Bill Text: NY A07061 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Makes technical corrections relating to the MTA and the Penn Station Access Project; authorizes the city of New York to discontinue a portion of real property in the county of the Bronx as parkland and to grant easements for improvements to the railroad right-of-way to bring Metro-North railroad service to four new stations in the Bronx and to Pennsylvania Station in the county.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-07-28 - signed chap.231 [A07061 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          7061

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      May 10, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. BURGOS -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Cities

        AN ACT to amend chapter 544 of the laws of 2022, authorizing the city of
          New  York  to  discontinue a portion of real property in the county of
          the Bronx as parkland and to grant easements for improvements  to  the
          railroad  right-of-way  to  bring Metro-North railroad service to four
          new stations in the Bronx and to Pennsylvania Station in  the  county,
          in relation to making technical corrections thereto; to repeal section
          6 of chapter 544 of the laws of 2022, authorizing the city of New York
          to  discontinue  a portion of real property in the county of the Bronx
          as parkland and to grant easements for improvements  to  the  railroad
          right-of-way  to  bring  Metro-North  railroad  service  to  four  new
          stations in the Bronx and to Pennsylvania Station in the  county;  and
          to  authorize  the  city  of New York to discontinue a portion of real
          property in the county of the Bronx as parkland and to grant easements
          for improvements to the railroad  right-of-way  to  bring  Metro-North
          railroad service to four new stations in the Bronx and to Pennsylvania
          Station 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. Section 1 of chapter 544 of the laws of  2022,  authorizing
     2  the  city  of  New York to discontinue a portion of real property in the
     3  county of the Bronx as parkland and to grant easements for  improvements
     4  to  the  railroad  right-of-way to bring Metro-North railroad service to
     5  four new stations in the Bronx and to Pennsylvania Station in the  coun-
     6  ty, is amended to read as follows:
     7    Section  1. Subject to the provisions of this act, but notwithstanding
     8  any provision of law to the contrary, the city of  New  York  is  hereby
     9  authorized  to discontinue the use as parklands [of] the lands described
    10  in section three of this act and to grant easements affecting such lands
    11  to the metropolitan transportation authority, upon such terms and condi-

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11069-02-3

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     1  tions as the city  of  New  York  and  the  metropolitan  transportation
     2  authority  shall  determine,  to  enable the metropolitan transportation
     3  authority and Metro-North commuter railroad company,  [an  affiliate]  a
     4  subsidiary  of  the metropolitan transportation authority, to [construct
     5  improvements and] gain ingress and egress to and  from  railroad  equip-
     6  ment,  stations  and  right-of-way  on  such  former  parkland,  [and to
     7  construct below surface and surface utility infrastructure,] in order to
     8  bring Metro-North commuter railroad company service to four new stations
     9  in the Bronx and to Pennsylvania Station in the county of  New  York  in
    10  connection with the capital project known as Penn Station Access.
    11    §  2.  Section  2  of chapter 544 of the laws of 2022, authorizing the
    12  city of New York to discontinue a portion of real property in the county
    13  of the Bronx as parkland and to grant easements for improvements to  the
    14  railroad  right-of-way to bring Metro-North railroad service to four new
    15  stations in the Bronx and to Pennsylvania  Station  in  the  county,  is
    16  amended to read as follows:
    17    §  2.  The  authorization provided in section one of this act shall be
    18  effective only upon the condition that the city of New York dedicates an
    19  amount equal to or greater than the fair market value of  the  parklands
    20  being discontinued towards the acquisition of new parklands and/or capi-
    21  tal improvements to existing parklands and recreational facilities with-
    22  in the borough of the Bronx.
    23    §  3.  Section  3  of chapter 544 of the laws of 2022, authorizing the
    24  city of New York to discontinue a portion of real property in the county
    25  of the Bronx as parkland and to grant easements for improvements to  the
    26  railroad  right-of-way to bring Metro-North railroad service to four new
    27  stations in the Bronx and to Pennsylvania  Station  in  the  county,  is
    28  amended to read as follows:
    29    §  3.  The lands hereby authorized to be discontinued as parklands and
    30  for which easements may be granted to  the  metropolitan  transportation
    31  authority  are located in the county of the Bronx, city and state of New
    32  York, and are bounded and described as follows:
    33    Easement 1 on BLOCK 3861, PART OF LOT 14:
    34    ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT, PIECE OR PARCEL  OF  LAND  SITUATED,  LYING  AND
    35  BEING  IN  THE BOROUGH OF THE BRONX, COUNTY OF BRONX, CITY, AND STATE OF
    36  NEW YORK BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
    37    AREA STE-115-03: HORIZONTAL LIMITS
    38    Beginning at a point in the southeast line of Block 3861, Lot  14,  as
    39  depicted  to  the  City of New York (Reputed Owner) as per Reel 770 Page
    40  1136, as recorded in the Register's Office of  the  City  of  New  York,
    41  Borough  of the Bronx, same being a northwest line of Block 3861, Lot 8,
    42  being N 65°40'15" W, distant 242.23 feet from the  intersection  of  the
    43  northeast line of E.  172nd Street (60 feet wide) and the northwest line
    44  of Bronx River Avenue (100 feet wide) to a common corner of said Lots 14
    45  and  8,  N  30°52'59" E, distant 246.92 feet along a common line between
    46  said Lots 14 and 8 to the said Point of Beginning having  coordinates  N
    47  242,522.5836, E 1,016,853.7105, and running thence;
    48    Northwesterly,  leaving  said  common  line,  crossing  said Lot 14, N
    49  59°07'01" W, a distance of 7.66 feet to a point, thence;
    50    Northeasterly, continuing  across  said  Lot  14,  N  30°52'59"  E,  a
    51  distance of 103.45 feet to a point, thence;
    52    Southeasterly,  continuing  across  said  Lot  14,  S  59°07'01"  E, a
    53  distance of 7.66 feet to a point, said point being in  the  common  line
    54  between said Lots 14 and 8, thence;

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     1    Southwesterly,  along  said  common line, S 30°52'59" W, a distance of
     2  103.45 feet to the Point or Place of Beginning and containing 792 square
     3  feet (0.018 acres) of land more or less.
