NY State Assembly Bill 2025-A8621A

Assembly Bill A8621A

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Authorizes the village of Kings Point, town of North Hempstead, county of Nassau, to alienate and discontinue certain parklands

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Jun 09, 2025	print number 8621a
Jun 09, 2025	amend and recommit to local governments
May 22, 2025	referred to local governments

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2025-A8621 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:: S7868
Current Committee:: Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:: Kings Point, Village of

2025-A8621 - Summary

Authorizes the village of Kings Point, town of North Hempstead, county of Nassau, to alienate and discontinue certain parklands for the purpose of providing additional parking for the community center being built by the United Mashadi Jewish Community of America, and to replace such alienated parkland with a new, dedicated parkland.

2025-A8621 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8621
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 22, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. NORBER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Local Governments
 
 AN  ACT authorizing the village of Kings Point, town of North Hempstead,
   county of Nassau, to alienate and discontinue  certain  parklands  for
   the  purpose  of providing additional parking for the community center
   being built by the United Mashadi Jewish Community of America, and  to
   replace such alienated parkland with a new, dedicated parkland
 
   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 Kings
 Point, acting by and through its governing body and upon such terms  and
 conditions  as  determined by such board is hereby authorized to discon-
 tinue as parklands and alienate the lands described in section three  of
 this  act for the purpose of providing additional parking for the commu-
 nity center being built by the United Mashadi Jewish Community of Ameri-
 ca.
   § 2. The authorization provided in section one of this  act  shall  be
 effective  only upon the condition that the village of Kings Point dedi-
 cates the lands described in section four of this act as parkland.
   § 3. The parklands authorized by section one of this act to be  alien-
 ated consist of 2.4817 acres and are described as follows:
   All  that  certain  plot,  piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and
 being at the Incorporated Village of Kings Point, Town  of  North  Hemp-
 stead, County of Nassau, and State of New York, more particularly bound-
 ed and described as follows:
   BEGINNING  at  a  point  on  the  northeasterly line of Steamboat Road
 distant 355.39 feet southeasterly from the intersection  of  the  south-
 easterly  line of Hewlett Place with the northeasterly line of Steamboat
 Road;
   THENCE along the southeasterly line of Tax Lot 2 and Tax Lot  1  a/k/a
 Kings Point Park N 41°28'05"E, a distance of 319.02 feet to a point;
   THENCE  along  the  northeasterly  line  of  Tax Lots 2, 3 & 5 and the
 aforementioned lands of Kings Point Park N  49°19'40"W,  a  distance  of
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11999-01-5
 A. 8621                             2
 
 283.37  feet  to  the southeasterly line of 'Map of Kings Point Estates,
 Filed Map #2910';
   THENCE  along  the southeasterly and northeasterly line of Kings Point
 Estates and lands of Kings Point Park, the following  four  (4)  courses
 and distances:
   1) N 41°44'00"E, a distance of 5.96 feet to a point;
   2) N 46°37'58"W, a distance of 189.42 feet to a point;
   3) N 46°12'58"W, a distance of 147.80 feet to a point;
   4) N 49°12'58"W, a distance of 44.93 feet to a point;
   THENCE passing through Tax Lot 1 a/k/a Kings Point Park, the following
 ten (10) courses and distances:
   1) N 43°06'23"E, a distance of 110.36 feet to a point;
   2) S 46°11'11"E, a distance of 193.58 feet to a point;
   3) S 46°47'04"E, a distance of 37.80 feet to a point;
   4) S 48°49'00"E, a distance of 218.97 feet to a point;
   5) S 40°40'29"W, a distance of 38.00 feet to a point;
   6) S 49°19'31"E, a distance of 166.98 feet to a point;
   7) N 40°40'22"E, a distance of 38.00 feet to a point;
   8) S 49°17'58"E, a distance of 133.79 feet to a point;
   9) S 41°28'05"W, a distance of 416.86 feet to a point;
   10)  S  58°16'57"W,  a  distance  of 30.00 feet, to the aforementioned
 northeasterly line of Steamboat Road;
   THENCE along said line of Steamboat Road N 43°59'00"W, a  distance  of
 80.41 feet to the point or place of BEGINNING, containing 108,102 square
 feet or 2.4817 acres, more or less.
   §  4.  Prior  to  the  discontinuance  and  alienation of the parkland
 described in section three of this act, the village of Kings Point shall
 dedicate as parkland such land consisting of  5.76  acres  described  as
 follows:
   AS TO LOT 21
   ALL  that  certain  plot,  piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and
 being in the Incorporated Village of Kings  Point,  Town  of  Hempstead,
 County  of  Nassau and State of New York, being bounded and more partic-
 ularly described as follows:
   BEGINNING at a point on the easterly side of Middle Neck  Road,  where
 the  same  is  intersected  by  the southerly line of lands formerly the
 Alker Estate, now or formerly Youssian, being the  southwest  corner  of
 Lot 40 in Section and Block 164;
   RUNNING THENCE the following three (3) courses:
   1. Along the southerly line of lands now or formerly Youssian North 89
 degrees 26 minutes 35 seconds East 509.84 feet to a point;
   2. THENCE South 00 degrees 33 minutes 25 seconds East 160.06 feet;
   THENCE  South 89 degrees 26 minutes 35 seconds West 536.19 feet to the
 easterly side of Middle Neck Road;
   THENCE along the easterly side of Middle Neck Road North 08 degrees 47
 minutes 30 seconds East 162.22 feet to the point or place of BEGINNING.
   AS TO LOT 22
   ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of  land,  situate,  lying  and
 being  in  the  Incorporated  Village of Kings Point, Town of Hempstead,
 County of Nassau and State of New York, being bounded and  more  partic-
 ularly described as follows:
   BEGINNING  at  a point on the easterly side of Middle Neck Road 162.22
 feet southerly where Middle Neck Road is intersected  by  the  southerly
 line of lands formerly the Alker Estate, now or formerly Youssian, being
 the southwest corner of Lot 40 in Section 1 and Block 164;
   RUNNING THENCE the following three (3) courses:
 A. 8621                             3
 
