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                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 23, 2022
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 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Benedetto)
   -- read once and referred to the Committee on Cities
 
 AN ACT to authorize the city of New York to  discontinue  a  portion  of
   real  property  in  the  county  of the Bronx as parkland and to grant
   easements for improvements  to  the  railroad  right-of-way  to  bring
   Metro-North  railroad service to four new stations in the Bronx and to
   Pennsylvania Station 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 parklands of the lands described in
 section  three  of  this  act and to grant easements to the metropolitan
 transportation authority, upon such terms and  conditions  as  the  city
 shall determine, to enable the metropolitan transportation authority and
 Metro-North  commuter railroad company, an affiliate of the metropolitan
 transportation authority, to construct improvements and gain ingress and
 egress to and from railroad equipment, stations and right-of-way on such
 former parkland, and to construct  below  surface  and  surface  utility
 infrastructure,  in order to bring Metro-North commuter railroad company
 service to four new stations in the Bronx and to Pennsylvania Station in
 the county of New York.
   § 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 of the parklands being
 discontinued towards the acquisition of  new  parklands  and/or  capital
 improvements  to  existing  parklands and recreational facilities within
 the borough of the Bronx.
   § 3. The lands hereby authorized to be discontinued as  parklands  and
 for  which  easements  may be granted to the metropolitan transportation
 authority are located in the county of the Bronx, city and state of  New
 York, and are bounded and described as follows:
   Easement 1 on BLOCK 3861, PART OF LOT 14:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15933-02-2
              

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   ALL  THAT  CERTAIN  LOT,  PIECE  OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED, LYING AND
 BEING IN THE BOROUGH OF THE BRONX, COUNTY OF BRONX, CITY, AND  STATE  OF
 NEW YORK BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
   AREA STE-115-03: HORIZONTAL LIMITS
   Beginning  at  a point in the southeast line of Block 3861, Lot 14, as
 depicted to the City of New York (Reputed Owner) as per  Reel  770  Page
 1136,  as  recorded  in  the  Register's Office of the City of New York,
 Borough of the Bronx, same being a northwest line of Block 3861, Lot  8,
 being  N  65°40'15"  W, distant 242.23 feet from the intersection of the
 northeast line of E.  172nd Street (60 feet wide) and the northwest line
 of Bronx River Avenue (100 feet wide) to a common corner of said Lots 14
 and 8, N 30°52'59" E, distant 246.92 feet along a  common  line  between
 said  Lots  14 and 8 to the said Point of Beginning having coordinates N
 242,522.5836, E 1,016,853.7105, and running thence;
   Northwesterly, leaving said common  line,  crossing  said  Lot  14,  N
 59°07'01" W, a distance of 7.66 feet to a point, thence;
   Northeasterly,  continuing  across  said  Lot  14,  N  30°52'59"  E, a
 distance of 103.45 feet to a point, thence;
   Southeasterly, continuing  across  said  Lot  14,  S  59°07'01"  E,  a
 distance  of  7.66  feet to a point, said point being in the common line
 between said Lots 14 and 8, thence;
   Southwesterly, along said common line, S 30°52'59" W,  a  distance  of
 103.45 feet to the Point or Place of Beginning and containing 792 square
 feet (0.018 acres) of land more or less.
   Easement  2 on BLOCK 3861, PART OF LOT 14: ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT, PIECE
 OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED, LYING AND BEING IN THE BOROUGH OF THE BRONX,
 COUNTY OF BRONX, CITY, AND STATE OF NEW YORK BOUNDED  AND  DESCRIBED  AS
 FOLLOWS:
   AREA STE-116-02A: HORIZONTAL LIMITS
   Beginning at a point in Block 3861, Lot 14, as depicted to the City of
 New  York  (Reputed Owner) as per Reel 770 Page 1136, as recorded in the
 Register's Office of the City of New York, Borough of  the  Bronx,  same
 being  a  northwest  line  of  Block  3861,  Lot 8, being N 65°40'15" W,
 distant 242.23 feet from the intersection of the northeast  line  of  E.
