Bill Text: NY A07711 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Authorizes the commissioner of general services to transfer and convey certain unappropriated state land to the Cedarmore corporation for certain public purposes which shall preserve and protect the endangered natural habitat, including, but not limited to, the water supply, indigenous wildlife, flora and fauna; imposes restrictive convenants whereby the commissioner of general services is authorized to fix and determine the terms and conditions of the conveyance, sale or transfer including, but not limited to, restrictive covenants in the deed that state that: the building may not be demolished; the building may only be used for activities that are congruent with public and civic activities; and the building may not be used for any sectarian and/or any non-secular purposes.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-06-11 - amended on third reading 7711d [A07711 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-A07711-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7711--D Cal. No. 544 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY May 10, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. HOOPER, MOSLEY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit- tee -- reported and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means -- reported and referred to the Committee on Rules -- amended on the special order of third reading, ordered reprinted as amended, retain- ing its place on the special order of third reading -- ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place on the order of third reading -- again amended on third reading, ordered reprinted, retaining its place on the order of third reading AN ACT to authorize the commissioner of general services to transfer and convey certain unappropriated state land for public purposes, which shall preserve and protect the endangered natural habitat, including, but not limited to, the water supply, indigenous wildlife, flora and fauna 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 to transfer and convey to the Cedarmore 4 corporation, in consideration of one dollar and upon such other consid- 5 eration as the commissioner may deem proper, the state land located at 6 63 Babylon Turnpike, Freeport, in the county of Nassau, known as the 7 Freeport Armory, declared to be abandoned state land by the division of 8 military and naval affairs. 9 § 2. The land authorized by section one of this act to be transferred 10 and conveyed are as follows: 11 ALL that piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the 12 Village of Freeport, in the County of Nassau, State of New York, more 13 particularly bounded and described as follows: EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10863-15-8A. 7711--D 2 1 BEGINNING at a point where the easterly line of Lakeview Avenue is 2 intersected by the southerly line of Hempstead-Babylon Turnpike and 3 running from said Point of Beginning thence southeasterly along the 4 southerly line of Hempstead-Babylon Turnpike about six hundred forty-six 5 (646) linear feet to the land of the City of New York and the Long 6 Island State Park Commission; thence running southwesterly and along the 7 lands of the City of New York and along the Long Island State Park 8 Commission two hundred (200) linear feet; thence running northwesterly 9 and parallel with the southerly line of Hempstead-Babylon Turnpike about 10 four hundred thirty (430) linear feet to a point which would be ten (10) 11 feet easterly from the center line of the 18 inch diameter water main 12 tank header pipe; thence running northwesterly about fifty-eight (58) 13 linear feet and parallel with the 18 inch diameter water main tank head- 14 er pipe, to a point which would be about one hundred sixty-eight (168) 15 linear feet southerly from the southerly line of Hempstead-Babylon Turn- 16 pike, when measured at right angles thereto; thence running southwester- 17 ly and ten (10) feet parallel with and northerly from the 12 inch diam- 18 eter water main tank header pipe, when measured at right angles thereto, 19 about one hundred seven (107) linear feet to a point in the easterly 20 line of Lakeview Avenue; thence running northerly and along the easterly 21 line of Lakeview Avenue about two hundred fifty-eight (258) linear feet 22 to a point in the southerly line of Hempstead-Babylon Turnpike, the 23 point or place of beginning, containing within said bounds about three 24 (3) acres. 25 BEING the same lands described in a deed from the Village of Freeport 26 to the People of the State of New York, dated June 13, 1949 and recorded 27 in the Nassau County Clerk's Office on June 20, 1949 in Book 3857 of 28 Deeds at page 384. Said premises also being known and designated on 29 Nassau County Tax Map as Section 55 Block G Lot 50. 30 § 3. The description in section two of this act of the land to be 31 conveyed is not intended to be a legal description but is intended to 32 identify the parcel to be conveyed. As a condition of the purchase, the 33 Cedarmore corporation may submit to the commissioner of general 34 services, for his or her approval, an accurate survey and description of 35 the land to be conveyed, which may be used in the conveyance thereof. 36 § 4. The commissioner of general services is authorized to fix and 37 determine the terms and conditions of the conveyance, sale or transfer 38 including restrictive covenants in the deed that state that: 39 (1) the building may not be demolished; 40 (2) the building may only be used for activities that are congruent 41 with public and civic activities; and 42 (3) the building may not be used for any sectarian and/or non-secular 43 purposes. 44 In the event the Cedarmore corporation no longer wishes to maintain 45 the property in accordance with this act, title to this land shall 46 revert to the state of New York. 47 § 5. The office of general services shall not transfer or convey the 48 aforesaid land unless application in a form acceptable to the office of 49 general services is made to the office of general services by the Cedar- 50 more corporation within one year from the effective date of this act. 51 § 6. The land described in section two of this act shall be used for 52 public purposes, which shall preserve and protect the endangered natural 53 habitat, including, but not limited to, the water supply, indigenous 54 wildlife, flora and fauna.A. 7711--D 3 1 Upon termination of such use title to the land so transferred along 2 with any improvements made thereto shall revert to the state of New 3 York. 4 § 7. This act shall take effect immediately.
