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A 8342: Authorizes the use of certain park lands alienated from a portion of the park commonly known as Lincoln Park, in the city of Albany for any school purposes.
What A 8342 does, verified September 28, 2025
The bill aims to allow the city of Albany to discontinue the use of certain park lands for public school purposes and sell the land at a fair market value. The city can use the funds from the sale to acquire new park lands or make improvements to existing park and recreational facilities. Additionally, if the city receives federal funding for the purchase, maintenance, or improvement of the park lands, the city must comply with federal requirements before discontinuing the use of the land. The bill takes effect immediately.
Bill journey
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5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: substituted by s7744a (2025-06-13)Alert me
Quick answers about A 8342
- What is the current status of A 8342?
- As of September 28, 2025, A 8342 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 13, 2025, was "substituted by s7744a".
- Did A 8342 pass?
- Not yet. A 8342 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 8342, and where is it now?
- A 8342 was authored by Asm. Gabriella Romero.
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| Jun. 13, 2025 | substituted by s7744a |
| Jun. 13, 2025 | ordered to third reading rules cal.751 |
| Jun. 13, 2025 | rules report cal.751 |
| Jun. 13, 2025 | reported |
| Jun. 13, 2025 | reported referred to rules |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, May 13, 2025 · 272 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8342 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY May 13, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ROMERO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Cities AN ACT to amend chapter 885 of the laws of 1953 authorizing the city of Albany to discontinue the use of certain park lands for the purpose of using such lands for public school purposes, in relation to authoriz- ing the use of such lands for any school purposes 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 885 of the laws of 1953 authorizing 2 the city of Albany to discontinue the use of certain park lands for the 3 purpose of using such lands for public school purposes, is amended to 4 read as follows: 5 Section 1. Notwithstanding any inconsistent general, special or local 6 law, the city of Albany may discontinue as park lands four and one-half 7 acres of land within the hereinafter described bounds and heretofore 8 acquired and used by such city for park purposes and constituting a 9 portion of the park commonly known as Lincoln Park, in the city of Alba- 10 ny, for the purpose of using such lands for [public] any school purposes 11 and the construction of [public] any school buildings, including streets 12 for ingress and egress. 13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11905-01-5
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