# New York A 8371: Authorizes the town of Ithaca, county of Tompkins to discontinue as parklands and alienate certain lands

New York A 8371, Authorizes the town of Ithaca, county of Tompkins to discontinue as parklands and alienate certain lands, is a 2025-2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Anna Kelles (Democratic); status signed, last action 2025-08-15 (SIGNED CHAP.327) (as of 2026-10-15).

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## Facts
- Bill: New York A 8371
- State: New York
- Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session
- Title: Authorizes the town of Ithaca, county of Tompkins to discontinue as parklands and alienate certain lands
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-05-13
- Last action: 2025-08-15, SIGNED CHAP.327
- Sponsor: Anna Kelles (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, RULES
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 2 (195 yes, 11 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Ithaca can swap parkland for farming: mixed, low. Effective immediately, the law lets the Town of Ithaca remove park status from 8.33 acres and transfer it for farming. Before removing park status, the town must dedicate the specified replacement land as parkland: 8.33 acres excluding road rights-of-way. The town must never have used that replacem…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Anna Kelles (Democratic), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-06-11 | Senate | FLOOR Vote | pass | 59 | 0 |   |
| 2025-06-10 | House | Assembly floor vote | pass | 136 | 11 |   |

## Actions (19)

- 2025-08-15: SIGNED CHAP.327 (House)
- 2025-08-12: DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR (House)
- 2025-06-11: RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY (Senate)
- 2025-06-11: PASSED SENATE (Senate)
- 2025-06-11: HOME RULE REQUEST (Senate)
- 2025-06-11: 3RD READING CAL.1841 (Senate)
- 2025-06-11: SUBSTITUTED FOR S7834A (Senate)
- 2025-06-10: REFERRED TO RULES (Senate)
- 2025-06-10: DELIVERED TO SENATE (House)
- 2025-06-10: PASSED ASSEMBLY (House)
- 2025-06-10: HOME RULE REQUEST (House)
- 2025-06-10: ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.585 (House)
- 2025-06-10: RULES REPORT CAL.585 (House)
- 2025-06-10: REPORTED (House)
- 2025-06-09: REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES (House)
- 2025-06-08: REFERENCE CHANGED TO WAYS AND MEANS (House)
- 2025-05-29: PRINT NUMBER 8371A (House)
- 2025-05-29: AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS (House)
- 2025-05-13: REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS (House)

## Bill text

- Amendment A, 2025-05-29: [PDF](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/A8371A)
- Original, 2025-05-13: [PDF](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/A8371)

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## Sources
- [Amendment A (PDF)](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/A8371A)
- [Original (PDF)](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/A8371)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-A8371-2025 (as of 2026-10-15).