Senate Bill S6891

Signed By Governor
2015-2016 Legislative Session

Authorizes the city of New York to discontinue the use as city parkland of Christopher Park in the borough of Manhattan and to convey such interest to the United States

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via A9454 - Signed by Governor


  • 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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2015-S6891 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9454
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Real Property

2015-S6891 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the city of New York to discontinue the use as city parkland of Christopher Park in the borough of Manhattan and to convey such interest to the United States for park, monument, historic, or recreational purposes.

2015-S6891 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S6891 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  6891

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              March 3, 2016
                               ___________

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 park 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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