Bill Text: NY A00209 | 2025-2026 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 209

Introduced

Bill Title: Provides that the borough of Staten Island shall also be known and designated as the "borough of parks".

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 7-1)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-08 - referred to cities [A00209 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                           209

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                       (Prefiled)

                                     January 8, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  PIROZZOLO, REILLY, GIBBS, E. BROWN, BENDETT,
          DeSTEFANO, MAHER, K. BROWN -- read once and referred to the  Committee
          on Cities

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  administrative code of the city of New York, in
          relation to designating the borough of Staten Island as  the  "borough
          of parks"

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 2-202 of the  administrative  code
     2  of the city of New York is amended to read as follows:
     3    5.  The  borough of Staten Island shall consist of the territory known
     4  as Richmond county, which shall contain all that part of  the  city  and
     5  state,  bounded  on the north, on the west and on the south by the state
     6  boundary line, and bounded on the east by the borough  of  Brooklyn  and
     7  county  of  Kings,  including  Staten  Island, Island of Meadows, Pralls
     8  Island, Hoffman Island, Swinburne Island, that part of  Shooters  Island
     9  within  the  state  of  New York, and all other islands or parts thereof
    10  situate within the aforedescribed bounds.  The borough of Staten  Island
    11  shall also be known and designated as the "borough of parks".
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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