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                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 11, 2014
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Introduced  by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Pretlow) --
  read once and  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Cities  --  committee
  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
  to said committee

AN  ACT  in relation to the substitution of certain parkland in the city
  of Yonkers, county of Westchester

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

  Section  1.  The  city  of  Yonkers,  county of Westchester, is hereby
authorized to discontinue as parkland  the  land  described  in  section
three of this act.
  S 2. The authorization contained in section one of this act shall only
be  effective  on  the  condition that the city of Yonkers use the lands
described in section three of this act in part for school  purposes  and
after the city of Yonkers council holds a public hearing with notice.
  S  3. The land to be discontinued as parkland is described as follows:
Beginning at a point at the northwesterly terminus  of  Bartholdi  Place
(paper  street)  and runs thence from said point of beginning along said
westerly street boundary South 08 deg. 50 min. 39 sec. West  a  distance
of  75.00  feet to its intersection with the boundary line between lands
now or formerly of City of Yonkers as described in Liber 10271 of  deeds
at page 197 on the South and Irving Park on the North; thence along said
boundary  line  North  81 deg. 09 min. 21 sec. West a distance of 113.19
feet to its intersection with the boundary line  between  lands  now  or
formerly  of  New  York  Central Railroad Company on the West and Irving
Park on the East; thence along said boundary line along a curve  to  the
right  having a radius of 4,003.00 feet, an arc distance of 228.81 feet,
(the chord for the above last described course being North  02  deg.  23
min.  02  sec.  East a distance of 228.78 feet) to its intersection with
the boundary line between lands now or formerly  of  One  Point  Street,
Inc.   as described in Liber 46261 of deeds at page 403 on the North and
Irving Park on the South; thence along said lands of One  Point  Street,
Inc.,  in part, and along the southerly terminus of Glenwood Terrace, in
part, and a second parcel owned by One Point Street, Inc.  as  described

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

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in Liber 50148 of deeds at page 3185, South 72 deg. 43 min. 13 sec. East
a  distance  of  191.00  feet to its intersection with the boundary line
between lands now or formerly of Starke as described in  Liber  6963  of
deeds  at page 259 on the East and Irving Park on the West; thence along
the common boundary line between lands now or formerly of  Starke,  City
of  Yonkers,  Cardy,  and  Singh,  South  08 deg. 50 min. 39 sec. West a
distance of 124.31 feet to  its  intersection  with  the  boundary  line
between  lands now or formerly of 801B, LLC. as described in Liber 41079
of deeds at page 529 on the South and Irving Park on the  North;  thence
along  said  boundary line, in part, and along the northerly terminus of
Bartholdi Place, in part, North 81 deg. 09 min. 21 sec. West a  distance
of  50.00  feet to the point or place of beginning and containing 0.778±
acres of land.
  S 4. The replacement land to be dedicated  by  the  City  of  Yonkers,
County  of  Westchester,  to  use  as  parkland  for  public purposes is
described as follows: Parcel 1: Beginning at a  point  on  the  easterly
boundary  of  Ravine  Avenue  at its intersection with the boundary line
between Lot 59 on the north and Lot 58 on the south,  said  point  lying
100.00  feet  Northerly,  along  the easterly boundary of Ravine Avenue,
from the northerly boundary of Gold Street; and runs  thence  from  said
point  of  beginning  Northerly  a  distance of 75.00 feet to its inter-
section with the boundary line between Lot 62 on the north and Lot 61 on
the south; thence Easterly perpendicular to Ravine Avenue, and  parallel
with Gold Street, a distance of 100.00 feet to its intersection with the
common  boundary line between Lots 48, 49, and 50 on the east, and lands
herein described on the west thence Southerly along said boundary  line,
and  parallel with Ravine Avenue, a distance of 75.00 feet to its inter-
section with the above first mentioned boundary  line;  thence  Westerly
along  said  boundary  line, and parallel with Gold Street a distance of
100.00 feet to the point or place of beginning and containing 7.500± sq.
ft. of land. Parcel 2: Beginning at a point on the easterly boundary  of
Ravine Avenue and its intersection with the boundary line between Lot 64
on  the  north  and  Lot  63 on the south, said points lying 225.00 feet
Northerly, along the easterly boundary of Ravine Avenue, from the north-
erly boundary of Gold Street; and runs thence from said point of  begin-
ning  Northerly  a  distance of 100.00 feet to its intersection with the
boundary line between Lot 68 on the north  and  Lot  67  on  the  south;
thence  Easterly  perpendicular to Ravine Avenue, and parallel with Gold
Street, a distance of 100.00 feet to its intersection  with  the  common
boundary  line  between  Lots  42,  43, 44 and 45 on the east, and lands
herein described on the west; thence Southerly along said boundary line,
and parallel with Ravine Avenue, a distance of 100.00 feet to its inter-
section with the above first mentioned boundary  line;  thence  Westerly
along  said boundary, and parallel with Gold Street a distance of 100.00
feet to the point or place of beginning and containing 10,000±  sq.  ft.
of  land.  Parcel  3:  Beginning  at a point on the easterly boundary of
Ravine Avenue at its intersection line between land now or  formerly  of
the  City  of Yonkers on the north and land now or formerly of Mukherjee
on the south, said point lying 376.00 feet Northerly, along the easterly
boundary of Ravine Avenue, from the northerly boundary  f  Gold  Street;
and  runs  thence  from  said point of beginning Northerly a distance of
49.00 feet to its intersection with the boundary line between Lot 72  on
the  north  and  Lot  71  on  the  south; then Easterly perpendicular to
Ravine, and parallel with Gold Street, a distance of 100.00 feet to  its
intersection with the common boundary line between Lots 38 and 39 on the
east,  and  lands  herein  described on the west; thence Southerly along

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said boundary line, and parallel with Ravine Avenue, a distance of 49.00
feet to its intersection with the above first mentioned  boundary  line;
thence  Westerly along said boundary line, and parallel with Gold Street
distance  of 100.00 feet to the point or place of beginning and contain-
ing 4,900± sq. ft. of land.
  S 5. In the event that the lands  to  be  acquired,  as  described  in
section  four of this act, are not equal or greater in fair market value
that the lands being alienated, as described in section  three  of  this
act,  the  city  of  Yonkers  shall  dedicate the difference in the fair
market value for the acquisition  of  additional  parklands  and/or  for
capital improvements to existing park and recreational facilities.
  S  6. If the land that is the subject of this act has received funding
pursuant to the federal land and water conservation fund, the discontin-
uance of parklands authorized by the provisions of this  act  shall  not
occur  until the municipality has complied with the federal requirements
pertaining to the conversion  of  parklands,  including  satisfying  the
secretary  of  the  interior  that  the  discontinuance will include 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 recreational usefulness to the lands being discontinued.
  S 7. This act shall take effect immediately.