Enacts the "sustainable affordable housing and sprawl prevention act" to exempt or limit environmental review for certain new residential units.
The bill enacts the "sustainable affordable housing and sprawl prevention act" to exempt or limit environmental review under the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQR) for the construction of certain new residential units. It aims to avoid creating unnecessary housing sprawl. The bill exempts or limits environmental review for actions related to the construction of new multiple dwellings, provided they meet specific criteria such as being located in certain areas, on previously disturbed land, qualifying as affordable housing, and not being in flood-prone or critical environmental.
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