A 9178: Allows the city of New York to convey the Amity Little League Baseball Complex to the Amity Little League, Inc. for a period of forty years; subjects the conveyance to the provisions of the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure.
The bill authorizes the city of New York to transfer and convey certain state land to the Amity Little League, Inc. for recreational, sporting, educational, and community development purposes. The land in question is located in Brooklyn, and the transfer is subject to the provisions of the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP). The city of New York will transfer the land for consideration of one dollar, and the Amity Little League, Inc. must submit an accurate survey and description of the lands to be conveyed for approval. The lands must be used exclusively for community development activities, and upon termination of such use, title to the lands will revert to the city of New York. The bill takes effect immediately and will expire and be deemed repealed 40 years after its effective date.
- What is the current status of A 9178?
- As of January 24, 2026, A 9178 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 cities".
- Did A 9178 pass?
- Not yet. A 9178 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 9178, and where is it now?
- A 9178 was authored by Asm. Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn. Its committee of record is Assembly Cities.
| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to cities |
| Oct. 17, 2025 | referred to cities |
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9178 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY October 17, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BICHOTTE HERMELYN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Cities AN ACT authorizing the city of New York to transfer and convey certain state land to the Amity Little League, Inc.; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subject to the provisions of this act but notwithstanding 2 any other provision of law to the contrary, the city of New York acting 3 through The New York City Department of Citywide Administrative Services 4 is hereby authorized to transfer and convey to the Amity Little League, 5 Inc., in consideration of one dollar and upon such other consideration 6 as the commissioner of The New York City Department of Citywide Services 7 may deem proper, the land known or formerly known as the Amity Little 8 League Baseball Complex and more particularly described in section two 9 of this act to be used for the purposes of recreational, sporting, 10 educational, and community development purposes. 11 § 2. The lands authorized by section one of this act to be transferred 12 and conveyed are as follows: 13 ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and 14 being in Brooklyn, County of Kings, City of New York and State of New 15 York, being bounded and described as follows: 16 BEGINNING at an intersection of the southerly side of Avenue V and the 17 easterly side of Brigham Street, 18 RUNNING THENCE southerly along the easterly side of Brigham Street to 19 the point of intersection of the easterly side of Brigham Street and 20 northerly face of concrete base-wall for the chain link fence dividing 21 the property of PS-194 and the property of Amity Little League Ball 22 Field 315.42 feet, 23 THENCE easterly along the line forming an interior angle with the 24 easterly side of Brigham Street of 90 degrees 02 minutes 12 seconds and EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13912-01-5A. 9178 2 1 along the northerly side of said concrete base-wall a distance of 200.00 2 feet to a point on the westerly side of Knapp Street, 3 THENCE northerly along the westerly side of Knapp Street, which is 4 forming an interior angle with the previous course of 89 degrees 57 5 minutes 48 seconds a distance of 441.19 feet to an intersection with the 6 southerly side of Avenue V, 7 THENCE southwesterly, along the southerly side of Avenue V a distance 8 of 236.19 feet, to the point or place of BEGINNING 9 This parcel contains 75,661.48 square feet mor or less. 10 § 3. The description in section two of this act of the land to be 11 conveyed is not intended to be a legal description but is intended to 12 identify the parcel to be conveyed. As a condition of the transfer, the 13 Amity Little League, Inc. shall submit to the commissioner of The New 14 York City Department of Citywide Services, for the commissioner of The 15 New York City Department of Citywide Services's approval, an accurate 16 survey and description of the lands to be conveyed, which may be used in 17 the conveyance thereof. 18 § 4. The New York City Department of Citywide Services shall not 19 transfer or convey the aforesaid land unless application is made to The 20 New York City Department of Citywide Services by the Amity Little Leag- 21 ue, Inc. within one year after the effective date of this act. Said 22 application shall be in the form of a resolution setting forth a compre- 23 hensive statement approved by its managing board, acknowledging and 24 accepting the use restrictions set forth in section five of this act. 25 § 5. Any lands transferred pursuant to this act shall be used exclu- 26 sively to utilize the subject property and improve the structures on the 27 subject property for the purpose of providing recreational, sporting, 28 educational and community development activities to the community and 29 upon termination of such use, title to the lands so transferred shall 30 revert to the city of New York. The reverter interest, specifying that 31 title to the lands so transferred shall revert to the city of New York 32 upon termination of such use, shall be included in any conveyance 33 instrument used to transfer such land pursuant to this act. 34 § 6. The conveyance of any lands transferred pursuant to this act 35 shall be subject to the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP). 36 § 7. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be 37 deemed repealed 40 years after such date.