This bill creates a new program within the New York State Urban Development Corporation to provide funding for housing designed for people with mental and developmental disabilities. It authorizes the corporation to use up to $25 million from its community development financial institutions fund to support community development financial institutions that help build supportive and supervised living facilities. The program requires the corporation to work with state mental health and disability offices to create rules for how the money will be distributed. The changes will take effect 180 days after the bill becomes law, allowing time for necessary regulations to be prepared.
This bill expands liability for construction project owners and contractors by making them jointly responsible for unpaid wages owed to employees of subcontractors at any level. It requires owners and contractors to pay debts resulting from wage theft claims made against subcontractors, while allowing them to seek reimbursement from the subcontractor afterward. The law establishes specific procedures including a 10-day notice period before legal action, limits claims to three years prior to filing, and clarifies that these obligations cannot be waived by individual employees or subcontractors except through collective bargaining agreements. The bill applies to most construction contracts but excludes certain residential home improvement projects and small residential developments.
Creates an office to residential conversion tax credit which shall be administered by the empire state development corporation; creates a historic preservation rehabilitation office to residential conversion tax credit which shall be administered by the state historic preservation office.
Establishes the rural housing workforce corps to address rural housing shortages by expanding construction capacity, training a local workforce, and supporting the development of modest, year round housing units in rural New York state.
Creates an office to residential conversion tax credit which shall be administered by the empire state development corporation; creates a historic preservation rehabilitation office to residential conversion tax credit which shall be administered by the state historic preservation office.
Removes provisions of law where a tax district has sold or conveyed a tax-foreclosed property to a land bank, a housing development agency or another public entity and the sale or conveyance was not the result or a public sale.
Directs empire state development, in conjunction with the office of general services, to create a plan to develop mixed-use commercial and residential property on a certain portion of the Harriman campus; directs such plan to be completed and made available for public comment no later than 180 days after the effective date; directs empire state development, in conjunction with the office of general services, to create a master plan for the redesign of the Harriman campus; directs that such plan be completed and made available for public comment no later than one year after the effective date.
Provides that a plan may not be declared effective for conversion to cooperative or condominium ownership until written purchase agreements have been executed and delivered for at least twenty-five percent of all dwelling units in the building or group of buildings and written consent has been obtained from the bona fide tenants who were in occupancy of fifty-one percent of the dwelling units in the building or group of buildings or development on the date a letter was issued by the attorney general accepting the plan for filing.
Suffolk County would be authorized to sell a specific parkland parcel (about 0.23 acres) in Smithtown to Russel and Deana Galindo for residential development. In exchange, the county must dedicate a different parcel (about 0.24 acres) as new parkland, ensuring the replacement land's fair market value matches the sold property. If the replacement land is less valuable, the county must acquire additional parkland or fund improvements to offset the difference. This bill directly affects Suffolk County's land management and the Galindos' residential plans.
This bill authorizes the town of Niagara to sell a specific 0.15-acre park parcel (described in the bill) to Rajendra Sharma for residential development, ending its use as public parkland. The town must dedicate funds equal to the land's fair market value toward acquiring new parkland or improving existing recreational facilities. It includes a federal funding clause requiring compliance with federal requirements if the parkland received federal support. The bill does not change parkland access for residents but transfers a small, specific parcel to private ownership under these conditions.
