Bill Text: NY A08238 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Authorizes the city of New York to sell waterfront property in the Broad channel area.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO CITIES [A08238 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A08238-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8238 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY June 10, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PHEFFER AMATO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Cities AN ACT to amend chapter 239 of the laws of 1995, relating to authorizing the city of New York to sell waterfront property including the land under water appurtenant thereto owned by or which may be acquired in the future by such city in the lands known as Broad channel in the borough of Queens, in relation to sale of certain land The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Sections 1, 2, 3 and 4 of chapter 239 of the laws of 1995, 2 relating to authorizing the city of New York to sell waterfront property 3 including the land under water appurtenant thereto owned by or which may 4 be acquired in the future by such city in the lands known as Broad chan- 5 nel in the borough of Queens, sections 2 and 3 as amended by chapter 177 6 of the laws of 2000, are amended to read as follows: 7 Section 1. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of section 20 8 of the general city law or section 383 of the New York city charter 9 restricting the alienation of waterfront property and land under water, 10 the city of New York is hereby authorized to sell and convey all or any 11 part of the right, title, and interest which the city now has or which 12 it may hereafter acquire by virtue of in rem tax foreclosure proceedings 13 in the lands known as "Broad channel"[, tax blocks 15300 through and14including tax block 15500 on the tax map of the city of New York for the15borough of Queens] as defined in section three of this act. 16 Except as otherwise provided in [sections] section two [and three] of 17 this act, the sale of such lands shall be subject to section 384 of the 18 New York city charter. 19 § 2. [Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of section 384 of the20New York city charter and subject to review pursuant to sections 197-c21and 197-d of the New York city charter, for a period of six years after22the effective date of this act, the mayor of such city may authorize theEXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13218-02-9A. 8238 2 1sale, without competitive bidding and for such consideration and upon2such terms and conditions as shall be determined by the mayor of such3city, of the city's right, title, and interest in any parcel or parcels4of the property described in section one of this act which on August 19,51982 was subject to a leasehold: (i) to a person who was the lessee of6such parcel on such date or his or her heirs, successors or assigns7("lessee"), or (ii) if the lessee cannot be located, to the owner of the8improvements situated on such parcel who would otherwise qualify to be a9tenant of the city for such property at the time of sale ("owner of10improvements"), or (iii) if the lessee and owner of improvements cannot11be located, to an occupant in possession of such parcel who would other-12wise qualify to be a tenant of the city for such property at the time of13the sale of said parcel pursuant to this section.14§ 3.] Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of section 384 of the 15 New York city charter and subject to review pursuant to sections 197-c 16 and 197-d of the New York city charter, [for a period of six years after17the effective date of this act,] and for a period of five years after 18 the effective date of the chapter of the laws of 2019 which amended this 19 section, the mayor of such city may authorize the sale of the city's 20 right, title, and interest in any parcel or parcels of the property 21 described in section [one] three of this act which is adjacent to a 22 privately owned parcel, without competitive bidding and for such consid- 23 eration and upon such terms and conditions as shall be determined by the 24 mayor of such city, to the owner of such privately owned parcel, 25 provided that (i) if the privately owned parcel was purchased from the 26 municipality prior to the effective date of this act, the adjoining 27 parcel shall not exceed three thousand square feet, or (ii) if the 28 privately owned parcel was purchased from the municipality after the 29 effective date of this act, the adjoining parcel shall not exceed the 30 area of privately owned parcel which was or is being purchased. 