New York A 5900: Establishes a tax on direct broadcast satellite services and video streaming services and establishes the community media reinvestment fund

Status: PRINT NUMBER 5900B (as of 2024-04-08)

State: New York · Session: 2023-2024 · Bill: A 5900

Sponsors: Michael Benedetto, Al Taylor, Amanda Septimo, Anna Kelles, Brian Cunningham, Catalina Cruz, Chantel Jackson, David Weprin, Demond Meeks, Emily Gallagher, Fred Thiele, George Alvarez, Gina Sillitti, Harvey Epstein, Inez E. Dickens, Jeffrey Dinowitz, Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas, Jo Anne Simon, Joe DeStefano, John Zaccaro Jr., Jonathan Rivera, Juan Ardila, Karines Reyes, Kenny Burgos, Kimberly Jean-Pierre

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A05900 Summary:

BILL NOA05900 

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SAME ASSAME AS S05536

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SPONSORFitzpatrick

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Authorizes the county of Suffolk to alienate certain lands used as parklands and to dedicate certain other lands as parklands.

Go to top A05900 Actions:

BILL NOA05900 

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02/24/2025referred to local governments

06/10/2025reference changed to ways and means

06/12/2025reported referred to rules

06/13/2025reported 

06/13/2025rules report cal.728

06/13/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.728

06/13/2025substituted by s5536

&nbspS05536 AMEND= MATTERA

&nbsp02/24/2025REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT

&nbsp06/11/2025COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

&nbsp06/11/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1814

&nbsp06/11/2025HOME RULE REQUEST

&nbsp06/11/2025PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/11/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp06/11/2025referred to ways and means

&nbsp06/13/2025substituted for a5900

&nbsp06/13/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.728

&nbsp06/13/2025home rule request

&nbsp06/13/2025passed assembly

&nbsp06/13/2025returned to senate

&nbsp08/12/2025DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR

&nbsp08/15/2025SIGNED CHAP.330

Go to topA05900 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:WAYS AND MEANS Chair:Pretlow 
DATE:06/12/2025AYE/NAY:27/7 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules PretlowAyeRaAye

GlickNayFitzpatrickAye

ColtonAyeHawleyAye

CookAyeBlankenbushAye

BenedettoAyePalmesanoAye

WeprinExcusedWalshAye

RamosNayDeStefanoAye

BraunsteinAyeManktelowAye

McDonaldAyeSmullenAye

RozicNayGiglioAye

DinowitzNay

MagnarelliAye

BronsonAye

DilanNay

SeawrightNay

HyndmanAye

WalkerNay

Bichotte HermelAye

SimonAye

CruzAye

OtisAye

SolagesAye

HunterAye

EpsteinAye

SeptimoAye

Committee:RULES Chair:Glick 
DATE:06/13/2025AYE/NAY:29/0 Action: Favorable HeastieExcusedBarclayAye

PretlowAyeHawleyAye

CookAyeBlankenbushAye

GlickAyeRaAye

DinowitzAyeBrabenecAye

ColtonAyePalmesanoAye

RosenthalAyeReillyAye

PaulinAyeSmithAye

Peoples-StokesAyeJensenAye

BenedettoAye

LavineAye

LupardoAye

BraunsteinAye

DavilaAye

HyndmanAye

RozicAye

BronsonAye

HevesiAye

HunterAye

StirpeAye

CruzAye

VanelExcused

Go to topA05900 Floor&nbspVotes:

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

Go to topA05900 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 5900

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 24, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. FITZPATRICK -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Local Governments

 AN ACT authorizing the county of Suffolk to alienate certain lands used
 as parklands and to dedicate certain other lands as 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 county of
 2 Suffolk, acting by and through its governing body and upon such terms
 3 and conditions as determined by such board is hereby authorized to
 4 discontinue as parklands and alienate the lands described in section
 5 three of this act to Russel and Deana Galindo for the purpose of resi-
 6 dential improvements.
 7 § 2. The authorization provided in section one of this act shall be
 8 effective only upon the condition that Russel and Deana Galindo convey
 9 to the county of Suffolk, and that the county of Suffolk acquire and
 10 dedicate the lands described in section four of this act as parklands,
 11 provided that the county of Suffolk has never used such lands for public
 12 open space or park purposes.
 13 § 3. The parklands authorized by section one of this act to be alien-
 14 ated are described as follows: All that certain plot, piece or parcel
 15 of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate,
 16 lying and being in Smithtown, town of Smithtown, county of Suffolk and
 17 the state of New York situated being more particular bounded and
 18 described as follows:
 19 BEGINNING at a point of being south 80 degrees 13 minutes 30 seconds
 20 west 75.71 feet from the south easterly corner of map entitled "prestige
 21 estates at smithtown" filed in the Suffolk county clerk's office on
 22 September 9, 2005 under map no. 11304
 23 THENCE running south 09 degrees 46 minutes 04 seconds east 56.91

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