 172nd Street (60 feet wide) and the northwest line of Bronx River Avenue
 (100  feet  wide) to a common corner of said Lots 14, and 8, N 30°52'59"
 E, distant 246.92 feet along a common line between said Lots 14 and 8, N
 59°07'01" W, distant 7.66 feet leaving said  common  line  and  crossing
 said  Lot  14  to  the  said  Point  of  Beginning  having coordinates N
 242,526.5132, E 1,016,847.1402, and running thence;
   Northwesterly, continuing  across  said  Lot  14,  N  59°07'01"  W,  a
 distance of 17.31 feet to a point, thence;
   Northeasterly,  continuing  across  said  Lot  14,  N  30°00'36"  E, a
 distance of 50.98 feet to a point, thence;
   Northeasterly, continuing across said Lot 14, N30°49'33"E, a  distance
 of 70.57 feet to a point, thence;
   Northeasterly,  continuing  across  said  Lot  14,  N  31°33'35"  E, a
 distance of 88.39 feet to a point, thence;
   Northeasterly, continuing  across  said  Lot  14,  N  32°14'48"  E,  a
 distance of 107.82 feet to a point, thence;
   Northeasterly,  continuing  across  said  Lot  14,  N  33°04'35"  E, a
 distance of 60.89 feet to a point, thence;
   Northeasterly, continuing  across  said  Lot  14,  N  33°35'42"  E,  a
 distance of 42.32 feet to a point, thence;
   Northeasterly,  continuing  across  said  Lot  14 along a curve to the
 left, having a radius 771.90 feet, an arc length of 133.13 feet,  and  a
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 chord  that  bears  N 27°40'31" E, a distance of 132.97 feet to a point,
 thence;
   Northeasterly,  continuing  across  said  Lot  14 along a curve to the
 left, having a radius 626.87 feet, an arc length of 27.45  feet,  and  a
 chord  that  bears  N  22°38'50" E, a distance of 27.45 feet to a point,
 said point being in a northeast line of said Lot 14, same being a south-
 west line of Block 3861, Lot 114, thence;
   Southwesterly, along said common line, S 10°22'48" W,  a  distance  of
 77.44 feet to a point, thence;
   Southwesterly, leaving said common line and crossing said Lot 14 along
 a  curve  to  the  right,  having a radius 789.90 feet, an arc length of
 88.00 feet, and a chord that bears S 29°25'29" W, a  distance  of  87.96
 feet to a point, thence;
   Southwesterly,  continuing  across  said  Lot  14,  S  33°35'29"  W, a
 distance of 42.47 feet to a point, thence;
   Southwesterly, continuing  across  said  Lot  14,  S  32°58'25"  W,  a
 distance of 60.76 feet to a point, thence;
   Southwesterly,  continuing  across  said  Lot  14,  S  32°18'18"  W, a
 distance of 107.59 feet to a point, thence;
   Southwesterly, continuing  across  said  Lot  14,  S  31°33'35"  W,  a
 distance of 88.17 feet to a point, thence;
   Southwesterly,  continuing  across  said  Lot  14,  S  30°22'14"  W, a
 distance of 18.00 feet to a point, thence;
   Southwesterly, continuing  across  said  Lot  14,  S  30°52'59"  W,  a
 distance  of 103.45 feet to the Point or Place of Beginning and contain-
 ing 9,767 square feet (0.224 acres) of land more or less.
