# New York S 5536: Authorizes the county of Suffolk to alienate certain lands used as parklands and to dedicate certain other lands as parklands

New York S 5536, Authorizes the county of Suffolk to alienate certain lands used as parklands and to dedicate certain other lands as parklands, is a 2025-2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Mario Mattera (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-08-15 (SIGNED CHAP.330) (as of 2026-10-19).

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## Facts
- Bill: New York S 5536
- State: New York
- Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session
- Title: Authorizes the county of Suffolk to alienate certain lands used as parklands and to dedicate certain other lands as parklands
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-02-24
- Last action: 2025-08-15, SIGNED CHAP.330
- Sponsor: Mario Mattera (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: LOCAL GOVERNMENT, WAYS AND MEANS
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 3 (200 yes, 13 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Suffolk parkland swap allows residential improvements: mixed, low. Effective immediately, Suffolk County can transfer a Smithtown park parcel to Russel and Deana Galindo for residential improvements. It contains 10,113.62 square feet, about 0.232 acres, and loses its parkland status. The swap requires the Galindos to convey replacement land as the county acquires…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Mario Mattera (Republican), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-06-13 | House | Assembly floor vote | pass | 123 | 11 |   |
| 2025-06-11 | Senate | FLOOR Vote | pass | 58 | 1 |   |
| 2025-06-11 | committee | Rules Committee Vote | pass | 19 | 1 |   |

## Actions (14)

- 2025-08-15: SIGNED CHAP.330 (Senate)
- 2025-08-12: DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR (Senate)
- 2025-06-13: RETURNED TO SENATE (House)
- 2025-06-13: PASSED ASSEMBLY (House)
- 2025-06-13: HOME RULE REQUEST (House)
- 2025-06-13: ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.728 (House)
- 2025-06-13: SUBSTITUTED FOR A5900 (House)
- 2025-06-11: REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS (House)
- 2025-06-11: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY (Senate)
- 2025-06-11: PASSED SENATE (Senate)
- 2025-06-11: HOME RULE REQUEST (Senate)
- 2025-06-11: ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1814 (Senate)
- 2025-06-11: COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES (Senate)
- 2025-02-24: REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT (Senate)

## Bill text

- Original, 2025-02-24: [PDF](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S5536)

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## Sources
- [Original (PDF)](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S5536)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-S5536-2025 (as of 2026-10-19).