---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes the city of Niagara Falls to alienate and discontinue the use of certain parklands"
description: "Authorizes the city of Niagara Falls to alienate and discontinue the use of certain parklands and transfer the property to The Papermill, LLC."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 9063"
citation: "New York S 9063 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robert Ortt"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-04-15"
last_action: "2024-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a7cef093-2d13-43bd-8773-aa93ec6965da"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S9063"
source_hash: "412c02d5d9fd59e9aff6895784125ea1cf0b5891ae3a6e124e91745ffb45d614"
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 9063 (2023-2024) — Authorizes the city of Niagara Falls to alienate and discontinue the use of certain parklands

Authorizes the city of Niagara Falls to alienate and discontinue the use of certain parklands and transfer the property to The Papermill, LLC.

## Version chain

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

1. **S9063** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S9063&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **S9063A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S9063A)
3. **S9063B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S9063B)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: B — **60–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote - Version: B — **19–1** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **131–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Robert Ortt — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-04-15** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-06** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-06** PRINT NUMBER 9063A `amendment-passage`
- **2024-05-31** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-31** PRINT NUMBER 9063B `amendment-passage`
- **2024-06-05** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-05** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1777
- **2024-06-07** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2024-06-07** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-06-07** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-06-07** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-07** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8898B
- **2024-06-07** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.620
- **2024-06-07** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2024-06-07** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-06-07** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-09-20** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-09-27** SIGNED CHAP.398 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a7cef093-2d13-43bd-8773-aa93ec6965da`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).