   Easement 3 on BLOCK 3861, PART OF LOT 14: ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT,  PIECE
 OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED, LYING AND BEING IN THE BOROUGH OF THE BRONX,
 COUNTY  OF  BRONX,  CITY, AND STATE OF NEW YORK BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS
 FOLLOWS:
   AREA STE-116-02B: HORIZONTAL LIMITS
   Beginning at a point in a southeast line of Block  3861,  Lot  14,  as
 depicted  to  the  City of New York (Reputed Owner) as per Reel 770 Page
 1136, as recorded in the Register's Office of  the  City  of  New  York,
 Borough  of  the  Bronx,  same being a northwest line of Block 3861, Lot
 114, being N 65°39'02" W, distant 315.96 feet from the  intersection  of
 the southwest line of East 174th Street (80 feet wide) and the northwest
 line of Bronx River Avenue (100 feet wide), along said southwest line to
 the common corner of said Lot 14 and Block 3861, Lot 114, S 25°23'15" W,
 distant 75.09 feet along the common line between said Lots 14 and 114 to
 the  said  Point  of  Beginning  having  coordinates  N  243,353.3499, E
 1,017,273.8724, and running thence;
   Southwesterly, continuing along said common line,  S  25°23'15"  W,  a
 distance of 37.54 feet to a point, thence;
   Southwesterly, leaving said common line, crossing said Lot 14, along a
 curve  to  the  left,  having  a radius of 201.86 feet, an arc length of
 97.38 feet, and a chord that bears S 33°57'13" W, a  distance  of  96.45
 feet to a point, thence;
   Southwesterly,  continuing  across  said  Lot  14,  S  15°04'20"  W, a
 distance of 80.23 feet to a point said point being on  the  said  common
 line between Lots 14 and 114, thence;
   Southwesterly,  continuing  along  said  common line, S 25°23'15" W, a
 distance of 107.08 feet to a point, thence;
   Northeasterly, leaving said common  line,  crossing  said  Lot  14,  N
 18°52'55" E, a distance of 11.88 feet to a point, thence;
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   Northeasterly,  continuing  across  said  Lot  14,  N  16°41'14"  E, a
 distance of 49.13 feet to a point, thence;
   Northeasterly,  continuing  across  said  Lot  14,  N  14°24'26"  E, a
 distance of 107.98 feet to a point, thence;
   Northeasterly, continuing across said Lot 14, along  a  curve  to  the
 right, having a radius of 201.08 feet, an arc length of 121.59 feet, and
 a  chord that bears N 31°33'40" E, a distance of 119.74 feet to a point,
 thence;
   Northeasterly, continuing across said Lot 14, along  a  curve  to  the
 right,  having a radius of 185.72 feet, an arc length of 37.40 feet, and
 a chord that bears N 51°33'21" E, a distance of 37.34 feet to the  Point
 or  Place of Beginning and containing 4,406 square feet (0.101 acres) of
 land more or less.
   Easement 4 on BLOCK 3861, PART OF LOT 114: ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT, PIECE
 OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED, LYING AND BEING IN THE BOROUGH OF THE BRONX,
 COUNTY OF BRONX, CITY, AND STATE OF NEW YORK BOUNDED  AND  DESCRIBED  AS
 FOLLOWS:
   AREA STE-116-03: HORIZONTAL LIMITS
   Beginning  at  a  point in a northwest line of Block 3861, Lot 114, as
 depicted to the City of New York (Reputed Owner) as per  Reel  290  Page
 20,  as  recorded  in  the  Register's  Office  of the City of New York,
 Borough of the Bronx, same being a southeast line of Block 3861, Lot 14,
 being N 65°39'02" W, distant 315.96 feet from the  intersection  of  the
 southwest  line  of  East  174th Street (80 feet wide) and the northwest
 line of Bronx River Avenue (100 feet wide), along said southwest line to
 the common corner of said Lot 14 and Block 3861, Lot 114, S 25°23'15" W,
 distant 286.95 feet along the common line between said Lots 14  and  114
 to  the  said  Point  of  Beginning having coordinates N 243,161.9562, E
 1,017,183.0434, and running thence;
   Southwesterly, leaving said common line,  crossing  said  Lot  114,  S
 15°04'20" W, a distance of 25.49 feet to a point, thence;
   Southwesterly,  continuing  across  said  Lot  114,  S  15°15'32" W, a
 distance of 35.28 feet to a point, thence;
   Southwesterly, continuing across  said  Lot  114,  S  16°14'46"  W,  a
 distance of 24.96 feet to a point, thence;
   Southwesterly,  continuing  across  said  Lot  114,  S  18°16'10" W, a
 distance of 16.37 feet to a point, thence;
   Southwesterly, continuing across  said  Lot  114,  S  19°27'15"  W,  a
 distance of 28.06 feet to a point, thence;
   Southwesterly,  continuing  across  said  Lot  114,  S  21°36'23" W, a
 distance of 47.44 feet to a point, thence;
   Southwesterly, continuing across said Lot 114, along a  curve  to  the
 right,  having a radius of 789.88 feet, an arc length of 36.79 feet, and
 a chord that bears S 24°49'11" W, a distance of 36.78 feet to  a  point.
 Said  point  being  on  the  common  line  between said Lots 114 and 14,
 thence;
   Northeasterly, along said common line, N 10°22'48" E,  a  distance  of
 89.42 feet to a point, thence;
   Northeasterly,  continuing  along  said  common line, N 25°23'15" E, a
 distance of 126.35 feet to the Point or Place of Beginning and  contain-
 ing 2,257 square feet (0.052 acres) of land more or less.
