Bill Text: NY S08896 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes the local initiatives task force on housing, in order to collaborate with local government officials, state agencies, and stakeholders to develop best practices for local governments to incentivize housing development.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-03-25 - REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT [S08896 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S08896-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8896

                    IN SENATE

                                     March 25, 2024
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        Introduced  by  Sen. MARTINS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction  and
          Community Development

        AN  ACT  establishing  the  local initiatives task force on housing; and
          providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof

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

     1    Section  1.  There  is  hereby  established the local initiatives task
     2  force on housing. The purpose of such task force shall be to collaborate
     3  with local government officials, state  agencies,  and  stakeholders  to
     4  develop  best  practices  for  local  governments to incentivize housing
     5  development.
     6    § 2. The task force shall consist of sixteen members, to be  appointed
     7  as follows:
     8    (a)  the  commissioner of the division of homes and community renewal,
     9  or such commissioner's designee;
    10    (b) one member to be appointed by the governor;
    11    (c) one member to be appointed by the speaker of the assembly;
    12    (d) one member to be appointed by the minority leader of the assembly;
    13    (e) one member to be appointed  by  the  temporary  president  of  the
    14  senate;
    15    (f) one member to be appointed by the minority leader of the senate;
    16    (g)  two members to be appointed by the largest advocacy group repres-
    17  enting mayors in New York;
    18    (h) two members to be appointed by the largest advocacy group  repres-
    19  enting county governments in New York;
    20    (i)  two  members  to  be  appointed  by the largest trade association
    21  representing homebuilders in New York;
    22    (j) two members to be appointed by the largest trade labor association
    23  representing building and construction workers; and
    24    (k) two members to be  appointed  by  the  largest  trade  association
    25  representing real estate developers.
    26    §  3. The task force shall be chaired by the commissioner of the divi-
    27  sion of homes and community renewal  or  such  commissioner's  designee.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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        S. 8896                             2

     1  Members  of  the  task  force  shall  receive  no compensation for their
     2  services but shall be reimbursed for their actual expenses  incurred  in
     3  the performance of their duties in the work of the task force.
     4    §  4.  The  task force shall be authorized to hold public hearings and
     5  consult with any organization, educational institution, or other govern-
     6  ment entity or person as will enable the task force  to  properly  carry
     7  out  its  powers  and  duties pursuant to this act. The task force shall
     8  hold at least one public hearing in the state for the purpose of  solic-
     9  iting public comment on housing development.
    10    § 5. The task force may request and shall receive from any department,
    11  division, board, bureau, commission, or other agency of the state or any
    12  state  public authority such assistance, information, and data as neces-
    13  sary to enable the task force to  properly  carry  out  its  powers  and
    14  duties pursuant to this act.
    15    §  6.  The task force shall study and develop best practices for local
    16  governments within the state to incentivize housing development, includ-
    17  ing but not limited to:
    18    (a) studying the effectiveness of tax incentives for housing;
    19    (b) developing properties designed for homeowners whose income is less
    20  than 125% of the area median income; and
    21    (c) analyzing state and local regulatory reform.
    22    § 7. The task force shall issue a report of its findings and  legisla-
    23  tive  recommendations  to the governor, the speaker of the assembly, the
    24  minority leader of the assembly, the temporary president of the  senate,
    25  the minority leader of the senate, the largest advocacy group represent-
    26  ing  county  governments  in  New  York,  and the largest advocacy group
    27  representing mayors in New York no later than one year after the  effec-
    28  tive date of this act.
    29    §  8.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
    30  deemed repealed two years after it shall have become a law.