Bill Text: NY S03601 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides that any municipality that is served by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and initiates a comprehensive zoning plan that is designed in relation to its proximity and accessibility to a transportation hub, where more than 4 subway/bus lines converge, shall conduct an environmental impact review to determine if such transportation systems can assimilate increased ridership.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS [S03601 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S03601-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3601 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 11, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions AN ACT to require an environmental impact review in certain instances The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contra- 2 ry, any municipality that is served by the Metropolitan Transportation 3 Authority and initiates a comprehensive zoning plan that is designed in 4 relation to its proximity and accessibility to a transportation hub 5 where more than 4 subway or bus lines converge shall conduct an environ- 6 mental impact review subject to the provisions of the state environ- 7 mental quality review act under article 8 of the environmental conserva- 8 tion law and its implementing regulations, to determine if such 9 transportation systems can assimilate increased ridership. 10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD03802-01-9
