Bill Text: NY S00512 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes a housing task force addressing affordable housing for millennials in suburban counties to provide a continuing forum to discuss concerns and issues related to the formulation of state policy designed to help address this issue.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT [S00512 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S00512-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           512

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                     January 4, 2023
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        Introduced  by  Sens.  THOMAS,  MANNION, MYRIE -- read twice and ordered
          printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing,
          Construction and Community Development

        AN ACT to establish a housing task force addressing  affordable  housing
          for millennials in suburban counties

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. A housing task force  to  address  affordable  housing  for
     2  millennials  in suburban counties is hereby established. The role of the
     3  task force includes, but is not limited to:
     4    (a) facilitating interagency planning and policy;
     5    (b) reviewing specific agency initiatives for affordable  housing  for
     6  millennials ages 25 to 35;
     7    (c)  providing  a  continuing  forum  to  discuss  concerns and issues
     8  related to the formulation of state policy designed to help address this
     9  issue;
    10    (d) developing linkages and partnerships with housing  developers  and
    11  other  appropriate entities to address the problem of lack of affordable
    12  housing for millennials; and
    13    (e) identifying existing state initiatives that would aid in providing
    14  millennials with resources to find affordable housing.
    15    § 2. On or before two years after the effective date of this act,  the
    16  task  force shall issue its findings, any legislative recommendations or
    17  proposed state policy changes it deems necessary to the governor, tempo-
    18  rary president of the senate, speaker of the assembly,  minority  leader
    19  of  the senate, and minority leader of the assembly.  The task force may
    20  also issue interim findings, legislative  recommendations,  or  proposed
    21  state policy changes it deems necessary at any time.
    22    §  3.  The  task  force shall consist of a total of twelve members and
    23  shall be appointed as follows: six members shall  be  appointed  by  the
    24  governor,  including  one  member recommended by the commissioner of the

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01657-01-3
        S. 512                              2

     1  division of housing and community renewal, one member recommended by the
     2  commissioner of the  department  of  economic  development,  one  member
     3  recommended  jointly  by the housing finance agency and the state of New
     4  York  mortgage  agency,  and  one member nominated by each of the county
     5  executives of Westchester, Nassau, and  Suffolk  counties;  two  members
     6  shall  be  appointed by the temporary president of the senate, including
     7  one member recommended by the chair of the senate housing,  construction
     8  and  community  development  committee; one member shall be appointed by
     9  the minority leader of the senate; two members shall be appointed by the
    10  speaker of the assembly, including one member recommended by  the  chair
    11  of  the assembly housing committee; and one member shall be appointed by
    12  the minority leader of the assembly.   All members  of  the  task  force
    13  shall  have  experience  in  or  represent  the following areas: housing
    14  providers and associations,  real  estate  providers  and  associations,
    15  mortgage providers and associations and millennial consumers.
    16    § 4. The members appointed upon the recommendation of the county exec-
    17  utives  of  Westchester, Nassau and Suffolk counties pursuant to section
    18  three of this act shall constitute a sub-task force to focus on afforda-
    19  ble housing for millennials in Westchester, Nassau and Suffolk counties.
    20  Such sub-task force may also include other members of the task force who
    21  may be appointed to serve on the sub-task force by  the  chairperson  of
    22  the task force at the chairperson's discretion.
    23    §  5.  One  of  the appointments by the governor shall serve as chair-
    24  person of the task force.
    25    § 6. The members of the task force shall  serve  without  compensation
    26  and  the  empire  state development corporation shall be responsible for
    27  any expenses incurred by the task force.
    28    § 7. All departments, divisions, bureaus,  commissions,  districts  or
    29  agencies  of  the  state or any political subdivisions thereof shall, at
    30  the request of the chairperson, provide the task force with such facili-
    31  ties, assistance and data as will enable the task force to carry out its
    32  powers and duties.
    33    § 8. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    34  have become a law.