   1.  Along  the  common  line  of  Parcels 1 and 2, North 89 degrees 26
 minutes 35 seconds East, 536.19 feet to a point;
   2. THENCE South 00 degrees 33 minutes 25 seconds East, 160.00 feet;
   3.  THENCE South 89 degrees 26 minutes 35 seconds West, 529.74 feet to
 the easterly side of Middle Neck Road;
   THENCE along the easterly side of Middle Neck Road North 03 degrees 24
 minutes 10 seconds West 153.19 feet;
   THENCE North 08 degrees 47 minutes 30 seconds East 7.09  feet  to  the
 point or place of BEGINNING.
   AS TO LOT 23
   ALL  that  certain  plot,  piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and
 being in the Incorporated Village of Kings  Point,  Town  of  Hempstead,
 County  of  Nassau and State of New York, being bounded and more partic-
 ularly described as follows:
   BEGINNING at a point on the easterly side of Middle Neck Road,  322.50
 feet  southerly  where  Middle Neck Road is intersected by the southerly
 line of lands formerly the Alker Estate, now or formerly Youssian, being
 the southwest corner of Lot 40 in Section and Block 164;
   RUNNING THENCE the following nine (9) courses:
   1. Along the common line of Parcels 2  and  3,  North  89  degrees  26
 minutes 35 seconds East 529.74 feet to a point;
   2. THENCE South 00 degrees 33 minutes 25 seconds East 140.36 feet;
   3. THENCE South 89 degrees 26 minutes 50 seconds West 137.57 feet;
   4. THENCE North 13 degrees 55 minutes 10 seconds West 4.25 feet;
   5. THENCE South 82 degrees 06 minutes 15 seconds West 21.02 feet;
   6. THENCE South 02 degrees 21 minutes 50 seconds East 3.15 feet;
   7. THENCE South 84 degrees 59 minutes 50 seconds West, 63.39 feet;
   8. THENCE South 80 degrees 29 minutes 50 seconds West 150.45 feet;
   THENCE  South 78 degrees 45 minutes 50 seconds West 139.49 feet to the
 easterly side of Middle Neck Road;
   THENCE along the easterly side of Middle Neck Road, North  18  degrees
 05 minutes 50 seconds West 16.95 feet;
   THENCE North 08 degrees 30 minutes 10 seconds West 83.99 feet;
   THENCE  North  03 degrees 24 minutes 10 seconds West 96.99 feet to the
 point or place of BEGINNING.
   § 5. In the  event  that  the  fair  market  value  of  the  parklands
 described  in section four of this act to be dedicated by the village of
 Kings Point pursuant to this act are not equal to or  greater  than  the
 fair  market  value  of  the  parklands  to be alienated as described in
 section three of this act, the village of Kings Point shall dedicate the
 difference of the fair market value of the lands to be alienated and the
 lands to be dedicated for the acquisition of additional parklands and/or
 capital improvements to existing park and recreational facilities.
   § 6. In the event that the village of Kings Point 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 parkland  author-
 ized  by the provisions of this act shall not occur until the village of
 Kings Point 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.
   § 7. This act shall take effect immediately.

