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NY S03545
Bill
Status
1/28/2025
Primary Sponsor
George Borrello
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AI Summary
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Exempts housing development projects of 20 or more units from State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) requirements by classifying them as actions not subject to environmental review
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Makes all time periods for environmental reviews mandatory with no extensions allowed unless the applicant or project sponsor agrees to an extension
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Preserves municipal authority to conduct their own environmental reviews of housing development projects using Department of Environmental Conservation rules and to deny permits based on those reviews
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Corrects a typographical error in existing law, changing "exsiting" to "existing"
Legislative Description
Relates to environmental quality reviews of housing development projects that propose to build twenty or more units; provides that municipalities shall not be prohibited from performing their own environmental reviews.
Last Action
REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
1/7/2026