Assembly Bill A8925

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring the commissioner of parks, recreation and historic preservation to certify the status and nature of certain land before reclassifying the use of such land

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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-A8925 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7330
Current Committee:
Assembly Cities
Law Section:
Parks
Laws Affected:
Amd Chap 402 of 2017

2017-A8925 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to requiring the commissioner of parks, recreation and historic preservation to certify the status and nature of certain land before reclassifying the use of such land.

2017-A8925 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8925
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 8, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BENEDETTO  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Cities
 
 AN ACT to amend chapter 402 of the laws of 2017 relating to  authorizing
   discontinuance  of the use as parkland of land in the city of New York
   commonly known as the Marx Brothers playground, in relation to requir-
   ing the commissioner of parks, recreation and historic preservation to
   certify the status and nature of such land  before  reclassifying  the
   use of such land
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Chapter 402 of the laws of 2017,  relating  to  authorizing
 discontinuance  of  the  use as parkland of land in the city of New York
 commonly known as the Marx Brothers playground, is amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   Section  1.  Subject  to  the  provisions of this act, the city of New
 York, acting by and through the department of parks and  recreation  and
 the  department  of  education  of  such  city,  is hereby authorized to
 discontinue the use as parkland of the land described in  section  three
 of  this  act,  commonly  known  as the Marx Brothers playground, and to
 transfer such land to the New York city educational construction fund to
 permit the construction of a combined occupancy structure, as that  term
 is  defined  in  section  452  of  the education law upon such terms and
 conditions as shall be agreed upon between the parties.
   § 2. The authorization 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 parklands
 being discontinued towards  the  acquisition  of  new  parklands  and/or
 towards  capital  improvements  to  existing  parkland  and recreational
 facilities within the borough of Manhattan.
   § 3. The lands authorized by section one of this act to be  discontin-
 ued as parkland are bounded and described as follows:
 All that tract or parcel of land situate in the City of New York, County
 of New York, and State of New York, bounded and described as follows:

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

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