New York A 8677: Relates to promoting voter registration and voting by incarcerated people; repealer

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A08677 Summary:

BILL NOA08677 

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SAME ASSAME AS S08271

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SPONSORShimsky

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Authorizes the city of Yonkers to alienate and discontinue the use of certain parklands.

Go to top A08677 Actions:

BILL NOA08677 

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05/28/2025referred to cities

06/09/2025reference changed to ways and means

06/11/2025reported referred to rules

06/12/2025reported 

06/12/2025rules report cal.687

06/12/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.687

06/13/2025substituted by s8271

&nbspS08271 AMEND= STEWART-COUSINS

&nbsp05/28/2025REFERRED TO CITIES 2

&nbsp06/09/2025COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

&nbsp06/09/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1721

&nbsp06/09/2025HOME RULE REQUEST

&nbsp06/09/2025PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/09/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp06/09/2025referred to cities

&nbsp06/13/2025substituted for a8677

&nbsp06/13/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.687

&nbsp06/13/2025home rule request

&nbsp06/13/2025passed assembly

&nbsp06/13/2025returned to senate

&nbsp08/12/2025DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR

&nbsp08/15/2025SIGNED CHAP.337

Go to topA08677 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:WAYS AND MEANS Chair:Pretlow 
DATE:06/11/2025AYE/NAY:30/4 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules PretlowAyeRaAye

GlickNayFitzpatrickAye

ColtonAyeHawleyAye

CookAyeBlankenbushAye

BenedettoAyePalmesanoAye

WeprinAyeWalshAye

RamosNayDeStefanoAye

BraunsteinAyeManktelowAye

McDonaldAyeSmullenAye

RozicAyeGiglioAye

DinowitzNay

MagnarelliExcused

BronsonAye

DilanNay

SeawrightAye

HyndmanAye

WalkerAye

Bichotte HermelAye

SimonAye

CruzAye

OtisAye

SolagesAye

HunterAye

EpsteinAye

SeptimoAye

Committee:RULES Chair:Glick 
DATE:06/12/2025AYE/NAY:29/0 Action: Favorable HeastieExcusedBarclayAye

PretlowAyeHawleyAye

CookAyeBlankenbushAye

GlickAyeRaAye

DinowitzAyeBrabenecAye

ColtonAyePalmesanoAye

MagnarelliAyeReillyAye

PaulinAyeSmithAye

Peoples-StokesAyeJensenAye

BenedettoAye

LavineAye

LupardoAye

BraunsteinAye

DavilaAye

HyndmanAye

RozicAye

BronsonAye

HevesiAye

HunterAye

TaylorAye

CruzAye

VanelExcused

Go to topA08677 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA08677 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8677

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 May 28, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. SHIMSKY -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Cities

 AN ACT in relation to authorizing the city of Yonkers to alienate and
 discontinue the use of certain parklands

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Subject to the provisions of this act, the city of Yonkers
 2 is hereby authorized, acting by and through its governing body, and upon
 3 such terms and conditions as determined by such governing body, to
 4 discontinue the use as parkland and alienate the lands described in
 5 section three of this act, and to sell and convey such lands at fair
 6 market value to St. John's Riverside Hospital for the purpose of restor-
 7 ing the Color Gardens once present on the Untermyer estate for residents
 8 and visitors of the city of Yonkers to enjoy.
 9 § 2. The authorization contained in section one of this act shall only
 10 be effective on the condition that the city of Yonkers dedicate the
 11 lands described in section four of this act as parklands; provided that
 12 the city of Yonkers has not used such lands for public open space or
 13 park purposes since the parkland alienation authorized by chapter 286 of
 14 the laws of 1960.
 15 § 3. The parklands authorized by section one of this act to be discon-
 16 tinued as parkland is described as follows:
 17 ALL that certain plot, piece, or parcel of land situate, lying and
 18 being in the city of Yonkers, county of Westchester and state of New
 19 York, being a portion of Lot 56, Block 3535, Section 3 as shown on the
 20 city of Yonkers Tax Maps, and being more particularly bounded and
 21 described as follows:
 22 BEGINNING at a point which is the northwesterly corner of Lot 100 as
 23 described in Liber 6431 page 327;
 24 RUNNING THENCE along the division line between Lot 100 (St. Johns
 25 Riverside Hospital) on the ea