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NY S 7226

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Requires the public service commission to provide notice and opportunity to comment to local community boards in N.Y. city before sale of land by utility

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 7226 pass?

Not yet. NY S 7226 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

What is NY S 7226 about?

Directs the public service commission to provide notice, in a city having a population of one million or more, to the appropriate local community board prior to such commission's consideration of granting permission to a gas corporation or electric corporation furnishing utility service to acquire or sell land; establishes that such community boards shall also be provided with the opportunity to submit comments and recommendations on the proposed sale or acquisition; directs the public service commission to address and respond to such comments and recommendations.

Who sponsors NY S 7226?

Michael Gianaris is the primary sponsor of NY S 7226.

Description

Directs the public service commission to provide notice, in a city having a population of one million or more, to the appropriate local community board prior to such commission's consideration of granting permission to a gas corporation or electric corporation furnishing utility service to acquire or sell land; establishes that such community boards shall also be provided with the opportunity to submit comments and recommendations on the proposed sale or acquisition; directs the public service commission to address and respond to such comments and recommendations.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Bill type
bill
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Sponsors

  • Michael Gianarisprimary

Committees

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Action timeline

  1. 2025-04-04

    REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

    referral-committee

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Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: S 2477not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 603not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 2525not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 3162not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 2151not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 1246not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 175not in this corpus

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S7226?summary=&detail=

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