---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the sale of bonds and notes of the city of Buffalo"
description: "Relates to the sale of bonds and notes of the city of Buffalo."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "A 4887"
citation: "New York A 4887 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SCHIMMINGER"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2017-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cac04424-caf2-48af-8a2b-bd6134870bdc"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A4887"
source_hash: "7cf989ea6480c83225c098fa18abfb11b2a8fa4839467218e94c6625ec89eaf7"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
---

# New York A 4887 (2017-2018) — Relates to the sale of bonds and notes of the city of Buffalo

Relates to the sale of bonds and notes of the city of Buffalo.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **A4887 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A4887&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **A4887 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/A4887)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **139–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- SCHIMMINGER — primary (person)
- PEOPLES-STOKE — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-06** REFERRED TO CITIES `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-23** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-05** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-07** REPORTED
- **2017-06-07** RULES REPORT CAL.101
- **2017-06-07** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.101
- **2017-06-08** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2017-06-08** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2017-06-08** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2017-06-08** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-14** SUBSTITUTED FOR S5469
- **2017-06-14** 3RD READING CAL.798
- **2017-06-14** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2017-06-14** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2017-06-23** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-29** SIGNED CHAP.62 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cac04424-caf2-48af-8a2b-bd6134870bdc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).