Home/Bills/S 8378New York · 2025–2026 Legislative Session

S 8378: Requires that land formerly used as an armory which was conveyed to the town of Riverhead, county of Suffolk by the state in 2011, to be leased to the YMCA of Long Island for the provision of recreational and educational programs.

New York · Senate · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified June 9, 2026

What S 8378 does, verified June 9, 2026

The state of New York is amending a law related to the conveyance of land formerly used as an armory to the town of Riverhead, Suffolk County. The amended law allows the town to lease the land for a period of 99 years at a nominal value of one dollar to the YMCA of Long Island. The lease is intended to support the YMCA's use of the land for community services, police department programs, and recreational activities. Upon the lease's termination, the land will revert back to the state of New York.

Bill journey
✓IntroducedComplete
✓In CommitteeComplete
✓First Chamber FloorComplete
4Second ChamberCurrent
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: returned to senate (2026-06-05)Alert me
Quick answers about S 8378
What is the current status of S 8378?
As of June 9, 2026, S 8378 is recorded as "Passed first house": it has passed the chamber it started in and is now before the second chamber. The last recorded action, on June 5, 2026, was "returned to senate".
Did S 8378 pass?
Not yet. S 8378 has passed its house of origin and is now before the second chamber, where it needs committee approval and a floor vote.
Who wrote S 8378, and where is it now?
S 8378 was authored by Sen. Anthony Palumbo.
Recent actions18 total · showing 5
Jun. 05, 2026returned to senate
Jun. 05, 2026passed assembly
Jun. 05, 2026home rule request
Jun. 05, 2026ordered to third reading rules cal.569
Jun. 05, 2026substituted for a8809b
Full action history, 13 earlier actionsConnect Plus
Latest bill textIntroduced version, June 6, 2025 · 320 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8378 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE June 6, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. PALUMBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend chapter 495 of the laws of 2011 relating to the convey- ance of land formerly used as an armory to the town of Riverhead, county of Suffolk, in relation to the use of such property The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 4 of chapter 495 of the laws of 2011 relating to 2 the conveyance of land formerly used as an armory to the town of River- 3 head, county of Suffolk, is amended to read as follows: 4 § 4. Any lands transferred pursuant to this act shall be entered into 5 leases or other agreements with the YMCA of Long Island upon terms 6 agreed upon by the town of Riverhead and the YMCA of Long Island and 7 shall be used for the purposes of the [town of Riverhead] YMCA of Long 8 Island to utilize the subject property [and improve the structures for 9 use by the police department, justice court, public safety and recre- 10 ational programs developed and operated by the town of Riverhead police 11 department and upon termination of such use title to the lands so trans- 12 ferred shall revert to the state of New York] for the provision of 13 recreational and educational programs; provided, however, that if such 14 lands cease to be used for such purposes, then such lands shall revert 15 to the state of New York. 16 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD13347-01-5 
Text of S 8378 as introduced, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions
GovBuddy Demo

See how GovBuddy fits your team.

Share a few details and our team will follow up with a focused walkthrough.