Bill Text: NY A09561 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs the board of standards and appeals and the city planning commission in the city of New York to mail a copy of each application for and appeal of a variance to the city council member, borough president and state legislators for the affected land.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-28 - print number 9561a [A09561 Detail]

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         9561
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    March 16, 2012
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       Introduced by M. of A. CUSICK -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Cities
       AN  ACT to amend the New York city charter, in relation to requiring the
         board of standards and appeals of the city of New York  to  provide  a
         copy  of  each  application  for  a  variance or special permit to the
         member of the state assembly and the state senator in whose  districts
         the land, to which the application relates, is located
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Paragraph 1 of subdivision a, and subdivisions b and  c  of
    2  section  668  of the New York city charter, paragraph 1 of subdivision a
    3  and subdivision b as amended by local law number 102 of the city of  New
    4  York  for  the  year 1977, and subdivision c as amended by a vote of the
    5  people of the city of New York at the general election held in  November
    6  1989, are amended to read as follows:
    7    1. Each proposal or application shall be filed with the board of stan-
    8  dards  and  appeals,  which shall forward a copy within five days to the
    9  community board for each community district in which the land  involved,
   10  or  any  part  thereof,  is  located,  and  to  the borough board if the
   11  proposal or application involves land located in two or  more  districts
   12  in  a  borough;  AND  SHALL DELIVER, WITHIN FIVE DAYS, A COPY THEREOF TO
   13  EACH MEMBER OF THE STATE  ASSEMBLY  AND  EACH  STATE  SENATOR  IN  WHOSE
   14  DISTRICT  THE  LAND INVOLVED IS LOCATED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE EIGHT OF THE
   15  STATE LAW.
   16    b. The recommendation of a community board or borough  board  pursuant
   17  to subdivision a of this section shall be filed with the board of stand-
   18  ards  and  appeals and [a copy] COPIES sent to the city planning commis-
   19  sion, AND TO EACH MEMBER OF THE STATE ASSEMBLY AND EACH STATE SENATOR IN
   20  WHOSE DISTRICT THE LAND INVOLVED IS LOCATED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE EIGHT OF
   21  THE STATE LAW. The board of standards and appeals shall conduct a public
   22  hearing and act on the proposed application.   A decision of  the  board
   23  shall  indicate  whether each of the specific requirements of the zoning
   24  resolution for the granting of variances has been met and shall  include
   25  findings of fact with regard to each such requirement.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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       A. 9561                             2
    1    c.  Copies  of  a  decision  of the board of standards and appeals and
    2  copies of any recommendation of the affected community board or  borough
    3  board  shall  be  filed with the city planning commission. Copies of the
    4  decision shall also be filed with  the  affected  community  or  borough
    5  boards.    IN  ADDITION,  COPIES  OF  THE DECISION SHALL BE SENT TO EACH
    6  MEMBER OF THE STATE ASSEMBLY AND EACH STATE SENATOR  IN  WHOSE  DISTRICT
    7  THE LAND INVOLVED IS LOCATED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE EIGHT OF THE STATE LAW.
    8    S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
    9  have become a law, and shall apply to proposals and  applications  filed
   10  with the board of standards and appeals on or after such date.