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NY A08560

Bill

Status

Introduced

5/20/2025

Primary Sponsor

Rebecca Kassay

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Origin

Assembly

2025-2026 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Directs the NYS Department of Transportation to grant a permanent easement to the MTA over a portion of the Setauket-Port Jefferson Station Greenway Multi-Use Path in Suffolk County for potential railyard development

  • Authorizes transfer of the easement for $1 without requiring an appraisal

  • Reserves DOT's right to have a bridge constructed over the Greenway location for the future straightening of NYS Route 25A, with MTA required to build any such bridge to DOT specifications

  • Requires MTA to reroute the existing pedestrian and bicycle path to a parcel south of the current Greenway location

  • Mandates DOT and MTA negotiate and execute the easement agreement within six months of the act's effective date

Legislative Description

Directs the Department of Transportation to grant a permanent access and construction easement to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority for the use of a portion of DOT-owned land to support potential future rail yard development.

Last Action

substituted by s8349a

6/17/2025

Committee Referrals

Rules6/17/2025
Ways and Means6/17/2025
Transportation5/20/2025

Full Bill Text

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