---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the volunteer and exempt firemen's benevolent association of Briarcliff Manor, New York"
description: "Changes the form of the Briarcliff Manor fire department benevolent association from a corporation to an unincorporated association; makes related provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 957"
citation: "New York A 957 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["GALEF"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-06"
last_action: "2021-02-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb197f99-ed1c-46e2-9bea-04a291aade51"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A957"
source_hash: "ff0285a85f82d1308d14a484c696bd84da6e5459c4ff7466528dd178ddbe63ba"
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 957 (2021-2022) — Relates to the volunteer and exempt firemen's benevolent association of Briarcliff Manor, New York

Changes the form of the Briarcliff Manor fire department benevolent association from a corporation to an unincorporated association; makes related provisions.

## Version chain

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

1. **A957** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A957&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **150–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- GALEF — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-06** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-12** REPORTED
- **2021-01-14** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.4
- **2021-01-19** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-01-19** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2021-01-19** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-03** SUBSTITUTED FOR S1297
- **2021-02-03** 3RD READING CAL.68
- **2021-02-08** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-02-08** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-02-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-02-16** SIGNED CHAP.25 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cb197f99-ed1c-46e2-9bea-04a291aade51`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).