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NY A00484
Bill
Status
1/8/2025
Primary Sponsor
Amy Paulin
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AI Summary
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Establishes specific criteria for declaring property "blighted" under eminent domain law, including buildings unfit for human habitation, abandoned properties with 2+ years of tax delinquency, environmentally contaminated sites, and properties declared public nuisances
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Requires property owners to receive violation notices and fail to remedy conditions within specified timeframes (typically 6 months) before property can be declared blighted for eminent domain purposes
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Prohibits declaring property blighted if conditions were caused by the developer or condemner, or if blight resulted from a municipality's failure to provide utilities and infrastructure
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Requires a majority of individual parcels representing a majority of the geographic area to be blighted before an entire project area can be designated as blighted for acquisition
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Removes terms "slum," "deteriorated," and "deteriorating" from definitions of substandard or insanitary areas in the Urban Development Corporation Act and General Municipal Law, replacing them with the new standardized "blighted" definition
Legislative Description
Relates to designating blighted property and blighted areas; establishes criteria for designation; provides definition of blighted property and blighted areas; amends definition of substandard or insanitary area by removing the words "slum" and "deteriorated or deteriorating".
Last Action
referred to judiciary
1/7/2026