Bill Text: NY S07190 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the approval process for projects of the Nassau county industrial development agency in the village of Hempstead; provides that the IDA adopt guidelines, approved by the governing body of the village with respect to approval of projects within Hempstead.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT [S07190 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-S07190-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ S. 7190 A. 8015 2021-2022 Regular Sessions SENATE - ASSEMBLY June 4, 2021 ___________ IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. THOMAS -- read twice and ordered print- ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. DARLING -- read once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to projects by the Nassau county industrial development agency in the village of Hempstead The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 922 of the general municipal law, 2 as added by chapter 493 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 2. Prior to the approval of any application for a payment in lieu of 5 taxes (hereinafter referred to in this section as "PILOT") agreement by 6 the agency for a project located in the village of Freeport or the 7 village of Hempstead, the chief executive officer of the affected 8 village shall be consulted. The agency shall also consult with the 9 village governing body prior to any PILOT agreement being approved by 10 the agency for a project located in the village of Freeport or the 11 village of Hempstead. In addition, the agency shall obtain an impact 12 analysis to determine the impact on the village of the project and the 13 planned PILOT agreement. The applicant for such PILOT agreement shall 14 bear the costs related to the required impact analysis. The agency and 15 the village governing body shall jointly select a qualified entity to 16 conduct the impact analysis. The membership of the agency, when review- 17 ing applications and approving PILOT agreements for projects located in 18 the village of Freeport [or the village of Hempstead], shall include at 19 least one member of such village's governing body and at least three at 20 large members drawn from a cross section of the village community. The 21 agency shall only approve PILOT agreements for projects located in the EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD09783-05-1S. 7190 2 A. 8015 1 village of Hempstead where the agency has adopted guidelines therefor 2 and such guidelines have been approved by the village of Hempstead's 3 governing body. 4 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.