---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the qualifications of members of the Battery Park city authority"
description: "Amends the public authorities law relating to the appointment of members of the Battery Park city authority, in relation to the qualifications of members of the Battery Park city authority."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "A 8986"
citation: "New York A 8986 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["GLICK"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-09"
last_action: "2018-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2f3bac83-cbf6-44c2-b62a-7d5d7c99117c"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A8986"
source_hash: "701ccec5ccb8d0fa9772365e6209faf9a6790d95b8f41706bce9e0664a608b77"
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 8986 (2017-2018) — Relates to the qualifications of members of the Battery Park city authority

Amends the public authorities law relating to the appointment of members of the Battery Park city authority, in relation to the qualifications of members of the Battery Park city authority.

## Version chain

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

1. **A8986 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8986&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **A8986 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/A8986)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **59–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **129–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- GLICK — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-09** REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-13** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-13** REPORTED
- **2018-02-15** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.682
- **2018-02-27** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2018-02-27** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2018-02-27** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** SUBSTITUTED FOR S7284
- **2018-02-28** 3RD READING CAL.12
- **2018-02-28** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2018-02-28** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2018-05-22** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-01** SIGNED CHAP.63 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2f3bac83-cbf6-44c2-b62a-7d5d7c99117c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).