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NY Gen Mun L § 693 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 16 - Urban Development Action Area Act 693 - Area Designation.

§  693.  Area  designation.  An urban development action area shall by   resolution be designated by the governing body,  or  by  the  commission   where  so authorized to act by the governing body, on its own initiative   or upon recommendation of the agency, provided at least sixty percent of   such area is  an  eligible  area.  Any  such  designation  shall  be  in   conformance  with the standards and procedures required for all land use   determinations pursuant to general, special or  local  law  or  charter.   Provided,  however,  that  if  a  proposed urban development action area   project is to be developed on an eligible area and  consists  solely  of   the  rehabilitation  or  conservation  of  existing  private or multiple   dwellings or the construction of one to four unit  dwellings  or,  until   June   thirtieth,   two  thousand  twenty-four,  for  up  to  six  urban   development action area projects in any calendar year, the  construction   of  up  to  ninety dwelling units financed by the federal government and   restricted to occupancy by the elderly or by persons  with  disabilities   without  any change in land use permitted by local zoning, the governing   body, or the commission where so authorized  to  act  by  the  governing   body, may waive the area designation requirement.
NY Gen Mun L § 696 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 16 - Urban Development Action Area Act 696 - Tax Incentives.

§  696.  Tax incentives. Upon the consent of the governing body of any   municipality in which an urban development action area project is or  is   to be located, the real property of a project may be exempted from local   and  municipal  taxes, other than assessments for local improvements and   land value, to the extent of all or part of the value of the improvement   included in such project, for a period of twenty years  from  the  first   date  on  which  taxes  otherwise would become due in the absence of the   exemption, during the last ten years of which  the  exemption  shall  be   decreased  in equal annual or biennial decrements according to a formula   established by the governing body at the time it gives  its  consent  to   the  tax exemption, pursuant to this section. If the project consists of   new construction, the land value for purposes of determining  exemptions   permitted  by this section shall be the lesser of the assessed valuation   immediately prior  to  commencement  of  construction  or  the  assessed   valuation of the land appearing on the assessment roll in the first year   after  completion  of  construction.  Such  exemption  may  only be made   available where the urban development action area project  includes  the   construction  of  a  new  structure or the renovation, rehabilitation or   conversion of an existing structure where the cost of  such  renovation,   rehabilitation  or construction is at least equal to one hundred percent   of the assessed value of such structure as determined in  the  tax  year   immediately  preceding  the  governing  body's grant of tax exemption to   such project. Any lease of real property and appurtenances thereto for a   period  not  exceeding  twenty  years  shall  require  payments  to  the   municipality  in  lieu  of  taxes.  Such  additional  payments  shall be   required to be in equal annual or biennial escalating amounts  over  the   life  of  any  lease  for  a  period not exceeding twenty years so as to   ensure that payments in lieu of taxes made during the final year of such   lease shall be equal to all local and municipal taxes. All  renewals  of   any  lease  shall include provision for payment of rental and in lieu of   tax payments greater than or equal to those required  during  the  final   year of the original lease. Any lease of real property and appurtenances   thereto  for  a  period  in  excess  of  twenty  years but not exceeding   ninety-nine years shall require payments in lieu of taxes. Such payments   shall commence in the tenth year of such lease  and  increase  in  equal   annual  or  biennial  amounts  until  the  twentieth  year  so that such   payments commencing in the twenty-first year and  continuing  until  the   conclusion of the lease shall be equal to all local and municipal taxes.
NY Gen Mun L § 696-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 16 - Urban Development Action Area Act 696-B - Condemnation.

§  696-b.  Condemnation. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of   any general, special or local law, a municipality shall be authorized to   exercise its power of eminent domain  pursuant  to  the  eminent  domain   procedure  law  for  the  purpose  of condemning any interest of a third   party in real property which may continue subsequent to the  vesting  of   title  of real property in the municipality pursuant to a foreclosure of   a tax lien, whether or not title to such real property remains with  the   municipality  at  the time of the commencement of any proceeding brought   pursuant to such law.
NY Gen Mun L § 696-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 16 - Urban Development Action Area Act 696-C - Site Preparation.

§  696-c.  Site  preparation.  A  municipality  shall be authorized to   undertake  site  preparation  for  each  eligible  area  prior  to   its   disposition.  Such site preparation may include, but need not be limited   to, demolition, site clearance and the  curing  of  problems  caused  by   abnormal site conditions.
NY Gen Mun L § 696-D (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 16 - Urban Development Action Area Act 696-D - Neighborhood Improvement Projects.