     4    Easement  2 on BLOCK 3861, PART OF LOT 14: ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT, PIECE
     5  OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED, LYING AND BEING IN THE BOROUGH OF THE BRONX,
     6  COUNTY OF BRONX, CITY, AND STATE OF NEW YORK BOUNDED  AND  DESCRIBED  AS
     7  FOLLOWS:
     8    AREA STE-116-02A: HORIZONTAL LIMITS
     9    Beginning at a point in Block 3861, Lot 14, as depicted to the City of
    10  New  York  (Reputed Owner) as per Reel 770 Page 1136, as recorded in the
    11  Register's Office of the City of New York, Borough of  the  Bronx,  same
    12  being  a  northwest  line  of  Block  3861,  Lot 8, being N 65°40'15" W,
    13  distant 242.23 feet from the intersection of the northeast  line  of  E.
    14  172nd Street (60 feet wide) and the northwest line of Bronx River Avenue
    15  (100  feet  wide) to a common corner of said Lots 14, and 8, N 30°52'59"
    16  E, distant 246.92 feet along a common line between said Lots 14 and 8, N
    17  59°07'01" W, distant 7.66 feet leaving said  common  line  and  crossing
    18  said  Lot  14  to  the  said  Point  of  Beginning  having coordinates N
    19  242,526.5132, E 1,016,847.1402, and running thence;
    20    Northwesterly, continuing  across  said  Lot  14,  N  59°07'01"  W,  a
    21  distance of 17.31 feet to a point, thence;
    22    Northeasterly,  continuing  across  said  Lot  14,  N  30°00'36"  E, a
    23  distance of 50.98 feet to a point, thence;
    24    Northeasterly, continuing across said Lot 14, N30°49'33"E, a  distance
    25  of 70.57 feet to a point, thence;
    26    Northeasterly,  continuing  across  said  Lot  14,  N  31°33'35"  E, a
    27  distance of 88.39 feet to a point, thence;
    28    Northeasterly, continuing  across  said  Lot  14,  N  32°14'48"  E,  a
    29  distance of 107.82 feet to a point, thence;
    30    Northeasterly,  continuing  across  said  Lot  14,  N  33°04'35"  E, a
    31  distance of 60.89 feet to a point, thence;
    32    Northeasterly, continuing  across  said  Lot  14,  N  33°35'42"  E,  a
    33  distance of 42.32 feet to a point, thence;
    34    Northeasterly,  continuing  across  said  Lot  14 along a curve to the
    35  left, having a radius 771.90 feet, an arc length of 133.13 feet,  and  a
    36  chord  that  bears  N 27°40'31" E, a distance of 132.97 feet to a point,
    37  thence;
    38    Northeasterly, continuing across said Lot 14  along  a  curve  to  the
    39  left,  having  a  radius 626.87 feet, an arc length of 27.45 feet, and a
    40  chord that bears N 22°38'50" E, a distance of 27.45  feet  to  a  point,
    41  said point being in a northeast line of said Lot 14, same being a south-
    42  west line of Block 3861, Lot 114, thence;
    43    Southwesterly,  along  said  common line, S 10°22'48" W, a distance of
    44  77.44 feet to a point, thence;
    45    Southwesterly, leaving said common line and crossing said Lot 14 along
    46  a curve to the right, having a radius 789.90  feet,  an  arc  length  of
    47  88.00  feet,  and  a chord that bears S 29°25'29" W, a distance of 87.96
    48  feet to a point, thence;
    49    Southwesterly, continuing  across  said  Lot  14,  S  33°35'29"  W,  a
    50  distance of [42.47] 42.63 feet to a point, thence;
    51    Southwesterly,  continuing  across  said  Lot  14,  [S  32°58'25" W] S
    52  33°04'32" W, a distance of [60.76] 60.00 feet to a point, thence;
    53    Southwesterly, continuing across  said  Lot  14,  [S  32°18'18"  W]  S
    54  32°14'48" W, a distance of 107.59 feet to a point, thence;
    55    Southwesterly,  continuing  across  said  Lot  14,  S  31°33'35"  W, a
    56  distance of 88.17 feet to a point, thence;

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     1    Southwesterly, continuing  across  said  Lot  14,  S  30°22'14"  W,  a
     2  distance of 18.00 feet to a point, thence;
     3    Southwesterly,  continuing  across  said  Lot  14,  S  30°52'59"  W, a
     4  distance of 103.45 feet to the Point or Place of Beginning and  contain-
     5  ing 9,767 square feet (0.224 acres) of land more or less.
