---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes the county of Suffolk to alienate certain lands used as parklands and to dedicate certain other lands as parklands"
description: "Authorizes the county of Suffolk to alienate certain lands used as parklands and to dedicate certain other lands as parklands."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 5536"
citation: "New York S 5536 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mario Mattera"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-24"
last_action: "2025-08-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/707eb042-81ef-40f3-9334-bc3743e0ae0c"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S5536"
source_hash: "c176120de021129d0d75a3595f18d51b1db5091c9c8341dc7f50fcc8174101ef"
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 5536 (2025-2026) — Authorizes the county of Suffolk to alienate certain lands used as parklands and to dedicate certain other lands as parklands

Authorizes the county of Suffolk to alienate certain lands used as parklands and to dedicate certain other lands as parklands.

## Version chain

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

1. **S5536** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S5536&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **123–11** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **58–1** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **19–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mario Mattera — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-24** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-11** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-11** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1814
- **2025-06-11** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2025-06-11** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-11** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-06-11** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-13** SUBSTITUTED FOR A5900
- **2025-06-13** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.728
- **2025-06-13** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2025-06-13** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-06-13** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2025-08-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-08-15** SIGNED CHAP.330 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/707eb042-81ef-40f3-9334-bc3743e0ae0c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).