NY Hudson River Valley Greenway — Compact Community / Greenway Communities (NY)

Tracked preemption from the New York overlay bundle.

Overview

Effective
1991-07-23
Sunset
Authority
state
Scope
state:NY

Trigger predicate

When this evaluates true for a parcel, the law's preempted fields take precedence over base zoning.

city.is_in_hudson_valley_greenway == True

Preempted fields

1 field on the base district schema is rewritten when the trigger fires.

FieldOpValueNote
base_districts[*].greenway_compact_eligibilityaddparticipating_communityGreenway Communities Council and Hudson River Valley Greenway Communities Council coordinate with participating municipalities on five Greenway criteria (natural & cultural resource protection, economic development, public access, regional planning, heritage education). Participation is voluntary and confers technical-assistance and funding preference, not a zoning override.

Citation

Authority source
NY Environmental Conservation Law Article 44 (Hudson River Valley Greenway Act of 1991)
§ ECL §§44-0101–44-0125
https://hudsongreenway.ny.gov/

Research notes

Soft preemption — participation-based. Covers 13 counties adjoining the Hudson River (from Westchester/Rockland to Saratoga/Washington). Greenway Communities are eligible for enhanced technical assistance and grants; non-participation is legally permissible. Documented here because several downstate NY cities treat Greenway designation as a qualitative constraint on waterfront zoning.