New York A 7792: Relates to the sale of state lands to municipal corporations

Status: REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS (as of 2026-01-07)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: A 7792

Sponsors: Steve Stern

Bill Text

Bill Search and Legislative Information | New York State Assembly 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

 Skip to main content 

 New York State Assembly

 Speaker Carl E. Heastie

 --> 
 --> 

 --> 

• 
 Assembly Members 

• 
 Legislative Info 

• 
 Public Hearings 

• 
 Speaker's Press 

• 
 Assembly Reports 

• 
 Committees & More 

• Bill Search Home
• Laws
• Legislative Calendar
• Public Hearing Schedule
• Assembly Calendars
• Assembly Committee Agenda 

 Javascript must be enabled to properly view this page. 

 Bill No.: 

• Summary 
• Actions 
• Committee&nbspVotes 
• Floor&nbspVotes 
• Memo 
• Text 
• LFIN 
• Chamber&nbspVideo/Transcript 
A07792 Summary:

BILL NOA07792 

&nbsp

SAME ASNo Same As

&nbsp

SPONSORStern

&nbsp

COSPNSR

&nbsp

MLTSPNSR

&nbsp

Amd §33, Pub Lds L

&nbsp

Permits the sale of state lands to municipal corporations either without consideration or for such consideration and upon terms approved by the commissioner of general services without a public auction.

Go to top A07792 Actions:

BILL NOA07792 

&nbsp

04/10/2025referred to governmental operations

01/07/2026referred to governmental operations

Go to topA07792 Committee&nbspVotes:

Go to topA07792 Floor&nbspVotes:

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

Go to topA07792 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7792

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 April 10, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. STERN -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Governmental Operations

 AN ACT to amend the public lands law, in relation to the sale of state
 lands to municipal corporations

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

 1 Section 1. Section 33 of the public lands law is amended by adding a
 2 new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
 3 6. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the contrary,
 4 the commissioner of general services may sell, transfer or lease to or
 5 exchange with any municipal corporation, school district, board of coop-
 6 erative educational services, or fire district, either without consider-
 7 ation or for such consideration and upon such terms and conditions as
 8 shall be approved by such commissioner, any unappropriated state lands
 9 without public auction or sealed bids; and any municipal corporation or
 10 fire district may acquire or lease such real property as provided in
 11 this section. The term of any lease entered into pursuant to the
 12 provisions of this section shall not exceed ten years but nothing herein
 13 contained shall prevent the renewal of any such lease.
 14 (b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any real proper-
 15 ty which is made inalienable under the provisions of any general,
 16 special or local law or of any charter.
 17 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05300-01-5

Go to top 

• 

 Sitemap 

 Request Information 

 Directions and Maps

View New York A 7792 on LegisTrack → — full text, sponsors, votes, campaign finance, and cross-state matches.