Assembly Bill A10866A

                             
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                                 10866--A
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               April 8, 2026
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 Introduced  by  M.  of A. PHEFFER AMATO -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Cities -- committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  in  relation to authorizing the city of New York to discontinue
   certain parkland in the borough of Queens
 
   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 state or local law to the contrary,  the  city  of  New
 York  is  hereby  authorized to discontinue permanently the use as park-
 lands and alienate the lands described in section three of this act  and
 to  transfer  such land to the metropolitan transportation authority for
 the purpose of enabling the New York transit authority  to  construct  a
 new  permanent  at-grade  and subsurface signal tower facility and track
 crossover. Such conveyance shall be granted upon such terms  and  condi-
 tions  as the city of New York and metropolitan transportation authority
 shall determine, including terms and  conditions  for  the  metropolitan
 transportation  authority to ensure that the city of New York can comply
 with section four of this act. The metropolitan transportation  authori-
 ty,  as  consideration  for  such transfer, shall pay to the city of New
 York the fair market value of the parklands being discontinued.
   § 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 payable by the
 metropolitan transportation authority, for the parklands  being  discon-
 tinued  towards the acquisition of new parklands or capital improvements
 to existing parklands and recreational facilities within the borough  of
 Queens.
   §  3.  The  lands  hereby  authorized by section one of this act to be
 discontinued permanently as parkland and designated to be transferred to
 the metropolitan transportation authority are located in the  county  of
 Queens, city and state of New York in a park known as the Rockaway Park,
 and are bounded and described as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   AREA  A:  ACQUISITION  OF  PROPERTY  RIGHTS WITHIN TAX LOT 10 IN BLOCK
 16160, WITH ADDRESS OF 3-11 BEACH 104 STREET, BOROUGH OF QUEENS:
   BEGINNING  AT  THE POINT OF COMMENCEMENT, (N=152034319, E=1032672.026)
 (NAO 83 (2011), NEW YORK LONG ISLAND ZONE NUMBER (3104)  WITNESSED BY  A
 CROSS  CUT  IN  THE  CONCRETE,  WHICH IS AT THE INTERSECTION OF WESTERLY
 RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF BEACH 104TH STREET, A FIFTY  FEET  WIDTH  RIGHT  OF
 WAY,  AND  NORTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF ROCKAWAY FREEWAY, A FIFTY FEET
 WIDTH RIGHT OF WAY, RUNNING THENCE;
   AT A DISTANCE OF 190.20 FEET AND BEARING ANGLE OF S=69°-40'-23" W TO A
 POINT LOCATED ON THE NORTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY  LINE  OF  ROCKAWAY  FREEWAY
 (N=151968.247, E 1032493.671), THENCE;
   A  DISTANCE  OF  5.00  FEET  AND  ANGLE OF N=22'-11'-20" W, TO A POINT
 LOCATED ON THE BORDER OF BLOCK  16160  AND  BLOCK  16161  (N=151972.879,
 E=1032491.781), THENCE;
   A  DISTANCE OF 190.20 FEET AND ANGLE OF N=69°-40'-23" E, PARALLEL WITH
 ROCKAWAY FREEWAY RIGHT OF WAY, TO A POINT ON THE WESTERLY RIGHT  OF  WAY
 LINE OF BEACH 104TH STREET (N=152038.951, E=1032670.137), THENCE;
   A  DISTANCE OF 5.00 FEET AND ANGLE OF S=22°-11'-20" E, TO THE POINT OF
 COMMENCEMENT.
   SAID PARCEL DESCRIBED ABOVE CONTAINS 951.0 SQUARE FEET MORE OR LESS.
   § 4.  The discontinuance and alienation of such parkland authorized by
 this act shall not occur until the city of New York  has  complied  with
 any  federal  requirements pertaining to the alienation or conversion of
 parklands, including satisfying the secretary of the interior  that  the
 alienation  or  conversion complies with all conditions which the secre-
 tary of the interior  deems  necessary  to  assure  the    provision  of
 adequate  recreation  properties  and opportunities of reasonably equiv-
 alent location and usefulness.
   § 5. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  be  deemed  to
 have been in full force and effect on and after March 5, 2026.