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NY A09420
Bill
Status
12/19/2025
Primary Sponsor
Michaelle Solages
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AI Summary
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Standardizes public hearing notice requirements to "ten days' notice" for municipal acquisition of real property for open space preservation, historic preservation, and urban renewal purposes, replacing the vague "due notice" language in current law
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Applies to counties, cities, towns, and villages acquiring property interests through purchase, gift, grant, bequest, devise, or lease for open space, historical/cultural property, or urban renewal programs
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Updates notice requirements for planning commission hearings on urban renewal plans and early property acquisition proposals to the specific ten-day standard
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Makes technical amendments to the general municipal law, including correcting typographical errors and updating gendered language ("he" to "such commissioner")
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Reorganizes subdivision numbering in sections 506 and 555 relating to urban renewal property acquisition and tax exemption provisions
Legislative Description
Provides that the acquisition of interests or rights in real property for the preservation of open spaces and areas shall constitute a public purpose for which public funds may be expended or advanced.
Last Action
referred to local governments
1/7/2026