Bill Text: NY S08894 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Authorizes the village of Haverstraw to discontinue the use as parkland and alienate certain lands.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-06-03 - SUBSTITUTED BY A9255B [S08894 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S08894-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         8894--A

                    IN SENATE

                                     March 25, 2024
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  WEBER  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed  to  the  Committee  on  Local  Government  --
          committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
          recommitted to said committee

        AN ACT in relation to authorizing the village of Haverstraw to  alienate
          and discontinue the use of certain parklands

          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,  the  village  of
     2  Haverstraw  is  hereby  authorized,  acting by and through its governing
     3  body, and upon such terms and conditions as determined by such governing
     4  body, to  discontinue  the  use  as  parkland  and  alienate  the  lands
     5  described in section three of this act, and to convey property interests
     6  in such lands to Haverstraw Community Chair Factory, LLC.
     7    § 2. The authorization contained in section one of this act shall only
     8  be effective on the condition that the village of Haverstraw dedicate an
     9  amount equal to or greater than fair market value of the parklands being
    10  alienated pursuant to section one of this act towards the acquisition of
    11  new  parklands  and/or  capital improvements to existing park and recre-
    12  ational facilities.
    13    § 3. The parklands authorized by section one of this act to be discon-
    14  tinued as parkland is described as follows:
    15    ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF  LAND,  situate,  lying  and
    16  being  in the Village of Haverstraw, County of Rockland and State of New
    17  York.  Being more fully bounded and described as follows:
    18    BEGINNING at a point on the mean high water line of west side  of  the
    19  Hudson  River,  said  point being located at the southeast corner of Tax
    20  Lot 27.46-1-81 and the northeast corner of the hereinafter  intended  to
    21  be  described  parcel;  running thence along the mean high water line of
    22  the west side of the Hudson River the  following  two  (2)  courses  and
    23  distances:
    24    S55-42-32W, 17.57 feet; thence
    25    S27-55-46E, 12.80 feet; thence
    26    N84-42-00W, 164.14 feet thru Tax Lot 27.54-2-16; thence

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14337-07-4
        S. 8894--A                          2

     1    N05-28-26E,  2.08  feet along the easterly line of Tax Lot 27.46-1-86;
     2  running thence along the southerly  and  easterly  line  of  an  unnamed
     3  Village of Haverstraw right-of-way;
     4    S81-19-02E, 18.14 feet;
     5    N00-56-34E, 27.34 feet; thence
     6    S82-54-20E, 166.64 feet along the southerly line of Tax Lot 27.46-1-81
     7  to the point or place of BEGINNING.
     8    Such parcel consisting of 3,999 square feet or .0918 acres of land.
     9    §  4. In the event that the village of Haverstraw received any funding
    10  support or assistance from the  federal  government  for  the  purchase,
    11  maintenance,  or improvement of the parklands set forth in section three
    12  of this act, the discontinuance and alienation of such parklands author-
    13  ized by the provisions of this act shall not occur until the village  of
    14  Haverstraw  has complied with any federal requirements pertaining to the
    15  alienation or conversion of parklands, including satisfying  the  secre-
    16  tary of the interior that the alienation or conversion complies with all
    17  conditions which the secretary of the interior deems necessary to assure
    18  the substitution of other lands shall be equivalent in fair market value
    19  and usefulness to the lands being alienated or converted.
    20    § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.