---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes the discontinuance of parkland and the granting of easements for improvements to the Metro-North railroad"
description: "Authorizes the city of New York to discontinue a portion of real property in the county of the Bronx as parkland and to grant easements for improvements to the railroad right-of-way to bring Metro-North railroad service to four new stations in the Bronx and to Pennsylvania Station in the county of New York."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 9120"
citation: "New York S 9120 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SEPULVEDA"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-05-10"
last_action: "2022-08-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/81fddcaf-8f7d-461e-90c0-187753d3eac0"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S9120"
source_hash: "e3ab84a841e0be73e4adcaa4485b587e77ae1995085bd65bf411313b229ab52f"
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 9120 (2021-2022) — Authorizes the discontinuance of parkland and the granting of easements for improvements to the Metro-North railroad

Authorizes the city of New York to discontinue a portion of real property in the county of the Bronx as parkland and to grant easements for improvements to the railroad right-of-way to bring Metro-North railroad service to four new stations in the Bronx and to Pennsylvania Station in the county of New York.

## Version chain

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

1. **S9120** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S9120&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **S9120A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S9120A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **142–6** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote - Version: A — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **61–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- SEPULVEDA — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-05-10** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-23** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-23** PRINT NUMBER 9120A `amendment-passage`
- **2022-05-25** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-25** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1592
- **2022-06-02** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-06-02** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-06-02** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-03** SUBSTITUTED FOR A10443
- **2022-06-03** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.646
- **2022-06-03** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2022-06-03** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-06-03** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-08-05** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-08-17** SIGNED CHAP.544 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/81fddcaf-8f7d-461e-90c0-187753d3eac0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).