     6    Easement  3 on BLOCK 3861, PART OF LOT 14: ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT, PIECE
     7  OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED, LYING AND BEING IN THE BOROUGH OF THE BRONX,
     8  COUNTY OF BRONX, CITY, AND STATE OF NEW YORK BOUNDED  AND  DESCRIBED  AS
     9  FOLLOWS:
    10    AREA STE-116-02B: HORIZONTAL LIMITS
    11    Beginning  at  a  point  in a southeast line of Block 3861, Lot 14, as
    12  depicted to the City of New York (Reputed Owner) as per  Reel  770  Page
    13  1136,  as  recorded  in  the  Register's Office of the City of New York,
    14  Borough of the Bronx, same being a northwest line  of  Block  3861,  Lot
    15  114,  being  N 65°39'02" W, distant 315.96 feet from the intersection of
    16  the southwest line of East 174th Street (80 feet wide) and the northwest
    17  line of Bronx River Avenue (100 feet wide), along said southwest line to
    18  the common corner of said Lot 14 and Block 3861, Lot 114, S 25°23'15" W,
    19  distant 75.09 feet along the common line between said Lots 14 and 114 to
    20  the said  Point  of  Beginning  having  coordinates  N  243,353.3499,  E
    21  1,017,273.8724, and running thence;
    22    Southwesterly,  continuing  along  said  common line, S 25°23'15" W, a
    23  distance of 37.54 feet to a point, thence;
    24    Southwesterly, leaving said common line, crossing said Lot 14, along a
    25  curve to the left, having a radius of 201.86  feet,  an  arc  length  of
    26  97.38  feet,  and  a chord that bears S 33°57'13" W, a distance of 96.45
    27  feet to a point, thence;
    28    Southwesterly, continuing  across  said  Lot  14,  S  15°04'20"  W,  a
    29  distance  of  80.23  feet to a point said point being on the said common
    30  line between Lots 14 and 114, thence;
    31    Southwesterly, continuing along said common line,  S  25°23'15"  W,  a
    32  distance of 107.08 feet to a point, thence;
    33    Northeasterly,  leaving  said  common  line,  crossing  said Lot 14, N
    34  18°52'55" E, a distance of 11.88 feet to a point, thence;
    35    Northeasterly, continuing  across  said  Lot  14,  N  16°41'14"  E,  a
    36  distance of 49.13 feet to a point, thence;
    37    Northeasterly,  continuing  across  said  Lot  14,  N  14°24'26"  E, a
    38  distance of 107.98 feet to a point, thence;
    39    Northeasterly, continuing across said Lot 14, along  a  curve  to  the
    40  right, having a radius of 201.08 feet, an arc length of 121.59 feet, and
    41  a  chord that bears N 31°33'40" E, a distance of 119.74 feet to a point,
    42  thence;
    43    Northeasterly, continuing across said Lot 14, along  a  curve  to  the
    44  right,  having a radius of 185.72 feet, an arc length of 37.40 feet, and
    45  a chord that bears N 51°33'21" E, a distance of 37.34 feet to the  Point
    46  or  Place of Beginning and containing 4,406 square feet (0.101 acres) of
    47  land more or less.
    48    Easement 4 on BLOCK 3861, PART OF LOT 114: ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT, PIECE
    49  OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED, LYING AND BEING IN THE BOROUGH OF THE BRONX,
    50  COUNTY OF BRONX, CITY, AND STATE OF NEW YORK BOUNDED  AND  DESCRIBED  AS
    51  FOLLOWS:
    52    AREA STE-116-03: HORIZONTAL LIMITS
    53    Beginning  at  a  point in a northwest line of Block 3861, Lot 114, as
    54  depicted to the City of New York (Reputed Owner) as per  Reel  290  Page
    55  20,  as  recorded  in  the  Register's  Office  of the City of New York,
    56  Borough of the Bronx, same being a southeast line of Block 3861, Lot 14,

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     1  being N 65°39'02" W, distant 315.96 feet from the  intersection  of  the
     2  southwest  line  of  East  174th Street (80 feet wide) and the northwest
     3  line of Bronx River Avenue (100 feet wide), along said southwest line to
     4  the common corner of said Lot 14 and Block 3861, Lot 114, S 25°23'15" W,
     5  distant  286.95  feet along the common line between said Lots 14 and 114
     6  to the said Point of Beginning  having  coordinates  N  243,161.9562,  E
     7  1,017,183.0434, and running thence;
     8    Southwesterly,  leaving  said  common  line,  crossing said Lot 114, S
     9  15°04'20" W, a distance of 25.49 feet to a point, thence;
    10    Southwesterly, continuing across  said  Lot  114,  S  15°15'32"  W,  a
    11  distance of 35.28 feet to a point, thence;
    12    Southwesterly,  continuing  across  said  Lot  114,  S  16°14'46" W, a
    13  distance of 24.96 feet to a point, thence;
    14    Southwesterly, continuing across  said  Lot  114,  S  18°16'10"  W,  a
    15  distance of 16.37 feet to a point, thence;
    16    Southwesterly,  continuing  across  said  Lot  114,  S  19°27'15" W, a
    17  distance of 28.06 feet to a point, thence;
    18    Southwesterly, continuing across  said  Lot  114,  S  21°36'23"  W,  a
    19  distance of 47.44 feet to a point, thence;
    20    Southwesterly,  continuing  across  said Lot 114, along a curve to the
    21  right, having a radius of 789.88 feet, an arc length of 36.79 feet,  and
    22  a  chord  that bears S 24°49'11" W, a distance of 36.78 feet to a point.
    23  Said point being on the common  line  between  said  Lots  114  and  14,
    24  thence;
    25    Northeasterly,  along  said  common line, N 10°22'48" E, a distance of
    26  89.42 feet to a point, thence;
    27    Northeasterly, continuing along said common line,  N  25°23'15"  E,  a
    28  distance  of 126.35 feet to the Point or Place of Beginning and contain-
    29  ing 2,257 square feet (0.052 acres) of land more or less.
