---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes the town of Orangetown, county of Rockland to discontinue certain park lands"
description: "Authorizes the town of Orangetown, county of Rockland to discontinue certain park lands; authorizes such town to convey such lands to the county of Rockland for the purpose of such county completing roadway safety improvements, including the replacement of a structurally deficient bridge and channel realignment in order to reduce flooding in such area."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 5953"
citation: "New York S 5953 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["REICHLIN-MELNICK"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-03-23"
last_action: "2021-11-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4282375b-b1bb-4a25-b844-41e561bb80b6"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S5953"
source_hash: "7fc3090fc61211701901d1de336a6290283dac128a339b2ab97ea803c14dfb36"
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 5953 (2021-2022) — Authorizes the town of Orangetown, county of Rockland to discontinue certain park lands

Authorizes the town of Orangetown, county of Rockland to discontinue certain park lands; authorizes such town to convey such lands to the county of Rockland for the purpose of such county completing roadway safety improvements, including the replacement of a structurally deficient bridge and channel realignment in order to reduce flooding in such area.

## Version chain

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

1. **S5953** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S5953&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **S5953A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S5953A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **133–16** (pass) · lower
- Local Government Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- REICHLIN-MELNICK — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-23** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-10** 1ST REPORT CAL.951
- **2021-05-11** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2021-05-12** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2021-06-02** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 5953A `amendment-passage`
- **2021-06-10** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2021-06-10** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-10** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-06-10** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-10** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6745A
- **2021-06-10** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.799
- **2021-06-10** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2021-06-10** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2021-06-10** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-10** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-10-22** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-11-03** SIGNED CHAP.576 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4282375b-b1bb-4a25-b844-41e561bb80b6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).