---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes the discontinuance of the use as parkland of land in the city of New York commonly known as the Marx Brothers playground"
description: "Authorizes the discontinuance of the use as parkland of land in the city of New York commonly known as the Marx Brothers playground."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "A 8419"
citation: "New York A 8419 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BENEDETTO"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-06-14"
last_action: "2017-10-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee081132-8958-4138-85cb-7130275dda0c"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A8419"
source_hash: "0cd27637b481fe79212f791d4e5a2a84bc4cad614d81bbb78b7e99510c67e5a1"
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 8419 (2017-2018) — Authorizes the discontinuance of the use as parkland of land in the city of New York commonly known as the Marx Brothers playground

Authorizes the discontinuance of the use as parkland of land in the city of New York commonly known as the Marx Brothers playground.

## Version chain

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

1. **A8419 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8419&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **A8419 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/A8419)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **61–1** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **117–25** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- BENEDETTO — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-06-14** REFERRED TO CITIES `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-19** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-19** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-20** REPORTED
- **2017-06-20** RULES REPORT CAL.576
- **2017-06-20** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.576
- **2017-06-20** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2017-06-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2017-06-20** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2017-06-20** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-21** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6721
- **2017-06-21** 3RD READING CAL.2187
- **2017-06-21** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2017-06-21** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2017-10-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2017-10-23** SIGNED CHAP.402 `executive-signature`
- **2017-10-23** APPROVAL MEMO.10

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ee081132-8958-4138-85cb-7130275dda0c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).