---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the court approval process for the sale, mortgage and lease of real property of a religious corporation"
description: "Relates to the court approval process for the sale, mortgage and lease of real property of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "A 7892"
citation: "New York A 7892 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edward Braunstein"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-04-11"
last_action: "2025-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/57875e82-a6cb-4818-8b60-04caf505cf99"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A7892"
source_hash: "160466e89fece6ec1de504a1f29e925d75ab3f706ce67eb6c75941836cac1cc0"
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 A 7892 (2025-2026) — Relates to the court approval process for the sale, mortgage and lease of real property of a religious corporation

Relates to the court approval process for the sale, mortgage and lease of real property of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America.

## Version chain

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

1. **A7892** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A7892&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **60–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **147–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Edward Braunstein — primary (person)
- John Lemondes — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Tannousis — cosponsor (person)
- Nily Rozic — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-11** REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-29** REPORTED
- **2025-05-01** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.117
- **2025-05-05** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-05-05** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2025-05-05** REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-05** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6991
- **2025-06-05** 3RD READING CAL.1187
- **2025-06-05** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-05** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-09-22** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-09-26** SIGNED CHAP.417 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/57875e82-a6cb-4818-8b60-04caf505cf99`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).