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S17 • 2025

Allows industrial development agencies to make grants to municipalities for open space preservation, parkland improvements and conservation easements

Allows industrial development agencies to make grants to municipalities for open space preservation, parkland improvements and conservation easements

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Sponsor
James Skoufis
Last action
2026-04-28
Official status
In Assembly Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Allows industrial development agencies to make grants to municipalities for open space preservation, parkland improvements and conservation easements

Allows industrial development agencies to make grants to municipalities for open space preservation, parkland improvements and conservation easements Allows industrial development agencies to make grants to municipalities for open space preservation, parkland improvements and conservation easements where the municipal governing body finds that the grant encourages tourism or otherwise improves quality of life.

What This Bill Does

  • Allows industrial development agencies to make grants to municipalities for open space preservation, parkland improvements and conservation easements Allows industrial development agencies to make grants to municipalities for open space preservation, parkland improvements and conservation easements where the municipal governing body finds that the grant encourages tourism or otherwise improves quality of life.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-04-28 Senate

    PASSED SENATE

  2. 2026-04-28 Senate

    DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

  3. 2026-04-28 Assembly

    REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

  4. 2026-04-27 Senate

    ADVANCED TO THIRD READING

  5. 2026-04-22 Senate

    2ND REPORT CAL.

  6. 2026-04-21 Senate

    1ST REPORT CAL.756

  7. 2026-01-07 Assembly

    DIED IN ASSEMBLY

  8. 2026-01-07 Assembly

    RETURNED TO SENATE

  9. 2026-01-07 Senate

    REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT

  10. 2025-05-28 Senate

    PASSED SENATE

  11. 2025-05-28 Senate

    DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

  12. 2025-05-28 Assembly

    REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

  13. 2025-05-19 Senate

    ADVANCED TO THIRD READING

  14. 2025-05-15 Senate

    2ND REPORT CAL.

  15. 2025-05-14 Senate

    1ST REPORT CAL.1102

  16. 2025-01-08 Senate

    REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Official Summary Text

Allows industrial development agencies to make grants to municipalities for open space preservation, parkland improvements and conservation easements
Allows industrial development agencies to make grants to municipalities for open space preservation, parkland improvements and conservation easements where the municipal governing body finds that the grant encourages tourism or otherwise improves quality of life.

Current Bill Text

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                           17

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                       (PREFILED)

                                     January 8, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sens.  SKOUFIS,  ASHBY,  JACKSON, WEBB -- read twice and
          ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
          Local Government

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  general  municipal law, in relation to allowing
          industrial development agencies to make grants to  municipalities  for
          open  space preservation, parkland improvements and conservation ease-
          ments

          THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
        BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

     1    Section 1. Subdivisions 16 and 17 of section 858 of the general munic-
     2  ipal law, as added by chapter 1030 of the laws of 1969 and as renumbered
     3  by chapter 356 of the laws of 1993, are amended to read as follows:
     4    (16) To establish and re-establish its fiscal year; [and]
     5    (17)  TO  MAKE GRANTS TO THE MUNICIPALITY FOR WHOSE BENEFIT THE AGENCY
     6  WAS ESTABLISHED FOR THE PURPOSE OF  OPEN  SPACE  PRESERVATION,  PARKLAND
     7  IMPROVEMENTS  AND CONSERVATION EASEMENTS PROVIDED THE GOVERNING BOARD OF
     8  SUCH MUNICIPALITY SHALL ACCEPT THE SAME AND FIND THAT THE  SAME  ENCOUR-
     9  AGES  TOURISM  OR OTHERWISE IMPROVES THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN SUCH MUNICI-
    10  PALITY; AND
    11    (18) To do all  things  necessary  or  convenient  to  carry  out  its
    12  purposes and exercise the powers expressly given in this title.
    13    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00067-01-5