# New York S 5932: Authorizes the town of Huntington to alienate and discontinue the use of certain parklands to the Huntington African American Museum

New York S 5932, Authorizes the town of Huntington to alienate and discontinue the use of certain parklands to the Huntington African American Museum, is a 2025-2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Mario Mattera (Republican); status signed, last action 2026-07-13 (SIGNED CHAP.166) (as of 2026-10-15).

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## Facts
- Bill: New York S 5932
- State: New York
- Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session
- Title: Authorizes the town of Huntington to alienate and discontinue the use of certain parklands to the Huntington African American Museum
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-03-04
- Last action: 2026-07-13, SIGNED CHAP.166
- Sponsor: Mario Mattera (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: LOCAL GOVERNMENT, WAYS AND MEANS
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 4 (211 yes, 2 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Huntington can transfer parkland to museum: mixed, low. The law lets the Town of Huntington stop using 9.733 acres of parkland and transfer it to the Huntington African American Museum. The land is for exhibits and events and stops being parkland after transfer. The town sets the terms and conditions. Before any transfer, the town must dedicate at least…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Mario Mattera (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Monica Martinez (Democratic), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-06-01 | House | Assembly floor vote | pass | 137 | 2 |   |
| 2026-06-01 | Senate | FLOOR Vote | pass | 60 | 0 |   |
| 2026-05-05 | committee | Local Government Committee Vote | pass | 7 | 0 |   |
| 2025-05-20 | committee | Local Government Committee Vote | pass | 7 | 0 |   |

## Actions (20)

- 2026-07-13: SIGNED CHAP.166 (Senate)
- 2026-07-10: DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR (Senate)
- 2026-06-01: RETURNED TO SENATE (House)
- 2026-06-01: PASSED ASSEMBLY (House)
- 2026-06-01: HOME RULE REQUEST (House)
- 2026-06-01: ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.328 (House)
- 2026-06-01: SUBSTITUTED FOR A11447 (House)
- 2026-06-01: REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS (House)
- 2026-06-01: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY (Senate)
- 2026-06-01: PASSED SENATE (Senate)
- 2026-05-19: AMENDED ON THIRD READING 5932A (Senate)
- 2026-05-07: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING (Senate)
- 2026-05-06: 2ND REPORT CAL. (Senate)
- 2026-05-05: 1ST REPORT CAL.899 (Senate)
- 2026-01-07: REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT (Senate)
- 2025-06-13: COMMITTED TO RULES (Senate)
- 2025-05-22: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING (Senate)
- 2025-05-21: 2ND REPORT CAL. (Senate)
- 2025-05-20: 1ST REPORT CAL.1152 (Senate)
- 2025-03-04: REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT (Senate)

## Bill text

- Amendment A, 2026-05-19: [PDF](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S5932A)
- Original, 2025-03-04: [PDF](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S5932)

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## Sources
- [Amendment A (PDF)](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S5932A)
- [Original (PDF)](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S5932)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-S5932-2025 (as of 2026-10-15).