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NY A08526

Bill

Status

Introduced

5/20/2025

Primary Sponsor

Jodi Giglio

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Origin

Assembly

2025-2026 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Authorizes the Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County to discontinue parkland use and lease approximately 0.0573 acres of Rolling Oaks Golf Course in Rocky Point to LI Smart Solutions LLC for up to 30 years for a wireless communication tower

  • Grants a 15-foot-wide easement (approximately 0.103 acres) for vehicular, pedestrian, and utility access from North Country Road to the leased tower site, with the access road remaining publicly accessible for park purposes

  • Requires all lease proceeds to be used for capital improvements to existing parks or acquisition of new park and recreational facilities, with the town dedicating an amount equal to or greater than the easement's fair market value for the same purposes

  • Mandates that if the land ceases to be used for the wireless tower, the lease terminates, land reverts to public parkland, the easement is extinguished, and the tower must be removed with the property restored to its previous condition

  • Requires compliance with any federal requirements if the parkland received federal funding, including satisfying the Secretary of the Interior that substitute lands are equivalent in fair market value and usefulness

Legislative Description

Authorizes alienation of certain parkland in the town of Brookhaven, Suffolk county and the lease of such land for a wireless communication tower, and an easement for access and utilities.

Last Action

substituted by s7873a

6/13/2025

Committee Referrals

Rules6/13/2025
Ways and Means6/13/2025
Local Governments5/20/2025

Full Bill Text

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