    30    Easement 5 on BLOCK 3861, PART OF LOT 114: ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT, PIECE
    31  OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED, LYING AND BEING IN THE BOROUGH OF THE BRONX,
    32  COUNTY OF BRONX, CITY, AND STATE OF NEW YORK BOUNDED  AND  DESCRIBED  AS
    33  FOLLOWS:
    34    AREA STE-116-05: HORIZONTAL LIMITS
    35    Beginning  at  a  point in a northeast line of Block 3861, Lot 114, as
    36  depicted to the City of New York (Reputed Owner) as per  Reel  290  Page
    37  20,  as  recorded  in  the  Register's  Office  of the City of New York,
    38  Borough of the Bronx, same being a southwest line of E. 174th Street (80
    39  feet wide) being N 65°39'02" W, distant  266.86  feet  from  the  inter-
    40  section  of  the  southwest  line of East 174th Street and the northwest
    41  line of Bronx River Avenue (100 feet wide), along said southwest line to
    42  the said  Point  of  Beginning  having  coordinates  N  243,400.9477,  E
    43  1,017,350.8040, and running thence;
    44    Southwesterly,  leaving  said common line, along a curve to the right,
    45  having a radius of 181.58 feet, an arc length of 6.77 feet, and a  chord
    46  that bears S 39°37'44" W, a distance of 6.77 feet to a point, thence;
    47    Southwesterly,  crossing  said  Lot  114,  along a curve to the right,
    48  having a radius of 140.49 feet, an arc length of 47.24 feet, and a chord
    49  that bears S 43°22'54" W, a distance of 47.02 feet to a point, thence;
    50    Southwesterly, continuing across  said  Lot  114,  S  51°25'10"  W,  a
    51  distance of 9.40 feet to a point, thence;
    52    Southwesterly,  continuing  across  said Lot 114, along a curve to the
    53  right, having a radius of 112.86 feet, an arc length of 20.56 feet,  and
    54  a  chord  that bears S 53°51'05" W, a distance of 20.53 feet to a point,
    55  thence;

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     1    Southwesterly, continuing across said Lot 114, along a  curve  to  the
     2  left, having a radius of 201.86 feet, an arc length of 24.58 feet, and a
     3  chord  that  bears  S  55°36'56" W, a distance of 24.56 feet to a point,
     4  thence;
     5    Southwesterly,  continuing  across  said  Lot  114,  S  49°54'54" W, a
     6  distance of 15.96 feet to a point, said point being a northwest line  of
     7  said Lot 114, same being a southeast line of Block 3861, Lot 14, thence;
     8    Northeasterly,  along  said  common line, N 25°23'15" E, a distance of
     9  37.54 feet to a point, thence;
    10    Northeasterly, leaving said common line, crossing said Lot 114 along a
    11  curve to the right, having a radius of 185.72 feet,  an  arc  length  of
    12  6.94 feet, and a chord that bears N 58°23'47" E, a distance of 6.94 feet
    13  to a point, thence;
    14    Northeasterly,  continuing  across  said  Lot 114 along a curve to the
    15  left, having a radius of 209.63 feet, an arc length of 61.64 feet, and a
    16  chord that bears N 48°31'41" E, a distance of 61.42  feet  to  a  point,
    17  thence;
    18    Northeasterly,  continuing  across  said  Lot  114,  N  41°28'18" E, a
    19  distance of 13.91 feet to a point, said point being on the  common  line
    20  between said Lot 114 and E. 174th Street, thence;
    21    Southeasterly,  along  said  common line, S 65°39'02" E, a distance of
    22  17.31 feet to the Point or  Place  of  Beginning  and  containing  1,772
    23  square feet (0.041 acres) of land more or less.
    24    Easement  6 [on E. 174TH ST. ROW BETWEEN BRONX RIVER AVE. AND SHERIDAN
    25  BLVD.: ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED, LYING AND
    26  BEING IN THE BOROUGH OF THE BRONX, COUNTY OF BRONX, CITY, AND  STATE  OF
    27  NEW YORK BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
    28    AREA STE-116-06: HORIZONTAL LIMITS
    29    Beginning  at  a  point  in the northeast line of Block 3861, Lot 114,
    30  same being a southwest line of  E.  174th  Street  (80  feet  wide),  as
    31  depicted  to City of New York (Reputed Owner) as per the Tax Maps of the
    32  City of New York, Borough of the Bronx,  being  northwesterly  from  the
    33  intersection  of  the  southwest  line  of  said E. 174th Street and the
    34  northwest line of Bronx River Avenue (100 feet  wide),  N  65°39'02"  W,
    35  distant  266.87  feet,  to  said Point of Beginning having coordinates N
    36  243,400.9539, E 1,017,350.7903, and running thence;
    37    Northwesterly, continuing along said common line,  N  65°39'02"  W,  a
    38  distance of 17.31 feet to a point, thence;
    39    Northeasterly,  leaving  said  common  line and crossing said E. 174th
    40  Street right-of-way along a curve to the left, having a radius of 902.29
    41  feet, an arc length of 70.50 feet, and a chord that bears N 27°49'05" E,
    42  a distance of 70.49 feet to a point, thence;
    43    Northeasterly, continuing across said  E.  174th  Street  right-of-way
    44  along  a curve to the left, having a radius of 40.00 feet, an arc length
    45  of 9.52 feet, and a chord that bears N 20°29'28" E, a distance  of  9.50
    46  feet to a point, said point being in the northeast line of said E. 174th
    47  Street, same being the southeast line of Block 3904, thence;
    48    Southeasterly,  along  said  common line, S 65°38'27" E, a distance of
    49  18.21 feet to a point, thence;
    50    Southwesterly, leaving said common line and  crossing  said  E.  174th
    51  Street  right-of-way  along  a  curve  to  the right, having a radius of
    52  900.26 feet, an arc length of 79.98 feet,  and  a  chord  that  bears  S
    53  27°35'36" W, a distance of 79.96 feet to the Point or Place of Beginning
    54  and containing 1,388 square feet (0.032 acres) of land more or less.
