# New York S 7049: Authorizes the city of New York to discontinue the use as parkland and alienate certain land within Ferry Point Park in the borough of the Bronx

New York S 7049, Authorizes the city of New York to discontinue the use as parkland and alienate certain land within Ferry Point Park in the borough of the Bronx, is a 2025-2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Nathalia Fernandez (Democratic); status signed, last action 2025-06-18 (SIGNED CHAP.152) (as of 2026-10-15).

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## Facts
- Bill: New York S 7049
- State: New York
- Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session
- Title: Authorizes the city of New York to discontinue the use as parkland and alienate certain land within Ferry Point Park in the borough of the Bronx
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-03-31
- Last action: 2025-06-18, SIGNED CHAP.152
- Sponsor: Nathalia Fernandez (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: CITIES 1, CITIES
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 3 (201 yes, 10 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 2

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Bronx parks get funding and land safeguards: benefit, low. As a condition of the licensed land deal, the city must dedicate at least the combined fair market value of both transferred parcels and the access rights to Bronx parks. This money must buy new parkland or fund capital improvements to existing Bronx parks and recreation facilities. If the land rec…
- Bronx parkland can host a casino: mixed, low. Effective immediately, the law allows New York City to sell about 15.73 acres of Ferry Point Park to Bally’s at fair market value, subject to agreed terms and a state gaming license. Allowed uses include a casino, commercial space, shops, entertainment, recreation, golf, hotels, a convention center…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Nathalia Fernandez (Democratic), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-06-13 | House | Assembly floor vote | pass | 127 | 5 |   |
| 2025-06-13 | Senate | FLOOR Vote | pass | 55 | 4 |   |
| 2025-06-12 | committee | Rules Committee Vote | pass | 19 | 1 |   |

## Actions (14)

- 2025-06-18: SIGNED CHAP.152 (Senate)
- 2025-06-18: DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR (Senate)
- 2025-06-13: RETURNED TO SENATE (House)
- 2025-06-13: PASSED ASSEMBLY (House)
- 2025-06-13: ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.769 (House)
- 2025-06-13: SUBSTITUTED FOR A7514A (House)
- 2025-06-13: REFERRED TO CITIES (House)
- 2025-06-13: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY (Senate)
- 2025-06-13: PASSED SENATE (Senate)
- 2025-06-12: ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1996 (Senate)
- 2025-06-12: COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES (Senate)
- 2025-04-07: PRINT NUMBER 7049A (Senate)
- 2025-04-07: AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CITIES 1 (Senate)
- 2025-03-31: REFERRED TO CITIES 1 (Senate)

## Bill text

- Amendment A, 2025-04-07: [PDF](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S7049A)
- Original, 2025-03-31: [PDF](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S7049)

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## Sources
- [Amendment A (PDF)](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S7049A)
- [Original (PDF)](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S7049)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-S7049-2025 (as of 2026-10-15).