Bill Text: NY A08419 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Authorizes the discontinuance of the use as parkland of land in the city of New York commonly known as the Marx Brothers playground.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-10-23 - approval memo.10 [A08419 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-A08419-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8419 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY June 14, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BENEDETTO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Cities AN ACT in relation to authorizing discontinuance of the use as parkland of land in the city of New York commonly known as the Marx Brothers playground 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 city of New 2 York, acting by and through the department of parks and recreation and 3 the department of education of such city, is hereby authorized to 4 discontinue the use as parkland of the land described in section three 5 of this act, commonly known as the Marx Brothers playground, and to 6 transfer such land to the New York city educational construction fund to 7 permit the construction of a combined occupancy structure, as that term 8 is defined in section 452 of the education law upon such terms and 9 conditions as shall be agreed upon between the parties. 10 § 2. The authorization provided in section one of this act shall be 11 effective only upon the condition that the city of New York dedicates an 12 amount equal to or greater than the fair market value of the parklands 13 being discontinued towards the acquisition of new parklands and/or 14 towards capital improvements to existing parkland and recreational 15 facilities within the borough of Manhattan. 16 § 3. The lands authorized by section one of this act to be discontin- 17 ued as parkland are bounded and described as follows: 18 All that tract or parcel of land situate in the City of New York, County 19 of New York, and State of New York, bounded and described as follows: 20 Beginning at a point formed by the intersection of the easterly line of 21 Second Avenue (100' wide right of way), with the southerly line of East 22 97th Street (66' wide right of way), and from said point of beginning 23 running thence; 1. along the said southerly line of East 97th Street, 24 south 61 degrees 00 minutes 41 seconds east, a distance of 319.00 feet EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13085-03-7A. 8419 2 1 to a point, thence; 2. through the lands of Lot 1, Block 1668, south 28 2 degrees 59 minutes 19 seconds west, a distance of 201.83 feet to a point 3 on the northerly line of East 96th Street (100' wide right of way), 4 thence; 3. along the said northerly line, north 61 degrees 00 minutes 41 5 seconds west, a distance of 319.00 feet to a point formed by the inter- 6 section of said northerly line of East 96th Street with the said easter- 7 ly line of Second Avenue, thence; 4. along the said easterly line of 8 Second Avenue, north 28 degrees 59 minutes 19 seconds east, a distance 9 of 201.83 feet to a point and place of beginning, containing 64,384 10 square feet or 1.478 acres. 11 § 4. If the parkland that is described in section three of this act 12 has received funding pursuant to the federal land and water conservation 13 fund, the discontinuance of parkland authorized by section one of this 14 act shall not occur until the city of New York has complied with the 15 federal requirements pertaining to the conversion of parklands, includ- 16 ing satisfying the secretary of the interior that the discontinuance 17 with all conditions which the secretary of the interior deems necessary 18 to assure the substitution of other lands shall be equivalent in fair 19 market value and recreational usefulness to the lands being discontin- 20 ued. 21 § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.