    55    Easement  7] on BLOCK [4435] 4335 PART OF LOT 2: ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT,
    56  PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED, LYING AND BEING IN THE BOROUGH [&]  OF

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     1  THE BRONX, COUNTY OF [THE] BRONX, CITY AND STATE OF NEW YORK BOUNDED AND
     2  DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
     3    AREA C10: HORIZONTAL LIMITS
     4    Beginning  at  a  point  on  a northwest line of Block 4335, Lot 2, as
     5  depicted to the City of New York (Reputed Owner) for New York City Parks
     6  and Recreation as per the Tax Map of the City of New  York,  Borough  of
     7  the Bronx, and as per NYC OpenData Records, being S 66°52'39" W, distant
     8  711.41  feet  from  the  intersection of the southwest line of De Reimer
     9  Avenue (60 feet wide) and the northwest line of Erskine Place  (60  feet
    10  wide),  along  said  northwest  line  of  Erskine  Place, S 23°07'21" E,
    11  distant 385.00 feet perpendicular to the said northwest line to the said
    12  Point of Beginning having coordinates N 251,935.6602, E  1,031,770.1341,
    13  and running thence;
    14    Southeasterly, leaving said common line and crossing said Lot 2, along
    15  a  curve  to  the left, having a radius of 155.94 feet, an arc length of
    16  152.17 feet, and a chord that bears S 53°22'58" E, a distance of  146.21
    17  feet to a point, thence;
    18    Northeasterly,  continuing  across  said  Lot  2, along a curve to the
    19  left, having a radius of 163.98 feet, an arc length of 142.47 feet,  and
    20  a  chord that bears N 74°42'49" E, a distance of 138.03 feet to a point,
    21  thence;
    22    Southwesterly, continuing across said Lot 2,  along  a  curve  to  the
    23  right,  having a radius of 283.96 feet, an arc length of 53.52 feet, and
    24  a chord that bears S 35°02'31" W, a distance of 53.44 feet to  a  point,
    25  thence;
    26    Southwesterly,  continuing  across  said  Lot  2, along a curve to the
    27  right, having a radius of 184.98 feet, an arc length of 108.34 feet, and
    28  a chord that bears S 82°49'33" W, a distance of 106.80 feet to a  point,
    29  thence;
    30    Northwesterly,  continuing  across  said  Lot  2, along a curve to the
    31  right, having a radius of 176.94 feet, an arc length of 57.98 feet,  and
    32  a  chord  that bears N 71°54'00" W, a distance of 57.38 feet to a point,
    33  thence;
    34    Southeasterly, continuing across said Lot 2,  along  a  curve  to  the
    35  right, having a radius of 102.77 feet, an arc length of 149.48 feet, and
    36  a  chord that bears S 15°45'46" E, a distance of 136.65 feet to a point,
    37  thence;
    38    Southwesterly, continuing across said Lot 2,  along  a  curve  to  the
    39  right,  having  a  radius of 4,476.34 feet, an arc length of 31.41 feet,
    40  and a chord that bears S 45°42'22" W, a distance  of  31.41  feet  to  a
    41  point, thence;
    42    Northeasterly,  continuing  across  said  Lot  2, along a curve to the
    43  left, having a radius of 122.36 feet, an arc length of 82.21 feet, and a
    44  chord that bears N 12°09'48" E, a distance of 80.67  feet  to  a  point,
    45  thence;
    46    Northwesterly,  continuing  across  said  Lot  2, along a curve to the
    47  left, having a radius of 96.79 feet, an arc length of 58.65 feet, and  a
    48  chord  that  bears  N  27°41'20" W, a distance of 57.76 feet to a point,
    49  thence;
    50    Northwesterly, continuing across said Lot 2, N 45°02'53" W, a distance
    51  of 26.75 feet to a point, thence;
    52    Northwesterly, continuing across said Lot 2, N 45°14'14" W, a distance
    53  of 30.65 feet to a point, thence;
    54    Northwesterly, continuing across said Lot 2, N 41°59'32" W, a distance
    55  of 25.49 feet to a point, thence;

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     1    Northwesterly, continuing across said Lot 2,  along  a  curve  to  the
     2  right,  having a radius of 180.94 feet, an arc length of 49.78 feet, and
     3  a chord that bears N 34°06'40" W, a distance of 49.62 feet to  a  point,
     4  said  point being on the northwest line of Lot 2, same being a southeast
     5  right-of-line of said northwest line of Block 4335, Lot 2, thence;
     6    Northeasterly,  along  said  common line, N 58°46'49" E, a distance of
     7  25.11 feet to the Point or  Place  of  Beginning  and  containing  8,874
     8  square feet (0.204 acres) more or less.
