a. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:
Affected council member(s), senator(s), member(s) of assembly and community board(s). The term “affected council member(s), senator(s), member(s) of assembly and community board(s)” means the council member(s), senator(s), member(s) of assembly and community board(s) in whose districts a proposed major transportation project is to be located, in whole or in part.
Bicycle lane. The term “bicycle lane” means a portion of the roadway that has been marked off or separated for the preferential or exclusive use of bicycles.
Major transportation project. The term “major transportation project” means any project that after construction will alter four or more consecutive blocks, or 1,000 consecutive feet of street, whichever is less, involving a major realignment of the roadway, including either removal of a vehicular lane(s) or full time removal of a parking lane(s) or addition of vehicular travel lane(s), as well as a project to add or remove a bicycle lane of any length.
b. If an agency of the city other than the department implements a major transportation project, such agency, in lieu of the department, shall provide the notice required by this section.
c. Prior to the implementation of a major transportation project, the department shall forward notice of such project, including a description of such project, to affected council member(s), senator(s), member(s) of assembly and community board(s) by electronic mail.
d. Within ten business days after receipt of such notice, or within twenty business days after receipt between June 20 and August 20 of such a notice for a major transportation project for the addition or removal of a bicycle lane: (i) the affected council member(s), senator(s) and member(s) of assembly may submit recommendations and/or comments on such notice to the department; and (ii) the affected community board(s) may either submit recommendations and/or comments on such notice to the department and/or request a presentation of the major transportation project plan by the department, which shall be made to the community board within thirty days of such community board’s request, or within forty-five days of such community board’s request where such a notice for a major transportation project for the addition or removal of a bicycle lane is received by such community board between June 20 and August 20.
e. Each presentation shall include, at a minimum, the project limits, a description, and a justification of such plan, and a map showing the streets affected by such plan and, within three days of such presentation, shall be forwarded to the affected council member(s), senator(s) and member(s) of assembly.
f. The department shall consider recommendations and/or comments, if any, made under the provisions of subdivision d of this section and/or within seven days of the presentation to the community board, from the affected council member(s), senator(s), member(s) of assembly and affected community board(s), and may incorporate changes, where appropriate, into the plan.
g. TThe department may implement its plan after it sends an amended plan or notice that it will proceed with its original plan to the affected council member(s), senator(s), member(s) of assembly and community board(s).
h. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the department from providing notice of its major transportation projects on its website and to affected council member(s), senator(s), member(s) of assembly and community board(s) and other interested parties by other means in addition to those specified in this section.
i. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require the department to provide notification of major transportation projects requiring immediate implementation to preserve public safety.
j. Prior to the implementation of a major transportation project, the department shall consult with the police department, the fire department, the department of small business services and the mayor's office for people with disabilities. The department shall include a certification of such consultations in the notice required by subdivision c of this section.
(Am. 2022 N.Y. Laws Ch. 790, 12/28/2022, eff. 6/26/2023; Am. 2023 N.Y. Laws Ch. 98, 3/3/2023, eff. 3/3/2023; Am. L.L. 2024/003, 1/6/2024, eff. 1/6/2024)