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NY A00049
Bill
Status
1/8/2025
Primary Sponsor
Christopher Burdick
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AI Summary
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Requires counties, cities, towns, and villages to determine whether it is in the public interest to prepare comprehensive plans and updates that address housing needs, changing the current permissive "may prepare" language to a mandatory determination requirement
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Mandates that municipal legislative bodies determine whether to update comprehensive plans at least once every ten years to ensure housing needs are addressed
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Requires municipalities without a comprehensive plan to develop one by January 1, 2030, if determined to be in the public interest
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Municipalities with comprehensive plans developed more than ten years before the act's effective date must revise and update them to address housing needs by January 1, 2030
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All adopted comprehensive plans, amendments, and updates must be filed with appropriate clerk offices and county planning agencies
Legislative Description
Requires municipalities to determine whether it is in the public interest to create a comprehensive plan adapted to the special requirements of the municipality and to determine whether it is in the public interest to update such comprehensive plan at least once every ten years to ensure that such plan addresses housing needs.
Last Action
referred to local governments
1/7/2026