Senate Bill S3838

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  3838

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 20, 2015
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Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to  requiring  compliance
  with  the  uniform  land  use  review procedure for the disposition of
  school property in New York city

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

  Section 1. Subdivisions 11 and 20 of section 454 of the education law,
subdivision  11 as added by chapter 999 of the laws of 1966 and subdivi-
sion 20 as amended by chapter 1036 of the laws of 1971, are  amended  to
read as follows:
  11.  Subject  to  the  terms  and conditions of any lease, sublease or
other agreement with third parties and to the determination of the board
of education that such real property is unnecessary for the  present  or
foreseeable  future  school  building  needs of the city of New York, to
surrender to the appropriate city official, for other public use or  for
sale,  lease  or other disposition in accordance with law, real property
held by the fund for its corporate  purposes;  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT
PRIOR  TO  ANY SUCH SALE, LEASE OR OTHER DISPOSITION THERE SHALL BE FULL
COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED NINETY-SEVEN-C  OF
THE  NEW  YORK  CITY CHARTER, RELATING TO UNIFORM LAND USE REVIEW PROCE-
DURE, OR THE PROVISIONS OF ANY OTHER LOCAL LAW OF THE CITY OF  NEW  YORK
RELATING THERETO;
  20.  At the request or with the approval of the board of education, to
grant, sell, license, lease or otherwise transfer without public auction
or bidding any real property or any rights or interests therein or ther-
eto, including fee interests, easements, space  rights  or  air  rights,
held  by  it  and  occupied  or  reserved for school purposes and needed
therefor, to a private individual or private or public corporation sole-
ly and exclusively for the purpose of developing and constructing there-
in or thereon a combined occupancy structure, or a part or portion ther-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01913-01-5
              

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eof, or for the purpose  of  rehabilitating  or  improving  an  existing
school to become part of a combined occupancy structure within the mean-
ing  of  this  article  subject  to  a  prior  and enforceable agreement
approved  by  the board of education for the reconveyance, retransfer or
leaseback of the school portion thereof, upon completion,  for  use  and
occupancy  by  the  said  board  of education in those instances where a
grant, sale or lease has been made to such private individual or private
or public corporation; provided, however, that no such  sale,  lease  or
transfer  of  lands or rights therein or thereto is authorized where the
development of a combined occupancy structure contemplates the  erection
of  nonschool  facilities  or  improvements  over an existing playground
unless such combined occupancy structure to  be  constructed  over  such
playground  shall  provide playground area at least equal in size to the
then existing playground area; PROVIDED FURTHER, HOWEVER, THAT PRIOR  TO
ANY  GRANT,  SALE,  LICENSE, LEASE OR OTHER TRANSFER THERE SHALL BE FULL
COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED NINETY-SEVEN-C  OF
THE  NEW  YORK  CITY CHARTER, RELATING TO UNIFORM LAND USE REVIEW PROCE-
DURE, OR THE PROVISIONS OF ANY OTHER LOCAL LAW OF THE CITY OF  NEW  YORK
RELATING THERETO;
  S  2. Section 471 of the education law, as added by chapter 999 of the
laws of 1966, is amended to read as follows:
  S 471. Inconsistent provisions of other laws superseded.   Insofar  as
the  provisions  of this article are inconsistent with the provisions of
any other general, special or local law, or with the provisions  of  any
charter  or  ordinance, the provisions of this article shall be control-
ling; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE  PROVISIONS  OF  SECTION  ONE  HUNDRED
NINETY-SEVEN-C  OF THE NEW YORK CITY CHARTER SHALL APPLY AS SPECIFIED IN
SUBDIVISIONS ELEVEN AND TWENTY OF SECTION  FOUR  HUNDRED  FIFTY-FOUR  OF
THIS  ARTICLE;  AND FURTHER PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT NOTHING CONTAINED IN
THIS ARTICLE SHALL IN  ANY  WAY  SUPERSEDE  THE  REQUIREMENTS  REGARDING
PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT AND THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE COMMUNITY DISTRICT
EDUCATION COUNCIL WITH RESPECT TO PROPOSED SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN SCHOOL
UTILIZATION,  INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO PHASE-OUT, GRADE RECONFIGURA-
TION, RE-SITING OR CO-LOCATION OF SCHOOLS.  The provisions of this arti-
cle shall not be deemed to prevent the city of New York  from  financing
the  cost  of acquiring, constructing, reconstructing, rehabilitating or
improving one or more school buildings by the issuance of bonds or capi-
tal notes pursuant to the local finance law.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.