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Assembly Bill A11222

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Authorizes the city of New York to discontinue certain park lands

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2017-A11222 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8510
Current Committee:
Assembly Cities
Law Section:
New York City
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
S306

2017-A11222 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the city of New York to discontinue certain park lands.

2017-A11222 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   11222
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 15, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Rodriguez)
   -- read once and referred to the Committee on Cities
 
 AN ACT to authorize the city of New York  to  discontinue  certain  park
   lands in the county of New York
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subject to the provisions of this act, but  notwithstanding
 any  provision  of  law  to the contrary, the city of New York is hereby
 authorized to discontinue the use as park land and transfer two  parcels
 of  land  described  in  section  three  of this act upon such terms and
 conditions as the city shall determine, to the metropolitan  transporta-
 tion  authority,  for  the  construction  of protective security fencing
 around the columns of the Harlem river  lift  bridge,  operated  by  the
 Metro-North  commuter railroad company, a subsidiary of the metropolitan
 transportation authority, that carries commuter trains across the Harlem
 river.
   § 2. The authorizations provided in section one of this act  shall  be
 effective only upon the condition that the city of New York dedicates an
 amount  equal to or greater than the fair market value of the park lands
 being discontinued towards the acquisition  of  new  park  lands  and/or
 capital  improvements  to existing park land and recreational facilities
 within the borough of Manhattan.
   § 3. The lands hereby authorized by section one  of  this  act  to  be
 discontinued as park lands and transferred to the metropolitan transpor-
 tation  authority  are located in the city, county and state of New York
 in park land on the east side right of way of Harlem  river  drive  near
 135th street and are bounded and described as follows:
   Easterly Parcel
   All  that  certain  piece or parcel of land situated in the Borough of
 Manhattan, City of New York and State of New York being more particular-
 ly bounded and described as follows:
   COMMENCING at the intersection of  the  southerly  boundary  of  135th
 Street with the westerly boundary of Park Avenue as shown on the current
 NYC Tax Maps.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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