NY Pub Auth L § 1731 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities Title 6 - The New York City School Construction Authority Act 1731 - Community Participation.

§  1731.  Community  participation.  1. Prior to the commencing of new   construction or building additions of an educational  facility,  or  the   acquisition  of  real property or any interest therein for such purpose,   the authority shall file a copy of the site plan of such facility in its   offices and shall provide a copy thereof to the  city  board,  the  city   planning  commission and the community school district education council   and the community board of the district in which the  facility  will  be   located.  Such  plan  shall include data on projected student population   for the community school district or districts and the  community  board   or  boards affected, the source of that data and the reason the proposed   action is necessary and how such plan factors and accounts  for  student   population   projections.  Upon  request,  any  other  person  shall  be   furnished with such plan or  a  summary  thereof.  The  authority  shall   publish  in  a  newspaper of general circulation in the city a notice of   the filing of such plan and the availability of the plan and  a  summary   thereof.  Such  plan shall include, in the case of any project for which   the acquisition of real property or interest therein  is  proposed,  the   recommended  site,  any alternate sites considered, and any rationale as   to why the alternate sites were not selected.2. Within thirty days after publication of the notice  required  under   subdivision one of this section, a public hearing with sufficient public   notice  shall  be  held  by  each  affected  community  school  district   education council on any or all aspects of the site  plan  and  by  each   affected community board on aspects of the site plan which relate to the   general  public use of the educational facility and to its impact on the   surrounding community, including but not limited to  the  responsiveness   of  the  site  plan  to  projected  changes in student population in the   affected community board  or  boards  and  how  such  plan  factors  and   accounts  for  student  population  projections.  The affected board may   request the attendance of representatives of the authority or  the  city   board at a hearing and the authority or the city board shall comply with   such  requests.  If  the  proposed  project  affects  two or more school   districts or community boards, then a hearing may be held jointly by the   affected community school district education council and/or the affected   community boards.  Any  affected  community  school  district  education   council, together with any affected community board, may at their mutual   discretion, elect to conduct a hearing jointly.3.  Within  forty-five  days  after  publication  of such notice, each   affected community school district education council or community  board   shall  prepare and submit to the authority, written comments on the site   plan. Any other organization or person shall also have  the  opportunity   to present written comments on the plan during this period. Each comment   received by the authority on such plan at any time prior to action being   taken  by the authority on the plan shall be considered by the authority   in connection with such action.4. After due consideration of such comments, if any, the authority may   affirm, modify or withdraw the plan.5. Nothing herein shall preclude the authority from  holding  hearings   on  the site plan, provided, however, that any such hearings on the site   plan shall be conducted within the period specified in subdivision three   of this section.