2025-A8621A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:: S7868
Current Committee:: Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:: Kings Point, Village of

2025-A8621A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2025-A8621A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8621--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 22, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. NORBER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on  Local  Governments  -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT authorizing the village of Kings Point, town of North  Hempstead,
   county  of  Nassau,  to alienate and discontinue certain parklands for
   the purpose of providing additional parking for the  community  center
   being  built by the United Mashadi Jewish Community of America, and to
   replace such alienated parkland with a new, dedicated parkland
 
   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 Kings
 Point,  acting by and through its governing body and upon such terms and
 conditions as determined by such board is hereby authorized  to  discon-
 tinue  as parklands and alienate the lands described in section three of
 this act for the purpose of providing additional parking for the  commu-
 nity center being built by the United Mashadi Jewish Community of Ameri-
 ca.
   §  2.  The  authorization provided in section one of this act shall be
 effective only upon the condition that the village of Kings Point  dedi-
 cates  the  lands  described  in  section  four  of this act as parkland
 provided that the village of Kings Point has never used such  lands  for
 public open space or park purposes.
   §  3. The parklands authorized by section one of this act to be alien-
 ated consist of 2.4817 acres and are described as follows:
   All that certain plot, piece or parcel of  land,  situate,  lying  and
 being  at  the  Incorporated Village of Kings Point, Town of North Hemp-
 stead, County of Nassau, and State of New York, more particularly bound-
 ed and described as follows:
   BEGINNING at a point on  the  northeasterly  line  of  Steamboat  Road
 distant  355.39  feet  southeasterly from the intersection of the south-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11999-02-5
 A. 8621--A                          2

 
 easterly line of Hewlett Place with the northeasterly line of  Steamboat
 Road;
   THENCE  along  the southeasterly line of Tax Lot 2 and Tax Lot 1 a/k/a
 Kings Point Park N 41°28'05"E, a distance of 319.02 feet to a point;
   THENCE along the northeasterly line of Tax Lots  2,  3  &  5  and  the
 aforementioned  lands  of  Kings  Point Park N 49°19'40"W, a distance of
 283.37 feet to the southeasterly line of 'Map of  Kings  Point  Estates,
 Filed Map #2910';
   THENCE  along  the southeasterly and northeasterly line of Kings Point
 Estates and lands of Kings Point Park, the following  four  (4)  courses
 and distances:
   1) N 41°44'00"E, a distance of 5.96 feet to a point;
   2) N 46°37'58"W, a distance of 189.42 feet to a point;
   3) N 46°12'58"W, a distance of 147.80 feet to a point;
   4) N 49°12'58"W, a distance of 44.93 feet to a point;
   THENCE passing through Tax Lot 1 a/k/a Kings Point Park, the following
 ten (10) courses and distances:
   1) N 43°06'23"E, a distance of 110.36 feet to a point;
   2) S 46°11'11"E, a distance of 193.58 feet to a point;
   3) S 46°47'04"E, a distance of 37.80 feet to a point;
   4) S 48°49'00"E, a distance of 218.97 feet to a point;
   5) S 40°40'29"W, a distance of 38.00 feet to a point;
   6) S 49°19'31"E, a distance of 166.98 feet to a point;
   7) N 40°40'22"E, a distance of 38.00 feet to a point;
   8) S 49°17'58"E, a distance of 133.79 feet to a point;
   9) S 41°28'05"W, a distance of 416.86 feet to a point;
   10)  S  58°16'57"W,  a  distance  of 30.00 feet, to the aforementioned
 northeasterly line of Steamboat Road;
   THENCE along said line of Steamboat Road N 43°59'00"W, a  distance  of
 80.41 feet to the point or place of BEGINNING, containing 108,102 square
 feet or 2.4817 acres, more or less.
   §  4.  Prior  to  the  discontinuance  and  alienation of the parkland
 described in section three of this act, the village of Kings Point shall
 dedicate as parkland such land consisting of  5.76  acres  described  as
 follows:
   AS TO LOT 21
   ALL  that  certain  plot,  piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and
 being in the Incorporated Village of Kings  Point,  Town  of  Hempstead,
 County  of  Nassau and State of New York, being bounded and more partic-
 ularly described as follows:
   BEGINNING at a point on the easterly side of Middle Neck  Road,  where
 the  same  is  intersected  by  the southerly line of lands formerly the
 Alker Estate, now or formerly Youssian, being the  southwest  corner  of
 Lot 40 in Section and Block 164;
   RUNNING THENCE the following three (3) courses:
   1. Along the southerly line of lands now or formerly Youssian North 89
 degrees 26 minutes 35 seconds East 509.84 feet to a point;
   2. THENCE South 00 degrees 33 minutes 25 seconds East 160.06 feet;
   THENCE  South 89 degrees 26 minutes 35 seconds West 536.19 feet to the
 easterly side of Middle Neck Road;
   THENCE along the easterly side of Middle Neck Road North 08 degrees 47
 minutes 30 seconds East 162.22 feet to the point or place of BEGINNING.
   AS TO LOT 22
   ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of  land,  situate,  lying  and
 being  in  the  Incorporated  Village of Kings Point, Town of Hempstead,
 A. 8621--A                          3
 
