Senate Bill S581

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Authorizes the city of New York to discontinue use of certain park land and convey it to the St. Michael's cemetery

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-S581 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3535
Current Committee:
Senate Cities
Law Section:
New York City
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S2768, A4317
2011-2012: S2513, A4874
2015-2016: S3691, A5246

2013-S581 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the city of New York to discontinue use of certain park land and convey it to the St. Michael's cemetery.

2013-S581 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S581 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                   581

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sen. GIANARIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities

AN ACT to authorize the city of New  York  to  discontinue  use  of  and
  convey certain park land

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subject to the provisions of this act, the city of New York
is authorized to discontinue use as park land  and  to  convey,  in  fee
simple,  the  land  described in section three of this act. Such land is
authorized to be conveyed to the  Saint  Michael's  Cemetery  upon  such
terms  and  conditions as the city council of the city of New York shall
determine to be fair and reasonable.
  S 2. The authorization provided in section one of this  act  shall  be
subject  to  the  requirement  that  the  city of New York shall use any
proceeds and/or land received in exchange for the conveyance  authorized
by  this  act  to acquire land, to be dedicated for park purposes, in an
amount equal to or greater than the fair market value of the land  being
conveyed  pursuant  to  this act and/or used for capital improvements to
existing park and recreational facilities.
  S 3. The land authorized to be discontinued as park land and  conveyed
is as follows:
  ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, lying and being in the
Borough  and  County  of Queens, City and State of New York, bounded and
described as follows:
  BEGINNING at the corner formed by the  intersection  of  the  westerly
side  of  Brooklyn-Queens  Expressway East (Service Road), also known as
Boody Street, with the northerly side of 30th Avenue, formerly known  as
Grand Avenue (80 feet wide);
  RUNNING  THENCE  along  the  northerly  side  of 30th Avenue, South 53
degrees 05 minutes 15 seconds West, 57.40 feet;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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