Assembly Bill A9666

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   9666
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 21, 2026
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 Introduced  by M. of A. CASHMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Housing
 
 AN ACT in relation to establishing the Adirondack park affordable  hous-
   ing  task  force; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon
   expiration thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Adirondack
 park affordable housing act".
   §  2.  1.  There  is  hereby established an Adirondack park affordable
 housing task force, hereinafter referred to  as  the  "task  force",  to
 conduct  a  comprehensive review of affordable housing issues within the
 Adirondack park and to make recommendations for addressing those issues.
 The task force shall consist of 27 members which  shall  include:    the
 commissioner  of  the division of housing and community renewal or their
 designee; the commissioner of labor or  their  designee;  the  executive
 director  of the Adirondack park agency or their designee; one represen-
 tative from each county which contains a part of  the  Adirondack  park,
 appointed  by  such  counties'  legislature or board of supervisors; the
 president of the Adirondack community housing trust or  their  designee;
 and  ten  other  members to be appointed by the governor as follows: two
 upon the recommendation of the temporary president of  the  senate;  two
 upon  the  recommendation  of  the speaker of the assembly; one upon the
 recommendation of the minority leader of the senate; one upon the recom-
 mendation of the minority leader  of  the  assembly;  and  four  without
 recommendation from any other person.
   2. Task force members shall receive no compensation for their services
 but  shall  be  reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in
 the performance of their duties, to the extent  funds  are  appropriated
 for such purpose. The commissioner of the division of housing and commu-
 nity  renewal,  or  their  designee,  and  the executive director of the
 Adirondack park agency, or their designee, shall serve as  joint  chairs
 of  the  task  force.  A majority of the members of the task force shall
 constitute a quorum for the transaction of business or the  exercise  of
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 any power or function of the task force. Any vacancies on the task force
 shall be filled in the manner provided for in the initial appointment.
   3.  The  task  force  shall  be authorized to hold public hearings and
 meetings, and to consult with any organization, educational institution,
 or government entity or person, to enable it to accomplish  its  duties.
 To  effectuate  the purposes of this act, the task force may request and
 shall receive from any department, division, board,  bureau,  commission
 or  other agency of the state or any state public authority such assist-
 ance, information and data as will enable the  task  force  to  properly
 carry out its powers and duties hereunder.
   4.  The task force shall undertake a review and assessment of afforda-
 ble housing within the Adirondack park, including, but not  limited  to:
 the  past, current and projected future availability of affordable hous-
 ing within the park; the factors causing or contributing to the lack  of
 affordable  housing  in  the  park;  and proposed legislative, policy or
 other measures that can be implemented to increase the  availability  of
 affordable housing in the park.
   5. The task force shall prepare and submit to the governor, the tempo-
 rary  president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the chair of
 the senate committee on housing, construction and community  development
 and the chair of the assembly committee on housing, on or before January
 1, 2029, a report containing:
   (a)  a  definition  of  what constitutes affordable housing within the
 Adirondack park;
   (b) the past, current and projected future availability of  affordable
 housing  within  each  county,  town,  village,  hamlet  and city in the
 Adirondack park;
   (c) the factors causing or contributing to a lack of affordable  hous-
 ing within the Adirondack park;
   (d)  recommendations for affordable housing targets for communities in
 the Adirondack park; and
   (e) recommendations for legislative, policy or other measures that can
 be implemented by state or local government to increase the availability
 of affordable housing in the Adirondack park and the achievement of  the
 affordable housing targets in paragraph (d) of this subdivision.
   §  3.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
 deemed repealed December 31, 2029.