTITY.  ALTHOUGH  FIRMS  REGISTERED  WITH  THE  EDUCATION
 DEPARTMENT  MAY  INCLUDE  NON-LICENSEE OWNERS, A REGISTERED FIRM AND ITS
 OWNERS MUST COMPLY WITH RULES PROMULGATED BY THE STATE BOARD OF REGENTS.
 NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, A FIRM INCORPORATED  UNDER  THIS  SECTION
 MAY  NOT  HAVE NON-LICENSEE OWNERS IF THE FIRM'S NAME INCLUDES THE WORDS
 "CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT," OR "CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS," OR THE
 ABBREVIATIONS "CPA" OR "CPAS".  EACH NON-LICENSEE OWNER OF A  FIRM  THAT
 IS INCORPORATED UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE A NATURAL PERSON WHO ACTIVE-
 LY  PARTICIPATES IN THE BUSINESS OF THE FIRM OR ITS AFFILIATED ENTITIES.
 FOR PURPOSES  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION,  "ACTIVELY  PARTICIPATE"  MEANS  TO
 PROVIDE  SERVICES  TO  CLIENTS OR TO OTHERWISE INDIVIDUALLY TAKE PART IN
 THE DAY-TO-DAY BUSINESS OR MANAGEMENT OF THE FIRM OR AN AFFILIATED ENTI-
 TY. SUCH A FIRM SHALL HAVE ATTACHED TO ITS CERTIFICATE OF  INCORPORATION
 A  CERTIFICATE  OR CERTIFICATES DEMONSTRATING THE FIRM'S COMPLIANCE WITH
 THIS PARAGRAPH, IN LIEU OF THE CERTIFICATE OR CERTIFICATES  REQUIRED  BY
 SUBPARAGRAPH (II) OF PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SECTION.
   § 2. Section 1507 of the business corporation law is amended by adding
 a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
   (C)  ANY FIRM ESTABLISHED FOR THE BUSINESS PURPOSE OF INCORPORATING AS
 A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CORPORATION PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (H) OF  SECTION
 1503  OF THIS ARTICLE MAY ISSUE SHARES TO INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE AUTHORIZED
 BY LAW TO PRACTICE IN THIS STATE THE PROFESSION WHICH  SUCH  CORPORATION
 IS  AUTHORIZED  TO  PRACTICE  OR WHO WILL ENGAGE IN THE PRACTICE OF SUCH
 PROFESSION IN SUCH CORPORATION WITHIN  THIRTY  DAYS  OF  THE  DATE  SUCH
 SHARES  ARE  ISSUED AND MAY ALSO ISSUE SHARES TO EMPLOYEES OF THE CORPO-
 RATION NOT LICENSED AS CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS, PROVIDED THAT:
   (I) AT LEAST A SIMPLE MAJORITY OF THE OUTSTANDING SHARES OF  STOCK  OF
 THE CORPORATION ARE OWNED BY CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS,
   (II)  AT LEAST A SIMPLE MAJORITY OF THE DIRECTORS ARE CERTIFIED PUBLIC
 ACCOUNTANTS, AND
   (III) AT LEAST A SIMPLE MAJORITY OF THE OFFICERS ARE CERTIFIED  PUBLIC
 ACCOUNTANTS, AND
   (IV)  THE PRESIDENT, THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND THE
 CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OR OFFICERS ARE  CERTIFIED  PUBLIC  ACCOUNTANTS.
 NO  SHAREHOLDER OF A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CORPORATION ESTABLISHED PURSU-
 ANT TO PARAGRAPH (H) OF SECTION 1503 OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL ENTER INTO  A
 VOTING  TRUST AGREEMENT, PROXY OR ANY OTHER TYPE OF AGREEMENT VESTING IN
 ANOTHER PERSON, THE AUTHORITY TO EXERCISE VOTING POWER OF ANY OR ALL  OF
 HIS  OR  HER SHARES. ALL AGREEMENTS MADE OR PROXIES GRANTED IN VIOLATION
 OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE VOID.
   § 3. Section 1508 of the business corporation law is amended by adding
 a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
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   (C) THE DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS OF ANY FIRM ESTABLISHED FOR  THE  BUSI-
 NESS  PURPOSE  OF  INCORPORATING  AS  A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CORPORATION
 PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (H) OF SECTION 1503 OF THIS  ARTICLE  MAY  INCLUDE
 INDIVIDUALS  WHO  ARE NOT LICENSED TO PRACTICE PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY IN ANY
 STATE,  PROVIDED  HOWEVER  THAT AT LEAST A SIMPLE MAJORITY OF THE DIREC-
 TORS, AT LEAST A SIMPLE MAJORITY OF THE OFFICERS AND THE PRESIDENT,  THE
 CHAIRPERSON OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OR
 OFFICERS  ARE  AUTHORIZED BY LAW TO PRACTICE IN ANY STATE THE PROFESSION
 WHICH SUCH CORPORATION IS AUTHORIZED TO PRACTICE, AND ARE EITHER  SHARE-
 HOLDERS  OF  SUCH  CORPORATION  OR  ENGAGED  IN  THE  PRACTICE  OF THEIR
 PROFESSIONS IN SUCH CORPORATION.
   § 4. Section 1509 of the business corporation law, as amended by chap-
 ter 550 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
 § 1509. Disqualification  of  shareholders,  directors,   officers   and
           employees.
   If  any  shareholder,  director, officer or employee of a professional
 service corporation, including  a  design  professional  service  corpo-
 ration,  who  has  been  rendering  professional  service  to the public
 becomes legally disqualified to practice his OR  HER  profession  within
 this  state,  he  OR  SHE shall sever all employment with, and financial
 interests (other than interests as  a  creditor)  in,  such  corporation
 forthwith  or as otherwise provided in section 1510 of this article. All
 provisions of law regulating the rendering of professional services by a
 person elected or appointed to a public office shall be applicable to  a
 shareholder,  director,  officer and employee of such corporation in the
 same manner and to the same extent as if fully set  forth  herein.  Such
 legal  disqualification  to  practice  his OR HER profession within this
 state shall be deemed to constitute an irrevocable offer by the disqual-
 ified shareholder to sell his OR HER shares to the corporation, pursuant
 to the provisions of section 1510 of this article or of the  certificate
 of  incorporation,  by-laws  or  agreement among the corporation and all
 shareholders, whichever is applicable. Compliance with the terms of such
 offer shall be specifically enforceable in the courts of this  state.  A
 professional  service  corporation's  failure to enforce compliance with
 this provision shall constitute a ground for forfeiture of  its  certif-
 icate of incorporation and its dissolution.
   § 5. Paragraph (a) of section 1511 of the business corporation law, as
 amended  by  chapter 550 of the laws of 2011, is amended and a new para-
 graph (c) is added to read as follows:
   (a) No shareholder of a professional service corporation [or], INCLUD-
 ING a design professional service corporation, may sell or transfer  his
 OR  HER  shares  in such corporation except to another individual who is
 eligible to have shares issued to him OR  HER  by  such  corporation  or
 except  in  trust to another individual who would be eligible to receive
 shares if he OR SHE were employed by  the  corporation.  Nothing  herein
 contained shall be construed to prohibit the transfer of shares by oper-
 ation  of  law or by court decree.  No transferee of shares by operation
 of law or court decree may vote the shares for  any  purpose  whatsoever
 except  with  respect to corporate action under sections 909 and 1001 of
 this chapter. The restriction in the preceding sentence shall not apply,
 however, where such transferee would be eligible to have  shares  issued
 to  him  OR HER if he OR SHE were an employee of the corporation and, if
 there are other shareholders, a  majority  of  such  other  shareholders
 shall fail to redeem the shares so transferred, pursuant to section 1510
 of  this  article, within sixty days of receiving written notice of such
 transfer. Any sale or transfer, except by  operation  of  law  or  court
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 decree  or  except for a corporation having only one shareholder, may be
 made only after the same shall have been approved by the board of direc-
 tors, or at a shareholders' meeting specially called for such purpose by
 such  proportion, not less than a majority, of the outstanding shares as
 may be provided in the certificate of incorporation or in the by-laws of
 such professional service corporation. At such shareholders' meeting the
 shares held by the shareholder proposing to sell or transfer his OR  HER
 shares  may  not  be voted or counted for any purpose, unless all share-
 holders consent that such shares be voted or counted. The certificate of
 incorporation or the by-laws of the professional service corporation, or
 the professional service corporation and  the  shareholders  by  private
 agreement,  may  provide,  in  lieu  of  or in addition to the foregoing
 provisions, for the alienation of shares and may require the  redemption
 or purchase of such shares by such corporation at prices and in a manner
 specifically set forth therein. The existence of the restrictions on the
 sale  or transfer of shares, as contained in this article and, if appli-
 cable, in the certificate of incorporation, by-laws, stock  purchase  or
 stock  redemption agreement, shall be noted conspicuously on the face or
 back of every certificate for shares issued by  a  professional  service
 corporation.  Any  sale  or  transfer  in violation of such restrictions
 shall be void.
   (C) A FIRM ESTABLISHED FOR THE BUSINESS PURPOSE OF INCORPORATING AS  A
 PROFESSIONAL  SERVICE  CORPORATION  PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (H) OF SECTION
 1503 OF THIS ARTICLE, SHALL PURCHASE OR REDEEM THE SHARES OF  A  NON-LI-
 CENSED PROFESSIONAL SHAREHOLDER IN THE CASE OF HIS OR HER TERMINATION OF
 EMPLOYMENT  WITHIN  THIRTY  DAYS AFTER SUCH TERMINATION.   A FIRM ESTAB-
 LISHED FOR THE BUSINESS  PURPOSE  OF  INCORPORATING  AS  A  PROFESSIONAL
 SERVICE  CORPORATION  PURSUANT  TO PARAGRAPH (H) OF SECTION 1503 OF THIS
 ARTICLE, SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO PURCHASE OR REDEEM  THE  SHARES  OF  A
 TERMINATED NON-LICENSED PROFESSIONAL SHARE-HOLDER IF SUCH SHARES, WITHIN
 THIRTY  DAYS  AFTER SUCH TERMINATION, ARE SOLD OR TRANSFERRED TO ANOTHER
 EMPLOYEE OF THE CORPORATION PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE.
   § 6. Section 1514 of the business corporation law is amended by adding
 a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
   (C) EACH FIRM ESTABLISHED FOR THE BUSINESS PURPOSE OF INCORPORATING AS
 A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CORPORATION PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (H) OF  SECTION
 1503 OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL, AT LEAST ONCE EVERY THREE YEARS ON OR BEFORE
 THE  DATE  PRESCRIBED BY THE LICENSING AUTHORITY, FURNISH A STATEMENT TO
 THE LICENSING AUTHORITY LISTING THE NAMES  AND  RESIDENCE  ADDRESSES  OF
 EACH  SHAREHOLDER,  DIRECTOR AND OFFICER OF SUCH CORPORATION AND CERTIFY
 AS THE DATE OF CERTIFICATION AND AT ALL TIMES OVER THE ENTIRE THREE YEAR
 PERIOD THAT:
   (I) AT LEAST A SIMPLE MAJORITY OF THE OUTSTANDING SHARES OF  STOCK  OF
 THE CORPORATION ARE AND WERE OWNED BY CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS,
   (II)  AT  LEAST A SIMPLE MAJORITY OF THE DIRECTORS ARE AND WERE CERTI-
 FIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS,
   (III) AT LEAST A SIMPLE MAJORITY OF THE OFFICERS ARE AND  WERE  CERTI-
 FIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS, AND
   (IV)  THE PRESIDENT, THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND THE
 CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER  OR  OFFICERS  ARE  AND  WERE  CERTIFIED  PUBLIC
 ACCOUNTANTS.
 THE  STATEMENT  SHALL BE SIGNED BY THE PRESIDENT OR ANY CERTIFIED PUBLIC
 ACCOUNTANT VICE-PRESIDENT AND  ATTESTED  TO  BY  THE  SECRETARY  OR  ANY
 ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE CORPORATION.
   § 7. Paragraph (d) of section 1525 of the business corporation law, as
 added by chapter 505 of the laws of 1983, is amended to read as follows:
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   (d)  "Foreign  professional  service corporation" means a professional
 service corporation, whether or not denominated as such, organized under
 the laws of a jurisdiction other than this state, all of the  sharehold-
 ers,  directors  and  officers  of  which are authorized and licensed to
 practice  the  profession  for  which such corporation is licensed to do
 business; except that all shareholders,  directors  and  officers  of  a
 foreign  professional service corporation which provides health services
 in this state shall be licensed in this state.  A  FOREIGN  PROFESSIONAL
 SERVICE  CORPORATION FORMED TO LAWFULLY ENGAGE IN THE PRACTICE OF PUBLIC
 ACCOUNTANCY AS A FIRM, AS SUCH PRACTICE IS DEFINED UNDER ARTICLE 149  OF
 THE  EDUCATION  LAW,  OR EQUIVALENT STATE LAW, SHALL BE REQUIRED TO SHOW
 (I) THAT A SIMPLE MAJORITY OF THE OWNERSHIP OF THE  FIRM,  IN  TERMS  OF
 FINANCIAL INTERESTS AND VOTING RIGHTS HELD BY THE FIRM'S OWNERS, BELONGS
 TO  INDIVIDUALS  LICENSED  TO PRACTICE PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY IN SOME STATE,
 AND (II) THAT ALL SHAREHOLDERS OF A FOREIGN PROFESSIONAL SERVICE  CORPO-
 RATION  WHOSE  PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS IS IN THIS STATE, AND WHO ARE
 ENGAGED IN THE PRACTICE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY  IN  THIS  STATE,  HOLD  A
 VALID  LICENSE  ISSUED  UNDER  SECTION  7404  OF  THE EDUCATION LAW. FOR
 PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH, "FINANCIAL INTEREST"  MEANS  CAPITAL  STOCK,
 CAPITAL  ACCOUNTS,  CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS, CAPITAL INTEREST, OR INTEREST
 IN UNDISTRIBUTED EARNINGS OF A BUSINESS ENTITY.  ALTHOUGH  FIRMS  REGIS-
 TERED  WITH  THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT MAY INCLUDE NON-LICENSEE OWNERS, A
 REGISTERED FIRM AND ITS OWNERS MUST COMPLY WITH RULES PROMULGATED BY THE
 STATE BOARD OF REGENTS. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, A FIRM REGISTERED
 WITH THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT MAY NOT HAVE NON-LICENSEE  OWNERS  IF  THE
 FIRM'S NAME INCLUDES THE WORDS "CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT," OR "CERTI-
 FIED  PUBLIC  ACCOUNTANTS,"  OR  THE ABBREVIATIONS "CPA" OR "CPAS". EACH
 NON-LICENSEE OWNER OF A FIRM THAT IS OPERATING UNDER THIS SECTION  SHALL
 BE  A  NATURAL  PERSON  WHO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATES IN THE BUSINESS OF THE
 FIRM OR ITS AFFILIATED ENTITIES, PROVIDED EACH BENEFICIAL  OWNER  OF  AN
 EQUITY  INTEREST IN SUCH ENTITY IS A NATURAL PERSON WHO ACTIVELY PARTIC-
 IPATES IN THE BUSINESS CONDUCTED BY THE FIRM OR ITS AFFILIATED ENTITIES.
 FOR PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH, "ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE" MEANS TO  PROVIDE
 SERVICES  TO  CLIENTS OR TO OTHERWISE INDIVIDUALLY TAKE PART IN THE DAY-
 TO-DAY BUSINESS OR MANAGEMENT OF THE FIRM OR AN AFFILIATED ENTITY.
   § 8. Subdivision (q) of section 121-1500 of the  partnership  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  475  of  the  laws  of 2014, is amended to read as
 follows:
   (q) Each partner of a registered limited liability partnership  formed
 to  provide  medical services in this state must be licensed pursuant to
 article 131 of the education law to practice medicine in this state  and
 each  partner  of  a  registered limited liability partnership formed to
 provide dental services in this state must be licensed pursuant to arti-
 cle 133 of the education law to practice dentistry in this state.   Each
 partner  of a registered limited liability partnership formed to provide
 veterinary services in this state must be licensed pursuant  to  article
 135  of the education law to practice veterinary medicine in this state.
 EACH PARTNER OF A REGISTERED LIMITED  LIABILITY  PARTNERSHIP  FORMED  TO
 PROVIDE  PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY SERVICES AS A FIRM, WHOSE PRINCIPAL PLACE OF
 BUSINESS IS IN THIS STATE AND WHO PROVIDES PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY  SERVICES,
 MUST  BE LICENSED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE  149 OF THE EDUCATION LAW TO PRAC-
 TICE PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY IN THIS STATE.  Each  partner  of  a  registered
 limited  liability  partnership formed to provide professional engineer-
 ing, land surveying, geological services, architectural and/or landscape
 architectural services in this state must be licensed pursuant to  arti-
 cle 145, article 147 and/or article 148 of the education law to practice
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 one  or more of such professions in this state. Each partner of a regis-
 tered limited liability partnership formed to provide licensed  clinical
 social  work services in this state must be licensed pursuant to article
 154 of the education law to practice clinical social work in this state.
 Each  partner  of  a  registered limited liability partnership formed to
 provide creative arts therapy services in this state  must  be  licensed
 pursuant  to  article 163 of the education law to practice creative arts
 therapy in this state. Each partner of a  registered  limited  liability
 partnership  formed  to  provide marriage and family therapy services in
 this state must be licensed pursuant to article 163 of the education law
 to practice marriage and family therapy in this state. Each partner of a
 registered limited liability partnership formed to provide mental health
 counseling services in this state must be licensed pursuant  to  article
 163  of  the  education law to practice mental health counseling in this
 state. Each partner of a registered limited liability partnership formed
 to provide psychoanalysis services in this state must be licensed pursu-
 ant to article 163 of the education law to  practice  psychoanalysis  in
 this  state.  Each partner of a registered limited liability partnership
 formed to provide applied behavior analysis service in this  state  must
 be licensed or certified pursuant to article 167 of the education law to
 practice  applied  behavior analysis in this state. A REGISTERED LIMITED
 LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP FORMED TO  LAWFULLY  ENGAGE  IN  THE  PRACTICE  OF
 PUBLIC  ACCOUNTANCY AS A FIRM, AS SUCH PRACTICE IS DEFINED UNDER ARTICLE
 149 OF THE EDUCATION LAW, SHALL BE REQUIRED TO SHOW (I)  THAT  A  SIMPLE
 MAJORITY  OF  THE OWNERSHIP OF THE FIRM, IN TERMS OF FINANCIAL INTERESTS
 AND VOTING RIGHTS HELD BY THE  FIRM'S  OWNERS,  BELONGS  TO  INDIVIDUALS
 LICENSED TO PRACTICE PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY IN SOME STATE, AND (II) THAT ALL
 PARTNERS  OF  A  LIMITED  LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP WHOSE PRINCIPAL PLACE OF
 BUSINESS IS IN THIS STATE, AND WHO ARE ENGAGED IN THE PRACTICE OF PUBLIC
 ACCOUNTANCY IN THIS STATE, HOLD A VALID  LICENSE  ISSUED  UNDER  SECTION
 7404  OF THE EDUCATION LAW. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "FINANCIAL
 INTEREST" MEANS CAPITAL STOCK, CAPITAL ACCOUNTS, CAPITAL  CONTRIBUTIONS,
 CAPITAL  INTEREST,  OR  INTEREST IN UNDISTRIBUTED EARNINGS OF A BUSINESS
 ENTITY. ALTHOUGH FIRMS REGISTERED  WITH  THE  EDUCATION  DEPARTMENT  MAY
 INCLUDE  NON-LICENSEE  OWNERS,  A  REGISTERED  FIRM  AND ITS OWNERS MUST
 COMPLY WITH RULES PROMULGATED BY THE STATE BOARD  OF  REGENTS.  NOTWITH-
 STANDING  THE FOREGOING, A FIRM REGISTERED WITH THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
 MAY NOT HAVE NON-LICENSEE OWNERS IF THE FIRM'S NAME INCLUDES  THE  WORDS
 "CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT," OR "CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS," OR THE
 ABBREVIATIONS "CPA" OR "CPAS". EACH NON-LICENSEE OWNER OF A FIRM THAT IS
 FORMED  UNDER  THIS  SECTION  SHALL BE (I) A NATURAL PERSON WHO ACTIVELY
 PARTICIPATES IN THE BUSINESS OF THE FIRM OR ITS AFFILIATED ENTITIES,  OR
 (II)  AN ENTITY, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, A PARTNERSHIP OR PROFES-
 SIONAL CORPORATION, PROVIDED EACH BENEFICIAL OWNER OF AN EQUITY INTEREST
 IN SUCH ENTITY IS A NATURAL PERSON  WHO  ACTIVELY  PARTICIPATES  IN  THE
 BUSINESS  CONDUCTED BY THE FIRM OR ITS AFFILIATED ENTITIES. FOR PURPOSES
 OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE" MEANS TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO
 CLIENTS OR TO OTHERWISE INDIVIDUALLY TAKE PART IN THE  DAY-TO-DAY  BUSI-
 NESS OR MANAGEMENT OF THE FIRM OR AN AFFILIATED ENTITY.
   §  9.  Subdivision  (q) of section 121-1502 of the partnership law, as
 amended by chapter 475 of the laws  of  2014,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   (q)  Each  partner  of  a  foreign limited liability partnership which
 provides medical services in this state must  be  licensed  pursuant  to
 article  131  of the education law to practice medicine in the state and
 each partner of a foreign limited liability partnership  which  provides
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 dental services in the state must be licensed pursuant to article 133 of
 the education law to practice dentistry in this state. Each partner of a
 foreign  limited liability partnership which provides veterinary service
 in  the state shall be licensed pursuant to article 135 of the education
 law to practice veterinary medicine in this state.  Each  partner  of  a
 foreign  limited liability partnership which provides professional engi-
 neering, land surveying, geological services, architectural and/or land-
 scape architectural services in this state must be licensed pursuant  to
 article  145,  article  147  and/or  article 148 of the education law to
 practice one or more of such professions.  EACH  PARTNER  OF  A  FOREIGN
 LIMITED  LIABILITY  PARTNERSHIP  FORMED  TO  PROVIDE  PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY
 SERVICES AS A FIRM, WHOSE PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS IS IN  THIS  STATE
 AND  WHO PROVIDES PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY SERVICES, MUST BE LICENSED PURSUANT
 TO ARTICLE 149 OF THE EDUCATION LAW TO PRACTICE  PUBLIC  ACCOUNTANCY  IN
 THIS  STATE.  Each  partner  of  a foreign limited liability partnership
 which provides licensed clinical social work services in this state must
 be licensed pursuant to article 154 of the  education  law  to  practice
 licensed  clinical  social work in this state. Each partner of a foreign
 limited liability  partnership  which  provides  creative  arts  therapy
 services  in  this state must be licensed pursuant to article 163 of the
 education law to practice creative arts  therapy  in  this  state.  Each
 partner  of  a  foreign  limited  liability  partnership  which provides
 marriage and family therapy services in  this  state  must  be  licensed
 pursuant  to  article  163 of the education law to practice marriage and
 family therapy in this state. Each partner of a foreign limited  liabil-
 ity partnership which provides mental health counseling services in this
 state  must  be licensed pursuant to article 163 of the education law to
 practice mental health counseling in  this  state.  Each  partner  of  a
 foreign  limited  liability  partnership  which  provides psychoanalysis
 services in this state must be licensed pursuant to article 163  of  the
 education  law to practice psychoanalysis in this state. Each partner of
 a foreign limited liability partnership which provides applied  behavior
 analysis  services  in this state must be licensed or certified pursuant
 to article 167 of the education law to practice applied behavior  analy-
 sis  in  this  state.  A FOREIGN LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP FORMED TO
 LAWFULLY ENGAGE IN THE PRACTICE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY AS A FIRM, AS SUCH
 PRACTICE IS DEFINED UNDER ARTICLE 149 OF THE  EDUCATION  LAW,  SHALL  BE
 REQUIRED  TO  SHOW  (I)  THAT  A SIMPLE MAJORITY OF THE OWNERSHIP OF THE
 FIRM, IN TERMS OF FINANCIAL INTERESTS AND  VOTING  RIGHTS  HELD  BY  THE
 FIRM'S  OWNERS,  BELONGS  TO  INDIVIDUALS  LICENSED  TO  PRACTICE PUBLIC
 ACCOUNTANCY IN SOME STATE, AND (II) THAT ALL  PARTNERS  OF  THE  FOREIGN
 LIMITED  LIABILITY  PARTNERSHIP  WHOSE PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS IS IN
 THIS STATE, AND WHO ARE ENGAGED IN THE PRACTICE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY IN
 THIS STATE, HOLD A VALID LICENSE ISSUED UNDER SECTION 7404 OF THE EDUCA-
 TION LAW. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "FINANCIAL  INTEREST"  MEANS
 CAPITAL  STOCK,  CAPITAL ACCOUNTS, CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS, CAPITAL INTER-
 EST, OR  INTEREST  IN  UNDISTRIBUTED  EARNINGS  OF  A  BUSINESS  ENTITY.
 ALTHOUGH  FIRMS  REGISTERED  WITH  THE  EDUCATION DEPARTMENT MAY INCLUDE
 NON-LICENSEE OWNERS, A REGISTERED FIRM AND ITS OWNERS MUST  COMPLY  WITH
 RULES  PROMULGATED  BY  THE  STATE BOARD OF REGENTS. NOTWITHSTANDING THE
 FOREGOING, A FIRM REGISTERED WITH THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT MAY NOT  HAVE
 NON-LICENSEE  OWNERS  IF  THE  FIRM'S NAME INCLUDES THE WORDS "CERTIFIED
 PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT," OR "CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS," OR  THE  ABBREVI-
 ATIONS  "CPA"  OR  "CPAS".    EACH  NON-LICENSEE OWNER OF A FIRM THAT IS
 FORMED UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE (I) A  NATURAL  PERSON  WHO  ACTIVELY
 PARTICIPATES  IN THE BUSINESS OF THE FIRM OR ITS AFFILIATED ENTITIES, OR
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 (II) AN ENTITY, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, A PARTNERSHIP OR  PROFES-
 SIONAL  CORPORATION,  PROVIDED  THAT  EACH BENEFICIAL OWNER OF AN EQUITY
 INTEREST IN SUCH ENTITY IS A NATURAL PERSON WHO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATES IN
 THE  BUSINESS  CONDUCTED  BY  THE  FIRM  OR ITS AFFILIATED ENTITIES. FOR
 PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE"  MEANS  TO  PROVIDE
 SERVICES  TO  CLIENTS OR TO OTHERWISE INDIVIDUALLY TAKE PART IN THE DAY-
 TO-DAY BUSINESS OR MANAGEMENT OF THE FIRM OR AN AFFILIATED ENTITY.
   § 10. Subdivision (b) of section 1207 of the limited liability company
 law, as amended by chapter 475 of the laws of 2014, is amended  to  read
 as follows:
   (b)  With  respect to a professional service limited liability company
 formed to provide medical services as such services are defined in arti-
 cle 131 of the education law, each  member  of  such  limited  liability
 company must be licensed pursuant to article 131 of the education law to
 practice  medicine in this state. With respect to a professional service
 limited liability company formed to  provide  dental  services  as  such
 services are defined in article 133 of the education law, each member of
 such  limited liability company must be licensed pursuant to article 133
 of the education law to practice dentistry in this state.  With  respect
 to  a  professional  service limited liability company formed to provide
 veterinary services as such services are defined in article 135  of  the
 education  law,  each  member  of such limited liability company must be
 licensed pursuant to article 135 of the education law to practice veter-
 inary medicine in this state. With respect  to  a  professional  service
 limited  liability  company  formed to provide professional engineering,
 land surveying, architectural, landscape architectural and/or geological
 services as such services are defined in article 145,  article  147  and
 article  148 of the education law, each member of such limited liability
 company must be licensed pursuant to article  145,  article  147  and/or
 article  148  of  the  education  law  to  practice  one or more of such
 professions in this state. WITH RESPECT TO A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE LIMIT-
 ED LIABILITY COMPANY FORMED TO PROVIDE PUBLIC  ACCOUNTANCY  SERVICES  AS
 SUCH  SERVICES  ARE  DEFINED  IN  ARTICLE  149 OF THE EDUCATION LAW EACH
 MEMBER OF SUCH LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY WHOSE PRINCIPAL PLACE OF  BUSI-
 NESS IS IN THIS STATE AND WHO PROVIDES PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY SERVICES, MUST
 BE  LICENSED  PURSUANT  TO  ARTICLE 149 OF THE EDUCATION LAW TO PRACTICE
 PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY IN THIS STATE. With respect to a professional service
 limited liability company formed to  provide  licensed  clinical  social
 work  services as such services are defined in article 154 of the educa-
 tion law, each  member  of  such  limited  liability  company  shall  be
 licensed  pursuant  to  article  154  of  the  education law to practice
 licensed clinical social work in this state. With respect to  a  profes-
 sional service limited liability company formed to provide creative arts
 therapy  services  as  such  services  are defined in article 163 of the
 education law, each member of such limited  liability  company  must  be
 licensed  pursuant to article 163 of the education law to practice crea-
 tive arts therapy in this state. With respect to a professional  service
 limited  liability company formed to provide marriage and family therapy
 services as such services are defined in article 163  of  the  education
 law,  each  member  of  such  limited liability company must be licensed
 pursuant to article 163 of the education law to  practice  marriage  and
 family  therapy  in  this  state. With respect to a professional service
 limited liability company formed to  provide  mental  health  counseling
 services  as  such  services are defined in article 163 of the education
 law, each member of such limited  liability  company  must  be  licensed
 pursuant  to  article 163 of the education law to practice mental health
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 counseling in this state. With respect to a professional service limited
 liability company formed to  provide  psychoanalysis  services  as  such
 services are defined in article 163 of the education law, each member of
 such  limited liability company must be licensed pursuant to article 163
 of the education law to practice  psychoanalysis  in  this  state.  With
 respect  to  a  professional service limited liability company formed to
 provide applied behavior analysis services as such services are  defined
 in article 167 of the education law, each member of such limited liabil-
 ity company must be licensed or certified pursuant to article 167 of the
 education  law  to  practice  applied behavior analysis in this state. A
 PROFESSIONAL SERVICE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY FORMED TO LAWFULLY ENGAGE
 IN THE PRACTICE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY AS A FIRM,  AS  SUCH  PRACTICE  IS
 DEFINED UNDER ARTICLE 149 OF THE EDUCATION LAW SHALL BE REQUIRED TO SHOW
 (I)  THAT  A  SIMPLE  MAJORITY OF THE OWNERSHIP OF THE FIRM, IN TERMS OF
 FINANCIAL INTERESTS, AND  VOTING  RIGHTS  HELD  BY  THE  FIRM'S  OWNERS,
 BELONGS  TO  INDIVIDUALS LICENSED TO PRACTICE PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY IN SOME
 STATE, AND (II) THAT ALL  MEMBERS  OF  A  LIMITED  PROFESSIONAL  SERVICE
 LIMITED  LIABILITY COMPANY, WHOSE PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS IS IN THIS
 STATE, AND WHO ARE ENGAGED IN THE PRACTICE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY IN THIS
 STATE, HOLD A VALID LICENSE ISSUED UNDER SECTION 7404 OF  THE  EDUCATION
 LAW.  FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "FINANCIAL INTEREST" MEANS CAPI-
 TAL STOCK, CAPITAL ACCOUNTS, CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS, CAPITAL INTEREST, OR
 INTEREST IN UNDISTRIBUTED EARNINGS OF A BUSINESS ENTITY. ALTHOUGH  FIRMS
 REGISTERED  WITH  THE  EDUCATION  DEPARTMENT  MAY  INCLUDE  NON-LICENSEE
 OWNERS, A REGISTERED FIRM AND ITS OWNERS MUST COMPLY WITH RULES  PROMUL-
 GATED  BY  THE  STATE BOARD OF REGENTS. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, A
 FIRM REGISTERED WITH THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT MAY NOT HAVE  NON-LICENSEE
 OWNERS  IF THE FIRM'S NAME INCLUDES THE WORDS "CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNT-
 ANT," OR "CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS," OR THE ABBREVIATIONS  "CPA"  OR
 "CPAS".  EACH NON-LICENSEE OWNER OF A FIRM THAT IS REGISTERED UNDER THIS
 SECTION  SHALL  BE (I) A NATURAL PERSON WHO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATES IN THE
 BUSINESS OF THE FIRM OR ITS AFFILIATED  ENTITIES,  OR  (II)  AN  ENTITY,
 INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO,  A PARTNERSHIP OR PROFESSIONAL CORPO-
 RATION, PROVIDED EACH BENEFICIAL OWNER OF AN  EQUITY  INTEREST  IN  SUCH
 ENTITY  IS  A  NATURAL  PERSON WHO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATES IN THE BUSINESS
 CONDUCTED BY THE FIRM OR ITS AFFILIATED ENTITIES. FOR PURPOSES  OF  THIS
 SUBDIVISION, "ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE" MEANS TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO CLIENTS
 OR  TO  OTHERWISE  INDIVIDUALLY  TAKE PART IN THE DAY-TO-DAY BUSINESS OR
 MANAGEMENT OF THE FIRM OR AN AFFILIATED ENTITY.
   § 11. Subdivision (a) of section 1301 of the limited liability company
 law, as amended by chapter 475 of the laws of 2014, is amended  to  read
 as follows:
   (a)  "Foreign  professional service limited liability company" means a
 professional service limited liability company, whether or  not  denomi-
 nated  as  such,  organized  under the laws of a jurisdiction other than
 this state, (i) each of whose members and managers, if any, is a profes-
 sional authorized by law to render a professional  service  within  this
 state  and who is or has been engaged in the practice of such profession
 in such professional service limited liability company or a  predecessor
 entity, or will engage in the practice of such profession in the profes-
 sional  service limited liability company within thirty days of the date
 such professional becomes a member, or each of whose members and  manag-
 ers,  if  any, is a professional at least one of such members is author-
 ized by law to render a professional service within this state  and  who
 is  or  has  been  engaged  in  the  practice of such profession in such
 professional service limited liability company or a predecessor  entity,
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 or  will  engage  in the practice of such profession in the professional
 service limited liability company within thirty days of  the  date  such
 professional  becomes  a  member,  or  (ii)  authorized by, or holding a
 license,  certificate,  registration  or  permit issued by the licensing
 authority pursuant to,  the  education  law  to  render  a  professional
 service within this state; except that all members and managers, if any,
 of  a  foreign  professional  service  limited  liability  company  that
 provides health services in this state shall be licensed in this  state.
 With respect to a foreign professional service limited liability company
 which provides veterinary services as such services are defined in arti-
 cle  135  of the education law, each member of such foreign professional
 service limited liability company shall be licensed pursuant to  article
 135  of  the education law to practice veterinary medicine. With respect
 to a  foreign  professional  service  limited  liability  company  which
 provides medical services as such services are defined in article 131 of
 the  education  law,  each  member  of such foreign professional service
 limited liability company must be licensed pursuant to  article  131  of
 the education law to practice medicine in this state.  With respect to a
 foreign  professional  service  limited liability company which provides
 dental services as such services are  defined  in  article  133  of  the
 education  law, each member of such foreign professional service limited
 liability company must be licensed pursuant to article 133 of the educa-
 tion law to practice dentistry in this state. With respect to a  foreign
 professional  service  limited  liability company which provides profes-
 sional engineering, land surveying, geologic, architectural and/or land-
 scape architectural services as such services  are  defined  in  article
 145,  article  147  and article 148 of the education law, each member of
 such foreign professional service  limited  liability  company  must  be
 licensed  pursuant to article 145, article 147 and/or article 148 of the
 education law to practice one or more of such professions in this state.
 WITH RESPECT TO A FOREIGN PROFESSIONAL SERVICE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
 WHICH PROVIDES PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY SERVICES AS SUCH SERVICES ARE  DEFINED
 IN ARTICLE 149 OF THE EDUCATION LAW, EACH MEMBER OF SUCH FOREIGN PROFES-
 SIONAL  SERVICE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY WHOSE PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSI-
 NESS IS IN THIS STATE AND  WHO  PROVIDES  PUBLIC  ACCOUNTANCY  SERVICES,
 SHALL  BE LICENSED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 149 OF THE EDUCATION LAW TO PRAC-
 TICE PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY IN THIS STATE. With respect to a foreign profes-
 sional service limited liability company which provides  licensed  clin-
 ical social work services as such services are defined in article 154 of
 the  education  law,  each  member  of such foreign professional service
 limited liability company shall be licensed pursuant to article  154  of
 the  education  law to practice clinical social work in this state. With
 respect to a foreign  professional  service  limited  liability  company
 which  provides  creative  arts  therapy  services  as such services are
 defined in article 163 of the education law, each member of such foreign
 professional service limited liability company must be licensed pursuant
 to article 163 of the education law to practice creative arts therapy in
 this state. With respect  to  a  foreign  professional  service  limited
 liability company which provides marriage and family therapy services as
 such  services  are  defined  in  article 163 of the education law, each
 member of such foreign professional service  limited  liability  company
 must  be  licensed pursuant to article 163 of the education law to prac-
 tice marriage and family therapy  in  this  state.  With  respect  to  a
 foreign  professional  service  limited liability company which provides
 mental health counseling services as such services are defined in  arti-
 cle  163  of the education law, each member of such foreign professional
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 service limited liability company must be licensed pursuant  to  article
 163  of  the  education law to practice mental health counseling in this
 state. With respect to a foreign professional service limited  liability
 company  which  provides  psychoanalysis  services  as such services are
 defined in article 163 of the education law, each member of such foreign
 professional service limited liability company must be licensed pursuant
 to article 163 of the education law to practice psychoanalysis  in  this
 state.  With respect to a foreign professional service limited liability
 company which  provides  applied  behavior  analysis  services  as  such
 services are defined in article 167 of the education law, each member of
 such  foreign  professional  service  limited  liability company must be
 licensed or certified pursuant to article 167 of the  education  law  to
 practice applied behavior analysis in this state. A FOREIGN PROFESSIONAL
 SERVICE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY FORMED TO LAWFULLY ENGAGE IN THE PRAC-
 TICE  OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY AS A FIRM, AS SUCH PRACTICE IS DEFINED UNDER
 ARTICLE 149 OF THE EDUCATION LAW SHALL BE REQUIRED TO SHOW  (I)  THAT  A
 SIMPLE  MAJORITY  OF  THE  OWNERSHIP  OF THE FIRM, IN TERMS OF FINANCIAL
 INTERESTS, AND VOTING RIGHTS HELD BY THE FIRM'S OWNERS, BELONGS TO INDI-
 VIDUALS LICENSED TO PRACTICE PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY IN SOME STATE, AND  (II)
 THAT  ALL  MEMBERS  OF  A  FOREIGN  LIMITED PROFESSIONAL SERVICE LIMITED
 LIABILITY COMPANY, WHOSE PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS IS IN  THIS  STATE,
 AND WHO ARE ENGAGED IN THE PRACTICE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY IN THIS STATE,
 HOLD A VALID LICENSE ISSUED UNDER SECTION 7404 OF THE EDUCATION LAW. FOR
 PURPOSES  OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "FINANCIAL INTEREST" MEANS CAPITAL STOCK,
 CAPITAL ACCOUNTS, CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS, CAPITAL INTEREST,  OR  INTEREST
 IN  UNDISTRIBUTED  EARNINGS  OF A BUSINESS ENTITY. ALTHOUGH FIRMS REGIS-
 TERED WITH THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT MAY INCLUDE NON-LICENSEE  OWNERS,  A
 REGISTERED FIRM AND ITS OWNERS MUST COMPLY WITH RULES PROMULGATED BY THE
 STATE  BOARD  OF REGENTS.   NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, A FIRM REGIS-
 TERED WITH THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT MAY NOT HAVE NON-LICENSEE OWNERS  IF
 THE  FIRM'S  NAME  INCLUDES  THE WORDS "CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT," OR
 "CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS," OR THE ABBREVIATIONS  "CPA"  OR  "CPAS".
 EACH  NON-LICENSEE OWNER OF A FIRM THAT IS REGISTERED UNDER THIS SECTION
 SHALL BE (I) A NATURAL PERSON WHO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATES IN THE  BUSINESS
 OF  THE  FIRM  OR ITS AFFILIATED ENTITIES, OR (II) AN ENTITY, INCLUDING,
 BUT NOT LIMITED TO, A PARTNERSHIP OR PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION,  PROVIDED
 EACH  BENEFICIAL OWNER OF AN EQUITY INTEREST IN SUCH ENTITY IS A NATURAL
 PERSON WHO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATES IN THE BUSINESS CONDUCTED BY  THE  FIRM
 OR  ITS AFFILIATED ENTITIES. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "ACTIVELY
 PARTICIPATE" MEANS TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO CLIENTS OR TO OTHERWISE  INDI-
 VIDUALLY  TAKE PART IN THE DAY-TO-DAY BUSINESS OR MANAGEMENT OF THE FIRM
 OR AN AFFILIATED ENTITY.
   § 12. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, if a
 firm which is registered  with  the  education  department  to  lawfully
 engage  in the practice of public accountancy has one or more non-licen-
 see owners, each such non-licensee owner of  the  firm  whose  principal
 place  of  business is in New York state shall pay a fee of nine hundred
 dollars to the department of education on a triennial basis.
   § 13. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART F
 
   Section 1. Short title. This article shall be known and cited  as  the
 "new homes targets and fast-track approval act".
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   § 2. Article 20 of the general municipal law is renumbered to be arti-
 cle  21,  sections  1000 and 1001 are renumbered to be sections 1020 and
 1021, and a new article 20 is added to read as follows:
 
