---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes the formation of the Heights heritage area; repealer"
description: "Authorizes the formation of the Heights heritage area."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "A 6867"
citation: "New York A 6867 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DICKENS"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-22"
last_action: "2017-07-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/11ed2abd-e906-4661-a08e-049be1b9e932"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A6867"
source_hash: "1b6abcc3f182b154f722b7bd62236643e787f8d219a6d82e523a7f9a08a209b7"
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 6867 (2017-2018) — Authorizes the formation of the Heights heritage area; repealer

Authorizes the formation of the Heights heritage area.

## Version chain

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

1. **A6867 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A6867&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **A6867 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/A6867)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **139–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- DICKENS — primary (person)
- DE LA ROSA — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-22** REFERRED TO TOURISM, PARKS, ARTS AND SPORTS DEVELOPMENT `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-26** REPORTED
- **2017-04-27** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.237
- **2017-05-08** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2017-05-08** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2017-05-08** REFERRED TO CULTURAL AFFAIRS, TOURISM, PARKS AND RECREATION `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-21** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6678
- **2017-06-21** 3RD READING CAL.2231
- **2017-06-21** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2017-06-21** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2017-07-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2017-07-25** SIGNED CHAP.115 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/11ed2abd-e906-4661-a08e-049be1b9e932`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).