New York A 8455: Relates to the reporting of alienation of municipal parkland

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A08455 Summary:

BILL NOA08455 

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SAME ASSAME AS S01057

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SPONSORKim

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 16 §§16.01 - 16.05, Pks & Rec L

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Relates to the reporting of alienation of municipal parkland.

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BILL NOA08455 

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05/16/2025referred to local governments

01/07/2026referred to local governments

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8455

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 May 16, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. KIM -- read once and referred to the Committee on
 Local Governments

 AN ACT to amend the parks, recreation and historic preservation law, in
 relation to the reporting of alienation of municipal parkland

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

 1 Section 1. The parks, recreation and historic preservation law is
 2 amended by adding a new article 16 to read as follows:
 3 ARTICLE 16
 4 MUNICIPAL PARKLAND ALIENATION
 5 Section 16.01 Definitions.
 6 16.03 Parkland alienation reporting.
 7 16.05 Parkland alienation enforcement.
 8 § 16.01 Definitions. When used in this article:
 9 1. "Municipal parkland" shall mean real property or interests therein
 10 that is owned by a municipality that provides public park, recreation,
 11 or open space protection purposes. Municipal parkland includes: lands
 12 that have been dedicated for such purposes by the municipality through a
 13 formal resolution or similar action; lands that have been purchased or
 14 accepted for such purposes; or lands that currently or historically have
 15 been available to and used by the public for such purposes.
 16 2. "Municipal parkland alienation" shall mean any action by a munici-
 17 pality to sell, lease, discontinue, or change the use of municipal park-
 18 land.
 19 3. "Municipality" shall mean a county, town, city, or village. It
 20 shall also mean a school district or other political subdivision in
 21 instances where such entity has obtained state or federal grant funding
 22 for the creation of municipal parkland.
 23 4. "Parkland alienation legislation" shall mean legislation introduced
 24 in the state legislature authorizing a municipality to alienate parkland
 25 under its jurisdiction.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00429-01-5

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 1 § 16.03 Parkland alienation reporting. Any municipality that has
 2 received alienation authorization through enactment of municipal park-
 3 land alienation legislation shall submit a report to the office no later
 4 than December thirty-first of the calendar year following the enactment
 5 of the legislation. Such report shall be signed by the municipality's
 6 chief executive officer and shall include:
 7 1. A narrative description of the status of the parkland alienation
 8 actions authorized and required in the legislation; and
 9 2. (a) An attestation that the municipality has complied with all
 10 conditions of the parkland alienation legislation, including the dedi-
 11 cation of any required replacement parkland or, in the case of utility
 12 easements, the dedication of funding for the acquisition of additional
 13 parkland or capital improvements to existing parkland facilities; or
 14 (b) In the event that any condition of the parkland alienation legis-
 15 lation has not been fully complied with, the municipality shall provide
 16 the office with an interim report detailing the status of its actions
 17 and an explanation as to why certain conditions have not been met, along
 18 with the anticipated date by which such conditions will be met. The
 19 municipality shall continue to file interim reports annually until such
 20 time as the conditions have been met and a final report is filed.
 21 Unless a longer time period is specified in the legislation authorizing
 22 the alienation, if the conditions of the alienation have not been met by
 23 December thirty-first of the third calendar year following the enactment
 24 of parkland alienation legislation, the municipality sha