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S 7417: Requires the state commissioner of parks, recreation and historic preservation to create a process to approve or deny any new large urban telecommunication infrastructure that is proposed to be located within two hundred feet of any site listed on the State Register or the National Register or eligible to be listed on the National Register.
What S 7417 does, verified September 28, 2025
The state of New York is introducing a new law to regulate large urban telecommunication infrastructure. This law aims to protect historic districts by creating a process for the state commissioner to approve or deny new infrastructure proposals within 200 feet of listed or eligible historic sites. The process will not include measures preempted by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966. The law will take effect immediately.
Bill journey
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Last action: REFERRED TO CULTURAL AFFAIRS, TOURISM, PARKS AND RECREATION (2025-04-15)Alert me
Quick answers about S 7417
- What is the current status of S 7417?
- As of September 28, 2025, S 7417 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on April 15, 2025, was "REFERRED TO CULTURAL AFFAIRS, TOURISM, PARKS AND RECREATION".
- Did S 7417 pass?
- Not yet. S 7417 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote S 7417, and where is it now?
- S 7417 was authored by Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal. Its committee of record is Senate Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks & Recreation.
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Latest bill textIntroduced version, April 15, 2025 · 269 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7417 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE April 15, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HOYLMAN-SIGAL -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks and Recreation AN ACT to amend the parks, recreation and historic preservation law, in relation to directing the state commissioner of parks, recreation and historic preservation to create a process to approve or deny certain new large urban telecommunication infrastructure The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The parks, recreation and historic preservation law is 2 amended by adding a new section 14.13 to read as follows: 3 § 14.13 New York state historic district telecommunications. 1. As 4 used in this section, "large urban telecommunication infrastructure" 5 means free-standing street or sidewalk public telecommunication infras- 6 tructure greater than eight feet in height. 7 2. The commissioner shall create a process to approve or deny any new 8 large urban telecommunication infrastructure that is proposed to be 9 located within two hundred feet of any site listed on the state register 10 or the national register or eligible to be listed on the national regis- 11 ter; provided, however, that such process shall not include any measures 12 preempted by section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 13 1966. 14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD03118-03-5
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