S 7834 New York Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Authorizes the town of Ithaca, county of Tompkins to discontinue as parklands and alienate certain lands

Summary
Authorizes the town of Ithaca, county of Tompkins, to discontinue as parklands and alienate certain lands for the purpose of maintaining and operating such lands for agricultural purposes.
Bill status in committee 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2025
Committee Review
Jun 2025
Senate Passage
Jun 2025
Assembly Passage
Governor
Introduced May 9, 2025 Last action Jun 11, 2025
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What changed between versions

S7834 → S7834A · 5 edits
MODERATE
This bill was amended to change the purpose of the land sale from funding new park improvements to maintaining agricultural use, and reorganized the sections to clarify that the town must dedicate equivalent parkland before selling the original land. The amendment also added a requirement to dedicate additional parkland if the replacement land doesn't equal the value of the land being sold.
Scope change
The bill's scope changed from a general parkland alienation to specifically authorize agricultural use of the land, and added a new requirement for the town to dedicate replacement parkland before the sale can occur.
PURPOSE

Changed the purpose of the land sale from providing resources to enhance existing parks to maintaining and operating the land for agricultural purposes.

REQUIREMENT

Added a new requirement that the town must dedicate lands as parkland before discontinuing the use of the lands being alienated, with a condition that the town never used such lands for public open space.

Added a new section requiring the town to dedicate additional parkland if the replacement parkland is not equal to or greater than the value of the land being alienated.

STRUCTURE

Reorganized the bill sections, moving the dedication requirement from section 2 to section 4, and renumbering subsequent sections.

TECHNICAL

Added a committee discharge and amendment status note indicating the bill was amended and recommitted to the Committee on Local Government.

Floor votes · Senate Jun 11, 2025

How they voted

20–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 21
Jun 11, 2025
D Democratic14
13 Yea 1
92% Yea
R Republican7
7 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
7
Key actions
1
Committee
2
Amendments
2
Jun 11, 2025
Senate · Referred to committee
COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
Jun 11, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (20-0-1)
May 29, 2025
Senate · Amendment adopted
PRINT NUMBER 7834A
May 29, 2025
Senate · Amendment adopted
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT
May 9, 2025
Senate · Referred to committee
REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Lea Webb
DDemocratic/Working Families
NY
52