Bill Text: NY S06703 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Authorizes the city of New York to discontinue the use of certain parkland for the purpose of construction and operation of a pre-kindergarten center with a focus on instruction in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-11-29 - APPROVAL MEMO.32 [S06703 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S06703-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6703 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN SENATE June 14, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. PERALTA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT authorizing the city of New York to discontinue certain parkland for the purpose of construction and operation of a pre-kindergarten center with a focus on instruction in science, technology, engineer- ing, and mathematics The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 734 of the laws 2 of 1963, including any amendments made thereto, and subject to the 3 provisions of this act, the city of New York, acting by and through the 4 commissioner of parks and recreation of such city, is authorized to 5 discontinue the use as parkland the lands described in section three of 6 this act and provide for the use of such lands by the New York city 7 department of education for the purpose of construction and operation of 8 a pre-kindergarten center with a focus on instruction in science, tech- 9 nology, engineering, and mathematics upon such terms and conditions as 10 agreed to by the department of parks and recreation and the department 11 of education. 12 § 2. The authorization provided in section one of this act shall be 13 effective only upon the condition that the city of New York dedicates an 14 amount equal to or greater than the fair market value of the parklands 15 being discontinued towards the acquisition of new parklands and/or 16 towards capital improvements to existing parkland and recreational 17 facilities within the borough of Queens. 18 § 3. The lands authorized to be discontinued pursuant to section one 19 of this act are as follows: 20 A parcel of land lying in Queens, New York, in Tax Block No. 2018 Lot 21 1, more particularly described as follows; 22 BEGINNING at a point from the corner formed by the intersection of the 23 westerly line of 111th Street and the southerly line of 46th Avenue. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13062-03-7S. 6703 2 1 From said point, running easterly 95.51 feet along the projected south- 2 erly line of 46th Avenue to a point, thence running southerly 12.80 feet 3 parallel to the west line of 111th Street to a point or place of begin- 4 ning; 5 1. Running thence easterly 229.20 feet, forming an interior angle 6 of 271.16 degrees, to a point, thence; 7 2. Running southerly 186.50 feet, forming an interior angle of 8 90.00 degrees, to a point of curvature, thence; 9 3. Along a curve, concave westerly, with a radius of 171.25 feet, 10 an arc length of 99.59 feet, and a chord length of 98.19 feet, forming 11 an interior angle of 117.57 degrees, to a point of cusp, thence; 12 4. Along a curve with a radius of 176.37 feet, an arc length of 13 81.55 feet, and a chord length of 80.83 feet, forming an interior angle 14 of 123.00 degrees, to a point; said point being distant 56.46 feet 15 southerly, forming an interior angle of 298.27 degrees, thence westerly 16 171.17 feet, forming an interior angle of 90.00 degrees, to a point 17 formed by the intersection of the westerly line of 111th Street and the 18 southerly line of 47th Avenue; 19 5. Thence running westerly 49.05 feet, from the last mentioned 20 course, forming an interior angle to the above mentioned chord of 209.43 21 degrees, to a point of curvature, thence; 22 6. Along a curve, concave easterly, with a radius of 1183.83 23 feet, an arc length of 193.78 feet, and a chord length of 193.57 feet, 24 forming an interior angle of 96.74 degrees, to the point or place of 25 beginning, forming an interior angle of 83.26 degrees with the chord. 26 Containing 43,515 square feet (0.999 acres). 27 § 4. If the parkland that is the subject of this act has received 28 funding pursuant to the federal land and water conservation fund, the 29 discontinuance of parklands authorized by the provisions of this act 30 shall not occur until the municipality has complied with the federal 31 requirements pertaining to the conversion of parklands, including satis- 32 fying the secretary of the interior that the discontinuance will include 33 all conditions which the secretary of the interior deems necessary to 34 assure the substitution of other lands shall be equivalent in fair 35 market value and recreational usefulness to the lands being discontin- 36 ued. 37 § 5. If the property described in section three of this act shall ever 38 be used for a purpose other than for the purpose described in section 39 one of this act, such property shall revert back to the city of New York 40 department of parks and recreation to be used for park and recreational 41 purposes or for the purposes provided by chapter 734 of the laws of 42 1963, including any amendments made thereto. 43 § 6. Nothing in this act shall be construed to exempt any pre-kinder- 44 garten center established on the lands described in section three of 45 this act from being in compliance with all applicable standards relating 46 to pre-kindergarten programs. 47 § 7. This act shall take effect immediately.
