A 7349 New York Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Authorizes the town of Niagara to alienate and discontinue the use of certain parklands and to convey such parklands to Rajendra Sharma

This bill authorizes the town of Niagara to sell a specific 0.15-acre park parcel (described in the bill) to Rajendra Sharma for residential development, ending its use as public parkland. The town must dedicate funds equal to the land's fair market value toward acquiring new parkland or improving existing recreational facilities. It includes a federal funding clause requiring compliance with federal requirements if the parkland received federal support. The bill does not change parkland access for residents but transfers a small, specific parcel to private ownership under these conditions.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Mar 25, 2025 Last action Jun 16, 2025
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A7349A A7349B · 3 edits
MINOR
The bill was amended to clarify that the town of Niagara must sell the parklands at fair market value to Rajendra Sharma, rather than simply conveying them. The description of the land being conveyed was also reorganized to appear earlier in the document. These changes ensure transparency in the transaction and maintain the requirement that the town receive equivalent value in return.
Scope change
The bill's scope remains focused on the same parcel of land in Niagara, but the mechanism for transferring ownership was modified from a direct conveyance to a sale at fair market value.
ELIGIBILITY

Changed the authorization from allowing the town to 'convey' the lands to requiring the town to 'sell and convey' the lands at fair market value to the recipient.

REQUIREMENT

Added language clarifying that the adjacent land owned by Rajendra Sharma must be owned by him specifically, rather than just 'owned adjacent land'.

TECHNICAL

Reorganized the land description section to appear earlier in the bill text, improving document structure.

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Total actions
11
Key actions
4
Committee
3
Amendments
4
Jun 12, 2025
Committee
REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES
lower
Jun 10, 2025
Committee
REFERENCE CHANGED TO WAYS AND MEANS
lower
Jun 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
PRINT NUMBER 7349B
lower
Jun 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
lower
Apr 9, 2025
Lower · Passed
PRINT NUMBER 7349A
lower
Apr 9, 2025
Lower · Passed
AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
lower
Mar 25, 2025
Committee
REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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Angelo Morinello
RRepublican
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