A 9007 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 David Gaines

This bill authorizes the Town of Niagara to sell specific parklands to David Gaines, requiring the town to dedicate funds equal to the land's fair market value toward new parkland or park improvements. It includes federal compliance requirements if the land received prior federal funding. As a land transfer bill with no broader policy impact, it focuses solely on this specific property transaction.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Aug 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Aug 13, 2025 Last action Jun 4, 2026

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A9007 → A9007A · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was amended to clarify that the land sale is intended for residential improvements and to add a specific acreage measurement for the final tract of land being sold. The amendment also updated the bill's status to reflect that it has been reviewed by the committee and is ready for further action.

Scope change

The bill's scope was slightly clarified by adding the specific purpose of the land sale and the total acreage of the final parcel, but the core authority to sell the land remains unchanged.

DEFINITION

Added the phrase 'for the purpose of residential improvements' to Section 1 to specify how the sold land will be used.

Added a total acreage measurement ('approximately 5.1 acres') to the description of the final land tract in Section 3.

TECHNICAL

Updated the bill header and committee status to indicate the bill was discharged from committee and amended.

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Amendments

Jun 4, 2026

Committee

REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES

lower

Jun 2, 2026

Committee

REFERENCE CHANGED TO WAYS AND MEANS

lower

May 21, 2026

Lower · Passed

PRINT NUMBER 9007A

lower

May 21, 2026

Lower · Passed

AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

lower

Jan 7, 2026

Committee

REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

lower

Aug 13, 2025

Committee

REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

lower

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