Bill > A08526

This bill authorizes the Town of Brookhaven in Suffolk County to discontinue the use of a specific portion of parkland at the Rolling Oaks Golf Course in Rocky Point for the purpose of leasing approximately 0.0573 acres to LI Smart Solutions LLC for up to 30 years to place and operate a wireless communication tower. The town is also permitted to grant a 15-foot-wide easement for vehicular and pedestrian access and utilities. All proceeds from the lease must be used for capital improvements to existing park and recreational facilities or for acquiring additional parkland. The lease includes specific provisions that if the land is no longer used for its intended wireless communication purpose, the lease will terminate, and the land will revert to the town for public park use. Additionally, the bill requires that if the parkland was originally purchased with federal funding, the town must comply with federal requirements for parkland conversion, including ensuring equivalent land value and usefulness. The easement will remain publicly accessible and usable for park purposes, and the wireless communication tower must be removed if the lease is terminated, with the property returned to its previous state.

Budget and Finance, Government Affairs

https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A8526