Bill Text: NY A08569 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Directs the commissioner of parks, recreation and historic preservation to take a parcel of land by the eminent domain procedure for a state park and community garden.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to judiciary [A08569 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-A08569-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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8569
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
November 16, 2015
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Introduced by M. of A. RICHARDSON -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Judiciary
AN ACT requiring the commissioner of parks, recreation and historic
preservation to take a parcel of land through the eminent domain
procedure for a state park and community garden
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. The legislature hereby finds that it is necessary for a
2 public purpose to procure certain property within the city of New York.
3 To that extent, the commissioner of parks, recreation and historic pres-
4 ervation is hereby directed to take, through the use of the eminent
5 domain procedure as established under the eminent domain procedure law,
6 the parcel in the borough of Brooklyn known as 237 Maple Street, Brook-
7 lyn, Block 5030 Lot 72, for a state park and community garden to be
8 managed by neighborhood volunteers through the New York City parks
9 department green thumb program.
10 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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