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A 5461: Adjusts the state aid on certain state leased or state owned land for years beginning on or after April first, two thousand twenty-five.

New York · Assembly · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified January 9, 2026

What A 5461 does, verified January 9, 2026

The bill amends the Public Lands Law to provide additional state aid to cities in certain counties that have constructed state office buildings. The aid is payable in a schedule that began in 2000-2001 and increased over the years until 2013-2014. After 2013-2014, the aid amount remains at $15,000,000 per year. Starting in the 2025-2026 fiscal year, the aid amount is calculated based on the allowable levy growth factor, which is defined in the General Municipal Law. The aid is payable for state fiscal years beginning on or after April 1, 2025. The aid takes effect immediately.

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Last action: referred to governmental operations (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 5461
What is the current status of A 5461?
As of January 9, 2026, A 5461 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "referred to governmental operations".
Did A 5461 pass?
Not yet. A 5461 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
Who wrote A 5461, and where is it now?
A 5461 was authored by Asm. Gabriella Romero. Its committee of record is Assembly Governmental Operations.
Recent actions2 total · showing 2
Jan. 07, 2026referred to governmental operations
Feb. 14, 2025referred to governmental operations
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 14, 2025 · 465 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5461 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY February 14, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ROMERO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the public lands law, in relation to state aid on certain state leased or state owned land The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph 1 of subdivision 2-a of section 19-a of the 2 public lands law, as amended by section 1 of part O of chapter 57 of the 3 laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows: 4 (1) Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the contrary, in 5 addition to state aid otherwise payable pursuant to this section, there 6 shall be payable to any city located in a county in which there has been 7 constructed a state office building project in accordance with the 8 provisions of chapter one hundred fifty-two of the laws of nineteen 9 hundred sixty-four, as amended, and pursuant to an agreement entitled 10 the "South Mall contract" dated May eleventh, nineteen hundred sixty- 11 five, state aid in accordance with the following schedule: 12 State Fiscal Year 13 Amount 14 2000-2001 $4,500,000 15 2001-2002 $4,500,000 16 2002-2003 $4,500,000 17 2003-2004 $9,850,000 18 2004-2005 $16,850,000 19 2005-2006 $22,850,000 20 2006-2007 $22,850,000 21 2007-2008 $22,850,000 22 2008-2009 $22,850,000 23 2009-2010 $22,850,000 24 2010-2011 $22,850,000 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03876-01-5 

 A. 5461 2 1 2011-2012 $15,000,000 2 2012-2013 $22,850,000 3 2013-2014 $22,850,000 4 2014-2015 $15,000,000 5 2015-2016 $15,000,000 6 2016-2017 $27,500,000 7 2017-2018 $15,000,000 8 2018-2019 $15,000,000 9 2019-2020 $15,000,000 10 2020-2021 $15,000,000 11 2021-2022 $15,000,000 12 2022-2023 $15,000,000 13 2023-2024 $15,000,000 14 2024-2025 [$15,000,000 15 2025-2026 $15,000,000 16 2026-2027 $15,000,000 17 2027-2028 $15,000,000 18 2028-2029 $15,000,000 19 2029-2030 $15,000,000 20 2030-2031 $15,000,000 21 2031-2032 $1,800,000] $35,500,000 22 For state fiscal years beginning on or after April first, two thousand 23 twenty-five, the amount shall equal the product of the prior state fiscal 24 year amount and the allowable levy growth factor as defined in section 25 three-c of the general municipal law for the coming state fiscal year. 26 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. 

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