---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes the town of Yorktown, county of Westchester, to discontinue as parklands and lease at fair market value certain lands"
description: "Authorizes the town of Yorktown, county of Westchester, to discontinue as parklands and lease at fair market value to Homeland Towers, LLC for a term not to exceed 30 years certain lands to make the necessary renovations and operate a radio transmission tower facility."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 6743"
citation: "New York S 6743 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pete Harckham"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-05-08"
last_action: "2023-09-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/07ae737f-3b92-412f-a741-18073c0f6fa1"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S6743"
source_hash: "cd1e8ae3d9ea3e7d9db089f5bab1a2d5fd30017f9f0767370aa6819e2d1d966f"
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 6743 (2023-2024) — Authorizes the town of Yorktown, county of Westchester, to discontinue as parklands and lease at fair market value certain lands

Authorizes the town of Yorktown, county of Westchester, to discontinue as parklands and lease at fair market value to Homeland Towers, LLC for a term not to exceed 30 years certain lands to make the necessary renovations and operate a radio transmission tower facility.

## Version chain

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

1. **S6743** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6743&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **S6743A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S6743A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **134–11** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote - Version: A — **21–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pete Harckham — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-08** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-15** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-15** PRINT NUMBER 6743A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-07** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-07** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1696
- **2023-06-07** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2023-06-07** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-06-07** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-06-07** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-08** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6701A
- **2023-06-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.722
- **2023-06-08** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2023-06-08** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-06-08** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2023-09-07** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-09-15** SIGNED CHAP.458 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/07ae737f-3b92-412f-a741-18073c0f6fa1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).