                                ARTICLE 20
                 NEW HOMES TARGETS AND FAST TRACK APPROVAL

 SECTION 1000. LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND DECLARATIONS.
         1001. DEFINITIONS.
         1002. APPLICABILITY.
         1003. SAFE HARBOR.
         1004. LOCAL  PROCEDURES  OUTSIDE  OF  SAFE HARBOR/GENERAL APPEAL
                 PROCESS.
         1005. HOUSING REVIEW BOARD.
         1006. LAND USE APPEALS BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT.
   § 1000. LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND DECLARATIONS. THE LEGISLATURE  HEREBY
 FINDS, DETERMINES, AND DECLARES THAT:
   1.  THE LACK OF HOUSING, ESPECIALLY AFFORDABLE AND SUPPORTIVE HOUSING,
 IS A CRITICAL PROBLEM THAT THREATENS THE  ECONOMIC,  ENVIRONMENTAL,  AND
 SOCIAL  QUALITY OF LIFE THROUGHOUT NEW YORK STATE AND DISPROPORTIONATELY
 BURDENS VARIOUS VULNERABLE POPULATIONS THAT DISPROPORTIONATELY NEED MORE
 AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPTIONS INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO,  LOW-  AND
 MODERATE-INCOME, RACIAL AND ETHNIC MINORITY, AND ELDERLY HOUSEHOLDS.
   2. HOUSING IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK IS AMONG THE MOST EXPENSIVE IN THE
 NATION.  THE  EXCESSIVE  COST OF THE STATE'S HOUSING SUPPLY IS PARTIALLY
 CAUSED BY A LACK OF NEW HOUSING PRODUCTION  DUE  TO  THE  PREVALENCE  OF
 LOCAL  GOVERNMENTAL  LAND  USE POLICIES THAT LIMIT THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR
 AND PLACE PROCEDURAL IMPEDIMENTS ON THE APPROVAL OF HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS
 AND THEREBY INCREASE DEVELOPMENT COSTS AND RESTRICT THE HOUSING SUPPLY.
   3. LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL LIMITATIONS ON AND BARRIERS TO HOUSING  DEVELOP-
 MENT  ARE  ESPECIALLY COMMON FOR MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, WHICH
 CONSTRAINS THE SUPPLY OF AFFORDABLE AND SUPPORTIVE  HOUSING  THAT  OFTEN
 REQUIRE MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT TO BE ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE.
   4.  AMONG  THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE PREVALENCE OF LOCAL RESTRICTIONS ON
 HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ARE  THE  LACK  OF  HOUSING  TO  SUPPORT  EMPLOYMENT
 GROWTH;  IMBALANCE IN NUMBER OF JOBS AND HOUSING SUPPLY, WITH THE FORMER
 OUTSTRIPPING THE LATTER; SPRAWL; EXCESSIVE COMMUTING; AND THE  POTENTIAL
 FOR  DISCRIMINATION  AGAINST  LOW-INCOME  AND  MINORITY  HOUSEHOLDS  WHO
 DISPROPORTIONATELY REQUIRE AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES.
   5. MANY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS DO NOT GIVE ADEQUATE ATTENTION TO THE  LOCAL
 AND  BROADER REGIONAL ECONOMIC, ENVIRONMENTAL, AND SOCIAL COSTS OF LOCAL
 POLICIES AND ACTIONS THAT HAVE THE EFFECT OF STAGNATING OR REDUCING  THE
 SUPPLY  OF  HOUSING, INCLUDING AFFORDABLE AND SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, OR HOW
 SUCH POLICIES AND ACTIONS THEREBY PRODUCE THREATS TO THE PUBLIC  HEALTH,
 SAFETY, AND GENERAL WELFARE.
   6. ADDITIONALLY, MANY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS DO NOT GIVE ADEQUATE ATTENTION
 TO  THE  LOCAL  AND BROADER REGIONAL ECONOMIC, ENVIRONMENTAL, AND SOCIAL
 COSTS OF LOCAL POLICIES AND ACTIONS THAT RESULT IN DISAPPROVALS OR INHI-
 BITION OF PROPOSALS FOR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS THAT WOULD  BENEFIT
 THE  PUBLIC  HEALTH, SAFETY, AND GENERAL WELFARE; A REDUCTION IN DENSITY
 OF SUCH HOUSING PROJECTS; AND CREATION OF EXCESSIVE LAND USE  AND  OTHER
 BARRIERS FOR SUCH HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS TO BE BUILT.
   7.  LEGISLATION  IS  NECESSARY TO FORESTALL RESTRICTIVE LAND USE PRAC-
 TICES THAT INHIBIT AND LIMIT HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, AND TO FORESTALL UNDUE
 LOCAL DISAPPROVALS OF HOUSING DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, ESPECIALLY  AFFORDA-
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 BLE  AND  SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, GIVEN THAT SUCH PRACTICES AND DISAPPROVALS
 PRODUCE THREATS TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, AND GENERAL WELFARE.
   8.  THE  STATE  OF  NEW  YORK  MUST ENSURE THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS GIVE
 ADEQUATE ATTENTION TO THE LOCAL AND BROADER REGIONAL ECONOMIC,  ENVIRON-
 MENTAL,  AND  SOCIAL  COSTS OF LAND USE ZONING AND PLANNING POLICIES AND
 ACTIONS, AS WELL AS THE DENIAL OF APPLICATIONS  TO  BUILD  NEW  HOUSING,
 WHICH  COLLECTIVELY AND INDIVIDUALLY MAY RESULT IN A DEARTH OF APPROPRI-
 ATE HOUSING TO MEET THE NEEDS OF  ALL  RESIDENTS  IN  THE  COMMUNITY  OR
 REGION.
   9.  IN  FURTHERANCE OF OVERALL HOUSING PRODUCTION GOALS AND TO PROMOTE
 THE GREATEST EFFICIENCY AND COORDINATED DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS  OF  LOCALI-
 TIES  WITHIN  THE  STATE,  IT  IS BOTH A MATTER OF STATE CONCERN AND THE
 POLICY OF THE STATE THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ADDRESS THEIR LAND USE  POLI-
 CIES, PRACTICES, AND DECISIONS THAT MAKE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS, AND ESPE-
 CIALLY  MULTI-FAMILY,  AFFORDABLE,  AND SUPPORTIVE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS,
 IMPOSSIBLE OR INFEASIBLE.
   10. TO FURTHER ADDRESS THE SHORTAGE OF AFFORDABLE AND SUPPORTIVE HOUS-
 ING IN NEW YORK AND ENCOURAGE REDUCTION OF LAND USE RESTRICTIONS AND THE
 PRODUCTION OF MUCH NEEDED HOUSING, THIS  ARTICLE  CREATES  AN  IMPARTIAL
 FORUM  AND  A  PROCESS  FOR  SPECIALLY  DESIGNATING  JUDGES  TO  RESOLVE
 CONFLICTS ARISING FROM LOCAL DECISIONS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF  AFFORDABLE
 AND SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
   11. IN ORDER TO PREVENT HOUSING INSECURITY, HARDSHIP, AND DISLOCATION,
 THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  ACT ARE NECESSARY AND DESIGNED TO PROTECT THE
 PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, AND GENERAL WELFARE OF THE RESIDENTS OF NEW  YORK
 STATE.
   §  1001. DEFINITIONS. THE FOLLOWING DEFINITIONS APPLY FOR THE PURPOSES
 OF THIS ARTICLE:
   1. "ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT" SHALL MEAN  AN  ATTACHED  OR  A  DETACHED
 RESIDENTIAL  DWELLING UNIT THAT PROVIDES HOUSING FOR ONE OR MORE PERSONS
 WHICH IS LOCATED ON A LOT WITH A PROPOSED OR EXISTING  PRIMARY  RESIDEN-
 TIAL  DWELLING  UNIT  AND SHALL INCLUDE PERMANENT PROVISIONS FOR LIVING,
 SLEEPING, EATING, COOKING, AND SANITATION ON THE SAME LOT AS THE PRIMARY
 SINGLE-FAMILY OR MULTI-FAMILY DWELLING.
   2. "AFFORDABLE HOUSING" SHALL  MEAN  ANY  INCOME  RESTRICTED  HOUSING,
 WHETHER INTENDED FOR RENTAL OR HOMEOWNERSHIP, THAT IS SUBJECT TO A REGU-
 LATORY AGREEMENT WITH A LOCAL, STATE OR FEDERAL GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY.
   3.  "APPLICATION"  SHALL  MEAN  AN  APPLICATION FOR A BUILDING PERMIT,
 VARIANCE, WAIVER, CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, SPECIAL  PERMIT,  ZONING  TEXT
 AMENDMENT,  ZONING MAP AMENDMENT, AMENDMENT TO ZONING DISTRICTS, CERTIF-
 ICATION, AUTHORIZATION, SITE PLAN  APPROVAL,  SUBDIVISION  APPROVAL,  OR
 OTHER DISCRETIONARY LAND USE DETERMINATION BY A LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT.
   4.  "DIVISION"  SHALL  MEAN  THE  DIVISION  OF  HOUSING  AND COMMUNITY
 RENEWAL.
   5. "ECONOMICALLY INFEASIBLE" SHALL MEAN ANY CONDITION BROUGHT ABOUT BY
 ANY SINGLE FACTOR OR COMBINATION OF FACTORS TO THE EXTENT THAT IT  MAKES
 IT SUBSTANTIALLY UNLIKELY FOR AN OWNER TO PROCEED IN BUILDING A RESIDEN-
 TIAL  HOUSING  PROJECT AND STILL REALIZE A REASONABLE RETURN IN BUILDING
 OR OPERATING  SUCH  HOUSING  WITHOUT  SUBSTANTIALLY  CHANGING  THE  RENT
 LEVELS,  RESIDENTIAL  DWELLING  UNIT SIZES, OR RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNIT
 COUNTS PROPOSED BY THE OWNER.
   6. "HOUSING REVIEW BOARD" SHALL MEAN THE HOUSING REVIEW  BOARD  ESTAB-
 LISHED PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE.
   7.  "LAND  USE  ACTION"  SHALL MEAN ANY ENACTMENT OF OR AMENDMENT TO A
 PROVISION OF A ZONING LOCAL LAW, ORDINANCE, RESOLUTION, POLICY, PROGRAM,
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 PROCEDURE, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, SITE PLAN,  SUBDIVISION  PLAN,  CRITERIA,
 RULE, REGULATION, OR REQUIREMENT OF A LOCAL AGENCY.
   8.  "LAND  USE  REQUIREMENTS" SHALL MEAN ANY AND ALL LOCAL LAWS, ORDI-
 NANCES, RESOLUTIONS, OR REGULATIONS, THAT SHALL BE  ADOPTED  OR  ENACTED
 UNDER THIS CHAPTER, THE MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW, OR ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL
 OR OTHER LAW PERTAINING TO LAND USE, AND SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMIT-
 ED TO A LOCALITY'S:
   A. WRITTEN OR OTHER COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OR PLANS;
   B. ZONING ORDINANCE, LOCAL LAWS, RESOLUTIONS, OR REGULATIONS;
   C.  SPECIAL  USE  PERMIT,  SPECIAL EXCEPTION PERMIT, OR SPECIAL PERMIT
 ORDINANCE, LOCAL LAWS, RESOLUTIONS, OR REGULATIONS;
   D. SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE, LOCAL LAWS, RESOLUTIONS, OR REGULATIONS;
   E. SITE PLAN REVIEW  ORDINANCE,  LOCAL  LAWS,  RESOLUTIONS,  OR  REGU-
 LATIONS; AND
   F. POLICIES OR PROCEDURES, OR ANY PLANNING, ZONING, OR OTHER REGULATO-
 RY TOOL THAT CONTROLS OR ESTABLISHES STANDARDS FOR THE USE AND OCCUPANCY
 OF  LAND,  THE  AREA AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF
 LAND, OR THE INTENSITY OF SUCH DEVELOPMENT.
   9. "LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT" SHALL BE DEFINED AS ANY  LEGISLATIVE  BODY
 OF  A  LOCALITY, PLANNING BOARD, ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS, PLANNING DIVI-
 SION, PLANNING COMMISSION, BOARD OF  STANDARDS  AND  APPEALS,  BOARD  OF
 ZONING  APPEALS,  OR  ANY  OFFICIAL  OR  EMPLOYEE,  OR ANY OTHER AGENCY,
 DEPARTMENT, BOARD OR OTHER ENTITY RELATED TO A LOCALITY WITH THE AUTHOR-
 ITY TO APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE OF ANY SPECIFIC PROJECT OR AMENDMENT TO ANY
 LAND USE REQUIREMENTS AS DEFINED IN THIS ARTICLE.
   10. "LOCALITY" SHALL REFER TO ALL  CITIES,  TOWNS,  OR  VILLAGES  THAT
 REGULATE  LAND  USE  PURSUANT TO THE GENERAL CITY LAW, THE TOWN LAW, THE
 VILLAGE LAW, OR OTHER STATE LAW, AS APPLICABLE. PROVIDED FURTHER THAT IN
 A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, "LOCALITY" SHALL  REFER
 TO  A COMMUNITY DISTRICT AS DEFINED BY CHAPTER SIXTY-NINE OF THE CHARTER
 OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK. PROVIDED FURTHER THAT "LOCALITY" SHALL REFER TO
 ANY CITY, TOWN, OR VILLAGE WITHIN A COUNTY, WHERE SUCH COUNTY  REGULATES
 OR OTHERWISE HAS APPROVAL AUTHORITY OVER LAND USE REQUIREMENTS.
   11. "METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION COMMUTER DISTRICT" SHALL REFER TO THE
 COUNTIES  OF  THE  BRONX,  KINGS  (BROOKLYN), NEW YORK, RICHMOND (STATEN
 ISLAND),  QUEENS,  WESTCHESTER,  ORANGE,  PUTNAM,  DUTCHESS,   ROCKLAND,
 NASSAU, AND SUFFOLK.
   12.  "OBJECTIVE  STANDARDS" SHALL BE DEFINED AS STANDARDS THAT INVOLVE
 NO PERSONAL OR SUBJECTIVE JUDGMENT BY A PUBLIC OFFICIAL OR EMPLOYEE  AND
 ARE  UNIFORMLY  VERIFIABLE  BY  REFERENCE  TO  A  PUBLICLY AVAILABLE AND
 UNIFORM BENCHMARK OR CRITERION AVAILABLE AND KNOWABLE BY BOTH THE DEVEL-
 OPMENT APPLICANT AND THE PUBLIC OFFICIAL OR EMPLOYEE BEFORE SUBMITTAL OF
 A RESIDENTIAL LAND USE APPLICATION.
   13. "PREVIOUSLY DISTURBED LAND" SHALL MEAN A PARCEL  OR  LOT  OF  LAND
 THAT  WAS  OCCUPIED  OR  FORMERLY  OCCUPIED  BY  A BUILDING OR OTHERWISE
 IMPROVED OR UTILIZED THAT IS NOT LOCATED IN A 100-YEAR FLOODPLAIN OR WAS
 NOT BEING USED FOR COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES AS OF THE  EFFECTIVE
 DATE OF THIS ARTICLE.
   14.  "QUALIFYING PROJECT" SHALL REFER TO AN APPLICATION THAT IS FOR AT
 LEAST TEN DWELLING UNITS IN LOCALITIES NOT LOCATED IN  THE  METROPOLITAN
 TRANSPORTATION  COMMUTER  DISTRICT  OR AT LEAST TWENTY DWELLING UNITS IN
 LOCALITIES LOCATED IN THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION COMMUTER  DISTRICT
 AND AT LEAST TWENTY PERCENT OF THE DWELLING UNITS ARE AFFORDABLE HOUSING
 UNITS  RESTRICTED  TO  HOUSEHOLDS  AT OR BELOW FIFTY PERCENT OF THE AREA
 MEDIAN INCOME OR SUPPORTIVE DWELLING  UNITS,  OR  AT  LEAST  TWENTY-FIVE
 PERCENT OF THE DWELLING UNITS ARE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS RESTRICTED TO
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 HOUSEHOLDS  AT  OR  BELOW  EIGHTY  PERCENT  OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME OR
 SUPPORTIVE DWELLING UNITS.
   15.  "RESIDENTIAL  DWELLING UNIT" SHALL MEAN ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE
 OR PORTION THEREOF WHICH IS LEGALLY OCCUPIED IN WHOLE OR IN PART AS  THE
 HOME,  RESIDENCE  OR SLEEPING PLACE OF ONE OR MORE HUMAN BEINGS, HOWEVER
 THE TERM DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY CLASS B MULTIPLE DWELLINGS AS  DEFINED  IN
 SECTION FOUR OF THE MULTIPLE DWELLING LAW OR HOUSING THAT IS INTENDED TO
 BE USED ON A SEASONAL BASIS.
   16. "SAFE HARBOR" SHALL MEAN THAT A LOCALITY'S DENIALS OF APPLICATIONS
 ARE  NOT  SUBJECT  TO  APPEAL PURSUANT TO SECTION ONE THOUSAND FOUR, ONE
 THOUSAND FIVE OR ONE THOUSAND SIX OF THIS ARTICLE FOR A THREE-YEAR CYCLE
 AS SET FORTH IN SECTION ONE THOUSAND THREE OF THIS ARTICLE.
   17. "SUPPORTIVE HOUSING" SHALL MEAN RESIDENTIAL  DWELLING  UNITS  WITH
 SUPPORTIVE SERVICES FOR TENANTS.
   18.  "THREE-YEAR CYCLE" SHALL MEAN A TERM OF THREE CALENDAR YEARS WITH
 THE FIRST CYCLE BEGINNING ON JANUARY FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-FOUR,
 AND EACH CYCLE COMMENCING THREE CALENDAR YEARS THEREAFTER.
   §  1002.  APPLICABILITY. THIS ARTICLE SHALL APPLY TO ALL LOCALITIES AS
 DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION TEN OF SECTION ONE THOUSAND ONE OF THIS ARTICLE.
   § 1003. SAFE HARBOR. 1. DETERMINATIONS.   A. THE DIVISION,  USING  THE
 INFORMATION  SUBMITTED  PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION, MAY MAKE AND PUBLISH A
 DETERMINATION AS TO WHETHER A LOCALITY IS IN SAFE HARBOR AS A RESULT  OF
 SUCH  LOCALITY  ACHIEVING  ITS GROWTH TARGETS, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION
 THREE OF THIS SECTION. SUCH DETERMINATION MAY  ONLY  BE  REVIEWED  BY  A
 COURT  OR THE HOUSING REVIEW BOARD AS PART OF AN APPEAL OF A DENIAL OF A
 SPECIFIC QUALIFYING PROJECT.
   B. SAFE HARBOR, AS DEFINED IN SECTION ONE THOUSAND ONE OF  THIS  ARTI-
 CLE,  SHALL  BE GRANTED TO LOCALITIES BASED UPON A THREE-YEAR CYCLE WITH
 THE FIRST CYCLE BEGINNING ON JANUARY FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-FOUR,
 PROVIDED  FURTHER THAT ALL LOCALITIES SHALL BE DEEMED IN SAFE HARBOR FOR
 THE DURATION OF THE FIRST CYCLE BEGINNING ON JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND
 TWENTY-FOUR AND TERMINATING AFTER DECEMBER  THIRTY-FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND
 TWENTY-SIX.
   (I)  A  LOCALITY SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE IN SAFE HARBOR IF SUCH LOCALITY
 SATISFACTORILY ENACTS AT LEAST TWO PREFERRED ACTIONS, AS  SET  FORTH  IN
 SUBDIVISION FOUR OF THIS SECTION.  EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE SET FORTH IN THIS
 ARTICLE,  ANY DETERMINATION ISSUED BY THE DIVISION THAT A LOCALITY IS IN
 SAFE HARBOR BASED ON THE ENACTMENT OF PREFERRED ACTIONS, AS SET FORTH IN
 SUBDIVISION FOUR OF THIS SECTION, SHALL BE IN EFFECT FROM THE  EFFECTIVE
 DATE  OF SUCH DETERMINATION THROUGH THE END OF THE THREE-YEAR CYCLE THAT
 IS CURRENT ON THE DATE ON WHICH SUCH DETERMINATION IS  ISSUED,  PROVIDED
 FURTHER,  HOWEVER,  THAT  ANY  DETERMINATION  AS  TO WHETHER SAFE HARBOR
 SHOULD APPLY BASED ON THE LOCALITY'S ENACTMENT OF SUCH PREFERRED ACTIONS
 SHALL BE BASED ON SUCH PREFERRED ACTIONS ENACTED DURING  THE  THREE-YEAR
 CYCLE  IMMEDIATELY  PRECEDING THE THREE-YEAR CYCLE IN WHICH THE DETERMI-
 NATION WAS ISSUED. IN THE  EVENT  THAT  A  LOCALITY  RESCINDS  ANY  SUCH
 PREFERRED  ACTION  THAT CONTRIBUTED TO A LOCALITY BEING DETERMINED TO BE
 IN SAFE HARBOR WITHIN TEN YEARS OF SUCH  PREFERRED  ACTION'S  ENACTMENT,
 SUCH  LOCALITY SHALL BE INELIGIBLE FOR SAFE HARBOR FOR TEN YEARS, START-
 ING ON THE DATE SUCH LOCALITY WAS INITIALLY DEEMED TO BE IN SAFE  HARBOR
 AS A RESULT OF SUCH RESCINDED PREFERRED ACTION.
   (II)  A LOCALITY SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE IN SAFE HARBOR IF SUCH LOCALITY
 MET OR EXCEEDED THEIR GROWTH TARGETS AS SET FORTH IN  SUBDIVISION  THREE
 OF  THIS  SECTION.  EXCEPT  AS  OTHERWISE SET FORTH IN THIS ARTICLE, ANY
 DETERMINATION ISSUED BY THE DIVISION THAT A LOCALITY IS IN  SAFE  HARBOR
 BASED  ON  THE  LOCALITY  MEETING  OR EXCEEDING THEIR GROWTH TARGETS SET
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 FORTH IN SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE IN EFFECT  FROM  THE
 EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF SUCH DETERMINATION THROUGH THE END OF THE THREE-YEAR
 CYCLE THAT WAS CURRENT AT THE TIME SUCH DETERMINATION WAS ISSUED BY  THE
 DIVISION; PROVIDED FURTHER, HOWEVER, THAT ANY DETERMINATION AS TO WHETH-
 ER  SAFE  HARBOR  SHOULD APPLY SHALL BE BASED ON THE LOCALITY MEETING OR
 EXCEEDING THEIR GROWTH  TARGETS  IN  THE  THREE-YEAR  CYCLE  IMMEDIATELY
 PRECEDING THE THREE-YEAR CYCLE IN WHICH THE DETERMINATION WAS ISSUED.
   (III)  A  LOCALITY  SHALL  BE  DETERMINED TO BE IN SAFE HARBOR FOR THE
 THREE-YEAR CYCLE BEGINNING ON JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND  TWENTY-SEVEN,
 AND  ENDING ON DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-NINE, IF, FROM
 A PERIOD BEGINNING ON JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE, AND ENDING
 ON DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE, SUCH  LOCALITY  MET
 OR  EXCEEDED  THEIR  GROWTH TARGETS AS SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISION THREE OF
 THIS SECTION.
   2. LOCAL REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. EACH LOCALITY SUBJECT TO THIS ARTICLE
 SHALL SUBMIT HOUSING PRODUCTION INFORMATION TO THE DIVISION. SUCH INFOR-
 MATION SHALL BE SUBMITTED PURSUANT TO THE DEADLINES SET FORTH BY SECTION
 TWENTY-A OF THE PUBLIC HOUSING LAW AND  SHALL  CONTAIN  THE  INFORMATION
 PRESCRIBED  IN SUCH SECTION. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS
 SECTION, ANY FAILURE OF A LOCALITY TO PROVIDE SUCH INFORMATION  PURSUANT
 TO  THIS  SUBDIVISION TO THE DIVISION SHALL RESULT IN THE LOCALITY BEING
 DEEMED INELIGIBLE FOR SAFE HARBOR UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THE INFORMATION  IS
 PROPERLY SUBMITTED.
   3.  GROWTH  TARGETS.  A.  A  LOCALITY  MAY BE DETERMINED TO BE IN SAFE
 HARBOR FOR A THREE-YEAR CYCLE, IF, IN THE PREVIOUS THREE-YEAR  CYCLE,  A
 LOCALITY  LOCATED  OUTSIDE  OF  THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION COMMUTER
 DISTRICT PERMITTED THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW ELIGIBLE RESIDENTIAL DWELLING
 UNITS IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO ONE PERCENT OF  THE  AMOUNT  OF  RESIDENTIAL
 HOUSING  UNITS EXISTING IN THE LOCALITY AS REPORTED IN THE MOST RECENTLY
 PUBLISHED UNITED STATES DECENNIAL CENSUS.
   B. A LOCALITY MAY BE DETERMINED TO BE IN SAFE HARBOR FOR A  THREE-YEAR
 CYCLE,  IF,  IN THE PREVIOUS THREE-YEAR CYCLE, A LOCALITY LOCATED INSIDE
 OF THE  METROPOLITAN  TRANSPORTATION  COMMUTER  DISTRICT  PERMITTED  THE
 CONSTRUCTION  OF  NEW  ELIGIBLE  RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS IN AN AMOUNT
 EQUAL TO THREE PERCENT OF THE AMOUNT OF RESIDENTIAL HOUSING UNITS EXIST-
 ING IN THE LOCALITY AS REPORTED IN THE MOST  RECENTLY  PUBLISHED  UNITED
 STATES DECENNIAL CENSUS.
   C.  SUBJECT TO PARAGRAPH D OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE NUMBER OF ELIGIBLE
 RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS  SHALL  BE  CALCULATED  USING  THE  FOLLOWING
 FORMULA:
   (I)  A PERMITTED NEW RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNIT SHALL BE COUNTED AS ONE
 ELIGIBLE RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNIT, PROVIDED THAT A PERMITTED NEW  RESI-
 DENTIAL DWELLING UNIT THAT IS INCOME RESTRICTED TO HOUSEHOLDS EARNING NO
 MORE  THAN  AN AMOUNT THAT IS DETERMINED PURSUANT TO A REGULATORY AGREE-
 MENT WITH A FEDERAL, STATE, OR LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY SHALL BE COUNT-
 ED AS TWO ELIGIBLE RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS; AND
   (II) EVERY PERMITTED RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNIT  THAT  BECAME  SUITABLE
 FOR  OCCUPANCY AND THAT PREVIOUSLY HAD BEEN DEEMED ABANDONED PURSUANT TO
 ARTICLE NINETEEN-A OF THE REAL  PROPERTY  ACTIONS  AND  PROCEEDINGS  LAW
 SHALL  BE  COUNTED  AS  ONE  AND  ONE-HALF ELIGIBLE RESIDENTIAL DWELLING
 UNITS.
   FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, A PROJECT SHALL BE CONSIDERED TO
 BE PERMITTED IF IT  HAS  RECEIVED  ALL  NECESSARY  LOCAL  AUTHORIZATIONS
 REQUIRED PRIOR TO REQUESTING A BUILDING PERMIT.
   D.  THE  FOLLOWING  PERMITTED  RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS SHALL NOT BE
 COUNTED AS ELIGIBLE RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS:
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   (I) ANY PERMITTED RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNIT  WHERE  MORE  THAN  TWELVE
 MONTHS HAVE PASSED BETWEEN THE AUTHORIZATION GRANTING PERMISSION AND THE
 COMMENCEMENT OF CONSTRUCTION; AND
   (II)  ANY  PERMITTED RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNIT WHERE MORE THAN TWENTY-
 FOUR MONTHS HAVE PASSED BETWEEN THE  AUTHORIZATION  GRANTING  PERMISSION
 AND  THE ISSUANCE OF A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY OR TEMPORARY CERTIFICATE
 OF OCCUPANCY.
   E. IN THE EVENT A PERMITTED RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNIT IS  NOT  COUNTED
 AS AN ELIGIBLE RESIDENTIAL UNIT PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH D OF THIS SUBDIVI-
 SION, SUCH RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNIT MAY BE COUNTED AS AN ELIGIBLE RESI-
 DENTIAL  DWELLING  UNIT  WHEN  THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY OR TEMPORARY
 CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY IS ISSUED FOR SUCH RESIDENTIAL  DWELLING  UNIT.
 PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT IN NO EVENT SHALL AN ELIGIBLE RESIDENTIAL DWELL-
 ING  UNIT BE COUNTED TOWARDS A LOCALITY'S GROWTH TARGET IN MORE THAN ONE
 THREE-YEAR CYCLE.
   4. PREFERRED ACTIONS. A. ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS. IT SHALL BE CONSID-
 ERED TO BE A PREFERRED ACTION PURSUANT TO THIS  SECTION  IF  A  LOCALITY
 ENACTS  BY  LOCAL LAW THE PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH. FOR ANY LOCALITY
 WITHIN A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION  OR  MORE,  IT  SHALL  BE
 CONSIDERED  TO  BE  SUCH A PREFERRED ACTION IF SUCH CITY ENACTS BY LOCAL
 LAW THE PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH THROUGHOUT SUCH LOCALITY.  FOR  ANY
 LOCALITY  LOCATED  WITHIN  A  COUNTY WHEREIN SUCH COUNTY IS EMPOWERED TO
 APPROVE OR AMEND SOME OR ALL OF THE  LAND  USE  REQUIREMENTS  APPLICABLE
 WITHIN  THE LOCALITY, TO THE EXTENT THE COUNTY IS SO EMPOWERED, IT SHALL
 BE CONSIDERED SUCH A PREFERRED ACTION IF SUCH COUNTY ENACTS BY LOCAL LAW
 THE PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH TO BE IN EFFECT THROUGHOUT SUCH LOCALI-
 TY.
   (I) DEFINITIONS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH:
   A. "LOCAL GOVERNMENT" SHALL MEAN A COUNTY, CITY, TOWN OR VILLAGE.
   B. "NONCONFORMING ZONING CONDITION" SHALL MEAN A PHYSICAL  IMPROVEMENT
 ON A PROPERTY THAT DOES NOT CONFORM WITH CURRENT ZONING STANDARDS.
   C.  "PROPOSED DWELLING" SHALL MEAN A DWELLING THAT IS THE SUBJECT OF A
 PERMIT APPLICATION AND THAT MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS FOR PERMITTING.
   (II) A LOCAL GOVERNMENT SHALL, BY LOCAL LAW, PROVIDE FOR THE  CREATION
 OF ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS. SUCH LOCAL LAW SHALL:
   A.  DESIGNATE  AREAS  WITHIN  THE JURISDICTION OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT
 WHERE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS  SHALL  BE  PERMITTED.  DESIGNATED  AREAS
 SHALL  INCLUDE ALL AREAS THAT PERMIT SINGLE-FAMILY OR MULTI-FAMILY RESI-
 DENTIAL USE, AND ALL LOTS WITH AN EXISTING RESIDENTIAL USE;
   B. AUTHORIZE THE CREATION OF AT LEAST ONE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT  PER
 LOT;
   C.  PROVIDE REASONABLE STANDARDS FOR ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS THAT MAY
 INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, HEIGHT, LANDSCAPE, ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW
 AND MAXIMUM SIZE OF A UNIT. IN NO CASE SHALL SUCH STANDARDS UNREASONABLY
 RESTRICT THE CREATION OF ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS; AND
   D. REQUIRE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS TO COMPLY WITH THE FOLLOWING:
   (1) SUCH ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT  MAY  BE  RENTED  SEPARATE  FROM  THE
 PRIMARY  RESIDENTIAL  DWELLING  UNIT, BUT SHALL NOT BE SOLD OR OTHERWISE
 CONVEYED SEPARATE FROM THE PRIMARY RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNIT;
   (2) SUCH ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT  SHALL  BE  LOCATED  ON  A  LOT  THAT
 INCLUDES A PROPOSED DWELLING OR EXISTING RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNIT;
   (3)  SUCH  ACCESSORY  DWELLING  UNIT SHALL NOT BE RENTED FOR A TERM OF
 LESS THAN THIRTY DAYS; AND
   (4) IF THERE IS AN EXISTING PRIMARY  RESIDENTIAL  DWELLING  UNIT,  THE
 TOTAL  FLOOR  AREA  OF AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT SHALL NOT EXCEED FIFTY
 PERCENT OF THE EXISTING PRIMARY RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNIT,  UNLESS  SUCH
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 LIMIT  WOULD  PREVENT THE CREATION OF AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT THAT IS
 NO GREATER THAN SIX HUNDRED SQUARE FEET.
   (III)  A  LOCAL GOVERNMENT SHALL NOT ESTABLISH BY LOCAL LAW ANY OF THE
 FOLLOWING:
   A. IN A LOCAL GOVERNMENT HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, A
 MINIMUM SQUARE FOOTAGE REQUIREMENT FOR AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT GREAT-
 ER THAN TWO HUNDRED SQUARE FEET, OR IN A LOCAL GOVERNMENT HAVING A POPU-
 LATION OF LESS THAN ONE MILLION, A MINIMUM  SQUARE  FOOTAGE  REQUIREMENT
 FOR  AN  ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT THAT IS GREATER THAN FIVE HUNDRED FIFTY
 SQUARE FEET;
   B. A MAXIMUM SQUARE FOOTAGE REQUIREMENT FOR AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT
 THAT IS LESS THAN FIFTEEN HUNDRED SQUARE FEET;
   C. ANY OTHER MINIMUM OR MAXIMUM SIZE FOR OR OTHER LIMITS ON AN  ACCES-
 SORY DWELLING UNIT THAT DOES NOT PERMIT AT LEAST AN EIGHT HUNDRED SQUARE
 FOOT  ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT WITH FOUR-FOOT SIDE AND REAR YARD SETBACKS
 TO BE CONSTRUCTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER  LOCAL  STANDARDS,  INCLUDING
 ANY SUCH MINIMUM OR MAXIMUM SIZE BASED UPON A PERCENTAGE OF THE PROPOSED
 DWELLING  OR  EXISTING  PRIMARY  RESIDENTIAL  DWELLING UNIT, OR ANY SUCH
 OTHER LIMITS ON LOT COVERAGE, FLOOR AREA RATIO, OPEN SPACE, AND  MINIMUM
 LOT  SIZE.  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS SECTION, A LOCAL
 GOVERNMENT MAY PROVIDE, WHERE A LOT  CONTAINS  AN  EXISTING  RESIDENTIAL
 DWELLING  UNIT,  THAT  AN  ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT LOCATED WITHIN AND/OR
 ATTACHED TO THE PRIMARY RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNIT SHALL NOT  EXCEED  THE
 BUILDABLE  ENVELOPE FOR THE EXISTING RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNIT, AND THAT
 AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT THAT IS DETACHED FROM AN EXISTING RESIDENTIAL
 DWELLING UNIT SHALL BE CONSTRUCTED IN THE SAME LOCATION AND TO THE  SAME
 DIMENSIONS AS AN EXISTING STRUCTURE, IF SUCH STRUCTURE EXISTS;
   D.  A  CEILING  HEIGHT REQUIREMENT GREATER THAN SEVEN FEET, UNLESS THE
 LOCAL GOVERNMENT CAN DEMONSTRATE THAT SUCH A  REQUIREMENT  IS  NECESSARY
 FOR THE PRESERVATION OF HEALTH AND SAFETY;
   E.  ANY REQUIREMENT THAT A PATHWAY EXIST OR BE CONSTRUCTED IN CONJUNC-
 TION WITH THE CREATION OF AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT, UNLESS  THE  LOCAL
 GOVERNMENT  CAN  DEMONSTRATE  THAT SUCH REQUIREMENT IS NECESSARY FOR THE
 PRESERVATION OF HEALTH AND SAFETY;
   F. ANY SETBACK FOR AN EXISTING RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNIT OR  ACCESSORY
 STRUCTURE  OR  A  STRUCTURE  CONSTRUCTED IN THE SAME LOCATION AND TO THE
 SAME DIMENSIONS AS AN EXISTING STRUCTURE THAT IS CONVERTED TO AN  ACCES-
 SORY DWELLING UNIT OR TO A PORTION OF AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT, OR ANY
 SETBACK  OF  MORE THAN FOUR FEET FROM THE SIDE AND REAR LOT LINES FOR AN
 ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT THAT IS NOT CONVERTED FROM AN EXISTING STRUCTURE
 OR A NEW STRUCTURE CONSTRUCTED IN THE SAME  LOCATION  AND  TO  THE  SAME
 DIMENSIONS AS AN EXISTING STRUCTURE; OR
   G.  ANY HEALTH OR SAFETY REQUIREMENTS ON ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS THAT
 ARE NOT  NECESSARY  TO  PROTECT  HEALTH  AND  SAFETY.  NOTHING  IN  THIS
 PROVISION  SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO PREVENT A LOCAL GOVERNMENT FROM REQUIR-
 ING THAT ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS ARE, WHERE  APPLICABLE,  SUPPORTED  BY
 SEPTIC  CAPACITY  NECESSARY  TO  MEET  STATE HEALTH, SAFETY AND SANITARY
 STANDARDS, THAT THE CREATION OF SUCH ACCESSORY DWELLING  UNITS  COMPORTS
 WITH  FLOOD  RESILIENCY  POLICIES  OR  EFFORTS,  AND THAT SUCH ACCESSORY
 DWELLING UNITS ARE  CONSISTENT  WITH  THE  PROTECTION  OF  WETLANDS  AND
 WATERSHEDS.
   (IV)  NO PARKING REQUIREMENT SHALL BE IMPOSED ON AN ACCESSORY DWELLING
 UNIT; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT WHERE NO ADJACENT  PUBLIC  STREET  PERMITS
 YEAR-ROUND  ON-STREET PARKING AND THE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT IS GREATER
 THAN ONE-HALF MILE FROM ACCESS TO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, A LOCAL GOVERN-
 MENT MAY REQUIRE UP TO ONE OFF-STREET PARKING SPACE PER ACCESSORY UNIT.
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   (V) A LOCAL GOVERNMENT SHALL NOT REQUIRE THAT OFF-STREET PARKING SPAC-
 ES BE REPLACED IF A GARAGE, CARPORT, OR  COVERED  PARKING  STRUCTURE  IS
 DEMOLISHED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN ACCESSORY DWELLING
 UNIT OR CONVERTED TO AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT.
   (VI)  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  LOCAL LAW, ORDINANCE, RESOLUTION, OR REGU-
 LATIONS, A PERMIT APPLICATION TO CREATE AN ACCESSORY  DWELLING  UNIT  IN
 CONFORMANCE WITH A LOCAL LAW ADOPTED PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL BE
 CONSIDERED  MINISTERIALLY, WITHOUT DISCRETIONARY REVIEW OR A HEARING. IF
 THERE IS AN EXISTING SINGLE-FAMILY OR MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL  DWELLING
 UNIT ON THE LOT, THE PERMITTING LOCAL GOVERNMENT SHALL ACT ON THE APPLI-
 CATION  TO CREATE AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT WITHIN NINETY DAYS FROM THE
 DATE THE LOCAL AGENCY RECEIVES A COMPLETED APPLICATION OR,  IN  A  LOCAL
 GOVERNMENT  HAVING  A  POPULATION  OF  ONE MILLION OR MORE, WITHIN SIXTY
 DAYS. IF THE PERMIT APPLICATION TO CREATE AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT  IS
 SUBMITTED  WITH A PERMIT APPLICATION TO CREATE A NEW PRIMARY RESIDENTIAL
 DWELLING UNIT ON THE LOT, THE  PERMITTING  LOCAL  GOVERNMENT  MAY  DELAY
 ACTING  ON  THE PERMIT APPLICATION FOR THE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT UNTIL
 THE PERMITTING LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACTS ON THE PERMIT APPLICATION TO CREATE
 THE NEW PRIMARY RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNIT, BUT THE APPLICATION TO CREATE
 THE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT SHALL BE  CONSIDERED  WITHOUT  DISCRETIONARY
 REVIEW  OR  HEARING.  IF THE APPLICANT REQUESTS A DELAY, THE TIME PERIOD
 FOR REVIEW SHALL BE TOLLED FOR THE PERIOD  OF  THE  DELAY.  SUCH  REVIEW
 SHALL  INCLUDE  ALL  NECESSARY  PERMITS AND APPROVALS INCLUDING, WITHOUT
 LIMITATION, THOSE RELATED TO HEALTH AND SAFETY. A LOCAL GOVERNMENT SHALL
 NOT REQUIRE  AN  ADDITIONAL  OR  AMENDED  CERTIFICATE  OF  OCCUPANCY  IN
 CONNECTION  WITH  AN  ACCESSORY  DWELLING  UNIT.  A LOCAL GOVERNMENT MAY
 CHARGE A FEE NOT TO EXCEED ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS PER APPLICATION FOR  THE
 REIMBURSEMENT  OF  THE ACTUAL COSTS SUCH LOCAL AGENCY INCURS PURSUANT TO
 THE LOCAL LAW ENACTED PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH.
   (VII) LOCAL GOVERNMENTS SHALL ESTABLISH AN ADMINISTRATIVE APPEAL PROC-
 ESS TO A LOCAL AGENCY FOR  APPLICATIONS  TO  CREATE  ACCESSORY  DWELLING
 UNITS. THE JURISDICTION OF THE LOCAL AGENCY TO DECIDE SUCH APPEALS SHALL
 BE  LIMITED  TO  REVIEWING ANY ORDER, REQUIREMENT, DECISION, INTERPRETA-
 TION, OR DETERMINATION ISSUED UNDER THE LOCAL LAW  ADOPTED  PURSUANT  TO
 THIS  PARAGRAPH  AND  DECIDING THE MATTER FROM WHICH ANY SUCH APPEAL WAS
 TAKEN. WHEN A PERMIT TO CREATE AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT PURSUANT TO  A
 LOCAL LAW ADOPTED PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH IS DENIED, THE LOCAL AGENCY
 THAT  DENIED  THE  PERMIT  SHALL  ISSUE  A  NOTICE OF DENIAL WHICH SHALL
 CONTAIN THE REASON OR REASONS SUCH PERMIT  APPLICATION  WAS  DENIED  AND
 INSTRUCTIONS  ON  HOW  THE APPLICANT MAY APPEAL SUCH DENIAL. SUCH NOTICE
 SHALL BE MADE PART OF THE  RECORD  OF  APPEALS.  ALL  APPEALS  SHALL  BE
 SUBMITTED  TO  THE  LOCAL AGENCY AUTHORIZED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE
 LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO DECIDE SUCH APPEALS, IN WRITING WITHIN  THIRTY  DAYS
 OF  ANY  ORDER,  REQUIREMENT, DECISION, INTERPRETATION, OR DETERMINATION
 RELATED TO THE CREATION OF ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS.
   (VIII) NO OTHER LOCAL LAW, ORDINANCE, POLICY, OR REGULATION  SHALL  BE
 THE BASIS FOR THE DENIAL OF A BUILDING PERMIT OR A USE PERMIT UNDER THIS
 PARAGRAPH  EXCEPT  TO  THE EXTENT NECESSARY TO PROTECT HEALTH AND SAFETY
 AND PROVIDED SUCH LAW, POLICY, OR  REGULATION  IS  CONSISTENT  WITH  THE
 REQUIREMENTS OF THIS PARAGRAPH.
   (IX)  A  LOCAL GOVERNMENT SHALL NOT REQUIRE, AS A CONDITION FOR MINIS-
 TERIAL APPROVAL OF A PERMIT APPLICATION FOR THE CREATION OF AN ACCESSORY
 DWELLING  UNIT,  THE  CORRECTION  OF  NONCONFORMING  ZONING  CONDITIONS,
 NONCOMPLYING  ZONING  CONDITIONS, OR OTHER MINOR VIOLATIONS OF ANY LOCAL
 LAW.
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   (X) WHERE AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT REQUIRES A NEW OR SEPARATE UTILI-
 TY CONNECTION DIRECTLY BETWEEN THE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT AND THE UTIL-
 ITY, THE CONNECTION MAY BE SUBJECT  TO  A  CONNECTION  FEE  OR  CAPACITY
 CHARGE  THAT SHALL BE PROPORTIONATE TO THE BURDEN OF THE PROPOSED ACCES-
 SORY  DWELLING  UNIT,  BASED  UPON  EITHER ITS SIZE OR THE NUMBER OF ITS
 PLUMBING FIXTURES UPON THE WATER OR SEWER SYSTEM.  SUCH  FEE  OR  CHARGE
 SHALL   NOT  EXCEED  THE  REASONABLE  COST  OF  PROVIDING  SUCH  UTILITY
 CONNECTION. A LOCAL  GOVERNMENT  SHALL  NOT  IMPOSE  ANY  OTHER  FEE  IN
 CONNECTION WITH AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT.
   (XI)  A PROPERTY OWNER WHO IS DENIED A PERMIT BY A LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN
 VIOLATION OF THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL HAVE A PRIVATE CAUSE OF  ACTION  IN  A
 COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION.
   (XII)  ANY  AMENDMENT  UNDERTAKEN  PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL BE
 EXEMPT FROM ANY ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW REQUIREMENTS  PURSUANT  TO  ARTICLE
 EIGHT  OF  THE  ENVIRONMENTAL  CONSERVATION  LAW AND ANY RULES AND REGU-
 LATIONS PROMULGATED PURSUANT THERETO, AND ANY  SUBSTANTIALLY  EQUIVALENT
 LOCAL  LAW,  REGULATION  OR  RULE  TO ARTICLE EIGHT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL
 CONSERVATION LAW, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IN A CITY WITH A  POPU-
 LATION  GREATER  THAN  ONE  MILLION  PEOPLE,  CITY ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
 REVIEW.
   B. LOT SPLITS. IT SHALL BE CONSIDERED TO BE A PREFERRED ACTION  PURSU-
 ANT  TO THIS SECTION IF A LOCALITY ENACTS BY LOCAL LAW THE PROVISIONS OF
 THIS PARAGRAPH. FOR ANY LOCALITY WITHIN A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF  ONE
 MILLION  OR MORE, IT SHALL BE A CONSIDERED TO BE SUCH A PREFERRED ACTION
 IF SUCH CITY ENACTS BY  LOCAL  LAW  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  PARAGRAPH
 THROUGHOUT SUCH LOCALITY. FOR ANY LOCALITY LOCATED WITHIN A COUNTY WHER-
 EIN SUCH COUNTY IS EMPOWERED TO APPROVE OR AMEND SOME OR ALL OF THE LAND
 USE REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE WITHIN THE LOCALITY, TO THE EXTENT THE COUN-
 TY  IS  SO  EMPOWERED, IT SHALL BE CONSIDERED SUCH A PREFERRED ACTION IF
 SUCH COUNTY ENACTS BY LOCAL LAW THE PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH  TO  BE
 IN EFFECT THROUGHOUT SUCH LOCALITY.
   (I) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF STATE OR LOCAL LAW, RULE OR
 REGULATION, A LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT SHALL MINISTERIALLY APPROVE, AS SET
 FORTH  BY  THE  LOCAL  LAW  ADOPTED  TO  ESTABLISH A PREFERRED ACTION IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH THIS PARAGRAPH, A LOT TO BE SPLIT  IF  THE  LEAD  AGENCY
 EQUIVALENT  DETERMINES  THAT THE LOT MEETS ALL OF THE FOLLOWING REQUIRE-
 MENTS:
   A. THE LOT TO BE SPLIT CREATES NO MORE THAN TWO NEW LOTS  OF  APPROXI-
 MATELY  EQUAL  LOT AREA, PROVIDED THAT ONE LOT SHALL NOT BE SMALLER THAN
 FORTY PERCENT OF THE LOT AREA OF  THE  ORIGINAL  LOT  PROPOSED  FOR  THE
 SUBDIVISION;
   B. THE LOT TO BE SPLIT IS LOCATED IN AN AREA WHERE SINGLE-FAMILY RESI-
 DENTIAL USE IS PERMITTED;
   C.  THE LOT WAS NOT CREATED FROM A PREVIOUS LOT SPLIT PERMITTED PURSU-
 ANT TO THE LOCAL LAW THAT WAS ENACTED PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH; AND
   D. THE PROPOSED LOT SPLIT WOULD NOT REQUIRE DEMOLITION  OR  ALTERATION
 OF ANY OF THE FOLLOWING TYPES OF HOUSING:
   (1)  HOUSING THAT IS SUBJECT TO A RECORDED COVENANT, ORDINANCE, LAW OR
 REGULATORY AGREEMENT  THAT  RESTRICTS  RENTS  TO  LEVELS  AFFORDABLE  TO
 PERSONS AND FAMILIES OF A SET INCOME;
   (2) HOUSING THAT IS SUBJECT TO THE EMERGENCY RENT STABILIZATION LAW OR
 THE EMERGENCY TENANT PROTECTION ACT; OR
   (3) HOUSING THAT IS LISTED ON THE STATE REGISTRY OF HISTORIC PLACES OR
 HAD  AN  APPLICATION  PENDING  TO  BE  LISTED ON SUCH REGISTRY AS OF THE
 EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ARTICLE.
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   (II) AN APPLICATION FOR A LOT SPLIT SHALL BE  APPROVED  IN  ACCORDANCE
 WITH THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS:
   A. A LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT SHALL APPROVE OR DENY AN APPLICATION FOR A
 LOT SPLIT MINISTERIALLY WITHOUT DISCRETIONARY REVIEW.
   B.  A  LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT SHALL NOT REQUIRE DEDICATIONS OF RIGHTS-
 OF-WAY OR THE CONSTRUCTION OF OFFSITE IMPROVEMENTS FOR  THE  LOTS  BEING
 CREATED  AS A CONDITION OF APPROVING A LOT SPLIT PURSUANT TO A LOCAL LAW
 ADOPTED PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH.
   C. A LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT  SHALL  NOT  IMPOSE  LAND  USE  STANDARDS,
 ZONING  STANDARDS,  SUBDIVISION  STANDARDS,  DESIGN REVIEW STANDARDS, OR
 OTHER DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS THAT WOULD HAVE  THE  EFFECT  OF  PHYSICALLY
 PRECLUDING  THE  CONSTRUCTION OF TWO UNITS, ONE ON EACH OF THE RESULTING
 LOTS, OR THAT WOULD RESULT IN A UNIT SIZE OF  LESS  THAN  EIGHT  HUNDRED
 SQUARE  FEET,  PROVIDED FURTHER THAT NO SETBACK SHALL BE REQUIRED FOR AN
 EXISTING STRUCTURE OR A STRUCTURE CONSTRUCTED IN THE SAME  LOCATION  AND
 TO THE SAME DIMENSIONS AS AN EXISTING STRUCTURE.
   D. NOTWITHSTANDING CLAUSE C OF THIS SUBPARAGRAPH, A LEAD AGENCY EQUIV-
 ALENT  MAY  REQUIRE  A SETBACK OF UP TO FOUR FEET FROM THE SIDE AND REAR
 LOT LINES.
   (III) A LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT MAY DENY A LOT SPLIT IF THE LEAD AGENCY
 EQUIVALENT MAKES A WRITTEN FINDING, BASED UPON A  PREPONDERANCE  OF  THE
 EVIDENCE,  THAT  A  PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNIT ON ONE OF THE NEW
 LOTS WOULD HAVE A SPECIFIC, ADVERSE IMPACT UPON PUBLIC HEALTH OR  SAFETY
 FOR  WHICH  THERE  IS  NO FEASIBLE METHOD TO SATISFACTORILY MITIGATE THE
 SPECIFIC ADVERSE IMPACT.
   (IV) A LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT MAY REQUIRE ANY OF THE FOLLOWING  CONDI-
 TIONS WHEN CONSIDERING AN APPLICATION TO UNDERTAKE A LOT SPLIT:
   A. EASEMENTS REQUIRED FOR THE PROVISION OF PUBLIC SERVICES AND FACILI-
 TIES;
   B.  A  REQUIREMENT THAT THE LOTS HAVE ACCESS TO, PROVIDE ACCESS TO, OR
 ADJOIN THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY; AND
   C. OFF-STREET PARKING OF UP TO  ONE  SPACE  PER  RESIDENTIAL  DWELLING
 UNIT,  EXCEPT  THAT  A  LEAD  AGENCY EQUIVALENT SHALL NOT IMPOSE PARKING
 REQUIREMENTS IN EITHER OF THE FOLLOWING INSTANCES:
   (1) WHERE YEAR-ROUND PARKING IS PERMITTED ON AN ADJACENT STREET; OR
   (2) WHERE THE SPLIT LOT IS WITHIN ONE-HALF MILE OF  ACCESS  TO  PUBLIC
 TRANSPORTATION.
   (V) A LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT SHALL NOT IMPOSE OWNER OCCUPANCY REQUIRE-
 MENTS ON A LOT SPLIT AUTHORIZED PURSUANT TO A LOCAL LAW ADOPTED PURSUANT
 TO THIS PARAGRAPH.
   (VI)  A LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT SHALL REQUIRE THAT A RENTAL OF ANY UNIT
 CREATED PURSUANT TO A LOCAL LAW ADOPTED PURSUANT TO  THIS  PARAGRAPH  BE
 FOR A TERM LONGER THAN THIRTY DAYS.
   (VII)  A  LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT SHALL NOT REQUIRE, AS A CONDITION FOR
 MINISTERIAL APPROVAL OF A LOT SPLIT PURSUANT  TO  A  LOCAL  LAW  ADOPTED
 PURSUANT  TO THIS PARAGRAPH, CORRECTION OF NONCONFORMING OR NONCOMPLYING
 ZONING CONDITIONS.
   (VIII) A REQUEST FOR A LOT SPLIT  PURSUANT  TO  A  LOCAL  LAW  ADOPTED
 PURSUANT  TO  THIS  PARAGRAPH  SHALL  NOT  BE  DENIED  SOLELY BECAUSE IT
 PROPOSED ADJACENT OR CONNECTED STRUCTURES, PROVIDED THAT THE  STRUCTURES
 MEET BUILDING CODE SAFETY STANDARDS AND ARE SUFFICIENT TO ALLOW SEPARATE
 CONVEYANCE.
   (IX)  ANY  AMENDMENT  UNDERTAKEN  PURSUANT  TO THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL BE
 EXEMPT FROM ANY ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW REQUIREMENTS  PURSUANT  TO  ARTICLE
 EIGHT  OF  THE  ENVIRONMENTAL  CONSERVATION  LAW AND ANY RULES AND REGU-
 LATIONS PROMULGATED PURSUANT THERETO, AND ANY  SUBSTANTIALLY  EQUIVALENT
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 LOCAL  LAW,  REGULATION  OR  RULE  TO ARTICLE EIGHT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL
 CONSERVATION LAW, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IN A CITY WITH A  POPU-
 LATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, CITY ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY REVIEW.
   C.  REMOVE  EXCLUSIONARY  MEASURES.  IT  SHALL  BE  CONSIDERED TO BE A
 PREFERRED ACTION PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION IF A LOCALITY ENACTS BY  LOCAL
 LAW  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS PARAGRAPH. FOR ANY LOCALITY WITHIN A CITY
 WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, IT SHALL BE CONSIDERED  TO  BE
 SUCH  A PREFERRED ACTION IF SUCH CITY ENACTS BY LOCAL LAW THE PROVISIONS
 OF THIS PARAGRAPH THROUGHOUT SUCH LOCALITY.  FOR  ANY  LOCALITY  LOCATED
 WITHIN  A  COUNTY  WHEREIN  SUCH COUNTY IS EMPOWERED TO APPROVE OR AMEND
 SOME OR ALL OF THE LAND USE REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE WITHIN THE LOCALITY,
 TO THE EXTENT THE COUNTY IS SO EMPOWERED, IT SHALL BE CONSIDERED SUCH  A
 PREFERRED  ACTION  IF  SUCH COUNTY ENACTS BY LOCAL LAW THE PROVISIONS OF
 THIS PARAGRAPH TO BE IN EFFECT THROUGHOUT SUCH LOCALITY.
   (I) NO LOCALITY SHALL, AS PART OF ITS LAND USE LAWS, ORDINANCES, RULES
 OR REGULATIONS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ZONING LAWS,  ORDINANCES,
 RULES  OR REGULATIONS, SITE PLAN REVIEW LAWS, ORDINANCES, RULES OR REGU-
 LATIONS, SUBDIVISION LAWS, RULES OR REGULATIONS, OR COMPREHENSIVE  PLAN-
 NING LAWS, RULES OR REGULATIONS, IMPOSE:
   A. MINIMUM LOT SIZE REQUIREMENTS FOR MIXED-USE OR RESIDENTIAL USES;
   B. HEIGHT LIMITS THAT PRECLUDE OR UNDULY RESTRICT THE ABILITY TO BUILD
 RESIDENTIAL  ACCOMMODATIONS,  INCLUDING  MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL BUILD-
 INGS;
   C. LOT COVERAGE RESTRICTIONS THAT  PRECLUDE  OR  UNDULY  RESTRICT  THE
 ABILITY  TO  BUILD  RESIDENTIAL  ACCOMMODATIONS,  INCLUDING MULTI-FAMILY
 RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS; OR
   D. PARKING MINIMUMS ON ANY SITE THAT  EXCEED  ONE  PARKING  SPACE  PER
 RESIDENTIAL  DWELLING  UNIT, PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT NO PARKING MINIMUMS
 MAY BE IMPOSED FOR ANY SITE THAT  INCLUDES  RESIDENTIAL  DWELLING  UNITS
 WHEN  SUCH  SITE  IS  LOCATED WITHIN ONE-HALF MILE FROM ACCESS TO PUBLIC
 TRANSPORTATION.
   (II) ANY AMENDMENT UNDERTAKEN PURSUANT  TO  THIS  PARAGRAPH  SHALL  BE
 EXEMPT  FROM  ANY  ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW REQUIREMENTS PURSUANT TO ARTICLE
 EIGHT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW  AND  ANY  RULES  AND  REGU-
 LATIONS  PROMULGATED  PURSUANT THERETO, AND ANY SUBSTANTIALLY EQUIVALENT
 LOCAL LAW, REGULATION OR RULE TO  ARTICLE  EIGHT  OF  THE  ENVIRONMENTAL
 CONSERVATION  LAW, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IN A CITY WITH A POPU-
 LATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, CITY ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY REVIEW.
   D. SMART GROWTH REZONINGS. IT SHALL BE CONSIDERED TO  BE  A  PREFERRED
 ACTION  PURSUANT  TO  THIS SECTION IF A LOCALITY ENACTS BY LOCAL LAW THE
 PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH. SUCH PREFERRED ACTION  SHALL  BE  DESIGNED
 AND IMPLEMENTED IN SUCH A MANNER THAT IT COMPLIES WITH FEDERAL AND STATE
 FAIR  HOUSING  LAWS,  INCLUDING THE REQUIREMENT TO AFFIRMATIVELY FURTHER
 FAIR HOUSING, WHICH SHALL INCLUDE COMPLIANCE WITH THE  REQUIREMENTS  SET
 FORTH  IN SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION SIX HUNDRED OF THE PUBLIC HOUSING
 LAW. FOR ANY LOCALITY WITHIN A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION  OR
 MORE,  IT SHALL BE CONSIDERED TO BE SUCH A PREFERRED ACTION IF SUCH CITY
 ENACTS BY LOCAL LAW THE PROVISIONS OF  THIS  PARAGRAPH  THROUGHOUT  SUCH
 LOCALITY.   FOR ANY LOCALITY LOCATED WITHIN A COUNTY WHEREIN SUCH COUNTY
 IS EMPOWERED TO APPROVE OR AMEND SOME OR ALL OF THE  LAND  USE  REQUIRE-
 MENTS  APPLICABLE  WITHIN  THE  LOCALITY, TO THE EXTENT THE COUNTY IS SO
 EMPOWERED, IT SHALL BE CONSIDERED SUCH A PREFERRED ACTION IF SUCH COUNTY
 ENACTS BY LOCAL LAW THE PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH  TO  BE  IN  EFFECT
 THROUGHOUT SUCH LOCALITY.
   (I)  A  LEAD  AGENCY  EQUIVALENT  SHALL UNDERTAKE A LAND USE ACTION TO
 AMEND  ITS  LAND  USE  REQUIREMENTS,  AS  APPLICABLE,  TO   PERMIT   THE
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 CONSTRUCTION  OF  RESIDENTIAL  HOUSING  WITH  AN AGGREGATE DENSITY OF AT
 LEAST TWENTY-FIVE RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE OVER  AN  AREA  OR
 AREAS CONSISTING SOLELY OF PREVIOUSLY DISTURBED LAND THAT, IN THE AGGRE-
 GATE,  ARE  EQUAL  TO ONE-THIRD OF THE PREVIOUSLY DISTURBED LAND MASS OF
 THE LOCALITY.
   (II) SUCH LAND USE ACTION SHALL NOT INCLUDE ANY MEASURE THAT MAKES THE
 DEVELOPMENT OF RESIDENTIAL HOUSING ECONOMICALLY  INFEASIBLE,  INCLUDING,
 BUT  NOT LIMITED TO, UNDULY RESTRICTIVE HEIGHT LIMITS, EXCESSIVE YARD OR
 OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENTS, THE IMPOSITION OF MINIMUM OR  MAXIMUM  RESIDEN-
 TIAL  DWELLING  UNIT SIZE LIMITS, OR RESTRICTIONS ON THE TOTAL NUMBER OF
 PERMITTED  RESIDENTIAL  DWELLING  UNITS  WITHIN  A  RESIDENTIAL  HOUSING
 PROJECT  BASED  ON  LOT  SIZE OR OTHER CRITERIA OTHER THAN THE AGGREGATE
 DENSITY.
   (III) SUCH LAND USE ACTION SHALL PERMIT COMMERCIAL USES ON  A  REASON-
 ABLE  PERCENTAGE  OF THE LOTS IMPACTED BY THE AMENDMENT WITH THE GOAL OF
 GRANTING RESIDENTS ACCESS TO AMENITIES, GOODS, AND SERVICES WITHIN WALK-
 ING DISTANCE OF THEIR RESIDENCES.
   (IV) ANY AMENDMENT UNDERTAKEN PURSUANT  TO  THIS  PARAGRAPH  SHALL  BE
 EXEMPT  FROM  ANY  ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW REQUIREMENTS PURSUANT TO ARTICLE
 EIGHT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW  AND  ANY  RULES  AND  REGU-
 LATIONS  PROMULGATED  PURSUANT THERETO, AND ANY SUBSTANTIALLY EQUIVALENT
 LOCAL LAW, REGULATION OR RULE TO  ARTICLE  EIGHT  OF  THE  ENVIRONMENTAL
 CONSERVATION  LAW, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IN A CITY WITH A POPU-
 LATION GREATER THAN  ONE  MILLION  PEOPLE,  CITY  ENVIRONMENTAL  QUALITY
 REVIEW.
   (V)  ANY  PROPOSED  PROJECT  THAT  PROVIDES  RESIDENTIAL  HOUSING  AND
 COMPLIES WITH A LOCALITY'S LAND USE REQUIREMENTS, AFTER  SUCH  LAND  USE
 REQUIREMENTS  HAVE  BEEN  AMENDED  PURSUANT  TO THIS PARAGRAPH, SHALL BE
 EXEMPT FROM REVIEW REQUIREMENTS PURSUANT TO ARTICLE EIGHT OF  THE  ENVI-
 RONMENTAL  CONSERVATION  LAW  AND  ANY RULES AND REGULATIONS PROMULGATED
 THERETO, AND ANY SUBSTANTIALLY EQUIVALENT LOCAL LAW, REGULATION OR  RULE
 TO  ARTICLE  EIGHT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW, INCLUDING, BUT
 NOT LIMITED TO, IN A CITY WITH A POPULATION  GREATER  THAN  ONE  MILLION
 PEOPLE, CITY ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY REVIEW.
   (VI)  PROJECT SPECIFIC REVIEW OF ANY PROJECT THAT PROVIDES RESIDENTIAL
 HOUSING AND COMPLIES WITH A LOCALITY'S LAND USE REQUIREMENTS, AFTER SUCH
 REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN AMENDED PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH, SHALL:
   A. BE COMPLETED WITH WRITTEN APPROVAL OR DENIAL BEING DELIVERED TO THE
 APPLYING PARTY WITHIN ONE HUNDRED TWENTY DAYS OF THE  APPLICATION  BEING
 SUBMITTED; AND
   B. BE LIMITED TO A REVIEW OF THE FOLLOWING:
   (1)  THE CAPACITY OF LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE DRINKING
 WATER AND WASTEWATER SERVICES TO THE PROPOSED PROJECT;
   (2) THE CAPACITY OF LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE TO PROVIDE  ADEQUATE  UTILITY
 SERVICES TO THE PROPOSED PROJECT; AND
   (3) THE AESTHETICS OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT, PROVIDED THAT ANY AESTHET-
 IC  REVIEW  MUST BE BASED ON PUBLISHED OBJECTIVE STANDARDS. IF NO OBJEC-
 TIVE STANDARDS ARE PUBLISHED, NO PROJECT SPECIFIC  REVIEW  MAY  CONSIDER
 AESTHETICS. PROVIDED FURTHER THAT NO AESTHETIC REQUIREMENTS MAY INCREASE
 THE  COST  OF  A  PROJECT  TO MAKE SUCH PROJECT AS PROPOSED ECONOMICALLY
 INFEASIBLE.
   C. UNLESS SPECIFICALLY SET FORTH BY THIS PARAGRAPH, NOTHING SET  FORTH
 IN THIS SUBPARAGRAPH SHALL BE INTERPRETED TO OVERRIDE OR OTHERWISE WAIVE
 ANY  PERMITTING  REQUIRED  PURSUANT  TO  STATE  OR FEDERAL LAWS OR REGU-
 LATIONS.
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   E. ADAPTIVE REUSE REZONINGS. IT SHALL BE CONSIDERED TO BE A  PREFERRED
 ACTION  PURSUANT  TO  THIS SECTION IF A LOCALITY ENACTS BY LOCAL LAW THE
 PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH. SUCH PREFERRED ACTION  SHALL  BE  DESIGNED
 AND IMPLEMENTED IN SUCH A MANNER THAT IT COMPLIES WITH FEDERAL AND STATE
 FAIR  HOUSING  LAWS,  INCLUDING THE REQUIREMENT TO AFFIRMATIVELY FURTHER
 FAIR HOUSING, WHICH SHALL INCLUDE COMPLIANCE WITH THE  REQUIREMENTS  SET
 FORTH  IN SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION SIX HUNDRED OF THE PUBLIC HOUSING
 LAW. FOR ANY LOCALITY WITHIN A CITY WITH A POPULATION GREATER  THAN  ONE
 MILLION  PEOPLE, IT SHALL BE CONSIDERED TO BE SUCH A PREFERRED ACTION IF
 SUCH CITY ENACTS BY LOCAL LAW THE PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH  THROUGH-
 OUT  SUCH  LOCALITY.    FOR ANY LOCALITY LOCATED WITHIN A COUNTY WHEREIN
 SUCH COUNTY IS EMPOWERED TO APPROVE OR AMEND SOME OR ALL OF THE LAND USE
 REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE WITHIN THE LOCALITY, TO THE EXTENT THE COUNTY IS
 SO EMPOWERED, IT SHALL BE CONSIDERED SUCH A  PREFERRED  ACTION  IF  SUCH
 COUNTY  ENACTS  BY  LOCAL  LAW THE PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH TO BE IN
 EFFECT THROUGHOUT SUCH LOCALITY.
   (I) A LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT SHALL UNDERTAKE  A  LAND  USE  ACTION  TO
 AMEND ITS LAND USE REQUIREMENTS TO PERMIT THE CONSTRUCTION AND OCCUPANCY
 OF RESIDENTIAL HOUSING WITH AN AGGREGATE DENSITY OF AT LEAST TWENTY-FIVE
 RESIDENTIAL  DWELLING  UNITS  PER  ACRE  IN  AN AREA THAT, PRIOR TO SUCH
 AMENDMENT, PERMITTED ONLY COMMERCIAL USE.
   A. SUCH LAND USE ACTION MUST ENCOMPASS AN AREA OF AT LEAST ONE HUNDRED
 ACRES.
   B. SUCH LAND USE ACTION SHALL NOT INCLUDE ANY MEASURE THAT  MAKES  THE
 DEVELOPMENT  OF  RESIDENTIAL HOUSING ECONOMICALLY INFEASIBLE, INCLUDING,
 BUT NOT LIMITED TO, UNDULY RESTRICTIVE HEIGHT LIMITS, EXCESSIVE YARD  OR
 OPEN  SPACE REQUIREMENTS, THE IMPOSITION OF MINIMUM OR MAXIMUM UNIT SIZE
 LIMITS, OR RESTRICTIONS ON THE TOTAL  NUMBER  OF  PERMITTED  RESIDENTIAL
 DWELLING UNITS WITHIN A RESIDENTIAL HOUSING PROJECT BASED ON LOT SIZE OR
 OTHER CRITERIA OTHER THAN THE AGGREGATE DENSITY.
   C.  SUCH  LAND USE ACTION SHALL PERMIT COMMERCIAL USES ON A REASONABLE
 PERCENTAGE OF THE LOTS IMPACTED BY THE AMENDMENT WITH THE GOAL OF GRANT-
 ING RESIDENTS ACCESS TO AMENITIES, GOODS, AND  SERVICES  WITHIN  WALKING
 DISTANCE OF THEIR RESIDENCES.
   (II)  ANY  AMENDMENT  UNDERTAKEN  PURSUANT  TO THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL BE
 EXEMPT FROM ANY ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW REQUIREMENTS  PURSUANT  TO  ARTICLE
 EIGHT  OF  THE  ENVIRONMENTAL  CONSERVATION  LAW AND ANY RULES AND REGU-
 LATIONS PROMULGATED PURSUANT THERETO, AND ANY  SUBSTANTIALLY  EQUIVALENT
 LOCAL  LAW,  REGULATION  OR  RULE  TO ARTICLE EIGHT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL
 CONSERVATION LAW, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IN A CITY WITH A  POPU-
 LATION  GREATER  THAN  ONE  MILLION  PEOPLE,  CITY ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
 REVIEW.
   (III) ANY PROPOSED  PROJECT  THAT  PROVIDES  RESIDENTIAL  HOUSING  AND
 COMPLIES  WITH  LAND  USE REQUIREMENTS, AFTER SUCH LAND USE REQUIREMENTS
 HAVE BEEN AMENDED PURSUANT TO  THIS  PARAGRAPH,  SHALL  BE  EXEMPT  FROM
 REVIEW  REQUIREMENTS  PURSUANT  TO  ARTICLE  EIGHT  OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL
 CONSERVATION LAW AND ANY  RULES  AND  REGULATIONS  PROMULGATED  PURSUANT
 THERETO,  AND ANY SUBSTANTIALLY EQUIVALENT LOCAL LAW, REGULATION OR RULE
 TO ARTICLE EIGHT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW,  INCLUDING,  BUT
 NOT  LIMITED  TO,  IN  A CITY WITH A POPULATION GREATER THAN ONE MILLION
 PEOPLE, CITY ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY REVIEW.
   (IV) ANY PROJECT THAT PROVIDES RESIDENTIAL HOUSING AND  COMPLIES  WITH
 APPLICABLE  LAND USE REQUIREMENTS, AFTER SUCH LAND USE REQUIREMENTS HAVE
 BEEN AMENDED PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH, SHALL BE BUILDABLE AS OF RIGHT,
 AND ANY PROJECT SPECIFIC REVIEW RELATING TO SUCH PROJECT SHALL:
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   A. BE COMPLETED WITH WRITTEN APPROVAL OR DENIAL BEING DELIVERED TO THE
 APPLYING PARTY WITHIN ONE HUNDRED TWENTY DAYS OF THE  APPLICATION  BEING
 SUBMITTED; AND
   B. BE LIMITED TO A REVIEW OF THE FOLLOWING:
   (1)  THE CAPACITY OF LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE DRINKING
 WATER AND WASTEWATER SERVICES TO THE PROPOSED PROJECT;
   (2) THE CAPACITY OF LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE TO PROVIDE  ADEQUATE  UTILITY
 SERVICES TO THE PROPOSED PROJECT; AND
   (3) THE AESTHETICS OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT, PROVIDED THAT ANY AESTHET-
 IC  REVIEW  MUST BE BASED ON PUBLISHED OBJECTIVE STANDARDS. IF NO OBJEC-
 TIVE STANDARDS ARE PUBLISHED, NO PROJECT SPECIFIC  REVIEW  MAY  CONSIDER
 AESTHETICS. PROVIDED FURTHER THAT NO AESTHETIC REQUIREMENTS MAY INCREASE
 THE  COST  OF  A  PROJECT  TO MAKE SUCH PROJECT AS PROPOSED ECONOMICALLY
 INFEASIBLE.
   C. UNLESS SPECIFICALLY SET FORTH BY THIS PARAGRAPH, NOTHING SET  FORTH
 IN THIS SUBPARAGRAPH SHALL BE INTERPRETED TO OVERRIDE OR OTHERWISE WAIVE
 ANY  PERMITTING  REQUIRED  PURSUANT  TO  STATE  OR FEDERAL LAWS OR REGU-
 LATIONS.
   § 1004. LOCAL PROCEDURES OUTSIDE OF SAFE HARBOR/GENERAL  APPEAL  PROC-
 ESS. EFFECTIVE JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SEVEN, WHEN A LOCALITY
 IS NOT IN SAFE HARBOR:
   1.  AN  APPLICANT  MAY  PROPOSE  A QUALIFYING PROJECT TO A LEAD AGENCY
 EQUIVALENT, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE QUALIFYING PROJECT  COMPLIES  WITH
 THE  LAND  USE  REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO THE SITE WHERE THE QUALIFYING
 PROJECT IS PROPOSED. NO LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT  MAY  REJECT  A  PROPOSED
 QUALIFYING  PROJECT  DUE TO SUCH PROJECT FAILING TO COMPLY WITH THE LAND
 USE REQUIREMENTS ON THE SITE WHERE THE QUALIFYING PROJECT  IS  PROPOSED,
 UNLESS  SUCH  QUALIFYING  PROJECT IS NOT LOCATED ON PREVIOUSLY DISTURBED
 LAND.
   2. THE LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT MUST APPROVE OR DENY THE APPLICATION FOR
 THE QUALIFYING PROJECT WITHIN ONE HUNDRED TWENTY DAYS  IF  THE  PROPOSED
 QUALIFYING  PROJECT CONTAINS AT LEAST TEN RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS BUT
 LESS THAN ONE HUNDRED RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS, AND WITHIN ONE HUNDRED
 EIGHTY DAYS IF THE PROPOSED QUALIFYING PROJECT CONTAINS ONE  HUNDRED  OR
 MORE  RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS. FAILURE TO APPROVE OR DENY AN APPLICA-
 TION WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SPECIFIED  IN  THIS  SUBDIVISION  SHALL  BE
 DEEMED TO BE A CONSTRUCTIVE DENIAL, PROVIDED FURTHER THAT THE IMPOSITION
 OF  CONDITIONS  ON THE PROJECT BY THE LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT THAT RENDER
 THE PROJECT ECONOMICALLY INFEASIBLE SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A CONSTRUCTIVE
 DENIAL, AND SUBJECT TO APPEAL PURSUANT  TO  THIS  SECTION,  SECTION  ONE
 THOUSAND FIVE OR SECTION ONE THOUSAND SIX OF THIS ARTICLE.
   3.  ANY  PROJECT  SPECIFIC  REVIEW  RELATED  TO  A PROPOSED QUALIFYING
 PROJECT SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM REVIEW  REQUIREMENTS  PURSUANT  TO  ARTICLE
 EIGHT  OF  THE  ENVIRONMENTAL  CONSERVATION  LAW AND ANY RULES AND REGU-
 LATIONS PROMULGATED PURSUANT THERETO, AND ANY  SUBSTANTIALLY  EQUIVALENT
 LOCAL  LAW,  REGULATION  OR  RULE  TO ARTICLE EIGHT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL
 CONSERVATION LAW, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IN A CITY WITH A  POPU-
 LATION  OF  ONE  MILLION OR MORE, CITY ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY REVIEW, AND
 SHALL BE LIMITED TO A REVIEW OF THE FOLLOWING:
   A. THE CAPACITY OF LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE TO PROVIDE  ADEQUATE  DRINKING
 WATER AND WASTEWATER SERVICES TO THE PROPOSED PROJECT;
   B.  THE  CAPACITY  OF LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE UTILITY
 SERVICES TO THE PROPOSED PROJECT; AND
   C. THE AESTHETICS OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT, PROVIDED THAT ANY AESTHETIC
 REVIEW MUST BE BASED ON PUBLISHED OBJECTIVE STANDARDS. IF  NO  OBJECTIVE
 STANDARDS  ARE  PUBLISHED,  NO  PROJECT  SPECIFIC  REVIEW  MAY  CONSIDER
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 AESTHETICS. PROVIDED FURTHER THAT NO AESTHETIC REQUIREMENTS MAY INCREASE
 THE COST OF A PROJECT TO MAKE  SUCH  PROJECT  AS  PROPOSED  ECONOMICALLY
 INFEASIBLE.
   NOTHING SET FORTH IN THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE INTERPRETED TO OVERRIDE
 OR  OTHERWISE WAIVE ANY PERMITTING REQUIRED PURSUANT TO STATE OR FEDERAL
 LAWS OR REGULATIONS, UNLESS SPECIFICALLY SET FORTH IN THIS ARTICLE.
   4. ANY DENIAL OF AN APPLICATION MUST BE ACCOMPANIED  BY  THE  SPECIFIC
 REASONS FOR THE DENIAL SET FORTH IN WRITING.
   5. WHEN AN APPLICANT IS DENIED PERMISSION TO PROCEED WITH A QUALIFYING
 PROJECT,  THE  APPLICANT  MAY  FILE  AN APPEAL OF THE DENIAL PURSUANT TO
 SECTION ONE THOUSAND FIVE OR ONE THOUSAND SIX  OF  THIS  ARTICLE  WITHIN
 SIXTY DAYS OF THE DENIAL. AN APPLICANT MAY ONLY FILE ONE SUCH APPEAL PER
 QUALIFYING  PROJECT  AND  MAY  ONLY  FILE EITHER PURSUANT TO SECTION ONE
 THOUSAND FIVE OR ONE THOUSAND SIX.
   § 1005. HOUSING REVIEW BOARD. 1. STRUCTURE AND POWERS OF  THE  HOUSING
 REVIEW BOARD.
   A.  THERE IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED, WITHIN THE DIVISION, A HOUSING REVIEW
 BOARD, TO EFFECTUATE THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE.
   B. THE HOUSING REVIEW BOARD SHALL CONSIST  OF  FIVE  MEMBERS.    THREE
 MEMBERS  SHALL  BE  APPOINTED  BY  THE  GOVERNOR,  ONE  MEMBER  SHALL BE
 APPOINTED BY THE SPEAKER OF  THE  ASSEMBLY,  AND  ONE  MEMBER  SHALL  BE
 APPOINTED  BY  THE  TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE. THE BOARD MEMBERS
 SHALL SERVE FIVE YEAR TERMS, AND SHALL ONLY BE RELIEVED FOR  CAUSE.  ANY
 VACANCIES  ON  THE BOARD SHALL BE FILLED WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME PERIOD
 BY THE OFFICIAL WHO APPOINTED THE BOARD MEMBER WHOSE ABSENCE HAS  CAUSED
 THE VACANCY.
   C. THE HOUSING REVIEW BOARD SHALL HAVE THE POWER AND DUTIES TO CONDUCT
 HEARINGS,  TAKE  OATHS, ISSUE ORDERS, AND OTHERWISE PERFORM ANY FUNCTION
 NECESSARY TO OPERATE IN CONFORMITY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS  ARTICLE.
 THE POWERS OF THE HOUSING REVIEW BOARD SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED
 TO, THE POWERS GRANTED TO THE COMMISSIONER OF HOUSING BY SUBDIVISION ONE
 OF  SECTION FOURTEEN OF THE PUBLIC HOUSING LAW, AND THE STATUTES, RULES,
 REGULATIONS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS GOVERNING THE ADMINISTRATION OF  HOUSING
 BY THE DIVISION OF HOMES AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL.
   D.  THE  DIVISION  SHALL PROVIDE ANY ADMINISTRATIVE AND STAFF SUPPORT,
 INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGES, TO THE HOUSING
 REVIEW  BOARD  NECESSARY  FOR  THE  EFFECTIVE  IMPLEMENTATION   OF   THE
 PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE.
   E. IF THE DIVISION DETERMINES THAT A LOCALITY DOES OR DOES NOT QUALIFY
 FOR  SAFE  HARBOR,  THE  HOUSING  REVIEW  BOARD, OR ANY COURT HEARING AN
 APPEAL RELATED TO SUCH LOCALITY SHALL TAKE JUDICIAL NOTICE OF THE  DIVI-
 SION'S  DETERMINATION. IF THE DIVISION HAS NOT ISSUED A DETERMINATION AS
 TO WHETHER A LOCALITY IS IN SAFE HARBOR BASED ON  THE  THREE-YEAR  CYCLE
 THAT WAS COMPLETED IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO THE APPLICABLE THREE-YEAR CYCLE,
 AND SUCH A DETERMINATION IS NECESSARY TO ADJUDICATE AN APPEAL BEFORE THE
 HOUSING  REVIEW BOARD OR A COURT, SUCH HOUSING REVIEW BOARD OR COURT MAY
 MAKE SUCH A DETERMINATION THAT APPLIES ONLY TO THE  APPLICATION  PENDING
 BEFORE THE HOUSING REVIEW BOARD OR THE COURT, PROVIDED FURTHER, HOWEVER,
 THAT IF THE HOUSING REVIEW BOARD OR A COURT MAKES A DETERMINATION THAT A
 LOCALITY  IS  IN  SAFE  HARBOR  AS  A  RESULT  OF  THE LOCALITY ENACTING
 PREFERRED ACTIONS PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION FOUR OF SECTION  ONE  THOUSAND
 THREE  OF  THIS  ARTICLE,  SUCH DETERMINATION SHALL BE APPLIED TO FUTURE
 PROCEEDINGS PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION AND SECTION  ONE  THOUSAND  SIX  OF
 THIS  ARTICLE  FOR  THE REMAINDER OF THE THREE-YEAR CYCLE FOR WHICH SUCH
 DETERMINATION WAS MADE. THE DIVISION, AT ITS DISCRETION, MAY TAKE NOTICE
 OF SUCH DETERMINATION AND THE FACTS UNDERLYING SUCH  DETERMINATION,  AND
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 ISSUE  ITS  OWN  DETERMINATION AS TO THE APPLICATION OF SAFE HARBOR THAT
 WOULD BE APPLIED TO ALL FURTHER APPEALS RELATING TO  SUCH  LOCALITY  FOR
 THE DURATION THAT SAFE HARBOR APPLIES.
   2.  APPEALS  BEFORE  THE HOUSING REVIEW BOARD. A. BEGINNING ON JANUARY
 FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SEVEN, ANY APPLICANT WHOSE APPLICATION RELAT-
 ING TO A QUALIFYING PROJECT IS DENIED BY A LEAD  AGENCY  EQUIVALENT  MAY
 APPEAL  SUCH DENIAL TO THE HOUSING REVIEW BOARD WITHIN SIXTY DAYS OF THE
 ISSUANCE OF THE DENIAL.
   B. IF AN APPEAL IS BROUGHT BEFORE THE HOUSING  REVIEW  BOARD  AND  THE
 DIVISION  HAS  ALREADY  DETERMINED THAT THE LOCALITY AT ISSUE IS IN SAFE
 HARBOR FOR THE APPLICABLE THREE-YEAR CYCLE, THEN  THE  APPEAL  SHALL  BE
 DENIED  AND  THE  DETERMINATION  BY  THE LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT SHALL BE
 MAINTAINED. IF NO DETERMINATION HAS BEEN MADE AS TO WHETHER THE LOCALITY
 IS IN SAFE HARBOR, THE HOUSING REVIEW BOARD SHALL DETERMINE AS A THRESH-
 OLD ISSUE WHETHER SUCH LOCALITY IS IN SAFE HARBOR.
   C. IF A LOCALITY IS FOUND TO NOT BE IN SAFE HARBOR, THE HOUSING REVIEW
 BOARD SHALL ISSUE A DETERMINATION AS TO WHETHER THE LEAD  AGENCY  EQUIV-
 ALENT PROPERLY DENIED THE APPLICATION AT ISSUE IN THE APPEAL PURSUANT TO
 THE REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN SECTION ONE THOUSAND FOUR OF THIS ARTICLE.
   D. IN ISSUING A DETERMINATION, THE HOUSING REVIEW BOARD MAY:
   (I)  REMAND  THE  PROCEEDING  TO THE LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT AND DIRECT
 SUCH LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT TO ISSUE A COMPREHENSIVE PERMIT OR  APPROVAL
 TO THE APPLICANT;
   (II) DENY THE APPEAL AND UPHOLD THE LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT'S DENIAL OF
 THE APPLICATION; OR
   (III)  REMAND  THE PROCEEDING TO THE LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT AND DIRECT
 SUCH LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT TO CONSIDER THE APPLICATION  AS  AMENDED  TO
 ADDRESS  ANY  LEGITIMATE  CONCERNS RAISED BY THE LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT.
 THE HOUSING REVIEW BOARD MAY REQUIRE THAT  THE  LEAD  AGENCY  EQUIVALENT
 CONSIDER ANY SUCH AMENDED APPLICATION ON AN EXPEDITED BASIS.
   E.  IN  CONSIDERING  THE  DENIAL OF AN APPLICATION, THE HOUSING REVIEW
 BOARD MAY ONLY CONSIDER THE REASONS FOR THE DENIAL  GIVEN  BY  THE  LEAD
 AGENCY EQUIVALENT AT THE TIME THE APPLICATION WAS DENIED.
   F.  ONCE  A DETERMINATION HAS BEEN ISSUED BY THE HOUSING REVIEW BOARD,
 SUCH DETERMINATION MAY BE APPEALED WITHIN SIXTY DAYS TO  AN  ADMINISTRA-
 TIVE LAW JUDGE DESIGNATED TO HEAR SUCH MATTERS. ANY DETERMINATION ISSUED
 BY  AN ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE SHALL BE CONSIDERED TO BE A FINAL AGENCY
 DETERMINATION AND MAY BE APPEALED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE  SEVENTY-EIGHT  OF
 THE CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES.
   3.  BURDEN  OF  PROOF BEFORE THE HOUSING REVIEW BOARD. A. (I) DURING A
 PROCEEDING BEFORE THE HOUSING REVIEW BOARD, THE  LOCALITY  WHICH  DENIED
 THE  PERMIT  FOR THE QUALIFYING PROJECT SHALL INITIALLY CARRY THE BURDEN
 OF PROOF TO DEMONSTRATE, BASED UPON CLEAR AND CONVINCING EVIDENCE,  THAT
 THE  PERMIT  WAS  PROPERLY DENIED PURSUANT TO ONE OR MORE OF THE REASONS
 SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION  ONE  THOUSAND  FOUR  OF  THIS
 ARTICLE,  THAT  THE  LOCALITY  IS IN SAFE HARBOR, OR THAT THE PROJECT AT
 ISSUE IS NOT A QUALIFYING PROJECT.
   (II) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION IN THIS ARTICLE,  A  LOCALITY
 THAT  IS NOT IN SAFE HARBOR MAY RAISE AS AN AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE THAT THE
 AMOUNT OF ELIGIBLE RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS, AS WEIGHTED  PURSUANT  TO
 SUBDIVISION  THREE  OF  SECTION  ONE  THOUSAND  THREE  OF  THIS ARTICLE,
 CONSTRUCTED IN THE THREE-YEAR CYCLE DURING WHICH THE APPEAL  WAS  FILED,
 COMBINED   WITH  THE  AMOUNT  OF  ELIGIBLE  RESIDENTIAL  DWELLING  UNITS
 CONSTRUCTED IN THE THREE-YEAR CYCLE IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE  CYCLE  IN
 WHICH THE APPEAL WAS FILED, CONSTITUTE AN AMOUNT OF ELIGIBLE RESIDENTIAL
 DWELLING  UNITS  TO  QUALIFY THE LOCALITY FOR SAFE HARBOR FOR THE THREE-
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 YEAR CYCLE IN WHICH THE APPEAL WAS FILED.  PROVIDED, FURTHER THAT ELIGI-
 BLE RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS SHALL ONLY BE CREDITED FOR ONE THREE-YEAR
 CYCLE, REGARDLESS OF WHEN SUCH DWELLING UNITS WERE PERMITTED  OR  BUILT.
 SUCH  DEFENSE MUST BE DEMONSTRATED BY CLEAR AND CONVINCING EVIDENCE, AND
 MUST BE SUBSTANTIATED  BY  DOCUMENTATION  SUCH  AS  TEMPORARY  OR  FINAL
 CERTIFICATES  OF  OCCUPANCY  FOR  THE HOUSING. IF THE LOCALITY MEETS THE
 BURDEN SET FORTH IN THIS PARAGRAPH, UNLESS  THE  APPLICANT  SUCCESSFULLY
 REBUTS  THE  EVIDENCE  OR REASONS FOR REJECTION PROVIDED BY THE LOCALITY
 PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH B OF THIS  SUBDIVISION,  SUCH  LOCALITY  SHALL  BE
 DEEMED TO BE IN SAFE HARBOR FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE THREE-YEAR CYCLE IN
 EFFECT  AT THE TIME THE APPEAL WAS FILED, EFFECTIVE THE DATE SUCH DETER-
 MINATION IS MADE.
   B. IF THE LOCALITY MEETS THE BURDEN SET FORTH IN PARAGRAPH A  OF  THIS
 SUBDIVISION,  THE  APPLICANT  SHALL BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO REBUT THE
 EVIDENCE AND REASONS FOR REJECTION PROVIDED BY THE LOCALITY.
   C. IF THE DIVISION ISSUES A DETERMINATION AS TO WHETHER A LOCALITY  IS
 IN  SAFE  HARBOR, THE HOUSING REVIEW BOARD AND ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGES
 SHALL TAKE NOTICE OF SUCH DETERMINATION. IF NO  SUCH  DETERMINATION  HAS
 BEEN ISSUED BY THE DIVISION, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH E OF SUBDI-
 VISION  ONE OF THIS SECTION, THE HOUSING REVIEW BOARD AND ADMINISTRATIVE
 LAW JUDGES MAY MAKE A DETERMINATION AS TO WHETHER A LOCALITY IS IN  SAFE
 HARBOR,  BASED  ON  THE  THREE-YEAR CYCLE THAT WAS COMPLETED IMMEDIATELY
 PRIOR TO THE APPLICABLE THREE-YEAR CYCLE, SOLELY  FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF
 ISSUING A DETERMINATION REGARDING THE APPLICATION THAT IS THE SUBJECT OF
 THE APPEAL BEING CONSIDERED.
   4.  COSTS  SHALL  NOT  BE ALLOWED AGAINST THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND THE
 OFFICER OR OFFICERS WHOSE FAILURE OR REFUSAL GAVE RISE  TO  THE  SPECIAL
 PROCEEDING,  UNLESS  IT SHALL APPEAR TO THE COURT THAT THE LOCAL GOVERN-
 MENT AND ITS OFFICERS ACTED WITH GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR  IN  BAD  FAITH  OR
 WITH MALICE.
   §  1006.  LAND  USE APPEALS BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT. 1. JUDGES OF THE
 SUPREME COURT THAT ARE SPECIALLY DESIGNATED AS LAND USE  JUDGES  BY  THE
 CHIEF  ADMINISTRATOR  OF  THE  COURTS SHALL HEAR LAND USE APPEALS.  SUCH
 JUDGES SHALL BE SELECTED FROM A LIST OF QUALIFIED CANDIDATES AS  CREATED
 BY  THE  LAND  USE ADVISORY COUNCIL.  ONLY SUCH LAND USE JUDGES SHALL BE
 EMPOWERED TO ADJUDICATE LAND USE APPEALS PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION  ARIS-
 ING  ANYWHERE  IN  THE  STATE OF NEW YORK, REGARDLESS OF WHAT COUNTY THE
 JUDGE SERVES IN OVER THE COURSE OF THEIR NORMAL DUTIES.
   2. THERE SHALL BE ESTABLISHED A LAND USE ADVISORY  COUNCIL.    A.  THE
 LAND  USE  ADVISORY  COUNCIL  SHALL  BE  COMPOSED OF FIVE MEMBERS. THREE
 MEMBERS SHALL  BE  APPOINTED  BY  THE  GOVERNOR,  ONE  MEMBER  SHALL  BE
 APPOINTED  BY  THE  SPEAKER  OF  THE  ASSEMBLY,  AND ONE MEMBER SHALL BE
 APPOINTED BY THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE.  THE  MEMBERS  SHALL
 SERVE  FIVE YEAR TERMS, AND SHALL ONLY BE RELIEVED FOR CAUSE. ANY VACAN-
 CIES ON THE COUNCIL SHALL BE FILLED WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME  PERIOD  BY
 THE  OFFICIAL  WHO  APPOINTED  THE  MEMBER  WHOSE ABSENCE HAS CAUSED THE
 VACANCY.
   B. THE LAND USE ADVISORY COUNCIL SHALL MEET  AT  LEAST  FOUR  TIMES  A
 YEAR,  AND ON SUCH ADDITIONAL OCCASIONS AS THEY MAY REQUIRE OR AS MAY BE
 REQUIRED BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE. MEMBERS SHALL RECEIVE  NO  COMPEN-
 SATION.
   C. THE LAND USE ADVISORY COUNCIL SHALL PUBLISH A LIST OF SUPREME COURT
 JUDGES  QUALIFIED TO HEAR LAND USE APPEALS BASED ON TRAINING, EXPERIENCE
 AND JUDICIAL TEMPERAMENT.
   3. APPEALS BEFORE A LAND USE JUDGE. A. BEGINNING ON JANUARY FIRST, TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY-SEVEN, ANY APPLICANT  WHOSE  APPLICATION  RELATED  TO  A
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 QUALIFYING PROJECT IS DENIED BY A LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT MAY APPEAL SUCH
 DENIAL  BEFORE  A  LAND USE JUDGE DESIGNATED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION IN
 SUPREME COURT. THE APPLICANT SHALL CHOOSE THE FORUM IN WHICH TO FILE THE
 APPEAL.
   B. IF AN APPEAL IS BROUGHT BEFORE SUCH LAND USE JUDGE AND THE DIVISION
 HAS  ALREADY DETERMINED THAT THE LOCALITY AT ISSUE IS IN SAFE HARBOR FOR
 THE APPLICABLE THREE-YEAR CYCLE, THEN THE APPEAL SHALL BE DENIED AND THE
 DETERMINATION BY THE LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT SHALL BE MAINTAINED.  IF  NO
 DETERMINATION  HAS  BEEN  MADE  AS  TO  WHETHER  THE LOCALITY IS IN SAFE
 HARBOR, SUCH LAND USE JUDGE SHALL DETERMINE AS A THRESHOLD ISSUE WHETHER
 SUCH LOCALITY IS IN SAFE HARBOR BASED ON THE THREE-YEAR CYCLE  THAT  WAS
 COMPLETED IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO THE APPLICABLE THREE-YEAR CYCLE.
   C.  IF  A  LOCALITY  IS  FOUND TO NOT BE IN SAFE HARBOR, SUCH LAND USE
 JUDGE SHALL ISSUE A DETERMINATION AS TO WHETHER THE LEAD  AGENCY  EQUIV-
 ALENT PROPERLY DENIED THE APPLICATION AT ISSUE IN THE APPEAL PURSUANT TO
 THE REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN SECTION ONE THOUSAND FOUR OF THIS ARTICLE.
   D. IN ISSUING A DETERMINATION, SUCH LAND USE JUDGE MAY:
   (I)  REMAND  THE  PROCEEDING  TO THE LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT AND DIRECT
 SUCH LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT TO ISSUE A COMPREHENSIVE PERMIT OR  APPROVAL
 TO THE APPLICANT;
   (II) DENY THE APPEAL AND UPHOLD THE LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT'S DENIAL OF
 THE APPLICATION; OR
   (III)  REMAND  THE PROCEEDING TO THE LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT AND DIRECT
 SUCH LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT TO CONSIDER THE APPLICATION  AS  AMENDED  TO
 ADDRESS  ANY  LEGITIMATE  CONCERNS RAISED BY THE LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT.
 SUCH LAND USE JUDGE MAY REQUIRE THAT THE LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT CONSIDER
 ANY SUCH AMENDED APPLICATION ON AN EXPEDITED BASIS.
   E. IN CONSIDERING THE DENIAL OF AN APPLICATION, SUCH  LAND  USE  JUDGE
 MAY  ONLY  CONSIDER  THE REASONS FOR THE DENIAL GIVEN BY THE LEAD AGENCY
 EQUIVALENT AT THE TIME THE APPLICATION WAS DENIED.
   4. BURDEN OF PROOF BEFORE A COURT. A. (I) DURING A PROCEEDING BEFORE A
 LAND USE JUDGE DESIGNATED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION, THE  LOCALITY  WHICH
 DENIED  THE  PERMIT FOR THE QUALIFYING PROJECT SHALL INITIALLY CARRY THE
 BURDEN  OF  PROOF  TO  DEMONSTRATE,  BASED  UPON  CLEAR  AND  CONVINCING
 EVIDENCE,  THAT THE PERMITS WERE PROPERLY DENIED PURSUANT TO ONE OR MORE
 OF THE REASONS SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISION THREE OF  SECTION  ONE  THOUSAND
 FOUR  OF  THIS ARTICLE, THAT THE LOCALITY IS IN SAFE HARBOR, OR THAT THE
 PROJECT AT ISSUE IS NOT A QUALIFYING PROJECT.
   (II) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION IN THIS ARTICLE,  A  LOCALITY
 THAT  IS NOT IN SAFE HARBOR MAY RAISE AS AN AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE THAT THE
 AMOUNT OF ELIGIBLE RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS, AS WEIGHTED  PURSUANT  TO
 SUBDIVISION  THREE  OF  SECTION  ONE  THOUSAND  THREE  OF  THIS ARTICLE,
 CONSTRUCTED IN THE THREE-YEAR CYCLE DURING WHICH THE APPEAL  WAS  FILED,
 COMBINED   WITH  THE  AMOUNT  OF  ELIGIBLE  RESIDENTIAL  DWELLING  UNITS
 CONSTRUCTED IN THE THREE-YEAR CYCLE IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE  CYCLE  IN
 WHICH THE APPEAL WAS FILED, CONSTITUTE AN AMOUNT OF ELIGIBLE RESIDENTIAL
 DWELLING  UNITS  NEEDED  TO QUALIFY THE LOCALITY FOR SAFE HARBOR FOR THE
 THREE-YEAR CYCLE IN WHICH THE APPEAL WAS FILED. PROVIDED, FURTHER,  THAT
 ELIGIBLE  RESIDENTIAL  DWELLING  UNITS  SHALL  ONLY  BE CREDITED FOR ONE
 THREE-YEAR CYCLE, REGARDLESS OF WHEN SUCH DWELLING UNITS WERE  PERMITTED
 OR  BUILT.    SUCH  DEFENSE MUST BE DEMONSTRATED BY CLEAR AND CONVINCING
 EVIDENCE, AND MUST BE SUBSTANTIATED BY DOCUMENTATION SUCH  AS  TEMPORARY
 OR  FINAL  CERTIFICATES  OF  OCCUPANCY  FOR THE HOUSING. IF THE LOCALITY
 MEETS THE BURDEN SET FORTH  IN  THIS  PARAGRAPH,  UNLESS  THE  APPLICANT
 SUCCESSFULLY  REBUTS  THE  EVIDENCE OR REASONS FOR REJECTION PROVIDED BY
 THE LOCALITY PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH B OF THIS SUBDIVISION, SUCH  LOCALITY
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 SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE IN SAFE HARBOR FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE THREE-YEAR
 CYCLE  IN  EFFECT  AT  THE TIME THE APPEAL WAS FILED, EFFECTIVE THE DATE
 SUCH DETERMINATION IS MADE.
   B.  IF  THE LOCALITY MEETS THE BURDEN SET FORTH IN PARAGRAPH A OF THIS
 SUBDIVISION, THE APPLICANT SHALL BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY  TO  REBUT  THE
 EVIDENCE AND REASONS FOR REJECTION PROVIDED BY THE LOCALITY.
   C.  IF THE DIVISION ISSUES A DETERMINATION AS TO WHETHER A LOCALITY IS
 IN SAFE HARBOR, SUCH LAND USE JUDGE SHALL TAKE NOTICE OF  SUCH  DETERMI-
 NATION. IF NO SUCH DETERMINATION HAS BEEN ISSUED BY THE DIVISION, EXCEPT
 AS  PROVIDED  IN  PARAGRAPH E OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION ONE THOUSAND
 FIVE OF THIS ARTICLE, SUCH LAND USE JUDGE MAY MAKE A DETERMINATION AS TO
 WHETHER A LOCALITY IS IN SAFE HARBOR, BASED ON THE THREE-YEAR CYCLE THAT
 WAS COMPLETED IMMEDIATELY PRIOR  TO  THE  APPLICABLE  THREE-YEAR  CYCLE,
 SOLELY  FOR THE PURPOSES OF ISSUING A DETERMINATION REGARDING THE APPLI-
 CATION THAT IS THE SUBJECT OF THE APPEAL BEING CONSIDERED.
   5. ANY FINAL ORDER ISSUED BY A LAND USE JUDGE DESIGNATED  PURSUANT  TO
 THIS  SECTION  SHALL  BE  APPEALED IN A MANNER CONSISTENT WITH THE CIVIL
 PRACTICE LAW AND RULES.
   6. THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR OF THE COURT  SHALL  PROMULGATE  RULES  AND
 REGULATIONS TO CARRY OUT THE MANDATE OF THIS SECTION.
   7.  COSTS  SHALL  NOT  BE ALLOWED AGAINST THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND THE
 OFFICER OR OFFICERS WHOSE FAILURE OR REFUSAL GAVE RISE  TO  THE  SPECIAL
 PROCEEDING,  UNLESS  IT SHALL APPEAR TO THE COURT THAT THE LOCAL GOVERN-
 MENT AND ITS OFFICERS ACTED WITH GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR  IN  BAD  FAITH  OR
 WITH MALICE.
   8.  EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS OF LOCALITIES MAY ONLY BE SUED IN THEIR OFFI-
 CIAL CAPACITY FOR NON-COMPLIANCE WITH THIS ARTICLE.
   § 3. Section 14 of the public housing law is amended by adding  a  new
 subdivision 8 to read as follows:
   8.  THE  DIVISION  SHALL HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO PROMULGATE REGULATIONS,
 RULES AND POLICIES RELATED TO LAND USE BY CITIES, TOWNS, AND VILLAGES AS
 IT RELATES TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF HOUSING, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
 THE ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF  ARTICLE  TWENTY  OF  THE  GENERAL
 MUNICIPAL LAW, THE TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 2023, AND SECTION
 TWENTY-A  OF  THE  PUBLIC  HOUSING LAW. SUCH ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY SHALL
 INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, ALL OF THE POWERS GRANTED BY SUBDIVISION
 ONE OF THIS SECTION, IN ADDITION TO THE STATUTES, RULES, REGULATION  AND
 OTHER  DOCUMENTS  REGARDING  THE  AUTHORITY  OF THE DIVISION, AND, WHERE
 APPLICABLE, THE POWER TO ISSUE ORDERS AND ADMINISTER FUNDING AND  GRANTS
 TO LOCALITIES TO ASSIST WITH LAND USE PLANNING.
   §  4. Severability. In the event it is determined by a court of compe-
 tent jurisdiction that any phrase, clause, part, subdivision,  paragraph
 or  subsection,  or any of the provisions of this article is unconstitu-
 tional or otherwise invalid or inoperative, such determination shall not
 affect the validity or effect of the remaining provisions of this  arti-
 cle.
   § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART G
 
   Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 the "transit-oriented development act of 2023".
   § 2. Legislative findings and statement of  purpose.  The  legislature
 hereby finds, determines and declares:
   New York State has a vital interest in reducing harmful greenhouse gas
 emissions. New York State further recognizes that encouraging and facil-
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 itating use of rail-based mass transit is a valuable method for reducing
 greenhouse  gas emissions. New York State further recognizes that creat-
 ing walkable living environments with a variety of housing options  near
 rail-based  mass  transit  not only advances the goal of encouraging the
 use of rail-based mass transit, but also  promotes  local  and  regional
 economic development.
   Housing  in  the  state of New York is among the most expensive in the
 nation and housing insecurity remains a problem for many low- and moder-
 ate-income families. The excessive cost of the state's housing supply is
 partially caused by a lack of housing near public transit access points.
 This lack of available housing  is  especially  pronounced  in  well-re-
 sourced  municipalities  and  neighborhoods  with access to jobs, educa-
 tional resources, and health infrastructure  that  engender  social  and
 economic mobility.
   Many  local  governments do not give adequate attention to or planning
 for the local and broader regional economic, environmental,  and  social
 costs  of  local policies and actions that have the effect of stagnating
 or reducing the supply of housing, including affordable  and  supportive
 housing, or how such policies and actions thereby produce threats to the
 public health, safety, and general welfare.
   Increasing  the  supply of housing in close proximity to rail stations
 is a matter of state concern and critical to promoting housing  afforda-
 bility,  reducing housing insecurity, driving economic growth, encourag-
 ing social and economic mobility,  and  actualizing  the  goals  of  the
 Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act.
   A  public  policy  purpose  would  be  served and the interests of the
 people of the state would be advanced by requiring  local  planning  and
 zoning  changes that will facilitate the production of multifamily hous-
 ing in areas near rail stations.
   § 3. The general city law is amended by adding a new section  20-h  to
 read as follows:
   §  20-H.  DENSITY  OF  RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS NEAR TRANSIT STATIONS. 1.
 DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE
 FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (A) "AGGREGATE DENSITY REQUIREMENT" SHALL BE  DEFINED  AS  A  REQUIRED
 MINIMUM AVERAGE DENSITY OF RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS PER ACRE ACROSS A TRAN-
 SIT-ORIENTED  DEVELOPMENT  ZONE,  PROVIDED THAT EXEMPT LAND SHALL NOT BE
 INCLUDED IN THE CALCULATION TO DETERMINE THE AGGREGATE DENSITY  REQUIRE-
 MENT. PROVIDED FURTHER THAT:
   (I)  WITHIN  A  TIER 1 TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE, THE REQUIRED
 MINIMUM AVERAGE DENSITY SHALL BE FIFTY RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS PER ACRE;
   (II) WITHIN A TIER 2 TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE,  THE  REQUIRED
 MINIMUM AVERAGE DENSITY SHALL BE THIRTY RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS PER ACRE;
   (III)  WITHIN A TIER 3 TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE, THE REQUIRED
 MINIMUM AVERAGE DENSITY SHALL BE TWENTY RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS PER  ACRE;
 AND
   (IV)  WITHIN  A TIER 4 TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE, THE REQUIRED
 MINIMUM AVERAGE DENSITY SHALL BE FIFTEEN RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS PER ACRE.
   (B) "AMENDMENT" SHALL BE DEFINED AS ANY LOCAL LEGISLATIVE,  EXECUTIVE,
 OR  ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGE MADE TO A CITY'S LOCAL LAND USE TOOLS PURSUANT
 TO SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION.
   (C) "ECONOMICALLY INFEASIBLE" SHALL MEAN ANY CONDITION  BROUGHT  ABOUT
 BY  ANY  SINGLE  FACTOR  OR COMBINATION OF FACTORS TO THE EXTENT THAT IT
 MAKES IT SUBSTANTIALLY UNLIKELY FOR AN OWNER TO PROCEED  IN  BUILDING  A
 RESIDENTIAL  HOUSING  PROJECT  AND  STILL REALIZE A REASONABLE RETURN IN
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 BUILDING OR OPERATING SUCH HOUSING WITHOUT  SUBSTANTIALLY  CHANGING  THE
 RENT LEVELS, UNIT SIZES, OR UNIT COUNTS PROPOSED BY THE OWNER.
   (D)  "EXEMPT LAND" SHALL BE DEFINED AS NON-BUILDABLE LAND, CEMETERIES,
 MAPPED OR DEDICATED PARKS, REGISTERED HISTORIC SITES, AND HIGHWAYS.
   (E) "HIGHWAYS" SHALL BE DEFINED AS A VEHICLE ROAD DESIGNATED AND IDEN-
 TIFIED PURSUANT TO THE NEW YORK  STATE  OR  FEDERAL  INTERSTATE  HIGHWAY
 SYSTEM.
   (F)  "LEAD  AGENCY  EQUIVALENT" SHALL BE DEFINED AS ANY CITY OR COMMON
 COUNCIL OR OTHER LEGISLATIVE BODY OF THE CITY,  PLANNING  BOARD,  ZONING
 BOARD OF APPEALS, PLANNING DIVISION, PLANNING COMMISSION, BOARD OF STAN-
 DARDS AND APPEALS, BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS, OR ANY OFFICIAL OR EMPLOYEE,
 OR  ANY OTHER AGENCY, DEPARTMENT, BOARD, BODY, OR OTHER ENTITY IN A CITY
 WITH THE AUTHORITY TO APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE OF ANY SPECIFIC  PROJECT  OR
 AMENDMENT TO ANY LOCAL LAND USE TOOLS AS DEFINED HEREIN.
   (G)  "LOCAL  LAND  USE  TOOLS"  SHALL BE ADOPTED OR ENACTED UNDER THIS
 CHAPTER, THE MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW, OR ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL  OR  OTHER
 LAW  PERTAINING  TO  LAND USE, AND SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO A
 CITY'S:
   (I) WRITTEN OR OTHER COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OR PLANS;
   (II) ZONING ORDINANCE, LOCAL LAWS, RESOLUTIONS OR REGULATIONS;
   (III) SPECIAL USE PERMIT, SPECIAL EXCEPTION PERMIT, OR SPECIAL  PERMIT
 ORDINANCE, LOCAL LAWS, RESOLUTIONS OR REGULATIONS;
   (IV) SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE, LOCAL LAWS, RESOLUTIONS, OR REGULATIONS;
   (V)  SITE  PLAN  REVIEW  ORDINANCE,  LOCAL  LAWS, RESOLUTIONS OR REGU-
 LATIONS; AND/OR
   (VI) POLICIES OR PROCEDURES, OR ANY PLANNING, ZONING,  OR  OTHER  LAND
 USE  REGULATORY  TOOL THAT CONTROLS OR ESTABLISHES STANDARDS FOR THE USE
 AND OCCUPANCY OF LAND, THE AREA AND  DIMENSIONAL  REQUIREMENTS  FOR  THE
 DEVELOPMENT OF LAND OR THE INTENSITY OF SUCH DEVELOPMENT.
   (H) "MAPPED OR DEDICATED PARKS" SHALL BE DEFINED AS:
   (I)  ANY  LAND DESIGNATED ON AN OFFICIAL MAP ESTABLISHED AS AUTHORIZED
 BY LAW OR DEPICTED ON ANOTHER  MAP  ADOPTED  OR  ENACTED  BY  THE  LOCAL
 GOVERNING  BOARD  AS  A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE SPACE DESIGNATED FOR PARK OR
 RECREATIONAL USE ON OR BEFORE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION; OR
   (II) ANY PARKLAND EXPRESSLY OR IMPLIEDLY DEDICATED TO PARK  OR  RECRE-
 ATIONAL USE ON OR BEFORE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION.
   (I)  "NON-BUILDABLE  LAND" SHALL BE DEFINED AS ANY LAND THAT CANNOT BE
 BUILT UPON WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT ALTERATIONS TO THE NATURAL TERRAIN NEEDED
 TO MAKE SUCH LAND SUITABLE FOR CONSTRUCTION, INCLUDING BUT  NOT  LIMITED
 TO  RIVERS AND STREAMS, FRESHWATER AND TIDAL WETLANDS, MARSHLANDS, COAS-
 TAL EROSION HAZARD AREAS, ONE-HUNDRED-YEAR FLOOD  PLAIN,  AND  PROTECTED
 FORESTS.  NO  LAND  THAT HAS PREVIOUSLY HAD A BUILDING OR OTHER IMPROVE-
 MENT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO PARKING LOTS, CONSTRUCTED ON IT SHALL
 BE CONSIDERED NON-BUILDABLE LAND.
   (J) "OBJECTIVE STANDARDS" SHALL BE DEFINED AS STANDARDS  THAT  INVOLVE
 NO  PERSONAL OR SUBJECTIVE JUDGMENT BY A PUBLIC OFFICIAL OR EMPLOYEE AND
 ARE UNIFORMLY VERIFIABLE  BY  REFERENCE  TO  A  PUBLICLY  AVAILABLE  AND
 UNIFORM BENCHMARK OR CRITERION AVAILABLE AND KNOWABLE BY BOTH THE DEVEL-
 OPMENT APPLICANT AND THE PUBLIC OFFICIAL OR EMPLOYEE BEFORE SUBMITTAL OF
 A LAND USE APPLICATION TO LOCATE AND DEVELOP RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS.
   (K)  "PROJECT  SPECIFIC  REVIEW"  SHALL  BE  DEFINED  AS ANY REVIEW OR
 APPROVAL PROCESS RELATED TO A SPECIFIC SITE, OR TO A  PROPOSED  DEVELOP-
 MENT  OR  AN  APPLICATION, REGARDLESS OF THE NUMBER OF SITES, INCLUDING,
 BUT NOT LIMITED TO, VARIANCE, WAIVER, SPECIAL PERMIT, SITE  PLAN  REVIEW
 OR SUBDIVISION REVIEW.
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   (L)  "QUALIFYING  PROJECT" SHALL BE DEFINED AS A PROPOSED PROJECT THAT
 CONSISTS PRIMARILY OF RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS THAT IS OR WILL  BE  LOCATED
 WITHIN  A  TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE AND WHICH WILL BE CONNECTED
 TO PUBLICLY-OWNED WATER AND SEWAGE SYSTEMS.
   (M)  "REGISTERED HISTORIC SITES" SHALL BE DEFINED AS SITES, DISTRICTS,
 STRUCTURES, LANDMARKS, OR BUILDINGS LISTED  ON  THE  STATE  REGISTER  OF
 HISTORIC PLACES AS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION.
   (N) "RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS" SHALL BE DEFINED AS ANY BUILDING OR STRUC-
 TURE OR PORTION THEREOF WHICH IS LEGALLY OCCUPIED IN WHOLE OR IN PART AS
 THE  HOME,  RESIDENCE  OR  SLEEPING  PLACE  OF ONE OR MORE HUMAN BEINGS,
 HOWEVER THE TERM DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY  CLASS  B  MULTIPLE  DWELLINGS  AS
 DEFINED  IN SECTION FOUR OF THE MULTIPLE DWELLING LAW OR HOUSING THAT IS
 INTENDED TO BE USED ON A SEASONAL BASIS.
   (O) "RESIDENTIAL ZONE" SHALL BE DEFINED AS ANY LAND WITHIN A  TRANSIT-
 ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE WHEREIN RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS ARE PERMITTED AS
 OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION.
   (P)  "TRANSIT-ORIENTED  DEVELOPMENT  REVIEW PROCESS" IS THE PROCESS BY
 WHICH ALL PROJECT SPECIFIC REVIEWS  IN  A  TRANSIT-ORIENTED  DEVELOPMENT
 ZONE  AND ALL OTHER LAND USE ACTIONS UNDERTAKEN PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION
 SHALL BE REVIEWED, WHICH SHALL:
   (I) BE COMPLETED WITH APPROVAL OR DENIAL  DELIVERED  TO  THE  APPLYING
 PARTY WITHIN ONE HUNDRED TWENTY DAYS OF THE APPLICATION BEING SUBMITTED;
 AND
   (II) BE LIMITED TO A REVIEW OF THE FOLLOWING:
   (A)  THE CAPACITY OF LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE DRINKING
 WATER AND WASTEWATER SERVICES TO THE PROPOSED PROJECT;
   (B) THE CAPACITY OF LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE TO PROVIDE  ADEQUATE  UTILITY
 SERVICES TO THE PROPOSED PROJECT; AND
   (C) THE AESTHETICS OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT, PROVIDED THAT ANY AESTHET-
 IC  REVIEW  MUST BE BASED ON PUBLISHED OBJECTIVE STANDARDS. IF NO OBJEC-
 TIVE STANDARDS ARE PUBLISHED,  NO  TRANSIT-ORIENTED  DEVELOPMENT  REVIEW
 PROCESS  MAY CONSIDER AESTHETICS, AND PROVIDED FURTHER THAT NO AESTHETIC
 REQUIREMENTS SHALL INCREASE THE COST OF A  QUALIFYING  PROJECT  TO  MAKE
 SUCH PROJECT AS PROPOSED ECONOMICALLY INFEASIBLE.
   ALL  PROPOSED ACTIONS SUBJECT TO REVIEW PURSUANT TO A TRANSIT-ORIENTED
 DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM ANY ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
 REQUIREMENTS PURSUANT TO ARTICLE EIGHT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
 LAW AND ANY RULES AND REGULATIONS PROMULGATED  THERETO,  AND  ANY  LOCAL
 EQUIVALENT  LAW,  REGULATION  OR RULE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IN
 THE CITY OF  NEW  YORK,  CITY  ENVIRONMENTAL  QUALITY  REVIEW.  PROVIDED
 FURTHER THAT NOTHING SET FORTH IN THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL BE INTERPRETED TO
 OVERRIDE OR OTHERWISE WAIVE ANY PERMITTING REQUIRED PURSUANT TO STATE OR
 FEDERAL LAWS OR REGULATIONS, UNLESS SPECIFICALLY SET FORTH HEREIN.
   (Q)  "TIER  1 QUALIFYING TRANSIT STATION" SHALL BE DEFINED AS ANY RAIL
 STATION, INCLUDING SUBWAY STATIONS, WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK THAT IS
 NOT OPERATED ON AN EXCLUSIVELY SEASONAL BASIS AND THAT IS  OWNED,  OPER-
 ATED  OR OTHERWISE SERVED BY METRO-NORTH RAILROAD, THE LONG ISLAND RAIL-
 ROAD, THE PORT AUTHORITY OF NEW YORK AND  NEW  JERSEY,  THE  NEW  JERSEY
 TRANSIT  CORPORATION, THE NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY, OR THE METRO-
 POLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY WHERE ANY PORTION OF  SUCH  STATION  IS
 LOCATED  EITHER  WITHIN  A  CITY  WITH  A POPULATION OF GREATER THAN ONE
 MILLION PEOPLE, OR NO MORE THAN FIFTEEN MILES FROM THE NEAREST BORDER OF
 A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF GREATER THAN ONE MILLION PEOPLE, AS MEASURED
 ON A STRAIGHT LINE FROM SUCH CITY'S NEAREST BORDER TO SUCH RAIL STATION.
   (R) "TIER 2 QUALIFYING TRANSIT STATION" SHALL BE DEFINED AS  ANY  RAIL
 STATION, INCLUDING SUBWAY STATIONS, WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK THAT IS
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 NOT  OPERATED  ON AN EXCLUSIVELY SEASONAL BASIS AND THAT IS OWNED, OPER-
 ATED OR OTHERWISE SERVED BY METRO-NORTH RAILROAD, THE LONG ISLAND  RAIL-
 ROAD,  THE  PORT  AUTHORITY  OF  NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY, THE NEW JERSEY
 TRANSIT  CORPORATION, THE NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY, OR THE METRO-
 POLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY WHERE ANY PORTION OF  SUCH  STATION  IS
 LOCATED MORE THAN FIFTEEN AND NO MORE THAN THIRTY MILES FROM THE NEAREST
 BORDER  OF  A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF GREATER THAN ONE MILLION PEOPLE,
 AS MEASURED ON A STRAIGHT LINE FROM SUCH CITY'S NEAREST BORDER  TO  SUCH
 RAIL STATION.
   (S)  "TIER  3 QUALIFYING TRANSIT STATION" SHALL BE DEFINED AS ANY RAIL
 STATION, INCLUDING SUBWAY STATIONS, WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK THAT IS
 NOT OPERATED ON AN EXCLUSIVELY SEASONAL BASIS AND THAT IS  OWNED,  OPER-
 ATED  OR OTHERWISE SERVED BY METRO-NORTH RAILROAD, THE LONG ISLAND RAIL-
 ROAD, THE PORT AUTHORITY OF NEW YORK AND  NEW  JERSEY,  THE  NEW  JERSEY
 TRANSIT  CORPORATION, THE NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY, OR THE METRO-
 POLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY WHERE ANY PORTION OF  SUCH  STATION  IS
 LOCATED  MORE  THAN THIRTY AND NO MORE THAN FIFTY MILES FROM THE NEAREST
 BORDER OF A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF GREATER THAN ONE  MILLION  PEOPLE,
 AS  MEASURED  ON A STRAIGHT LINE FROM SUCH CITY'S NEAREST BORDER TO SUCH
 RAIL STATION.
   (T) "TIER 4 QUALIFYING TRANSIT STATION" SHALL BE DEFINED AS  ANY  RAIL
 STATION, INCLUDING SUBWAY STATIONS, WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK THAT IS
 NOT  OPERATED  ON AN EXCLUSIVELY SEASONAL BASIS AND THAT IS OWNED, OPER-
 ATED OR OTHERWISE SERVED BY METRO-NORTH RAILROAD, THE LONG ISLAND  RAIL-
 ROAD,  THE  PORT  AUTHORITY  OF  NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY, THE NEW JERSEY
 TRANSIT CORPORATION, THE NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY, OR THE  METRO-
 POLITAN  TRANSPORTATION  AUTHORITY WHERE THE ENTIRETY OF SUCH STATION IS
 LOCATED MORE THAN FIFTY MILES FROM THE NEAREST BORDER OF A CITY  WITH  A
 POPULATION OF GREATER THAN ONE MILLION PEOPLE, AS MEASURED ON A STRAIGHT
 LINE FROM SUCH CITY'S NEAREST BORDER TO SUCH RAIL STATION.
   (U) "TIER 1 TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE" SHALL BE DEFINED AS ANY
 LAND,  OTHER  THAN EXEMPT LAND, LOCATED WITHIN A ONE-HALF MILE RADIUS OF
 ANY PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE AREAS OF A TIER 1  QUALIFYING  TRANSIT  STATION,
 PROVIDED THAT SUCH PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE AREAS INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMIT-
 ED  TO,  PLATFORMS, TICKETING AREAS, WAITING AREAS, ENTRANCES AND EXITS,
 AND PARKING LOTS OR PARKING STRUCTURES THAT PROVIDE PARKING FOR  CUSTOM-
 ERS  OF  SUCH TIER 1 QUALIFYING TRANSIT STATIONS, AND ARE APPURTENANT TO
 SUCH TIER 1 QUALIFYING TRANSIT STATIONS, REGARDLESS OF THE OWNERSHIP  OF
 SUCH  PARKING STRUCTURES OR FACILITIES, AS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS
 SECTION. PROVIDED FURTHER THAT ANY TIER  1  QUALIFYING  TRANSIT  STATION
 SHALL  BE CONSIDERED TO BE PART OF SUCH TIER 1 TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOP-
 MENT ZONE.
   (V) "TIER 2 TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE" SHALL BE DEFINED AS ANY
 LAND, OTHER THAN EXEMPT LAND, LOCATED WITHIN A ONE-HALF MILE  RADIUS  OF
 ANY  PUBLICLY  ACCESSIBLE  AREAS OF A TIER 2 QUALIFYING TRANSIT STATION,
 PROVIDED THAT SUCH PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE AREAS INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMIT-
 ED TO, PLATFORMS, TICKETING AREAS, WAITING AREAS, ENTRANCES  AND  EXITS,
 AND  PARKING LOTS OR PARKING STRUCTURES THAT PROVIDE PARKING FOR CUSTOM-
 ERS OF SUCH TIER 2 QUALIFYING TRANSIT STATIONS, AND ARE  APPURTENANT  TO
 SUCH  TIER 2 QUALIFYING TRANSIT STATIONS, REGARDLESS OF THE OWNERSHIP OF
 SUCH PARKING STRUCTURES OR FACILITIES, AS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF  THIS
 SECTION.  PROVIDED  FURTHER  THAT  ANY TIER 2 QUALIFYING TRANSIT STATION
 SHALL BE CONSIDERED TO BE PART OF SUCH TIER 2 TRANSIT-ORIENTED  DEVELOP-
 MENT ZONE.
   (W) "TIER 3 TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE" SHALL BE DEFINED AS ANY
 LAND,  OTHER  THAN EXEMPT LAND, LOCATED WITHIN A ONE-HALF MILE RADIUS OF
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 ANY PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE AREAS OF A TIER 3  QUALIFYING  TRANSIT  STATION,
 PROVIDED THAT SUCH PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE AREAS INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMIT-
 ED  TO,  PLATFORMS, TICKETING AREAS, WAITING AREAS, ENTRANCES AND EXITS,
 AND  PARKING LOTS OR PARKING STRUCTURES THAT PROVIDE PARKING FOR CUSTOM-
 ERS OF SUCH TIER 3 QUALIFYING TRANSIT STATIONS, AND ARE  APPURTENANT  TO
 SUCH  TIER 3 QUALIFYING TRANSIT STATIONS, REGARDLESS OF THE OWNERSHIP OF
 SUCH PARKING STRUCTURES OR FACILITIES, AS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF  THIS
 SECTION.  PROVIDED  FURTHER  THAT  ANY TIER 3 QUALIFYING TRANSIT STATION
 SHALL BE CONSIDERED TO BE PART OF SUCH TIER 3 TRANSIT-ORIENTED  DEVELOP-
 MENT ZONE.
   (X) "TIER 4 TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE" SHALL BE DEFINED AS ANY
 LAND,  OTHER  THAN EXEMPT LAND, LOCATED WITHIN A ONE-HALF MILE RADIUS OF
 ANY PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE AREAS OF A TIER 4  QUALIFYING  TRANSIT  STATION,
 PROVIDED THAT SUCH PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE AREAS INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMIT-
 ED  TO,  PLATFORMS, TICKETING AREAS, WAITING AREAS, ENTRANCES AND EXITS,
 AND PARKING LOTS OR PARKING STRUCTURES THAT PROVIDE PARKING FOR  CUSTOM-
 ERS  OF  SUCH TIER 4 QUALIFYING TRANSIT STATIONS, AND ARE APPURTENANT TO
 SUCH TIER 4 QUALIFYING TRANSIT STATIONS, REGARDLESS OF THE OWNERSHIP  OF
 SUCH  PARKING STRUCTURES OR FACILITIES, AS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS
 SECTION. PROVIDED FURTHER THAT ANY TIER  4  QUALIFYING  TRANSIT  STATION
 SHALL  BE CONSIDERED TO BE PART OF SUCH TIER 4 TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOP-
 MENT ZONE.
   (Y) "TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE" SHALL REFER TO A TIER 1 TRANS-
 IT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE,  A  TIER  2  TRANSIT-ORIENTED  DEVELOPMENT
 ZONE,  A  TIER 3 TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE, OR A TIER 4 TRANSIT-
 ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE, AS APPLICABLE.
   2. AMENDMENT TO LOCAL LAND USE TOOLS. (A)  A  CITY'S  LOCAL  LAND  USE
 TOOLS  SHALL BE AMENDED TO MEET OR EXCEED THE AGGREGATE DENSITY REQUIRE-
 MENT ON OR BEFORE THE DATE THAT IS THREE YEARS SUBSEQUENT TO THE  EFFEC-
 TIVE  DATE  OF THIS SECTION UNLESS SUCH AGGREGATE DENSITY REQUIREMENT IS
 PERMITTED PURSUANT TO A CITY'S LOCAL LAND USE  TOOLS  WITHOUT  REQUIRING
 ANY AMENDMENT.
   (B)  ANY AMENDMENT UNDERTAKEN PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDI-
 VISION SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM ANY  REVIEW  REQUIRED  PURSUANT  TO  ARTICLE
 EIGHT  OF  THE  ENVIRONMENTAL  CONSERVATION  LAW AND ANY RULES AND REGU-
 LATIONS PROMULGATED THERETO, AND ANY LOCAL EQUIVALENT  LAW,  REGULATION,
 OR  RULE,  INCLUDING,  BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, CITY
 ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY REVIEW, PROVIDED FURTHER THAT ANY AMENDMENT TO THE
 PERMISSIBLE USE OF NON-BUILDABLE LAND SHALL BE SUBJECT TO  SUCH  REVIEW,
 AS APPLICABLE.
   (C) NO AMENDMENT UNDERTAKEN PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVI-
 SION  SHALL  CREATE  OR  OTHERWISE  IMPOSE ANY UNREASONABLE LAWS, RULES,
 REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES OR RESTRICTIONS  THAT  EFFECTIVELY  PREVENT  THE
 CONSTRUCTION  OR  OCCUPATION  OF QUALIFYING PROJECTS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
 LIMITED  TO,  ANY  SUCH  LAWS,   RULES,   REGULATIONS,   GUIDELINES   OR
 RESTRICTIONS GOVERNING LOT COVERAGE, OPEN SPACE, HEIGHT, SETBACKS, FLOOR
 AREA RATIOS, OR PARKING REQUIREMENTS.
   (D)  PRIOR TO THE FINALIZATION OF THE AMENDMENT UNDERTAKEN PURSUANT TO
 PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT SHALL  SET
 FORTH IN WRITING AND PUBLISH:
   (I)  A DESCRIPTION OF THE LAND THAT IS PART OF THE APPLICABLE TRANSIT-
 ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE;
   (II) A DESCRIPTION OF THE LAND  THAT  IS  EXEMPT  FROM  THE  AGGREGATE
 DENSITY REQUIREMENT;
   (III)  A  DESCRIPTION  OF  ANY  EXEMPT  LAND  THAT  WOULD OTHERWISE BE
 INCLUDED IN THE TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE;
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   (IV) A SPECIFIC DESCRIPTION OF THE PERMISSIBLE LAND  USES  WITHIN  THE
 APPLICABLE TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE PRIOR TO THE AMENDMENT;
   (V) A SPECIFIC DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSED PERMISSIBLE LAND USES WITH-
 IN THE APPLICABLE TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE FOLLOWING THE AMEND-
 MENT;
   (VI)  THE  ALLOWABLE  AGGREGATE DENSITY, MEANING THE AVERAGE ALLOWABLE
 DENSITY WITHIN THE  APPLICABLE  TRANSIT-ORIENTED  DEVELOPMENT  ZONE,  OF
 RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS PRIOR TO THE AMENDMENT;
   (VII)  THE  ALLOWABLE AGGREGATE DENSITY, MEANING THE AVERAGE ALLOWABLE
 DENSITY WITHIN THE  APPLICABLE  TRANSIT-ORIENTED  DEVELOPMENT  ZONE,  OF
 RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS SUBSEQUENT TO THE AMENDMENT;
   (VIII) THE CAPACITY OF THE DRINKING WATER SUPPLY AND WASTEWATER TREAT-
 MENT SERVICES, AS APPLICABLE, TO SUPPORT THE PROPOSED INCREASED RESIDEN-
 TIAL DWELLINGS DENSITY CONTEMPLATED BY THE AMENDMENT;
   (IX)  THE CAPACITY OF LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE UTILITY
 SERVICES TO SUPPORT THE PROPOSED INCREASED RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS DENSITY
 CONTEMPLATED BY THE AMENDMENT;
   (X) THE EXISTENCE OF SITES CONTAINING  OR  CONTAMINATED  BY  HAZARDOUS
 WASTE WITHIN THE AREA CONTEMPLATED BY THE AMENDMENT;
   (XI) ANY REQUIRED STORMWATER RUNOFF STRATEGIES OR REQUIREMENTS CONTEM-
 PLATED BY THE AMENDMENT; AND
   (XII)  A  SPECIFIC DESCRIPTION OF ANY LAND WITHIN THE APPLICABLE TRAN-
 SIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE LOCATED WITHIN THE ONE-HUNDRED-YEAR  FLOOD
 PLAIN OR WHERE THE DEPTH TO THE WATER TABLE IS LESS THAN THREE FEET.
   (E)  IN THE EVENT THAT A CITY FAILS TO FINALIZE THE AMENDMENT PURSUANT
 TO AND WITHIN THE REQUIRED TIME SET  FORTH  IN  PARAGRAPH  (A)  OF  THIS
 SUBDIVISION,  AND  UNTIL SUCH TIME AS A CITY COMPREHENSIVELY UPDATES ITS
 LOCAL LAND USE TOOLS IN COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH (A) OF  THIS  SUBDIVI-
 SION, AND NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, LOCAL,
 OR OTHER LAW, INCLUDING THE COMMON LAW, TO THE CONTRARY:
   (I)  ALL  CITIES SHALL PERMIT THE CONSTRUCTION AND OCCUPATION OF RESI-
 DENTIAL DWELLINGS WITH A DENSITY UP  TO  AND  INCLUDING  THE  APPLICABLE
 AGGREGATE DENSITY REQUIREMENT IN ANY RESIDENTIAL ZONE;
   (II)  NO  CITY  SHALL IMPOSE RESTRICTIONS THAT EFFECTIVELY PREVENT THE
 CONSTRUCTION OR OCCUPANCY OF SUCH RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS, INCLUDING,  BUT
 NOT  LIMITED  TO,  ANY  SUCH  RESTRICTIONS RELATED TO LOT COVERAGE, OPEN
 SPACE, HEIGHT, SETBACKS, FLOOR AREA RATIOS, OR PARKING REQUIREMENTS; AND
   (III) A PROJECT FOR RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS, WHICH  WOULD  OTHERWISE  BE
 CLASSIFIED AS A QUALIFYING PROJECT IF A CITY TIMELY ADOPTED AN AMENDMENT
 PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION AND WHICH IS APPROVED BY A
 CITY  OR  LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT PURSUANT TO A TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOP-
 MENT REVIEW PROCESS PRIOR TO THE DATE OF THE AMENDMENT, SHALL BE  VESTED
 UPON  THE  ISSUANCE  OF  A  BUILDING  PERMIT IN THE EVENT A SUBSEQUENTLY
 ENACTED AMENDMENT OR ANY UPDATES TO THE LAND USE TOOLS ARE  CONTRARY  TO
 THE  RIGHTS  GRANTED  FOR  SUCH  PROJECT. SUCH VESTED RIGHTS SHALL EXIST
 WITHOUT THE NEED  FOR  THE  PERMIT  HOLDER  TO  DEMONSTRATE  SUBSTANTIAL
 EXPENDITURE  AND  SUBSTANTIAL CONSTRUCTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PERMIT
 PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE AMENDMENT OR ANY UPDATES TO THE  LAND
 USE TOOLS.
   3.  TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS. (A) IN THE EVENT THAT
 A CITY FAILS TO FINALIZE  THE  AMENDMENT  PURSUANT  TO  AND  WITHIN  THE
 REQUIRED  TIME  SET  FORTH  IN  PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS
 SECTION, AND UNTIL SUCH TIME AS A CITY COMPREHENSIVELY UPDATES ITS LOCAL
 LAND USE TOOLS IN COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH (A) OF  SUBDIVISION  TWO  OF
 THIS SECTION, ANY PROJECT SPECIFIC REVIEW RELATED TO A PROPOSED QUALIFY-
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 ING  PROJECT SHALL BE REVIEWED PURSUANT TO THE TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOP-
 MENT REVIEW PROCESS.
   (B)  AFTER  THE  FINALIZATION  OF THE AMENDMENT UNDERTAKEN PURSUANT TO
 PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION, ANY  PROJECT  SPECIFIC
 REVIEW RELATED TO A PROPOSED QUALIFYING PROJECT SHALL BE REVIEWED PURSU-
 ANT TO THE TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS.
   4.  ENFORCEMENT. (A) (I) THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
 MAY COMMENCE AN ACTION IN A COURT OF APPROPRIATE JURISDICTION TO  COMPEL
 A CITY TO AMEND ITS LOCAL LAND USE TOOLS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIRE-
 MENTS  SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION IF THE CITY FAILS TO
 DO SO WITHIN THE REQUIRED TIMEFRAME SET FORTH THEREIN.
   (II) A PARTY MAY PURSUE A CAUSE OF ACTION PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (B) OF
 THIS SUBDIVISION IF SUCH PARTY IS IMPROPERLY DENIED PERMISSION BY A LEAD
 AGENCY EQUIVALENT TO BUILD A QUALIFYING PROJECT  PURSUANT  TO  PARAGRAPH
 (B) OF SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION.
   (B)  (I)  UPON  A  FAILURE  OF A CITY TO COMPLY WITH THE DEADLINES SET
 FORTH IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION, OR A LEAD AGENCY  EQUIVALENT'S
 DENIAL  OF ANY APPLICATION SUBMITTED IN RELATION TO A QUALIFYING PROJECT
 IN VIOLATION OF PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION,  ANY
 PARTY  AGGRIEVED  BY  ANY  SUCH FAILURE OR DENIAL MAY COMMENCE A SPECIAL
 PROCEEDING AGAINST THE SUBJECT CITY OR LEAD AGENCY  EQUIVALENT  AND  THE
 OFFICERS  OF  SUCH  CITY AND LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT IN THE SUPREME COURT
 WITHIN THE JUDICIAL DISTRICT IN WHICH THE CITY OR THE GREATER PORTION OF
 THE TERRITORY OF SUCH CITY IS LOCATED  TO  COMPEL  COMPLIANCE  WITH  THE
 PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
   (II)  IF, UPON COMMENCEMENT OF SUCH PROCEEDING, IT SHALL APPEAR TO THE
 COURT THAT TESTIMONY IS NECESSARY FOR  THE  PROPER  DISPOSITION  OF  THE
 MATTER,  THE COURT MAY TAKE EVIDENCE AND DETERMINE THE MATTER.  ALTERNA-
 TIVELY, THE COURT MAY APPOINT A  HEARING  OFFICER  PURSUANT  TO  ARTICLE
 FORTY-THREE OF THE CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES TO TAKE SUCH EVIDENCE AS
 IT  MAY  DIRECT  AND REPORT THE SAME TO THE COURT WITH THE HEARING OFFI-
 CER'S FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW, WHICH SHALL CONSTITUTE  A
 PART  OF THE PROCEEDINGS UPON WHICH THE DETERMINATION OF THE COURT SHALL
 BE MADE.
   (III) THE CITY OR LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT MUST SET  FORTH  THE  REASONS
 FOR  THE  DENIAL  OF  THE  APPLICATION AND MUST DEMONSTRATE BY CLEAR AND
 CONVINCING EVIDENCE THAT THE CITY OR LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT  DENIED  THE
 APPLICATION  DUE TO BONA FIDE HEALTH AND SAFETY CONCERNS, OR PURSUANT TO
 THE TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS THAT COMPLIES  WITH  THE
 REQUIREMENTS  OF  THIS  SECTION.  IF  THE CITY OR LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT
 MEETS SUCH BURDEN, THE APPLICANT  SHALL  BE  GIVEN  THE  OPPORTUNITY  TO
 DEMONSTRATE  THAT  THE CONCERNS RAISED BY THE CITY OR LEAD AGENCY EQUIV-
 ALENT ARE PRETEXTUAL OR THAT SUCH CONCERNS CAN BE ADDRESSED OR MITIGATED
 BY CHANGES TO THE QUALIFYING PROJECT.
   (IV) THE COURT MAY REVERSE OR AFFIRM, WHOLLY OR PARTLY, OR MAY  MODIFY
 THE  DECISION  BROUGHT  UP  FOR REVIEW. THE COURT MAY ALSO REMAND TO THE
 CITY OR LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT TO PROCESS OR FURTHER CONSIDER AN  APPLI-
 CATION CONSISTENT WITH THE TERMS OF ANY ORDER OF THE COURT, INCLUDING ON
 AN EXPEDITED BASIS.
   (V)  COSTS  SHALL  NOT BE ALLOWED AGAINST THE CITY, LEAD AGENCY EQUIV-
 ALENT, AND THE OFFICER WHOSE FAILURE OR REFUSAL GAVE RISE TO THE SPECIAL
 PROCEEDING, UNLESS IT SHALL APPEAR TO THE  COURT  THAT  THE  CITY,  LEAD
 AGENCY EQUIVALENT, AND ITS OFFICERS OR EMPLOYEES ACTED WITH GROSS NEGLI-
 GENCE, IN BAD FAITH, OR WITH MALICE.
   §  4. The town law is amended by adding a new section 261-d to read as
 follows:
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   § 261-D. DENSITY OF RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS NEAR  TRANSIT  STATIONS.  1.
 DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE
 FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (A)  "AGGREGATE  DENSITY  REQUIREMENT"  SHALL BE DEFINED AS A REQUIRED
 MINIMUM AVERAGE DENSITY OF RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS PER ACRE ACROSS A TRAN-
 SIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE, PROVIDED THAT EXEMPT LAND  SHALL  NOT  BE
 INCLUDED  IN THE CALCULATION TO DETERMINE THE AGGREGATE DENSITY REQUIRE-
 MENT. PROVIDED FURTHER THAT:
   (I) WITHIN A TIER 1 TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT  ZONE,  THE  REQUIRED
 MINIMUM AVERAGE DENSITY SHALL BE FIFTY RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS PER ACRE;
   (II)  WITHIN  A TIER 2 TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE, THE REQUIRED
 MINIMUM AVERAGE DENSITY SHALL BE THIRTY RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS PER ACRE;
   (III) WITHIN A TIER 3 TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE, THE  REQUIRED
 MINIMUM  AVERAGE DENSITY SHALL BE TWENTY RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS PER ACRE;
 AND
   (IV) WITHIN A TIER 4 TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE,  THE  REQUIRED
 MINIMUM AVERAGE DENSITY SHALL BE FIFTEEN RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS PER ACRE.
   (B)  "AMENDMENT" SHALL BE DEFINED AS ANY LOCAL LEGISLATIVE, EXECUTIVE,
 OR ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGE MADE TO A TOWN'S LOCAL LAND USE TOOLS  PURSUANT
 TO SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION.
   (C)  "ECONOMICALLY  INFEASIBLE" SHALL MEAN ANY CONDITION BROUGHT ABOUT
 BY ANY SINGLE FACTOR OR COMBINATION OF FACTORS TO  THE  EXTENT  THAT  IT
 MAKES  IT  SUBSTANTIALLY  UNLIKELY FOR AN OWNER TO PROCEED IN BUILDING A
 RESIDENTIAL HOUSING PROJECT AND STILL REALIZE  A  REASONABLE  RETURN  IN
 BUILDING  OR  OPERATING  SUCH HOUSING WITHOUT SUBSTANTIALLY CHANGING THE
 RENT LEVELS, UNIT SIZES, OR UNIT COUNTS PROPOSED BY THE OWNER.
   (D) "EXEMPT LAND" SHALL BE DEFINED AS NON-BUILDABLE LAND,  CEMETERIES,
 MAPPED OR DEDICATED PARKS, REGISTERED HISTORIC SITES, AND HIGHWAYS.
   (E) "HIGHWAYS" SHALL BE DEFINED AS A VEHICLE ROAD DESIGNATED AND IDEN-
 TIFIED  PURSUANT  TO  THE  NEW  YORK STATE OR FEDERAL INTERSTATE HIGHWAY
 SYSTEM.
   (F) "LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT" SHALL BE DEFINED AS ANY  TOWN  OR  COMMON
 COUNCIL  OR  OTHER  LEGISLATIVE BODY OF THE TOWN, PLANNING BOARD, ZONING
 BOARD OF APPEALS, PLANNING DIVISION, PLANNING COMMISSION, BOARD OF STAN-
 DARDS AND APPEALS, BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS, OR ANY OFFICIAL OR EMPLOYEE,
 OR ANY OTHER AGENCY, DEPARTMENT, BOARD, BODY, OR OTHER ENTITY IN A  TOWN
 WITH  THE  AUTHORITY TO APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE OF ANY SPECIFIC PROJECT OR
 AMENDMENT TO ANY LOCAL LAND USE TOOLS AS DEFINED HEREIN.
   (G) "LOCAL LAND USE TOOLS" SHALL BE  ADOPTED  OR  ENACTED  UNDER  THIS
 CHAPTER,  THE  MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW, OR ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL OR OTHER
 LAW PERTAINING TO LAND USE, AND SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE  LIMITED  TO  A
 TOWN'S:
   (I) WRITTEN OR OTHER COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OR PLANS;
   (II) ZONING ORDINANCE, LOCAL LAWS, RESOLUTIONS OR REGULATIONS;
   (III)  SPECIAL USE PERMIT, SPECIAL EXCEPTION PERMIT, OR SPECIAL PERMIT
 ORDINANCE, LOCAL LAWS, RESOLUTIONS OR REGULATIONS;
   (IV) SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE, LOCAL LAWS, RESOLUTIONS OR REGULATIONS;
   (V) SITE PLAN REVIEW  ORDINANCE,  LOCAL  LAWS,  RESOLUTIONS  OR  REGU-
 LATIONS; AND/OR
   (VI)  POLICIES  OR  PROCEDURES, OR ANY PLANNING, ZONING, OR OTHER LAND
 USE REGULATORY TOOL THAT CONTROLS OR ESTABLISHES STANDARDS FOR  THE  USE
 AND  OCCUPANCY  OF  LAND,  THE AREA AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THE
 DEVELOPMENT OF LAND OR THE INTENSITY OF SUCH DEVELOPMENT.
   (H) "MAPPED OR DEDICATED PARKS" SHALL BE DEFINED AS:
   (I) ANY LAND DESIGNATED ON AN OFFICIAL MAP ESTABLISHED  AS  AUTHORIZED
 BY  LAW  OR  DEPICTED  ON  ANOTHER  MAP  ADOPTED OR ENACTED BY THE LOCAL
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 GOVERNING BOARD AS A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE SPACE DESIGNATED  FOR  PARK  OR
 RECREATIONAL USE ON OR BEFORE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION; OR
   (II)  ANY  PARKLAND EXPRESSLY OR IMPLIEDLY DEDICATED TO PARK OR RECRE-
 ATIONAL USE ON OR BEFORE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION.
   (I) "NON-BUILDABLE LAND" SHALL BE DEFINED AS ANY LAND THAT  CANNOT  BE
 BUILT UPON WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT ALTERATIONS TO THE NATURAL TERRAIN NEEDED
 TO  MAKE  SUCH LAND SUITABLE FOR CONSTRUCTION, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED
 TO RIVERS AND STREAMS, FRESHWATER AND TIDAL WETLANDS, MARSHLANDS,  COAS-
 TAL  EROSION  HAZARD  AREAS, ONE-HUNDRED-YEAR FLOOD PLAIN, AND PROTECTED
 FORESTS. NO LAND THAT HAS PREVIOUSLY HAD A BUILDING  OR  OTHER  IMPROVE-
 MENT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO PARKING LOTS, CONSTRUCTED ON IT SHALL
 BE CONSIDERED NON-BUILDABLE LAND.
   (J)  "OBJECTIVE  STANDARDS" SHALL BE DEFINED AS STANDARDS THAT INVOLVE
 NO PERSONAL OR SUBJECTIVE JUDGMENT BY A PUBLIC OFFICIAL OR EMPLOYEE  AND
 ARE  UNIFORMLY  VERIFIABLE  BY  REFERENCE  TO  A  PUBLICLY AVAILABLE AND
 UNIFORM BENCHMARK OR CRITERION AVAILABLE AND KNOWABLE BY BOTH THE DEVEL-
 OPMENT APPLICANT AND THE PUBLIC OFFICIAL OR EMPLOYEE BEFORE SUBMITTAL OF
 A LAND USE APPLICATION TO LOCATE AND DEVELOP RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS.
   (K) "PROJECT SPECIFIC REVIEW"  SHALL  BE  DEFINED  AS  ANY  REVIEW  OR
 APPROVAL  PROCESS  RELATED TO A SPECIFIC SITE, OR TO A PROPOSED DEVELOP-
 MENT OR AN APPLICATION, REGARDLESS OF THE NUMBER  OF  SITES,  INCLUDING,
 BUT  NOT  LIMITED TO, VARIANCE, WAIVER, SPECIAL PERMIT, SITE PLAN REVIEW
 OR SUBDIVISION REVIEW.
   (L) "QUALIFYING PROJECT" SHALL BE DEFINED AS A PROPOSED  PROJECT  THAT
 CONSISTS  PRIMARILY  OF RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS THAT IS OR WILL BE LOCATED
 WITHIN A TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE AND WHICH WILL  BE  CONNECTED
 TO PUBLICLY-OWNED WATER AND SEWAGE SYSTEMS.
   (M)  "REGISTERED HISTORIC SITES" SHALL BE DEFINED AS SITES, DISTRICTS,
 STRUCTURES, LANDMARKS, OR BUILDINGS LISTED  ON  THE  STATE  REGISTER  OF
 HISTORIC PLACES AS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION.
   (N) "RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS" SHALL BE DEFINED AS ANY BUILDING OR STRUC-
 TURE OR PORTION THEREOF WHICH IS LEGALLY OCCUPIED IN WHOLE OR IN PART AS
 THE  HOME,  RESIDENCE  OR  SLEEPING  PLACE  OF ONE OR MORE HUMAN BEINGS,
 HOWEVER THE TERM DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY  CLASS  B  MULTIPLE  DWELLINGS  AS
 DEFINED  IN SECTION FOUR OF THE MULTIPLE DWELLING LAW OR HOUSING THAT IS
 INTENDED TO BE USED ON A SEASONAL BASIS.
   (O) "RESIDENTIAL ZONE" SHALL BE DEFINED AS ANY LAND WITHIN A  TRANSIT-
 ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE WHEREIN RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS ARE PERMITTED AS
 OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION.
   (P)  "TRANSIT-ORIENTED  DEVELOPMENT  REVIEW PROCESS" IS THE PROCESS BY
 WHICH ALL PROJECT SPECIFIC REVIEWS  IN  A  TRANSIT-ORIENTED  DEVELOPMENT
 ZONE  AND ALL OTHER LAND USE ACTIONS UNDERTAKEN PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION
 SHALL BE REVIEWED, WHICH SHALL:
   (I) BE COMPLETED WITH APPROVAL OR DENIAL  DELIVERED  TO  THE  APPLYING
 PARTY WITHIN ONE HUNDRED TWENTY DAYS OF THE APPLICATION BEING SUBMITTED;
 AND
   (II) BE LIMITED TO A REVIEW OF THE FOLLOWING:
   (A)  THE CAPACITY OF LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE DRINKING
 WATER AND WASTEWATER SERVICES TO THE PROPOSED PROJECT;
   (B) THE CAPACITY OF LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE TO PROVIDE  ADEQUATE  UTILITY
 SERVICES TO THE PROPOSED PROJECT; AND
   (C) THE AESTHETICS OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT, PROVIDED THAT ANY AESTHET-
 IC  REVIEW  MUST BE BASED ON PUBLISHED OBJECTIVE STANDARDS. IF NO OBJEC-
 TIVE STANDARDS ARE PUBLISHED,  NO  TRANSIT-ORIENTED  DEVELOPMENT  REVIEW
 PROCESS  MAY CONSIDER AESTHETICS, AND PROVIDED FURTHER THAT NO AESTHETIC
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 REQUIREMENTS SHALL INCREASE THE COST OF A  QUALIFYING  PROJECT  TO  MAKE
 SUCH PROJECT AS PROPOSED ECONOMICALLY INFEASIBLE.
   ALL  PROPOSED ACTIONS SUBJECT TO REVIEW PURSUANT TO A TRANSIT-ORIENTED
 DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM ANY ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
 REQUIREMENTS PURSUANT TO ARTICLE EIGHT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
 LAW AND ANY RULES AND REGULATIONS PROMULGATED  THERETO,  AND  ANY  LOCAL
 EQUIVALENT  LAW,  REGULATION  OR RULE. PROVIDED FURTHER THAT NOTHING SET
 FORTH IN THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL BE INTERPRETED TO  OVERRIDE  OR  OTHERWISE
 WAIVE ANY PERMITTING REQUIRED PURSUANT TO STATE OR FEDERAL LAWS OR REGU-
 LATIONS, UNLESS SPECIFICALLY SET FORTH HEREIN.
   (Q)  "TIER  1 QUALIFYING TRANSIT STATION" SHALL BE DEFINED AS ANY RAIL
 STATION, INCLUDING SUBWAY STATIONS, WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK THAT IS
 NOT OPERATED ON AN EXCLUSIVELY SEASONAL BASIS AND THAT IS  OWNED,  OPER-
 ATED  OR OTHERWISE SERVED BY METRO-NORTH RAILROAD, THE LONG ISLAND RAIL-
 ROAD, THE PORT AUTHORITY OF NEW YORK AND  NEW  JERSEY,  THE  NEW  JERSEY
 TRANSIT  CORPORATION, THE NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY, OR THE METRO-
 POLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY WHERE ANY PORTION OF  SUCH  STATION  IS
 LOCATED  NO  MORE  THAN  FIFTEEN MILES FROM THE NEAREST BORDER OF A CITY
 WITH A POPULATION OF GREATER THAN ONE MILLION PEOPLE, AS MEASURED  ON  A
 STRAIGHT LINE FROM SUCH CITY'S NEAREST BORDER TO SUCH RAIL STATION.
   (R)  "TIER  2 QUALIFYING TRANSIT STATION" SHALL BE DEFINED AS ANY RAIL
 STATION, INCLUDING SUBWAY STATIONS, WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK THAT IS
 NOT OPERATED ON AN EXCLUSIVELY SEASONAL BASIS AND THAT IS  OWNED,  OPER-
 ATED  OR OTHERWISE SERVED BY METRO-NORTH RAILROAD, THE LONG ISLAND RAIL-
 ROAD, THE PORT AUTHORITY OF NEW YORK AND  NEW  JERSEY,  THE  NEW  JERSEY
 TRANSIT  CORPORATION, THE NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY, OR THE METRO-
 POLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY WHERE ANY PORTION OF  SUCH  STATION  IS
 LOCATED MORE THAN FIFTEEN AND NO MORE THAN THIRTY MILES FROM THE NEAREST
 BORDER  OF  A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF GREATER THAN ONE MILLION PEOPLE,
 AS MEASURED ON A STRAIGHT LINE FROM SUCH CITY'S NEAREST BORDER  TO  SUCH
 RAIL STATION.
   (S)  "TIER  3 QUALIFYING TRANSIT STATION" SHALL BE DEFINED AS ANY RAIL
 STATION, INCLUDING SUBWAY STATIONS, WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK THAT IS
 NOT OPERATED ON AN EXCLUSIVELY SEASONAL BASIS AND THAT IS  OWNED,  OPER-
 ATED  OR OTHERWISE SERVED BY METRO-NORTH RAILROAD, THE LONG ISLAND RAIL-
 ROAD, THE PORT AUTHORITY OF NEW YORK AND  NEW  JERSEY,  THE  NEW  JERSEY
 TRANSIT  CORPORATION, THE NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY, OR THE METRO-
 POLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY WHERE ANY PORTION OF  SUCH  STATION  IS
 LOCATED  MORE  THAN THIRTY AND NO MORE THAN FIFTY MILES FROM THE NEAREST
 BORDER OF A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF GREATER THAN ONE  MILLION  PEOPLE,
 AS  MEASURED  ON A STRAIGHT LINE FROM SUCH CITY'S NEAREST BORDER TO SUCH
 RAIL STATION.
   (T) "TIER 4 QUALIFYING TRANSIT STATION" SHALL BE DEFINED AS  ANY  RAIL
 STATION, INCLUDING SUBWAY STATIONS, WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK THAT IS
 NOT  OPERATED  ON AN EXCLUSIVELY SEASONAL BASIS AND THAT IS OWNED, OPER-
 ATED OR OTHERWISE SERVED BY METRO-NORTH RAILROAD, THE LONG ISLAND  RAIL-
 ROAD,  THE  PORT  AUTHORITY  OF  NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY, THE NEW JERSEY
 TRANSIT CORPORATION, THE NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY, OR THE  METRO-
 POLITAN  TRANSPORTATION  AUTHORITY WHERE THE ENTIRETY OF SUCH STATION IS
 LOCATED MORE THAN FIFTY MILES FROM THE NEAREST BORDER OF A CITY  WITH  A
 POPULATION OF GREATER THAN ONE MILLION PEOPLE, AS MEASURED ON A STRAIGHT
 LINE FROM SUCH CITY'S NEAREST BORDER TO SUCH RAIL STATION.
   (U) "TIER 1 TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE" SHALL BE DEFINED AS ANY
 LAND,  OTHER  THAN EXEMPT LAND, LOCATED WITHIN A ONE-HALF MILE RADIUS OF
 ANY PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE AREAS OF A TIER 1  QUALIFYING  TRANSIT  STATION,
 PROVIDED THAT SUCH PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE AREAS INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMIT-
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 ED  TO,  PLATFORMS, TICKETING AREAS, WAITING AREAS, ENTRANCES AND EXITS,
 AND PARKING LOTS OR PARKING STRUCTURES THAT PROVIDE PARKING FOR  CUSTOM-
 ERS  OF  SUCH TIER 1 QUALIFYING TRANSIT STATIONS, AND ARE APPURTENANT TO
 SUCH  TIER 1 QUALIFYING TRANSIT STATIONS, REGARDLESS OF THE OWNERSHIP OF
 SUCH PARKING STRUCTURES OR FACILITIES, AS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF  THIS
 SECTION.  PROVIDED  FURTHER  THAT  ANY TIER 1 QUALIFYING TRANSIT STATION
 SHALL BE CONSIDERED TO BE PART OF SUCH TIER 1 TRANSIT-ORIENTED  DEVELOP-
 MENT ZONE.
   (V) "TIER 2 TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE" SHALL BE DEFINED AS ANY
 LAND,  OTHER  THAN EXEMPT LAND, LOCATED WITHIN A ONE-HALF MILE RADIUS OF
 ANY PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE AREAS OF A TIER 2  QUALIFYING  TRANSIT  STATION,
 PROVIDED THAT SUCH PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE AREAS INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMIT-
 ED  TO,  PLATFORMS, TICKETING AREAS, WAITING AREAS, ENTRANCES AND EXITS,
 AND PARKING LOTS OR PARKING STRUCTURES THAT PROVIDE PARKING FOR  CUSTOM-
 ERS  OF  SUCH TIER 2 QUALIFYING TRANSIT STATIONS, AND ARE APPURTENANT TO
 SUCH TIER 2 QUALIFYING TRANSIT STATIONS, REGARDLESS OF THE OWNERSHIP  OF
 SUCH  PARKING STRUCTURES OR FACILITIES, AS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS
 SECTION. PROVIDED FURTHER THAT ANY TIER  2  QUALIFYING  TRANSIT  STATION
 SHALL  BE CONSIDERED TO BE PART OF SUCH TIER 2 TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOP-
 MENT ZONE.
   (W) "TIER 3 TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE" SHALL BE DEFINED AS ANY
 LAND, OTHER THAN EXEMPT LAND, LOCATED WITHIN A ONE-HALF MILE  RADIUS  OF
 ANY  PUBLICLY  ACCESSIBLE  AREAS OF A TIER 3 QUALIFYING TRANSIT STATION,
 PROVIDED THAT SUCH PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE AREAS INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMIT-
 ED TO, PLATFORMS, TICKETING AREAS, WAITING AREAS, ENTRANCES  AND  EXITS,
 AND  PARKING LOTS OR PARKING STRUCTURES THAT PROVIDE PARKING FOR CUSTOM-
 ERS OF SUCH TIER 3 QUALIFYING TRANSIT STATIONS, AND ARE  APPURTENANT  TO
 SUCH  TIER 3 QUALIFYING TRANSIT STATIONS, REGARDLESS OF THE OWNERSHIP OF
 SUCH PARKING STRUCTURES OR FACILITIES, AS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF  THIS
 SECTION.  PROVIDED  FURTHER  THAT  ANY TIER 3 QUALIFYING TRANSIT STATION
 SHALL BE CONSIDERED TO BE PART OF SUCH TIER 3 TRANSIT-ORIENTED  DEVELOP-
 MENT ZONE.
   (X) "TIER 4 TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE" SHALL BE DEFINED AS ANY
 LAND,  OTHER  THAN EXEMPT LAND, LOCATED WITHIN A ONE-HALF MILE RADIUS OF
 ANY PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE AREAS OF A TIER 4  QUALIFYING  TRANSIT  STATION,
 PROVIDED THAT SUCH PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE AREAS INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMIT-
 ED  TO,  PLATFORMS, TICKETING AREAS, WAITING AREAS, ENTRANCES AND EXITS,
 AND PARKING LOTS OR PARKING STRUCTURES THAT PROVIDE PARKING FOR  CUSTOM-
 ERS  OF  SUCH TIER 4 QUALIFYING TRANSIT STATIONS, AND ARE APPURTENANT TO
 SUCH TIER 4 QUALIFYING TRANSIT STATIONS, REGARDLESS OF THE OWNERSHIP  OF
 SUCH  PARKING STRUCTURES OR FACILITIES, AS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS
 SECTION. PROVIDED FURTHER THAT ANY TIER  4  QUALIFYING  TRANSIT  STATION
 SHALL  BE CONSIDERED TO BE PART OF SUCH TIER 4 TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOP-
 MENT ZONE.
   (Y) "TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE" SHALL REFER TO A TIER 1  TRAN-
 SIT-ORIENTED  DEVELOPMENT  ZONE,  A  TIER 2 TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT
 ZONE, A TIER 3 TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE, OR A TIER  4  TRANSIT-
 ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE, AS APPLICABLE.
   2.  AMENDMENT  TO  LOCAL  LAND  USE TOOLS. (A) A TOWN'S LOCAL LAND USE
 TOOLS SHALL BE AMENDED TO MEET OR EXCEED THE AGGREGATE DENSITY  REQUIRE-
 MENT  ON OR BEFORE THE DATE THAT IS THREE YEARS SUBSEQUENT TO THE EFFEC-
 TIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION UNLESS SUCH AGGREGATE DENSITY  REQUIREMENT  IS
 PERMITTED  PURSUANT  TO  A TOWN'S LOCAL LAND USE TOOLS WITHOUT REQUIRING
 ANY AMENDMENT.
   (B) ANY AMENDMENT UNDERTAKEN PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS  SUBDI-
 VISION  SHALL  BE  EXEMPT  FROM  ANY REVIEW REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE
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 EIGHT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW  AND  ANY  RULES  AND  REGU-
 LATIONS  PROMULGATED  THERETO, AND ANY LOCAL EQUIVALENT LAW, REGULATION,
 OR RULE, PROVIDED FURTHER THAT ANY AMENDMENT TO THE PERMISSIBLE  USE  OF
 NON-BUILDABLE LAND SHALL BE SUBJECT TO SUCH REVIEW, AS APPLICABLE.
   (C) NO AMENDMENT UNDERTAKEN PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVI-
 SION  SHALL  CREATE  OR  OTHERWISE  IMPOSE ANY UNREASONABLE LAWS, RULES,
 REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES OR RESTRICTIONS  THAT  EFFECTIVELY  PREVENT  THE
 CONSTRUCTION  OR  OCCUPATION  OF QUALIFYING PROJECTS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
 LIMITED  TO,  ANY  SUCH  LAWS,   RULES,   REGULATIONS,   GUIDELINES   OR
 RESTRICTIONS GOVERNING LOT COVERAGE, OPEN SPACE, HEIGHT, SETBACKS, FLOOR
 AREA RATIOS, OR PARKING REQUIREMENTS.
   (D)  PRIOR TO THE FINALIZATION OF THE AMENDMENT UNDERTAKEN PURSUANT TO
 PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT SHALL  SET
 FORTH IN WRITING AND PUBLISH:
   (I)  A DESCRIPTION OF THE LAND THAT IS PART OF THE APPLICABLE TRANSIT-
 ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE;
   (II) A DESCRIPTION OF THE LAND  THAT  IS  EXEMPT  FROM  THE  AGGREGATE
 DENSITY REQUIREMENT;
   (III)  A  DESCRIPTION  OF  ANY  EXEMPT  LAND  THAT  WOULD OTHERWISE BE
 INCLUDED IN THE TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE;
   (IV) A SPECIFIC DESCRIPTION OF THE PERMISSIBLE LAND  USES  WITHIN  THE
 APPLICABLE TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE PRIOR TO THE AMENDMENT;
   (V) A SPECIFIC DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSED PERMISSIBLE LAND USES WITH-
 IN THE APPLICABLE TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE FOLLOWING THE AMEND-
 MENT;
   (VI)  THE  ALLOWABLE  AGGREGATE DENSITY, MEANING THE AVERAGE ALLOWABLE
 DENSITY WITHIN THE  APPLICABLE  TRANSIT-ORIENTED  DEVELOPMENT  ZONE,  OF
 RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS PRIOR TO THE AMENDMENT;
   (VII)  THE  ALLOWABLE AGGREGATE DENSITY, MEANING THE AVERAGE ALLOWABLE
 DENSITY WITHIN THE  APPLICABLE  TRANSIT-ORIENTED  DEVELOPMENT  ZONE,  OF
 RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS SUBSEQUENT TO THE AMENDMENT;
   (VIII) THE CAPACITY OF THE DRINKING WATER SUPPLY AND WASTEWATER TREAT-
 MENT SERVICES, AS APPLICABLE, TO SUPPORT THE PROPOSED INCREASED RESIDEN-
 TIAL DWELLINGS DENSITY CONTEMPLATED BY THE AMENDMENT;
   (IX)  THE CAPACITY OF LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE UTILITY
 SERVICES TO SUPPORT THE PROPOSED INCREASED RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS DENSITY
 CONTEMPLATED BY THE AMENDMENT;
   (X) THE EXISTENCE OF SITES CONTAINING  OR  CONTAMINATED  BY  HAZARDOUS
 WASTE WITHIN THE AREA CONTEMPLATED BY THE AMENDMENT;
   (XI) ANY REQUIRED STORMWATER RUNOFF STRATEGIES OR REQUIREMENTS CONTEM-
 PLATED BY THE AMENDMENT; AND
   (XII)  A  SPECIFIC DESCRIPTION OF ANY LAND WITHIN THE APPLICABLE TRAN-
 SIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE LOCATED WITHIN THE ONE-HUNDRED-YEAR  FLOOD
 PLAIN OR WHERE THE DEPTH TO THE WATER TABLE IS LESS THAN THREE FEET.
   (E)  IN THE EVENT THAT A TOWN FAILS TO FINALIZE THE AMENDMENT PURSUANT
 TO AND WITHIN THE REQUIRED TIME SET  FORTH  IN  PARAGRAPH  (A)  OF  THIS
 SUBDIVISION,  AND  UNTIL SUCH TIME AS A TOWN COMPREHENSIVELY UPDATES ITS
 LOCAL LAND USE TOOLS IN COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH (A) OF  THIS  SUBDIVI-
 SION, AND NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, LOCAL,
 OR OTHER LAW, INCLUDING THE COMMON LAW, TO THE CONTRARY:
   (I) ALL TOWNS SHALL PERMIT THE CONSTRUCTION AND OCCUPATION OF RESIDEN-
 TIAL  DWELLINGS WITH A DENSITY UP TO AND INCLUDING THE APPLICABLE AGGRE-
 GATE DENSITY REQUIREMENT IN ANY RESIDENTIAL ZONE;
   (II) NO TOWN SHALL IMPOSE RESTRICTIONS THAT  EFFECTIVELY  PREVENT  THE
 CONSTRUCTION  OR OCCUPANCY OF SUCH RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS, INCLUDING, BUT
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 NOT LIMITED TO, ANY SUCH RESTRICTIONS  RELATED  TO  LOT  COVERAGE,  OPEN
 SPACE, HEIGHT, SETBACKS, FLOOR AREA RATIOS, OR PARKING REQUIREMENTS; AND
   (III)  A  PROJECT  FOR RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS, WHICH WOULD OTHERWISE BE
 CLASSIFIED AS A QUALIFYING PROJECT IF A TOWN TIMELY ADOPTED AN AMENDMENT
 PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION AND WHICH IS APPROVED BY A
 TOWN OR LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT PURSUANT TO A  TRANSIT-ORIENTED  DEVELOP-
 MENT  REVIEW PROCESS PRIOR TO THE DATE OF THE AMENDMENT, SHALL BE VESTED
 UPON THE ISSUANCE OF A BUILDING  PERMIT  IN  THE  EVENT  A  SUBSEQUENTLY
 ENACTED  AMENDMENT  OR ANY UPDATES TO THE LAND USE TOOLS ARE CONTRARY TO
 THE RIGHTS GRANTED FOR SUCH PROJECT.  SUCH  VESTED  RIGHTS  SHALL  EXIST
 WITHOUT  THE  NEED  FOR  THE  PERMIT  HOLDER  TO DEMONSTRATE SUBSTANTIAL
 EXPENDITURE AND SUBSTANTIAL CONSTRUCTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH  THE  PERMIT
 PRIOR  TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE AMENDMENT OR ANY UPDATES TO THE LAND
 USE TOOLS.
   3. TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS. (A) IN THE EVENT  THAT
 A  TOWN  FAILS  TO  FINALIZE  THE  AMENDMENT  PURSUANT TO AND WITHIN THE
 REQUIRED TIME SET FORTH IN PARAGRAPH (A)  OF  SUBDIVISION  TWO  OF  THIS
 SECTION, AND UNTIL SUCH TIME AS A TOWN COMPREHENSIVELY UPDATES ITS LOCAL
 LAND  USE  TOOLS  IN COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF
 THIS SECTION, ANY PROJECT SPECIFIC REVIEW RELATED TO A PROPOSED QUALIFY-
 ING PROJECT SHALL BE REVIEWED PURSUANT TO THE TRANSIT-ORIENTED  DEVELOP-
 MENT REVIEW PROCESS.
   (B)  AFTER  THE  FINALIZATION  OF THE AMENDMENT UNDERTAKEN PURSUANT TO
 PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION TWO, ANY PROJECT SPECIFIC REVIEW RELATED TO
 A PROPOSED QUALIFYING PROJECT SHALL BE REVIEWED PURSUANT  TO  THE  TRAN-
 SIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS.
   4.  ENFORCEMENT.  (A)(I) THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
 MAY COMMENCE AN ACTION IN A COURT OF APPROPRIATE JURISDICTION TO  COMPEL
 A TOWN TO AMEND ITS LOCAL LAND USE TOOLS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIRE-
 MENTS  SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION IF THE TOWN FAILS TO
 DO SO WITHIN THE REQUIRED TIMEFRAME SET FORTH THEREIN.
   (II) A PARTY MAY PURSUE A CAUSE OF ACTION PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (B) OF
 THIS SUBDIVISION IF SUCH PARTY IS IMPROPERLY DENIED PERMISSION BY A LEAD
 AGENCY EQUIVALENT TO BUILD A QUALIFYING PROJECT  PURSUANT  TO  PARAGRAPH
 (B) OF SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION.
   (B)  (I)  UPON  A  FAILURE  OF A TOWN TO COMPLY WITH THE DEADLINES SET
 FORTH IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION, OR A LEAD AGENCY  EQUIVALENT'S
 DENIAL  OF ANY APPLICATION SUBMITTED IN RELATION TO A QUALIFYING PROJECT
 IN VIOLATION OF PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION,  ANY
 PARTY  AGGRIEVED  BY  ANY  SUCH FAILURE OR DENIAL MAY COMMENCE A SPECIAL
 PROCEEDING AGAINST THE SUBJECT TOWN OR LEAD AGENCY  EQUIVALENT  AND  THE
 OFFICERS  OF  SUCH  TOWN AND LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT IN THE SUPREME COURT
 WITHIN THE JUDICIAL DISTRICT IN WHICH THE TOWN OR THE GREATER PORTION OF
 THE TERRITORY OF SUCH TOWN IS LOCATED  TO  COMPEL  COMPLIANCE  WITH  THE
 PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
   (II)  IF, UPON COMMENCEMENT OF SUCH PROCEEDING, IT SHALL APPEAR TO THE
 COURT THAT TESTIMONY IS NECESSARY FOR  THE  PROPER  DISPOSITION  OF  THE
 MATTER,  THE COURT MAY TAKE EVIDENCE AND DETERMINE THE MATTER.  ALTERNA-
 TIVELY, THE COURT MAY APPOINT A  HEARING  OFFICER  PURSUANT  TO  ARTICLE
 FORTY-THREE OF THE CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES TO TAKE SUCH EVIDENCE AS
 IT  MAY  DIRECT  AND REPORT THE SAME TO THE COURT WITH THE HEARING OFFI-
 CER'S FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW, WHICH SHALL CONSTITUTE  A
 PART  OF THE PROCEEDINGS UPON WHICH THE DETERMINATION OF THE COURT SHALL
 BE MADE.
   (III) THE TOWN OR LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT MUST SET  FORTH  THE  REASONS
 FOR  THE  DENIAL  OF  THE  APPLICATION AND MUST DEMONSTRATE BY CLEAR AND
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 CONVINCING EVIDENCE THAT THE TOWN OR LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT  DENIED  THE
 APPLICATION  DUE TO BONA FIDE HEALTH AND SAFETY CONCERNS, OR PURSUANT TO
 THE TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS THAT COMPLIES  WITH  THE
 REQUIREMENTS  OF  THIS  SECTION.  IF  THE TOWN OR LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT
 MEETS SUCH BURDEN, THE APPLICANT  SHALL  BE  GIVEN  THE  OPPORTUNITY  TO
 DEMONSTRATE  THAT  THE CONCERNS RAISED BY THE TOWN OR LEAD AGENCY EQUIV-
 ALENT ARE PRETEXTUAL OR THAT SUCH CONCERNS CAN BE ADDRESSED OR MITIGATED
 BY CHANGES TO THE QUALIFYING PROJECT.
   (IV) THE COURT MAY REVERSE OR AFFIRM, WHOLLY OR PARTLY, OR MAY  MODIFY
 THE  DECISION  BROUGHT  UP  FOR REVIEW. THE COURT MAY ALSO REMAND TO THE
 TOWN OR LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT TO PROCESS OR FURTHER CONSIDER AN  APPLI-
 CATION CONSISTENT WITH THE TERMS OF ANY ORDER OF THE COURT, INCLUDING ON
 AN EXPEDITED BASIS.
   (V)  COSTS  SHALL  NOT BE ALLOWED AGAINST THE TOWN, LEAD AGENCY EQUIV-
 ALENT, AND THE OFFICERS WHOSE  FAILURE  OR  REFUSAL  GAVE  RISE  TO  THE
 SPECIAL  PROCEEDING,  UNLESS IT SHALL APPEAR TO THE COURT THAT THE TOWN,
 LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT, AND ITS OFFICERS OR EMPLOYEES ACTED  WITH  GROSS
 NEGLIGENCE, IN BAD FAITH, OR WITH MALICE.
   §  5.  The  village  law is amended by adding a new section 7-700-a to
 read as follows:
   § 7-700-A DENSITY OF RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS NEAR TRANSIT  STATIONS.  1.
 DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE
 FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (A)  "AGGREGATE  DENSITY  REQUIREMENT"  SHALL BE DEFINED AS A REQUIRED
 MINIMUM AVERAGE DENSITY OF RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS PER ACRE ACROSS A TRAN-
 SIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE, PROVIDED THAT EXEMPT LAND  SHALL  NOT  BE
 INCLUDED  IN THE CALCULATION TO DETERMINE THE AGGREGATE DENSITY REQUIRE-
 MENT. PROVIDED FURTHER THAT:
   (I) WITHIN A TIER 1 TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT  ZONE,  THE  REQUIRED
 MINIMUM AVERAGE DENSITY SHALL BE FIFTY RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS PER ACRE;
   (II)  WITHIN  A TIER 2 TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE, THE REQUIRED
 MINIMUM AVERAGE DENSITY SHALL BE THIRTY RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS PER ACRE;
   (III) WITHIN A TIER 3 TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE, THE  REQUIRED
 MINIMUM  AVERAGE DENSITY SHALL BE TWENTY RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS PER ACRE;
 AND
   (IV) WITHIN A TIER 4 TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE,  THE  REQUIRED
 MINIMUM AVERAGE DENSITY SHALL BE FIFTEEN RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS PER ACRE.
   (B)  "AMENDMENT" SHALL BE DEFINED AS ANY LOCAL LEGISLATIVE, EXECUTIVE,
 OR ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGE MADE TO A VILLAGE'S LOCAL LAND USE TOOLS PURSU-
 ANT TO SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION.
   (C) "ECONOMICALLY INFEASIBLE" SHALL MEAN ANY CONDITION  BROUGHT  ABOUT
 BY  ANY  SINGLE  FACTOR  OR COMBINATION OF FACTORS TO THE EXTENT THAT IT
 MAKES IT SUBSTANTIALLY UNLIKELY FOR AN OWNER TO PROCEED  IN  BUILDING  A
 RESIDENTIAL  HOUSING  PROJECT  AND  STILL REALIZE A REASONABLE RETURN IN
 BUILDING OR OPERATING SUCH HOUSING WITHOUT  SUBSTANTIALLY  CHANGING  THE
 RENT LEVELS, UNIT SIZES, OR UNIT COUNTS PROPOSED BY THE OWNER.
   (D)  "EXEMPT LAND" SHALL BE DEFINED AS NON-BUILDABLE LAND, CEMETERIES,
 MAPPED OR DEDICATED PARKS, REGISTERED HISTORIC SITES, AND HIGHWAYS.
   (E) "HIGHWAYS" SHALL BE DEFINED AS A VEHICLE ROAD DESIGNATED AND IDEN-
 TIFIED PURSUANT TO THE NEW YORK  STATE  OR  FEDERAL  INTERSTATE  HIGHWAY
 SYSTEM.
   (F) "LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT" SHALL BE DEFINED AS ANY VILLAGE OR COMMON
 COUNCIL OR OTHER LEGISLATIVE BODY OF THE VILLAGE, PLANNING BOARD, ZONING
 BOARD OF APPEALS, PLANNING DIVISION, PLANNING COMMISSION, BOARD OF STAN-
 DARDS AND APPEALS, BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS, OR ANY OFFICIAL OR EMPLOYEE,
 OR  ANY  OTHER  AGENCY,  DEPARTMENT,  BOARD,  BODY, OR OTHER ENTITY IN A
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 VILLAGE WITH THE AUTHORITY TO APPROVE  OR  DISAPPROVE  OF  ANY  SPECIFIC
 PROJECT OR AMENDMENT TO ANY LOCAL LAND USE TOOLS AS DEFINED HEREIN.
   (G)  "LOCAL  LAND  USE  TOOLS"  SHALL BE ADOPTED OR ENACTED UNDER THIS
 CHAPTER, THE MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW, OR ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL  OR  OTHER
 LAW  PERTAINING  TO  LAND USE, AND SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO A
 VILLAGE'S:
   (I) WRITTEN OR OTHER COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OR PLANS;
   (II) ZONING ORDINANCE, LOCAL LAWS, RESOLUTIONS OR REGULATIONS;
   (III) SPECIAL USE PERMIT, SPECIAL EXCEPTION PERMIT, OR SPECIAL  PERMIT
 ORDINANCE, LOCAL LAWS, RESOLUTIONS OR REGULATIONS;
   (IV) SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE, LOCAL LAWS, RESOLUTIONS OR REGULATIONS;
   (V)  SITE  PLAN  REVIEW  ORDINANCE,  LOCAL  LAWS, RESOLUTIONS OR REGU-
 LATIONS; AND/OR
   (VI) POLICIES OR PROCEDURES, OR ANY PLANNING, ZONING,  OR  OTHER  LAND
 USE  REGULATORY  TOOL THAT CONTROLS OR ESTABLISHES STANDARDS FOR THE USE
 AND OCCUPANCY OF LAND, THE AREA AND  DIMENSIONAL  REQUIREMENTS  FOR  THE
 DEVELOPMENT OF LAND OR THE INTENSITY OF SUCH DEVELOPMENT.
   (H) "MAPPED OR DEDICATED PARKS" SHALL BE DEFINED AS:
   (I)  ANY  LAND DESIGNATED ON AN OFFICIAL MAP ESTABLISHED AS AUTHORIZED
 BY LAW OR DEPICTED ON ANOTHER  MAP  ADOPTED  OR  ENACTED  BY  THE  LOCAL
 GOVERNING  BOARD  AS  A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE SPACE DESIGNATED FOR PARK OR
 RECREATIONAL USE ON OR BEFORE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION; OR
   (II) ANY PARKLAND EXPRESSLY OR IMPLIEDLY DEDICATED TO PARK  OR  RECRE-
 ATIONAL USE ON OR BEFORE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION.
   (I)  "NON-BUILDABLE  LAND" SHALL BE DEFINED AS ANY LAND THAT CANNOT BE
 BUILT UPON WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT ALTERATIONS TO THE NATURAL TERRAIN NEEDED
 TO MAKE SUCH LAND SUITABLE FOR CONSTRUCTION, INCLUDING BUT  NOT  LIMITED
 TO  RIVERS AND STREAMS, FRESHWATER AND TIDAL WETLANDS, MARSHLANDS, COAS-
 TAL EROSIONS HAZARD AREAS, ONE-HUNDRED-YEAR FLOOD PLAIN,  AND  PROTECTED
 FORESTS.  NO  LAND  THAT HAS PREVIOUSLY HAD A BUILDING OR OTHER IMPROVE-
 MENT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO PARKING LOTS, CONSTRUCTED ON IT SHALL
 BE CONSIDERED NON-BUILDABLE LAND.
   (J) "OBJECTIVE STANDARDS" SHALL BE DEFINED AS STANDARDS  THAT  INVOLVE
 NO  PERSONAL OR SUBJECTIVE JUDGMENT BY A PUBLIC OFFICIAL OR EMPLOYEE AND
 ARE UNIFORMLY VERIFIABLE  BY  REFERENCE  TO  A  PUBLICLY  AVAILABLE  AND
 UNIFORM BENCHMARK OR CRITERION AVAILABLE AND KNOWABLE BY BOTH THE DEVEL-
 OPMENT APPLICANT AND THE PUBLIC OFFICIAL OR EMPLOYEE BEFORE SUBMITTAL OF
 A LAND USE APPLICATION TO LOCATE AND DEVELOP RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS.
   (K)  "PROJECT  SPECIFIC  REVIEW"  SHALL  BE  DEFINED  AS ANY REVIEW OR
 APPROVAL PROCESS RELATED TO A SPECIFIC SITE, OR TO A  PROPOSED  DEVELOP-
 MENT  OR  AN  APPLICATION, REGARDLESS OF THE NUMBER OF SITES, INCLUDING,
 BUT NOT LIMITED TO, VARIANCE, WAIVER, SPECIAL PERMIT, SITE  PLAN  REVIEW
 OR SUBDIVISION REVIEW.
   (L)  "QUALIFYING  PROJECT" SHALL BE DEFINED AS A PROPOSED PROJECT THAT
 CONSISTS PRIMARILY OF RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS THAT IS OR WILL  BE  LOCATED
 WITHIN  A  TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE AND WHICH WILL BE CONNECTED
 TO PUBLICLY-OWNED WATER AND SEWAGE SYSTEMS.
   (M) "REGISTERED HISTORIC SITES" SHALL BE DEFINED AS SITES,  DISTRICTS,
 STRUCTURES,  LANDMARKS,  OR  BUILDINGS  LISTED  ON THE STATE REGISTER OF
 HISTORIC PLACES AS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION.
   (N) "RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS" SHALL BE DEFINED AS ANY BUILDING OR STRUC-
 TURE OR PORTION THEREOF WHICH IS LEGALLY OCCUPIED IN WHOLE OR IN PART AS
 THE HOME, RESIDENCE OR SLEEPING PLACE  OF  ONE  OR  MORE  HUMAN  BEINGS,
 HOWEVER  THE  TERM  DOES  NOT  INCLUDE ANY CLASS B MULTIPLE DWELLINGS AS
 DEFINED IN SECTION FOUR OF THE MULTIPLE DWELLING LAW OR HOUSING THAT  IS
 INTENDED TO BE USED ON A SEASONAL BASIS.
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   (O)  "RESIDENTIAL ZONE" SHALL BE DEFINED AS ANY LAND WITHIN A TRANSIT-
 ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE WHEREIN RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS ARE PERMITTED AS
 OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION.
   (P)  "TRANSIT-ORIENTED  DEVELOPMENT  REVIEW PROCESS" IS THE PROCESS BY
 WHICH ALL PROJECT SPECIFIC REVIEWS  IN  A  TRANSIT-ORIENTED  DEVELOPMENT
 ZONE  AND ALL OTHER LAND USE ACTIONS UNDERTAKEN PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION
 SHALL BE REVIEWED, WHICH SHALL:
   (I) BE COMPLETED WITH APPROVAL OR DENIAL  DELIVERED  TO  THE  APPLYING
 PARTY WITHIN ONE HUNDRED TWENTY DAYS OF THE APPLICATION BEING SUBMITTED;
 AND
   (II) BE LIMITED TO A REVIEW OF THE FOLLOWING:
   (A)  THE CAPACITY OF LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE DRINKING
 WATER AND WASTEWATER SERVICES TO THE PROPOSED PROJECT;
   (B) THE CAPACITY OF LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE TO PROVIDE  ADEQUATE  UTILITY
 SERVICES TO THE PROPOSED PROJECT; AND
   (C) THE AESTHETICS OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT, PROVIDED THAT ANY AESTHET-
 IC  REVIEW  MUST BE BASED ON PUBLISHED OBJECTIVE STANDARDS. IF NO OBJEC-
 TIVE STANDARDS ARE PUBLISHED,  NO  TRANSIT-ORIENTED  DEVELOPMENT  REVIEW
 PROCESS  MAY CONSIDER AESTHETICS, AND PROVIDED FURTHER THAT NO AESTHETIC
 REQUIREMENTS SHALL INCREASE THE COST OF A  QUALIFYING  PROJECT  TO  MAKE
 SUCH PROJECT AS PROPOSED ECONOMICALLY INFEASIBLE.
   ALL  PROPOSED ACTIONS SUBJECT TO REVIEW PURSUANT TO A TRANSIT-ORIENTED
 DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM ANY ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
 REQUIREMENTS PURSUANT TO ARTICLE EIGHT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
 LAW AND ANY RULES AND REGULATIONS PROMULGATED  THERETO,  AND  ANY  LOCAL
 EQUIVALENT  LAW,  REGULATION  OR RULE. PROVIDED FURTHER THAT NOTHING SET
 FORTH IN THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL BE INTERPRETED TO  OVERRIDE  OR  OTHERWISE
 WAIVE ANY PERMITTING REQUIRED PURSUANT TO STATE OR FEDERAL LAWS OR REGU-
 LATIONS, UNLESS SPECIFICALLY SET FORTH HEREIN.
   (Q)  "TIER  1 QUALIFYING TRANSIT STATION" SHALL BE DEFINED AS ANY RAIL
 STATION, INCLUDING SUBWAY STATIONS, WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK THAT IS
 NOT OPERATED ON AN EXCLUSIVELY SEASONAL BASIS AND THAT IS  OWNED,  OPER-
 ATED  OR OTHERWISE SERVED BY METRO-NORTH RAILROAD, THE LONG ISLAND RAIL-
 ROAD, THE PORT AUTHORITY OF NEW YORK AND  NEW  JERSEY,  THE  NEW  JERSEY
 TRANSIT  CORPORATION, THE NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY, OR THE METRO-
 POLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY WHERE ANY PORTION OF  SUCH  STATION  IS
 LOCATED  NO  MORE  THAN  FIFTEEN MILES FROM THE NEAREST BORDER OF A CITY
 WITH A POPULATION OF GREATER THAN ONE MILLION PEOPLE, AS MEASURED  ON  A
 STRAIGHT LINE FROM SUCH CITY'S NEAREST BORDER TO SUCH RAIL STATION.
   (R)  "TIER  2 QUALIFYING TRANSIT STATION" SHALL BE DEFINED AS ANY RAIL
 STATION, INCLUDING SUBWAY STATIONS, WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK THAT IS
 NOT OPERATED ON AN EXCLUSIVELY SEASONAL BASIS AND THAT IS  OWNED,  OPER-
 ATED  OR OTHERWISE SERVED BY METRO-NORTH RAILROAD, THE LONG ISLAND RAIL-
 ROAD, THE PORT AUTHORITY OF NEW YORK AND  NEW  JERSEY,  THE  NEW  JERSEY
 TRANSIT  CORPORATION, THE NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY, OR THE METRO-
 POLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY WHERE ANY PORTION OF  SUCH  STATION  IS
 LOCATED MORE THAN FIFTEEN AND NO MORE THAN THIRTY MILES FROM THE NEAREST
 BORDER  OF  A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF GREATER THAN ONE MILLION PEOPLE,
 AS MEASURED ON A STRAIGHT LINE FROM SUCH CITY'S NEAREST BORDER  TO  SUCH
 RAIL STATION.
   (S)  "TIER  3 QUALIFYING TRANSIT STATION" SHALL BE DEFINED AS ANY RAIL
 STATION, INCLUDING SUBWAY STATIONS, WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK THAT IS
 NOT OPERATED ON AN EXCLUSIVELY SEASONAL BASIS AND THAT IS  OWNED,  OPER-
 ATED  OR OTHERWISE SERVED BY METRO-NORTH RAILROAD, THE LONG ISLAND RAIL-
 ROAD, THE PORT AUTHORITY OF NEW YORK AND  NEW  JERSEY,  THE  NEW  JERSEY
 TRANSIT  CORPORATION, THE NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY, OR THE METRO-
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 POLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY WHERE ANY PORTION OF  SUCH  STATION  IS
 LOCATED  MORE  THAN THIRTY AND NO MORE THAN FIFTY MILES FROM THE NEAREST
 BORDER OF A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF GREATER THAN ONE  MILLION  PEOPLE,
 AS  MEASURED  ON A STRAIGHT LINE FROM SUCH CITY'S NEAREST BORDER TO SUCH
 RAIL STATION.
   (T) "TIER 4 QUALIFYING TRANSIT STATION" SHALL BE DEFINED AS  ANY  RAIL
 STATION, INCLUDING SUBWAY STATIONS, WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK THAT IS
 NOT  OPERATED  ON AN EXCLUSIVELY SEASONAL BASIS AND THAT IS OWNED, OPER-
 ATED OR OTHERWISE SERVED BY METRO-NORTH RAILROAD, THE LONG ISLAND  RAIL-
 ROAD,  THE  PORT  AUTHORITY  OF  NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY, THE NEW JERSEY
 TRANSIT CORPORATION, THE NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY, OR THE  METRO-
 POLITAN  TRANSPORTATION  AUTHORITY WHERE THE ENTIRETY OF SUCH STATION IS
 LOCATED MORE THAN FIFTY MILES FROM THE NEAREST BORDER OF A CITY  WITH  A
 POPULATION OF GREATER THAN ONE MILLION PEOPLE, AS MEASURED ON A STRAIGHT
 LINE FROM SUCH CITY'S NEAREST BORDER TO SUCH RAIL STATION.
   (U) "TIER 1 TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE" SHALL BE DEFINED AS ANY
 LAND,  OTHER  THAN EXEMPT LAND, LOCATED WITHIN A ONE-HALF MILE RADIUS OF
 ANY PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE AREAS OF A TIER 1  QUALIFYING  TRANSIT  STATION,
 PROVIDED THAT SUCH PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE AREAS INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMIT-
 ED  TO,  PLATFORMS, TICKETING AREAS, WAITING AREAS, ENTRANCES AND EXITS,
 AND PARKING LOTS OR PARKING STRUCTURES THAT PROVIDE PARKING FOR  CUSTOM-
 ERS  OF  SUCH TIER 1 QUALIFYING TRANSIT STATIONS, AND ARE APPURTENANT TO
 SUCH TIER 1 QUALIFYING TRANSIT STATIONS, REGARDLESS OF THE OWNERSHIP  OF
 SUCH  PARKING STRUCTURES OR FACILITIES, AS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS
 SECTION. PROVIDED FURTHER THAT ANY TIER  1  QUALIFYING  TRANSIT  STATION
 SHALL  BE CONSIDERED TO BE PART OF SUCH TIER 1 TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOP-
 MENT ZONE.
   (V) "TIER 2 TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE" SHALL BE DEFINED AS ANY
 LAND, OTHER THAN EXEMPT LAND, LOCATED WITHIN A ONE-HALF MILE  RADIUS  OF
 ANY  PUBLICLY  ACCESSIBLE  AREAS OF A TIER 2 QUALIFYING TRANSIT STATION,
 PROVIDED THAT SUCH PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE AREAS INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMIT-
 ED TO, PLATFORMS, TICKETING AREAS, WAITING AREAS, ENTRANCES  AND  EXITS,
 AND  PARKING LOTS OR PARKING STRUCTURES THAT PROVIDE PARKING FOR CUSTOM-
 ERS OF SUCH TIER 2 QUALIFYING TRANSIT STATIONS, AND ARE  APPURTENANT  TO
 SUCH  TIER 2 QUALIFYING TRANSIT STATIONS, REGARDLESS OF THE OWNERSHIP OF
 SUCH PARKING STRUCTURES OR FACILITIES, AS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF  THIS
 SECTION.  PROVIDED  FURTHER  THAT  ANY TIER 2 QUALIFYING TRANSIT STATION
 SHALL BE CONSIDERED TO BE PART OF SUCH TIER 2 TRANSIT-ORIENTED  DEVELOP-
 MENT ZONE.
   (W) "TIER 3 TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE" SHALL BE DEFINED AS ANY
 LAND,  OTHER  THAN EXEMPT LAND, LOCATED WITHIN A ONE-HALF MILE RADIUS OF
 ANY PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE AREAS OF A TIER 3  QUALIFYING  TRANSIT  STATION,
 PROVIDED THAT SUCH PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE AREAS INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMIT-
 ED  TO,  PLATFORMS, TICKETING AREAS, WAITING AREAS, ENTRANCES AND EXITS,
 AND PARKING LOTS OR PARKING STRUCTURES THAT PROVIDE PARKING FOR  CUSTOM-
 ERS  OF  SUCH TIER 3 QUALIFYING TRANSIT STATIONS, AND ARE APPURTENANT TO
 SUCH TIER 3 QUALIFYING TRANSIT STATIONS, REGARDLESS OF THE OWNERSHIP  OF
 SUCH  PARKING STRUCTURES OR FACILITIES, AS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS
 SECTION. PROVIDED FURTHER THAT ANY TIER  3  QUALIFYING  TRANSIT  STATION
 SHALL  BE CONSIDERED TO BE PART OF SUCH TIER 3 TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOP-
 MENT ZONE.
   (X) "TIER 4 TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE" SHALL BE DEFINED AS ANY
 LAND, OTHER THAN EXEMPT LAND, LOCATED WITHIN A ONE-HALF MILE  RADIUS  OF
 ANY  PUBLICLY  ACCESSIBLE  AREAS OF A TIER 4 QUALIFYING TRANSIT STATION,
 PROVIDED THAT SUCH PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE AREAS INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMIT-
 ED TO, PLATFORMS, TICKETING AREAS, WAITING AREAS, ENTRANCES  AND  EXITS,
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 AND  PARKING LOTS OR PARKING STRUCTURES THAT PROVIDE PARKING FOR CUSTOM-
 ERS OF SUCH TIER 4 QUALIFYING TRANSIT STATIONS, AND ARE  APPURTENANT  TO
 SUCH  TIER 4 QUALIFYING TRANSIT STATIONS, REGARDLESS OF THE OWNERSHIP OF
 SUCH  PARKING STRUCTURES OR FACILITIES, AS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS
 SECTION. PROVIDED FURTHER THAT ANY TIER  4  QUALIFYING  TRANSIT  STATION
 SHALL  BE CONSIDERED TO BE PART OF SUCH TIER 4 TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOP-
 MENT ZONE.
   (Y) "TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE" SHALL REFER TO A TIER 1  TRAN-
 SIT-ORIENTED  DEVELOPMENT  ZONE,  A  TIER 2 TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT
 ZONE, A TIER 3 TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE, OR A TIER  4  TRANSIT-
 ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE, AS APPLICABLE.
   2.  AMENDMENT  TO LOCAL LAND USE TOOLS. (A) A VILLAGE'S LOCAL LAND USE
 TOOLS SHALL BE AMENDED TO MEET OR EXCEED THE AGGREGATE DENSITY  REQUIRE-
 MENT  ON OR BEFORE THE DATE THAT IS THREE YEARS SUBSEQUENT TO THE EFFEC-
 TIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION UNLESS SUCH AGGREGATE DENSITY  REQUIREMENT  IS
 PERMITTED PURSUANT TO A VILLAGE'S LOCAL LAND USE TOOLS WITHOUT REQUIRING
 ANY AMENDMENT.
   (B)  ANY AMENDMENT UNDERTAKEN PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDI-
 VISION SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM ANY  REVIEW  REQUIRED  PURSUANT  TO  ARTICLE
 EIGHT  OF  THE  ENVIRONMENTAL  CONSERVATION  LAW AND ANY RULES AND REGU-
 LATIONS PROMULGATED THERETO, AND ANY LOCAL EQUIVALENT  LAW,  REGULATION,
 OR  RULE,  PROVIDED FURTHER THAT ANY AMENDMENT TO THE PERMISSIBLE USE OF
 NON-BUILDABLE LAND SHALL BE SUBJECT TO SUCH REVIEW, AS APPLICABLE.
   (C) NO AMENDMENT UNDERTAKEN PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVI-
 SION SHALL CREATE OR OTHERWISE  IMPOSE  ANY  UNREASONABLE  LAWS,  RULES,
 REGULATIONS,  GUIDELINES  OR  RESTRICTIONS  THAT EFFECTIVELY PREVENT THE
 CONSTRUCTION OR OCCUPATION OF QUALIFYING PROJECTS,  INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT
 LIMITED   TO,   ANY   SUCH   LAWS,  RULES,  REGULATIONS,  GUIDELINES  OR
 RESTRICTIONS GOVERNING LOT COVERAGE, OPEN SPACE, HEIGHT, SETBACKS, FLOOR
 AREA RATIOS, OR PARKING REQUIREMENTS.
   (D) PRIOR TO THE FINALIZATION OF THE AMENDMENT UNDERTAKEN PURSUANT  TO
 PARAGRAPH  (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT SHALL SET
 FORTH IN WRITING AND PUBLISH:
   (I) A DESCRIPTION OF THE LAND THAT IS PART OF THE APPLICABLE  TRANSIT-
 ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE;
   (II)  A  DESCRIPTION  OF  THE  LAND  THAT IS EXEMPT FROM THE AGGREGATE
 DENSITY REQUIREMENT;
   (III) A DESCRIPTION  OF  ANY  EXEMPT  LAND  THAT  WOULD  OTHERWISE  BE
 INCLUDED IN THE TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE;
   (IV)  A  SPECIFIC  DESCRIPTION OF THE PERMISSIBLE LAND USES WITHIN THE
 APPLICABLE TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE PRIOR TO THE AMENDMENT;
   (V) A SPECIFIC DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSED PERMISSIBLE LAND USES WITH-
 IN THE APPLICABLE TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE FOLLOWING THE AMEND-
 MENT;
   (VI) THE ALLOWABLE AGGREGATE DENSITY, MEANING  THE  AVERAGE  ALLOWABLE
 DENSITY  WITHIN  THE  APPLICABLE  TRANSIT-ORIENTED  DEVELOPMENT ZONE, OF
 RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS PRIOR TO THE AMENDMENT;
   (VII) THE ALLOWABLE AGGREGATE DENSITY, MEANING THE  AVERAGE  ALLOWABLE
 DENSITY  WITHIN  THE  APPLICABLE  TRANSIT-ORIENTED  DEVELOPMENT ZONE, OF
 RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS SUBSEQUENT TO THE AMENDMENT;
   (VIII) THE CAPACITY OF THE DRINKING WATER SUPPLY AND WASTEWATER TREAT-
 MENT SERVICES, AS APPLICABLE, TO SUPPORT THE PROPOSED INCREASED RESIDEN-
 TIAL DWELLINGS DENSITY CONTEMPLATED BY THE AMENDMENT;
   (IX) THE CAPACITY OF LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE  UTILITY
 SERVICES TO SUPPORT THE PROPOSED INCREASED RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS DENSITY
 CONTEMPLATED BY THE AMENDMENT;
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   (X)  THE  EXISTENCE  OF  SITES CONTAINING OR CONTAMINATED BY HAZARDOUS
 WASTE WITHIN THE AREA CONTEMPLATED BY THE AMENDMENT;
   (XI) ANY REQUIRED STORMWATER RUNOFF STRATEGIES OR REQUIREMENTS CONTEM-
 PLATED BY THE AMENDMENT; AND
   (XII)  A  SPECIFIC DESCRIPTION OF ANY LAND WITHIN THE APPLICABLE TRAN-
 SIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONE LOCATED WITHIN THE ONE-HUNDRED-YEAR  FLOOD
 PLAIN OR WHERE THE DEPTH TO THE WATER TABLE IS LESS THAN THREE FEET.
   (E) IN THE EVENT THAT A VILLAGE FAILS TO FINALIZE THE AMENDMENT PURSU-
 ANT  TO  AND WITHIN THE REQUIRED TIME SET FORTH IN PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS
 SUBDIVISION, AND UNTIL SUCH TIME AS A  VILLAGE  COMPREHENSIVELY  UPDATES
 ITS LOCAL LAND USE TOOLS IN COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDI-
 VISION,  AND  NOTWITHSTANDING  THE  PROVISIONS  OF ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL,
 LOCAL, OR OTHER LAW, INCLUDING THE COMMON LAW, TO THE CONTRARY:
   (I) ALL VILLAGES SHALL PERMIT THE CONSTRUCTION AND OCCUPATION OF RESI-
 DENTIAL DWELLINGS WITH A DENSITY UP  TO  AND  INCLUDING  THE  APPLICABLE
 AGGREGATE DENSITY REQUIREMENT IN ANY RESIDENTIAL ZONE;
   (II) NO VILLAGE SHALL IMPOSE RESTRICTIONS THAT EFFECTIVELY PREVENT THE
 CONSTRUCTION  OR OCCUPANCY OF SUCH RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS, INCLUDING, BUT
 NOT LIMITED TO, ANY SUCH RESTRICTIONS  RELATED  TO  LOT  COVERAGE,  OPEN
 SPACE, HEIGHT, SETBACKS, FLOOR AREA RATIOS, OR PARKING REQUIREMENTS; AND
   (III)  A  PROJECT  FOR RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS, WHICH WOULD OTHERWISE BE
 CLASSIFIED AS A QUALIFYING PROJECT IF A VILLAGE TIMELY ADOPTED AN AMEND-
 MENT PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION AND WHICH IS APPROVED
 BY A VILLAGE OR LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT PURSUANT  TO  A  TRANSIT-ORIENTED
 DEVELOPMENT  REVIEW PROCESS PRIOR TO THE DATE OF THE AMENDMENT, SHALL BE
 VESTED UPON THE ISSUANCE OF A BUILDING PERMIT IN THE EVENT A SUBSEQUENT-
 LY ENACTED AMENDMENT OR ANY UPDATES TO THE LAND USE TOOLS  ARE  CONTRARY
 TO  THE  RIGHTS GRANTED FOR SUCH PROJECT. SUCH VESTED RIGHTS SHALL EXIST
 WITHOUT THE NEED  FOR  THE  PERMIT  HOLDER  TO  DEMONSTRATE  SUBSTANTIAL
 EXPENDITURE  AND  SUBSTANTIAL CONSTRUCTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PERMIT
 PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE AMENDMENT OR ANY UPDATES TO THE  LAND
 USE TOOLS.
   3.  TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS. (A) IN THE EVENT THAT
 A VILLAGE FAILS TO FINALIZE THE AMENDMENT PURSUANT  TO  AND  WITHIN  THE
 REQUIRED  TIME  SET  FORTH  IN  PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS
 SECTION, AND UNTIL SUCH TIME AS A VILLAGE  COMPREHENSIVELY  UPDATES  ITS
 LOCAL LAND USE TOOLS IN COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION TWO
 OF THIS SECTION, ANY PROJECT SPECIFIC REVIEW RELATED TO A PROPOSED QUAL-
 IFYING PROJECT SHALL BE REVIEWED PURSUANT TO THE TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVEL-
 OPMENT REVIEW PROCESS.
   (B)  AFTER  THE  FINALIZATION  OF THE AMENDMENT UNDERTAKEN PURSUANT TO
 PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION, ANY  PROJECT  SPECIFIC
 REVIEW RELATED TO A PROPOSED QUALIFYING PROJECT SHALL BE REVIEWED PURSU-
 ANT TO THE TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS.
   4.  ENFORCEMENT.  (A)(I) THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
 MAY COMMENCE AN ACTION IN A COURT OF APPROPRIATE JURISDICTION TO  COMPEL
 A  VILLAGE  TO  AMEND  ITS  LOCAL  LAND USE TOOLS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE
 REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION IF THE VILLAGE
 FAILS TO DO SO WITHIN THE REQUIRED TIMEFRAME SET FORTH THEREIN.
   (II) A PARTY MAY PURSUE A CAUSE OF ACTION PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (B) OF
 THIS SUBDIVISION IF SUCH PARTY IS IMPROPERLY DENIED PERMISSION BY A LEAD
 AGENCY EQUIVALENT TO BUILD A QUALIFYING PROJECT  PURSUANT  TO  PARAGRAPH
 (B) OF SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION.
   (B)(I)  UPON  A  FAILURE OF A VILLAGE TO COMPLY WITH THE DEADLINES SET
 FORTH IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION, OR A LEAD AGENCY  EQUIVALENT'S
 DENIAL  OF ANY APPLICATION SUBMITTED IN RELATION TO A QUALIFYING PROJECT
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 IN VIOLATION OF PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION,  ANY
 PARTY  AGGRIEVED  BY  ANY  SUCH FAILURE OR DENIAL MAY COMMENCE A SPECIAL
 PROCEEDING AGAINST THE SUBJECT VILLAGE OR LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT AND THE
 OFFICERS OF SUCH VILLAGE AND LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT IN THE SUPREME COURT
 WITHIN THE JUDICIAL DISTRICT IN WHICH THE VILLAGE OR THE GREATER PORTION
 OF  THE  TERRITORY  OF SUCH VILLAGE IS LOCATED TO COMPEL COMPLIANCE WITH
 THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
   (II) IF, UPON COMMENCEMENT OF SUCH PROCEEDING, IT SHALL APPEAR TO  THE
 COURT  THAT  TESTIMONY  IS  NECESSARY  FOR THE PROPER DISPOSITION OF THE
 MATTER, THE COURT MAY TAKE EVIDENCE AND DETERMINE THE MATTER.   ALTERNA-
 TIVELY,  THE  COURT  MAY  APPOINT  A HEARING OFFICER PURSUANT TO ARTICLE
 FORTY-THREE OF THE CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES TO TAKE SUCH EVIDENCE AS
 IT MAY DIRECT AND REPORT THE SAME TO THE COURT WITH  THE  HEARING  OFFI-
 CER'S  FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW, WHICH SHALL CONSTITUTE A
 PART OF THE PROCEEDINGS UPON WHICH THE DETERMINATION OF THE COURT  SHALL
 BE MADE.
   (III) THE VILLAGE OR LEAD AGENCY EQUIVALENT MUST SET FORTH THE REASONS
 FOR  THE  DENIAL  OF  THE  APPLICATION AND MUST DEMONSTRATE BY CLEAR AND
 CONVINCING EVIDENCE THAT THE VILLAGE OR LEAD  AGENCY  EQUIVALENT  DENIED
 THE APPLICATION DUE TO BONA FIDE HEALTH AND SAFETY CONCERNS, OR PURSUANT
 TO  THE  TRANSIT-ORIENTED  DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS THAT COMPLIES WITH
 THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION. IF THE VILLAGE OR LEAD  AGENCY  EQUIV-
 ALENT MEETS SUCH BURDEN, THE APPLICANT SHALL BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO
 DEMONSTRATE  THAT  THE  CONCERNS  RAISED  BY  THE VILLAGE OR LEAD AGENCY
 EQUIVALENT ARE PRETEXTUAL OR THAT SUCH  CONCERNS  CAN  BE  ADDRESSED  OR
 MITIGATED BY CHANGES TO THE QUALIFYING PROJECT.
   (IV)  THE COURT MAY REVERSE OR AFFIRM, WHOLLY OR PARTLY, OR MAY MODIFY
 THE DECISION BROUGHT UP FOR REVIEW. THE COURT MAY  ALSO  REMAND  TO  THE
 VILLAGE  OR  LEAD  AGENCY  EQUIVALENT  TO PROCESS OR FURTHER CONSIDER AN
 APPLICATION CONSISTENT WITH THE TERMS OF ANY ORDER OF THE COURT, INCLUD-
 ING ON AN EXPEDITED BASIS.
   (V) COSTS SHALL NOT BE ALLOWED AGAINST THE VILLAGE, LEAD AGENCY EQUIV-
 ALENT, AND THE OFFICER WHOSE FAILURE OR REFUSAL GAVE RISE TO THE SPECIAL
 PROCEEDING, UNLESS IT SHALL APPEAR TO THE COURT THAT THE  VILLAGE,  LEAD
 AGENCY EQUIVALENT, AND ITS OFFICERS OR EMPLOYEES ACTED WITH GROSS NEGLI-
 GENCE, IN BAD FAITH, OR WITH MALICE.
   § 6. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART H
 
