Bill Text: NY S06228 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes the commissioner of general services to transfer and convey certain state land, Cedar Street Southbound Extension, to the city of New Rochelle.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-11-25 - APPROVAL MEMO.22 [S06228 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S06228-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          6228

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                      May 24, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  STEWART-COUSINS -- read twice and ordered printed,
          and when printed to be committed to the  Committee  on  Investigations
          and Government Operations

        AN ACT to authorize the commissioner of general services to transfer and
          convey certain state land to the city of New Rochelle

          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 city of  New
     4  Rochelle,  in  consideration of one dollar and upon such other consider-
     5  ation as the commissioner may deem proper, the  state  land  located  at
     6  Cedar  Street Southbound Extension, New Rochelle, in the county of West-
     7  chester, declared to be not necessary for traffic flow by the department
     8  of transportation.
     9    § 2. The lands authorized by section one of this act to be transferred
    10  and conveyed are as follows:
    11    ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of  land,  situate,  lying  and
    12  being  in  the  City of New Rochelle, County of Westchester and State of
    13  New York, known and designated Cedar Street Southbound  Extension  which
    14  said  easterly  boundary  of  said portion of Cedar Street is shown on a
    15  certain map entitled, "Map of Parcels Nos. 10, 10A and 12  Cedar  Street
    16  Redevelopment Project, situated in the City of New Rochelle, Westchester
    17  County, New York", prepared by Gabriel E. Senor, Consulting Engineer and
    18  Surveyor, dated June 7, 1967 and filed in the Westchester County Clerk's
    19  Office,  Division of Land Records on August 8, 1968 as Map No. 16228 and
    20  being more particularly bounded and described as follows:
    21    BEGINNING at a point on the southerly side of Huguenot Street  at  the
    22  easterly  end  of  a  curve connecting the easterly side of Cedar Street
    23  Southbound Extension with the southerly side of  Huguenot  Street  which

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11994-03-9

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     1  curve has a radius of 23 feet, a central angle of 97 degrees 48' 39" and
     2  a distance of 39.26 feet (survey) 39.13 feet (map);
     3    RUNNING  THENCE  southwesterly  along  said easterly boundary of Cedar
     4  Street Southbound extension the following courses and distances;
     5    On a curve to the left having a radius of 23 feet, a radial bearing of
     6  South 02 degrees 47' 27" West, a central angle of 97 degrees 48' 39" and
     7  a distance of 39.26 feet;
     8    RUNNING THENCE on a curve to the right having a radius of 278.00 feet,
     9  a central angle of 27 degrees 50' 35" and a distance of 135.10 feet;
    10    RUNNING THENCE South 22 degrees 49' 22.44" West 111.229 feet;
    11    RUNNING THENCE South 71 degrees 35' 12" East 49.70 feet;
    12    RUNNING THENCE South 53 degrees 56' 58" West 160.00 feet; to  a  point
    13  on  the  southerly  end of Cedar Street Southbound Extension as shown on
    14  certain map entitled, "Map of Parcel 8 and 9 Cedar Street  Redevelopment
    15  Project,  situated  in the City of New Rochelle, Westchester County, New
    16  York, Project NY R57, prepared by Charles E  Ward,  Consulting  Engineer
    17  and  Surveyor,  dated  June  7, 1967 and filed in the Westchester County
    18  Clerk's Office, Division of Land Records on August 19, 1965 as  Map  No.
    19  14556 and being more particularly bounded and described as follows:
    20    RUNNING THENCE North 34 degrees 58' 52" West 25.06 feet;
    21    RUNNING THENCE North 35 degrees 55' 52" West 25.31 feet; to a point on
    22  the  westerly  boundary  of  Cedar  Street  Southbound Extension, thence
    23  proceed the following courses and distances;
    24    North 22 degrees 49' 22.44" East 217.89 feet;
    25    RUNNING THENCE on a curve to the left having a radius of 202.00  feet,
    26  a central angle of 35 degrees 51' 47.44" and a distance of 126.44 feet;
    27    RUNNING THENCE on a curve to the left having a radius of 10.00 feet, a
    28  central angle of 77 degrees 58' 58" and a distance of 13.61 feet;
    29    RUNNING  THENCE South 87 degrees 59' 07" East 114.17 feet to the point
    30  and place of BEGINNING
    31    § 3. The description in section two of this act  of  the  land  to  be
    32  conveyed  is  not  intended to be a legal description but is intended to
    33  identify the parcel to be conveyed. As a condition of the purchase,  the
    34  city of New Rochelle may submit to the commissioner of general services,
    35  for his or her approval, an accurate survey and description of the lands
    36  to be conveyed, which may be used in the conveyance thereof.
    37    §  4.  The office of general services shall not transfer or convey the
    38  aforesaid land unless application in a form acceptable to the office  of
    39  general  services  is made to the office of general services by the city
    40  of New Rochelle which application must be made within one year after the
    41  effective date of this act.
    42    § 5. Any lands transferred pursuant to this act shall be used for  the
    43  purposes  of  the  city  of New Rochelle to utilize the subject property
    44  exclusively for the construction of municipal facilities, needed commer-
    45  cial services to the community, and to satisfy  the  affordable  housing
    46  needs  of residents of the city of New Rochelle, and upon termination of
    47  such use, title to the lands so transferred shall revert to the state of
    48  New York.
    49    § 6. This act shall take effect immediately.
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