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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 8349: Directs the Department of Transportation to grant a permanent access and construction easement to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority

Vetoed Official data

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

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

S 8349 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on June 4, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Directs the Department of Transportation to grant a permanent access and construction easement to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Primary sponsor: Tony Palumbo (Republican). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (December 19, 2025): VETOED MEMO.162.

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.

Directs the Department of Transportation to grant a permanent access and construction easement to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority for the use of a portion of DOT-owned land to support potential future rail yard development.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1 · Republican/Conservative 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Tony PalumboPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate1
Mario MatteraCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate2

“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. VETOED MEMO.162
  2. DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
  3. RETURNED TO SENATE
  4. PASSED ASSEMBLY
  5. ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.928
  6. SUBSTITUTED FOR A8560A
  7. REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION
  8. DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
  9. PASSED SENATE
  10. ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.2023
  11. PRINT NUMBER 8349A
  12. AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO RULES

Showing 12 most recent of 13 actions. Full history

Sources

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