   Easement 5 on BLOCK 3861, PART OF LOT 114: ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT, PIECE
 OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED, LYING AND BEING IN THE BOROUGH OF THE BRONX,
 COUNTY  OF  BRONX,  CITY, AND STATE OF NEW YORK BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS
 FOLLOWS:
   AREA STE-116-05: HORIZONTAL LIMITS
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   Beginning at a point in a northeast line of Block 3861,  Lot  114,  as
 depicted  to  the  City of New York (Reputed Owner) as per Reel 290 Page
 20, as recorded in the Register's  Office  of  the  City  of  New  York,
 Borough of the Bronx, same being a southwest line of E. 174th Street (80
 feet  wide)  being  N  65°39'02"  W, distant 266.86 feet from the inter-
 section of the southwest line of East 174th  Street  and  the  northwest
 line of Bronx River Avenue (100 feet wide), along said southwest line to
 the  said  Point  of  Beginning  having  coordinates  N  243,400.9477, E
 1,017,350.8040, and running thence;
   Southwesterly, leaving said common line, along a curve to  the  right,
 having  a radius of 181.58 feet, an arc length of 6.77 feet, and a chord
 that bears S 39°37'44" W, a distance of 6.77 feet to a point, thence;
   Southwesterly, crossing said Lot 114, along  a  curve  to  the  right,
 having a radius of 140.49 feet, an arc length of 47.24 feet, and a chord
 that bears S 43°22'54" W, a distance of 47.02 feet to a point, thence;
   Southwesterly,  continuing  across  said  Lot  114,  S  51°25'10" W, a
 distance of 9.40 feet to a point, thence;
   Southwesterly, continuing across said Lot 114, along a  curve  to  the
 right,  having a radius of 112.86 feet, an arc length of 20.56 feet, and
 a chord that bears S 53°51'05" W, a distance of 20.53 feet to  a  point,
 thence;
   Southwesterly,  continuing  across  said Lot 114, along a curve to the
 left, having a radius of 201.86 feet, an arc length of 24.58 feet, and a
 chord that bears S 55°36'56" W, a distance of 24.56  feet  to  a  point,
 thence;
   Southwesterly,  continuing  across  said  Lot  114,  S  49°54'54" W, a
 distance of 15.96 feet to a point, said point being a northwest line  of
 said Lot 114, same being a southeast line of Block 3861, Lot 14, thence;
   Northeasterly,  along  said  common line, N 25°23'15" E, a distance of
 37.54 feet to a point, thence;
   Northeasterly, leaving said common line, crossing said Lot 114 along a
 curve to the right, having a radius of 185.72 feet,  an  arc  length  of
 6.94 feet, and a chord that bears N 58°23'47" E, a distance of 6.94 feet
 to a point, thence;
   Northeasterly,  continuing  across  said  Lot 114 along a curve to the
 left, having a radius of 209.63 feet, an arc length of 61.64 feet, and a
 chord that bears N 48°31'41" E, a distance of 61.42  feet  to  a  point,
 thence;
   Northeasterly,  continuing  across  said  Lot  114,  N  41°28'18" E, a
 distance of 13.91 feet to a point, said point being on the  common  line
 between said Lot 114 and E. 174th Street, thence;
   Southeasterly,  along  said  common line, S 65°39'02" E, a distance of
 17.31 feet to the Point or  Place  of  Beginning  and  containing  1,772
 square feet (0.041 acres) of land more or less.
