Senate Bill S9111

Signed By Governor
2021-2022 Legislative Session

Authorizes the city of Yonkers, county of Westchester to alienate and discontinue the use of certain parklands, in furtherance of an economic development interest of the state and/or city of Yonkers

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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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2021-S9111 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10168
Law Section:
Parks
Laws Affected:
Amd §§1, 2 & 4, Chap 125 of 2013

2021-S9111 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the leasing of certain parkland to facilitate the building of a public parking garage and a public park, in relation to authorizing the alienation of two additional parcels of land and the return to parkland status of 9.1 acres of previously alienated parcels near JFK Marina and Trevor Park in the city of Yonkers.

2021-S9111 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S9111 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9111
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 9, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  STEWART-COUSINS -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities 2
 
 AN ACT authorizing  the  alienation  of  certain  parkland  required  to
   support  the  redevelopment  of  the  historic  Glenwood  Power Plant,
   uniquely located on the Hudson River in the  City  of  Yonkers,  which
   site lacks any land for parking, and which project was contemplated in
   the  approved  May  2009  City of Yonkers Alexander Street Master Plan
   with a new road network connecting Alexander Street to the south  past
   the  Glenwood  Power  Plant  through John F. Kennedy Marina and Trevor
   Park north to provide increased public access to the Hudson River  and
   enhance said parks through the development of a new sustainable river-
   front,  transit-oriented  project by enhancing the existing parks with
   new amenities; and to amend chapter 125 of the laws of 2013,  relating
   to  authorizing the alienation of certain parkland required to support
   the redevelopment of  the  historic  Glenwood  Power  Plant,  uniquely
   located  on  the Hudson River in the City of Yonkers, which site lacks
   any land for parking,  and  which  project  was  contemplated  in  the
   approved  May 2009 City of Yonkers Alexander Street Master Plan with a
   new road network connecting Alexander Street to  the  south  past  the
   Glenwood  Power  Plant  through John F. Kennedy Marina and Trevor Park
   north to provide increased public  access  to  the  Hudson  River  and
   enhance said parks through the development of a new sustainable river-
   front,  transit-oriented  project by enhancing the existing parks with
   new amenities, in relation thereto
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Findings and purpose. Pursuant to the provisions of chapter
 125 of the laws of 2013, the city of Yonkers, in the county of Westches-
 ter acting by and through its mayor, was authorized to alienate by lease
 or  sale 14.257 acres of parkland in the city of Yonkers as described in
 section four of such chapter of the laws of 2013, necessary  to  support
 the redevelopment of the historic Glenwood Power Plant, by sale or lease
 to  Glenwood POH, LLC. The city of Yonkers has acquired and dedicated as
 parklands the lands described in section five of chapter 125 of the laws
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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