File #: Int 1786-2017    Version: * Name: Tracking mitigation strategies in final environmental impact statements as part of the uniform land use review process.
Type: Introduction Status: Filed (End of Session)
Committee: Committee on Land Use
On agenda: 12/11/2017
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the New York city charter, in relation to tracking mitigation strategies in final environmental impact statements as part of the uniform land use review process.
Sponsors: Antonio Reynoso
Council Member Sponsors: 1
Summary: This bill would require an agency of the Mayor’s choosing to include environmental mitigation strategies among the commitments tracked as part of the publically accessible online database tracking commitments made in relation to uniform land use review applications pursuant to section 206 of the Charter.
Indexes: Oversight, Report Required
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 1786, 2. Int. No. 1786, 3. December 11, 2017 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files

Int. No. 1786

 

By Council Member Reynoso

 

A Local Law to amend the New York city charter, in relation to tracking mitigation strategies in final environmental impact statements as part of the uniform land use review process.

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. Subdivisions c and d of section 206 of the New York city charter are amended to read as follows:

c. Such list shall include all commitments made by letter by the mayor or a representative designated by the mayor to the council or a council member, and any mitigation measures or other project components that would eliminate the potential for an adverse impact identified in a final environmental impact statement, conditional negative declaration, or environmental assessment statement that relate to an application described in subdivision b of this section on which the city or a not-for-profit corporation of which a majority of its members are appointed by the mayor is either the applicant or co-applicant.

d. Such list shall include any commitment made by letter by the mayor or a representative designated by the mayor to the council or a council member for which a funding amount of one million dollars or more is set forth in the letter establishing such commitment, and any mitigation measures or other project components that would eliminate the potential for an adverse impact identified in a final environmental impact statement, conditional negative declaration, or environmental assessment statement in relation to an application described in subdivision b of this section on which neither the city nor a not-for-profit corporation of which a majority of its members are appointed by the mayor is either the applicant or co-applicant.

                     § 2.  This local law takes effect 90 days after it becomes law.

 

JHC

LS # 9317

10/19/2017