   Section  1.  The public housing law is amended by adding a new section
 20-a to read as follows:
   § 20-A. HOUSING PRODUCTION REPORTING. 1.  FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF  THIS
 SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (A)  "LOCAL BOARD" MEANS ANY CITY, TOWN, OR VILLAGE BOARD, COMMISSION,
 OFFICER OR OTHER AGENCY OR OFFICE HAVING SUPERVISION OF THE CONSTRUCTION
 OF BUILDINGS OR THE POWER OF ENFORCING MUNICIPAL BUILDING LAWS.
   (B) "HOUSING SITE" MEANS THE SITE OF PLANNED CONSTRUCTION, CONVERSION,
 ALTERATION, DEMOLITION, OR CONSOLIDATION  OF  ONE  OR  MORE  RESIDENTIAL
 BUILDINGS.
   (C)  "DWELLING  UNIT"  MEANS  A DWELLING WITHIN A RESIDENTIAL BUILDING
 WHICH IS EITHER SOLD, RENTED, LEASED, LET OR HIRED OUT, TO BE  OCCUPIED,
 OR  IS OCCUPIED AS THE RESIDENCE OR HOME OF ONE OR MORE INDIVIDUALS THAT
 IS INDEPENDENT OF OTHER DWELLINGS WITHIN SUCH RESIDENTIAL BUILDING.
   2. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL REQUIRE EACH LOCAL BOARD TO  SUBMIT  TO  THE
 DIVISION  OF  HOUSING  AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL ANNUALLY, IN THE MANNER AND
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 FORMAT TO BE DIRECTED BY THE DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY  RENEWAL,
 THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION REGARDING NEW CONSTRUCTION, CONVERSION, ALTER-
 ATION,  DEMOLITION, OR CONSOLIDATION OF A HOUSING SITE WITHIN THE JURIS-
 DICTION  OF  SUCH  LOCAL  BOARD  THAT IS REQUIRED TO BE REPORTED TO SUCH
 LOCAL BOARD:
   (A) THE ADDRESS OF SUCH HOUSING SITE;
   (B) THE BLOCK AND/OR LOT NUMBER OF SUCH HOUSING SITE;
   (C) THE TOTAL NUMBER OF DWELLING UNITS IN SUCH HOUSING SITE;
   (D) THE BUILDING TYPE, ANY RELEVANT DATES OF  APPROVAL,  PERMITS,  AND
 COMPLETIONS ASSOCIATED WITH SUCH HOUSING SITE;
   (E) ANY ASSOCIATED GOVERNMENTAL SUBSIDIES OR PROGRAM FUNDS BEING ALLO-
 CATED TO SUCH HOUSING SITE THAT SUCH LOCAL BOARD IS AWARE OF;
   (F) THE SPECIFIC DETAILS OF SUCH CONSTRUCTION, CONVERSION, ALTERATION,
 DEMOLITION, OR CONSOLIDATION OF SUCH HOUSING SITE;
   (G)  ANY  PERMITS REQUESTED TO BUILD DWELLING UNITS, AND THE STATUS OF
 SUCH REQUESTS AS OF THE DATE OF THE REPORT; AND
   (H) THE TOTAL NUMBER OF DWELLING UNITS WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF  THE
 LOCAL BOARD AS OF THE DATE OF THE REPORT.
   3. BEGINNING ON THE THIRTY-FIRST OF JANUARY NEXT SUCCEEDING THE EFFEC-
 TIVE  DATE  OF  THIS  SECTION, AND ANNUALLY THEREAFTER, THE COMMISSIONER
 SHALL REQUIRE EACH LOCAL BOARD TO  SUBMIT  TO  THE  COMMISSIONER,  IN  A
 MANNER  AND  FORMAT TO BE DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER, A DIGITAL FILE
 CONTAINING A ZONING MAP OR MAPS OF SUCH LOCAL BOARD'S JURISDICTION  THAT
 CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION FOR THE PRIOR YEAR:
   (A) THE GEOGRAPHIC EXTENTS OF AREAS WHERE RESIDENTIAL HOUSING, COMMER-
 CIAL, INDUSTRIAL, OR OTHER DEVELOPMENTS ARE OR ARE NOT PERMITTED;
   (B) IN AREAS ZONED FOR RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS, WHERE RESIDENTIAL BUILD-
 INGS  CONTAINING TWO, THREE, AND FOUR OR MORE DWELLING UNITS ARE ALLOWED
 PER LOT;
   (C) ANY MINIMUM LOT SIZE REQUIREMENTS FOR RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS;
   (D) ANY MINIMUM SIZE REQUIREMENTS FOR INDIVIDUAL DWELLING UNITS;
   (E) ANY PARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS;
   (F) ANY SETBACK OR LOT COVERAGE REQUIREMENTS  FOR  RESIDENTIAL  BUILD-
 INGS;
   (G)  DESIGNATION OF WHETHER EACH ZONING APPROVAL GRANTED BY SUCH LOCAL
 BOARD WAS AS-OF-RIGHT OR DISCRETIONARY;
   (H) THE GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDS OF ANY AREAS WHICH HAVE BEEN  AMENDED  SINCE
 SUCH LOCAL BOARD'S PREVIOUS SUBMISSION PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION;
   (I) ANY FLOOR AREA RATIO RESTRICTIONS FOR RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS;
   (J)  IN  AREAS  WHERE  RESIDENTIAL  DEVELOPMENT  IS NOT PERMITTED, THE
 REASONS SUCH DEVELOPMENT IS NOT PERMITTED; AND
   (K) ANY OTHER INFORMATION DEEMED RELEVANT BY THE COMMISSIONER.
   4. THE COMMISSIONER MAY MAKE THE  INFORMATION  SUBMITTED  PURSUANT  TO
 SUBDIVISIONS  TWO  AND  THREE  OF THIS SECTION PUBLICLY AVAILABLE ON THE
 DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL'S WEBSITE, UPDATED ANNUALLY TO
 REFLECT THE MOST RECENT SUBMISSIONS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
 ing the date upon which it shall have become a law. Effective immediate-
 ly,  the  addition,  amendment  and/or  repeal of any rule or regulation
 necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective  date  are
 authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
 