     9    [Subsurface  easement  1  on PART OF PELHAM BAY PARK. ALL THAT CERTAIN
    10  LOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED, LYING AND BEING IN THE BOROUGH  &
    11  COUNTY OF THE BRONX, CITY AND STATE OF NEW YORK BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS
    12  FOLLOWS:
    13    AREA STE-145-01: HORIZONTAL LIMITS
    14    Beginning  at a point on the southeasterly line of Block 5650 Lot 100,
    15  as depicted to the  National  Railroad  Passenger  Corporation  (Amtrak)
    16  (Reputed  Owner),  as  per Reel 374, Page 289, as recorded in the Regis-
    17  ter's Office of the City of New York,  Borough  of  the  Bronx,  as  the
    18  successor  in  title  to  the  New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
    19  through the Consolidated Rail Corporation  (Conrail)  and  the  Regional
    20  Rail Reorganization Act of 1973, same being a point on the northwesterly
    21  line  of  Block  5650 Lot 1, as depicted to the City of New York per the
    22  Tax Map of the City of New York, Borough of the Bronx, being the follow-
    23  ing two courses from the intersection  of  the  physical  centerline  of
    24  Orchard  Beach Road with the monumented six track centerline as depicted
    25  on Station Map-Lands The Harlem River and Port Chester R.R. Co.    Oper-
    26  ated  by  The New York and New Haven and Hartford R.R. Co. V81.82 S.L. 9
    27  dated June 30, 1915, at station 454+39.9 more or less of the  monumented
    28  six  track centerline; thence along the monumented six track centerline,
    29  North 25°03'09"East 1,583.8 feet more or less, to  a  point  at  station
    30  470+23.73  of the monumented six track centerline, said point also being
    31  South 25°03'09"West 4,813.02 feet, measured  along  the  monumented  six
    32  track  centerline,  from  the  intersection  of the monumented six track
    33  centerline with the Bronx  /  Westchester  County  Line,  thence;  South
    34  64°56'51"  East  61.50  feet to the southeasterly line of Block 5650 Lot
    35  100 and the Point or  Place  of  Beginning,  having  coordinates  of  N:
    36  257,712.6802 E: 1,036,753.8721 and running thence;
    37    Northeasterly along a line common to Lot 1 and Lot 100 North 25°03'09"
    38  East a distance of 20.00 feet to a point, thence;
    39    Southeasterly  through  a  portion  of  Lot  1  South 63°25'40" East a
    40  distance of 13.44 feet to a point, thence;
    41    Southwesterly through a portion  of  Lot  1  South  25°26'32"  West  a
    42  distance of 20.00 feet to a point, thence;
    43    Northwesterly  through  a  portion  of  Lot  1  North 63°25'40" West a
    44  distance of 13.31 feet to the Point or Place of Beginning and containing
    45  267 square feet (0.006 acres) more or less.
    46    Subsurface easement 2 on PART OF PELHAM BAY  PARK.  ALL  THAT  CERTAIN
    47  LOT,  PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED, LYING AND BEING IN THE BOROUGH &
    48  COUNTY OF THE BRONX, CITY AND STATE OF NEW YORK BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS
    49  FOLLOWS:
    50    AREA STE-145-02: HORIZONTAL LIMITS
    51    Beginning at a point on the northwesterly line of Block 5650 Lot  100,
    52  as  depicted  to  the  National  Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)
    53  (Reputed Owner), as per Reel 374, Page 289, as recorded  in  the  Regis-
    54  ter's Office of the City of New York, Borough of the Bronx, as successor
    55  in  title  to  the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad through the
    56  Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail) and the Regional  Rail  Reorgan-

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     1  ization  Act  of  1973,  same being a point on the southeasterly line of
     2  Block 5650 Lot 2, as depicted to the City of New York per the Tax Map of
     3  the City of New York, Borough of the  Bronx,  being  the  following  two
     4  courses  from  the  intersection  of  the physical centerline of Orchard
     5  Beach Road with the monumented  six  track  centerline  as  depicted  on
     6  Station  Map-Lands  The Harlem River and Port Chester R.R. Co.  Operated
     7  by The New York and New Haven and Hartford R.R. Co. V81.82 S.L. 9  dated
     8  June  30,  1915,  at station 454+39.9 more or less of the monumented six
     9  track centerline; thence along  the  monumented  six  track  centerline,
    10  North  25°03'09"  East  1602.5  feet more or less, to a point at station
    11  470+42.42 of the monumented six track centerline, said point also  being
    12  South  25°03'09"  West  4,794.33 feet, measured along the monumented six
    13  track centerline, from the Bronx  /  Westchester  County  Line,  thence;
    14  North  64°56'51" West 67.71 feet to the northwesterly line of Block 5650
    15  Lot 100 and the Point or Place of Beginning, having  coordinates  of  N:
    16  257,784.3343 E: 1,036,644.7326 and running thence;
    17    Northwesterly  through  a  portion of Block 5650 Lot 2 North 62°32'08"
    18  West a distance of 13.90 feet to a point, thence;
    19    Northeasterly through a portion  of  Lot  2  North  27°27'52"  East  a
    20  distance of 76.16 feet to a point, thence;
    21    Southeasterly  through  a  portion  of  Lot  2  South 62°32'08" East a
    22  distance of 16.91 feet to a point, said point being on the  line  common
    23  to Lot 2 and Lot 100, thence;
    24    Southwesterly along a line common to Lot 2 and Lot 100 South 25°03'09"
    25  West  a  distance  of  29.72 feet to a point, said point being on common
    26  corner of Lot 2 and Lot 100, at an offset of 61.50 feet to the northwest
    27  from station 470+88.67 of the monumented six track centerline, thence;
    28    Northwesterly along a line common to Lot 2 and Lot 100 North 64°56'11"
    29  West a distance of 6.00 feet to a  point,  said  point  being  a  common
    30  corner of Lot 2 and Lot 100, at an offset of 67.50 feet to the northwest
    31  from station 470+88.67 of the monumented six track centerline, thence;
    32    Southwesterly along a line common to Lot 2 and Lot 100 South 25°19'01"
    33  West  a  distance  of  46.25 feet to the Point or Place of Beginning and
    34  containing 1,127 square feet (0.026 acres) more or less.]
