Bill Text: NY S05796 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended


Bill Title: Authorizes the commissioner of general services to transfer and convey certain unappropriated land to the village of Ossining.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-07-08 - PRINT NUMBER 5796B [S05796 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S05796-Amended.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                         5796--B

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                      May 15, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sen. CARLUCCI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
          ment Operations -- recommitted to the Committee on Investigations  and
          Government  Operations  in  accordance  with  Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --
          committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
          recommitted  to  said committee -- committee discharged, bill amended,
          ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

        AN ACT authorizing the commissioner of general services to transfer  and
          convey  certain  unappropriated state land to the village of Ossining,
          county of Westchester; and providing for the repeal of such provisions
          upon expiration thereof

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Subject to the provisions of this act but notwithstanding
     2  any other provision of law to the contrary, the commissioner of  general
     3  services is hereby authorized, subject to the consent of the commission-
     4  er  of  corrections and community supervision, to transfer and convey to
     5  the village of Ossining in the county of  Westchester,  the  state  land
     6  described  in  section  two  of  this  act,  owned  by the department of
     7  corrections and community supervision and being a part of lot 97.10-1-4,
     8  in the village of Ossining in the county of Westchester, declared to  be
     9  abandoned  state  land  by  the  department of corrections and community
    10  supervision. The transfer  and  conveyance  of  the  land  described  in
    11  section two of this act shall be made in consideration of the sum of one
    12  dollar  and upon such conditions as the commissioner of general services
    13  may deem proper. If the transfer and conveyance of such land  shall  not
    14  have  taken  effect  within two years of the effective date of this act,
    15  then such authority to transfer and convey shall be revoked.
    16    § 2. The lands authorized by section one of this act to be transferred
    17  and conveyed are as follows:

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11670-10-0

        S. 5796--B                          2

     1  ALL That certain Plot Piece or Parcel of Land situated and lying in  the
     2  Town  of Ossining, Village of Ossining, County of Westchester, and State
     3  of New York  and  being  more  particularly  bounded  and  described  as
     4  follows:
     5  Beginning at a point on the division line between land of the Village of
     6  Ossining  on  the North and the State of New York on the South Where the
     7  same is intersected by westerly side of land  now  or  formerly  Midtown
     8  Trackage  Ventures  formerly the New York City and Hudson River Railroad
     9  (N.Y.C. & H.R.R.R.) said point being the Northeasterly  corner  of  land
    10  now  or  formerly  State of New York as shown on map entitled "County of
    11  Westchester Department of Environmental Facilities"  and  filed  in  the
    12  Westchester  County  Clerk's  office Division of Land Records as Map No.
    13  19196.
    14  Thence running along land now  or  formerly  Midtown  Trackage  Ventures
    15  formerly  the  New  York  City  and  Hudson  River  Railroad  (N.Y.C.  &
    16  H.R.R.R.)South 4°39'15" East 320.11 feet to a point;
    17  Thence running though Land of the State of New York  the  following  two
    18  (2)  courses  and distances South 88°00'00" West 217.08 feet to a point;
    19  North 1°55'49" West 323.26 feet to the land of the Village of Ossining;
    20  Thence along said land South 82° 34' 28" East 204.54 feet to  the  point
    21  and place of beginning.
    22  Containing 1.6150 Acres = 70,348 Sq. Ft.
    23    §  3. The description in section two of this act is not intended to be
    24  a legal description, but is  intended  to  identify  the  parcel  to  be
    25  conveyed.  As  a  condition of the transfer, the village of Ossining may
    26  submit to the commissioner of general services, for his or her approval,
    27  an accurate survey and description of the lands to  be  conveyed,  which
    28  may be used in the conveyance thereof.
    29    §  4.   Notwithstanding the foregoing, the authorization to convey the
    30  above described portion of the Sing Sing Correctional Facility shall  be
    31  subject to the condition precedent that such conveyance shall not impair
    32  or  result  in any diminution of the obligations to holders of any bonds
    33  which financed, refinanced, or are secured  by  correctional  facilities
    34  (or  payments  in respect thereof), including the Sing Sing Correctional
    35  Facility, and shall not adversely affect any exemption  of  interest  on
    36  such bonds from federal income tax.
    37    §  5.  The office of general services shall not transfer or convey the
    38  aforesaid land unless the application is made to the office  of  general
    39  services  by the village of Ossining within one year after the effective
    40  date of this act. Said application shall be in the form of a  resolution
    41  setting  forth  a  comprehensive  statement  approved  by the Ossining's
    42  Village  Board  of  Trustees  acknowledging  and   accepting   the   use
    43  restrictions set forth in section six of this act.
    44    §  6.  The  transfer and conveyance made pursuant to this act shall be
    45  subject to the following use restrictions and reverter:
    46    (a) The land described in this act shall be used exclusively  for  the
    47  purposes of operating and maintaining a museum.
    48    (b)  The  conveyance of the land described in this act shall contain a
    49  covenant and restriction requiring that the land be used for the purpose
    50  set forth in subdivision (a) of this section. In the event the  premises
    51  are  not  accepted  and/or used for such purposes, ownership of the land
    52  shall revert to the state of New York.
    53    § 7. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
    54  deemed repealed two years after such effective date.
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