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A 209: Provides that the borough of Staten Island shall also be known and designated as the "borough of parks".

New York · Assembly · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified January 8, 2026

What A 209 does, verified January 8, 2026

The proposed bill aims to designate the borough of Staten Island as the "Borough of Parks". The borough's boundaries will be defined as the territory known as Richmond County, including Staten Island, Island of Meadows, Pralls Island, Hoffman Island, Swinburne Island, and parts of Shooter's Island, within the state boundary lines and bounded by the borough of Brooklyn and County of Kings. This change will also rename the borough to the "Borough of Parks". The bill takes effect immediately.

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5GovernorPending
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Last action: referred to cities (2026-01-07)Alert me
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Michael ReillyEdward GibbsAri BrownScott BendettJoe DeStefanoBrian MaherKeith Brown
Recent actions2 total · showing 2
Jan. 07, 2026referred to cities
Jan. 08, 2025referred to cities
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 8, 2025 · 262 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 209 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PIROZZOLO, REILLY, GIBBS, E. BROWN, BENDETT, DeSTEFANO, MAHER, K. BROWN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Cities AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to designating the borough of Staten Island as the "borough of parks" The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 2-202 of the administrative code 2 of the city of New York is amended to read as follows: 3 5. The borough of Staten Island shall consist of the territory known 4 as Richmond county, which shall contain all that part of the city and 5 state, bounded on the north, on the west and on the south by the state 6 boundary line, and bounded on the east by the borough of Brooklyn and 7 county of Kings, including Staten Island, Island of Meadows, Pralls 8 Island, Hoffman Island, Swinburne Island, that part of Shooters Island 9 within the state of New York, and all other islands or parts thereof 10 situate within the aforedescribed bounds. The borough of Staten Island 11 shall also be known and designated as the "borough of parks". 12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00643-01-5 
Text of A 209 as introduced, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions
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