   Easement  6  on E. 174TH ST. ROW BETWEEN BRONX RIVER AVE. AND SHERIDAN
 BLVD.: ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED, LYING AND
 BEING IN THE BOROUGH OF THE BRONX, COUNTY OF BRONX, CITY, AND  STATE  OF
 NEW YORK BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
   AREA STE-116-06: HORIZONTAL LIMITS
   Beginning  at  a  point  in the northeast line of Block 3861, Lot 114,
 same being a southwest line of  E.  174th  Street  (80  feet  wide),  as
 depicted  to City of New York (Reputed Owner) as per the Tax Maps of the
 City of New York, Borough of the Bronx,  being  northwesterly  from  the
 intersection  of  the  southwest  line  of  said E. 174th Street and the
 northwest line of Bronx River Avenue (100 feet  wide),  N  65°39'02"  W,
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 distant  266.87  feet,  to  said Point of Beginning having coordinates N
 243,400.9539, E 1,017,350.7903, and running thence;
   Northwesterly,  continuing  along  said  common line, N 65°39'02" W, a
 distance of 17.31 feet to a point, thence;
   Northeasterly, leaving said common line and  crossing  said  E.  174th
 Street right-of-way along a curve to the left, having a radius of 902.29
 feet, an arc length of 70.50 feet, and a chord that bears N 27°49'05" E,
 a distance of 70.49 feet to a point, thence;
   Northeasterly,  continuing  across  said  E. 174th Street right-of-way
 along a curve to the left, having a radius of 40.00 feet, an arc  length
 of  9.52  feet, and a chord that bears N 20°29'28" E, a distance of 9.50
 feet to a point, said point being in the northeast line of said E. 174th
 Street, same being the southeast line of Block 3904, thence;
   Southeasterly, along said common line, S 65°38'27" E,  a  distance  of
 18.21 feet to a point, thence;
   Southwesterly,  leaving  said  common  line and crossing said E. 174th
 Street right-of-way along a curve to  the  right,  having  a  radius  of
 900.26  feet,  an  arc  length  of  79.98 feet, and a chord that bears S
 27°35'36" W, a distance of 79.96 feet to the Point or Place of Beginning
 and containing 1,388 square feet (0.032 acres) of land more or less.
   Easement 7 on BLOCK 4435 PART OF LOT 2: ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT, PIECE OR
 PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED, LYING AND BEING IN THE BOROUGH & COUNTY OF  THE
 BRONX, CITY AND STATE OF NEW YORK BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
   AREA C10: HORIZONTAL LIMITS
   Beginning  at  a  point  on  a northwest line of Block 4335, Lot 2, as
 depicted to the City of New York (Reputed Owner) for New York City Parks
 and Recreation as per the Tax Map of the City of New  York,  Borough  of
 the Bronx, and as per NYC OpenData Records, being S 66°52'39" W, distant
 711.41  feet  from  the  intersection of the southwest line of De Reimer
 Avenue (60 feet wide) and the northwest line of Erskine Place  (60  feet
 wide),  along  said  northwest  line  of  Erskine  Place, S 23°07'21" E,
 distant 385.00 feet perpendicular to the said northwest line to the said
 Point of Beginning having coordinates N 251,935.6602, E  1,031,770.1341,
 and running thence;
   Southeasterly, leaving said common line and crossing said Lot 2, along
 a  curve  to  the left, having a radius of 155.94 feet, an arc length of
 152.17 feet, and a chord that bears S 53°22'58" E, a distance of  146.21
 feet to a point, thence;
   Northeasterly,  continuing  across  said  Lot  2, along a curve to the
 left, having a radius of 163.98 feet, an arc length of 142.47 feet,  and
 a  chord that bears N 74°42'49" E, a distance of 138.03 feet to a point,
 thence;
   Southwesterly, continuing across said Lot 2,  along  a  curve  to  the
 right,  having a radius of 283.96 feet, an arc length of 53.52 feet, and
 a chord that bears S 35°02'31" W, a distance of 53.44 feet to  a  point,
 thence;
   Southwesterly,  continuing  across  said  Lot  2, along a curve to the
 right, having a radius of 184.98 feet, an arc length of 108.34 feet, and
 a chord that bears S 82°49'33" W, a distance of 106.80 feet to a  point,
 thence;
   Northwesterly,  continuing  across  said  Lot  2, along a curve to the
 right, having a radius of 176.94 feet, an arc length of 57.98 feet,  and
 a  chord  that bears N 71°54'00" W, a distance of 57.38 feet to a point,
 thence;
   Southeasterly, continuing across said Lot 2,  along  a  curve  to  the
