Bill Text: NY S05657 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Authorizes the city of Troy to alienate and convey waterfront real property referred to as the Scolite Site.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT [S05657 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S05657-Introduced.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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           S. 5657                                                  A. 7702
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                             S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
                                     May 22, 2015
                                      ___________
       IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. BRESLIN -- read twice and ordered print-
         ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Govern-
         ment
       IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD -- read once and referred
         to the Committee on Cities
       AN  ACT  authorizing  the city of Troy to alienate and convey waterfront
         real property referred to as the Scolite Site
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of section 20 of
    2  the  general  city law, the city of Troy, acting by and through its city
    3  council, is authorized to alienate and convey the waterfront real  prop-
    4  erty  known  as  the  Scolite Site as described in section three of this
    5  act.
    6    S 2. The authorization contained in section one of this act shall take
    7  effect only upon the condition that the city of Troy dedicate an  amount
    8  equal  to  or  greater  than the fair market value of the property being
    9  alienated in section three of this act toward acquisition of  additional
   10  waterfront  property  and/or capital improvements to existing waterfront
   11  property.
   12    S 3. The parcel of land authorized to be  alienated  and  conveyed  by
   13  section one of this act is more fully described as follows:
   14  ALL  THAT  CERTAIN  TRACT PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND situate in the city of
   15  Troy, Rensselaer County, New York lying along the  northerly  margin  of
   16  Madison  Street,  and  along  the easterly Pierhead-Bulkhead line of the
   17  Hudson River, being more particularly bounded and described as follows:
   18  BEGINNING at a point on the northerly margin of  Madison  Street,  at  a
   19  point  where  said  northerly road margin is intersected by the division
   20  line between the lands of the city of Troy, on the west, as conveyed  by
   21  deed  July 13, 2001, as filed in the Rensselaer County Clerk's Office in
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD05435-01-5
       S. 5657                             2                            A. 7702
    1  liber 267, page 1207 and the lands now or formerly of Troy Slag Products
    2  Company, Inc. on the east, as conveyed by deed dated September 30, 1996,
    3  as filed in the Rensselaer County Clerk's Office in liber 44,  page  580
    4  and  runs thence from said point of beginning, along said northerly line
    5  of Madison Street and  its  westerly  extension,  North  80  degrees  58
    6  minutes  00  seconds  West, 529.87 feet to a point on the 1934 Pierhead-
    7  Bulkhead line of the Hudson River; thence along  said  Pierhead-Bulkhead
    8  line,  North  14  degrees  25  minutes 17 seconds East, 433.94 feet to a
    9  point; thence South 80 degrees 58 minutes 00 seconds East, 68.28 feet to
   10  the northeast corner of parcel 2, as said parcel is set  forth  in  deed
   11  dated  March  27, 1978, as filed in the Rensselaer County Clerk's Office
   12  in liber 1301, page 182; thence along the westerly line of parcel  1  as
   13  set  forth  in  said deed 1301, page 182, North 06 degrees 41 minutes 17
   14  seconds East, 68.03 feet to a point in the approximate centerline of the
   15  Postenkill Creek; thence along the division line between the said  lands
   16  of  the  city of Troy on the south and the lands now or formerly of Troy
   17  Slag Products Company, Inc. on the north, said division line  being  the
   18  centerline  of  the Postenkill Creek, as set forth in said deed 44, page
   19  580, South 80 degrees 58 minutes 00 seconds East,  423.63  feet  to  the
   20  northeast  corner  of  the  lands of the city of Troy; thence continuing
   21  along the division line between the said lands of the city  of  Troy  on
   22  the  west  and the said lands of Troy Slag Products Company, Inc. on the
   23  east, South 09 degrees 02 minutes 00 seconds  West,  500.00  feet  to  a
   24  point  on  the northerly margin of Madison Street and the point or place
   25  of beginning,  being  a  parcel  containing  approximately  5.712  acres
   26  includes portions of lands under water.
   27    S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
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