S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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209
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
(PREFILED)
January 8, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. PIROZZOLO, REILLY, GIBBS, E. BROWN, BENDETT,
DeSTEFANO, MAHER, K. BROWN -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Cities
AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in
relation to designating the borough of Staten Island as the "borough
of parks"
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 2-202 of the administrative code
of the city of New York is amended to read as follows:
5. The borough of Staten Island shall consist of the territory known
as Richmond county, which shall contain all that part of the city and
state, bounded on the north, on the west and on the south by the state
boundary line, and bounded on the east by the borough of Brooklyn and
county of Kings, including Staten Island, Island of Meadows, Pralls
Island, Hoffman Island, Swinburne Island, that part of Shooters Island
within the state of New York, and all other islands or parts thereof
situate within the aforedescribed bounds. THE BOROUGH OF STATEN ISLAND
SHALL ALSO BE KNOWN AND DESIGNATED AS THE "BOROUGH OF PARKS".
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00643-01-5
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