                                  PART I
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   Section  1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 1971 of the real
 property actions and proceedings law, as amended by chapter 529  of  the
 laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
   (b) In the case of a vacant dwelling, it is not sealed or continuously
 guarded, IN THAT ADMITTANCE TO THE PROPERTY MAY BE GAINED WITHOUT DAMAG-
 ING  ANY PORTION OF THE PROPERTY, as required by law or it was sealed or
 is continuously guarded by a person other than the owner,  a  mortgagee,
 lienor or agent thereof, and [either] ANY of the following facts exists:
   (i)  A  vacate  order  of  the department or other governmental agency
 currently prohibits occupancy of the dwelling; or
   (ii) The tax on such premises has been due and unpaid for a period  of
 at least one year; or
   (III)  THE PROPERTY HAS HAD A ZONING, BUILDING OR PROPERTY MAINTENANCE
 CODE VIOLATION WHICH HAS THE POTENTIAL TO INJURE, ENDANGER OR  UNREASON-
 ABLY  ANNOY  THE  HEALTH AND SAFETY OF OTHERS THAT HAS BEEN CONTINUOUSLY
 OUTSTANDING AND NOT REMEDIED FOR A PERIOD OF AT LEAST ONE YEAR FROM  THE
 DATE THE ORIGINAL NOTICE OF VIOLATION WAS SERVED UPON THE PROPERTY OWNER
 PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION FOUR OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED EIGHT OF THE CIVIL
 PRACTICE  LAW AND RULES IF THE OWNER IS A NATURAL PERSON, OR PURSUANT TO
 SECTION THREE HUNDRED TEN, THREE HUNDRED TEN-A, THREE HUNDRED ELEVEN  OR
 THREE  HUNDRED ELEVEN-A OF THE CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES IF THE OWNER
 IS A PARTNERSHIP, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, CORPORATION OR LIMITED  LIABILITY
 COMPANY, RESPECTIVELY; OR
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART J
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision 11 of section 3 of the multiple dwelling law,
 as amended by chapter 806 of the laws of 1972, is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   11. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the following
 enumerated articles, sections and subdivisions of sections of this chap-
 ter shall not apply to the construction or alteration of multiple dwell-
 ings  for  which  an  application for a permit is made to the department
 after December sixth, nineteen hundred sixty-nine in  a  city  having  a
 population  of  one  million  or more [which adopts or has adopted local
 laws, ordinances, resolutions or regulations providing  protection  from
 fire   hazards  and  making  provision  for  escape  from  fire  in  the
 construction and alteration of multiple dwellings and in other  respects
 as  protective  as  local law seventy-six of the laws of the city of New
 York for nineteen hundred sixty-eight  and  covering  the  same  subject
 matter  as the following]: subdivisions twenty-five, twenty-seven, twen-
 ty-eight, thirty-five-c, thirty-six and  thirty-nine  of  section  four,
 subdivision  three of section twenty-eight, sections thirty-six, thirty-
 seven, fifty,  fifty-one,  fifty-two,  fifty-three,  fifty-five,  sixty,
 sixty-one,  sixty-seven, subdivisions one, two, four and five of section
 seventy-five, article four, article five, article five-A[,] AND  article
 six  [and  article  seven-B]; except that after December sixth, nineteen
 hundred sixty-nine where a multiple dwelling erected prior  to  December
 sixth,  nineteen  hundred  sixty-nine  is altered, or a building erected
 prior to December sixth, nineteen hundred sixty-nine is converted  to  a
 multiple  dwelling  pursuant  to  a permit applied for to the department
 having jurisdiction, the foregoing articles, sections  and  subdivisions
 of  sections  shall  remain  applicable  where  a local law of such city
 authorizes such alteration or conversion to be made, at  the  option  of
 the  owner,  either  in accordance with the requirements of the building
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 law and regulations in effect in such  city  prior  to  December  sixth,
 nineteen hundred sixty-eight or the requirements of the building law and
 regulations  in  effect  after such date, and the owner elects to comply
 with  the  requirements  of  the  building law and regulations in effect
 prior to December sixth, nineteen hundred sixty-eight.
   § 2. Section 275 of the multiple dwelling law, as added by chapter 734
 of the laws of 1985, is amended to read as follows:
   § 275. Legislative findings. It is hereby declared and found  that  in
 cities  with  a  population  in  excess of one million, large numbers of
 loft, manufacturing, commercial,  institutional,  public  and  community
 facility  buildings  have  lost,  and continue to lose, their tenants to
 more modern premises; and that the untenanted portions of such buildings
 constitute a potential housing stock within such cities which  is  capa-
 ble,  when  appropriately  altered, of accommodating general residential
 use, thereby contributing to an alleviation of the housing shortage most
 severely affecting moderate and middle income families, and of  accommo-
 dating  joint  living-work quarters for artists by making readily avail-
 able space which is physically and  economically  suitable  for  use  by
 persons regularly engaged in the arts.
   There is a public purpose to be served by making accommodations readi-
 ly  available for joint living-work quarters for artists for the follow-
 ing reasons:   persons regularly engaged  in  the  arts  require  larger
 amounts of space for the pursuit of their artistic endeavors and for the
 storage  of  the materials therefor and of the products thereof than are
 regularly to be found in dwellings subject to  this  article;  that  the
 financial  remunerations  to be obtained from pursuit of a career in the
 arts are generally small; that as a result  of  such  limited  financial
 remuneration  persons  regularly  engaged  in the arts generally find it
 financially impossible to maintain quarters for  the  pursuit  of  their
 artistic  endeavors  separate  and apart from their places of residence;
 that the cultural life of cities of more than one million persons within
 this state and of the state as a whole is enhanced by the  residence  in
 such  cities  of large numbers of persons regularly engaged in the arts;
 that the high cost of land within  such  cities  makes  it  particularly
 difficult for persons regularly engaged in the arts to obtain the use of
 the  amounts of space required for their work as aforesaid; and that the
 residential use of the space is secondary or accessory  to  the  primary
 use as a place of work.
   It  is  further declared that the legislation governing the alteration
 of such buildings to accommodate general residential use must of  neces-
 sity  be  more  restrictive  than  statutes  heretofore in effect, which
 affected only joint living-work quarters for artists.
   It is the intention of this legislation to promulgate statewide  mini-
 mum  standards for all alterations of non-residential buildings to resi-
 dential use, but the legislature is  cognizant  that  the  use  of  such
 buildings  for residential purposes must be consistent with local zoning
 ordinances. The legislature further recognizes that it is  the  role  of
 localities  to adopt regulations which will define in further detail the
 manner in which alterations should be carried out where  building  types
 and  conditions  are  peculiar  to their local environment. IT IS HEREBY
 ADDITIONALLY DECLARED AND FOUND THAT IN  CITIES  WITH  A  POPULATION  IN
 EXCESS  OF ONE MILLION, LARGE NUMBERS OF COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS HAVE LOST,
 AND CONTINUE TO LOSE, THEIR TENANTS TO MORE MODERN PREMISES AND  TO  THE
 CHANGING  NATURE  OF  REMOTE  OFFICE  WORK  IN  THE WAKE OF THE COVID-19
 PANDEMIC; AND THAT THE UNTENANTED PORTIONS OF SUCH BUILDINGS  CONSTITUTE
 A  POTENTIAL  HOUSING  STOCK  WITHIN  SUCH CITIES WHICH IS CAPABLE, WHEN
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 APPROPRIATELY ALTERED, OF ACCOMMODATING GENERAL RESIDENTIAL USE, THEREBY
 CONTRIBUTING TO AN ALLEVIATION OF THE HOUSING SHORTAGE.
   §  3.  Section 276 of the multiple dwelling law, as amended by chapter
 420 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   § 276. [Definition of an artist] DEFINITIONS. As used in this article,
 the FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   1. THE word "artist" means a person who is regularly  engaged  in  the
 fine  arts, such as painting and sculpture or in the performing or crea-
 tive arts, including choreography and filmmaking, or in the  composition
 of  music  on  a  professional  basis,  and  is so certified by the city
 department of cultural affairs and/or state council  on  the  arts.  For
 joint  living-work quarters for artists limited to artists' occupancy by
 local zoning resolution, any permanent occupant whose residence  therein
 began  on or before December fifteenth, two thousand twenty-one shall be
 deemed to meet such occupancy requirements under the same rights  as  an
 artist so certified in accordance with applicable law.
   2.  THE TERM "GENERAL RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES" MEANS USE OF A BUILDING AS
 A CLASS A MULTIPLE DWELLING, EXCEPT THAT SUCH TERM SHALL NOT  INCLUDE  A
 ROOMING UNIT AS DEFINED IN SECTION 27-2004 OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF
 THE  CITY  OF NEW YORK OTHER THAN A ROOMING UNIT IN A CLASS A OR CLASS B
 MULTIPLE DWELLING THAT IS AUTHORIZED PURSUANT TO SECTION 27-2077 OF SUCH
 ADMINISTRATIVE CODE.
   § 4. The multiple dwelling law is amended by adding a new section  279
 to read as follows:
   §  279.  OCCUPANCY  OF COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS. 1. ANY BUILDING IN A CITY
 WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE PERSONS WHICH WAS OCCUPIED  FOR
 LOFT,  COMMERCIAL, INSTITUTIONAL, PUBLIC, COMMUNITY FACILITY OR MANUFAC-
 TURING PURPOSES AT ANY TIME PRIOR  TO  DECEMBER  THIRTY-FIRST,  NINETEEN
 HUNDRED  NINETY, MAY BE OCCUPIED, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, FOR GENERAL RESI-
 DENTIAL PURPOSES IF SUCH OCCUPANCY IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH  THIS  ARTICLE,
 NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER ARTICLE OF THIS CHAPTER, OR ANY PROVISION OF
 LAW COVERING THE SAME SUBJECT MATTER, EXCEPT AS  OTHERWISE  REQUIRED  BY
 THE ZONING RESOLUTION OF SUCH CITY.
   2.  OCCUPANCY  PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE PERMITTED ONLY IF THE
 CONDITIONS IN SUBDIVISIONS ONE THROUGH SIXTEEN OF  SECTION  TWO  HUNDRED
 SEVENTY-SEVEN OF THIS ARTICLE ARE COMPLIED WITH, EXCEPT THAT THE CONVER-
 SION  SHALL  NOT  BE  REQUIRED TO INCLUDE JOINT LIVING-WORK QUARTERS FOR
 ARTISTS, AND PROVIDED FURTHER THAT CONVERSIONS  UNDERTAKEN  PURSUANT  TO
 THIS  SECTION SHALL NOT BE SUBJECT TO SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION TWEN-
 TY-SIX OF THIS CHAPTER.
   3. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY  STATE  OR  LOCAL  LAW,  RULE,  OR  REGULATION,
 INCLUDING  ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS SECTION OR ARTICLE TO THE CONTRA-
 RY, THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL APPLY TO ANY  BUILDING  LOCATED
 IN  A  DISTRICT THAT OTHERWISE WOULD HAVE BEEN SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS
 OF SECTION 15-01 OF THE ZONING RESOLUTION OF A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF
 ONE MILLION OR MORE PERSONS.
   § 5. An application for conversion  of  a  building  pursuant  to  the
 provisions  of  this  act,  which  application  for  a permit containing
 complete plans and specifications is filed prior to December  31,  2030,
 shall  be permitted to proceed as if subdivision 3 of section 279 of the
 multiple dwelling law, as added by section four of this act, remained in
 effect, so long as construction of such project begins within the earli-
 er to occur of three years from December 31, 2030 or such time which the
 permit otherwise expires.
   § 6. This act shall take effect immediately; provided,  however,  that
 subdivision  3  of  section 279 of the multiple dwelling law as added by
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 section four of this act shall expire and be deemed repealed on December
 31, 2030; provided further, however, that the repeal of subdivision 3 of
 section 279 of the multiple dwelling law as added  by  section  four  of
 this  act  shall not affect the use of any building for general residen-
 tial purposes, as such term is defined in article 7-B  of  the  multiple
 dwelling law, permitted prior to such repeal.
 
