Bill Text: NY S04772 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides that the borough of Staten Island shall also be known and designated as the "borough of parks".
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO CITIES 1 [S04772 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-S04772-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4772 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 14, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. LANZA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities 1 AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to designating the borough of Staten Island as the "borough of parks" The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 2-202 of the administrative code 2 of the city of New York is amended to read as follows: 3 5. The borough of Staten Island shall consist of the territory known 4 as Richmond county, which shall contain all that part of the city and 5 state, bounded on the north, on the west and on the south by the state 6 boundary line, and bounded on the east by the borough of Brooklyn and 7 county of Kings, including Staten Island, Island of Meadows, Pralls 8 Island, Hoffman Island, Swinburne Island, that part of Shooters Island 9 within the state of New York, and all other islands or parts thereof 10 situate within the aforedescribed bounds. The borough of Staten Island 11 shall also be known and designated as the "borough of parks". 12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD08757-01-3
