* § 16-n. Restore New York's Communities Initiative. 1. Definitions.\n(a) For the purposes of this section "deconstruction" shall mean the\ncareful disassembly of buildings of architectural or historic\nsignificance with the intent to rehabilitate, reconstruct the building\nor salvage the material disassembled from the building.\n (b) For the purposes of this section "reconstruction" shall mean the\nconstruction of a new building which is similar in architecture and size\nto a previously existing building at such location.\n (c) For the purposes of this section "rehabilitation" shall mean\nstructural repairs, mechanical systems repair or replacement, repairs\nrelated to deferred maintenance, emergency repairs, energy efficiency\nupgrades, accessibility improvements, mitigation of lead based paint\nhazards, and other repairs which result in a significant improvement to\nthe property.\n (d) For the purposes of this section "municipality" shall mean any\ncounty, city, town or village within the state of New York, except a\ncity having a population of one million or more, unless such area is in\na distressed community as defined in paragraph (c) of subdivision six of\nthis section.\n (e) For the purposes of this section "residential apartment unit"\nshall mean a multiple dwelling consisting of one or more rooms\ncontaining at least one bathroom, which room or rooms are separated and\nset apart from all other rooms within a multiple dwelling.\n (f) For the purposes of this section "affordable housing units" shall\nmean permanent housing that is affordable to low- and moderate-income\nhouseholds, such that the new housing achieves income averaging at or\nbelow fifty percent of the area median income, with residents'\neligibility capped at a maximum of eighty percent of the area median\nincome at the start of their lease.\n 2. The Restore New York's Communities Initiative is hereby created.\nThe corporation is authorized, within available appropriations, to issue\nrequest for proposals at least once per fiscal year to provide grants\nfor the purposes established in subdivisions four and five of this\nsection, to municipalities that have completed a property assessment\nlist, as established in subdivision three of this section.\n 3. Property assessment list. To be eligible for the demolition and\ndeconstruction program or rehabilitation and reconstruction program\nassistance, as established in subdivisions four and five of this\nsection, municipalities shall conduct an assessment of vacant,\nabandoned, surplus or condemned buildings in communities within their\njurisdiction. Such real property may include residential real property,\nresidential apartment units and commercial real properties. Such\nproperties shall be selected for the purpose of revitalizing urban\ncenters or rural areas, encouraging commercial investment, adding value\nto the municipal housing stock, and increasing the amount of affordable\nhousing units available to low- and moderate-income households. The\nproperty assessment list shall be organized to indicate the location,\nsize, whether the building is residential or commercial and whether the\nbuilding will be demolished, deconstructed, rehabilitated or\nreconstructed. Such properties shall be published in a local daily\nnewspaper for no less than three consecutive days. Additionally, the\nmunicipality shall conduct public hearings in the communities where the\nbuildings are identified.\n 4. Demolition and deconstruction program. Real property in need of\ndemolition or deconstruction on the property assessment list may receive\ngrants of up to thirty thousand dollars per residential real property.\nThe corporation shall determine the cost of demolition and\ndeconstruction of commercial properties on a per-square foot basis and\nestablish maximum grant awards accordingly. The corporation shall also\nconsider geographic differences in the cost of demolition and\ndeconstruction in the establishment of maxim
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