Purpose. It is the intent of the Town of Brookhaven to provide
a diversity of housing types to meet the economic needs of its residents,
and to do so in a manner that supports providing affordable and workforce
housing units within the Town, and, further, is consistent with the
intent and goals set forth in New York State General Municipal Law
Article 16-A, the Long Island Workforce Housing Act. It is the policy
of the Town of Brookhaven that no homeowner, landlord, applicant or
client shall be discriminated against because of race, color, religion,
sex, national origin, age, marital status, disability, sexual orientation,
parental status, family medical history or genetic information, political
affiliation, military service or any other non-merit-based factor.
It is the intent of this section of legislation, to be adopted pursuant
to the Town's Home Rule authority pursuant to and in conformance
with: New York State Constitution Article IX, § 2(c); Municipal
Home Rule Law § 10(1)a(1), (3), (11), and (12); § 10(1)d(3);
Municipal Home Rule Law § 20; New York State Town Law Article
4, § 64(23); New York State Town Law Article 16; and any
other applicable or successor law, presently in existence or hereinafter
enacted, said adoption to be done to the extent that provisions of
same which exceed those requirements established pursuant to General
Municipal Law (GML) Article 16-A, including § 699-a(1) and
(2), and § 699-b(2), are to be deemed superseded by such
special law pursuant to and in conformance with all of the aforementioned
and via Municipal Home Rule Law § 22.