 County of Nassau and State of New York, being bounded and  more  partic-
 ularly described as follows:
   BEGINNING  at  a point on the easterly side of Middle Neck Road 162.22
 feet southerly where Middle Neck Road is intersected  by  the  southerly
 line of lands formerly the Alker Estate, now or formerly Youssian, being
 the southwest corner of Lot 40 in Section 1 and Block 164;
   RUNNING THENCE the following three (3) courses:
   1.  Along  the  common  line  of  Parcels 1 and 2, North 89 degrees 26
 minutes 35 seconds East, 536.19 feet to a point;
   2. THENCE South 00 degrees 33 minutes 25 seconds East, 160.00 feet;
   3. THENCE South 89 degrees 26 minutes 35 seconds West, 529.74 feet  to
 the easterly side of Middle Neck Road;
   THENCE along the easterly side of Middle Neck Road North 03 degrees 24
 minutes 10 seconds West 153.19 feet;
   THENCE  North  08  degrees 47 minutes 30 seconds East 7.09 feet to the
 point or place of BEGINNING.
   AS TO LOT 23
   ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of  land,  situate,  lying  and
 being  in  the  Incorporated  Village of Kings Point, Town of Hempstead,
 County of Nassau and State of New York, being bounded and  more  partic-
 ularly described as follows:
   BEGINNING  at a point on the easterly side of Middle Neck Road, 322.50
 feet southerly where Middle Neck Road is intersected  by  the  southerly
 line of lands formerly the Alker Estate, now or formerly Youssian, being
 the southwest corner of Lot 40 in Section and Block 164;
   RUNNING THENCE the following nine (9) courses:
   1.  Along  the  common  line  of  Parcels 2 and 3, North 89 degrees 26
 minutes 35 seconds East 529.74 feet to a point;
   2. THENCE South 00 degrees 33 minutes 25 seconds East 140.36 feet;
   3. THENCE South 89 degrees 26 minutes 50 seconds West 137.57 feet;
   4. THENCE North 13 degrees 55 minutes 10 seconds West 4.25 feet;
   5. THENCE South 82 degrees 06 minutes 15 seconds West 21.02 feet;
   6. THENCE South 02 degrees 21 minutes 50 seconds East 3.15 feet;
   7. THENCE South 84 degrees 59 minutes 50 seconds West, 63.39 feet;
   8. THENCE South 80 degrees 29 minutes 50 seconds West 150.45 feet;
   THENCE South 78 degrees 45 minutes 50 seconds West 139.49 feet to  the
 easterly side of Middle Neck Road;
   THENCE  along  the easterly side of Middle Neck Road, North 18 degrees
 05 minutes 50 seconds West 16.95 feet;
   THENCE North 08 degrees 30 minutes 10 seconds West 83.99 feet;
   THENCE North 03 degrees 24 minutes 10 seconds West 96.99 feet  to  the
 point or place of BEGINNING.
   §  5.  In  the  event  that  the  fair  market  value of the parklands
 described in section four of this act to be dedicated by the village  of
 Kings  Point  pursuant  to this act are not equal to or greater than the
 fair market value of the parklands  to  be  alienated  as  described  in
 section three of this act, the village of Kings Point shall dedicate the
 difference of the fair market value of the lands to be alienated and the
 lands to be dedicated for the acquisition of additional parklands and/or
 capital improvements to existing park and recreational facilities.
   § 6. In the event that the village of Kings Point 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 parkland author-
 ized by the provisions of this act shall not occur until the village  of
 Kings Point has complied with any federal requirements pertaining to the
 A. 8621--A                          4
 
 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.
   § 7. This act shall take effect immediately.

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Anthony_Becker

2 days ago

Please do not alienate this parkland

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