    35    § 4. Section 4 of chapter 544 of the laws  of  2022,  authorizing  the
    36  city of New York to discontinue a portion of real property in the county
    37  of  the Bronx as parkland and to grant easements for improvements to the
    38  railroad right-of-way to bring Metro-North railroad service to four  new
    39  stations  in  the  Bronx  and  to Pennsylvania Station in the county, is
    40  amended to read as follows:
    41    § 4. In the event that the city of  New  York  received  any  funding,
    42  support  or  assistance  from  the  federal government for the purchase,
    43  maintenance or improvement of the parklands set forth in  section  three
    44  of  this  act  or section eight of a chapter of the laws of two thousand
    45  twenty-three amending chapter 544 of the laws of  2022,  the  discontin-
    46  uance  and  alienation  of such parkland authorized by the provisions of
    47  this act shall not occur until the city of New York  has  complied  with
    48  any  federal  and  state  requirements  pertaining  to the alienation or
    49  conversion of such parklands, including satisfying the secretary of  the
    50  interior  and  the office of parks, recreation and historic preservation
    51  that the alienation or conversion complies with all conditions which the
    52  secretary of the interior and commissioner deems necessary to assure the
    53  substitution of other lands shall be   equivalent in fair  market  value
    54  and recreational usefulness to the lands being alienated or converted.
    55    §  5.  Section  6  of chapter 544 of the laws of 2022, authorizing the
    56  city of New York to discontinue a portion of real property in the county

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     1  of the Bronx as parkland and to grant easements for improvements to  the
     2  railroad  right-of-way to bring Metro-North railroad service to four new
     3  stations in the Bronx and to Pennsylvania  Station  in  the  county,  is
     4  REPEALED.
     5    §  6.  Subject  to the provisions of this act, but notwithstanding any
     6  provision of law to the contrary, the city of New York is hereby author-
     7  ized to discontinue the use as parklands the lands described in  section
     8  eight  of  this  act  and to grant easements affecting such lands to the
     9  metropolitan transportation authority, upon such terms and conditions as
    10  the city of New York and the metropolitan transportation authority shall
    11  determine, to  enable  the  metropolitan  transportation  authority  and
    12  Metro-North  commuter railroad company, a subsidiary of the metropolitan
    13  transportation authority, to construct railroad  utility  infrastructure
    14  improvements,  in  order  to bring Metro-North commuter railroad company
    15  service to four new stations in the Bronx and to Pennsylvania Station in
    16  the county of New York in connection with the capital project  known  as
    17  Penn Station Access.
    18    §  7.  The  authorization provided in section six of this act shall be
    19  effective only upon the condition that the city of New York dedicates an
    20  amount equal to or greater than the fair market value of  the  parklands
    21  being discontinued towards the acquisition of new parklands and/or capi-
    22  tal improvements to existing parklands and recreational facilities with-
    23  in the borough of the Bronx.
    24    §  8.  The lands hereby authorized to be discontinued as parklands and
    25  for which easements may be granted to  the  metropolitan  transportation
    26  authority  are located in the county of the Bronx, city and state of New
    27  York, and are bounded and described as follows:
    28    Easement 7 on BRONX BLOCK 3861 PART OF LOT 14
    29    ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT, PIECE OR PARCEL  OF  LAND  SITUATED,  LYING  AND
    30  BEING  IN  THE BOROUGH & COUNTY OF THE BRONX, CITY AND STATE OF NEW YORK
    31  BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
    32    AREA OCS-81H 1/2: (PERMANENT EASEMENT)
    33    Beginning at a point, said point being on the  northwesterly  side  of
    34  Block 3861 Lot 8, as depicted to National Railroad Passenger Corporation
    35  (Amtrak)  (Reputed Owner), as per Reel 105 Page 1496, as recorded in the
    36  Register's Office of the City of New York,  Borough  of  The  Bronx,  as
    37  successor in title to New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, through
    38  the  Consolidated  Rail  Reorganization Act of 1973, being the following
    39  seven courses and distances from a point, said point  being  the  inter-
    40  section  of  the  southwesterly side of East 174th Street (80 Feet Wide)
    41  with the northwesterly side of Bronx River Avenue (100  Feet  Wide),  as
    42  depicted  on  Bronx  Record  Map  Section  38,  amended and corrected to
    43  01/20/1947, last revised 08/08/2001,  as  recorded  in  the  Topographic
    44  Bureau of the Bronx Borough President's Office,
    45    1. Along said southwesterly side of East 174th Street, North 65°38'27"
    46  West  a distance of 237.44 feet, to a point, said point being the inter-
    47  section of the northwesterly side of said  National  Railroad  Passenger
    48  Corporation with the southwesterly side of East 174th Street, also being
    49  the  northeasterly  corner  of property depicted to The City of New York
    50  (Reputed Owner) as Parcel 1 as per  Deed  Liber  1111  Page  379,  dated
    51  December  23,  1940, as recorded in the Register's Office of the City of
    52  New York, Borough of the Bronx, thence;
    53    2. Along the northwesterly side of said property of National  Railroad
    54  Passenger Corporation, southwesterly along the arc of a curve bearing to
    55  the  left, said curve having a radius of 2,345.01 feet, an arc length of

