Senate Bill S9987

                             
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                                   9987
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 21, 2026
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 Introduced  by  Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities 1
 
 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:
   AREA A: ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY RIGHTS WITHIN  TAX  LOT  10  IN  BLOCK
 16160, WITH ADDRESS OF 3-11 BEACH 104 STREET, BOROUGH OF QUEENS:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD15370-03-6
 S. 9987                             2
 
   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.