31 § 3. The lands authorized by this act to be sold and conveyed are as 32 follows: 33 All that certain tract or parcel of land, located in the beds of East 34 12th Road and Church Road, in the Borough of Queens, City and State of 35 New York, bounded and more particularly described as follows: 36 BEGINNING at a point in the southerly line and the southwest corner of 37 Lot 49 in Block 15475 and whose New York LI ZONE 3104 NAD83 State Plane 38 Coordinates are North 159,520.3753 and East 1,034,425.6366 (US Survey 39 Feet), said point being located the following two courses from the 40 intersection of the easterly line of Cross Bay Boulevard (110.00 feet 41 wide) with the southerly line of East 12th Road; 42 A. Along the southerly line of East 12th Road, South 83 Degrees 25 43 Minutes 00 Seconds East (calculated), 93.67 feet (calculated) to a point 44 and thence, 45 B. North 06 Degrees 35 Minutes 00 Seconds East (calculated), 18.00 46 feet (calculated) to the point or place of beginning and running; thence 47 1. Along the southerly line of Lot 49 in Block 15475, South 83 Degrees 48 25 Minutes 00 Seconds East (calculated) a distance of 34.00 feet (Deed 49 and Tax Map) to a point on the easterly line of Lot 49 in Block 15475; 50 thence 51 2. Along the easterly line of Lot 49 in Block 15475, North 6 Degrees 52 35 Minutes 00 Seconds East (calculated) a distance of 12.00 feet (Deed 53 and Tax Map) to a point on the southerly line of Lot 1 in Block 15475, 54 said point also being on the northerly side of East 12th Road; thence 55 3. Along the northerly side of East 12th Road, South 83 Degrees 25 56 Minutes 00 Seconds East (calculated) a distance of 247.33 feet (calcu-A. 8238 3 1 lated) to a point on the westerly side of Church Road, said point being 2 the southeast corner of Lot 1 in Block 15476; thence 3 4. Along the westerly side of Church Road also being the easterly line 4 of Lot 1 in Block 15476, North 6 Degrees 35 Minutes 00 Seconds East 5 (calculated) a distance of 189.84 feet (calculated) to a point on the 6 High Water Line (as shown on the Tax Map Sheet 22 Dated 01/01/1967), 7 said line being also the southerly line of Lot 500 in Block 15500; 8 thence 9 Along the High Water Line (as shown on the Tax Map Sheet 22 Dated 10 01/01/1967) being also the southerly line of Lot 500 in Block 15500 and 11 the northerly limit of Church Road, the following four courses: 12 5. South 1 Degrees 24 Minutes 11 Seconds West (calculated) a distance 13 of 14.68 feet (calculated) to a point; thence 14 6. South 17 Degrees 56 Minutes 54 Seconds East (calculated) a distance 15 of 5.82 feet (calculated) to a point; thence 16 7. South 45 Degrees 51 Minutes 08 Seconds East (calculated) a distance 17 of 12.32 feet (calculated) to a point; thence 18 8. South 49 Degrees 43 Minutes 29 Seconds East (calculated) a distance 19 of 13.81 feet (calculated) to a point on the westerly line of Lot 300 in 20 Block 15500; thence 21 9. Along the westerly line of Lot 300 in block 15500, South 6 Degrees 22 35 Minutes 00 Seconds West (calculated) a distance of 28.36 feet (calcu- 23 lated) to a point on the southerly line of Lot 300 in Block 15500; 24 thence 25 10. Along the southerly line of Lot 300 in Block 1500, South 83 26 Degrees 25 Minutes 00 Seconds East (calculated) a distance of 5.00 feet 27 (Calculated) to a point on the westerly line of Lot 27 in Block 15500; 28 thence 29 11. Along the westerly line of Lots 27 and 500 in Block 15500, South 6 30 Degrees 35 Minutes 00 Seconds West (calculated) a distance of 50.49 feet 31 (Deed and Tax Map) to a point on the northerly line of Lot 25 in Block 32 15500; thence 33 12. Along the northerly line of Lot 25 in Block 15500, North 83 34 Degrees 25 Minutes 00 Seconds West (calculated) a distance of 10.00 feet 35 (Deed and Tax Map) to a point on the westerly line of Lot 25 in Block 36 15500; thence 37 13. Along the westerly line of Lot 25 in Block 15500, South 6 Degrees 38 35 Minutes 00 Seconds West (calculated) a distance of 12.63 feet (Deed 39 and Tax Map) to a point on the southerly line of Lot 25 in Block 15500; 40 thence 41 14. Along the southerly line of Lot 25 in Block 15500, South 83 42 Degrees 25 Minutes 00 Seconds East (calculated) a distance of 10.00 feet 43 (Deed and Tax Map) to a point on the westerly line of Lot 24 in Block 44 15500; thence 45 15. Along the westerly line of Lot 24 in Block 15500, South 6 Degrees 46 35 Minutes 00 Seconds West (calculated) a distance of 37.88 feet (Deed 47 and Tax Map) to a point on the northerly line of Lot 23 in Block 15500; 48 thence 49 16. Along the northerly line of Lot 23 in Block 15500, North 83 50 Degrees 25 Minutes 00 Seconds West (calculated) a distance of 10.00 feet 51 (Deed) to a point on the westerly line of Lot 23 in Block 15500; thence 52 17. Along the westerly line of Lots 23, 21, 20, 19 and 18 in Block 53 15500, South 6 Degrees 35 Minutes 00 Seconds West (calculated) a 54 distance of 168.25 feet (Deed and Tax Map) to the southwest corner of 55 Lot 18 in Block 15500; thenceA. 8238 4 1 18. Westerly and thru Church Road, North 83 Degrees 25 Minutes 00 2 Seconds West (calculated) a distance of 20.00 feet (calculated) to a 3 point on the westerly side of Church Road; thence 4 19. Along the westerly side of Church Road North 6 Degrees, 35 Minutes 5 00 Seconds East (calculated) a distance of 112.87 feet (calculated) to a 6 point on the southerly side of East 12th Road; thence 7 20. Along the southerly side of East 12th Road, North 83 Degrees 25 8 Minutes 00 Seconds West (calculated) a distance of 281.33 feet (calcu- 9 lated) to a point on the northerly side of Lot 23 in Block 15477; thence 10 21. Northerly and thru East 12th Road, North 6 Degrees 35 Minutes 00 11 Seconds East (calculated) a distance of 18.00 feet (calculated) to the 12 POINT and PLACE OF BEGINNING. 13 Containing an area of 15,245 square feet or 1.070 acres of land, more 14 or less. 15 § 4. Any proposed sale pursuant to [section one, two or three of] this 16 act shall be reviewed, where required by law, for consistency with any 17 waterfront revitalization program, including the public access policies 18 thereof, adopted by the city pursuant to section 915 of the executive 19 law. 20 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
