# New York S 10611: Authorizes the town of Greenburgh to alienate and discontinue the use of certain parkland

New York S 10611, Authorizes the town of Greenburgh to alienate and discontinue the use of certain parkland, is a 2025-2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Andrea Stewart-Cousins (Democratic); status signed, last action 2026-08-28 (SIGNED CHAP.290) (as of 2026-10-15).

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## Facts
- Bill: New York S 10611
- State: New York
- Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session
- Title: Authorizes the town of Greenburgh to alienate and discontinue the use of certain parkland
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2026-05-29
- Last action: 2026-08-28, SIGNED CHAP.290
- Sponsor: Andrea Stewart-Cousins (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: LOCAL GOVERNMENT, WAYS AND MEANS
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 2 (186 yes, 15 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 2

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Park protections and lease money rules: benefit, low. All money from the lease must be used to buy new parkland or improve parks and recreation facilities. If the land stops being used for the solar project or chargers, the lease ends. The land returns to public park use, the equipment is removed, and the site is restored. If the town used federal fun…
- Greenburgh can lease parkland for solar, chargers: mixed, low. The town of Greenburgh can discontinue park use on about 3.91 acres (170,337 sq. ft.). It can lease this land to HESP Solar LLC to build a solar array and electric vehicle charging stations. The lease must be at fair market value and can last up to 25 years. The town board sets the lease terms.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Andrea Stewart-Cousins (Democratic), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-06-04 | Senate | FLOOR Vote | pass | 60 | 0 |   |
| 2026-06-04 | House | Assembly floor vote | pass | 126 | 15 |   |

## Actions (14)

- 2026-08-28: SIGNED CHAP.290 (Senate)
- 2026-08-21: DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR (Senate)
- 2026-06-04: RETURNED TO SENATE (House)
- 2026-06-04: PASSED ASSEMBLY (House)
- 2026-06-04: HOME RULE REQUEST (House)
- 2026-06-04: ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.527 (House)
- 2026-06-04: SUBSTITUTED FOR A11533 (House)
- 2026-06-04: REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS (House)
- 2026-06-04: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY (Senate)
- 2026-06-04: PASSED SENATE (Senate)
- 2026-06-04: HOME RULE REQUEST (Senate)
- 2026-06-04: ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1773 (Senate)
- 2026-06-04: COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES (Senate)
- 2026-05-29: REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT (Senate)

## Bill text

- Original, 2026-05-29: [PDF](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S10611)

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## Sources
- [Original (PDF)](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S10611)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-S10611-2025 (as of 2026-10-15).