§ 696-d. Neighborhood improvement projects. 1. As used in this section   the   term   "neighborhood   improvement   project"   shall   mean   any   non-residential use permitted by local zoning.2. Notwithstanding the provisions of any  general,  special  or  local   law,  the agency in a city having a population of one million or more is   hereby authorized to make or contract  to  make  mortgage  loans  or  to   participate  with another lender in the making of mortgage loans for the   development of any neighborhood improvement  project  that  such  agency   determines  to  be  an  improvement  associated with the construction or   rehabilitation of private or multiple dwellings. Real property  assisted   with  a  loan pursuant to this section shall be located: (i) in an urban   development action area; (ii)  in  proximity  to  an  urban  development   action  area;  or (iii) in proximity to an urban development action area   project for which the area designation requirement was  waived  pursuant   to section six hundred ninety-three of this article.3. Any loan made in accordance with this section shall be secured by a   note  and  mortgage  upon  the property improved. Such note and mortgage   shall specify the term and manner of repayment of  such  loan,  and  may   authorize  the  owner,  with  the  consent of such agency, to prepay the   principal of the loan subject to such terms and  conditions  as  therein   provided.  Such  note  and  mortgage  may  contain  such other terms and   conditions not inconsistent with the provisions of this article as  such   agency  may deem necessary or desirable to carrying out the purposes and   provisions of this article, including, but not  limited  to:  provisions   concerning the repayment of the loan, the interest, if any, thereon, and   other charges in connection therewith.4. After June thirtieth, two thousand twelve, authorization to make or   contract to make loans or to participate in the making of loans pursuant   to  the  provisions  of  this  section  and  subdivision  forty-one-d of   paragraph a  of  section  11.00  of  the  local  finance  law  shall  be   restricted  to  loans  made  only  within  targeted commercial corridors   designated by the agency prior to June thirtieth, two thousand ten.
NY Gen Mun L § 697 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 16 - Urban Development Action Area Act 697 - Application of Article.

§ 697. Application of article. The provisions of this article shall be   applicable  in  any  municipality wherein the local legislative body has   adopted a resolution providing therefor, provided however, that  at  any   time  subsequent  to  the  adoption  of  such  a  resolution  the  local   legislative body may adopt  a  further  resolution  providing  that  the   provisions  of  this  article  will  no  longer  be  applicable  in  the   municipality and thereafter this article shall cease to be of  force  or   effect  therein.  Upon  adoption  of  a  resolution  providing  for  the   application of this article in any municipality by the local legislative   body, a copy of such resolution shall be filed within thirty  days  with   the commissioner of the state division of housing and community renewal.   The   commissioner  shall  prescribe  rules  and  regulations  requiring   subsequently  timely  notice  of  all  area  designations  and  approved   projects  therein.  Rules and regulations prescribed by the commissioner   shall be limited exclusively  to  procedures,  content  and  format  for   timely  notification.  The  commissioner  shall  thereupon report to the   legislature annually, commencing on January one, nineteen hundred eighty   concerning all municipal applications of the provisions of this article.   For purposes of this section the term "local legislative  body"  in  any   city  having a population of one million or more means a city council of   any such city.
NY Gen Mun L § 698 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 16 - Urban Development Action Area Act 698 - Severability.

§  698.  Severability.  If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section or   part  of  this  act  shall  be  adjudged  by  any  court  of   competent   jurisdiction  to be invalid or unconstitutional, such judgment shall not   affect, impair  or  invalidate  the  remainder  thereof,  but  shall  be   confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, section or   part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment   shall have been rendered.
NY Gen Mun L § 699 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 16-A - Long Island Workforce Housing Act 699 - Short Title.

§ 699. Short  title.  This  article shall be known and may be cited as   the "Long Island workforce housing act".
NY Gen Mun L § 699-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 16-A - Long Island Workforce Housing Act 699-A - Definitions.

§ 699-a. Definitions. As used in this article:1.  "Affordable  workforce  housing" means housing for individuals and   families at or below one hundred thirty percent of the median income for   the Nassau-Suffolk primary metropolitan statistical area as  defined  by   the  federal  Department  of  Housing  and  Urban  Development.  For the   purposes of this article, the affordable workforce housing  units  shall   be of consistent design to those of the rest of the development.2.  "Density  bonus"  means a density increase of at least ten percent   over the otherwise maximum allowable residential density or  floor  area   ratio  if  part  of  a mixed-use development under the applicable zoning   ordinance and comprehensive plan as of the date of  the  application  by   the   applicant  to  the  local  government.  All  density  calculations   resulting in fractional units shall be rounded up to the  nearest  whole   number.  The  granting  of  a density bonus shall not require, in and of   itself,  a  comprehensive  plan  amendment,  zoning  change   or   other   discretionary local approval. The density bonus shall not be included as   part  of the calculation which determines the number of affordable units   that constitute ten percent of the total.3. "Local government", for the purposes of  this  article,  means  any   village,  city  or  town  within  the county of Nassau or Suffolk acting   pursuant to the provisions of this article.
NY Gen Mun L § 699-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 16-A - Long Island Workforce Housing Act 699-C - Mortgage Counseling for the Long Island Workforce Housing Program.

