Bill Text: NY S08510 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Authorizes the city of New York to discontinue certain park lands.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-06-18 - PRINT NUMBER 8510A [S08510 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S08510-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8510--A IN SENATE May 9, 2018 ___________ Introduced by Sen. BENJAMIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to authorize the city of New York to discontinue certain park lands in the county of New York 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 provision of law to the contrary, the city of New York is hereby 3 authorized to discontinue the use as park land and transfer two parcels 4 of land described in section three of this act upon such terms and 5 conditions as the city shall determine, to the metropolitan transporta- 6 tion authority, for the construction of protective security fencing 7 around the columns of the Harlem river lift bridge, operated by the 8 Metro-North commuter railroad company, a subsidiary of the metropolitan 9 transportation authority, that carries commuter trains across the Harlem 10 river. 11 § 2. The authorizations provided in section one of this act shall be 12 effective only upon the condition that the city of New York dedicates an 13 amount equal to or greater than the fair market value of the park lands 14 being discontinued towards the acquisition of new park lands and/or 15 capital improvements to existing park land and recreational facilities 16 within the borough of Manhattan. 17 § 3. The lands hereby authorized by section one of this act to be 18 discontinued as park lands and transferred to the metropolitan transpor- 19 tation authority are located in the city, county and state of New York 20 in park land on the east side right of way of Harlem river drive near 21 135th street and are bounded and described as follows: 22 Easterly Parcel 23 All that certain piece or parcel of land situated in the Borough of 24 Manhattan, City of New York and State of New York being more particular- 25 ly bounded and described as follows: EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD14360-09-8S. 8510--A 2 1 COMMENCING at the intersection of the southerly boundary of 135th 2 Street with the westerly boundary of Park Avenue as shown on the current 3 NYC Tax Maps. 4 THENCE, southeasterly, along the prolongation of said southerly bound- 5 ary of 135th Street the following: S. 60°58'04" E. a distance of 258.50 6 feet to the U. S. Pier and Bulkhead Line, established by the U. S. War 7 Department; thence along said Pier and Bulkhead Line S. 06°38'15" W. a 8 distance of 51.00 feet to the POINT OR PLACE OF BEGINNING; 9 THENCE, southerly, continuing along the U. S. Pier and Bulkhead Line, 10 S. 06°38'15" W. a distance of 17.48 feet; 11 THENCE, westerly, N. 82°19'41" W a distance of 44.02 feet; 12 THENCE, southerly, S.07°40'17" W a distance of 144.16 feet; 13 THENCE, easterly, N. 77°21'32" E a distance of 27.92 feet; 14 THENCE, northeasterly, N.58°30'34" E a distance of 34.36 feet to the 15 aforementioned U. S. Pier and Bulkhead Line; 16 THENCE, southerly, along said Pier and Bulkhead Line S. 03°12'21" W. 17 a distance of 45.86 feet to the southeasterly corner of the herein 18 described parcel; 19 THENCE, westerly, N. 86°47'39" W a distance of 2.37 feet; 20 THENCE, westerly, N. 80°09'03" W a distance of 2.52 feet; 21 THENCE, westerly, N. 80°11'16" W a distance of 61.33 feet to the 22 southwesterly corner of the herein described parcel; 23 THENCE, northerly, N. 07°36'00" E a distance of 156.00 feet to the 24 northwesterly corner of the herein described parcel; 25 THENCE, easterly, N. 79°03'33" E. a distance of 46.33 feet; 26 THENCE, easterly, N. 79°11'05" E. a distance of 7.38 feet; 27 THENCE, easterly, N. 84°47'37" E. a distance of 2.84 feet to the POINT 28 OR PLACE OF BEGINNING. 29 Said parcel containing 3,484 square feet of land more or less. 30 Westerly Parcel 31 All that certain piece or parcel of land situated in the Borough of 32 Manhattan, City of New York and State of New York being more particular- 33 ly bounded and described as follows: 34 COMMENCING at the intersection of the southerly boundary of 135th 35 Street with the westerly boundary of Park Avenue as shown on the current 36 NYC Tax Maps; 37 THENCE, southerly, along said westerly boundary of Park Avenue the 38 following: S. 10°44'36" W. a distance of 233.29 feet; thence, over and 39 across said Park Avenue S. 79°15'24" E. a distance of 167.64 feet to 40 the northeasterly corner of an existing steel column supporting the 41 overhead Metro North Railroad and also being the POINT OR PLACE OF 42 BEGINNING; 43 THENCE, northerly, N. 14°56'05" W a distance of 5.04 feet; 44 THENCE, easterly, S. 81°36'25" E. a distance of 8.01 feet to the 45 northeasterly corner of the herein described parcel; 46 THENCE, southerly, S. 08°27'30" W. a distance of 56.38 feet; 47 THENCE, southerly, S. 07°40'31" W. a distance of 59.64 feet to the 48 southeasterly corner of the herein described parcel; 49 THENCE, westerly, N.84°22'37" W a distance of 8.00 feet the southwes- 50 terly corner of the herein described parcel; 51 THENCE, northeasterly, N. 34°55'25" E. a distance of 5.98 feet to the 52 southeasterly corner of an existing steel column supporting the overhead 53 Metro North Railroad; 54 THENCE, northerly, with the existing concrete support of the overhead 55 Metro North Railroad to the POINT OR PLACE OF BEGINNING. 56 Said parcel containing 995 square feet of land more or less.S. 8510--A 3 1 § 4. Should the lands described in section three of this act cease to 2 be used for the purposes described in section one of this act, those 3 lands shall revert to the city of New York for park and recreational 4 purposes. At the time of such reversion, the metropolitan transportation 5 authority shall remove the fencing, and the property shall be returned 6 to its previous state, consistent with park and recreational purposes. 7 § 5. In the event that the city of New York received any funding 8 support or assistance from the federal government for the purchase, 9 maintenance or improvement of the park lands set forth in section three 10 of this act, the discontinuance and alienation of such park land author- 11 ized by the provisions of this act shall not occur until the city of New 12 York has complied with any federal requirements pertaining to the alien- 13 ation or conversion of such park lands, including satisfying the secre- 14 tary of the interior that the alienation or conversion complies with all 15 conditions which the secretary of the interior deems necessary to assure 16 the substitution of other lands shall be equivalent in fair market value 17 and usefulness to the lands being alienated or converted. 18 § 6. This act shall take effect immediately.
