Studying and reporting on the education capacity and overcrowding impacts of decisions of the city planning commission in connection with certain land use actions.

A Local Law to amend the New York city charter, in relation to studying and reporting on the education capacity and overcrowding impacts of decisions of the city planning commission in connection with certain land use actions

This bill would require the Department of City Planning (DCP) or the lead agency to report on the actual impacts on public school capacity and overcrowding in areas affected by neighborhood rezonings four years and ten years after each such rezoning. Each study would require a comparison of the public school capacity and utilization rates projected by the final environmental impact statement approved by the City Planning Commission in connection with such rezoning to the capacity and utilization rates existing at the time of each study. If such a study shows a significant discrepancy between the existing condition and the impacts projected in the EIS, the bill would require DCP or the lead agency to make recommendations on how to amend the CEQR Technical Manual to more accurately forecast such impacts in future land use actions.