S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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10733
I N A S S E M B L Y
March 27, 2026
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Introduced by M. of A. RIVERA -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Governmental Operations
AN ACT authorizing the commissioner of general services to transfer and
convey certain state land to the Richardson Center Corporation
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 other provision of law to the contrary, the commissioner of general
services, upon the consent of the commissioner of mental health, is
hereby authorized to transfer and convey to the Richardson Center Corpo-
ration the state land described in section two of this act, said proper-
ty being a portion of the former Buffalo Psychiatric Center. Conveyance
of such land shall be made at such time and upon such terms and condi-
tions, including consideration, as the commissioner of general services
may fix and determine.
§ 2. The lands authorized by section one of this act to be transferred
and conveyed are as follows:
ALL that certain tracts, pieces or parcels of land situate, lying and
being in the City of Buffalo, County of Erie, State of New York, lying
generally Northerly of Forest Avenue, Easterly of Rees Street and South-
erly of Rockwell Road, and being more particularly bounded and described
as follows:
Commencing at the point of intersection of the westerly bounds of
Elmwood Avenue with the southerly bounds of Rockwell Road; thence North
89°31' West along said Rockwell Road a distance of 888+/- feet to the
point of beginning; thence through the lands of the People of the State
of New York (Buffalo Psychiatric Center) the following six (6) courses
and distances:
1) South 00°29' West, a distance of 151+/- feet to a point;
2) South 67°52' West, a distance of 248+/- feet to a point of curvature;
3) Along a non-tangent curve to the right having a radius of 60+/- feet,
an arc length of 97+/- feet, and a chord North 14°07' West, 87+/- feet
to a point;
4) North 32°25' East, a distance of 63+/- feet to a point of curvature;
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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5) Along a curve to the left having a radius of 365+/- feet, an arc
length of 118+/- feet, and a chord North 23°07' East, 118+/- feet to a
point on the southerly bounds of Rockwell Road; and
6) South 89°31' East, a distance of 172+/- feet to the point or place of
beginning.
Containing 1.00 acres of land, more or less.
Commencing at the point of intersection of the easterly bounds of Rees
Street with the northerly bounds of Forest Avenue, thence North 89°06'
East along said Forest Avenue, a distance of 230+/- feet to the point of
beginning; thence through the lands of the People of the State of New
York (Buffalo Psychiatric Center) the following four (4) courses and
distances:
1) North 02°36' East, a distance of 265+/- feet to a point;
2) South 89°59' East, a distance of 95+/- feet to a point;
3) South 00°38' East, a distance of 263+/- feet to a point on the north-
erly bounds of Forest Ave; and
4) South 89°06' West along said avenue, a distance of 110+/- feet to the
point or place of beginning.
Containing 0.62 acres of land, more or less.
§ 3. The description in section two of this act of the lands to be
conveyed is not intended to be a legal description, but is intended only
to identify the premises to be conveyed. As a condition of purchase, the
Richardson Center Corporation shall submit to the commissioner of gener-
al services for such commissioner's approval an accurate survey and
description of the lands generally described in section two of this act,
which may be used in the conveyance thereof.
§ 4. The commissioner of general services shall not transfer or convey
the land described in section two of this act unless application is made
therefore to the office of general services by the Richardson Center
Corporation within one year after the effective date of this act.
§ 5. Any lands transferred pursuant to this act shall be used exclu-
sively for the purposes of the Richardson Center Corporation to
construct a mixed-use campus for the community benefit and upon termi-
nation of such use, title to the lands so transferred shall revert to
the state of New York. The forgoing sentence shall not negatively impact
a certain right of reversion of such lands that runs to the benefit of
the city of Buffalo.
§ 6. This act shall take effect immediately.