 right, having a radius of 102.77 feet, an arc length of 149.48 feet, and
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 a  chord that bears S 15°45'46" E, a distance of 136.65 feet to a point,
 thence;
   Southwesterly,  continuing  across  said  Lot  2, along a curve to the
 right, having a radius of 4,476.34 feet, an arc length  of  31.41  feet,
 and  a  chord  that  bears  S 45°42'22" W, a distance of 31.41 feet to a
 point, thence;
   Northeasterly, continuing across said Lot 2,  along  a  curve  to  the
 left, having a radius of 122.36 feet, an arc length of 82.21 feet, and a
 chord  that  bears  N  12°09'48" E, a distance of 80.67 feet to a point,
 thence;
   Northwesterly, continuing across said Lot 2,  along  a  curve  to  the
 left,  having a radius of 96.79 feet, an arc length of 58.65 feet, and a
 chord that bears N 27°41'20" W, a distance of 57.76  feet  to  a  point,
 thence;
   Northwesterly, continuing across said Lot 2, N 45°02'53" W, a distance
 of 26.75 feet to a point, thence;
   Northwesterly, continuing across said Lot 2, N 45°14'14" W, a distance
 of 30.65 feet to a point, thence;
   Northwesterly, continuing across said Lot 2, N 41°59'32" W, a distance
 of 25.49 feet to a point, thence;
   Northwesterly,  continuing  across  said  Lot  2, along a curve to the
 right, having a radius of 180.94 feet, an arc length of 49.78 feet,  and
 a  chord  that bears N 34°06'40" W, a distance of 49.62 feet to a point,
 said point being on the northwest line of Lot 2, same being a  southeast
 right-of-line of said northwest line of Block 4335, Lot 2, thence;
   Northeasterly,  along  said  common line, N 58°46'49" E, a distance of
 25.11 feet to the Point or  Place  of  Beginning  and  containing  8,874
 square feet (0.204 acres) more or less.
   Subsurface  easement  1  on  PART OF PELHAM BAY PARK. ALL THAT CERTAIN
 LOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED, LYING AND BEING IN THE BOROUGH  &
 COUNTY OF THE BRONX, CITY AND STATE OF NEW YORK BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS
 FOLLOWS:
   AREA STE-145-01: HORIZONTAL LIMITS
   Beginning  at a point on the southeasterly line of Block 5650 Lot 100,
 as depicted to the  National  Railroad  Passenger  Corporation  (Amtrak)
 (Reputed  Owner),  as  per Reel 374, Page 289, as recorded in the Regis-
 ter's Office of the City of New York,  Borough  of  the  Bronx,  as  the
 successor  in  title  to  the  New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
 through the Consolidated Rail Corporation  (Conrail)  and  the  Regional
 Rail Reorganization Act of 1973, same being a point on the northwesterly
 line  of  Block  5650 Lot 1, as depicted to the City of New York per the
 Tax Map of the City of New York, Borough of the Bronx, being the follow-
 ing two courses from the intersection  of  the  physical  centerline  of
 Orchard  Beach Road with the monumented six track centerline as depicted
 on Station Map-Lands The Harlem River and Port Chester R.R. Co.    Oper-
 ated  by  The New York and New Haven and Hartford R.R. Co. V81.82 S.L. 9
 dated June 30, 1915, at station 454+39.9 more or less of the  monumented
 six  track centerline; thence along the monumented six track centerline,
 North 25°03'09"East 1,583.8 feet more or less, to  a  point  at  station
 470+23.73  of the monumented six track centerline, said point also being
 South 25°03'09"West 4,813.02 feet, measured  along  the  monumented  six
 track  centerline,  from  the  intersection  of the monumented six track
 centerline with the Bronx  /  Westchester  County  Line,  thence;  South
 64°56'51"  East  61.50  feet to the southeasterly line of Block 5650 Lot
 100 and the Point or  Place  of  Beginning,  having  coordinates  of  N:
 257,712.6802 E: 1,036,753.8721 and running thence;
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   Northeasterly along a line common to Lot 1 and Lot 100 North 25°03'09"
 East a distance of 20.00 feet to a point, thence;
   Southeasterly  through  a  portion  of  Lot  1  South 63°25'40" East a
 distance of 13.44 feet to a point, thence;
   Southwesterly through a portion  of  Lot  1  South  25°26'32"  West  a
 distance of 20.00 feet to a point, thence;
   Northwesterly  through  a  portion  of  Lot  1  North 63°25'40" West a
 distance of 13.31 feet to the Point or Place of Beginning and containing
 267 square feet (0.006 acres) more or less.
