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NY A04273

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/31/2025

Primary Sponsor

D. Billy Jones

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Origin

Assembly

2025-2026 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Requires municipalities to process up to 30 substantially similar broadband permit applications from a single applicant simultaneously on an expedited basis

  • Establishes "presumptively reasonable time" deadlines of 60 days for attaching facilities to existing structures or 90 days for new structures, after which permits are automatically deemed approved if no decision is made

  • Mandates municipalities notify applicants within 10 days if an application is materially incomplete, with specific identification of missing documents and relevant code provisions

  • Grants permits a one-year validity period after issuance, with options for extension by mutual agreement

  • Exempts cities with populations of one million or greater (New York City) from these requirements

Legislative Description

Establishes the "broadband deployment assistance act"; requires that substantially similar permits for broadband deployment be processed together at the same time and on an expedited basis; defines terms; authorizes municipalities to simultaneously process certain broadband permit applications that are substantially similar.

Last Action

enacting clause stricken

9/8/2025

Committee Referrals

Local Governments1/31/2025

Full Bill Text

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