What's happening
This bill requires local planning boards to hold public hearings on proposed homeless projects and updates related city codes.
Why it matters
Mandates earlier community notification and input. By requiring applicants for homeless project funding to notify local planning boards within 30 days, the bill ensures communities are informed sooner and have a formal opportunity to review and respond to proposed projects.
Guarantees a public hearing for homeless projects. The local planning board must schedule a public hearing upon receiving project information, giving residents and stakeholders a structured forum to express concerns, provide feedback, or support, potentially influencing project outcomes.
Integrates homeless projects into broader planning oversight. The bill amends city codes so that proposed homeless projects are explicitly included in the types of housing and urban renewal plans subject to local review, creating a more consistent and transparent process.
Increases regulatory compliance for new shelters. By clarifying that new shelters must comply with updated statutes and codes, including the new public hearing requirements, the bill may slow down the approval process but also offers more checks and balances, potentially improving project quality and community acceptance.
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- Referred to social services
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STATE OF NEW YORK
638
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 9, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. M. G. MILLER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Social Services
AN ACT to amend the social services law, the New York city charter and the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to local planning board review of proposed homeless projects and public hearings thereon
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 11 of section 43 of the social services law, as amended by chapter 458 of the laws of 1986, is amended to read as follows:
11. The municipality, not-for-profit corporation or subsidiary thereof, public corporation or charitable organization or subsidiary thereof seeking financial assistance pursuant to this article shall, within thirty days of its application for such assistance, notify the local planning board, as defined by section twenty-seven of the general city law, section two hundred seventy-one of the town law, section 7-718 of the village law, or section [eighty-four] eighty-five of the charter of the city of New York, appropriate for the geographic area in which the proposed homeless project would be located, and shall provide such board with information regarding the proposed homeless project. Upon receipt of such information regarding the proposed homeless project, the local planning board shall promptly fix a date for the commencement of a public hearing thereon, pursuant to section twenty-seven-a of the general city law, section two hundred seventy-four-a of the town law, section 7-725-a of the village law, or section eighty-five of the New York city charter.
§ 2. Paragraph 8 of subdivision a of section 197-c of the New York city charter, as amended by the general election of the city of New York for the year 1989, is amended to read as follows:
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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(8) Housing and urban renewal plans and projects, including proposed homeless projects as such term is defined in subdivision one of section forty-two of the social services law, pursuant to city, state and federal housing laws;
§ 3. Subdivision b of section 21-315 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by local law number 19 of the city of New York for the year 1999, is amended to read as follows:
b. Each new shelter which replaces a shelter listed in subdivision a of this section shall comply with applicable statutes, laws, rules and regulations, including, but not limited to, [section] sections 85 and 197-c of the New York city charter and subdivision 11 of section 43 of the social services law.
§ 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
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