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A 7890: Authorizes the renewal of the WSKG lease for such land, tower and associated utility lines to the Tioga county emergency services, the Newark Valley central school district, the Berkshire fire department and the town of Berkshire highway department for a period of ten years.
What A 7890 does, verified June 9, 2026
The state of New York is authorizing the commissioner of environmental conservation to lease a portion of state land to several entities, including public television station WSKG and local government agencies. The lease will cover the land and television translator system on which WSKG's translator station is installed. The lease terms will be determined by the commissioner and will not exceed 20 years. The entities will pay just compensation to the state for the use of the land. The lease will take effect immediately.
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Last action: substituted by s7158a (2026-06-04)Alert me
Quick answers about A 7890
- What is the current status of A 7890?
- As of June 9, 2026, A 7890 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on June 4, 2026, was "substituted by s7158a".
- Did A 7890 pass?
- Not yet. A 7890 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 7890, and where is it now?
- A 7890 was authored by Asm. Christopher Friend.
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| Jun. 04, 2026 | substituted by s7158a |
| Jun. 04, 2026 | ordered to third reading rules cal.489 |
| Jun. 04, 2026 | rules report cal.489 |
| Jun. 04, 2026 | reported |
| Jun. 04, 2026 | reported referred to rules |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, April 11, 2025 · 328 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7890 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY April 11, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. FRIEND -- read once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments AN ACT to amend chapter 412 of the laws of 1990 relating to authorizing the commissioner of environmental conservation to lease a portion of state land to public television station WSKG, in relation to leasing such land, tower and associated utility lines to the Tioga county emergency services, the Newark Valley central school district, the Berkshire fire department and the town of Berkshire highway department The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 1 of chapter 412 of the laws of 1990 relating to 2 authorizing the commissioner of environmental conservation to lease a 3 portion of state land to public television station WSKG, as amended by 4 chapter 270 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows: 5 Section 1. The commissioner of environmental conservation is hereby 6 authorized to lease to the Tioga county [bureau of fire, the Northern7Tioga] emergency [medical] services, the Newark Valley central school 8 district, the Berkshire fire department and the town of Berkshire high- 9 way department for such consideration as [he or she] such person deems 10 just compensation to the state, that portion of Tioga state forest #7, 11 town of Newark Valley, upon which is installed a television translator 12 station. Lease of such land, and television translator system shall be 13 made upon such terms and conditions as the commissioner may fix and 14 determine, provided that such lease shall be for a term not to exceed 15 [ten] twenty years. 16 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11508-02-5
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