S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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7537
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
April 22, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. HINCHEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
AN ACT authorizing the town of Hurley to alienate certain parklands for
use as a highway garage for the town and to dedicate other lands as
replacement 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 town of Hurley,
located in the county of Ulster, acting by and through its governing
body and upon such terms and conditions as determined by such body, is
hereby authorized to discontinue as parklands and to alienate the lands
more particularly described in section three of this act, for the
purpose of constructing a new highway garage for the town.
§ 2. The authorization provided in section one of this act shall be
effective only upon the condition that the town of Hurley dedicate the
lands described in section four of this act as parklands, provided that
the town of Hurley 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 are described as follows:
All that certain piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in
the Town of Hurley, Ulster County, and State of New York, being more
particularly bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at a point on the Northerly line of Lands of Mark Goldstone,
Liber 6427 Page 45 said point also being the Southeasterly corner of
Lands of Marie A. Shultis, Liber 3152 Page 134 and running:
1) thence along the Northeasterly line of Lands of Shultis, North 34°
00' 56" West 1160.87 feet to a point at a Southeasterly corner of other
Lands of the Town of Hurley a 54.437-acre parcel, Liber 1407 Page 34;
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD11158-03-5
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2) thence along a Southeasterly, Southwesterly and Westerly lines of
other Lands of the Town of Hurley a 54.437-acre parcel the following
courses and distances: North 55° 59' 05" East 393.35 feet to a point;
3) thence South 34° 00' 55" East 252.41 feet to a point;
4) thence South 01° 05' 21" East 48.75 feet to a point;
5) thence South 09° 14' 53" East 59.42 feet to a point;
6) thence South 33° 28' 56" East 70.68 feet to a point;
7) thence South 49° 31' 24" East 84.39 feet to a point;
8) thence South 40° 40' 34" West 212.91 feet to a point;
9) thence South 34° 00' 55" East 261.26 feet crossing over Dug Hill
Road to a point;
10) thence along the Southerly side of Dug Hill Road the following
courses and distances: North 60° 28' 32" East 89.31 feet to a point;
11) thence North 55° 12' 25" East 70.72 feet to a point;
12) thence North 50° 38' 02" East 159.42 feet to a point;
13) thence North 42° 53' 44" East 101.18 feet to a point;
14) thence North 28° 42' 00" East 159.85 feet to the intersection of
Dug Hill Road and Froners Road;
15) thence along the Westerly side of Froners Road, South 16° 06' 39"
West 214.46 feet to a point at the Northwesterly corner of Lands of
Goldstone;
16) thence along the Southwesterly line of Lands of Goldstone the
following courses and distances: South 21° 00' 35" West 247.10 feet to a
point;
17) thence South 27° 13' 35" West 178.60 feet to a point;
18) thence South 32° 32' 35" West 211.50 feet to the place of begin-
ning; having an area of 8.300 Acres of land, more or less.
§ 4. Prior to the discontinuance and alienation of the parklands
described in section three of this act, the town of Hurley shall dedi-
cate as parklands such land described as follows:
All that certain piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in
the Town of Hurley, Ulster County, and State of New York, being more
particularly bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at a point on the Southerly side of N.Y.S. Route 28A said
point also being the Northeasterly corner of Lands of Nober Realty LLC,
Liber 5738 Page 93 and running:
1) thence from said point of beginning along the Southerly side of
N.Y.S. Route 28A, South 53° 03' 41" East 211.73 feet to a point at the
Northwesterly corner of lands to be retained by Town of Hurley a
26.998-acre parcel after revision;
2) thence along Northwesterly line of lands of the Town of Hurley a
26.998-acre parcel after revision, South 29° 20' 06" West 1389.90 feet
to a point at the Southwesterly corner of above-mentioned parcel;
3) thence North 35° 34' 31" West 194.29 to a point at the Northeaster-
ly corner of Lands of Aldel Property 2 LLC, Liber 7750 Page 69;
4) thence along the Northeasterly line of Lands of Aldel Property 2
LLC, North 35° 34' 31" West 260.18 feet to a point at the Southeasterly
corner of Lands of Nober Realty LLC;
5) thence along the Easterly lines of Lands of Nober Realty LLC the
following courses and distances: North 50° 30' 59" East 656.82 feet to a
point;
6) thence North 19° 07' 19" East 171.07 feet to a point;
7) thence North 26° 39' 59" East 215.35 feet to a point;
8) thence North 16° 05' 39" East 236.87 feet to the place of begin-
ning; having an area of 8.003 Acres of land, more or less.
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§ 5. In the event that the fair market value of the parklands to be
dedicated by the town of Hurley described in section four of this act
are not equal to or greater than the fair market value of the parklands
to be discontinued in section three of this act, the town of Hurley
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 addi-
tional parklands and/or capital improvements to existing park and recre-
ational facilities.
§ 6. In the event that the town of Hurley 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 authorized by the
provisions of this act shall not occur until the town of Hurley has
complied with any federal requirements pertaining to the alienation or
conversion of parklands, including satisfying the secretary of the inte-
rior 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.
