Int. No. 65-A

By Council Members Yassky, Baez, Davis, Fidler, Gennaro, Jackson, Katz, Lanza, Perkins, Quinn, Reed, Reyna, Rivera, Rodriguez, Sanders Jr., Brewer, DeBlasio and Golden; also Council Members Addabbo Jr., Nelson, Clarke, McMahon, Avella and Gioia

A Local Law to amend the New York city charter, in relation to the preparation of reports on city waterfront property and citywide needs.

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

                     Section 1.     Subdivision d of section 204 of the New York city charter, as added by the voters at the general election held on November 7, 1989, is amended to read as follows:

                     d.  The statement of needs shall be accompanied by a map together with explanatory text, indicating (1) the location and current use of all city-owned real property, including the appendix with respect to city waterfront property described in subdivision i of this section; (2) all final commitments relating to the disposition or future use of city-owned real property, including assignments by the department of citywide administrative services pursuant to clause b of subdivision three of section sixteen hundred two, and (3) to the extent such information is available to the city, the location of health and social service facilities operated by the state of New York or the federal government or pursuant to written agreement on behalf of the state or federal government.  Information which can be presented most effectively in text may be presented in this manner.  In addition to being transmitted with the statement of needs pursuant to subdivision a of this section, such map shall be kept on file with the department of city planning and shall be available for public inspection and copying.  The map with explanatory text shall be updated [on at least an annual basis] in each year ending with an even number.

                     §2. Section 204 of the New York city charter is amended by adding thereto a new subdivision i to read as follows:

                     i. The  map and explanatory text accompanying the statement of needs shall include an appendix with respect to city waterfront property, which shall consist of a list indicating for each such property its borough and map location; street address; tax block and lot; applicable zoning district; approximate area in square feet; number of structures, if any; current user and use; and such other information as the departments of city planning and citywide administrative services deem appropriate. For purposes of this subdivision, the term "city waterfront property" shall mean property owned or leased by the city, which is seaward of the first upland mapped and improved street, provided that it shall also include areas upland of such street which would be contiguous with the property but for such intervening street where such areas are in the same use.  

                     §3.  Notwithstanding any provision of subdivision i of section 204 of the New York city charter, as added by section two of this local law, to the contrary, the appendix with respect to city waterfront property accompanying the map and explanatory text prepared in conjunction with the statement of needs pursuant to subdivision d of such section and submitted pursuant to subdivision a of such section not later than the fifteenth day of November, two thousand two, may consist of a list indicating for each such property: (i) its borough and map location; street address; tax block and lot; and applicable zoning district; and (ii) such other information described in such subdivision i as the departments of city planning and citywide administrative services deemed practicable to include.

                     §4. This local law shall become effective immediately upon enactment and the provisions of sections one and two of this local law related to the appendix with respect to city waterfront property shall expire and be of no further force and effect on the thirty-first day of December, two thousand eight.