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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 3475: Authorizes municipal legislative bodies to enact local laws and ordinances providing for mediation of land use decisions

In committee 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 3475 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on January 27, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Authorizes municipal legislative bodies to enact local laws and ordinances providing for mediation of land use decisions. Primary sponsor: Pam Helming (Republican/Conservative). Most recent recorded action (January 7, 2026): REFERRED TO CITIES 2.

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.

Authorizes certain municipal legislative bodies, including towns and villages, to enact local laws and ordinances providing for non-binding mediation of land use decisions.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican/Conservative 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Pam HelmingPrimary sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate54

“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 CITIES 2
  2. REFERRED TO CITIES 2

Sources

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