                                  PART K
 
   Section  1. The multiple dwelling law is amended by adding a new arti-
 cle 7-D to read as follows:
                                ARTICLE 7-D
          LEGALIZATION AND CONVERSION OF BASEMENT DWELLING UNITS
 SECTION 288. DEFINITIONS.
         289. BASEMENT LOCAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS.
         290. TENANT PROTECTIONS IN INHABITED BASEMENT DWELLING UNITS.
   § 288. DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS ARTICLE, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL
 HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   1. THE TERM "INHABITED BASEMENT DWELLING UNIT" MEANS A BASEMENT UNLAW-
 FULLY OCCUPIED AS A RESIDENCE BY ONE OR MORE TENANTS ON OR PRIOR TO  THE
 EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ARTICLE;
   2.  THE TERM "RENTED" MEANS LEASED, LET, OR HIRED OUT, WITH OR WITHOUT
 A WRITTEN AGREEMENT; AND
   3. THE TERM "TENANT" MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL TO WHOM AN INHABITED BASEMENT
 DWELLING UNIT IS RENTED.
   § 289. BASEMENT LOCAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS.   1.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY
 OTHER  PROVISION OF STATE OR LOCAL LAW TO THE CONTRARY, IN A CITY WITH A
 POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, THE LOCAL LEGISLATIVE  BODY  MAY,  BY
 LOCAL  LAW,  ESTABLISH  A  PROGRAM  TO ADDRESS, PROVIDED THAT HEALTH AND
 SAFETY ARE PROTECTED, (A) THE LEGALIZATION OF SPECIFIED INHABITED  BASE-
 MENT  DWELLING  UNITS  IN  EXISTENCE PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS
 ARTICLE THROUGH CONVERSION TO LEGAL DWELLING UNITS, OR (B)  THE  CONVER-
 SION  OF  OTHER  SPECIFIED BASEMENT DWELLING UNITS IN EXISTENCE PRIOR TO
 THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ARTICLE TO LEGAL DWELLING  UNITS.  THE  LOCAL
 LAW AUTHORIZED BY THIS SECTION, AND ANY RULES OR REGULATIONS PROMULGATED
 THEREUNDER,  SHALL  NOT  BE  SUBJECT  TO ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW, INCLUDING
 ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW CONDUCTED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE EIGHT OF THE ENVIRON-
 MENTAL CONSERVATION LAW AND ANY STATE AND LOCAL REGULATIONS  PROMULGATED
 THEREUNDER.
   2.  THE  PROGRAM ESTABLISHED BY SUCH LOCAL LAW MAY PROVIDE TO AN OWNER
 WHO CONVERTS AN INHABITED BASEMENT DWELLING UNIT IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH  A
 LOCAL LAW AUTHORIZED BY THIS ARTICLE OR WHO OTHERWISE ABATES THE ILLEGAL
 OCCUPANCY  OF  A  BASEMENT  DWELLING UNIT, (A) FREEDOM FROM ANY CIVIL OR
 ADMINISTRATIVE LIABILITY, CITATIONS, FINES, PENALTIES, JUDGMENTS OR  ANY
 OTHER  DETERMINATIONS    OF  OR PROSECUTION FOR CIVIL VIOLATIONS OF THIS
 CHAPTER, OTHER STATE LAW OR LOCAL LAW OR RULES, AND  THE  ZONING  RESOL-
 UTION  OF SUCH CITY, AND (B) RELIEF FROM ANY OUTSTANDING CIVIL JUDGMENTS
 ISSUED IN CONNECTION WITH ANY SUCH VIOLATION  OF  SUCH  LAWS,  RULES  OR
 ZONING  RESOLUTION  ISSUED  BEFORE  THE  EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ARTICLE.
 PROVIDED THAT SUCH LOCAL LAW SHALL REQUIRE  THAT  ALL  APPLICATIONS  FOR
 CONVERSIONS  BE FILED BY A DATE CERTAIN SUBSEQUENT TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE
 OF THIS ARTICLE, PROVIDED FURTHER THAT SUCH DATE SHALL NOT  EXCEED  FIVE
 YEARS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ARTICLE.
   3.  SUCH  LOCAL  LAW MAY PROVIDE THAT ANY PROVISION OF THIS CHAPTER OR
 LOCAL LAW, RULE OR REGULATION, SHALL NOT BE APPLICABLE  TO  PROVIDE  FOR
 THE  ALTERATIONS  NECESSARY  FOR THE CONVERSION OF A SPECIFIED INHABITED
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 BASEMENT DWELLING UNIT OR OTHER  SPECIFIED  BASEMENT  DWELLING  UNIT  IN
 EXISTENCE  PRIOR  TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE INTO A LAWFUL DWELLING UNIT. ANY
 AMENDMENT OF THE ZONING RESOLUTION NECESSARY TO ENACT SUCH PROGRAM SHALL
 BE SUBJECT TO A PUBLIC HEARING AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF SUCH LOCAL-
 ITY,  AND  APPROVAL  BY SUCH COMMISSION AND THE LEGISLATIVE BODY OF SUCH
 LOCAL GOVERNMENT, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT IT SHALL NOT REQUIRE  ENVIRON-
 MENTAL  REVIEW,  INCLUDING  ENVIRONMENTAL  REVIEW  CONDUCTED PURSUANT TO
 ARTICLE EIGHT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW AND  ANY  STATE  AND
 LOCAL  REGULATIONS  PROMULGATED  THEREUNDER,  OR ANY ADDITIONAL LAND USE
 REVIEW.
   § 290. TENANT PROTECTIONS IN INHABITED BASEMENT DWELLING  UNITS.    1.
 THE  PROGRAM  AUTHORIZED BY THIS ARTICLE SHALL REQUIRE AN APPLICATION TO
 MAKE ALTERATIONS TO LEGALIZE AN  INHABITED  BASEMENT  DWELLING  UNIT  BE
 ACCOMPANIED  BY  A CERTIFICATION INDICATING WHETHER SUCH UNIT WAS RENTED
 TO A TENANT ON THE  EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF  THIS  ARTICLE,  NOTWITHSTANDING
 WHETHER THE OCCUPANCY OF SUCH UNIT WAS AUTHORIZED BY LAW. A CITY MAY NOT
 USE  SUCH CERTIFICATION AS THE BASIS FOR AN ENFORCEMENT ACTION FOR ILLE-
 GAL OCCUPANCY OF SUCH UNIT, PROVIDED  THAT  NOTHING  CONTAINED  IN  THIS
 ARTICLE  SHALL  BE  CONSTRUED  TO  LIMIT SUCH CITY FROM ISSUING A VACATE
 ORDER FOR HAZARDOUS OR UNSAFE CONDITIONS.
   2. THE LOCAL LAW AUTHORIZED BY  THIS  ARTICLE  SHALL  PROVIDE  THAT  A
 TENANT  IN  OCCUPANCY AT THE TIME OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ARTICLE,
 WHO IS EVICTED OR OTHERWISE REMOVED FROM SUCH UNIT AS  A  RESULT  OF  AN
 ALTERATION  NECESSARY  TO BRING AN INHABITED BASEMENT DWELLING UNIT INTO
 COMPLIANCE WITH THE STANDARDS ESTABLISHED BY THE LOCAL LAW AUTHORIZED BY
 THIS ARTICLE, SHALL HAVE A RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL TO RETURN TO SUCH UNIT
 AS A TENANT UPON ITS FIRST LAWFUL OCCUPANCY AS A  LEGAL  DWELLING  UNIT,
 NOTWITHSTANDING  WHETHER THE OCCUPANCY AT THE TIME OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE
 OF THIS ARTICLE WAS AUTHORIZED BY LAW. SUCH LOCAL LAW SHALL SPECIFY  HOW
 TO DETERMINE PRIORITY WHEN MULTIPLE TENANTS MAY CLAIM SUCH RIGHT.
   3.  A TENANT UNLAWFULLY DENIED A RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL TO RETURN TO A
 LEGAL DWELLING UNIT, AS PROVIDED PURSUANT TO THE LOCAL LAW AUTHORIZED BY
 THIS ARTICLE, SHALL HAVE A CAUSE OF ACTION IN  ANY  COURT  OF  COMPETENT
 JURISDICTION  FOR  COMPENSATORY  DAMAGES  OR  DECLARATORY AND INJUNCTIVE
 RELIEF AS THE  COURT  DEEMS  NECESSARY  IN  THE  INTERESTS  OF  JUSTICE,
 PROVIDED  THAT  SUCH  COMPENSATORY  RELIEF  SHALL  NOT EXCEED THE ANNUAL
 RENTAL CHARGES FOR SUCH LEGAL DWELLING UNIT.
   § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 472 of the private housing finance  law,
 as  amended  by  chapter  479 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as
 follows:
   1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any  general,  special  or  local
 law,  a  municipality,  acting  through an agency, is authorized: (A) to
 make, or contract to make, loans to low and moderate income  owner-occu-
 pants  of one to four unit existing private or multiple dwellings within
 its territorial limits, subject to the limitation  of  subdivisions  two
 through  seven of this section, in such amounts as shall be required for
 the rehabilitation of such dwellings, provided, however, that such loans
 shall not exceed sixty thousand dollars per dwelling unit,  EXCEPT  THAT
 THE  LIMITATION  ON  THE  MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF A LOAN, AS DESCRIBED IN THIS
 PARAGRAPH, SHALL NOT APPLY TO ANY SUCH LOAN FOR, IN WHOLE  OR  IN  PART,
 REHABILITATION  OF A SPECIFIED INHABITED BASEMENT DWELLING UNIT OR OTHER
 SPECIFIED BASEMENT DWELLING UNIT FOR  WHICH  SUCH  OWNER  HAS  SOUGHT  A
 PERMIT  PURSUANT  TO  THE  LOCAL  LAW AUTHORIZED PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO
 HUNDRED EIGHTY-NINE OF THE MULTIPLE DWELLING LAW. Such  loans  may  also
 include  the  refinancing of the outstanding indebtedness of such dwell-
 ings, and the municipality may make temporary loans or advances to  such
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 owner-occupants  in  anticipation  of permanent loans for such purposes;
 AND
   (B) TO MAKE OR CONTRACT TO MAKE GRANTS TO ANY OWNER DESCRIBED IN PARA-
 GRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, ON THE SAME TERMS AS PERMITTED UNDER SUCH
 PARAGRAPH FOR A LOAN.
   §  3.  Section  472  of  the private housing finance law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
   1-A. AS USED IN THIS ARTICLE, THE TERM "LOAN" SHALL INCLUDE ANY  GRANT
 MADE BY A MUNICIPALITY PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT
 PROVISIONS  OF  THIS ARTICLE CONCERNING THE REPAYMENT OR FORGIVENESS OF,
 OR SECURITY FOR, A LOAN SHALL NOT APPLY TO ANY GRANT  MADE  PURSUANT  TO
 THIS ARTICLE.
   §  4. Subdivision 2 of section 473 of the private housing finance law,
 as added by chapter 786 of the laws of  1987,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   2.  A  municipality shall neither make nor participate in a loan to an
 owner-occupant of an existing private or multiple dwelling  pursuant  to
 this  article unless the agency finds that the area in which such dwell-
 ing is situated is a blighted, deteriorated or deteriorating area or has
 a blighting influence on the surrounding area, or is in danger of becom-
 ing a slum or a blighted area because of the existence  of  substandard,
 unsanitary,  deteriorating  or  deteriorated conditions, an aged housing
 stock, or other factors indicating an inability of the private sector to
 cause such rehabilitation to be made, EXCEPT THAT ANY SUCH FINDING SHALL
 NOT BE REQUIRED FOR ANY SUCH LOAN FOR, IN WHOLE OR  IN  PART,  REHABILI-
 TATION  OF  A SPECIFIED INHABITED BASEMENT DWELLING UNIT OR OTHER SPECI-
 FIED BASEMENT DWELLING UNIT FOR WHICH SUCH OWNER  HAS  SOUGHT  A  PERMIT
 PURSUANT  TO  THE  LOCAL  LAW AUTHORIZED PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO HUNDRED
 EIGHTY-NINE OF THE MULTIPLE DWELLING LAW.
   § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART L
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 26 of the multiple  dwelling  law,
 as  amended  by  chapter  748 of the laws of 1961, is amended to read as
 follows:
   3. Floor area ratio (FAR). [The] EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED  IN  AND
 DETERMINED UNDER A ZONING LAW, ORDINANCE, OR RESOLUTION OF A CITY WITH A
 POPULATION  OF  ONE  MILLION  OR  MORE, OR AFTER CONSULTATION WITH LOCAL
 OFFICIALS, AS PROVIDED IN A GENERAL PROJECT PLAN OF THE NEW  YORK  STATE
 URBAN  DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, THE floor area ratio (FAR) of any dwell-
 ing or dwellings on a lot shall not exceed 12.0, except that a fireproof
 class B dwelling in which six or more passenger elevators are maintained
 and operated in any city having a local zoning law, ordinance or  resol-
 ution  restricting  districts  in  such  city to residential use, may be
 erected in accordance with the provisions of such zoning law,  ordinance
 or resolution, if such class B dwelling is erected in a district no part
 of  which  is  restricted by such zoning law, ordinance or resolution to
 residential uses.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART M
 
   Section 1. Section 489 of the real property  tax  law  is  amended  by
 adding a new subdivision 21 to read as follows:
   21. (A) DEFINITIONS. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION:
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   (1) "AFFORDABLE RENT" SHALL MEAN THE MAXIMUM RENT WITHIN THE MARKETING
 BAND  THAT  IS  ALLOWED  FOR  AN  AFFORDABLE RENTAL UNIT AS SUCH RENT IS
 ESTABLISHED BY THE LOCAL HOUSING AGENCY.
   (2) "AFFORDABLE RENTAL UNIT" SHALL MEAN A DWELLING UNIT IN AN ELIGIBLE
 RENTAL  BUILDING  THAT, AS OF THE FILING OF AN APPLICATION FOR A CERTIF-
 ICATE OF ELIGIBILITY AND REASONABLE COST, HAS A RENT  AT  OR  BELOW  THE
 APPLICABLE AFFORDABLE RENT.
   (3)  "CERTIFICATE  OF  ELIGIBILITY  AND  REASONABLE COST" SHALL MEAN A
 DOCUMENT ISSUED BY THE LOCAL HOUSING  AGENCY  THAT  ESTABLISHES  THAT  A
 PROPERTY  IS ELIGIBLE FOR REHABILITATION PROGRAM BENEFITS AND SETS FORTH
 THE CERTIFIED REASONABLE COST OF THE  ELIGIBLE  CONSTRUCTION  FOR  WHICH
 SUCH BENEFITS SHALL BE RECEIVED.
   (4)  "CERTIFIED REASONABLE COST SCHEDULE" SHALL MEAN A TABLE PROVIDING
 MAXIMUM DOLLAR LIMITS FOR SPECIFIED ALTERATIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS, ESTAB-
 LISHED, AND UPDATED AS NECESSARY, BY THE LOCAL HOUSING AGENCY.
   (5) "CHECKLIST" SHALL MEAN A DOCUMENT THAT THE  LOCAL  HOUSING  AGENCY
 ISSUES REQUESTING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR DOCUMENTATION THAT IS NECES-
 SARY  FOR  FURTHER  ASSESSMENT  OF  AN  APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF
 ELIGIBILITY AND REASONABLE COST WHERE  SUCH  APPLICATION  CONTAINED  ALL
 INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED AT THE INITIAL FILING.
   (6)   "COMMENCEMENT   DATE"  SHALL  MEAN,  WITH  RESPECT  TO  ELIGIBLE
 CONSTRUCTION, THE DATE ON WHICH ANY PHYSICAL  OPERATION  UNDERTAKEN  FOR
 THE PURPOSE OF PERFORMING SUCH ELIGIBLE CONSTRUCTION LAWFULLY BEGINS.
   (7)   "COMPLETION   DATE"   SHALL   MEAN,  WITH  RESPECT  TO  ELIGIBLE
 CONSTRUCTION, THE DATE ON WHICH:
   (A) EVERY PHYSICAL OPERATION UNDERTAKEN FOR THE PURPOSE OF ALL  ELIGI-
 BLE CONSTRUCTION HAS CONCLUDED; AND
   (B)  ALL SUCH ELIGIBLE CONSTRUCTION HAS BEEN COMPLETED TO A REASONABLE
 AND CUSTOMARY STANDARD THAT RENDERS SUCH ELIGIBLE  CONSTRUCTION  CAPABLE
 OF  USE  FOR  THE  PURPOSE  FOR  WHICH  SUCH  ELIGIBLE  CONSTRUCTION WAS
 INTENDED.
   (8) "DWELLING UNIT" SHALL MEAN  ANY  RESIDENTIAL  ACCOMMODATION  IN  A
 CLASS A MULTIPLE DWELLING THAT:
   (A)  IS  ARRANGED,  DESIGNED,  USED OR INTENDED FOR USE BY ONE OR MORE
 PERSONS LIVING TOGETHER AND MAINTAINING A COMMON HOUSEHOLD;
   (B) CONTAINS AT LEAST ONE ROOM; AND
   (C) CONTAINS WITHIN SUCH ACCOMMODATION  LAWFUL  SANITARY  AND  KITCHEN
 FACILITIES RESERVED FOR ITS OCCUPANTS.
   (9)  "ELIGIBLE  BUILDING"  SHALL  MEAN AN ELIGIBLE RENTAL BUILDING, AN
 ELIGIBLE HOMEOWNERSHIP BUILDING, OR AN ELIGIBLE REGULATED  HOMEOWNERSHIP
 BUILDING,  PROVIDED  THAT  SUCH BUILDING CONTAINS THREE OR MORE DWELLING
 UNITS.
   (10) "ELIGIBLE CONSTRUCTION" SHALL MEAN ALTERATIONS OR IMPROVEMENTS TO
 AN ELIGIBLE BUILDING THAT:
   (A) ARE SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIED ON THE CERTIFIED REASONABLE COST SCHE-
 DULE;
   (B) MEET THE MINIMUM SCOPE OF WORK THRESHOLD;
   (C) HAVE A COMPLETION DATE THAT IS AFTER JUNE TWENTY-NINTH, TWO  THOU-
 SAND TWENTY-TWO AND PRIOR TO JUNE THIRTIETH, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX AND
 THAT IS NOT MORE THAN THIRTY MONTHS AFTER THEIR COMMENCEMENT DATE; AND
   (D) ARE NOT ATTRIBUTABLE TO ANY INCREASED CUBIC CONTENT IN SUCH ELIGI-
 BLE BUILDING.
   (11) "ELIGIBLE HOMEOWNERSHIP BUILDING" SHALL MEAN AN EXISTING BUILDING
 THAT:
   (A)  IS A CLASS A MULTIPLE DWELLING OPERATED AS CONDOMINIUM OR COOPER-
 ATIVE HOUSING;
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   (B) IS NOT OPERATING IN WHOLE OR IN PART AS A HOTEL; AND
   (C)  HAS AN AVERAGE ASSESSED VALUATION, INCLUDING THE VALUATION OF THE
 LAND, THAT AS OF THE COMMENCEMENT DATE DOES NOT EXCEED THE HOMEOWNERSHIP
 AVERAGE ASSESSED VALUATION LIMITATION.
   (12) "ELIGIBLE REGULATED HOMEOWNERSHIP BUILDING" SHALL MEAN AN  EXIST-
 ING  BUILDING  THAT IS A CLASS A MULTIPLE DWELLING OWNED AND OPERATED BY
 EITHER:
   (A) A MUTUAL COMPANY THAT CONTINUES TO BE ORGANIZED AND OPERATED AS  A
 MUTUAL  COMPANY  AND THAT HAS ENTERED INTO AND RECORDED A MUTUAL COMPANY
 REGULATORY AGREEMENT; OR
   (B) A MUTUAL REDEVELOPMENT COMPANY THAT CONTINUES TO BE ORGANIZED  AND
 OPERATED AS A MUTUAL REDEVELOPMENT COMPANY AND THAT HAS ENTERED INTO AND
 RECORDED A MUTUAL REDEVELOPMENT COMPANY REGULATORY AGREEMENT.
   (13) "ELIGIBLE RENTAL BUILDING" SHALL MEAN AN EXISTING BUILDING THAT:
   (A)  IS A CLASS A MULTIPLE DWELLING IN WHICH ALL OF THE DWELLING UNITS
 ARE OPERATED AS RENTAL HOUSING;
   (B) IS NOT OPERATING IN WHOLE OR IN PART AS A HOTEL; AND
   (C) SATISFIES ONE OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS:
   (I) NOT LESS THAN FIFTY PERCENT OF THE DWELLING UNITS IN SUCH BUILDING
 ARE AFFORDABLE RENTAL UNITS;
   (II) SUCH BUILDING IS OWNED AND OPERATED BY A  LIMITED-PROFIT  HOUSING
 COMPANY; OR
   (III)  SUCH  BUILDING  IS  THE  RECIPIENT  OF SUBSTANTIAL GOVERNMENTAL
 ASSISTANCE.
   (14) "EXISTING BUILDING" SHALL MEAN AN ENCLOSED STRUCTURE WHICH:
   (A) IS PERMANENTLY AFFIXED TO THE LAND;
   (B) HAS ONE OR MORE FLOORS AND A ROOF;
   (C) IS BOUNDED BY WALLS;
   (D) HAS AT LEAST ONE PRINCIPAL ENTRANCE UTILIZED FOR DAY-TO-DAY PEDES-
 TRIAN INGRESS AND EGRESS;
   (E) HAS A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY OR EQUIVALENT DOCUMENT THAT  IS  IN
 EFFECT PRIOR TO THE COMMENCEMENT DATE; AND
   (F)  EXCLUSIVE OF THE LAND, HAS AN ASSESSED VALUATION OF MORE THAN ONE
 THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE COMMENCE-
 MENT DATE.
   (15) "HOMEOWNERSHIP AVERAGE ASSESSED VALUATION LIMITATION" SHALL  MEAN
 AN  AVERAGE ASSESSED VALUATION OF FORTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS PER DWELL-
 ING UNIT.
   (16) "LIMITED-PROFIT HOUSING COMPANY" SHALL HAVE THE SAME  MEANING  AS
 "COMPANY"  SET  FORTH  IN  SECTION TWELVE OF THE PRIVATE HOUSING FINANCE
 LAW.
   (17) "MARKET RENTAL UNIT" SHALL MEAN A DWELLING UNIT  IN  AN  ELIGIBLE
 RENTAL BUILDING OTHER THAN AN AFFORDABLE RENTAL UNIT.
   (18)  "MARKETING  BAND"  SHALL  MEAN MAXIMUM RENT AMOUNTS RANGING FROM
 TWENTY PERCENT OF EIGHTY PERCENT OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME, ADJUSTED FOR
 FAMILY SIZE, TO THIRTY PERCENT OF EIGHTY  PERCENT  OF  THE  AREA  MEDIAN
 INCOME, ADJUSTED FOR FAMILY SIZE.
   (19)  "MINIMUM  SCOPE  OF WORK THRESHOLD" SHALL MEAN A TOTAL AMOUNT OF
 CERTIFIED REASONABLE COST ESTABLISHED BY RULES AND  REGULATIONS  OF  THE
 LOCAL  HOUSING  AGENCY,  PROVIDED THAT SUCH AMOUNT SHALL BE NO LESS THAN
 ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR EACH DWELLING UNIT IN EXISTENCE ON
 THE COMPLETION DATE.
   (20) "MULTIPLE DWELLING" SHALL  HAVE  THE  MEANING  AS  SET  FORTH  IN
 SECTION FOUR OF THE MULTIPLE DWELLING LAW.
   (21)  "MUTUAL  COMPANY" SHALL HAVE THE MEANING AS SET FORTH IN SECTION
 TWELVE OF THE PRIVATE HOUSING FINANCE LAW.
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   (22) "MUTUAL COMPANY REGULATORY AGREEMENT" SHALL MEAN  A  BINDING  AND
 IRREVOCABLE  AGREEMENT  BETWEEN A MUTUAL COMPANY AND THE COMMISSIONER OF
 HOUSING, THE MUTUAL COMPANY SUPERVISING AGENCY, THE NEW YORK CITY  HOUS-
 ING DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, OR THE NEW YORK STATE HOUSING FINANCE AGEN-
 CY  PROHIBITING THE DISSOLUTION OR RECONSTITUTION OF SUCH MUTUAL COMPANY
 PURSUANT TO SECTION THIRTY-FIVE OF THE PRIVATE HOUSING FINANCE  LAW  FOR
 NOT  LESS  THAN  FIFTEEN  YEARS  FROM THE COMMENCEMENT OF REHABILITATION
 PROGRAM BENEFITS FOR THE EXISTING BUILDING OWNED AND  OPERATED  BY  SUCH
 MUTUAL COMPANY.
   (23)  "MUTUAL COMPANY SUPERVISING AGENCY" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING,
 WITH RESPECT TO ANY MUTUAL COMPANY, AS "SUPERVISING AGENCY" SET FORTH IN
 SECTION TWO OF THE PRIVATE HOUSING FINANCE LAW.
   (24) "MUTUAL REDEVELOPMENT COMPANY" SHALL HAVE  THE  SAME  MEANING  AS
 "MUTUAL"  WHEN  APPLIED  TO  A  REDEVELOPMENT  COMPANY,  AS SET FORTH IN
 SECTION ONE HUNDRED TWO OF THE PRIVATE HOUSING FINANCE LAW.
   (25) "MUTUAL REDEVELOPMENT COMPANY REGULATORY AGREEMENT" SHALL MEAN  A
 BINDING AND IRREVOCABLE AGREEMENT BETWEEN A MUTUAL REDEVELOPMENT COMPANY
 AND  THE  COMMISSIONER OF HOUSING, THE REDEVELOPMENT COMPANY SUPERVISING
 AGENCY, THE NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION,  OR  THE  NEW
 YORK  STATE HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY PROHIBITING THE DISSOLUTION OR RECON-
 STITUTION OF SUCH MUTUAL REDEVELOPMENT COMPANY PURSUANT TO  SECTION  ONE
 HUNDRED TWENTY-THREE OF THE PRIVATE HOUSING FINANCE LAW UNTIL THE EARLI-
 ER OF:
   (A)  FIFTEEN  YEARS  FROM  THE  COMMENCEMENT OF REHABILITATION PROGRAM
 BENEFITS FOR THE EXISTING BUILDING OWNED AND  OPERATED  BY  SUCH  MUTUAL
 REDEVELOPMENT COMPANY; OR
   (B)  THE  EXPIRATION OF ANY TAX EXEMPTION GRANTED TO SUCH MUTUAL REDE-
 VELOPMENT COMPANY PURSUANT TO SECTION ONE  HUNDRED  TWENTY-FIVE  OF  THE
 PRIVATE HOUSING FINANCE LAW.
   (26)  "REDEVELOPMENT COMPANY" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS SET FORTH
 IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED TWO OF THE PRIVATE HOUSING FINANCE LAW.
   (27) "REDEVELOPMENT COMPANY SUPERVISING AGENCY" SHALL  HAVE  THE  SAME
 MEANING,  WITH  RESPECT  TO  ANY  REDEVELOPMENT COMPANY, AS "SUPERVISING
 AGENCY" SET FORTH IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED  TWO  OF  THE  PRIVATE  HOUSING
 FINANCE LAW.
   (28)  "REHABILITATION  PROGRAM  BENEFITS" SHALL MEAN ABATEMENT OF REAL
 PROPERTY TAXES PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION.
   (29) "RENT REGULATION" SHALL MEAN, COLLECTIVELY, THE EMERGENCY HOUSING
 RENT CONTROL LAW, ANY LOCAL LAW ENACTED PURSUANT TO THE LOCAL  EMERGENCY
 HOUSING RENT CONTROL ACT, THE RENT STABILIZATION LAW OF NINETEEN HUNDRED
 SIXTY-NINE,  THE  RENT  STABILIZATION  CODE,  AND  THE  EMERGENCY TENANT
 PROTECTION ACT OF NINETEEN SEVENTY-FOUR, ALL AS  IN  EFFECT  AS  OF  THE
 EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF THE CHAPTER OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE
 THAT ADDED THIS SUBDIVISION, OR AS ANY SUCH STATUTE IS AMENDED THEREAFT-
 ER, TOGETHER WITH  ANY  SUCCESSOR  STATUTES  OR  REGULATIONS  ADDRESSING
 SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME SUBJECT MATTER.
   (30)  "RESTRICTION PERIOD" SHALL MEAN, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY TERMINATION
 OR REVOCATION OF REHABILITATION PROGRAM BENEFITS PRIOR TO  SUCH  PERIOD,
 FIFTEEN  YEARS  FROM THE INITIAL RECEIPT OF REHABILITATION PROGRAM BENE-
 FITS, OR SUCH ADDITIONAL PERIOD OF TIME AS MAY BE  IMPOSED  PURSUANT  TO
 CLAUSE (A) OF SUBPARAGRAPH FIVE OF PARAGRAPH (E) OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   (31)  "SUBSTANTIAL  GOVERNMENTAL ASSISTANCE" SHALL MEAN GRANTS, LOANS,
 OR SUBSIDIES FROM ANY FEDERAL, STATE OR  LOCAL  GOVERNMENTAL  AGENCY  OR
 INSTRUMENTALITY  IN  FURTHERANCE  OF  A  PROGRAM  FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF
 AFFORDABLE HOUSING APPROVED BY THE LOCAL HOUSING AGENCY,  PROVIDED  THAT
 SUCH GRANTS, LOANS, OR SUBSIDIES ARE PROVIDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH A REGU-
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 LATORY  AGREEMENT  ENTERED INTO WITH SUCH AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY THAT
 IS IN EFFECT AS OF THE FILING DATE OF THE APPLICATION FOR A  CERTIFICATE
 OF ELIGIBILITY AND REASONABLE COST.
   (32)  "SUBSTANTIAL  INTEREST"  SHALL MEAN AN OWNERSHIP INTEREST OF TEN
 PERCENT OR MORE.
   (B) ABATEMENT. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF ANY OTHER SUBDIVISION
 OF THIS SECTION OR OF ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL OR LOCAL LAW TO THE CONTRARY,
 ANY CITY TO WHICH  THE  MULTIPLE  DWELLING  LAW  IS  APPLICABLE,  ACTING
 THROUGH  ITS LOCAL LEGISLATIVE BODY OR OTHER GOVERNING AGENCY, IS HEREBY
 AUTHORIZED AND EMPOWERED, UNTIL AND INCLUDING JUNE THIRTIETH, TWO  THOU-
 SAND  TWENTY-FIVE, TO ADOPT AND AMEND LOCAL LAWS OR ORDINANCES PROVIDING
 AN ABATEMENT OF REAL PROPERTY TAXES ON AN  ELIGIBLE  BUILDING  IN  WHICH
 ELIGIBLE CONSTRUCTION HAS BEEN COMPLETED, PROVIDED THAT:
   (1)  SUCH  ABATEMENT SHALL NOT EXCEED SEVENTY PERCENT OF THE CERTIFIED
 REASONABLE COST OF THE ELIGIBLE CONSTRUCTION, AS DETERMINED UNDER  RULES
 AND REGULATIONS OF THE LOCAL HOUSING AGENCY;
   (2) SUCH ABATEMENT SHALL NOT BE EFFECTIVE FOR MORE THAN TWENTY YEARS;
   (3)  THE  ANNUAL  ABATEMENT  OF  REAL  PROPERTY TAXES ON SUCH ELIGIBLE
 BUILDING SHALL NOT EXCEED EIGHT  AND  ONE-THIRD  PERCENT  OF  THE  TOTAL
 CERTIFIED REASONABLE COST OF SUCH ELIGIBLE CONSTRUCTION;
   (4)  THE  ANNUAL  ABATEMENT  OF  REAL  PROPERTY TAXES ON SUCH ELIGIBLE
 BUILDING IN ANY CONSECUTIVE TWELVE-MONTH PERIOD SHALL IN NO EVENT EXCEED
 THE AMOUNT OF REAL PROPERTY TAXES PAYABLE IN  SUCH  TWELVE-MONTH  PERIOD
 FOR  SUCH  BUILDING,  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT SUCH ABATEMENT SHALL NOT
 EXCEED FIFTY PERCENT OF THE AMOUNT OF REAL  PROPERTY  TAXES  PAYABLE  IN
 SUCH TWELVE-MONTH PERIOD FOR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING:
   (A)  AN  ELIGIBLE  RENTAL  BUILDING  OWNED BY A LIMITED-PROFIT HOUSING
 COMPANY OR A REDEVELOPMENT COMPANY; (B) AN ELIGIBLE HOMEOWNERSHIP BUILD-
 ING; AND
   (C) AN ELIGIBLE REGULATED HOMEOWNERSHIP BUILDING; AND
   (5) SUCH ABATEMENT SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE  BEGINNING  WITH  THE  FIRST
 QUARTERLY  TAX  BILL  IMMEDIATELY  FOLLOWING THE DATE OF ISSUANCE OF THE
 CERTIFICATE OF ELIGIBILITY AND REASONABLE COST.
   (C) AUTHORITY OF CITY TO ADOPT RULES AND REGULATIONS. ANY  SUCH  LOCAL
 LAW  OR ORDINANCE SHALL AUTHORIZE THE ADOPTION OF RULES AND REGULATIONS,
 NOT INCONSISTENT WITH THIS SUBDIVISION, BY THE LOCAL HOUSING AGENCY  AND
 ANY OTHER LOCAL AGENCY NECESSARY FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS SUBDIVI-
 SION.
   (D)  APPLICATIONS.  (1)  ANY SUCH LOCAL LAW OR ORDINANCE SHALL REQUIRE
 THAT AN APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF ELIGIBILITY AND REASONABLE COST
 PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION BE MADE AFTER THE COMPLETION DATE AND ON OR
 BEFORE THE LATER OF (A) FOUR MONTHS FROM  THE  EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF  SUCH
 LOCAL LAW OR ORDINANCE; OR (B) FOUR MONTHS FROM SUCH COMPLETION DATE.
   (2)  SUCH  APPLICATION SHALL INCLUDE EVIDENCE OF ELIGIBILITY FOR REHA-
 BILITATION PROGRAM BENEFITS AND EVIDENCE OF REASONABLE COST AS SHALL  BE
 SATISFACTORY  TO THE LOCAL HOUSING AGENCY INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
 EVIDENCE SHOWING THE COST OF ELIGIBLE CONSTRUCTION.
   (3) THE LOCAL HOUSING AGENCY SHALL REQUIRE A NON-REFUNDABLE FILING FEE
 THAT SHALL BE PAID BY A CERTIFIED CHECK  OR  CASHIER'S  CHECK  UPON  THE
 FILING OF AN APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF ELIGIBILITY AND REASONABLE
 COST.  SUCH FEE SHALL BE (A) ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS, PLUS (B) SEVENTY-FIVE
 DOLLARS FOR EACH DWELLING UNIT IN EXCESS OF SIX DWELLING  UNITS  IN  THE
 ELIGIBLE BUILDING THAT IS THE SUBJECT OF SUCH APPLICATION.
   (4)  ANY  APPLICATION THAT IS FILED PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH THAT IS
 MISSING ANY OF THE INFORMATION AND  DOCUMENTATION  REQUIRED  AT  INITIAL
 FILING  BY  SUCH LOCAL LAW OR ORDINANCE AND ANY RULES AND REGULATIONS OF
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 THE LOCAL HOUSING AGENCY SHALL BE DENIED, PROVIDED THAT A  NEW  APPLICA-
 TION FOR THE SAME ELIGIBLE CONSTRUCTION, TOGETHER WITH A NEW NON-REFUND-
 ABLE  FILING  FEE, MAY BE FILED WITHIN FIFTEEN DAYS OF THE DATE OF ISSU-
 ANCE OF SUCH DENIAL. IF SUCH SECOND APPLICATION IS ALSO MISSING ANY SUCH
 REQUIRED  INFORMATION  AND  DOCUMENTATION,  IT  SHALL  BE  DENIED AND NO
 FURTHER APPLICATIONS FOR THE SAME ELIGIBLE CONSTRUCTION SHALL BE PERMIT-
 TED.
   (5) THE FAILURE OF AN APPLICANT TO RESPOND  TO  ANY  CHECKLIST  WITHIN
 THIRTY  DAYS  OF  THE  DATE  OF ITS ISSUANCE BY THE LOCAL HOUSING AGENCY
 SHALL RESULT IN DENIAL OF SUCH APPLICATION, AND NO FURTHER  APPLICATIONS
 FOR THE SAME ELIGIBLE CONSTRUCTION SHALL BE PERMITTED. THE LOCAL HOUSING
 AGENCY  SHALL  ISSUE  NOT MORE THAN THREE CHECKLISTS PER APPLICATION. AN
 APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF ELIGIBILITY AND REASONABLE  COST  SHALL
 BE DENIED WHEN THE LOCAL HOUSING AGENCY DOES NOT HAVE A SUFFICIENT BASIS
 TO  ISSUE  A  CERTIFICATE  OF  ELIGIBILITY AND REASONABLE COST AFTER THE
 TIMELY RESPONSE OF AN APPLICANT TO THE THIRD CHECKLIST  CONCERNING  SUCH
 APPLICATION.    AFTER THE LOCAL HOUSING AGENCY HAS DENIED AN APPLICATION
 FOR THE REASON DESCRIBED IN THE PRECEDING SENTENCE,  SUCH  AGENCY  SHALL
 PERMIT NO FURTHER APPLICATIONS FOR THE SAME ELIGIBLE CONSTRUCTION.
   (6)  AN  APPLICATION  FOR  A CERTIFICATE OF ELIGIBILITY AND REASONABLE
 COST SHALL ALSO INCLUDE AN AFFIDAVIT OF NO HARASSMENT.
   (A) SUCH AFFIDAVIT SHALL SET FORTH THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
   (I) THE NAME OF EVERY OWNER OF  RECORD  AND  OWNER  OF  A  SUBSTANTIAL
 INTEREST IN THE ELIGIBLE BUILDING OR ENTITY OWNING THE ELIGIBLE BUILDING
 OR SPONSORING THE ELIGIBLE CONSTRUCTION; AND
   (II)  A STATEMENT THAT NONE OF SUCH PERSONS HAD, WITHIN THE FIVE YEARS
 PRIOR TO THE COMPLETION DATE, BEEN FOUND TO HAVE HARASSED OR  UNLAWFULLY
 EVICTED  TENANTS  BY  JUDGMENT  OR  DETERMINATION  OF A COURT OR AGENCY,
 INCLUDING A NON-GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY HAVING APPROPRIATE  LEGAL  JURISDIC-
 TION,  UNDER  THE  PENAL LAW, ANY STATE OR LOCAL LAW REGULATING RENTS OR
 ANY STATE OR LOCAL LAW RELATING TO HARASSMENT  OF  TENANTS  OR  UNLAWFUL
 EVICTION.
   (B)  NO  ELIGIBLE BUILDING SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR AN ABATEMENT PURSUANT
 TO PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION WHERE:
   (I) ANY AFFIDAVIT REQUIRED UNDER THIS SUBPARAGRAPH HAS NOT BEEN FILED;
   (II) ANY SUCH AFFIDAVIT CONTAINS A WILLFUL MISREPRESENTATION OR  OMIS-
 SION OF ANY MATERIAL FACT; OR
   (III)  ANY  OWNER  OF RECORD OR OWNER OF A SUBSTANTIAL INTEREST IN THE
 ELIGIBLE BUILDING OR ENTITY OWNING THE ELIGIBLE BUILDING  OR  SPONSORING
 THE  ELIGIBLE  CONSTRUCTION HAS BEEN FOUND, BY JUDGMENT OR DETERMINATION
 OF A COURT OR AGENCY, INCLUDING A NON-GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY HAVING  APPRO-
 PRIATE  LEGAL  JURISDICTION, UNDER THE PENAL LAW, ANY STATE OR LOCAL LAW
 REGULATING RENTS OR ANY STATE OR LOCAL LAW  RELATING  TO  HARASSMENT  OF
 TENANTS  OR  UNLAWFUL  EVICTION, TO HAVE, WITHIN THE FIVE YEARS PRIOR TO
 THE COMPLETION DATE, HARASSED OR UNLAWFULLY EVICTED TENANTS,  UNTIL  AND
 UNLESS THE FINDING IS REVERSED ON APPEAL.
   (C)  NOTWITHSTANDING  THE  PROVISIONS OF ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL OR LOCAL
 LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THE CORPORATION COUNSEL OR  OTHER  LEGAL  REPRESEN-
 TATIVE  OF  A  CITY  HAVING  A  POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE OR THE
 DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF ANY COUNTY, MAY INSTITUTE AN ACTION  OR  PROCEEDING
 IN ANY COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION THAT MAY BE APPROPRIATE OR NECES-
 SARY  TO DETERMINE WHETHER ANY OWNER OF RECORD OR OWNER OF A SUBSTANTIAL
 INTEREST IN THE ELIGIBLE BUILDING OR ENTITY OWNING THE ELIGIBLE BUILDING
 OR SPONSORING THE  ELIGIBLE  CONSTRUCTION  HAS  HARASSED  OR  UNLAWFULLY
 EVICTED TENANTS AS DESCRIBED IN THIS SUBPARAGRAPH.
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   (7)  NOTWITHSTANDING  THE  PROVISIONS OF ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL OR LOCAL
 LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THE LOCAL HOUSING AGENCY MAY REQUIRE BY  RULES  AND
 REGULATIONS  THAT  AN  APPLICATION  FOR A CERTIFICATE OF ELIGIBILITY AND
 REASONABLE COST BE FILED ELECTRONICALLY.
   (E) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR AN ELIGIBLE RENTAL BUILDING OTHER THAN
 ONE  OWNED  AND  OPERATED  BY A LIMITED-PROFIT HOUSING COMPANY. ANY SUCH
 LOCAL LAW OR ORDINANCE SHALL, IN ADDITION TO  ALL  OTHER  CONDITIONS  OF
 ELIGIBILITY FOR REHABILITATION PROGRAM BENEFITS SET FORTH IN THIS SUBDI-
 VISION,  REQUIRE  THAT AN ELIGIBLE RENTAL BUILDING, OTHER THAN ONE OWNED
 AND OPERATED BY A LIMITED-PROFIT HOUSING COMPANY, ALSO COMPLY  WITH  ALL
 PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, AN ELIGIBLE
 RENTAL  BUILDING  THAT  IS  THE  RECIPIENT  OF  SUBSTANTIAL GOVERNMENTAL
 ASSISTANCE SHALL NOT BE  REQUIRED  TO  COMPLY  WITH  THE  PROVISIONS  OF
 SUBPARAGRAPH THREE OF THIS PARAGRAPH.
   (1)  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF RENT REGULATION TO THE CONTRARY,
 ANY MARKET RENTAL UNIT WITHIN SUCH ELIGIBLE RENTAL BUILDING  SUBJECT  TO
 RENT  REGULATION  AS OF THE FILING DATE OF THE APPLICATION FOR A CERTIF-
 ICATE OF ELIGIBILITY AND REASONABLE COST AND ANY AFFORDABLE RENTAL  UNIT
 WITHIN SUCH ELIGIBLE RENTAL BUILDING SHALL BE SUBJECT TO RENT REGULATION
 UNTIL  SUCH  UNIT  FIRST  BECOMES  VACANT  AFTER  THE  EXPIRATION OF THE
 RESTRICTION PERIOD AT WHICH TIME SUCH UNIT, UNLESS IT WOULD  BE  SUBJECT
 TO  RENT REGULATION FOR REASONS OTHER THAN THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDI-
 VISION,  SHALL  BE  DEREGULATED,  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT  DURING  THE
 RESTRICTION  PERIOD,  NO  EXEMPTION OR EXCLUSION FROM ANY REQUIREMENT OF
 RENT REGULATION SHALL APPLY TO SUCH DWELLING UNITS.
   (2) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR AN ELIGIBLE RENTAL  BUILDING  THAT  IS
 NOT A RECIPIENT OF SUBSTANTIAL GOVERNMENTAL ASSISTANCE.
   (A) NOT LESS THAN FIFTY PERCENT OF THE DWELLING UNITS IN SUCH ELIGIBLE
 RENTAL BUILDING SHALL BE DESIGNATED AS AFFORDABLE RENTAL UNITS.
   (B)  THE  OWNER  OF SUCH ELIGIBLE RENTAL BUILDING SHALL ENSURE THAT NO
 AFFORDABLE RENTAL UNIT IS HELD OFF THE MARKET FOR A PERIOD THAT IS LONG-
 ER THAN REASONABLY NECESSARY.
   (C) THE OWNER  OF  SUCH  ELIGIBLE  RENTAL  BUILDING  SHALL  WAIVE  THE
 COLLECTION OF ANY MAJOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT RENT INCREASE GRANTED BY THE
 NEW  YORK  STATE  DIVISION  OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL PURSUANT TO
 RENT REGULATION THAT IS ATTRIBUTABLE TO ELIGIBLE CONSTRUCTION FOR  WHICH
 SUCH  ELIGIBLE RENTAL BUILDING RECEIVES REHABILITATION PROGRAM BENEFITS,
 AND SHALL FILE A DECLARATION WITH THE NEW YORK STATE DIVISION OF HOUSING
 AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL PROVIDING SUCH WAIVER.
   (D) AN AFFORDABLE RENTAL UNIT SHALL NOT  BE  RENTED  ON  A  TEMPORARY,
 TRANSIENT  OR  SHORT-TERM  BASIS. EVERY LEASE AND RENEWAL THEREOF FOR AN
 AFFORDABLE RENTAL UNIT SHALL BE FOR A TERM OF ONE OR TWO YEARS,  AT  THE
 OPTION  OF  THE  TENANT,  AND SHALL INCLUDE A NOTICE IN AT LEAST TWELVE-
 POINT TYPE INFORMING SUCH TENANT OF THEIR RIGHTS PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDI-
 VISION, INCLUDING AN EXPLANATION OF THE RESTRICTIONS ON  RENT  INCREASES
 THAT MAY BE IMPOSED ON SUCH AFFORDABLE RENTAL UNIT.
   (E)  THE  LOCAL  HOUSING AGENCY MAY ESTABLISH BY RULES AND REGULATIONS
 SUCH REQUIREMENTS AS THE LOCAL HOUSING AGENCY DEEMS NECESSARY OR  APPRO-
 PRIATE  FOR  DESIGNATING  AFFORDABLE  RENTAL  UNITS,  INCLUDING, BUT NOT
 LIMITED TO, DESIGNATING THE UNIT MIX AND  DISTRIBUTION  REQUIREMENTS  OF
 SUCH AFFORDABLE RENTAL UNITS IN AN ELIGIBLE BUILDING.
   (3)  THE OWNER OF SUCH ELIGIBLE RENTAL BUILDING SHALL NOT ENGAGE IN OR
 CAUSE ANY HARASSMENT OF THE TENANTS OF SUCH ELIGIBLE RENTAL BUILDING  OR
 UNLAWFULLY EVICT ANY SUCH TENANTS DURING THE RESTRICTION PERIOD.
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   (4)  NO  DWELLING  UNITS WITHIN SUCH ELIGIBLE RENTAL BUILDING SHALL BE
 CONVERTED TO COOPERATIVE OR CONDOMINIUM OWNERSHIP DURING THE RESTRICTION
 PERIOD.
   (5)  ANY  NON-COMPLIANCE  OF  AN  ELIGIBLE  RENTAL  BUILDING  WITH THE
 PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL PERMIT THE LOCAL  HOUSING  AGENCY  TO
 TAKE THE FOLLOWING ACTION:
   (A) EXTEND THE RESTRICTION PERIOD;
   (B)  INCREASE  THE  NUMBER OF AFFORDABLE RENTAL UNITS IN SUCH ELIGIBLE
 RENTAL BUILDING;
   (C) IMPOSE A PENALTY OF NOT MORE THAN  THE  PRODUCT  OF  ONE  THOUSAND
 DOLLARS  PER INSTANCE OF NON-COMPLIANCE AND THE NUMBER OF DWELLING UNITS
 CONTAINED IN SUCH ELIGIBLE RENTAL BUILDING; AND
   (D) TERMINATE OR REVOKE ANY REHABILITATION PROGRAM BENEFITS IN ACCORD-
 ANCE WITH PARAGRAPH (M) OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   (F) COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAW. ANY SUCH LOCAL  LAW  OR  ORDINANCE
 MAY  ALSO  PROVIDE  THAT  REHABILITATION  PROGRAM  BENEFITS SHALL NOT BE
 ALLOWED FOR ANY ELIGIBLE BUILDING UNLESS AND UNTIL SUCH ELIGIBLE  BUILD-
 ING COMPLIES WITH ALL APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF LAW.
   (G)  IMPLEMENTATION  OF REHABILITATION PROGRAM BENEFITS. UPON ISSUANCE
 OF A CERTIFICATE OF ELIGIBILITY  AND  REASONABLE  COST  AND  PAYMENT  OF
 OUTSTANDING FEES, THE LOCAL HOUSING AGENCY SHALL BE AUTHORIZED TO TRANS-
 MIT  SUCH  CERTIFICATE  OF  ELIGIBILITY AND REASONABLE COST TO THE LOCAL
 AGENCY RESPONSIBLE FOR REAL PROPERTY TAX ASSESSMENT.  UPON RECEIPT OF  A
 CERTIFICATE OF ELIGIBILITY AND REASONABLE COST, THE LOCAL AGENCY RESPON-
 SIBLE FOR REAL PROPERTY TAX ASSESSMENT SHALL CERTIFY THE AMOUNT OF TAXES
 TO  BE ABATED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION AND PURSUANT
 TO SUCH CERTIFICATE OF ELIGIBILITY AND REASONABLE COST PROVIDED  BY  THE
 LOCAL HOUSING AGENCY.
   (H)  OUTSTANDING  TAXES  AND  CHARGES. ANY SUCH LOCAL LAW OR ORDINANCE
 SHALL ALSO PROVIDE THAT REHABILITATION PROGRAM  BENEFITS  SHALL  NOT  BE
 ALLOWED FOR AN ELIGIBLE BUILDING IN EITHER OF THE FOLLOWING CASES:
   (1) THERE ARE OUTSTANDING REAL ESTATE TAXES OR WATER AND SEWER CHARGES
 OR  PAYMENTS  IN LIEU OF TAXES THAT ARE DUE AND OWING AS OF THE LAST DAY
 OF THE TAX PERIOD PRECEDING THE DATE OF THE RECEIPT OF  THE  CERTIFICATE
 OF  ELIGIBILITY  AND REASONABLE COST BY THE LOCAL AGENCY RESPONSIBLE FOR
 REAL PROPERTY TAX ASSESSMENT; OR
   (2) REAL ESTATE TAXES OR WATER AND  SEWER  CHARGES  DUE  AT  ANY  TIME
 DURING  THE  AUTHORIZED TERM OF SUCH BENEFITS REMAIN UNPAID FOR ONE YEAR
 AFTER THE SAME ARE DUE AND PAYABLE.
   (I) ADDITIONAL LIMITATIONS ON ELIGIBILITY. ANY SUCH LOCAL LAW OR ORDI-
 NANCE SHALL ALSO PROVIDE THAT:
   (1) REHABILITATION PROGRAM BENEFITS  SHALL  NOT  BE  ALLOWED  FOR  ANY
 ELIGIBLE  BUILDING RECEIVING TAX EXEMPTION OR ABATEMENT CONCURRENTLY FOR
 REHABILITATION OR NEW CONSTRUCTION UNDER ANY OTHER PROVISION OF STATE OR
 LOCAL LAW OR ORDINANCE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ANY  ELIGIBLE  CONSTRUCTION
 TO AN ELIGIBLE BUILDING RECEIVING A TAX EXEMPTION OR ABATEMENT UNDER THE
 PROVISIONS OF THE PRIVATE HOUSING FINANCE LAW;
   (2)  REHABILITATION PROGRAM BENEFITS SHALL NOT BE ALLOWED FOR ANY ITEM
 OF ELIGIBLE CONSTRUCTION IN AN ELIGIBLE BUILDING IF SUCH ELIGIBLE BUILD-
 ING IS RECEIVING TAX EXEMPTION OR ABATEMENT FOR THE SAME  OR  A  SIMILAR
 ITEM  OF ELIGIBLE CONSTRUCTION AS OF THE DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST PRECEDING
 THE DATE OF APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF ELIGIBILITY AND  REASONABLE
 COST FOR SUCH REHABILITATION PROGRAM BENEFITS;
   (3)  WHERE THE ELIGIBLE CONSTRUCTION INCLUDES OR BENEFITS A PORTION OF
 AN ELIGIBLE BUILDING THAT IS NOT OCCUPIED  FOR  DWELLING  PURPOSES,  THE
 ASSESSED  VALUATION OF SUCH ELIGIBLE BUILDING AND THE COST OF THE ELIGI-
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 BLE CONSTRUCTION SHALL BE APPORTIONED  SO  THAT  REHABILITATION  PROGRAM
 BENEFITS  SHALL NOT BE PROVIDED FOR ELIGIBLE CONSTRUCTION MADE FOR OTHER
 THAN DWELLING PURPOSES; AND
   (4)  REHABILITATION  PROGRAM BENEFITS SHALL NOT BE APPLIED TO ABATE OR
 REDUCE THE TAXES UPON THE LAND PORTION OF  REAL  PROPERTY,  WHICH  SHALL
 CONTINUE  TO  BE TAXED BASED UPON THE ASSESSED VALUATION OF THE LAND AND
 THE APPLICABLE TAX RATE AT THE TIME SUCH TAXES ARE LEVIED.
   (J) RE-INSPECTION PENALTY. ANY SUCH LOCAL LAW OR ORDINANCE SHALL  ALSO
 PROVIDE  THAT  IF  THE  LOCAL  HOUSING AGENCY CANNOT VERIFY THE ELIGIBLE
 CONSTRUCTION CLAIMED BY AN APPLICANT UPON THE FIRST  INSPECTION  BY  THE
 LOCAL  HOUSING  AGENCY OF THE ELIGIBLE BUILDING, SUCH APPLICANT SHALL BE
 REQUIRED TO PAY TEN TIMES THE ACTUAL COST OF ANY  ADDITIONAL  INSPECTION
 NEEDED TO VERIFY SUCH ELIGIBLE CONSTRUCTION.
   (K)  STRICT  LIABILITY FOR INACCURATE APPLICATIONS. ANY SUCH LOCAL LAW
 OR ORDINANCE SHALL ALSO PROVIDE THAT IF THE LOCAL HOUSING AGENCY  DETER-
 MINES  THAT  AN APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF ELIGIBILITY AND REASON-
 ABLE COST CONTAINS A MATERIAL MISSTATEMENT OF FACT,  THE  LOCAL  HOUSING
 AGENCY  MAY  REJECT SUCH APPLICATION AND BAR THE SUBMISSION OF ANY OTHER
 APPLICATION PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION WITH RESPECT TO  SUCH  ELIGIBLE
 BUILDING  FOR A PERIOD NOT TO EXCEED THREE YEARS. AN APPLICANT SHALL NOT
 BE RELIEVED FROM LIABILITY UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH BECAUSE IT SUBMITTED ITS
 APPLICATION UNDER A MISTAKEN BELIEF OF FACT.  FURTHERMORE, ANY PERSON OR
 ENTITY THAT FILES MORE THAN SIX APPLICATIONS CONTAINING SUCH A  MATERIAL
 MISSTATEMENT OF FACT WITHIN ANY TWELVE-MONTH PERIOD SHALL BE BARRED FROM
 SUBMITTING  ANY  NEW  APPLICATION FOR REHABILITATION PROGRAM BENEFITS ON
 BEHALF OF ANY ELIGIBLE BUILDING FOR A PERIOD NOT TO EXCEED FIVE YEARS.
   (L) INVESTIGATORY AUTHORITY. ANY SUCH LOCAL  LAW  OR  ORDINANCE  SHALL
 ALSO  ALLOW  THE LOCAL HOUSING AGENCY TO REQUIRE SUCH CERTIFICATIONS AND
 CONSENTS NECESSARY TO ACCESS RECORDS, INCLUDING OTHER  TAX  RECORDS,  AS
 MAY  BE  DEEMED  APPROPRIATE  TO ENFORCE THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS OF
 THIS SUBDIVISION. ANY SUCH LOCAL LAW OR ORDINANCE SHALL FURTHER  PROVIDE
 THAT,  FOR  PURPOSES OF DETERMINING AND CERTIFYING ELIGIBILITY FOR REHA-
 BILITATION PROGRAM BENEFITS AND THE  REASONABLE  COST  OF  ANY  ELIGIBLE
 CONSTRUCTION, THE LOCAL HOUSING AGENCY SHALL BE AUTHORIZED TO:
   (1)  ADMINISTER OATHS TO AND TAKE THE TESTIMONY OF ANY PERSON, INCLUD-
 ING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE OWNER OF SUCH ELIGIBLE BUILDING;
   (2) ISSUE SUBPOENAS REQUIRING THE ATTENDANCE OF SUCH PERSONS  AND  THE
 PRODUCTION OF ANY BILLS, BOOKS, PAPERS OR OTHER DOCUMENTS AS IT MAY DEEM
 NECESSARY;
   (3)  MAKE PRELIMINARY ESTIMATES OF THE MAXIMUM REASONABLE COST OF SUCH
 ELIGIBLE CONSTRUCTION;
   (4) ESTABLISH MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE COSTS OF SPECIFIED UNITS, FIXTURES  OR
 WORK IN SUCH ELIGIBLE CONSTRUCTION;
   (5)  REQUIRE THE SUBMISSION OF PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS OF SUCH ELIGI-
 BLE CONSTRUCTION BEFORE THE COMMENCEMENT THEREOF;
   (6) REQUIRE PHYSICAL ACCESS TO INSPECT THE ELIGIBLE BUILDING; AND
   (7) ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, REQUIRE  THE  SUBMISSION  OF  LEASES  FOR  ANY
 DWELLING  UNIT  IN  A  BUILDING GRANTED A CERTIFICATE OF ELIGIBILITY AND
 REASONABLE COST.
   (M) TERMINATION OR REVOCATION. ANY SUCH LOCAL LAW OR  ORDINANCE  SHALL
 PROVIDE  THAT FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION,
 ANY SUCH LOCAL LAW OR ORDINANCE, ANY RULES AND  REGULATIONS  PROMULGATED
 THEREUNDER,  OR  ANY MUTUAL COMPANY REGULATORY AGREEMENT OR MUTUAL REDE-
 VELOPMENT COMPANY REGULATORY  AGREEMENT  ENTERED  INTO  THEREUNDER,  MAY
 RESULT  IN REVOCATION OF ANY REHABILITATION PROGRAM BENEFITS RETROACTIVE
 TO THE COMMENCEMENT THEREOF. SUCH TERMINATION OR  REVOCATION  SHALL  NOT
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 EXEMPT  SUCH  ELIGIBLE  BUILDING  FROM  CONTINUED  COMPLIANCE  WITH  THE
 REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SUBDIVISION, SUCH  LOCAL  LAW  OR  ORDINANCE,  SUCH
 RULES  AND  REGULATIONS, AND SUCH MUTUAL COMPANY REGULATORY AGREEMENT OR
 MUTUAL REDEVELOPMENT COMPANY REGULATORY AGREEMENT.
   (N)  CRIMINAL  LIABILITY  FOR UNAUTHORIZED USES. ANY SUCH LOCAL LAW OR
 ORDINANCE SHALL ALSO PROVIDE THAT IN THE EVENT  THAT  ANY  RECIPIENT  OF
 REHABILITATION  PROGRAM BENEFITS USES ANY DWELLING UNIT IN SUCH ELIGIBLE
 BUILDING IN VIOLATION OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF SUCH LOCAL LAW OR ORDINANCE
 AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION AND ANY  RULES  AND  REGULATIONS
 PROMULGATED  PURSUANT  THERETO,  SUCH  RECIPIENT  SHALL  BE GUILTY OF AN
 UNCLASSIFIED MISDEMEANOR PUNISHABLE BY A FINE IN AN AMOUNT EQUIVALENT TO
 DOUBLE THE VALUE OF THE GAIN OF SUCH RECIPIENT FROM SUCH UNLAWFUL USE OR
 IMPRISONMENT FOR NOT MORE THAN NINETY DAYS, OR BOTH.
   (O) PRIVATE RIGHT OF  ACTION.  ANY  PROSPECTIVE,  PRESENT,  OR  FORMER
 TENANT  OF  AN  ELIGIBLE RENTAL BUILDING MAY SUE TO ENFORCE THE REQUIRE-
 MENTS AND PROHIBITIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION, ANY SUCH LOCAL LAW OR  ORDI-
 NANCE,  OR  ANY  RULES  AND  REGULATIONS  PROMULGATED THEREUNDER, IN THE
 SUPREME COURT OF NEW YORK. ANY SUCH INDIVIDUAL HARMED  BY  REASON  OF  A
 VIOLATION  OF SUCH REQUIREMENTS AND PROHIBITIONS MAY SUE THEREFOR IN THE
 SUPREME COURT OF NEW YORK ON BEHALF OF HIMSELF  OR  HERSELF,  AND  SHALL
 RECOVER  THREEFOLD  THE  DAMAGES  SUSTAINED  AND  THE  COST OF THE SUIT,
 INCLUDING A REASONABLE ATTORNEY'S FEE. THE LOCAL HOUSING AGENCY MAY  USE
 ANY  COURT DECISION UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH THAT IS ADVERSE TO THE OWNER OF
 AN ELIGIBLE BUILDING  AS  THE  BASIS  FOR  FURTHER  ENFORCEMENT  ACTION.
 NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, AN ACTION BY A TENANT OF AN
 ELIGIBLE RENTAL BUILDING UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH MUST BE  COMMENCED  WITHIN
 SIX YEARS FROM THE DATE OF THE LATEST VIOLATION.
   (P)  APPOINTMENT OF RECEIVER. IN ADDITION TO THE REMEDIES FOR NON-COM-
 PLIANCE PROVIDED FOR IN SUBPARAGRAPH  FIVE  OF  PARAGRAPH  (E)  OF  THIS
 SUBDIVISION,  ANY  SUCH LOCAL LAW OR ORDINANCE MAY ALSO PROVIDE THAT THE
 LOCAL HOUSING AGENCY MAY MAKE  APPLICATION  FOR  THE  APPOINTMENT  OF  A
 RECEIVER  IN  ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCEDURES CONTAINED IN SUCH LOCAL LAW
 OR ORDINANCE. ANY RECEIVER APPOINTED PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL BE
 AUTHORIZED, IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER POWERS CONFERRED BY LAW, TO  EFFECT
 COMPLIANCE  WITH  THE  PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION, SUCH LOCAL LAW OR
 ORDINANCE, AND RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE LOCAL  HOUSING  AGENCY.  ANY
 EXPENDITURES  INCURRED  BY  THE RECEIVER TO EFFECT SUCH COMPLIANCE SHALL
 CONSTITUTE A DEBT OF THE OWNER AND A LIEN UPON THE  PROPERTY,  AND  UPON
 THE  RENTS  AND  INCOME  THEREOF,  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH  THE  PROCEDURES
 CONTAINED IN SUCH LOCAL LAW OR ORDINANCE. THE LOCAL  HOUSING  AGENCY  IN
 ITS  DISCRETION  MAY  PROVIDE  FUNDS TO BE EXPENDED BY THE RECEIVER, AND
 SUCH FUNDS SHALL CONSTITUTE A DEBT RECOVERABLE FROM THE OWNER IN ACCORD-
 ANCE WITH APPLICABLE LOCAL LAWS OR ORDINANCES.
   (R) AUTHORITY OF CITY TO LIMIT LOCAL  LAW.  WHERE  A  CITY  ENACTS  OR
 AMENDS  A  LOCAL LAW OR ORDINANCE UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION, SUCH LOCAL LAW
 OR ORDINANCE MAY RESTRICT, LIMIT OR CONDITION THE ELIGIBILITY, SCOPE  OR
 AMOUNT  OF  REHABILITATION PROGRAM BENEFITS UNDER THE LOCAL LAW OR ORDI-
 NANCE IN ANY MANNER, PROVIDED THAT THE LOCAL LAW OR  ORDINANCE  MAY  NOT
 GRANT  REHABILITATION  PROGRAM  BENEFITS  BEYOND  THOSE PROVIDED IN THIS
 SUBDIVISION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART N
 
