Bill Text: NY A10192 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended


Bill Title: Permits the construction of an art installation within the historic footprint of pier 52 consisting of a life-size skeletal replica of pier 52.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2018-07-31 - signed chap.154 [A10192 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A10192-Amended.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                        10192--A
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                     March 22, 2018
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by M. of A. GLICK -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on  Tourism,  Parks,  Arts  and  Sports   Development   --   committee
          discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
          to said committee
        AN ACT to amend the Hudson river park act, in relation to permitting the
          construction of an art installation within the boundaries of pier 52
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 8 of chapter 592 of  the  laws  of
     2  1998, constituting the Hudson river park act, is amended by adding a new
     3  paragraph (f) to read as follows:
     4    (f)  Notwithstanding  the  provisions  of  this subdivision or section
     5  382-a of chapter 190 of the laws of 1990, a significant proposed  action
     6  identified  as  an  art  installation  proposed to the Whitney museum by
     7  David Hammons and entitled Day's End, consisting of a life-size skeletal
     8  replica of the pier 52 shed that is approximately 52 feet tall, 325 feet
     9  long and 65 feet wide (following the  general  outline,  dimension,  and
    10  location  of the original pier shed), may be constructed, donated to the
    11  trust, maintained and repaired by the Whitney museum within the historic
    12  footprint of pier 52. Such art installation shall comply with all  other
    13  applicable  federal,  state and local laws. The art installation author-
    14  ized by this paragraph shall not be materially  altered,  sold,  leased,
    15  exchanged, donated, other than the donation authorized by this paragraph
    16  from the museum to the trust, subjected to concession agreement, or used
    17  for  other than its original purpose without the express authority of an
    18  act of the  legislature.  Any  agreement  related  to  the  installation
    19  authorized  by  this paragraph between the trust and the Whitney museum,
    20  or its representative, shall be posted on the Hudson river park  website
    21  under "NY State Required Reports and Information", for public review for
    22  the duration of such agreement and the existence of such installation.
    23    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14874-05-8
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