New York A 11287: Establishes a right of first refusal in municipalities for state land to be sold at public auction

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A11287 Summary:

BILL NOA11287 

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SAME ASSAME AS S03052

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SPONSORRules (Shimsky)

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §33, Pub Lds L

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Establishes a right of first refusal in municipalities for state land to be sold at public auction.

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BILL NOA11287 

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05/08/2026referred to governmental operations

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 11287

 IN ASSEMBLY

 May 8, 2026
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 Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Shimsky) --
 read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations

 AN ACT to amend the public lands law, in relation to establishing a
 right of first refusal in municipalities for state land to be sold at
 public auction

 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, as amended by chapter
 2 360 of the laws of 1983, subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 119 of the
 3 laws of 2000, paragraph (b) of subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 702
 4 of the laws of 2022, subdivision 3 as separately amended by chapters 360
 5 and 471 of the laws of 1983 and subdivision 5 as added by chapter 95 of
 6 the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
 7 § 33. Sale of unappropriated state lands; right of first refusal;
 8 notice and place of public sales. 1. [The] (a) Prior to the public sale
 9 of unappropriated state land, the office of general services must first
 10 offer to sell such land to the local governments in which it is located
 11 subject to the following conditions:
 12 (i) if the local government intends to use such land in perpetuity for
 13 park and/or municipal recreation purposes, the commissioner of general
 14 services shall offer the land to the local government for the sum of one
 15 dollar;
 16 (ii) if the local government intends to use such land for other munic-
 17 ipal purposes, the commissioner of general services shall offer the land
 18 to the local government for a sum equal to the current appraised value
 19 determined by such commissioner or for no more than the same consider-
 20 ation for which it is proposed to be sold to a person or private entity,
 21 whichever is less;
 22 (iii) the deed conveying unappropriated state land to a local govern-
 23 ment pursuant to subparagraph (i) or (ii) of this paragraph shall
 24 include a clause specifying the purpose for which the land is being
 25 conveyed and reverting the land to the state if it is not utilized for
 26 the specific purpose enumerated or the specifically enumerated use ceas-
 27 es;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02865-01-5

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 1 (iv) the governing body of such municipality shall exercise its right
 2 to purchase unappropriated state land for a purpose set forth in subpar-
 3 agraph (i) or (ii) of this paragraph within ninety days after receipt of
 4 such written offer from the office of general services or within any
 5 greater length of time that may be provided for in a written agreement
 6 between the office of general services and such local government;
 7 (v) the offer to purchase any such unappropriated state land made to
 8 any municipality in which such real property is situated shall not
 9 constitute a right to purchase and such offer may be withdrawn by the
 10 commissioner of general services at any time.
 11 (b) If the unappropriated state land is located within an incorporated
 12 village, the commissioner of general services shall first offer such
 13 land to the incorporated village. The governing body of such village
 14 shall exercise its right to purchase such land for a purpose set forth
 15 in subparagraph (i) or (ii) of paragraph (a) of this subdivision within
 16 ninety days after receipt of such written offer from the office of
 17 general services or within any greater length of time that may be
 18 provided for in a written agreement between the office of general
 19 services and such village. If the incorporated village does not exercise
 2