   Section 1. The real property tax  law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 section 421-p to read as follows:
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   §  421-P. EXEMPTION OF NEWLY-CONSTRUCTED RENTAL MULTIPLE DWELLINGS. 1.
 (A) A CITY, TOWN OR VILLAGE MAY, BY LOCAL LAW, PROVIDE FOR THE EXEMPTION
 OF RENTAL MULTIPLE DWELLINGS CONSTRUCTED IN A BENEFIT AREA DESIGNATED IN
 SUCH LOCAL LAW FROM TAXATION AND SPECIAL AD VALOREM LEVIES, AS  PROVIDED
 IN  THIS  SECTION.  SUBSEQUENT  TO THE ADOPTION OF SUCH A LOCAL LAW, ANY
 OTHER MUNICIPAL CORPORATION IN WHICH  THE  DESIGNATED  BENEFIT  AREA  IS
 LOCATED  MAY LIKEWISE EXEMPT SUCH PROPERTY FROM ITS TAXATION AND SPECIAL
 AD VALOREM LEVIES BY LOCAL LAW, OR IN THE CASE OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT,  BY
 RESOLUTION.
   (B)  AS  USED  IN THIS SECTION, THE TERM "BENEFIT AREA" MEANS THE AREA
 WITHIN A CITY, TOWN OR VILLAGE, DESIGNATED BY LOCAL  LAW,  TO  WHICH  AN
 EXEMPTION, ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION, APPLIES.
   (C)  THE TERM "RENTAL MULTIPLE DWELLING" MEANS A STRUCTURE, OTHER THAN
 A HOTEL, CONSISTING OF TWENTY OR MORE DWELLING UNITS, WHERE ALL  OF  THE
 UNITS  ARE  RENTED FOR RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES, AND AT LEAST TWENTY PERCENT
 OF SUCH UNITS, UPON INITIAL  RENTAL  AND  UPON  EACH  SUBSEQUENT  RENTAL
 FOLLOWING  A  VACANCY  DURING  THE  BENEFIT  PERIOD IS AFFORDABLE TO AND
 RESTRICTED TO OCCUPANCY  BY  INDIVIDUALS  OR  FAMILIES  WHOSE  HOUSEHOLD
 INCOME  DOES  NOT  EXCEED  EIGHTY  PERCENT  OF  THE  AREA MEDIAN INCOME,
 ADJUSTED FOR FAMILY SIZE, ON AVERAGE, AT THE TIME THAT  SUCH  HOUSEHOLDS
 INITIALLY  OCCUPY  SUCH DWELLING UNITS, PROVIDED FURTHER THAT ALL OF THE
 INCOME RESTRICTED UNITS UPON INITIAL RENTAL  AND  UPON  EACH  SUBSEQUENT
 RENTAL FOLLOWING A VACANCY DURING THE BENEFIT PERIOD SHALL BE AFFORDABLE
 TO  AND  RESTRICTED TO OCCUPANCY BY INDIVIDUALS OR FAMILIES WHOSE HOUSE-
 HOLD INCOME DOES NOT EXCEED ONE  HUNDRED  PERCENT  OF  THE  AREA  MEDIAN
 INCOME,  ADJUSTED  FOR  FAMILY  SIZE,  AT  THE TIME THAT SUCH HOUSEHOLDS
 INITIALLY OCCUPY SUCH DWELLING UNITS. SUCH RESTRICTION PERIOD  SHALL  BE
 IN  EFFECT  COTERMINOUS WITH THE BENEFIT PERIOD, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT
 THE TENANT OR TENANTS IN AN INCOME RESTRICTED DWELLING UNIT AT THE  TIME
 SUCH  RESTRICTION  PERIOD ENDS SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO LEASE RENEWALS AT
 THE INCOME RESTRICTED LEVEL UNTIL SUCH TIME AS SUCH  TENANT  OR  TENANTS
 PERMANENTLY VACATE THE DWELLING UNIT.
   2.  ELIGIBLE  NEWLY-CONSTRUCTED  RENTAL MULTIPLE DWELLINGS IN A DESIG-
 NATED BENEFIT AREA SHALL BE WHOLLY  EXEMPT  FROM  TAXATION  WHILE  UNDER
 CONSTRUCTION,  SUBJECT  TO A MAXIMUM OF THREE YEARS. SUCH PROPERTY SHALL
 THEN BE EXEMPT FOR AN ADDITIONAL PERIOD OF TWENTY-FIVE YEARS,  PROVIDED,
 THAT  THE  EXEMPTION PERCENTAGE DURING SUCH ADDITIONAL PERIOD OF TWENTY-
 FIVE YEARS SHALL BEGIN AT NINETY-SIX PERCENT AND SHALL DECREASE BY  FOUR
 PERCENT EACH YEAR THEREAFTER. PROVIDED, HOWEVER:
   (A)  TAXES  SHALL  BE PAID DURING THE EXEMPTION PERIOD IN AN AMOUNT AT
 LEAST EQUAL TO THE TAXES PAID ON SUCH LAND AND ANY IMPROVEMENTS  THEREON
 DURING THE TAX YEAR PRECEDING THE COMMENCEMENT OF SUCH EXEMPTION.
   (B)  NO  OTHER  EXEMPTION  MAY  BE  GRANTED  CONCURRENTLY  TO THE SAME
 IMPROVEMENTS UNDER ANY OTHER SECTION OF LAW.
   3. TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR EXEMPTION UNDER THIS SECTION, SUCH  CONSTRUCTION
 SHALL  TAKE PLACE ON VACANT, PREDOMINANTLY VACANT OR UNDERUTILIZED LAND,
 OR ON LAND IMPROVED WITH A NON-CONFORMING USE OR ON LAND CONTAINING  ONE
 OR  MORE  SUBSTANDARD  OR  STRUCTURALLY UNSOUND DWELLINGS, OR A DWELLING
 THAT HAS BEEN CERTIFIED AS UNSANITARY BY THE LOCAL HEALTH AGENCY.
   4. APPLICATION FOR EXEMPTION UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL  BE  MADE  ON  A
 FORM  PRESCRIBED  BY  THE COMMISSIONER AND FILED WITH THE ASSESSOR ON OR
 BEFORE THE APPLICABLE TAXABLE STATUS DATE.
   5. IN THE CASE OF NEWLY CONSTRUCTED PROPERTY WHICH IS  USED  PARTIALLY
 AS  A  RENTAL  MULTIPLE  DWELLING  AND PARTIALLY FOR COMMERCIAL OR OTHER
 PURPOSES, THE PORTION OF THE NEWLY CONSTRUCTED PROPERTY THAT IS USED  AS
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 A  RENTAL  MULTIPLE DWELLING SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE EXEMPTION AUTHOR-
 IZED BY THIS SECTION IF:
   (A) THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE PORTION USED AS A RENTAL MULTIPLE DWELL-
 ING  REPRESENTS  AT  LEAST  FIFTY  PERCENT  OF THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE
 ENTIRE PROPERTY;
   (B) THE RENTAL UNITS ARE AFFORDABLE  TO  INDIVIDUALS  OR  FAMILIES  AS
 DETERMINED  ACCORDING  TO  THE  CRITERIA  SET  FORTH IN PARAGRAPH (C) OF
 SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION; AND
   (C) THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS  SECTION  ARE  OTHERWISE  SATISFIED  WITH
 RESPECT  TO THE PORTION OF THE PROPERTY USED AS A RENTAL MULTIPLE DWELL-
 ING.
   6. THE EXEMPTION AUTHORIZED BY THIS SECTION SHALL NOT BE AVAILABLE  IN
 A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE.
   7.  ANY RECIPIENT OF THE EXEMPTION AUTHORIZED BY THIS SECTION OR THEIR
 DESIGNEE SHALL CERTIFY COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  SECTION
 UNDER  PENALTY  OF  PERJURY, AT SUCH TIME OR TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER AS
 MAY BE PRESCRIBED IN THE LOCAL LAW ADOPTED BY THE CITY, TOWN OR  VILLAGE
 PURSUANT  TO  PARAGRAPH  (A) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, OR BY A
 SUBSEQUENT LOCAL LAW. SUCH CITY, TOWN  OR  VILLAGE  MAY  ESTABLISH  SUCH
 PROCEDURES AS IT DEEMS NECESSARY FOR MONITORING AND ENFORCING COMPLIANCE
 OF AN ELIGIBLE BUILDING WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART O

   Section  1.  The  real  property  tax  law  is amended by adding a new
 section 421-p to read as follows:
   §  421-P.  EXEMPTION  OF  CAPITAL  IMPROVEMENTS  TO  RESIDENTIAL   NEW
 CONSTRUCTION  INVOLVING  THE  CREATION  OF  ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS. 1.
 RESIDENTIAL  BUILDINGS  RECONSTRUCTED,  ALTERED,  IMPROVED,   OR   NEWLY
 CONSTRUCTED IN ORDER TO CREATE ONE OR MORE ADDITIONAL RESIDENTIAL DWELL-
 ING  UNITS  ON THE SAME PARCEL AS A PRE-EXISTING RESIDENTIAL BUILDING TO
 PROVIDE INDEPENDENT LIVING FACILITIES FOR ONE OR MORE PERSONS SUBSEQUENT
 TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF A LOCAL LAW OR RESOLUTION ENACTED  PURSUANT  TO
 THIS SECTION SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM TAXATION AND SPECIAL AD VALOREM LEVIES
 TO  THE EXTENT PROVIDED HEREINAFTER. AFTER A PUBLIC HEARING, THE GOVERN-
 ING BOARD OF A COUNTY, CITY, TOWN OR VILLAGE MAY ADOPT A LOCAL LAW AND A
 SCHOOL DISTRICT, OTHER THAN A SCHOOL DISTRICT SUBJECT TO ARTICLE  FIFTY-
 TWO  OF THE EDUCATION LAW, MAY ADOPT A RESOLUTION TO GRANT THE EXEMPTION
 AUTHORIZED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION. A COPY OF SUCH LOCAL LAW OR  RESOL-
 UTION  SHALL  BE  FILED  WITH  THE COMMISSIONER AND THE ASSESSOR OF SUCH
 COUNTY, CITY, TOWN OR VILLAGE WHO PREPARES THE ASSESSMENT ROLL ON  WHICH
 THE  TAXES  OF  SUCH  COUNTY, CITY, TOWN, VILLAGE OR SCHOOL DISTRICT ARE
 LEVIED.
   2. (A) SUCH BUILDINGS SHALL BE EXEMPT FOR A PERIOD OF  FIVE  YEARS  TO
 THE  EXTENT  OF ONE HUNDRED PER CENTUM OF THE INCREASE IN ASSESSED VALUE
 THEREOF ATTRIBUTABLE TO SUCH RECONSTRUCTION, ALTERATION, IMPROVEMENT, OR
 NEW CONSTRUCTION FOR SUCH ADDITIONAL  RESIDENTIAL  UNIT  OR  UNITS  THAT
 PROVIDE  INDEPENDENT  LIVING FACILITIES FOR ONE OR MORE PERSONS, AND FOR
 AN ADDITIONAL PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING:
   (I) THE EXTENT OF SUCH EXEMPTION SHALL BE DECREASED BY TWENTY-FIVE PER
 CENTUM OF THE "EXEMPTION BASE" FOR EACH OF THE FIRST THREE YEARS  DURING
 SUCH  ADDITIONAL  PERIOD  AND  SHALL  BE  DECREASED BY A FURTHER TEN PER
 CENTUM OF THE "EXEMPTION BASE" DURING EACH OF THE  FINAL  TWO  YEARS  OF
 SUCH  ADDITIONAL  PERIOD.  THE  EXEMPTION SHALL EXPIRE AT THE END OF THE
 EXTENDED PERIOD.  THE "EXEMPTION BASE" SHALL BE THE INCREASE IN ASSESSED
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 VALUE AS DETERMINED IN THE INITIAL YEAR OF THE TERM  OF  THE  EXEMPTION,
 EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBPARAGRAPH (II) OF THIS PARAGRAPH.
   (II)  IN  ANY YEAR IN WHICH A CHANGE IN LEVEL OF ASSESSMENT OF FIFTEEN
 PERCENT OR MORE IS CERTIFIED FOR A FINAL ASSESSMENT ROLL PURSUANT TO THE
 RULES OF THE COMMISSIONER, THE EXEMPTION BASE SHALL BE MULTIPLIED  BY  A
 FRACTION,  THE  NUMERATOR  OF WHICH SHALL BE THE TOTAL ASSESSED VALUE OF
 THE PARCEL ON SUCH FINAL ASSESSMENT ROLL (AFTER ACCOUNTING FOR ANY PHYS-
 ICAL OR QUANTITY CHANGES TO THE PARCEL SINCE THE  IMMEDIATELY  PRECEDING
 ASSESSMENT  ROLL),  AND  THE  DENOMINATOR  OF  WHICH  SHALL BE THE TOTAL
 ASSESSED VALUE OF THE PARCEL ON THE IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING FINAL  ASSESS-
 MENT  ROLL.  THE  RESULT  SHALL BE THE NEW EXEMPTION BASE. THE EXEMPTION
 SHALL THEREUPON BE RECOMPUTED TO TAKE INTO  ACCOUNT  THE  NEW  EXEMPTION
 BASE,  NOTWITHSTANDING THE FACT THAT THE ASSESSOR RECEIVES CERTIFICATION
 OF THE CHANGE IN LEVEL OF ASSESSMENT AFTER THE COMPLETION,  VERIFICATION
 AND  FILING OF THE FINAL ASSESSMENT ROLL. IN THE EVENT THE ASSESSOR DOES
 NOT HAVE CUSTODY OF THE ROLL WHEN SUCH CERTIFICATION  IS  RECEIVED,  THE
 ASSESSOR  SHALL  CERTIFY  THE RECOMPUTED EXEMPTION TO THE LOCAL OFFICERS
 HAVING CUSTODY AND CONTROL OF THE ROLL,  AND  SUCH  LOCAL  OFFICERS  ARE
 HEREBY  DIRECTED AND AUTHORIZED TO ENTER THE RECOMPUTED EXEMPTION CERTI-
 FIED BY THE ASSESSOR ON THE ROLL. THE ASSESSOR SHALL GIVE WRITTEN NOTICE
 OF SUCH RECOMPUTED EXEMPTION TO THE PROPERTY OWNER, WHO MAY,  IF  HE  OR
 SHE  BELIEVES THAT THE EXEMPTION WAS RECOMPUTED INCORRECTLY, APPLY FOR A
 CORRECTION IN THE MANNER PROVIDED BY TITLE THREE OF ARTICLE FIVE OF THIS
 CHAPTER FOR THE CORRECTION OF CLERICAL ERRORS.
   (III) SUCH EXEMPTION SHALL BE LIMITED TO TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND  DOLLARS
 IN  INCREASED  MARKET  VALUE OF THE PROPERTY ATTRIBUTABLE TO SUCH RECON-
 STRUCTION, ALTERATION, IMPROVEMENT, OR NEW CONSTRUCTION AND ANY INCREASE
 IN MARKET VALUE GREATER THAN SUCH AMOUNT SHALL NOT BE ELIGIBLE  FOR  THE
 EXEMPTION  PURSUANT  TO  THIS SECTION. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION,
 THE MARKET VALUE OF THE RECONSTRUCTION, ALTERATION, IMPROVEMENT, OR  NEW
 CONSTRUCTION  AS  AUTHORIZED BY SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE
 EQUAL TO THE  INCREASED  ASSESSED  VALUE  ATTRIBUTABLE  TO  SUCH  RECON-
 STRUCTION,  ALTERATION,  IMPROVEMENT  OR NEW CONSTRUCTION DIVIDED BY THE
 CLASS ONE RATIO IN A SPECIAL ASSESSING UNIT OR THE MOST RECENTLY  ESTAB-
 LISHED  STATE  EQUALIZATION  RATE  OR  SPECIAL  EQUALIZATION RATE IN THE
 REMAINDER OF THE STATE, EXCEPT WHERE  THE  STATE  EQUALIZATION  RATE  OR
 SPECIAL  EQUALIZATION  RATE  EQUALS  OR  EXCEEDS NINETY-FIVE PERCENT, IN
 WHICH CASE THE INCREASE IN ASSESSED VALUE ATTRIBUTABLE  TO  SUCH  RECON-
 STRUCTION,  ALTERATION,  IMPROVEMENT OR NEW CONSTRUCTION SHALL BE DEEMED
 TO EQUAL THE MARKET VALUE OF SUCH RECONSTRUCTION,  ALTERATION,  IMPROVE-
 MENT, OR NEW CONSTRUCTION.
   (B)  NO  SUCH  EXEMPTION  SHALL  BE GRANTED FOR RECONSTRUCTION, ALTER-
 ATIONS, IMPROVEMENTS, OR NEW CONSTRUCTION UNLESS:
   (I) SUCH RECONSTRUCTION, ALTERATION, IMPROVEMENT, OR NEW  CONSTRUCTION
 WAS  COMMENCED  SUBSEQUENT  TO  THE  EFFECTIVE  DATE OF THE LOCAL LAW OR
 RESOLUTION ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION; AND
   (II) THE VALUE OF SUCH RECONSTRUCTION, ALTERATION, IMPROVEMENT, OR NEW
 CONSTRUCTION EXCEEDS THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS; AND
   (III)   SUCH   RECONSTRUCTION,   ALTERATION,   IMPROVEMENT,   OR   NEW
 CONSTRUCTION  CREATED  ONE OR MORE ADDITIONAL RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS
 ON THE SAME PARCEL AS THE PREEXISTING RESIDENTIAL  BUILDING  TO  PROVIDE
 INDEPENDENT LIVING FACILITIES FOR ONE OR MORE PERSONS.
   (C) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION THE TERMS RECONSTRUCTION, ALTERATION,
 IMPROVEMENT, AND NEW CONSTRUCTION SHALL NOT INCLUDE ORDINARY MAINTENANCE
 AND REPAIRS.
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   3.  SUCH EXEMPTION SHALL BE GRANTED ONLY UPON APPLICATION BY THE OWNER
 OF SUCH BUILDING ON A FORM PRESCRIBED BY THE COMMISSIONER. THE  APPLICA-
 TION  SHALL  BE  FILED  WITH  THE ASSESSOR OF THE CITY, TOWN, VILLAGE OR
 COUNTY HAVING THE POWER TO ASSESS PROPERTY FOR TAXATION ON OR BEFORE THE
 APPROPRIATE TAXABLE STATUS DATE OF SUCH CITY, TOWN, VILLAGE OR COUNTY.
   4.  IF SATISFIED THAT THE APPLICANT IS ENTITLED TO AN EXEMPTION PURSU-
 ANT TO THIS SECTION, THE ASSESSOR SHALL APPROVE THE APPLICATION AND SUCH
 BUILDING SHALL THEREAFTER BE EXEMPT FROM TAXATION AND SPECIAL AD VALOREM
 LEVIES AS HEREIN PROVIDED COMMENCING WITH THE ASSESSMENT  ROLL  PREPARED
 ON THE BASIS OF THE TAXABLE STATUS DATE REFERRED TO IN SUBDIVISION THREE
 OF THIS SECTION. THE ASSESSED VALUE OF ANY EXEMPTION GRANTED PURSUANT TO
 THIS  SECTION  SHALL  BE  ENTERED BY THE ASSESSOR ON THE ASSESSMENT ROLL
 WITH THE TAXABLE PROPERTY, WITH THE AMOUNT OF THE EXEMPTION SHOWN  IN  A
 SEPARATE COLUMN.
   5. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, A RESIDENTIAL BUILDING SHALL MEAN
 ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE DESIGNED AND OCCUPIED EXCLUSIVELY FOR RESIDEN-
 TIAL PURPOSES BY NOT MORE THAN TWO FAMILIES.
   6.  IN THE EVENT THAT A BUILDING GRANTED AN EXEMPTION PURSUANT TO THIS
 SECTION CEASES TO BE USED PRIMARILY FOR RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES,  OR  TITLE
 THERETO  IS  TRANSFERRED  TO OTHER THAN THE HEIRS OR DISTRIBUTEES OF THE
 OWNER, THE EXEMPTION GRANTED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL CEASE.
   7. (A) A COUNTY, CITY, TOWN OR VILLAGE  MAY,  BY  ITS  LOCAL  LAW,  OR
 SCHOOL DISTRICT, BY ITS RESOLUTION:
   (I)  REDUCE  THE PER CENTUM OF EXEMPTION OTHERWISE ALLOWED PURSUANT TO
 THIS SECTION;
   (II) LIMIT ELIGIBILITY FOR THE EXEMPTION  TO  THOSE  FORMS  OF  RECON-
 STRUCTION,   ALTERATIONS,  IMPROVEMENTS,  OR  NEW  CONSTRUCTION  AS  ARE
 PRESCRIBED IN SUCH LOCAL LAW OR RESOLUTION.
   (B) NO SUCH LOCAL LAW OR RESOLUTION SHALL REPEAL AN EXEMPTION  GRANTED
 PURSUANT  TO  THIS  SECTION UNTIL THE EXPIRATION OF THE PERIOD FOR WHICH
 SUCH EXEMPTION WAS GRANTED.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to assess-
 ment rolls based on taxable status dates  occurring  on  or  after  such
 effective date.
 
