NY State Senate Bill 2025-S8403

Senate Bill S8403

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Authorizes the discontinuance of certain parklands in the town of Cortlandville, county of Cortland

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Current Bill Status - Passed Senate & Assembly

Introduced
- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
Delivered to Governor
Signed By Governor

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jun 13, 2025	returned to senate passed assembly home rule request ordered to third reading rules cal.752 substituted for a8373a
Jun 12, 2025	referred to ways and means delivered to assembly passed senate home rule request ordered to third reading cal.1940
Jun 09, 2025	referred to rules

Votes

- Jun 12, 2025 - Floor Vote
  S8403
  
  58
  
  Aye
  
  1
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  4
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Jun 12, 2025
      
      aye (58)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Ashby
      
      Bailey
      
      Baskin
      
      Borrello
      
      Brisport
      
      Brouk
      
      Bynoe
      
      Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick
      
      Chan
      
      Cleare
      
      Comrie
      
      Cooney
      
      Fernandez
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Gonzalez
      
      Gounardes
      
      Griffo
      
      Harckham
      
      Helming
      
      Hinchey
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jackson
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Krueger
      
      Lanza
      
      Liu
      
      Martinez
      
      Martins
      
      Mattera
      
      May
      
      Mayer
      
      O'Mara
      
      Oberacker
      
      Ortt
      
      Palumbo
      
      Parker
      
      Persaud
      
      Rhoads
      
      Rivera
      
      Rolison
      
      Ryan
      
      Ryan
      
      Salazar
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Scarcella-Spanton
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Serrano
      
      Skoufis
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stec
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Tedisco
      
      Walczyk
      
      Webb
      
      Weber
      
      Weik
      
      nay (1)
      
      Fahy
      
      excused (4)
      
      Murray
      
      Myrie
      
      Ramos
      
      Sutton
      
      The following Member(s) participated via videoconferencing: Brouk
  Jun 12, 2025 - Rules Committee Vote
  S8403
  
  19
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  1
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  1
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Rules Committee Vote: Jun 12, 2025
      
      aye (19)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Bailey
      
      Comrie
      
      Fernandez
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Griffo
      
      Harckham
      
      Helming
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Krueger
      
      Lanza
      
      Liu
      
      Mayer
      
      Ortt
      
      Parker
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Stec
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      aye wr (1)
      
      O'Mara
      
      excused (1)
      
      Myrie

2025-S8403 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A8373
Law Section:: Parks

2025-S8403 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the discontinuance of certain parklands in the town of Cortlandville, county of Cortland for lease to Park Outdoor Advertising of New York, Inc. for the purpose of erecting, maintaining and operating an electronic sign.

2025-S8403 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S8403

SPONSOR: WEBB
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act in relation to authorizing the town of Cortlandville to discon-
tinue the use of certain parklands

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

To authorize the Town of Cortlandville to alienate parkland.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section one of the bill authorizes the Town of Ithaca to alienate the
parcel of parkland described in the bill and to lease at fair market
value to Park Outdoor Advertising of New York, Inc. for a term not to
exceed 10 years the land more particularly described in section 4 of
this act for the purpose of erecting, maintaining and operating an elec-
tronic sign;

Section 2 of the bill states that this validates, legalizes, ratifies

and confirmi the alienation of parkland which was leased to Park Outdoor
Advertising of NY, Inc. prior to being alienated;

Section 3 of the bill states this authorization is conditioned on the
Town dedicating all proceeds of the lease toward the acquisition of new
parklands and/or capital improvements to existing park and recreational
facilities;

Section 4 of the bill describes the parcel to be alienated;

Section 5 of the bill provides that, should the parcel described in
section 4 cease to be used for the purposes described in section 1 of
this act, the lease shall terminate and the parcel shall revert to the
Town for park and recreational purposes.

