Bill Text: NY A01177 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Authorizes certain owners of residential real property in the city of New York to opt out of planned city tree planting.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-09-27 - enacting clause stricken [A01177 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A01177-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         1177--A
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 11, 2017
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SIMANOWITZ  -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Cities -- committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
        AN  ACT to amend the general city law, in relation to authorizing owners
          of certain residential real property, in the city of New York, to  opt
          out of tree planting conducted by such city on adjacent city property
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The general city law is amended by  adding  a  new  section
     2  28-b to read as follows:
     3    §  28-b. Limitation on planned municipal tree planting on city proper-
     4  ty; city of New York.  Any owner of residential real property,  that  is
     5  in  whole or in part owner occupied and used exclusively for residential
     6  purposes, any cooperative corporation of a residential cooperative  that
     7  is  used exclusively for residential purposes, and any board of managers
     8  of a condominium that is used exclusively for residential  purposes  may
     9  elect  to  opt-out  of  a  plan  to  plant a tree or trees pursuant to a
    10  systematic street tree planting program adopted by the city of New  York
    11  on property owned by such city that is between the sidewalk and the curb
    12  of  the  roadway, adjacent to the property line of such residential real
    13  property. Such city shall provide notice to such property owners,  coop-
    14  erative  corporation or board of managers of a planned tree planting and
    15  shall grant the property owners, cooperative  corporation  or  board  of
    16  managers  thirty days within which to notify the city of their desire to
    17  opt-out of the planned tree planting.
    18    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
    19  it shall have become a law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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