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NY S02701
Bill
Status
1/22/2025
Primary Sponsor
Anthony Palumbo
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AI Summary
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Confirms the Trustees for the Proprietors of the town of Southampton, created by an 1818 law, are extinguished as a body politic after disbanding in 1882
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Grants the Trustees of the Freeholders and Commonalty of Southampton authority to enforce public easement and access on ocean beaches, including rights from the Dongan Patent of 1686
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Defines "ocean beaches" as the area between the crest of the primary dune and the high water mark of the Atlantic Ocean within Southampton
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Preserves trustee ownership rights over Southampton's waters and their products as granted by the Dongan Patent and laws from 1818 and 1831
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Maintains trustees' powers to create rules, impose penalties, and manage town property while protecting incorporated villages' existing authority over lands, beaches, and waters within their boundaries
Legislative Description
Relates to the trustees of the Freeholders and the Commonalty of the town of Southampton, county of Suffolk; provides that the trustees of the Freeholders and Commonalty of the town of Southampton have and shall continue to have the authority to enforce the public's easement and access upon the ocean beaches within the town of Southampton, including all rights of the public with respect to the said ocean beaches which were conferred upon them by the Dongan Patent of 1686; defines "ocean beaches".
Last Action
REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT
1/7/2026