Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Apr 17, 2025 |
print number 6781b |
Apr 17, 2025 |
amend and recommit to cities |
Apr 02, 2025 |
print number 6781a |
Apr 02, 2025 |
amend (t) and recommit to cities |
Mar 14, 2025 |
referred to cities |
Assembly Bill A6781B
2025-2026 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
HOOKS
Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Bill Amendments
co-Sponsors
Sam Berger
Andrew Hevesi
Amy Paulin
David Weprin
2025-A6781 - Details
2025-A6781 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6781 2025-2026 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y March 14, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. HOOKS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Cities AN ACT authorizing the city of New York to discontinue certain parkland in Flushing Meadows Corona Park in the borough of Queens currently consisting of asphalt parking lots to allow for a new development with at least twenty acres of parkland THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subject to the provisions of this act, but notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, including without limitation the provisions of chapter 729 of the laws of 1961, the city of New York is authorized to discontinue the use as parkland and alienate through the entering of leases or other agreements with Queens Future, LLC, or its affiliates, the lands described in section three of this act for the purposes of developing, constructing, maintaining, operating, using, or occupying such lands with a gaming facility and, in conjunction with such facility, commercial, retail, entertainment, recreational, hotel, convention, and/or community facility uses, parking, and/or roadways, upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon by the city and such company, affiliate and other entity. The lands described in section three of this act may be temporarily utilized for construction staging used in connection with the development of such facility, within such areas and for such periods as the city of New York determines to be reasonably necessary for such purpose. § 2. The authorization provided in section one of this act shall be effective only upon the condition that the city of New York dedicates an amount equal to or greater than the fair market value of the parklands being discontinued towards the acquisition of new parklands and/or capi- tal improvements to existing parklands and recreational facilities with- in the borough of Queens, which capital improvements shall include the EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07748-04-5 A. 6781 2
co-Sponsors
Sam Berger
Andrew Hevesi
Amy Paulin
David Weprin
2025-A6781A - Details
2025-A6781A - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6781--A 2025-2026 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y March 14, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. HOOKS, BERGER, HEVESI, PAULIN, WEPRIN, RAMOS, FALL, DAVILA, O'PHARROW -- read once and referred to the Committee on Cities -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT authorizing the discontinuance of certain parkland in Flushing Meadows Corona Park in the borough of Queens THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subject to the provisions of this act, but notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, including without limitation the provisions of chapter 729 of the laws of 1961, the city of New York is authorized to discontinue the use as parkland and alienate through the entering of leases or other agreements with Queens Future, LLC, or its affiliates, the lands described in section three of this act for the purposes of developing, constructing, maintaining, operating, using, or occupying such lands with a gaming facility and, in conjunction with such facility, commercial, retail, entertainment, recreational, hotel, convention, and/or community facility uses, parking, and/or roadways, upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon by the city and such company or its affiliates. § 2. The authorization provided in section one of this act shall be effective only upon the condition that the city of New York dedicates an amount equal to or greater than the fair market value of the parklands being discontinued towards the acquisition of new parklands and/or capi- tal improvements to existing parklands and recreational facilities with- in the borough of Queens, which capital improvements shall include the development of no less than 20 acres of parkland within the land described in section three of this act or adjacent parkland, including a north-south connection from the northern boundary of the passerelle EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07748-05-5 A. 6781--A 2
co-Sponsors
Sam Berger
Andrew Hevesi
Amy Paulin
David Weprin
2025-A6781B (ACTIVE) - Details
2025-A6781B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6781--B 2025-2026 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y March 14, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. HOOKS, BERGER, HEVESI, PAULIN, WEPRIN, BRAUN- STEIN, RAMOS, FALL, DAVILA, O'PHARROW -- read once and referred to the Committee on Cities -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- again reported from said committee with amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT authorizing the discontinuance of certain parkland in Flushing Meadows Corona Park in the borough of Queens THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subject to the provisions of this act, but notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, including without limitation the provisions of chapter 729 of the laws of 1961, the city of New York is authorized to discontinue the use as parkland and alienate through the entering of leases or other agreements with Queens Future, LLC, or its affiliates, the lands described in section three of this act for the purposes of developing, constructing, maintaining, operating, using, or occupying such lands with a gaming facility and, in conjunction with such facility, commercial, retail, entertainment, recreational, hotel, convention, and/or community facility uses, parking, and/or roadways, upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon by the city and such company or its affiliates. § 2. The authorization provided in section one of this act shall be effective only upon the condition that the city of New York dedicates an amount equal to or greater than the fair market value of the parklands being discontinued towards the acquisition of new parklands and/or capi- tal improvements to existing parklands and recreational facilities with- in the borough of Queens, which capital improvements shall include the development of no less than 20 acres of parkland within the land described in section three of this act or adjacent parkland, including a EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07748-09-5 A. 6781--B 2
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