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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 17: Allows industrial development agencies to make grants to municipalities for open space preservation, parkland improvements and conservation easements

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

S 17 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on January 8, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Allows industrial development agencies to make grants to municipalities for open space preservation, parkland improvements and conservation easements. Primary sponsor: James Skoufis (Democratic). It lists 4 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (April 28, 2026): REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Allows industrial development agencies to make grants to municipalities for open space preservation, parkland improvements and conservation easements where the municipal governing body finds that the grant encourages tourism or otherwise improves quality of life.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1 · Democratic/Working Families 2 · Republican 1 · Republican/Conservative 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
James SkoufisPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate42
Jake AshbyCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate43
Robert JacksonCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate31
Rob RolisonCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate39
Lea WebbCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate52

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
  2. DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
  3. PASSED SENATE
  4. ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
  5. 2ND REPORT CAL.
  6. 1ST REPORT CAL.756
  7. REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT
  8. RETURNED TO SENATE
  9. DIED IN ASSEMBLY
  10. REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
  11. DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
  12. PASSED SENATE

Showing 12 most recent of 16 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source