                                  PART P
 
   Section  1. Paragraph a of subdivision 3 of section 224-a of the labor
 law, as added by section 1 of Part FFF of chapter  58  of  the  laws  of
 2020, is amended to read as follows:
   a.  Benefits  under  section four hundred twenty-one-a OR FOUR HUNDRED
 SIXTY-SEVEN-M of the real property tax law;
   § 2. The real property tax law is amended  by  adding  a  new  section
 467-m to read as follows:
   § 467-M. EXEMPTION FROM LOCAL REAL PROPERTY TAXATION OF CERTAIN MULTI-
 PLE  DWELLINGS IN A CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE.  1.
 DEFINITIONS. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION,  THE  FOLLOWING  TERMS  SHALL
 HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   A. "AFFORDABLE HOUSING FROM COMMERCIAL CONVERSIONS TAX INCENTIVE BENE-
 FITS" HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS "AHCC PROGRAM BENEFITS", SHALL MEAN THE
 EXEMPTION  FROM  REAL  PROPERTY  TAXATION  AUTHORIZED  PURSUANT  TO THIS
 SECTION.
   B. "AFFORDABILITY REQUIREMENT" SHALL MEAN  THAT  WITHIN  ANY  ELIGIBLE
 MULTIPLE  DWELLING:  (I)  NOT  LESS  THAN TWENTY PERCENT OF THE DWELLING
 UNITS ARE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS; (II) NOT LESS THAN FIVE  PERCENT  OF
 THE DWELLING UNITS ARE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FORTY PERCENT UNITS; (III) THE
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 WEIGHTED  AVERAGE  OF ALL INCOME BANDS FOR ALL OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING
 UNITS DOES NOT  EXCEED  SEVENTY  PERCENT  OF  THE  AREA  MEDIAN  INCOME,
 ADJUSTED FOR FAMILY SIZE; (IV) THERE ARE NO MORE THAN THREE INCOME BANDS
 FOR  ALL  OF  THE  AFFORDABLE  HOUSING UNITS; AND (V) NO INCOME BAND FOR
 AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS EXCEEDS ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE AREA  MEDIAN
 INCOME, ADJUSTED FOR FAMILY SIZE.
   C.  "AFFORDABLE HOUSING FORTY PERCENT UNIT" SHALL MEAN A DWELLING UNIT
 THAT: (I) IS SITUATED WITHIN THE ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE  DWELLING  FOR  WHICH
 AHCC PROGRAM BENEFITS ARE GRANTED; AND (II) UPON INITIAL RENTAL AND UPON
 EACH  SUBSEQUENT RENTAL FOLLOWING A VACANCY DURING THE RESTRICTION PERI-
 OD, IS AFFORDABLE TO AND RESTRICTED TO OCCUPANCY BY INDIVIDUALS OR FAMI-
 LIES WHOSE HOUSEHOLD INCOME DOES NOT EXCEED FORTY PERCENT  OF  THE  AREA
 MEDIAN INCOME, ADJUSTED FOR FAMILY SIZE, AT THE TIME THAT SUCH HOUSEHOLD
 INITIALLY OCCUPIES SUCH DWELLING UNIT.
   D.  "AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNIT" SHALL MEAN, COLLECTIVELY AND INDIVIDUAL-
 LY: (I) AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING FORTY PERCENT UNIT;  AND  (II)  ANY  OTHER
 UNIT THAT MEETS THE AFFORDABILITY REQUIREMENT UPON INITIAL OCCUPANCY AND
 UPON  EACH  SUBSEQUENT RENTAL FOLLOWING A VACANCY DURING THE RESTRICTION
 PERIOD, AND IS AFFORDABLE TO AND RESTRICTED TO OCCUPANCY BY  INDIVIDUALS
 OR  FAMILIES  WHOSE  HOUSEHOLD  INCOME  DOES NOT EXCEED THE INCOME BANDS
 ESTABLISHED IN CONJUNCTION WITH SUCH AFFORDABILITY REQUIREMENT.
   E. "AGENCY" SHALL MEAN THE NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING PRESER-
 VATION AND DEVELOPMENT.
   F. "APPLICATION" SHALL MEAN AN APPLICATION FOR AHCC PROGRAM BENEFITS.
   G. "BUILDING SERVICE EMPLOYEE" SHALL MEAN ANY PERSON WHO IS  REGULARLY
 EMPLOYED  AT,  AND  PERFORMS WORK IN CONNECTION WITH THE CARE OR MAINTE-
 NANCE OF, AN ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED  TO,
 A WATCHMAN, GUARD, DOORMAN, BUILDING CLEANER, PORTER, HANDYMAN, JANITOR,
 GARDENER,  GROUNDSKEEPER,  ELEVATOR  OPERATOR  AND  STARTER,  AND WINDOW
 CLEANER, BUT NOT INCLUDING PERSONS REGULARLY  SCHEDULED  TO  WORK  FEWER
 THAN EIGHT HOURS PER WEEK AT SUCH ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING.
   H.  "COMMENCEMENT  DATE"  SHALL  MEAN  THE  DATE UPON WHICH THE ACTUAL
 CONSTRUCTION OF THE ELIGIBLE CONVERSION LAWFULLY BEGINS IN GOOD FAITH.
   I. "COMPLETION DATE" SHALL MEAN THE DATE UPON WHICH THE LOCAL  DEPART-
 MENT OF BUILDINGS ISSUES THE FIRST TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT CERTIFICATE OF
 OCCUPANCY  COVERING ALL RESIDENTIAL AREAS OF AN ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELL-
 ING.
   J. "CONSTRUCTION PERIOD" SHALL MEAN,  WITH  RESPECT  TO  ANY  ELIGIBLE
 MULTIPLE DWELLING, A PERIOD: (I) BEGINNING ON THE LATER OF THE COMMENCE-
 MENT  DATE OR THREE YEARS BEFORE THE COMPLETION DATE; AND (II) ENDING ON
 THE DAY PRECEDING THE COMPLETION DATE.
   K. "DWELLING" OR "DWELLINGS" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS SET  FORTH
 IN SUBDIVISION FOUR OF SECTION FOUR OF THE MULTIPLE DWELLING LAW.
   L.  "ELIGIBLE  CONVERSION" SHALL MEAN THE CONVERSION OF A NON-RESIDEN-
 TIAL BUILDING TO AN ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING.
   M. "ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING" SHALL  MEAN  A  MULTIPLE  DWELLING  IN
 WHICH:  (I)  ALL DWELLING UNITS INCLUDED IN ANY APPLICATION ARE OPERATED
 AS RENTAL HOUSING; (II) SIX OR MORE DWELLING  UNITS  HAVE  BEEN  CREATED
 THROUGH  AN  ELIGIBLE  CONVERSION;  (III) THE COMMENCEMENT DATE IS AFTER
 DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO AND ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER
 THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND THIRTY-TWO; AND (IV) THE COMPLETION  DATE  IS
 ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND THIRTY-EIGHT.
   N.  "FISCAL  OFFICER"  SHALL  MEAN  THE COMPTROLLER OR OTHER ANALOGOUS
 OFFICER IN A CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE.
   O. "FLOOR AREA" SHALL MEAN THE HORIZONTAL AREAS OF THE SEVERAL FLOORS,
 OR ANY PORTION THEREOF, OF A DWELLING OR DWELLINGS, AND ACCESSORY STRUC-
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 TURES ON A LOT MEASURED FROM THE EXTERIOR FACES OF  EXTERIOR  WALLS,  OR
 FROM THE CENTER LINE OF PARTY WALLS.
   P.  "INCOME  BAND"  SHALL MEAN A PERCENTAGE OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME,
 ADJUSTED FOR FAMILY SIZE, THAT IS A MULTIPLE OF TEN PERCENT.
   Q. "MANHATTAN PRIME DEVELOPMENT AREA"  SHALL  MEAN  ANY  TAX  LOT  NOW
 EXISTING  OR  HEREAFTER  CREATED WHICH IS LOCATED ENTIRELY SOUTH OF 96TH
 STREET IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN.
   R. "MARKET UNIT" SHALL MEAN A DWELLING UNIT IN  AN  ELIGIBLE  MULTIPLE
 DWELLING OTHER THAN AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNIT.
   S. "MARKETING BAND" SHALL MEAN MAXIMUM RENT AMOUNTS RANGING FROM TWEN-
 TY  PERCENT  TO THIRTY PERCENT OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME OR INCOME BAND,
 RESPECTIVELY, THAT IS APPLICABLE TO A SPECIFIC AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNIT.
   T. "MULTIPLE DWELLING" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING  AS  SET  FORTH  IN
 SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF SECTION FOUR OF THE MULTIPLE DWELLING LAW.
   U.  "NINETEEN-YEAR BENEFIT" SHALL MEAN: (I) FOR THE CONSTRUCTION PERI-
 OD, A ONE HUNDRED PERCENT EXEMPTION FROM REAL PROPERTY  TAXATION,  OTHER
 THAN  ASSESSMENTS  FOR  LOCAL  IMPROVEMENTS;  (II) FOR THE FIRST FIFTEEN
 YEARS OF THE RESTRICTION PERIOD, (A) WITHIN THE MANHATTAN PRIME DEVELOP-
 MENT AREA, A FIFTY PERCENT EXEMPTION FROM REAL PROPERTY TAXATION,  OTHER
 THAN  ASSESSMENTS FOR LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS, AND (B) OUTSIDE OF THE MANHAT-
 TAN PRIME DEVELOPMENT AREA, A THIRTY-FIVE PERCENT  EXEMPTION  FROM  REAL
 PROPERTY  TAXATION, OTHER THAN ASSESSMENTS FOR LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS; (III)
 FOR THE SIXTEENTH YEAR OF THE RESTRICTION PERIOD, (A) WITHIN THE MANHAT-
 TAN PRIME DEVELOPMENT AREA, A FORTY PERCENT EXEMPTION FROM REAL PROPERTY
 TAXATION, OTHER THAN ASSESSMENTS FOR LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS, AND (B) OUTSIDE
 OF  THE  MANHATTAN  PRIME  DEVELOPMENT  AREA,  A  TWENTY-EIGHT   PERCENT
 EXEMPTION  FROM REAL PROPERTY TAXATION, OTHER THAN ASSESSMENTS FOR LOCAL
 IMPROVEMENTS; (IV) FOR THE SEVENTEENTH YEAR OF THE  RESTRICTION  PERIOD,
 (A)  WITHIN  THE  MANHATTAN  PRIME  DEVELOPMENT  AREA,  A THIRTY PERCENT
 EXEMPTION FROM REAL PROPERTY TAXATION, OTHER THAN ASSESSMENTS FOR  LOCAL
 IMPROVEMENTS, AND (B) OUTSIDE OF THE MANHATTAN PRIME DEVELOPMENT AREA, A
 TWENTY-ONE  PERCENT  EXEMPTION  FROM  REAL PROPERTY TAXATION, OTHER THAN
 ASSESSMENTS FOR LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS; (V) FOR THE EIGHTEENTH YEAR  OF  THE
 RESTRICTION  PERIOD,  (A) WITHIN THE MANHATTAN PRIME DEVELOPMENT AREA, A
 TWENTY PERCENT EXEMPTION FROM REAL PROPERTY TAXATION, OTHER THAN ASSESS-
 MENTS FOR LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS, AND (B) OUTSIDE  OF  THE  MANHATTAN  PRIME
 DEVELOPMENT  AREA, A FOURTEEN PERCENT EXEMPTION FROM REAL PROPERTY TAXA-
 TION, OTHER THAN ASSESSMENTS FOR LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS; AND  (VI)  FOR  THE
 NINETEENTH  YEAR  OF  THE  RESTRICTION  PERIOD, (A) WITHIN THE MANHATTAN
 PRIME DEVELOPMENT AREA, A TEN PERCENT EXEMPTION FROM REAL PROPERTY TAXA-
 TION, OTHER THAN ASSESSMENTS FOR LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS, AND (B) OUTSIDE  OF
 THE  MANHATTAN  PRIME  DEVELOPMENT  AREA, A SEVEN PERCENT EXEMPTION FROM
 REAL PROPERTY TAXATION, OTHER THAN ASSESSMENTS FOR LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS.
   V. "NON-RESIDENTIAL BUILDING" SHALL MEAN A STRUCTURE OR PORTION  OF  A
 STRUCTURE  HAVING  AT  LEAST  ONE FLOOR, A ROOF AND AT LEAST THREE WALLS
 ENCLOSING ALL OR MOST OF THE SPACE USED IN CONNECTION WITH THE STRUCTURE
 OR PORTION OF THE STRUCTURE, WHICH HAS A CERTIFICATE  OF  OCCUPANCY  FOR
 COMMERCIAL, MANUFACTURING OR OTHER NON-RESIDENTIAL USE FOR NOT LESS THAN
 NINETY  PERCENT OF THE AGGREGATE FLOOR AREA OF SUCH STRUCTURE OR PORTION
 OF SUCH STRUCTURE, OR OTHER PROOF OF  SUCH  NON-RESIDENTIAL  USE  AS  IS
 ACCEPTABLE TO THE AGENCY.
   W.  "NON-RESIDENTIAL  TAX  LOT"  SHALL  MEAN  A  TAX LOT THAT DOES NOT
 CONTAIN ANY DWELLING UNITS.
   X. "RENT STABILIZATION" SHALL MEAN, COLLECTIVELY, THE RENT  STABILIZA-
 TION  LAW  OF  NINETEEN HUNDRED SIXTY-NINE, THE RENT STABILIZATION CODE,
 AND THE EMERGENCY TENANT PROTECTION ACT OF NINETEEN SEVENTY-FOUR, ALL AS
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 IN EFFECT AS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION OR AS AMENDED  THERE-
 AFTER,  TOGETHER  WITH  ANY SUCCESSOR STATUTES OR REGULATIONS ADDRESSING
 SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME SUBJECT MATTER.
   Y.  "RESIDENTIAL  TAX LOT" SHALL MEAN A TAX LOT THAT CONTAINS DWELLING
 UNITS.
   Z.  "RESTRICTION  PERIOD"  SHALL  MEAN  A  PERIOD  COMMENCING  ON  THE
 COMPLETION DATE AND EXTENDING IN PERPETUITY, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY EARLIER
 TERMINATION OR REVOCATION OF AHCC PROGRAM BENEFITS.
   2.  BENEFIT.  IN  CITIES  HAVING  A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE,
 NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF ANY OTHER GENERAL,  SPECIAL  OR  LOCAL
 LAW  TO  THE CONTRARY, A NEW ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING, EXCEPT A HOTEL,
 THAT COMPLIES WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE  EXEMPT  FROM
 REAL  PROPERTY  TAXATION, OTHER THAN ASSESSMENTS FOR LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS,
 IN THE AMOUNTS AND FOR THE PERIODS SPECIFIED IN THIS  SECTION,  PROVIDED
 THAT  SUCH  ELIGIBLE  MULTIPLE  DWELLING IS USED OR HELD OUT FOR USE FOR
 DWELLING PURPOSES. AN ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING THAT MEETS ALL  OF  THE
 REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION SHALL RECEIVE A NINETEEN-YEAR BENEFIT.
   3.  TAX PAYMENTS. IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER AMOUNTS PAYABLE PURSUANT TO
 THIS SECTION, THE OWNER OF ANY ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING RECEIVING AHCC
 PROGRAM BENEFITS SHALL PAY, IN EACH TAX YEAR IN WHICH SUCH AHCC  PROGRAM
 BENEFITS ARE IN EFFECT, ALL ASSESSMENTS FOR LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS.
   4.  LIMITATION ON BENEFITS FOR NON-RESIDENTIAL SPACE. IF THE AGGREGATE
 FLOOR AREA OF COMMERCIAL, COMMUNITY FACILITY AND ACCESSORY USE SPACE  IN
 AN  ELIGIBLE  MULTIPLE  DWELLING EXCEEDS TWELVE PERCENT OF THE AGGREGATE
 FLOOR AREA IN SUCH ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING, ANY AHCC PROGRAM BENEFITS
 SHALL BE REDUCED BY A PERCENTAGE EQUAL TO SUCH EXCESS.  IF  AN  ELIGIBLE
 MULTIPLE  DWELLING  CONTAINS  MULTIPLE  TAX LOTS, THE TAX ARISING OUT OF
 SUCH REDUCTION IN AHCC PROGRAM BENEFITS SHALL FIRST BE  APPORTIONED  PRO
 RATA  AMONG ANY NON-RESIDENTIAL TAX LOTS. AFTER ANY SUCH NON-RESIDENTIAL
 TAX LOTS ARE FULLY TAXABLE, THE REMAINDER OF THE TAX ARISING OUT OF SUCH
 REDUCTION IN AHCC PROGRAM BENEFITS, IF ANY,  SHALL  BE  APPORTIONED  PRO
 RATA  AMONG THE REMAINING RESIDENTIAL TAX LOTS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS
 SECTION, ACCESSORY USE SPACE SHALL NOT INCLUDE HOME OCCUPATION SPACE  OR
 ACCESSORY  PARKING  SPACE  LOCATED NOT MORE THAN TWENTY-THREE FEET ABOVE
 THE CURB LEVEL.
   5. APPLICATION OF BENEFIT. BASED ON THE CERTIFICATION  OF  THE  AGENCY
 CERTIFYING  ELIGIBILITY  FOR  AHCC  PROGRAM  BENEFITS, THE DEPARTMENT OF
 FINANCE SHALL DETERMINE THE AMOUNT OF THE EXEMPTION PURSUANT TO SUBDIVI-
 SIONS TWO AND FOUR OF THIS SECTION AND SHALL APPLY THE EXEMPTION TO  THE
 ASSESSED VALUE OF THE ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING.
   6.  AFFORDABILITY  REQUIREMENTS.  AN  ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING SHALL
 COMPLY  WITH  THE  FOLLOWING  AFFORDABILITY  REQUIREMENTS   DURING   THE
 RESTRICTION PERIOD:
   A. ALL AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS IN AN ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING SHALL
 SHARE  THE  SAME COMMON ENTRANCES AND COMMON AREAS AS RENTAL MARKET RATE
 UNITS IN SUCH ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING AND SHALL NOT BE ISOLATED TO  A
 SPECIFIC  FLOOR  OR  AREA  OF  AN  ELIGIBLE  MULTIPLE  DWELLING.  COMMON
 ENTRANCES SHALL MEAN ANY MEANS OF INGRESS OR EGRESS  REGULARLY  USED  BY
 ANY  RESIDENT  OF A RENTAL DWELLING UNIT IN THE ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELL-
 ING.
   B. UNLESS PREEMPTED BY THE REQUIREMENTS OF A FEDERAL, STATE  OR  LOCAL
 HOUSING PROGRAM, EITHER: (I) THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS IN AN ELIGIBLE
 MULTIPLE  DWELLING  SHALL  HAVE  A  UNIT  MIX PROPORTIONAL TO THE RENTAL
 MARKET UNITS; OR (II) AT LEAST FIFTY PERCENT OF THE  AFFORDABLE  HOUSING
 UNITS  IN  AN ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING SHALL HAVE TWO OR MORE BEDROOMS
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 AND NO MORE THAN TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF  THE  AFFORDABLE  HOUSING  UNITS
 SHALL HAVE LESS THAN ONE BEDROOM.
   C.  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF RENT STABILIZATION TO THE CONTRA-
 RY: (I) ALL AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS SHALL REMAIN FULLY SUBJECT TO  RENT
 STABILIZATION  DURING  THE  RESTRICTION  PERIOD; AND (II) ANY AFFORDABLE
 HOUSING UNIT OCCUPIED BY A TENANT THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED BY  THE  AGENCY
 PRIOR TO THE AGENCY'S DENIAL OF AN ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING'S APPLICA-
 TION  FOR  AHCC PROGRAM BENEFITS SHALL REMAIN SUBJECT TO RENT STABILIZA-
 TION UNTIL SUCH TENANT VACATES SUCH AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNIT.
   D. ALL RENT STABILIZATION REGISTRATIONS REQUIRED  TO  BE  FILED  SHALL
 CONTAIN  A  DESIGNATION  THAT SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIES AFFORDABLE HOUSING
 UNITS CREATED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION AS "AHCC PROGRAM AFFORDABLE HOUS-
 ING UNITS" AND SHALL CONTAIN AN EXPLANATION  OF  THE  REQUIREMENTS  THAT
 APPLY TO ALL SUCH AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS.
   E.  FAILURE  TO  COMPLY  WITH  THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION THAT
 REQUIRE THE CREATION, MAINTENANCE, RENT  STABILIZATION  COMPLIANCE,  AND
 OCCUPANCY OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS SHALL RESULT IN REVOCATION OF AHCC
 PROGRAM BENEFITS.
   F.  NOTHING  IN  THIS  SECTION SHALL: (I) PROHIBIT THE OCCUPANCY OF AN
 AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNIT BY INDIVIDUALS OR FAMILIES WHOSE INCOME  AT  ANY
 TIME  IS  LESS  THAN THE MAXIMUM PERCENTAGE OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME OR
 INCOME BAND, AS APPLICABLE, ADJUSTED FOR FAMILY SIZE, SPECIFIED FOR SUCH
 AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNIT PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION; OR (II)  PROHIBIT  THE
 OWNER  OF  AN  ELIGIBLE  MULTIPLE  DWELLING FROM REQUIRING, UPON INITIAL
 RENTAL OR UPON ANY RENTAL FOLLOWING A  VACANCY,  THE  OCCUPANCY  OF  ANY
 AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNIT BY SUCH LOWER INCOME INDIVIDUALS OR FAMILIES.
   G. FOLLOWING ISSUANCE OF A TEMPORARY CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY AND UPON
 EACH  VACANCY  THEREAFTER,  AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNIT SHALL PROMPTLY BE
 OFFERED FOR RENTAL BY INDIVIDUALS OR  FAMILIES  WHOSE  INCOME  DOES  NOT
 EXCEED  THE MAXIMUM PERCENTAGE OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME OR INCOME BAND,
 AS APPLICABLE, ADJUSTED FOR FAMILY SIZE, SPECIFIED FOR  SUCH  AFFORDABLE
 HOUSING  UNIT  PURSUANT  TO  THIS  SECTION AND WHO INTEND TO OCCUPY SUCH
 AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNIT AS THEIR PRIMARY RESIDENCE. AN AFFORDABLE  HOUS-
 ING UNIT SHALL NOT BE: (I) RENTED TO A CORPORATION, PARTNERSHIP OR OTHER
 ENTITY;  OR (II) HELD OFF THE MARKET FOR A PERIOD LONGER THAN IS REASON-
 ABLY NECESSARY TO PERFORM REPAIRS NEEDED TO MAKE SUCH AFFORDABLE HOUSING
 UNIT AVAILABLE FOR OCCUPANCY.
   H. AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNIT SHALL NOT  BE  RENTED  ON  A  TEMPORARY,
 TRANSIENT  OR  SHORT-TERM BASIS.  EVERY LEASE AND RENEWAL THEREOF FOR AN
 AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNIT SHALL BE FOR A TERM OF ONE OR TWO YEARS, AT  THE
 OPTION OF THE TENANT.
   I. AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNIT SHALL NOT BE CONVERTED TO COOPERATIVE OR
 CONDOMINIUM OWNERSHIP.
   J.  THE  AGENCY  MAY ESTABLISH BY RULE SUCH REQUIREMENTS AS THE AGENCY
 DEEMS NECESSARY OR APPROPRIATE FOR:  (I)  THE  MARKETING  OF  AFFORDABLE
 HOUSING  UNITS,  BOTH  UPON INITIAL OCCUPANCY AND UPON ANY VACANCY; (II)
 MONITORING COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION; AND (III)
 THE ESTABLISHMENT OF MARKETING BANDS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS.  SUCH
 REQUIREMENTS  MAY INCLUDE, BUT NEED NOT BE LIMITED TO, RETAINING A MONI-
 TOR APPROVED BY THE AGENCY AND PAID FOR BY THE  OWNER  OF  THE  ELIGIBLE
 MULTIPLE DWELLING.
   K.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  PROVISION OF THIS SECTION TO THE CONTRARY, A
 MARKET UNIT SHALL NOT BE SUBJECT TO RENT STABILIZATION  UNLESS,  IN  THE
 ABSENCE  OF  AHCC  PROGRAM  BENEFITS,  THE UNIT WOULD BE SUBJECT TO RENT
 STABILIZATION.
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   7. BUILDING SERVICE EMPLOYEES. A. FOR THE PURPOSES  OF  THIS  SUBDIVI-
 SION, "APPLICANT" SHALL MEAN AN APPLICANT FOR AHCC PROGRAM BENEFITS, ANY
 SUCCESSOR TO SUCH APPLICANT, OR ANY EMPLOYER OF BUILDING SERVICE EMPLOY-
 EES FOR SUCH APPLICANT INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, A PROPERTY MANAGE-
 MENT COMPANY OR CONTRACTOR.
   B.  ALL  BUILDING  SERVICE  EMPLOYEES EMPLOYED BY THE APPLICANT AT THE
 ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING SHALL RECEIVE THE APPLICABLE PREVAILING  WAGE
 FOR  THE  DURATION  OF  THE  NINETEEN-YEAR BENEFIT PERIOD, REGARDLESS OF
 WHETHER SUCH BENEFITS ARE REVOKED OR TERMINATED.
   C. THE FISCAL OFFICER SHALL HAVE THE POWER TO ENFORCE  THE  PROVISIONS
 OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION.  IN ENFORCING SUCH PROVISIONS, THE FISCAL OFFICER
 SHALL HAVE THE POWER: (I) TO INVESTIGATE OR CAUSE AN INVESTIGATION TO BE
 MADE TO DETERMINE THE PREVAILING WAGES FOR BUILDING  SERVICE  EMPLOYEES,
 AND  IN  MAKING  SUCH INVESTIGATION, THE FISCAL OFFICER MAY UTILIZE WAGE
 AND FRINGE BENEFIT DATA FROM VARIOUS SOURCES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
 TO, DATA AND DETERMINATIONS OF  FEDERAL,  STATE  OR  OTHER  GOVERNMENTAL
 AGENCIES; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE PROVISION OF A DWELLING UNIT SHALL
 NOT  BE  CONSIDERED  WAGES  OR  A  FRINGE BENEFIT; (II) TO INSTITUTE AND
 CONDUCT INSPECTIONS AT THE SITE OF THE WORK OR ELSEWHERE; (III) TO EXAM-
 INE THE BOOKS, DOCUMENTS AND RECORDS PERTAINING TO THE  WAGES  PAID  TO,
 AND  THE HOURS OF WORK PERFORMED BY, BUILDING SERVICE EMPLOYEES; (IV) TO
 HOLD HEARINGS AND, IN CONNECTION  THEREWITH,  TO  ISSUE  SUBPOENAS,  THE
 ENFORCEMENT  OF  WHICH  SHALL BE REGULATED BY THE CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND
 RULES, ADMINISTER OATHS AND EXAMINE WITNESSES; (V) TO MAKE A CLASSIFICA-
 TION BY CRAFT, TRADE OR OTHER GENERALLY RECOGNIZED OCCUPATIONAL CATEGORY
 OF THE BUILDING SERVICE EMPLOYEES AND TO DETERMINE WHETHER SUCH WORK HAS
 BEEN PERFORMED BY THE BUILDING SERVICE EMPLOYEES IN SUCH CLASSIFICATION;
 (VI) TO REQUIRE THE APPLICANT TO FILE WITH THE FISCAL OFFICER  A  RECORD
 OF  THE  WAGES  ACTUALLY  PAID BY SUCH APPLICANT TO THE BUILDING SERVICE
 EMPLOYEES AND OF THEIR HOURS OF WORK; (VII) TO DELEGATE ANY OF THE FORE-
 GOING POWERS TO HIS OR HER DEPUTY OR  OTHER  AUTHORIZED  REPRESENTATIVE;
 (VIII) TO PROMULGATE RULES AS HE OR SHE SHALL CONSIDER NECESSARY FOR THE
 PROPER  EXECUTION  OF  THE DUTIES, RESPONSIBILITIES AND POWERS CONFERRED
 UPON HIM OR HER BY THE PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION;  AND  (IX)  TO
 PRESCRIBE   APPROPRIATE   SANCTIONS  FOR  FAILURE  TO  COMPLY  WITH  THE
 PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION. FOR EACH VIOLATION  OF  PARAGRAPH  B  OF
 THIS SUBDIVISION, THE FISCAL OFFICER MAY REQUIRE THE PAYMENT OF (A) BACK
 WAGES  AND FRINGE BENEFITS; (B) LIQUIDATED DAMAGES UP TO THREE TIMES THE
 AMOUNT OF THE BACK WAGES AND FRINGE  BENEFITS  FOR  WILLFUL  VIOLATIONS;
 AND/OR  (C) REASONABLE ATTORNEYS' FEES. IF THE FISCAL OFFICER FINDS THAT
 THE APPLICANT HAS FAILED TO COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS  SUBDIVI-
 SION,  HE  OR  SHE  SHALL PRESENT EVIDENCE OF SUCH NON-COMPLIANCE TO THE
 AGENCY.
   D. PARAGRAPH B OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL NOT BE APPLICABLE TO:  (I) AN
 ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING CONTAINING LESS THAN THIRTY  DWELLING  UNITS;
 OR  (II)  AN  ELIGIBLE  MULTIPLE  DWELLING  WHOSE ELIGIBLE CONVERSION IS
 CARRIED OUT WITH THE SUBSTANTIAL ASSISTANCE OF GRANTS, LOANS  OR  SUBSI-
 DIES  PROVIDED  BY  A  FEDERAL,  STATE  OR  LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR
 INSTRUMENTALITY PURSUANT TO A PROGRAM FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF  AFFORDABLE
 HOUSING.
   E.  THE  APPLICANT SHALL SUBMIT A SWORN AFFIDAVIT WITH ITS APPLICATION
 CERTIFYING THAT IT SHALL COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF  THIS  SUBDIVI-
 SION  OR  IS  EXEMPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH PARAGRAPH D OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
 UPON THE AGENCY'S APPROVAL OF SUCH APPLICATION, THE APPLICANT WHO IS NOT
 EXEMPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH PARAGRAPH D OF THIS SUBDIVISION  SHALL  SUBMIT
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 ANNUALLY  A  SWORN  AFFIDAVIT  TO  THE FISCAL OFFICER CERTIFYING THAT IT
 SHALL COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   8.  CONCURRENT EXEMPTIONS OR ABATEMENTS. AN ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING
 RECEIVING AHCC PROGRAM BENEFITS SHALL NOT RECEIVE ANY EXEMPTION FROM  OR
 ABATEMENT OF REAL PROPERTY TAXATION UNDER ANY OTHER LAW.
   9.   VOLUNTARY   RENUNCIATION   OR  TERMINATION.  NOTWITHSTANDING  THE
 PROVISIONS OF ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL OR LOCAL  LAW  TO  THE  CONTRARY,  AN
 OWNER  SHALL  NOT  BE ENTITLED TO VOLUNTARILY RENOUNCE OR TERMINATE AHCC
 PROGRAM BENEFITS UNLESS  THE  AGENCY  AUTHORIZES  SUCH  RENUNCIATION  OR
 TERMINATION  IN  CONNECTION  WITH  THE  COMMENCEMENT  OF A TAX EXEMPTION
 PURSUANT TO THE PRIVATE HOUSING FINANCE  LAW  OR  SECTION  FOUR  HUNDRED
 TWENTY-C OF THIS TITLE.
   10. TERMINATION OR REVOCATION. THE AGENCY MAY TERMINATE OR REVOKE AHCC
 PROGRAM BENEFITS FOR NONCOMPLIANCE WITH THIS SECTION. ALL OF THE AFFORD-
 ABLE  HOUSING  UNITS  SHALL REMAIN SUBJECT TO RENT STABILIZATION AND ALL
 OTHER REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION FOR THE DURATION OF  THE  RESTRICTION
 PERIOD,  REGARDLESS  OF  WHETHER  SUCH  BENEFITS HAVE BEEN TERMINATED OR
 REVOKED.
   11. POWERS CUMULATIVE. THE  ENFORCEMENT  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  SECTION
 SHALL  NOT  BE EXCLUSIVE, AND ARE IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER RIGHTS, REME-
 DIES OR ENFORCEMENT POWERS SET FORTH IN ANY OTHER LAW  OR  AVAILABLE  AT
 LAW OR IN EQUITY.
   12.  MULTIPLE  TAX  LOTS.  IF  AN  ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING CONTAINS
 MULTIPLE TAX LOTS, AN APPLICATION MAY BE SUBMITTED WITH RESPECT  TO  ONE
 OR  MORE  OF  SUCH  TAX LOTS. THE AGENCY SHALL DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY FOR
 AHCC PROGRAM BENEFITS BASED UPON THE TAX LOTS INCLUDED IN SUCH  APPLICA-
 TION  AND  BENEFITS  FOR  EACH  SUCH ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING SHALL BE
 BASED UPON THE COMPLETION DATE OF EACH SUCH MULTIPLE DWELLING.
   13. APPLICATIONS. A. THE APPLICATION  WITH  RESPECT  TO  ANY  ELIGIBLE
 MULTIPLE  DWELLING  SHALL  BE  FILED WITH THE AGENCY NO EARLIER THAN THE
 COMPLETION DATE AND NOT LATER THAN ONE YEAR AFTER THE COMPLETION DATE OF
 SUCH ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING.
   B. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF ANY GENERAL,  SPECIAL,  OR  LOCAL
 LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THE AGENCY MAY REQUIRE BY RULE THAT APPLICATIONS BE
 FILED ELECTRONICALLY.
   C.  THE  AGENCY  MAY RELY ON CERTIFICATION BY AN ARCHITECT OR ENGINEER
 SUBMITTED BY AN APPLICANT IN CONNECTION WITH THE FILING OF  AN  APPLICA-
 TION.  A  FALSE  CERTIFICATION  BY  SUCH  ARCHITECT OR ENGINEER SHALL BE
 DEEMED TO BE PROFESSIONAL  MISCONDUCT  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION  SIXTY-FIVE
 HUNDRED  NINE  OF  THE  EDUCATION LAW.   ANY ARCHITECT OR ENGINEER FOUND
 GUILTY OF SUCH MISCONDUCT UNDER THE  PROCEDURES  PRESCRIBED  IN  SECTION
 SIXTY-FIVE  HUNDRED  TEN  OF  THE  EDUCATION LAW SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE
 PENALTIES PRESCRIBED IN SECTION SIXTY-FIVE HUNDRED ELEVEN OF THE  EDUCA-
 TION  LAW  AND  SHALL THEREAFTER BE INELIGIBLE TO SUBMIT A CERTIFICATION
 PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.
   D. SUCH APPLICATION SHALL ALSO CERTIFY THAT ALL TAXES, WATER  CHARGES,
 AND  SEWER  RENTS  CURRENTLY  DUE AND OWING ON THE PROPERTY WHICH IS THE
 SUBJECT OF THE APPLICATION HAVE BEEN PAID OR ARE CURRENTLY BEING PAID IN
 TIMELY INSTALLMENTS PURSUANT TO A WRITTEN AGREEMENT WITH THE  DEPARTMENT
 OF FINANCE OR OTHER APPROPRIATE AGENCY.
   14.  FILING  FEE.  THE AGENCY MAY REQUIRE A FILING FEE OF NO LESS THAN
 THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS PER DWELLING UNIT IN CONNECTION WITH ANY APPLICA-
 TION, EXCEPT THAT THE AGENCY MAY PROMULGATE RULES:
   A. IMPOSING A LESSER FEE  FOR  AN  ELIGIBLE  MULTIPLE  DWELLING  WHOSE
 ELIGIBLE  CONVERSION  IS  CARRIED OUT WITH THE SUBSTANTIAL ASSISTANCE OF
 GRANTS, LOANS OR SUBSIDIES PROVIDED BY A FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL GOVERN-
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 MENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY PURSUANT TO A PROGRAM FOR THE  DEVELOP-
 MENT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING; AND
   B.  REQUIRING  A  PORTION  OF  THE  FILING  FEE  TO  BE  PAID UPON THE
 SUBMISSION OF THE INFORMATION THE AGENCY REQUIRES IN ADVANCE OF  APPROV-
 ING  THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE MARKETING PROCESS FOR SUCH ELIGIBLE CONVER-
 SION.
   15. RULES. EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION SEVEN  OF  THIS  SECTION,
 THE  AGENCY  SHALL  HAVE THE SOLE AUTHORITY TO ENFORCE THE PROVISIONS OF
 THIS SECTION AND MAY PROMULGATE RULES TO CARRY  OUT  THE  PROVISIONS  OF
 THIS SECTION.
   16.  PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF AFFORDABILITY REQUIREMENTS. A.  ON OR
 AFTER THE EXPIRATION DATE OF THE NINETEEN-YEAR BENEFIT, THE  AGENCY  MAY
 IMPOSE,  AFTER  NOTICE AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD, A PENALTY FOR ANY
 VIOLATION BY AN ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING OF THE AFFORDABILITY REQUIRE-
 MENTS OF SUBDIVISION SIX OF THIS SECTION.
   B. A PENALTY IMPOSED UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL  BE  COMPUTED  AS  A
 PERCENTAGE  OF THE CAPITALIZED VALUE OF ALL AHCC PROGRAM BENEFITS ON THE
 ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING, CALCULATED AS OF THE FIRST YEAR  THAT  BENE-
 FITS  WERE GRANTED, NOT TO EXCEED ONE THOUSAND PERCENT. THE AGENCY SHALL
 ESTABLISH A SCHEDULE AND METHOD OF CALCULATION OF SUCH PENALTIES  PURSU-
 ANT TO SUBDIVISION FIFTEEN OF THIS SECTION.
   C.  A  PENALTY IMPOSED UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE IMPOSED AGAINST
 THE OWNER OF THE ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE DWELLING AT THE  TIME  THE  VIOLATION
 OCCURRED,  EVEN  IF  SUCH  OWNER  NO  LONGER OWNS SUCH ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE
 DWELLING AT THE TIME OF THE AGENCY'S DETERMINATION.
   D. A PERSON OR ENTITY WHO FAILS TO PAY A PENALTY IMPOSED  PURSUANT  TO
 THIS  SUBDIVISION  SHALL BE GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR PUNISHABLE BY IMPRI-
 SONMENT NOT TO EXCEED SIX MONTHS.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
                                  PART Q
 
   Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision  of  law,  the  housing
 trust  fund  corporation  may  provide, for purposes of the neighborhood
 preservation program, a sum not to exceed  $12,830,000  for  the  fiscal
 year ending March 31, 2024.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
 and  subject to the approval of the New York state director of the budg-
 et, the board of directors of the state  of  New  York  mortgage  agency
 shall  authorize the transfer to the housing trust fund corporation, for
 the purposes of reimbursing any costs associated with neighborhood pres-
 ervation program contracts authorized by this section, a total  sum  not
 to  exceed  $12,830,000,  such  transfer to be made from (i) the special
 account of the mortgage  insurance  fund  created  pursuant  to  section
 2429-b  of  the  public  authorities law, in an amount not to exceed the
 actual excess balance in the special account of the  mortgage  insurance
 fund,  as  determined  and  certified  by the state of New York mortgage
 agency for the fiscal year 2022-2023 in accordance with  section  2429-b
 of  the  public  authorities  law, if any, and/or (ii) provided that the
 reserves in the project pool insurance account of the mortgage insurance
 fund created pursuant to section 2429-b of the  public  authorities  law
 are  sufficient  to attain and maintain the credit rating (as determined
 by the state of New York mortgage agency)  required  to  accomplish  the
 purposes  of  such  account,  the  project pool insurance account of the
 mortgage insurance fund, such transfer to be made as soon as practicable
 but no later than June 30, 2023.
   § 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of  law,  the  housing  trust
 fund  corporation  may  provide,  for purposes of the rural preservation
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 program, a sum not to exceed $5,360,000 for the fiscal year ending March
 31, 2024.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law,  and  subject  to
 the  approval of the New York state director of the budget, the board of
 directors  of  the state of New York mortgage agency shall authorize the
 transfer to the housing trust fund  corporation,  for  the  purposes  of
 reimbursing   any  costs  associated  with  rural  preservation  program
 contracts authorized  by  this  section,  a  total  sum  not  to  exceed
 $5,360,000, such transfer to be made from (i) the special account of the
 mortgage insurance fund created pursuant to section 2429-b of the public
 authorities law, in an amount not to exceed the actual excess balance in
 the  special  account  of the mortgage insurance fund, as determined and
 certified by the state of New York mortgage agency for the  fiscal  year
 2022-2023  in  accordance  with section 2429-b of the public authorities
 law, if any, and/or (ii) provided that the reserves in the project  pool
 insurance  account  of  the  mortgage insurance fund created pursuant to
 section 2429-b of the public authorities law are  sufficient  to  attain
 and  maintain  the credit rating (as determined by the state of New York
 mortgage agency) required to accomplish the purposes  of  such  account,
 the  project pool insurance account of the mortgage insurance fund, such
 transfer to be made as soon as practicable but no later  than  June  30,
 2023.
   §  3.  Notwithstanding  any  other provision of law, the housing trust
 fund corporation may provide, for purposes of the rural  rental  assist-
 ance  program  pursuant  to  article 17-A of the private housing finance
 law, a sum not to exceed $21,710,000 for the fiscal  year  ending  March
 31,  2024.    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and subject to
 the approval of the New York state director of the budget, the board  of
 directors  of  the state of New York mortgage agency shall authorize the
 transfer to the housing trust fund  corporation,  for  the  purposes  of
 reimbursing  any  costs  associated with rural rental assistance program
 contracts authorized  by  this  section,  a  total  sum  not  to  exceed
 $21,710,000,  such  transfer  to be made from (i) the special account of
 the mortgage insurance fund created pursuant to section  2429-b  of  the
 public  authorities  law,  in  an amount not to exceed the actual excess
 balance in the special account of the mortgage insurance fund, as deter-
 mined and certified by the state of New York  mortgage  agency  for  the
 fiscal  year  2022-2023  in accordance with section 2429-b of the public
 authorities law, if any, and/or (ii) provided that the reserves  in  the
 project  pool  insurance  account of the mortgage insurance fund created
 pursuant to section 2429-b of the public authorities law are  sufficient
 to  attain and maintain the credit rating, as determined by the state of
 New York mortgage agency, required to accomplish the  purposes  of  such
 account,  the  project  pool insurance account of the mortgage insurance
 fund, such transfer shall be made as soon as practicable  but  no  later
 than June 30, 2023.
   §  4. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the homeless housing
 and assistance corporation may provide, for purposes  of  the  New  York
 state  supportive  housing  program,  the  solutions to end homelessness
 program or the operational support for AIDS housing program, or to qual-
 ified grantees under such programs, in accordance with the  requirements
 of  such  programs,  a sum not to exceed $50,781,000 for the fiscal year
 ending March 31, 2024. The homeless housing and  assistance  corporation
 may  enter into an agreement with the office of temporary and disability
 assistance to administer such sum in accordance with the requirements of
 such programs. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,  and  subject
 to  the approval of the New York state director of the budget, the board
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 of directors of the state of New York mortgage  agency  shall  authorize
 the transfer to the homeless housing and assistance corporation, a total
 sum  not  to  exceed  $50,781,000, such transfer to be made from (i) the
 special  account  of  the  mortgage  insurance  fund created pursuant to
 section 2429-b of the public authorities law, in an amount not to exceed
 the actual excess balance in the special account of the mortgage  insur-
 ance fund, as determined and certified by the state of New York mortgage
 agency  for  the fiscal year 2022-2023 in accordance with section 2429-b
 of the public authorities law, if any, and/or  (ii)  provided  that  the
 reserves in the project pool insurance account of the mortgage insurance
 fund  created  pursuant  to section 2429-b of the public authorities law
 are sufficient to attain and maintain the credit rating as determined by
 the state of New  York  mortgage  agency,  required  to  accomplish  the
 purposes  of  such  account,  the  project pool insurance account of the
 mortgage insurance fund, such transfer shall be made as soon as  practi-
 cable but no later than March 31, 2024.
   § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.

                                  PART R
 
   Section 1. Subparagraph (xxviii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 16 of
 section  421-a  of the real property tax law, as amended by section 3 of
 part TTT of chapter 59 of the laws  of  2017,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   (xxviii)  "Eligible  multiple dwelling" shall mean a multiple dwelling
 or homeownership project containing six or more dwelling  units  created
 through  new construction or eligible conversion for which the commence-
 ment date is after December thirty-first, two thousand fifteen and on or
 before June fifteenth,  two  thousand  twenty-two,  and  for  which  the
 completion  date  is  on or before June fifteenth, two thousand [twenty-
 six] THIRTY.
   § 2.  This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART S

   Section 1.  Section 652 of the labor law is amended by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
   1-A.  ANNUAL  MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE.   (A) NEW YORK CITY. ON AND AFTER
 DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE, EVERY EMPLOYER REGARD-
 LESS OF SIZE SHALL PAY TO EACH OF ITS EMPLOYEES FOR EACH HOUR WORKED  IN
 THE  CITY OF NEW YORK, A WAGE OF NOT LESS THAN THE ADJUSTED MINIMUM WAGE
 RATE ESTABLISHED ANNUALLY BY THE  COMMISSIONER.  SUCH  ADJUSTED  MINIMUM
 WAGE  RATE  SHALL BE DETERMINED BY INCREASING THE CURRENT YEAR'S MINIMUM
 WAGE RATE BY THE LESSER OF THREE PERCENT AND THE RATE OF CHANGE  IN  THE
 AVERAGE  OF  THE  MOST RECENT PERIOD BETWEEN THE FIRST OF AUGUST AND THE
 THIRTY-FIRST OF JULY OVER THE PRECEDING TWELVE MONTHS PUBLISHED  BY  THE
 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR NON-SEASONALLY ADJUSTED CONSUMER PRICE
 INDEX  FOR  NORTHEAST  REGION  URBAN  WAGE  EARNERS AND CLERICAL WORKERS
 (CPI-W) OR ANY SUCCESSOR  INDEX  AS  CALCULATED  BY  THE  UNITED  STATES
 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.
   (B)  REMAINDER  OF  DOWNSTATE. ON AND AFTER DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE, EVERY EMPLOYER SHALL PAY TO EACH OF ITS EMPLOYEES
 FOR EACH HOUR WORKED IN THE COUNTIES OF NASSAU, SUFFOLK,  AND  WESTCHES-
 TER,  A WAGE OF NOT LESS THAN THE ADJUSTED MINIMUM WAGE RATE ESTABLISHED
 ANNUALLY BY THE COMMISSIONER. SUCH ADJUSTED MINIMUM WAGE RATE  SHALL  BE
 DETERMINED  BY  INCREASING  THE  CURRENT YEAR'S MINIMUM WAGE RATE BY THE
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 LESSER OF THREE PERCENT AND THE RATE OF CHANGE IN  THE  AVERAGE  OF  THE
 MOST  RECENT  PERIOD BETWEEN THE FIRST OF AUGUST AND THE THIRTY-FIRST OF
 JULY OVER THE PRECEDING TWELVE MONTHS FOR THE NORTHEAST REGION CPI-W  OR
 ANY  SUCCESSOR  INDEX  AS  CALCULATED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF
 LABOR.
   (C) REMAINDER OF STATE. ON AND AFTER DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO  THOU-
 SAND  TWENTY-THREE, IN THE YEAR FOLLOWING THE YEAR THE MINIMUM WAGE RATE
 EQUALS FIFTEEN DOLLARS FOR EACH HOUR WORKED OUTSIDE OF THE CITY  OF  NEW
 YORK  AND  THE  COUNTIES OF NASSAU, SUFFOLK, AND WESTCHESTER PURSUANT TO
 SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, EVERY EMPLOYER SHALL PAY TO EACH OF ITS
 EMPLOYEES FOR EACH HOUR WORKED OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK  AND  THE
 COUNTIES OF NASSAU, SUFFOLK, AND WESTCHESTER A WAGE OF NOT LESS THAN THE
 ADJUSTED  MINIMUM  WAGE  RATE  ESTABLISHED ANNUALLY BY THE COMMISSIONER.
 SUCH ADJUSTED MINIMUM WAGE RATE SHALL BE DETERMINED  BY  INCREASING  THE
 CURRENT  YEAR'S MINIMUM WAGE RATE BY THE LESSER OF THREE PERCENT AND THE
 RATE OF CHANGE IN THE AVERAGE OF THE  MOST  RECENT  PERIOD  BETWEEN  THE
 FIRST  OF  AUGUST AND THE THIRTY-FIRST OF JULY OVER THE PRECEDING TWELVE
 MONTHS FOR THE NORTHEAST REGION CPI-W OR ANY SUCCESSOR INDEX  AS  CALCU-
 LATED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.
   (D)  NOTWITHSTANDING PARAGRAPHS (A), (B), AND (C) OF THIS SUBDIVISION,
 THE MINIMUM WAGE FOR A HOME CARE AIDE AS DEFINED IN  SECTION  THIRTY-SIX
 HUNDRED FOURTEEN-C OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW SHALL BE SET BY SUBDIVISIONS
 TWO  AND  THREE  OF  SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED FOURTEEN-F OF THE PUBLIC
 HEALTH LAW.
   (E) EXCEPTIONS. NOTWITHSTANDING PARAGRAPHS (A), (B) AND  (C)  OF  THIS
 SUBDIVISION, THERE SHALL BE NO INCREASE IN THE MINIMUM WAGE IN THE STATE
 FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR IF:
   (I) THE RATE OF CHANGE IN THE AVERAGE OF THE MOST RECENT PERIOD OF THE
 FIRST OF AUGUST TO THE THIRTY-FIRST OF JULY OVER THE PRECEDING PERIOD OF
 THE FIRST OF AUGUST TO THE THIRTY-FIRST OF JULY FOR THE NORTHEAST REGION
 CPI-W IS NEGATIVE;
   (II)  THE  THREE-MONTH  MOVING  AVERAGE OF THE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NEW
 YORK STATE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE AS DETERMINED BY THE U-3 MEASURE  OF  LABOR
 UNDERUTILIZATION  FOR  THE MOST RECENT PERIOD ENDING THE THIRTY-FIRST OF
 JULY AS CALCULATED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT  OF  LABOR  RISES  BY
 ONE-HALF  PERCENTAGE POINT OR MORE RELATIVE TO ITS LOW DURING THE PREVI-
 OUS TWELVE MONTHS; OR
   (III) SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, TOTAL  NON-FARM  EMPLOYMENT  FOR  NEW  YORK
 STATE  IN  JULY,  CALCULATED  BY  THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR,
 DECREASED FROM THE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, TOTAL  NON-FARM  EMPLOYMENT  FOR
 NEW YORK STATE IN APRIL, AND SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, TOTAL NON-FARM EMPLOY-
 MENT FOR NEW YORK STATE IN JULY, CALCULATED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPART-
 MENT  OF  LABOR,  DECREASED FROM THE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, TOTAL NON-FARM
 EMPLOYMENT FOR NEW YORK STATE IN JANUARY.
   (F) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PUBLISH THE ADJUSTED MINIMUM WAGE RATES  NO
 LATER THAN THE FIRST OF OCTOBER OF EACH YEAR TO TAKE EFFECT ON THE THIR-
 TY-FIRST  DAY  OF  DECEMBER. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PUBLISH THE ADJUSTED
 MINIMUM WAGE RATES THAT WILL GO INTO EFFECT  ON  DECEMBER  THIRTY-FIRST,
 TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-THREE  NO  LATER  THAN OCTOBER FIRST, TWO THOUSAND
 TWENTY-THREE.
   § 2. Subdivisions 2, 4 and 5 of section 652 of the labor law, subdivi-
 sion 2 as amended by chapter 38 of the laws of 1990, the  opening  para-
 graph  of subdivision 2 as amended by section 6 of part II of chapter 58
 of the laws of 2020, and subdivisions 4 and 5 as amended by section 2 of
 part K of chapter 54 of the  laws  of  2016,  are  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
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   2.  Existing  wage  orders.  The  minimum wage orders in effect on the
 effective date of this act shall remain in full force and effect, except
 as modified in accordance with the provisions of this article; provided,
 however, that the minimum wage order for farm workers codified  at  part
 one  hundred  ninety  of  title twelve of the New York code of rules and
 regulations in effect on January first, two  thousand  twenty  shall  be
 deemed to be a wage order established and adopted under this article and
 shall  remain  in full force and effect except as modified in accordance
 with the provisions of this article or article nineteen-A of this  chap-
 ter.
   Such  minimum  wage  orders  shall  be modified by the commissioner to
 increase all monetary amounts specified therein in the  same  proportion
 as  the increase in the hourly minimum wage as provided in [subdivision]
 SUBDIVISIONS one AND ONE-A of this section, including the amounts speci-
 fied in such minimum wage orders as allowances for gratuities, and  when
 furnished  by the employer to its employees, for meals, lodging, apparel
 and other such items, services and facilities. All amounts  so  modified
 shall  be  rounded  off  to  the nearest five cents. The modified orders
 shall be promulgated by the commissioner without a public  hearing,  and
 without  reference  to  a  wage board, and shall become effective on the
 effective date of such increases in the minimum wage except as otherwise
 provided in this subdivision, notwithstanding  any  other  provision  of
 this article.
   4.  Notwithstanding  subdivisions  one, ONE-A and two of this section,
 the wage for an employee who is a food  service  worker  receiving  tips
 shall  be  a  cash wage of at least two-thirds of the minimum wage rates
 set forth in subdivision one of this section,  rounded  to  the  nearest
 five  cents  or  seven  dollars  and  fifty  cents, whichever is higher,
 provided that the tips of such an employee,  when  added  to  such  cash
 wage,  are  equal  to  or  exceed the minimum wage in effect pursuant to
 [subdivision] SUBDIVISIONS one AND ONE-A of this  section  and  provided
 further  that  no other cash wage is established pursuant to section six
 hundred fifty-three of this article.
   5. Notwithstanding subdivisions one, ONE-A and two  of  this  section,
 meal  and  lodging allowances for a food service worker receiving a cash
 wage pursuant to subdivision four of this  section  shall  not  increase
 more than two-thirds of the increase required by subdivision two of this
 section  as applied to state wage orders in effect pursuant to [subdivi-
 sion] SUBDIVISIONS one AND ONE-A of this section.
   § 3. Section 3614-f of the public health law, as added by section 1 of
 part XX of chapter 56 of the  laws  of  2022,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   §  3614-f. Home care minimum wage increase. 1. For the purpose of this
 section, "home care aide" shall have the  same  meaning  as  defined  in
 section thirty-six hundred fourteen-c of this article.
   2. [In addition to the otherwise applicable minimum wage under section
 six hundred fifty-two of the labor law, or any otherwise applicable wage
 rule  or order under article nineteen of the labor law]  NOTWITHSTANDING
 ANY INCREASE TO THE MINIMUM WAGE UNDER PARAGRAPH (A),  (B),  OR  (C)  OF
 SUBDIVISION ONE-A OF SECTION SIX HUNDRED FIFTY-TWO OF THE LABOR LAW, the
 minimum  wage  for  a  home care aide shall be increased by an amount of
 three dollars and zero cents FROM THE  MINIMUM  WAGE  ESTABLISHED  UNDER
 SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF  SECTION SIX HUNDRED FIFTY-TWO OF THE LABOR LAW FOR
 EACH REGION OF THE STATE in accordance with the following schedule:
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   (a) beginning October first, two thousand twenty-two, the minimum wage
 for a home care aide shall be increased by an amount of two dollars  and
 zero cents, and
   (b)  beginning  October  first, two thousand twenty-three, the minimum
 wage for a home care aide shall be increased by an additional amount  of
 one dollar and zero cents.
   3.  ON AND AFTER DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE, THE
 MINIMUM WAGE FOR A HOME CARE AIDE SHALL BE THE GREATER OF EITHER:
   (A) THE RATE ESTABLISHED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION  TWO  OF  THIS
 SECTION; OR
   (B)  THE  RATE  ESTABLISHED  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH  SECTION SIX HUNDRED
 FIFTY-TWO OF THE LABOR LAW.
   4. AT NO TIME SHALL THE MINIMUM WAGE FOR A HOME CARE  AIDE  BE  HIGHER
 THAN  EIGHTEEN DOLLARS UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THE MINIMUM WAGE RATE PURSUANT
 TO SUBDIVISION ONE-A OF SECTION SIX HUNDRED FIFTY-TWO OF THE  LABOR  LAW
 IN THE LOCALITY OF THE STATE IN WHICH SUCH HOME CARE AIDE WORKS IS HIGH-
 ER THAN EIGHTEEN DOLLARS.
   5.  Where  any  home  care aide is paid less than WHAT IS required [by
 subdivision] UNDER SUBDIVISIONS two AND THREE of this section, the  home
 care  aide,  or  the  commissioner of labor acting on behalf of the home
 care aide, may bring a civil action under article six or nineteen of the
 labor law; provided that this shall not  preclude  the  commissioner  of
 labor from taking direct administrative enforcement action under article
 six of the labor law.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART T

   Section 1. Legislative findings. The legislature finds that both with-
 in  the  city  of  New  York and across the United States, over the past
 several decades, income inequality has  expanded  and  that  poverty  is
 frequently  concentrated  in  economically  disadvantaged  regions.  The
 legislature also finds that economic disparities among  individuals  and
 across  communities have further expanded due to the economic and health
 effects of the virus known as COVID-19. The purpose of this  legislation
 is  to  remediate  these economic disparities by authorizing the city of
 New York, the city school district of the city of New York, the New York
 city school construction authority, the New York city health and  hospi-
 tals  corporation,  the New York city industrial development agency, and
 other city-affiliated not-for-profit corporations to  use  the  economic
 power of their transactions to implement programs by administrative rule
 requiring  contractors  and  subcontractors benefitting from such trans-
 actions to make best efforts to employ qualified economically  disadvan-
 taged  candidates  and  qualified candidates from economically disadvan-
 taged regions.
   § 2. The New York city charter is amended by adding a new  chapter  79
 to read as follows:
                                CHAPTER 79
                COMMUNITY HIRING AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
 §  3501. ABSORPTION HIRE. THE TERM "ABSORPTION HIRE" MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL
 WHO FILLS A BUILDING SERVICE OPPORTUNITY AND WHO:
   (1) WAS EMPLOYED TO PERFORM BUILDING SERVICE WORK WITHIN THE PRECEDING
 SIX MONTHS AT THE SAME FACILITY TO WHICH SUCH INDIVIDUAL IS ASSIGNED; OR
   (2) FILLS SUCH BUILDING SERVICE OPPORTUNITY AS A RESULT OF A REASSIGN-
 MENT BY A CONTRACTOR OR SUBCONTRACTOR, AS APPLICABLE, DUE TO A DISPLACE-
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 MENT CAUSED BY THE CLOSURE OF ANOTHER FACILITY, A STAFFING REDUCTION  AT
 ANOTHER FACILITY, OR ANY OTHER SIMILAR EVENT.
   APPRENTICE. THE TERM "APPRENTICE" MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS RECEIVING
 TRAINING AND PERFORMING LABOR PURSUANT TO AN APPRENTICESHIP AGREEMENT.
   APPRENTICESHIP AGREEMENT. THE TERM "APPRENTICESHIP AGREEMENT" MEANS AN
 AGREEMENT,  AS  SUCH TERM IS DEFINED BY SECTION EIGHT HUNDRED SIXTEEN OF
 THE LABOR LAW, THAT HAS BEEN  REGISTERED  WITH,  AND  APPROVED  BY,  THE
 COMMISSIONER OF LABOR OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK PURSUANT TO ARTICLE TWEN-
 TY-THREE OF THE LABOR LAW.
   BUILDING  SERVICE OPPORTUNITY. THE TERM "BUILDING SERVICE OPPORTUNITY"
 MEANS AN EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY TO PERFORM BUILDING SERVICE WORK.
   BUILDING SERVICE OPPORTUNITY LABOR HOUR. THE  TERM  "BUILDING  SERVICE
 OPPORTUNITY  LABOR  HOUR"  MEANS A LABOR HOUR PERFORMED BY AN INDIVIDUAL
 EMPLOYED TO FILL A BUILDING SERVICE OPPORTUNITY.
   BUILDING SERVICE WORK. THE TERM  "BUILDING  SERVICE  WORK"  MEANS  THE
 CLASSIFICATIONS  OF LABOR THAT THE APPLICABLE FISCAL OFFICER HAS IDENTI-
 FIED AS CONSISTENT WITH SECTION TWO HUNDRED THIRTY  OF  THE  LABOR  LAW,
 REGARDLESS  OF  WHETHER SUCH LABOR CONSTITUTES BUILDING SERVICE WORK FOR
 WHICH WORKERS ARE ENTITLED TO PREVAILING WAGE PURSUANT TO  ARTICLE  NINE
 OF THE LABOR LAW.
   CITY-AFFILIATED  NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION. THE TERM "CITY-AFFILIATED
 NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION" MEANS A  LOCAL  DEVELOPMENT  CORPORATION  OR
 OTHER  NOT-FOR-PROFIT  CORPORATION,  A  MAJORITY  OF  WHOSE  MEMBERS ARE
 APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR.
   CONSTRUCTION. THE TERM "CONSTRUCTION" MEANS:
   (1) ANY LABOR OF A TYPE THAT THE APPLICABLE FISCAL OFFICER, AS DEFINED
 IN PARAGRAPH E OF SUBDIVISION FIVE OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED TWENTY OF  THE
 LABOR LAW, HAS IDENTIFIED IN A PUBLISHED SCHEDULE AS A CLASSIFICATION OF
 WORK  PERFORMED BY LABORERS, WORKMEN OR MECHANICS, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER
 SUCH LABOR CONSTITUTES PUBLIC WORK PURSUANT TO SUCH SECTION; AND
   (2) ANY ADDITIONAL TYPES OF LABOR IDENTIFIED BY THE DIRECTOR BY  RULE,
 PROVIDED THAT SUCH LABOR SHALL NOT INCLUDE BUILDING SERVICE WORK.
   CONTRACTOR. THE TERM "CONTRACTOR" MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL, COMPANY, CORPO-
 RATION, PARTNERSHIP, OR OTHER ENTITY THAT HAS ENTERED INTO A TRANSACTION
 WITH THE CITY, EXCEPT THAT THE TERM "CONTRACTOR" DOES NOT INCLUDE:
   (1) ANY GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY;
   (2)   ANY   MICROBUSINESS,   OTHER  THAN  A  MICROBUSINESS  PERFORMING
 CONSTRUCTION WORK UNDER A TRANSACTION; OR
   (3) ANY LABOR ORGANIZATION.
   DIRECTOR. THE TERM "DIRECTOR" MEANS THE  DIRECTOR  OF  THE  OFFICE  OF
 COMMUNITY HIRING AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT OR HIS OR HER DESIGNEE.
   ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED CANDIDATE. THE TERM "ECONOMICALLY DISADVAN-
 TAGED CANDIDATE" MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL:
   (1) WHOSE INCOME OR HOUSEHOLD INCOME FALLS BELOW AN APPLICABLE QUANTI-
 TATIVE  THRESHOLD  DETERMINED BY THE DIRECTOR, PROVIDED THAT SUCH INCOME
 SHALL NOT INCLUDE ANY TYPES OF PUBLIC BENEFITS PROVIDED BY  THE  FEDERAL
 GOVERNMENT  OR  A STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND IDENTIFIED BY THE DIREC-
 TOR; AND
   (2) WHO IS CERTIFIED AS MEETING ALL APPLICABLE REQUIREMENTS.
   ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED REGION. THE  TERM  "ECONOMICALLY  DISADVAN-
 TAGED  REGION"  MEANS  AN AREA, REPRESENTED BY ITS ZIP CODE, IN WHICH AT
 LEAST FIFTEEN PERCENT OF RESIDENTS  HAVE  HOUSEHOLD  INCOMES  BELOW  THE
 FEDERAL POVERTY THRESHOLD.
   ECONOMICALLY  DISADVANTAGED  REGION  CANDIDATE. THE TERM "ECONOMICALLY
 DISADVANTAGED REGION CANDIDATE" MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS CERTIFIED  AS
 MEETING ALL APPLICABLE REQUIREMENTS AND WHO IS A:
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   (1)  RESIDENT  OF  AN  ADDRESS  WITHIN  AN  ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED
 REGION;
   (2) RESIDENT OF A BUILDING THAT IS:
   (I) OWNED OR OPERATED BY THE NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY; AND
   (II) SUBJECT TO SECTION NINE OF THE UNITED STATES HOUSING ACT OF NINE-
 TEEN HUNDRED THIRTY-SEVEN, AS AMENDED; OR
   (3) RESIDENT OF A DWELLING UNIT THAT IS:
   (I)  SUBJECT  TO A REGULATORY AGREEMENT WITH A FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL
 GOVERNMENT AGENCY REQUIRING THAT OCCUPANCY OF SUCH  UNIT  BE  RESTRICTED
 BASED ON THE INCOME OF THE OCCUPANTS; AND
   (II)  LOCATED  IN  A  BUILDING THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY OPERATED BY THE NEW
 YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY, WAS PREVIOUSLY SUBJECT TO SECTION  NINE  OF
 THE  UNITED  STATES  HOUSING  ACT  OF  NINETEEN HUNDRED THIRTY-SEVEN, AS
 AMENDED, AND IS SUBJECT TO SECTION EIGHT OF SUCH ACT.
   EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY. THE  TERM  "EMPLOYMENT  OPPORTUNITY"  MEANS  A
 VACANCY IN A POSITION TO PERFORM SERVICES UNDER A TRANSACTION.
   EXEMPT TRANSACTION. THE TERM "EXEMPT TRANSACTION" INCLUDES ANY:
   (1) CONTRACT PROCURED PURSUANT TO SECTION ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-TWO OF THE
 STATE FINANCE LAW;
   (2)  CONTRACT  FOR  THE  PERFORMANCE  OF SERVICES BY A CITY-AFFILIATED
 NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION;
   (3) CONTRACT THE PRINCIPAL PURPOSE OF WHICH IS THE SUPPLY OF GOODS;
   (4) CONTRACT IN AN AMOUNT  BELOW  THE  SMALL  PURCHASE  THRESHOLD  SET
 PURSUANT  TO  THE  AUTHORITY AND PROCEDURE SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISION A OF
 SECTION THREE HUNDRED FOURTEEN OF THIS CHARTER;
   (5) CONTRACT FOR CONFIDENTIAL OR INVESTIGATIVE SERVICES OR  ANY  OTHER
 TYPE  OF  CONTRACT EXCLUDED BY A RULE ADOPTED BY THE DIRECTOR BASED ON A
 DETERMINATION THAT THE APPLICATION OF GOALS  UNDER  THIS  PROGRAM  WOULD
 SUBSTANTIALLY UNDERMINE THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF THAT TYPE OF CONTRACT;
   (6)  CONTRACT  SUBJECT  TO  FEDERAL OR STATE FUNDING REQUIREMENTS THAT
 PRECLUDE OR SUBSTANTIALLY CONFLICT WITH THE APPLICATION OF  GOALS  UNDER
 THIS PROGRAM;
   (7) CONTRACT FOR EMERGENCY DEMOLITION SERVICES PROCURED BY THE DEPART-
 MENT  OF  HOUSING PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT PURSUANT TO THE PROCEDURE
 SET FORTH IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTEEN OF THIS CHARTER; OR
   (8) A CONTRACT FOR WHICH CONTRACTOR SELECTION IS MADE  BY  AN  ELECTED
 OFFICIAL  OTHER THAN THE MAYOR OR AN AGENCY OTHER THAN A MAYORAL AGENCY,
 EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY RULE BY THE DIRECTOR.
   LABOR ORGANIZATION. THE TERM  "LABOR  ORGANIZATION"  HAS  THE  MEANING
 PROVIDED  IN  SECTION  ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-TWO OF TITLE TWENTY-NINE OF THE
 UNITED STATES CODE, OR ANY SUCCESSOR PROVISION.
   MAYORAL AGENCY. THE TERM "MAYORAL AGENCY" INCLUDES:
   (1) ANY AGENCY THE HEAD OF WHICH IS APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR;
   (2) ANY AGENCY HEADED BY A BOARD, COMMISSION,  OR  OTHER  MULTI-MEMBER
 BODY, THE MAJORITY OF THE MEMBERSHIP OF WHICH IS APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR;
 AND
   (3) THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR.
   MICROBUSINESS.  THE TERM "MICROBUSINESS" MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL, COMPANY,
 CORPORATION, PARTNERSHIP, OR OTHER ENTITY THAT EMPLOYS NO LESS THAN  ONE
 EMPLOYEE AND NO MORE THAN NINE EMPLOYEES.
   MWBE.  THE  TERM  "MWBE"  MEANS  A BUSINESS CERTIFIED AS A MINORITY OR
 WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE PURSUANT TO  ARTICLE  FIFTEEN-A  OF  THE
 EXECUTIVE LAW OR SECTION THIRTEEN HUNDRED FOUR OF THIS CHARTER.
   PROJECT  LABOR  AGREEMENT.  THE TERM "PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENT" MEANS A
 PRE-HIRE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT ENTERED INTO BETWEEN  THE  CITY
 AND  A  BONA  FIDE  BUILDING  AND  CONSTRUCTION TRADE LABOR ORGANIZATION
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 ESTABLISHING THE LABOR ORGANIZATION OR ITS AFFILIATES AS THE  COLLECTIVE
 BARGAINING  REPRESENTATIVE FOR ALL PERSONS WHO WILL PERFORM CONSTRUCTION
 WORK ON A TRANSACTION, PROVIDED SUCH AGREEMENT:
   (1)  PROVIDES THAT ONLY CONTRACTORS AND SUBCONTRACTORS WHO SIGN A PRE-
 NEGOTIATED AGREEMENT WITH THE LABOR ORGANIZATION CAN PERFORM  SUCH  WORK
 ON SUCH TRANSACTION; AND
   (2) INCLUDES GOALS FOR THE EMPLOYMENT OF QUALIFIED ECONOMICALLY DISAD-
 VANTAGED REGION CANDIDATES TO PERFORM SUCH WORK.
   REFERRAL  SOURCE.  THE  TERM  "REFERRAL  SOURCE"  MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL,
 COMPANY, CORPORATION, PARTNERSHIP, AGENCY,  UNION  REFERRAL  SYSTEM,  OR
 OTHER  ENTITY  SELECTED  PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH THREE OF SUBDIVISION A OF
 SECTION THIRTY-FIVE HUNDRED TWO OF THIS CHAPTER  TO  MAKE  REFERRALS  OF
 CANDIDATES  TO CONTRACTORS, PROSPECTIVE CONTRACTORS, SUBCONTRACTORS, AND
 PROSPECTIVE SUBCONTRACTORS FOR THE PURPOSES OF  MEETING  THE  APPLICABLE
 EMPLOYMENT GOALS SET FORTH IN SUCH SECTION; PROVIDED THAT UNION REFERRAL
 SYSTEMS  THAT HAVE AFFILIATED REGISTERED APPRENTICE PROGRAMS WITH DIRECT
 ENTRY ACCESS FROM PRE-APPRENTICE PROGRAMS THAT ARE COMPLIANT WITH UNITED
 STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR OR NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF  LABOR  REGU-
 LATIONS,  AS  WELL  AS UNION REFERRAL SYSTEMS WITH COMMUNITY RECRUITMENT
 PROGRAMS,