New York A 9603: Authorizes the state to convey certain forest preserve land

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A09603 Summary:

BILL NOA09603 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORCashman

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd Art 14 §1, Constn

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Authorizes the state to convey certain forest preserve land; provides such sale shall be subject to legislative approval and the proceeds of such conveyance shall be used for acquisitions to the forest preserve.

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BILL NOA09603 

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01/21/2026referred to environmental conservation

02/03/2026to attorney-general for opinion

02/18/2026opinion referred to judiciary

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 9603

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 21, 2026
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 Introduced by M. of A. CASHMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Environmental Conservation

 CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY

 proposing an amendment to section 1 of article 14 of the constitution,
 in relation to authorizing the sale of certain forest preserve land
 which was not intended to be included in the forest preserve

 1 Section 1. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That section 1 of article
 2 14 of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
 3 Section 1. The lands of the state, now owned or hereafter acquired,
 4 constituting the forest preserve as now fixed by law, shall be forever
 5 kept as wild forest lands. They shall not be leased, sold or exchanged,
 6 or be taken by any corporation, public or private, nor shall the timber
 7 thereon be sold, removed or destroyed. Nothing herein contained shall
 8 prevent the state from constructing, completing and maintaining any
 9 highway heretofore specifically authorized by constitutional amendment,
 10 nor from constructing and maintaining to federal standards federal aid
 11 interstate highway route five hundred two from a point in the vicinity
 12 of the city of Glens Falls, thence northerly to the vicinity of the
 13 villages of Lake George and Warrensburg, the hamlets of South Horicon
 14 and Pottersville and thence northerly in a generally straight line on
 15 the west side of Schroon Lake to the vicinity of the hamlet of Schroon,
 16 then continuing northerly to the vicinity of Schroon Falls, Schroon
 17 River and North Hudson, and to the east of Makomis Mountain, east of the
 18 hamlet of New Russia, east of the village of Elizabethtown and continu-
 19 ing northerly in the vicinity of the hamlet of Towers Forge, and east of
 20 Poke-O-Moonshine Mountain and continuing northerly to the vicinity of
 21 the village of Keeseville and the city of Plattsburgh, all of the afore-
 22 said taking not to exceed a total of three hundred acres of state forest
 23 preserve land, nor from constructing and maintaining not more than twen-
 24 ty-five miles of ski trails thirty to two hundred feet wide, together
 25 with appurtenances thereto, provided that no more than five miles of
 26 such trails shall be in excess of one hundred twenty feet wide, on the
 27 north, east and northwest slopes of Whiteface Mountain in Essex county,
 28 nor from constructing and maintaining not more than twenty-five miles of
 29 ski trails thirty to two hundred feet wide, together with appurtenances

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD89033-01-5

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 1 thereto, provided that no more than two miles of such trails shall be in
 2 excess of one hundred twenty feet wide, on the slopes of Belleayre Moun-
 3 tain in Ulster and Delaware counties and not more than forty miles of
 4 ski trails thirty to two hundred feet wide, together with appurtenances
 5 thereto, provided that no more than eight miles of such trails shall be
 6 in excess of one hundred twenty feet wide, on the slopes of Gore and
 7 Pete Gay mountains in Warren county, nor from relocating, reconstructing
 8 and maintaining a total of not more than fifty miles of existing state
 9 highways for the purpose of eliminating the hazards of dangerous curves
 10 and grades, provided a total of no more than four hundred acres of
 11 forest preserve land shall be used for such purpose and that no single
 12 relocated porti