Bill Text: NY A00603 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires notice to members of the legislature and certain local officials relating to certain construction and other projects affecting such members' and officials' districts.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2023-02-15 - substituted by s1338 [A00603 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A00603-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           603

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     January 9, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BRAUNSTEIN  -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Cities

        AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the  city  of  New  York,  in
          relation to requiring notice to members of the legislature and certain
          local  officials  relating  to certain construction and other projects
          affecting such members' and officials' districts; and to amend a chap-
          ter of the laws of 2022 amending the administrative code of  the  city
          of  New  York  and  the  public  authorities law relating to requiring
          notice to members of  the  legislature  and  certain  local  officials
          relating  to  certain  construction  and other projects affecting such
          members' and officials' districts, as proposed  in  legislative  bills
          numbers S. 4013-A and A. 355-A, in relation to the effectiveness ther-
          eof

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 19-159.6 of the administrative code of the city  of
     2  New  York, as added by a chapter of the laws of 2022 amending the admin-
     3  istrative code of the city of New York and the  public  authorities  law
     4  relating  to  requiring notice to members of the legislature and certain
     5  local officials relating to  certain  construction  and  other  projects
     6  affecting  such members' and officials' districts, as proposed in legis-
     7  lative bills numbers S. 4013-A and A.  355-A,  is  amended  to  read  as
     8  follows:
     9    § 19-159.6 Notice  requirement  for  public  utility  companies.  a. A
    10  public utility company, as defined in section two of the public  service
    11  law,  issued a permit valid for more than seven days by the commissioner
    12  pursuant to this subchapter to  provide  impactful  work  shall  provide
    13  notice  of  such  work  to  the  affected borough president, the council
    14  member or members of the affected council  district  or  districts,  the
    15  senator  or  senators  of the affected senate district or districts, the
    16  member or members of assembly  of  the  affected  assembly  district  or

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03964-01-3
        A. 603                              2

     1  districts  and  the district managers of the affected community board or
     2  boards. For purposes of this section, impactful  work  is  planned  work
     3  that  shall  at a minimum include street or lane closures; parking space
     4  closures for twenty-four hours or more; rerouting of traffic; closure of
     5  or  rerouting  of traffic near entrances or exits to bridges or tunnels;
     6  relocation of bus stops or public bicycle  sharing  stations;  and  work
     7  between 8pm and 8am that includes noise, vibrations or bright lighting.
     8    b. Such notice shall include the following information:
     9    1. The name and contact information of the [permittee] public utility;
    10    2. The anticipated start and end dates of the work; and
    11    3. The location, nature and extent of the work to be performed[; and
    12    4. The permit type].
    13    § 2. Section 15 of a chapter of the laws of 2022 amending the adminis-
    14  trative  code  of  the  city  of New York and the public authorities law
    15  relating to requiring notice to members of the legislature  and  certain
    16  local  officials  relating  to  certain  construction and other projects
    17  affecting such members' and officials' districts, as proposed in  legis-
    18  lative  bills  numbers  S.  4013-A  and  A. 355-A, is amended to read as
    19  follows:
    20    § 15. This act shall take effect  [immediately]  on  the  one  hundred
    21  eightieth day after it shall have become a law.
    22    §  3.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
    23  the amendments to section 19-159.6 of the  administrative  code  of  the
    24  city  of  New York, made by section one of this act shall take effect on
    25  the same date and in the same manner as a chapter of the  laws  of  2022
    26  amending  the administrative code of the city of New York and the public
    27  authorities law relating to requiring notice to members of the  legisla-
    28  ture  and  certain  local officials relating to certain construction and
    29  other projects affecting such  members'  and  officials'  districts,  as
    30  proposed  in  legislative  bills  numbers  S. 4013-A and A. 355-A, takes
    31  effect.