Staten Island, City (S.3966, A.6949)

State Legislation Resolution requesting the New York State Legislature to pass bills, introduced by Senator Marchi, S3966, and Assemblyman Connelly, A6949, "AN ACT to incorporate the city of Staten Island; to enact a charter for the city of Staten Island; to provide a period of transition prior to the establishment of the city school district of the city of Staten Island; to amend the education law, in relation to the transfer of the college of Staten Island of the city university of New York to the stae university of New York; to amend the judiciary law, in relation to providing for the judiciary within the city of Staten Island: to amend the public housing law, the education law, the public authorities law and the certain authorities for the city of Staten Island; to amend the executive law and the social services within the city of Staten Island; to amend the county law, in relation to the treatment of the county of Richmond in similar fashion to counties within a city having a population of one million or more; to amend the election law, the state finance law, the surrogate's court procedure act and the general municipal law, in relation to making conforming changes relating to the establishment of the city of Staten Island; to amend the local emergency housing rent control act, the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-four, the general business law and the real property tax law, in relation to the continuation of existing finance law, the public authorities law and the New York state financial emergency act for the city of New York, in relation to applicability of the authority of the finance control board; to amend the general city law, chapter 772 of the law of 1966 relation to the imposition of a city business tax and the tax law, in relation to providing authority for the city of Staten Island to continue presently the city of Staten Island, in relation to the authority of such city of impose taxes; and making appropriations to advance moneys for the establishment of the city of Staten Island and the city school district of Staten Island."