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NY A07890

Bill

Status

Introduced

4/11/2025

Primary Sponsor

Christopher Friend

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Origin

Assembly

2025-2026 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Authorizes the Commissioner of Environmental Conservation to lease a portion of Tioga State Forest #7 in the town of Newark Valley to multiple local entities including Tioga County emergency services, Newark Valley central school district, Berkshire fire department, and town of Berkshire highway department

  • Extends the maximum lease term from ten years to twenty years for the state land containing a television translator station

  • Updates the lease authorization language by changing references from "Tioga county bureau of fire" and "Northern Tioga emergency medical services" to simply "Tioga county emergency services"

  • Amends Chapter 412 of the laws of 1990, which originally authorized leasing land to public television station WSKG

Legislative Description

Authorizes the renewal of the WSKG lease for such land, tower and associated utility lines to the Tioga county emergency services, the Newark Valley central school district, the Berkshire fire department and the town of Berkshire highway department for a period of twenty years.

Last Action

referred to local governments

1/7/2026

Committee Referrals

Local Governments4/11/2025

Full Bill Text

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