---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes the alienation of certain parklands in the city of Elmira, county of Chemung, and the sale of such parkland for fair market value"
description: "Authorizes the alienation of certain parklands in the city of Elmira, county of Chemung, and the sale of such parkland to Cerulean Holdings, Inc. for fair market value."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 8743"
citation: "New York S 8743 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["O'MARA"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-04-06"
last_action: "2022-08-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1aa423d7-a0a1-49f6-bb71-47c807f38210"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S8743"
source_hash: "305e47baef8bd67885496f3c0040f48f3defa52ee10c7ebaf4fa1a3d316e5d81"
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 8743 (2021-2022) — Authorizes the alienation of certain parklands in the city of Elmira, county of Chemung, and the sale of such parkland for fair market value

Authorizes the alienation of certain parklands in the city of Elmira, county of Chemung, and the sale of such parkland to Cerulean Holdings, Inc. for fair market value.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8743** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8743&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **S8743A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S8743A)
3. **S8743B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S8743B)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **136–8** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote - Version: A — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: B — **62–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- O'MARA — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-04-06** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-24** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-24** PRINT NUMBER 8743A `amendment-passage`
- **2022-05-25** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-25** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1573
- **2022-05-31** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 8743B `amendment-passage`
- **2022-06-03** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2022-06-03** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-06-03** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-06-02** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-03** SUBSTITUTED FOR A9863B
- **2022-06-03** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.721
- **2022-06-03** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2022-06-03** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-06-03** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-08-05** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-08-17** SIGNED CHAP.537 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1aa423d7-a0a1-49f6-bb71-47c807f38210`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).