Senate Bill S7118A

Signed By Governor
2017-2018 Legislative Session

Authorizes the town of Yorktown, in the county of Westchester, to alienate certain parklands

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  • 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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2017-S7118 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10453
Law Section:
Parks

2017-S7118 - Summary

Authorizes the town of Yorktown, in the county of Westchester, to alienate certain parklands.

2017-S7118 - Sponsor Memo

2017-S7118 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7118
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 3, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MURPHY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
 
 AN ACT to authorize the town of Yorktown, in the county  of  Westchester
   to alienate certain parklands
 
   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, the town of Yorktown
 in the county of Westchester, is hereby authorized to discontinue use as
 and alienate the parklands described in section four of this act.
   § 2. Notwithstanding the failure of the town of  Yorktown  to  receive
 authorization by law to alienate the parklands described in section four
 of  this act prior to such parklands being alienated, such alienation is
 hereby validated, legalized, ratified and confirmed.
   § 3. The authorization granted in section one of  this  act  shall  be
 subject  to the requirement that all proceeds from the sale of the park-
 lands described in section four of this act shall be used for the acqui-
 sition of additional parkland and/or for capital improvements to  exist-
 ing park and recreational facilities.
   §  4. The parklands authorized by section one of this act to be alien-
 ated are described as follows:
   All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, being in the  Incorpo-
 rated  Town  of  Yorktown,  County of Westchester and State of New York,
 bounded and described as follows:
   BEGINNING at a point on the easterly side of Illington Road where  the
 same  is  intersected  by  the northern boundary line of now or formerly
 Kuchenmeister
   THENCE running  along  the  easterly  side  of  Illington  Road  in  a
 northeasterly direction and
   THENCE following the stone wall a distance of 420 feet
   THENCE  still continuing along said easterly side of Illington Road as
 same bears to the left in a northerly direction
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

2017-S7118A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10453
Law Section:
Parks

2017-S7118A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the town of Yorktown, in the county of Westchester, to alienate certain parklands.

2017-S7118A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S7118A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7118--A
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 3, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MURPHY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed  to  the  Committee  on  Local  Government  --
   committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
   recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to authorize the town of Yorktown, in the county  of  Westchester
   to alienate certain parklands
 
   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, the town of Yorktown
 in the county of Westchester, acting by and through its  governing  body
 and upon such terms and conditions as determined by such board is hereby
 authorized  to discontinue as parklands and alienate the lands described
 in section three of this act that are unusable for  public  recreational
 purposes.
   § 2. The authorization contained in section one of this act shall take
 effect  only upon the condition that the town of Yorktown shall dedicate
 an amount equal to or greater than the fair market value  of  the  park-
 lands being discontinued towards the acquisition of new parklands and/or
 towards  capital  improvements  to  existing  parkland  and recreational
 facilities.
   § 3. The parklands authorized by section one of this act to be  alien-
 ated are described as follows:
   All  that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, being in the Incorpo-
 rated Town of Yorktown, County of Westchester and  State  of  New  York,
 bounded and described as follows:
   BEGINNING  at a point on the easterly side of Illington Road where the
 same is intersected by the northern boundary line  of  now  or  formerly
 Kuchenmeister
   THENCE  running  along  the  easterly  side  of  Illington  Road  in a
 northeasterly direction and
   THENCE following the stone wall a distance of 420 feet
   THENCE still continuing along said easterly side of Illington Road  as
 same bears to the left in a northerly direction

              

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