   Subsurface easement 2 on PART OF PELHAM BAY  PARK.  ALL  THAT  CERTAIN
 LOT,  PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED, LYING AND BEING IN THE BOROUGH &
 COUNTY OF THE BRONX, CITY AND STATE OF NEW YORK BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS
 FOLLOWS:
   AREA STE-145-02: HORIZONTAL LIMITS
   Beginning at a point on the northwesterly line of Block 5650 Lot  100,
 as  depicted  to  the  National  Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)
 (Reputed Owner), as per Reel 374, Page 289, as recorded  in  the  Regis-
 ter's Office of the City of New York, Borough of the Bronx, as successor
 in  title  to  the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad through the
 Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail) and the Regional  Rail  Reorgan-
 ization  Act  of  1973,  same being a point on the southeasterly line of
 Block 5650 Lot 2, as depicted to the City of New York per the Tax Map of
 the City of New York, Borough of the  Bronx,  being  the  following  two
 courses  from  the  intersection  of  the physical centerline of Orchard
 Beach Road with the monumented  six  track  centerline  as  depicted  on
 Station  Map-Lands  The Harlem River and Port Chester R.R. Co.  Operated
 by The New York and New Haven and Hartford R.R. Co. V81.82 S.L. 9  dated
 June  30,  1915,  at station 454+39.9 more or less of the monumented six
 track centerline; thence along  the  monumented  six  track  centerline,
 North  25°03'09"  East  1602.5  feet more or less, to a point at station
 470+42.42 of the monumented six track centerline, said point also  being
 South  25°03'09"  West  4,794.33 feet, measured along the monumented six
 track centerline, from the Bronx  /  Westchester  County  Line,  thence;
 North  64°56'51" West 67.71 feet to the northwesterly line of Block 5650
 Lot 100 and the Point or Place of Beginning, having  coordinates  of  N:
 257,784.3343 E: 1,036,644.7326 and running thence;
   Northwesterly  through  a  portion of Block 5650 Lot 2 North 62°32'08"
 West a distance of 13.90 feet to a point, thence;
   Northeasterly through a portion  of  Lot  2  North  27°27'52"  East  a
 distance of 76.16 feet to a point, thence;
   Southeasterly  through  a  portion  of  Lot  2  South 62°32'08" East a
 distance of 16.91 feet to a point, said point being on the  line  common
 to Lot 2 and Lot 100, thence;
   Southwesterly along a line common to Lot 2 and Lot 100 South 25°03'09"
 West  a  distance  of  29.72 feet to a point, said point being on common
 corner of Lot 2 and Lot 100, at an offset of 61.50 feet to the northwest
 from station 470+88.67 of the monumented six track centerline, thence;
   Northwesterly along a line common to Lot 2 and Lot 100 North 64°56'11"
 West a distance of 6.00 feet to a  point,  said  point  being  a  common
 corner of Lot 2 and Lot 100, at an offset of 67.50 feet to the northwest
 from station 470+88.67 of the monumented six track centerline, thence;
   Southwesterly along a line common to Lot 2 and Lot 100 South 25°19'01"
 West  a  distance  of  46.25 feet to the Point or Place of Beginning and
 containing 1,127 square feet (0.026 acres) more or less.
   § 4. In the event that the city of  New  York  received  any  funding,
 support  or  assistance  from  the  federal government for the purchase,
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 maintenance or improvement of the parklands set forth in  section  three
 of  this act, the discontinuance and alienation of such parkland author-
 ized by the provisions of this act shall not occur until the city of New
 York has complied with any federal requirements pertaining to the alien-
 ation  or  conversion of such parklands, including satisfying the secre-
 tary of the interior that the alienation or conversion complies with 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 usefulness to the lands being alienated or converted.
   §  5. After completion of improvements to the former  parkland discon-
 tinued and alienated by the city of New York pursuant to this  act,  the
 metropolitan transportation authority may, in its discretion, assign  or
 otherwise transfer some or all of the easements granted pursuant to this
 act  to the   National  Railroad  Passenger Corporation or the successor
 thereto, subject to retention of such  rights  and  obligations  of  the
 metropolitan  transportation   authority   on   behalf   of  Metro-North
 commuter railroad company as the metropolitan  transportation  authority
 may deem appropriate.
   § 6. Upon the completion of construction, the metropolitan transporta-
 tion  authority  shall,  in  agreement  with the city of New York and in
 consultation with the local community board, restore the surface of  the
 lands  described  in  section  three  of  this  act and such lands shall
 continue to be used for park purposes.
   § 7. This act shall take effect immediately.