Bill Text: NY A05037 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to authorizing the city of New York to transfer and convey certain city owned property to the Bedford-Stuyvesant volunteer ambulance corps.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 20-1)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to cities [A05037 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A05037-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5037

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 27, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. ZINERMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Cities

        AN  ACT in relation to authorizing the conveyance of certain property by
          the city of New York to  the  Bedford-Stuyvesant  volunteer  ambulance
          corps, Inc.

          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 city of New York is
     3  hereby authorized to  transfer  and  convey  to  the  Bedford-Stuyvesant
     4  volunteer  ambulance  corps, Inc. (BSVAC), at no cost to BSVAC, the land
     5  owned and leased continuously to BSVAC since 1989 by  the  city  of  New
     6  York, at 727 Greene Avenue, Brooklyn, New York, and further described in
     7  section two of this act for the purpose of enabling BSVAC to establish a
     8  permanent  facility  to  support  the  continued  provision of emergency
     9  medical care and ambulance services, as well as  training  in  emergency
    10  medical  skills,  to  the Bedford-Stuyvesant community in Brooklyn. This
    11  conveyance is in recognition of BSVAC's  long-standing  service  to  the
    12  Bedford-Stuyvesant community.
    13    § 2. The lands authorized by section one of this act to be transferred
    14  and  conveyed  are designated as Block 1614, Lot #1, Lot #79 and Lot #80
    15  on the real property tax map of the city of New York for the borough  of
    16  Brooklyn.
    17    §  3. The description in section two of this act is not intended to be
    18  a legal description, and is intended to identify the parcel conveyed. As
    19  a condition of the transfer, BSVAC may elect, but shall not be required,
    20  to submit to the city of New York, for its approval, an accurate  survey
    21  and  description  of  the lands to be conveyed, which may be used in the
    22  conveyance thereof.
    23    § 4. The transfer and conveyance made pursuant to this  act  shall  be
    24  subject to the following use restrictions and reverter:

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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        A. 5037                             2

     1    (a)  The  land  described  in this act shall be used primarily for the
     2  purposes of operating and maintaining a volunteer ambulance service, and
     3  for providing any services reasonably related  and  essential  for  such
     4  purposes,  establishing  a  permanent  facility  for  the  provision  of
     5  services,  and  for any additional purposes that would support the long-
     6  term sustainability of BSVAC.
     7    (b) The conveyance of the land described in this act shall  contain  a
     8  covenant  and  restriction  requiring  that  the  land  be  used for the
     9  purposes set forth in subdivision (a) of this section. In the event  the
    10  premises  are  not  accepted and/or used for such purposes, ownership of
    11  the land shall revert to the city of New York.
    12    § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.