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NY A04030
Bill
Status
8/15/2025
Primary Sponsor
Karen McMahon
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AI Summary
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Authorizes the Town of Amherst, Erie County to discontinue approximately 0.892 acres of parkland and lease it to Verizon Wireless at fair market value for up to 30 years for a wireless communications tower
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Requires all lease proceeds to be dedicated to acquiring new parklands or making capital improvements to existing park and recreational facilities
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Mandates that if the land stops being used for the wireless tower, the lease terminates, the tower must be removed, and the land reverts to public park use
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Conditions the discontinuance on compliance with any federal requirements if the parkland received federal funding, including approval from the Secretary of the Interior and substitution of equivalent lands
Legislative Description
Authorizes the discontinuance of certain parklands in the town of Amherst, county of Erie for lease to Bell Atlantic Mobile Systems, LLC d/b/a Verizon Wireless for the placement and operation of a wireless communications tower.
Last Action
signed chap.325
8/15/2025