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Assembly Bill A8127B

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Authorizes the Empire State Development Corporation to acquire a parcel of real property in the borough of Brooklyn; authorizes the city of New York to develop parkland

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2015-A8127 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5885
Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Economic Development

2015-A8127 - Summary

Authorizes the Empire State Development Corporation to acquire, by eminent domain, a certain parcel of real property in the borough of Brooklyn; authorizes the city of New York to develop certain parkland.

2015-A8127 - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  8127

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 9, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. LENTOL -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Judiciary

AN ACT to authorize the Empire State Development Corporation to acquire,
  by eminent domain, a certain parcel of real property in the borough of
  Brooklyn;  and  to  authorize  the city of New York to develop certain
  parkland

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

  Section  1.   The legislature finds that the 2005 Greenpoint-Williams-
burg Waterfront Rezoning  included  city  commitments,  and  created  an
expectation  in the community, that the future Bushwick Inlet Park would
include the parcel that is described in section two  of  this  act.  The
legislature  further  finds  that these commitments were included in the
Environmental Impact Statement and City Planning resolution prepared  at
that  time  and  that  the  city zoning map today shows the parcel to be
parkland.
  S 2.  Notwithstanding the provisions of article  two  of  the  eminent
domain  procedure  law, where, as part of a rezoning, an official of the
city has signed a memorandum of understanding with  the  community,  the
Empire  State  Development Corporation, acting by and through its board,
is authorized, without consideration of other sites for a public project
and any other requirement of such article, to acquire by eminent  domain
the  real  property  in  the  borough  of Brooklyn at North 11th Street,
otherwise known on the tax map of the city of New York  as  block  2287,
lot 30, and block 2294, lot 1, for the purpose of a public project.
  S  3.  The  parcel  of land described in section two of this act shall
immediately be transferred to the  city  upon  its  acquisition  by  the
Empire State Development Corporation.
  S  4.  The  city  shall  then  immediately honor its commitment to the
community and transform such parcel into parkland. Commencing  one  year
after  the date on which the Empire State Development Corporation trans-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11377-04-5

2015-A8127A - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5885
Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Economic Development

2015-A8127A - Summary

Authorizes the Empire State Development Corporation to acquire, by eminent domain, a certain parcel of real property in the borough of Brooklyn; authorizes the city of New York to develop certain parkland.

2015-A8127A - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                 8127--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 9, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. LENTOL -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on  Judiciary -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted
  as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to authorize the Empire State Development Corporation to acquire,
  by eminent domain, a certain parcel of real property in the borough of
  Brooklyn; and to authorize the city of New  York  to  develop  certain
  parkland

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

  Section 1.  The legislature finds that the  2005  Greenpoint-Williams-
burg  Waterfront  Rezoning  included  city  commitments,  and created an
expectation in the community, that the future Bushwick Inlet Park  would
include  the  parcel  that  is described in section two of this act. The
legislature further finds that these commitments were  included  in  the
Environmental  Impact Statement and City Planning resolution prepared at
that time and that the city zoning map today  shows  the  parcel  to  be
parkland.
  S  2.    Notwithstanding  the provisions of article two of the eminent
domain procedure law, where, as part of a rezoning, an official  of  the
city  has  signed  a memorandum of understanding with the community, the
Empire State Development Corporation, acting by and through  its  board,
is authorized, without consideration of other sites for a public project
and  any other requirement of such article, to acquire by eminent domain
the real property in the borough  of  Brooklyn  at  North  11th  Street,
otherwise  known  on  the tax map of the city of New York as block 2287,
lot 30, block 2294, lot 1, block 2294, lot 5, and block  2287,  lot  16,
for the purpose of a public project.
  S  3.  The  parcel  of land described in section two of this act shall
immediately be transferred to the  city  upon  its  acquisition  by  the
Empire State Development Corporation.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11377-07-5

2015-A8127B (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5885
Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Economic Development

2015-A8127B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the Empire State Development Corporation to acquire, by eminent domain, a certain parcel of real property in the borough of Brooklyn; authorizes the city of New York to develop certain parkland.

2015-A8127B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                 8127--B

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 9, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. LENTOL -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on  Judiciary -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted
  as amended and recommitted to said committee  --  recommitted  to  the
  Committee  on  Judiciary in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 --
  committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
  recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to authorize the Empire State Development Corporation to acquire,
  by eminent domain, a certain parcel of real property in the borough of
  Brooklyn;  and  to  authorize  the city of New York to develop certain
  parkland

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

  Section  1.   The legislature finds that the 2005 Greenpoint-Williams-
burg Waterfront Rezoning  included  city  commitments,  and  created  an
expectation  in the community, that the future Bushwick Inlet Park would
include the parcel that is described in section two  of  this  act.  The
legislature  further  finds  that these commitments were included in the
Environmental Impact Statement and City Planning resolution prepared  at
that  time  and  that  the  city zoning map today shows the parcel to be
parkland.
  S 2.  Notwithstanding the provisions of article  two  of  the  eminent
domain  procedure  law, where, as part of a rezoning, an official of the
city has signed a memorandum of understanding with  the  community,  the
Empire  State  Development Corporation, acting by and through its board,
is authorized, without consideration of other sites for a public project
and any other requirement of such article, to acquire by eminent  domain
the  real  property  in  the  borough  of Brooklyn at North 11th Street,
otherwise known on the tax map of the city of New York  as  block  2287,
lot  30,  block  2294, lot 1, block 2294, lot 5, and block 2287, lot 16,
for the purpose of a public project.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11377-09-6

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