---
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: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 4911"
citation: "New York S 4911 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["KENNEDY"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-29"
last_action: "2019-07-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/66f2b0bc-dc17-4b4c-bb7c-5864287d7a91"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S4911"
source_hash: "69006bb910c8e32f70655658900a5bf20cccff17e70f5292baac78dcd5193026"
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 S 4911 (2019-2020) — 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. **S4911** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S4911&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **114–31** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Local Government Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- KENNEDY — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-29** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-06** 1ST REPORT CAL.574
- **2019-05-07** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2019-05-08** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2019-06-11** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2019-06-11** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-11** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-11** REFERRED TO CITIES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-18** SUBSTITUTED FOR A5166
- **2019-06-18** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.351
- **2019-06-18** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2019-06-18** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-18** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-06-28** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-03** SIGNED CHAP.77 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/66f2b0bc-dc17-4b4c-bb7c-5864287d7a91`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).