S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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I N A S S E M B L Y
June 24, 2010
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Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Latimer,
Paulin) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Cities
AN ACT authorizing the city of New Rochelle to sell and convey certain
lands in the city of New Rochelle
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Notwithstanding subdivision 2 of section 20 of the general
city law, the city of New Rochelle is hereby authorized, acting through
its legislative body, to sell, alienate and convey the waterfront real
property, described in section three of this act, and any personal prop-
erty affixed thereto, in furtherance of an economic development interest
of the state and/or city of New Rochelle, despite that fact that such
real property may be waterfront property or land under water.
S 2. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the land
which is the subject of this act is known as Section 1, Block 84, Lot 22
on the tax assessment maps of the City of New Rochelle, more particular-
ly bounded and described in section three of this act, conveyed to the
City of New Rochelle by letters patent dated July 24, 1997, from the
People of the State of New York to the City of New Rochelle, recorded in
the Westchester County Clerk's Office at Liber 11802, Page 272 on
September 3, 1997; and such letters patent shall continue in full force
and effect subject to the provisions of this act.
S 3. The land described in section one of this act is more particular-
ly described as follows:
ALL THAT CERTAIN PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND situate in the City of New
Rochelle, County of Westchester, and State of New York, being further
described as follows:
BEGINNING at a point on the southerly side of East Main Street at its
intersection with the division line between the lands of the People of
the State of New York, on the east, and lands now or formerly of Anthony
Petro, on the west, said point being distant S. 29° 51' W., 304.28 feet
from New Rochelle City Monument No. 4 which is located at the northwes-
terly corner of the intersection of Pratt and Huguenot Streets; thence
N. 52° 02' 34 E., along the southerly bounds of East Main Street, 200
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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feet to a point in the westerly bounds of lands, now or formerly, owned
by the City of New Rochelle, said point being distance S. 02° 32' 30"
E., 141.02 feet from the aforesaid Monument No. 4; thence S. 43° 23' 32"
E., along the westerly bounds of said lands of the City of New Rochelle,
635 feet to a point in the original high water line of New Rochelle
Harbor (formerly called Snuff Mill Pond); thence S 52° 02' 34" W.,
generally along said high water line, 200 feet to a point at the south-
east corner of lands, now or formerly, of the Colonial Sand and Stone
Company, Inc.; thence N. 43° 23' 32" W., along the easterly bounds of
said lands of the Colonial Sand and Stone Company, Inc., 327.55 feet to
a point; thence N. 52° 28' 17" W., continuing along the easterly bounds
of said lands of Colonial Sand and Stone Company, Inc., 57.92 feet to a
point in the southerly bounds of lands, now or formerly, of Harvey A.
Turnure (designated as Lot 45); thence N. 52° 02' 34" E., along the
southerly bounds of said lands of Turnure, 9.18 feet to a point; thence
N. 43° 23' 32" W., along the easterly bounds of lands of said Turnure
and then continuing along the easterly bounds of the aforesaid lands of
Anthony Petro, 251.12 feet to the point and place of beginning, contain-
ing 2.908 acres of land, more or less.
S 4. Notwithstanding any other special or general law including, but
not limited to sections 33 and 34 of the public lands law, the commis-
sioner of general services is hereby authorized and directed to take
such action as is necessary to release, extinguish and relinquish to the
city of New Rochelle, its successors and assigns, any and all conditions
and/or reservations of the state that limit the use of the real property
more particularly described in section three of this act for park,
recreation, street and highway purposes, including incidental, necessary
municipal business in conjunction therewith, and to release, extinguish
and convey to the city of New Rochelle any and all rights of reverter
and/or of reversion that the state may have in and to such real proper-
ty, such that such limits of use and/or the rights of reverter and/or
reversion, shall be permanently released, extinguished and relinquished
forever. The consideration therefor shall be one dollar to be paid to
the state, it being recognized that such real property includes lands
previously conveyed by the city of New Rochelle to the state of New York
for one dollar each by deeds dated September 4, 1930 and January 31,
1933, as authorized in chapter 429 of the laws of 1929 and chapter 411
of the laws of 1933, respectively.
S 5. This act shall take effect immediately.