---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes the city of New York to alienate and discontinue the use of certain portions of parkland"
description: "Authorizes the city of New York to alienate and discontinue the use of certain portions of parkland to enable the use of such lands for the construction of a storm sewer."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 6229"
citation: "New York S 6229 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SANDERS"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-04-16"
last_action: "2021-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/900aabbe-c454-48d5-b88c-bfaabeb647f1"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S6229"
source_hash: "1bed230ba5ed880d3d44fc53ce84bcccead99b25e8ebb04b54293b6ebd523052"
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 6229 (2021-2022) — Authorizes the city of New York to alienate and discontinue the use of certain portions of parkland

Authorizes the city of New York to alienate and discontinue the use of certain portions of parkland to enable the use of such lands for the construction of a storm sewer.

## Version chain

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

1. **S6229** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6229&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **S6229A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S6229A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **148–1** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote - Version: A — **21–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- SANDERS — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-16** REFERRED TO CULTURAL AFFAIRS, TOURISM, PARKS AND RECREATION `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-19** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO CULTURAL AFFAIRS, TOURISM, PARKS AND RECREATION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-19** PRINT NUMBER 6229A `amendment-passage`
- **2021-06-01** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-01** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1390
- **2021-06-03** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2021-06-03** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-03** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-06-03** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-07** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7084A
- **2021-06-07** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.462
- **2021-06-07** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2021-06-07** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-07** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-09-28** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-10-08** SIGNED CHAP.472 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/900aabbe-c454-48d5-b88c-bfaabeb647f1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).