---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes the use of certain park lands for any school purposes"
description: "Authorizes the use of certain park lands alienated from a portion of the park commonly known as Lincoln Park, in the city of Albany for any school purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 7744"
citation: "New York S 7744 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Patricia Fahy"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-05-02"
last_action: "2025-08-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e61dd4da-d3e2-4b32-8ece-56ccd68fb43e"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S7744"
source_hash: "b8b2013b332fa4dba014c0b48e2411ccba6b4ff550557f382d7c1f4830315dab"
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 7744 (2025-2026) — Authorizes the use of certain park lands for any school purposes

Authorizes the use of certain park lands alienated from a portion of the park commonly known as Lincoln Park, in the city of Albany for any school purposes.

## Version chain

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

1. **S7744** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7744&term=2025&Text=Y)
2. **S7744A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S7744A)

## Votes

- Rules Vote - Version: A — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **123–10** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **58–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Patricia Fahy — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-02** REFERRED TO CITIES 2 `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-05** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CITIES 2 `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-05** PRINT NUMBER 7744A `amendment-passage`
- **2025-06-10** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-10** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1774
- **2025-06-10** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-10** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-06-10** REFERRED TO CITIES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-13** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8342A
- **2025-06-13** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.751
- **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.333 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e61dd4da-d3e2-4b32-8ece-56ccd68fb43e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).