Senate Bill S7659

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Permits the city of White Plains, Westchester county, to lease certain sports field fences for advertisements

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Local Government Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2025-S7659 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Local Government
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §77-k, Gen Muni L

2025-S7659 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Permits the city of White Plains, Westchester county, to lease certain sports field fences for advertisements.

2025-S7659 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S7659 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7659
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 25, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MAYER  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
 
 AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to permitting the
   city of White Plains, Westchester  county,  to  lease  certain  sports
   field fences for advertisements

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The general municipal  law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 section 77-k to read as follows:
   §  77-K. SPORTS FIELD FENCE LEASES IN  THE CITY OF WHITE PLAINS, WEST-
 CHESTER COUNTY.  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF ANY  GENERAL,  SPECIAL
 OR  LOCAL  LAW    OR  OF  ANY CHARTER TO THE CONTRARY, THE CITY OF WHITE
 PLAINS, WESTCHESTER COUNTY, MAY LEASE ANY AND ALL SPORTS FIELD FENCES AT
 GEDNEY FIELD,   ANNUALLY, AT A NOMINAL   RENT,   TO    A  NOT-FOR-PROFIT
 CORPORATION  OR  ORGANIZATION,  ORGANIZED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF
 NEW YORK FOR THE PURPOSE OF PERMITTING THE SALE OF ADVERTISING, WITH THE
 REVENUES TO BE USED SOLELY FOR THE CARE OF SUCH FIELD  IN  THE  CITY  OF
 WHITE PLAINS, WESTCHESTER COUNTY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11815-01-5

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