§  699-c.  Mortgage  counseling  for the Long Island workforce housing   program.  Persons  purchasing  affordable  workforce   housing   created   pursuant to this article, or who receive downpayment assistance pursuant   to this article, must attend homebuyer education and mortgage counseling   provided free of charge through the Long Island Housing Partnership.
NY Gen Mun L § 700 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 17 - Municipal Annexation Law 700 - Short Title.

§  700.  Short  title.   This article shall be known as the "municipal   annexation law."
NY Gen Mun L § 701 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 17 - Municipal Annexation Law 701 - Definitions.

§ 701. Definitions.  As used in this article the following terms shall   mean or include:1.  "Annexation."  An  alteration of the boundaries of a county, city,   town or village which has the effect of adding  territory  to  it.  Such   term  shall  not  include the creation or dissolution of a county, city,   town or village, or the consolidation of two or more  counties,  two  or   more cities, two or more towns or two or more villages, respectively, or   the  diminution  of the area of a village pursuant to section 18-1804 of   the village law.2. "Governing board." The board of  supervisors,  board  of  aldermen,   common  council,  council,  commission, town board, board of trustees or   other elective board or body of a  local  government  now  or  hereafter   vested  by  state  statute,  charter  or  other law with jurisdiction to   initiate and enact  ordinances  or  local  laws,  whether  or  not  such   ordinances  or  local laws require the approval of any other official or   body to become effective.3. "Local government." A city, a town, a  village,  or  a  county  not   wholly  included  within  a city where a boundary of the county would be   affected by a proposed annexation of territory.
NY Gen Mun L § 702 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 17 - Municipal Annexation Law 702 - Legislative Intent.

§  702. Legislative intent.  It is the intention of the legislature by   the enactment of this article to  provide  a  municipal  annexation  law   pursuant  to  the provisions of the bill of rights for local governments   in subdivision (d) of section one of article nine of  the  constitution,   which  provisions  specify  basic  prerequisites  to  the  annexation of   territory from one local government to another including (1) the consent   of the people, if any, of a territory proposed to be annexed and (2) the   consent of the governing board of each local  government,  the  area  of   which  is  affected,  upon  the  basis  of  its  determination  that the   annexation is in the over-all  public  interest,  and  which  provisions   require  the  legislature  to provide, where such consent of a governing   board is not granted, for adjudication and determination, on the law and   the facts, in a proceeding initiated in the supreme court, of the  issue   of whether the annexation is in the over-all public interest.
NY Gen Mun L § 703 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 17 - Municipal Annexation Law 703 - Petition by Residents or Property Owners to Initiate Annexation of Territory.

§ 703. Petition by residents or property owners to initiate annexation   of  territory.  1.  Territory in one or more local governments adjoining   one or more other  local  governments  may  be  annexed  to  the  latter   pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  this  article.    A petition for such   annexation, describing the territory, stating the approximate number  of   inhabitants thereof, and signed (1) by at least twenty per centum of the   persons  residing therein, if any, qualified to vote for officers of the   city or town in which such territory is situated or, if  such  territory   is  situated  in  a village, for officers of such village, or (2) by the   owners of a majority in assessed valuation of the real property in  such   territory  assessed  upon  the  last  preceding  assessment  roll of, or   utilized by,  the  local  government  or  governments  in  which  it  is   situated,  may  be  presented  to  the  governing board or boards of the   affected local government or governments  in  which  such  territory  is   situated  and  a certified copy or copies thereof to the governing board   or boards of the local government or governments to which it is proposed   to annex such territory.2. The petition must also be authenticated as to  all  the  signatures   upon  each  separate  sheet  by appending at the bottom of such sheet an   affidavit of a witness as to the subscription thereof, substantially  as   follows:    State of New York       ))  ss.:   County of               )    ..........  (name  of  witness)  being  duly  sworn,  says:  I reside at   .......... in the .......... of .......... (fill in  residence)  in  the   state of New York; I know each of the persons whose names are subscribed   to the above sheet having ............. (fill in number) signatures; and   each of them subscribed the same in my presence. ............................(Signature of witness.)     Sworn to before me this ....    day of ............ , 19....    ............................    (Official title of officer) 3.  If  the petition is signed by the owners of a majority in assessed   valuation of the real property in such territory assessed upon the  last   preceding  assessment  roll  of, or utilized by, the local government or   governments in which the territory is situated, there must  be  attached   to  the  petition  a  certificate  of  an  assessor  responsible for the   preparation of such assessment roll certifying to such facts. If  signed   by  at  least  twenty  per centum of the qualified resident electors, as   defined in subdivision one of this section, there must  be  attached  to   the  petition  a  certificate  of  the  board of elections of the county   containing such territory, certifying to such facts.
NY Gen Mun L § 703-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 17 - Municipal Annexation Law 703-A - Resolution by Governing Boards of Municipalities to Initiate Annexation of Territory.

