# New York S 4457: Authorizes the town of Brookhaven to alienate certain parklands for use as a recharge basin

New York S 4457, Authorizes the town of Brookhaven to alienate certain parklands for use as a recharge basin, is a 2025-2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Dean Murray (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-08-15 (SIGNED CHAP.328) (as of 2026-10-15).

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## Facts
- Bill: New York S 4457
- State: New York
- Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session
- Title: Authorizes the town of Brookhaven to alienate certain parklands for use as a recharge basin
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-02-05
- Last action: 2025-08-15, SIGNED CHAP.328
- Sponsor: Dean Murray (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: LOCAL GOVERNMENT, WAYS AND MEANS
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 3 (214 yes, 11 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Brookhaven can replace parkland with stormwater basin: mixed, low. Effective immediately, the law lets Brookhaven's town board approve converting two park parcels into a stormwater runoff and recharge basin. The parcels cover 0.44 and 0.58 acres, totaling about 1.02 acres. The town must dedicate at least their fair market value to buying new parkland or improving…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Dean Murray (Republican), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-06-11 | House | Assembly floor vote | pass | 136 | 10 |   |
| 2025-06-10 | Senate | FLOOR Vote | pass | 57 | 1 |   |
| 2025-06-09 | committee | Rules Committee Vote | pass | 21 | 0 |   |

## Actions (17)

- 2025-08-15: SIGNED CHAP.328 (Senate)
- 2025-08-12: DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR (Senate)
- 2025-06-11: RETURNED TO SENATE (House)
- 2025-06-11: PASSED ASSEMBLY (House)
- 2025-06-11: HOME RULE REQUEST (House)
- 2025-06-11: ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.614 (House)
- 2025-06-11: SUBSTITUTED FOR A5477B (House)
- 2025-06-10: REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS (House)
- 2025-06-10: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY (Senate)
- 2025-06-10: PASSED SENATE (Senate)
- 2025-06-09: ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1619 (Senate)
- 2025-06-09: COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES (Senate)
- 2025-05-07: PRINT NUMBER 4457B (Senate)
- 2025-05-07: AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT (Senate)
- 2025-04-09: PRINT NUMBER 4457A (Senate)
- 2025-04-09: AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT (Senate)
- 2025-02-05: REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT (Senate)

## Bill text

- Amendment B, 2025-05-07: [PDF](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S4457B)
- Amendment A, 2025-04-09: [PDF](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S4457A)
- Original, 2025-02-05: [PDF](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S4457)

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## Sources
- [Amendment B (PDF)](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S4457B)
- [Amendment A (PDF)](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S4457A)
- [Original (PDF)](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S4457)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-S4457-2025 (as of 2026-10-15).