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                                   6703
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 14, 2017
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 Introduced  by  Sen. PERALTA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT authorizing the city of New York to discontinue certain  parkland
   for  the  purpose  of construction and operation of a pre-kindergarten
   center with a focus on instruction in science,  technology,  engineer-
   ing, and mathematics
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 734 of  the  laws
 of  1963,  including  any  amendments  made  thereto, and subject to the
 provisions of this act, the city of New York, acting by and through  the
 commissioner  of  parks  and  recreation  of such city, is authorized to
 discontinue the use as parkland the lands described in section three  of
 this  act  and  provide  for  the use of such lands by the New York city
 department of education for the purpose of construction and operation of
 a pre-kindergarten center with a focus on instruction in science,  tech-
 nology,  engineering,  and mathematics upon such terms and conditions as
 agreed to by the department of parks and recreation and  the  department
 of education.
   §  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 Queens.
   §  3.  The lands authorized to be discontinued pursuant to section one
 of this act are as follows:
   A parcel of land lying in Queens, New York, in Tax Block No.  2018 Lot
 1, more particularly described as follows;
   BEGINNING at a point from the corner formed by the intersection of the
 westerly line of 111th Street and the southerly  line  of  46th  Avenue.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 From  said point, running easterly 95.51 feet along the projected south-
 erly line of 46th Avenue to a point, thence running southerly 12.80 feet
 parallel to the west line of 111th Street to a point or place of  begin-
 ning;
   1.      Running thence easterly 229.20 feet, forming an interior angle
 of 271.16 degrees, to a point, thence;
   2.      Running  southerly  186.50  feet, forming an interior angle of
 90.00 degrees, to a point of curvature, thence;
   3.      Along a curve, concave westerly, with a radius of 171.25 feet,
 an arc length of 99.59 feet, and a chord length of 98.19  feet,  forming
 an interior angle of 117.57 degrees, to a point of cusp, thence;
   4.      Along  a  curve with a radius of 176.37 feet, an arc length of
 81.55 feet, and a chord length of 80.83 feet, forming an interior  angle
 of  123.00  degrees,  to  a  point;  said point being distant 56.46 feet
 southerly, forming an interior angle of 298.27 degrees, thence  westerly
 171.17  feet,  forming  an  interior  angle of 90.00 degrees, to a point
 formed by the intersection of the westerly line of 111th Street and  the
 southerly line of 47th Avenue;
   5.      Thence  running  westerly  49.05 feet, from the last mentioned
 course, forming an interior angle to the above mentioned chord of 209.43
 degrees, to a point of curvature, thence;
   6.      Along a curve, concave easterly,  with  a  radius  of  1183.83
 feet,  an  arc length of 193.78 feet, and a chord length of 193.57 feet,
 forming an interior angle of 96.74 degrees, to the  point  or  place  of
 beginning, forming an interior angle of 83.26 degrees with the chord.
   Containing 43,515 square feet (0.999 acres).
   §  4.  If  the  parkland  that is the subject of this act has received
 funding pursuant to the federal land and water  conservation  fund,  the
 discontinuance  of  parklands  authorized  by the provisions of this act
 shall not occur until the municipality has  complied  with  the  federal
 requirements pertaining to the conversion of parklands, including satis-
 fying the secretary of the interior that the discontinuance will include
 all  conditions  which  the secretary of the interior deems necessary to
 assure the substitution of other  lands  shall  be  equivalent  in  fair
 market  value  and recreational usefulness to the lands being discontin-
 ued.
   § 5. If the property described in section three of this act shall ever
 be used for a purpose other than for the purpose  described  in  section
 one of this act, such property shall revert back to the city of New York
 department  of parks and recreation to be used for park and recreational
 purposes or for the purposes provided by chapter  734  of  the  laws  of
 1963, including any amendments made thereto.
   §  6. Nothing in this act shall be construed to exempt any pre-kinder-
 garten center established on the lands described  in  section  three  of
 this act from being in compliance with all applicable standards relating
 to pre-kindergarten programs.
   § 7. This act shall take effect immediately.