Section 6 of the bill provides that if the Town received any funding
support or assistance from the federal government forthe purchase, main-
tenance or improvement of the parklands set forth in section 41, the
alienation of this parcel shall not occur until the Town has complied
with any federal requirements; pertaining to the alienation of park-
lands;

Section 7 of the bill is the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The Town of Cortlandville has indicated, by formal resolution, that it
wishes to discontinue the use of this small parcel for park and recre-
ation purposes and wishes the New York State Legislature to authorize
and empower the Town to alienate this small parcel of parkland. This
bill provides the requested authorization to alienate this property as
parkland.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

None

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately

2025-S8403 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8403
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 9, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  WEBB  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT in relation to authorizing the town of Cortlandville  to  discon-
   tinue the use of certain parklands
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subject to the provisions of this act, the  town  of  Cort-
 landville,  located in the county of Cortland, acting by and through its
 governing body and upon such terms and conditions as determined by  such
 body,  is  hereby authorized to discontinue as parklands and to lease at
 fair market value to Park Outdoor Advertising of New York,  Inc.  for  a
 term  not  to  exceed  ten years the land more particularly described in
 section four of this act for the purpose of  erecting,  maintaining  and
 operating an electronic sign.
   §  2. Notwithstanding the failure of the town of Cortlandville to seek
 and receive state legislative authorization to  alienate  certain  park-
 lands  as  described  in section four of this act prior to the parklands
 being leased to Park Outdoor Advertising of New York, Inc,  such  alien-
 ation is hereby validated, legalized, ratified and confirmed.
   §  3.  The  authorization provided in section one of this act shall be
 effective only upon the condition that the town of Cortlandville, county
 of Cortland, dedicate all proceeds of the lease toward  the  acquisition
 of new parklands and/or capital improvements to existing park and recre-
 ational facilities.
   § 4. The parklands authorized by section one of this act to be discon-
 tinued as parklands and leased are described as follows:
   All that tract or parcel of land situate in the Town of Cortlandville,
 County  of  Cortland,  and State of New York, being part of military lot
 #92 and being bounded and described as follows:
 Beginning at a point on the northerly highway boundary of NYS Route  13,
 which  point being S 50°22'54" W a distance of 141.00 feet from the east

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11984-03-5

 S. 8403                             2
 
 line of lands of the Town of  Cortlandville  (R.O.,  2017-920,  tax  map
 parcel:  105.00-04-02.2);  running  THENCE  along  the northerly highway
 boundary of NYS Route 13 S 50°22'54" W a distance of  30.00  feet  to  a
 point;
 running  THENCE  through  the  lands of the Town of Cortlandville (R.O.,
 2017-920, tax map parcel: 105.00-04-02.2) the following three (3) cours-
 es:
   1. N 39°37'06" W a distance of 40.00 feet to a point;
   2. N 50°22'54" E a distance of 30.00 feet to a point;
   3. S 39°37'06" E a distance of 40.00 feet to a point;
 The last mentioned point being the point and place of beginning contain-
 ing 0.03 Acres± of land, as shown as 'Proposed Sign Outparcel' on a  map
 by  Denkenberger  Surveying, P.C. titled 'Survey of the Lands of Town of
 Cortlandville' dated June 10, 2021 and last revised May 6, 2025.
 Excepting and reserving from the above described premises any/all  ease-
 ments of record pertaining to said premises.
   §  5.  Should the lands described in section four of this act cease to
 be used for the purposes described in section one of this act, the lease
 shall terminate and such lands shall revert to the town of Cortlandville
 for public park and recreational purposes. At the time  of  such  rever-
 sion, the removal of such electronic sign shall take place and the prop-
 erty  shall  be returned to its previous state, consistent with park and
 recreational purposes.
   § 6. In the event that the town of Cortlandville received any  funding
 support  or  assistance  from  the  federal government for the purchase,
 maintenance or improvement of the parklands set forth in section four of
 this act, the discontinuance and alienation of such parkland  authorized
 by  the  provisions  of this act shall not occur until the town of Cort-
 landville has complied with any federal requirements pertaining  to  the
 alienation  or  conversion of parklands, including satisfying the secre-
 tary of the interior that the alienation or conversion complies with all
 conditions which the secretary of the interior deems necessary to ensure
 the substitution of other lands shall be equivalent in fair market value
 and usefulness to the lands being alienated or converted.
   § 7. This act shall take effect immediately.

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