NY State Senate Bill 2023-S8894

Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Local Government Committee

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

Please enter your contact information

First Name

Last Name

Email Address

A valid email address is required.

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.

Actions

View Actions

	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Mar 25, 2024	referred to local government

2023-S8894 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Local Government
Law Section:: Parks

2023-S8894 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the village of Haverstraw to discontinue the use as parkland and alienate certain lands.

2023-S8894 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S8894

SPONSOR: WEBER
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act in relation to authorizing the village of Haverstraw to alienate
and discontinue the use of certain parklands

 
PURPOSE:

This bill would authorize the Village of Haverstraw to alienate certain
parklands, and obtain other parklands in its stead, and to convey prop-
erty interests in such lands to Haverstraw Community Chair Factory, LLC.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1: Would authorize the Village of Haverstraw to alienate certain
parklands, and obtain other parklands in its stead, and to convey prop-
erty interests in such lands to Haverstraw Community Chair Factory, LLC.

Section 2: States that the authorization granted in Section 1 would only
be effective upon the condition that the Village of Haverstraw dedicate

an amount, equal to or greater than the amount of the fair market value
of parklands being alienated, toward the purchase of new parklands
and/or capital improvements to existing parkland and recreation facili-
ties.

Section 3: Sets forth the certain plot, piece or parcel of land being
alienated in Section 1.

Section 4: If the Village of Haverstraw receives any federal assistance
or funds for the purchase, maintenance or improvement of said parcel of
land enumerated in Section 1 herein, the alienation of such parklands
authorizes by Section 1, herein, shall not occur until the Village of
Haverstraw has complied with any and all federal requirements pursuant
to the alienation or conversion of parkland, including satisfying all of
the conditions set forth by the secretary of the interior.

Section 5:  Effective Date

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The Village of Haverstraw has been undergoing significant improvements
to their parks and waterfront, and this bill would allow the Village to
alienate a certain portion of parkland, while simultaneously obtaining a
portion equal to or larger than that being alienated. In doing so, the
Village of Haverstraw will be building and providing more housing to
their residents, along with continuing improvements to their parks and
public spaces.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New Bill

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:;
This act shall take e ffect immediately.

2023-S8894 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8894
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 25, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  WEBER  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
 
 AN ACT in relation to authorizing the village of Haverstraw to  alienate
   and discontinue the use of 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  village  of
 Haverstraw  is  hereby  authorized,  acting by and through its governing
 body, and upon such terms and conditions as determined by,  and  in  the
 sole  discretion of such governing body, to discontinue the use as park-
 land and alienate the lands described in section three of this act,  and
 to convey property interests in such lands to Haverstraw Community Chair
 Factory, LLC.
   § 2. The authorization contained in section one of this act shall only
 be effective on the condition that the village of Haverstraw dedicate an
 amount equal to or greater than fair market value of the parklands being
 alienated pursuant to section one of this act towards the acquisition of
 new  parklands  and/or  capital improvements to existing park and recre-
 ational facilities.
   § 3. The portion of land authorized by section one of this act  to  be
 permanently discontinued as parkland is described as follows:
   ALL  THAT  CERTAIN  PLOT,  PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, situate, lying and
 being in the Village of Haverstraw, County of Rockland and State of  New
 York.  Being more fully bounded and described as follows:
   BEGINNING  at  a point on the mean high water line of west side of the
 Hudson River, said point being located at the southeast  corner  of  Tax
 Lot  27.46-1-81  and the northeast corner of the hereinafter intended to
 be described parcel; running thence along the mean high  water  line  of
 the  west  side  of  the  Hudson River the following two (2) courses and
 distances:
   S55-42-32W, 17.57 feet; thence
   S27-55-46E, 12.80 feet; thence
   N84-42-00W, 164.14 feet thru Tax Lot 27.54-2-16; thence

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14337-03-4

 S. 8894                             2
 
   N05-28-26E, 2.08 feet along the easterly line of Tax  Lot  27.46-1-86;
 running  thence  along  the  southerly  and  easterly line of an unnamed
 Village of Haverstraw right-of-way;
   S81-19-02E, 18.14 feet;
   N00-56-34E, 27.34 feet; thence
   S82-54-20E, 166.64 feet along the southerly line of Tax Lot 27.46-1-81
 to the point or place of BEGINNING.
   Consisting of 3,999 square feet of land.
   §  4. In the event that the village of Haverstraw received any funding
 support or assistance from the  federal  government  for  the  purchase,
 maintenance,  or improvement of the parklands set forth in section three
 of this act, the discontinuance and alienation of such parklands author-
 ized by the provisions of this act shall not occur until the village  of
 Haverstraw  has complied with any federal requirements pertaining to the
 alienation or conversion of 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. This act shall take effect immediately.

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Senate Bill S8894

Sponsored By

Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Local Government Committee

2023-S8894 (ACTIVE) - Details

2023-S8894 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2023-S8894 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8894 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

Comments

Senate Bill S8894

Share this bill

Sponsored By

Bill Weber

Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Local Government Committee

2023-S8894 (ACTIVE) - Details

2023-S8894 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2023-S8894 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8894 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

Comments