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A 5668: Allows industrial development agencies to make grants to municipalities for open space preservation, parkland improvements and conservation easements where the municipal governing body finds that the grant encourages tourism or otherwise improves quality of life.
What A 5668 does, verified January 8, 2026
The bill aims to amend the General Municipal Law to allow industrial development agencies to make grants to municipalities for open space preservation, parkland improvements, and conservation easements. To be eligible for these grants, the municipality must accept the funds and find that they will encourage tourism or improve the quality of life. The bill gives the municipality the necessary power to carry out its purposes and exercise the powers granted. The changes take effect immediately.
Bill journey
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5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to local governments (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 5668
- What is the current status of A 5668?
- As of January 8, 2026, A 5668 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 local governments".
- Did A 5668 pass?
- Not yet. A 5668 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 5668, and where is it now?
- A 5668 was authored by Asm. Dana Levenberg. Its committee of record is Assembly Local Government.
Author and sponsors
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to local governments |
| Feb. 19, 2025 | referred to local governments |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 19, 2025 · 257 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5668 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 19, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. LEVENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to allowing industrial development agencies to make grants to municipalities for open space preservation, parkland improvements and conservation ease- ments The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivisions 16 and 17 of section 858 of the general munic- 2 ipal law, as added by chapter 1030 of the laws of 1969 and as renumbered 3 by chapter 356 of the laws of 1993, are amended to read as follows: 4 (16) To establish and re-establish its fiscal year; [and] 5 (17) To make grants to the municipality for whose benefit the agency 6 was established for the purpose of open space preservation, parkland 7 improvements and conservation easements provided the governing board of 8 such municipality shall accept the same and find that the same encour- 9 ages tourism or otherwise improves the quality of life in such munici- 10 pality; and 11 (18) To do all things necessary or convenient to carry out its 12 purposes and exercise the powers expressly given in this title. 13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00067-01-5
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