Senate Bill S6830

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  6830

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                            February 26, 2016
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Introduced  by  Sen. HOYLMAN -- 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 the use as  city
  parkland of Christopher Park in the borough of Manhattan and to convey
  the  city's  interest  in  the  real property to the United States for
  park, monument, historic, or recreational purposes

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

  Section  1.  The  city of New York, acting through the commissioner of
parks and recreation of such city, is hereby authorized  to  discontinue
the  use  as city parkland of Christopher Park in the borough of Manhat-
tan, described in section two of this act, and to convey its interest in
the real property to the United States, upon terms and conditions agreed
upon by the National Park Service and the city of New York provided that
the United States uses such  land,  for  park,  monument,  historic,  or
recreational  purposes.  Any  revenues  received by the city of New York
from the conveyance of parkland authorized by this act shall be used for
capital improvements to existing city  park  and  recreational  purposes
and/or  for  the  acquisition  of  additional city part and recreational
facilities.
  S 2. The parkland authorized to be conveyed by the city of New York to
the United States pursuant to section one of this act is the following:
  ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with all the buildings
and improvements thereon  erected,  situate,  lying  and  being  in  the
Borough  of Manhattan, City and State of New York, bounded and described
as follows:
  BEGINNING at the intersection  of  the  northwesterly  side  of  Grove
Street and southeasterly side of Christopher Street;
  RUNNING  THENCE southwesterly along the southeasterly side of Christo-
pher Street a distance of 200.93 feet to a  point  on  the  intersection
with the easterly side of Seventh Avenue;
  THENCE  southerly along the easterly side of Seventh Avenue a distance
of 11.00 feet to the intersection with the northeasterly  side  of  West
Fourth Street;

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

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  THENCE  southeasterly  along  the  northeasterly  side  of West Fourth
Street a distance of 44.14 feet to the intersection with  the  northwes-
terly side of Grove Street;
  THENCE  northeasterly  along  the northwesterly side of Grove Street a
distance of 195.49 feet to the point or place of BEGINNING.
  Containing 5,170.96 square feet or 0.1187 acre, more or less.
  S 3. The deed to all such lands ceded, granted  and  conveyed  to  the
United  States  shall  contain a provision that the estate, right, title
and interest to such lands, so ceded, granted and conveyed to the United
States, revert to the  city  of  New  York  for  park  and  recreational
purposes  if such lands ceded, granted and conveyed cease to be used and
maintained in accordance with the  purposes,  terms  and  conditions  as
described in section one of this act.
  S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.