New York legislation · 2025-2026 General Assembly
New York S9839: Facilitates the marketing of any issue of serial bonds or notes of the city of Buffalo issued on or before a certain date
Status: Signed into law, June 26, 2026
Facilitates the marketing of any issue of serial bonds or notes of the city of Buffalo issued on or before June 30, 2027.
What the bill says
An act to amend the local finance law, in relation to facilitating the marketing of any issue of serial bonds or notes of the city of Buffalo issued on or before a certain date.
From the introduced text, April 7, 2026:
AN ACT to amend the local finance law, in relation to facilitating the marketing of any issue of serial bonds or notes of the city of Buffalo issued on or before a certain date THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 54.30 of the local finance law, as amended by chapter 149 of the laws of 2025, is amended to read as bonds and notes of the city of Buffalo. Subject to the provisions of chapter one hundred twenty-two of the laws of two thousand three creating the Buffalo fiscal stability authority, to facilitate the marketing of any issue of serial bonds or notes of the city of Buffalo issued on or before June thirtieth, two thousand [twenty-six] TWENTY-SEVEN, such city may, notwithstanding any limitations on private sales of bonds provided by law, and subject to approval by the state comptroller of the terms and conditions of such sale: (a) arrange for the underwriting of its bonds or notes at private sale through negotiated agreement, compensation for such underwriting to be provided by negotiated fee or by sale of such bonds or notes to an underwriter at a price of less than the sum of par value of, and the accrued interest on, such obligations; or (b) …
Sponsors
- April Baskin (D, 63) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : SIGNED CHAP.161
- : DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
- : DELIVERED TO SENATE
- : PASSED ASSEMBLY
- : HOME RULE REQUEST
- : ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.241
- : SUBSTITUTED FOR A10643
- : REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
- : DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- : PASSED SENATE
Votes
- FLOOR Vote (May 28, 2026): 60 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Senate Cities 2 Committee: COMMITTEE Vote (May 18, 2026): 6 yea, 1 nay, passed
- Cities 2 Committee Vote (May 18, 2026): 6 yea, 1 nay, passed
Subjects: Local Finance Law
Common questions
- What is S9839?
- S9839 is a bill in the New York Legislature (2025-2026 General Assembly): Facilitates the marketing of any issue of serial bonds or notes of the city of Buffalo issued on or before a certain date.
- What does S9839 do?
- In its own words: An act to amend the local finance law, in relation to facilitating the marketing of any issue of serial bonds or notes of the city of Buffalo issued on or before a certain date.
- What is the status of S9839?
- Signed into law as of June 26, 2026. Latest action: SIGNED CHAP.161 (June 26, 2026).
- Who sponsored S9839?
- April Baskin (D, 63).
- Where is the official record for S9839?
- On the New York Legislature website: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S9839
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