§  703-a. Resolution by governing boards of municipalities to initiate   annexation of territory. Except for territory  proposed  to  be  annexed   which  is entirely uninhabited or territory in an agricultural district,   or outside of such district but eligible for an agricultural assessment,   pursuant to article twenty-five-AA of the agriculture and  markets  law,   the  governing  boards of two or more municipalities which have mutually   agreed to study the annexation of territory, may, by  joint  resolution,   propose  the annexation of such territory, pursuant to the provisions of   this article.
NY Gen Mun L § 707 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 17 - Municipal Annexation Law 707 - Disposition of Property in Area Proposed to Be Annexed.

§  707.  Disposition  of  property  in area proposed to be annexed. 1.   Except as may be provided in  an  agreement  among  the  affected  local   governments, as authorized by subdivision two of this section concerning   the  retention,  division,  regulation, land use or other disposition of   real and personal property and rights in real and personal  property  of   any   affected  local  government  or  governments  or  any  special  or   improvement district in the territory proposed to be annexed,  all  real   or   personal  property  and  rights  in  real  and  personal  property,   including, but not  limited  to,  land  use,  streets,  avenues,  roads,   highways,  bridges, overpasses, underpasses, culverts, sidewalks, street   lighting fixtures, and conduits, pipes, drains, either  above  or  below   the ground surface, and appurtenances and appurtenant rights in relation   thereto,  owned  by any of such local governments (other than the one to   which such territory is  annexed)  shall  become  the  property  of  the   county,  city, village, or town (where the territory is not annexed to a   village or villages in the town), to which such territory is annexed  as   of  the  date  of  such  annexation,  but  the ownership of any real and   personal property or  rights  in  real  and  personal  property  of,  or   acquired  for,  special or improvement districts in such territory shall   remain unaffected.2. At any time prior to their determinations as  provided  by  section   seven  hundred  eleven  of  this  article,  the  governing boards of the   affected local governments, or their designated  representatives,  shall   have  power to agree on the retention, division, regulation, land use or   other disposition, either with or  without  consideration,  of  real  or   personal  property  and  rights in real or personal property of any such   affected local government or of any special or improvement districts  in   which  the  territory  proposed  to  be  annexed  is  situated. Any such   agreement shall be in writing and shall be executed  by  such  governing   boards, or their designated representatives, covering the matters agreed   upon.  Such  agreement  may  provide  for  the execution of any deeds or   instruments affecting the retention, division, regulation, land  use  or   other   disposition   of   such   property,   either   with  or  without   consideration. Any such agreement shall be followed in the local law  to   be adopted pursuant to section seven hundred fourteen of this article.
NY Gen Mun L § 710 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 17 - Municipal Annexation Law 710 - Disposition of Taxes and Other Charges Against Property in Annexed Territory.

§  710.  Disposition  of  taxes  and other charges against property in   annexed territory. 1. All unpaid or delinquent taxes levied  or  charges   made  against  or  on  account of any territory annexed pursuant to this   article and existing at the time such annexation takes effect, shall  be   due  and  payable  and  collected  in  all  respects the same as if such   territory had not been annexed.2. Any other taxes levied or other charges made against or on  account   of any territory annexed pursuant to this article for the fiscal year in   which an annexation shall take effect shall be apportioned. The affected   local  governments  may  agree  to any fair and equitable basis on which   such  apportionment  shall  be  computed,  and  such  agreement  may  be   incorporated  into  the  agreement, if any, executed pursuant to section   seven hundred seven or seven hundred eight of this article.3. Any taxes levied or other charges made against or on account of any   territory annexed pursuant to this article for a fiscal year  commencing   after  the date such annexation takes effect shall be due and payable to   and collected by the annexing local government.