What's happening
This bill designates residential construction of up to three stories as an essential business during the COVID-19 state disaster emergency.
Why it matters
Expands the definition of "essential business". to specifically include residential construction up to three stories, ensuring that such projects can continue even during strict COVID-19 emergency shutdowns.
Removes distinctions between affordable and non-affordable housing projects. , allowing all qualifying residential construction (regardless of affordability status) to proceed, which could impact the pace and supply of new housing.
May support economic activity and jobs in the construction sector. during the emergency period, potentially helping workers and related industries facing pandemic-related disruptions.
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Keep Home Building Open
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- Print number 10934a
- Amend and recommit to housing
- Referred to housing
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Make Home Building Essential
In Senate Committee · Rules · Sponsor Todd Kaminsky
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STATE OF NEW YORK
10934--A
IN ASSEMBLY
August 17, 2020
Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Cusick, Buttenschon, Englebright, Stern, Schmitt, Kolb, McDonough, Woerner, Fahy, McDonald, Schimminger, Thiele, Montesano, Norris) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Housing -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT in relation to defining residential construction as an essential business
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rule or regulation during the period of the COVID-19 state disaster emergency as declared pursuant to executive order 202 of 2020, and extensions thereof, and article 2-B of the executive law, essential business, as provided for in executive order 202.6, shall include residential construction not in excess of three stories, notwithstanding whether such construction is defined as affordable.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD16718-03-0
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