What's happening
This bill allows Greenburgh to lease parkland for a solar facility and EV charging stations.
Why it matters
Impacts local parkland use in Greenburgh (Westchester County). The bill specifically allows about 3.9 acres of town parkland to be leased for up to 25 years, representing a significant, though temporary, change in how public recreational land can be used in Greenburgh.
Directs lease proceeds toward local parks. All money earned from leasing the parkland must be used to acquire new parkland or to improve existing parks and recreational facilities in the area, ensuring continued investment in community green spaces even as a portion is temporarily repurposed.
Includes safeguards and reversibility. If the land stops being used for solar and EV charging purposes, it must revert to park use, with all equipment removed and the area restored—a key provision to protect long-term public access and recreational value. The bill also requires compliance with federal rules if any federal funds were used for the park, potentially affecting the timeline and process.
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Who cares
Town of Greenburgh Government & Residents
Local officials and community members are directly impacted by the change in parkland use, possible loss of recreational space, and the introduction of renewable energy and EV infrastructure.
HESP Solar LLC
The private solar company stands to benefit from the ability to lease public land for up to 25 years for building a solar facility and electric vehicle charging stations.
Park Users & Environmental Advocates
Individuals and groups concerned with preserving public green space, local recreation options, and environmental impacts of converting parkland for other uses.
State and Federal Oversight Agencies
Agencies responsible for ensuring compliance with regulations regarding alienation of parkland, including any federal requirements tied to previous funding or improvements.
Headline styles
Allow Parkland for Solar Lease
Plain English, a few words. Used as the page title.
Sponsors
No co-sponsors yet.
History
- Substituted by S10611
- Ordered to third reading rules cal.527
- Rules report cal.527
- Reported
- Reported referred to rules
- Reference changed to ways and means
- Referred to local governments
Companion bill
The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.
Allow Parkland Lease for Solar
Signed by Governor · Sponsor Andrea Stewart-Cousins
Full text
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STATE OF NEW YORK
11533
IN ASSEMBLY
May 31, 2026
Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Shimsky) -read once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments
AN ACT authorizing the town of Greenburgh, county of Westchester, to alienate and discontinue the use of certain parkland
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subject to the provisions of this act, the town of Greenburgh, county of Westchester, acting by and through its governing body and upon such terms and conditions as determined by such body, is hereby authorized to discontinue as parklands and lease at fair market value to HESP Solar LLC for a term not to exceed twenty-five years the lands more particularly described in section three of this act for the purpose of constructing a solar facility and electric vehicle charging stations.
§ 2. All proceeds from alienation and lease of the parklands authorized by section one of this act shall be used for acquisition of new parklands and/or towards capital improvements to existing park and recreational facilities.
§ 3. The parklands authorized by section one of this act to be discontinued as parklands and leased are described as follows: ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, situate, lying and being in the Town of Greenburgh, County of Westchester and State of New York, bounded and described as follows:
BEGINNING at a point which is the following courses and distances from the most northerly corner of land designated as Parcel 2 on a certain map entitled "Subdivision plat prepared for Richard Greenspan" dated Oct. 3, 2002 and filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Westchester County, Division of land Records, formerly Office of the Register of Westchester County, on Oct. 24, 2005 as Map No.27654, North 49°20'10" East 551.65 feet and North 17° 14' 40" East 45.35 feet to a point on the southerly line of the hereby described parcel;
RUNNING THENCE from said point along the southerly line of the hereby described parcel North 69°26'00" West 28.74 feet to the point and place of beginning of the hereby described parcel:
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15997-03-6
RUNNING THENCE from said point of beginning along the perimeter lines of the hereby described parcel, the following courses and distances:
North 20° 34' 00" East 90.00 feet,
North 73° 11' 00" West 302.00 feet,
North 15° 37' 15" East 80.00 feet,
North 38° 48' 12" East 231.00 feet,
South 73°11' 00" East 565.00 feet,
South 16° 49' 00" West 194.00 feet,
North 73° 11" 00" West 225.00 feet,
South 20° 34' 00" West 198.00 feet and
North 69° 26' 00" West 116.00 feet to the point and PLACE OF BEGIN- NING.
Calculated Area: 170,337 Sq. Ft. / 3.9104 Acres
§ 4. Should the lands described in section three of this act cease to be used for the purposes described in section one of this act, the lease shall terminate and those lands shall revert to the town of Greenburgh for public park and recreational purposes. At the time of such reversion, the removal of any solar facilities and electric charging stations shall take place and the property shall be returned to its previous state, consistent with park and recreation purposes.
§ 5. In the event that the town of Greenburgh received any funding, support or assistance from the federal government for the purchase, maintenance or improvement of the parklands set forth in section three of this act, the discontinuance and alienation of such parkland authorized by the provisions of this act shall not occur until the town of Greenburgh has complied with any federal requirements pertaining to the alienation or conversion of parklands, including satisfying the secretary of the interior that the alienation or conversion complies with all conditions which the secretary of the interior deems necessary to assure the substitution of other lands shall be equivalent in fair market value and usefulness to the lands being alienated or converted.
§ 6. This act shall take effect immediately.
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