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     1  5.92 feet, which bears a chord South 30°49'43" West a distance  of  5.92
     2  feet, to a point, thence;
     3    3.  Continuing  along  the  same, southwesterly South 37°10'01" West a
     4  distance of 183.61 feet, to a point, thence;
     5    4. Continuing along the same, southwesterly South  24°39'41"  West,  a
     6  distance of 183.61 feet, to a point, thence;
     7    5.  Continuing  along  the same, southeasterly South 59°05'10" East, a
     8  distance of 5.00 feet, to a point, thence;
     9    6. Continuing along the same, southwesterly South  30°54'50"  West,  a
    10  distance of 165.46 feet, to an angle point in the United States pierhead
    11  and bulkhead line established on August 9, 1940, also being the souther-
    12  ly  corner of said land depicted to The City of New York (Reputed Owner)
    13  as Parcel 1 as per Deed Liber 1111 Page 379, also being a point  on  the
    14  southeasterly  side of Block 3861 Lot 14, as depicted to The City of New
    15  York, as per Reel 770 Page 1176, dated June 25th 1987,  as  recorded  in
    16  the  Register's  Office  of  the City of New York, Borough of the Bronx,
    17  thence;
    18    7. Continuing along said common line of  National  Railroad  Passenger
    19  Corporation  and  The  City  of  New York, southwesterly South 30°54'50"
    20  West, a distance of 168.84 feet, to a point, said point being the  Point
    21  of  Beginning,  having  coordinates  N: 242,780.829 E: 1,017,019.931 and
    22  running thence; Southwesterly, along said common line,  South  30°54'50"
    23  West, a distance of 14.00 feet, to a point, thence;
    24    Through  said  land  of  The  City  of  New  York, northwesterly North
    25  59°05'10" West, a distance of 10.00 feet, thence;
    26    Continuing through land of The City of New York,  northeasterly  North
    27  30°54'50" East, a distance of 14.00 feet, thence;
    28    Continuing  through  land of The City of New York, southeasterly South
    29  59°05'10" East, a distance of 10.00 feet, to a point on said common line
    30  between National Railroad Passenger Corporation  and  The  City  of  New
    31  York,  at  the  Point of Beginning and containing 140 square feet (0.003
    32  acres) more or less.
    33    Easement 8 on BRONX BLOCK 3861 PART OF LOT 114
    34    ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT, PIECE OR PARCEL  OF  LAND  SITUATED,  LYING  AND
    35  BEING  IN  THE BOROUGH & COUNTY OF THE BRONX, CITY AND STATE OF NEW YORK
    36  BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
    37    AREA OCS-82H 1/3: (PERMANENT EASEMENT)
    38    Beginning at a point, said point being on the  northwesterly  side  of
    39  Block 3861 Lot 8, as depicted to National Railroad Passenger Corporation
    40  (Amtrak) (Reputed Owner), as per Reel 105, Page 1496, as recorded in the
    41  Register's  Office  of  the  City  of New York, Borough of The Bronx, as
    42  successor in title to New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, through
    43  the Consolidated Rail Reorganization Act of 1973,  being  the  following
    44  seven  courses  and  distances from a point, said point being the inter-
    45  section of the southwesterly side of East 174th Street  (80  Feet  Wide)
    46  with  the  northwesterly  side of Bronx River Avenue (100 Feet Wide), as
    47  depicted on Bronx Record  Map  Section  38,  amended  and  corrected  to
    48  01/20/1947,  last  revised  08/08/2001,  as  recorded in the Topographic
    49  Bureau of the Bronx Borough President's Office,
    50    1. Along said southwesterly side of East 174th Street, North 65°38'27"
    51  West a distance of 237.44 feet, to a point, said point being the  inter-
    52  section  of  the  northwesterly side of said National Railroad Passenger
    53  Corporation with the southwesterly side of East 174th Street, also being
    54  the northeasterly corner of property depicted to The City  of  New  York
    55  (Reputed  Owner)  as  Parcel  1  as  per Deed Liber 1111 Page 379, dated

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     1  December 23, 1940, as recorded in the Register's Office of the  City  of
     2  New York, Borough of the Bronx, thence;
     3    2.  Along the northwesterly side of said property of National Railroad
     4  Passenger Corporation, southwesterly along the arc of a curve bearing to
     5  the left, said curve having a radius of 2,345.01 feet, an arc length  of
     6  5.92  feet,  which bears a chord South 30°49'43" West a distance of 5.92
     7  feet, to a point, thence;
     8    3. Continuing along the same, southwesterly  South  37°10'01"  West  a
     9  distance of 183.61 feet, to a point, thence;
    10    4.  Continuing  along  the same, southwesterly South 24°39'41" West, a
    11  distance of 183.61 feet, to a point, thence;
    12    5. Continuing along the same, southeasterly South  59°05'10"  East,  a
    13  distance of 5.00 feet, to a point, thence;
    14    6.  Continuing  along  the same, southwesterly South 30°54'50" West, a
    15  distance of 64.31 feet, to a point, said point being the Point of Begin-
    16  ning, having coordinates N: 243,012.463  E:  1,017,158.637  and  running
    17  thence;
    18    Southwesterly,  continuing  along  said  common  line, South 30°54'50"
    19  West, a distance of 14.00 feet, to a point, thence;
    20    Through said land  of  The  City  of  New  York,  northwesterly  North
    21  59°05'10" West, a distance of 10.00 feet, thence;
    22    Continuing  through  land of The City of New York, northeasterly North
    23  30°54'50" East, a distance of 14.00 feet, thence;
    24    Continuing through land of The City of New York,  southeasterly  South
    25  59°05'10" East, a distance of 10.00 feet, to a point on said common line
    26  between  National  Railroad  Passenger  Corporation  and The City of New
    27  York, at the Point of Beginning and containing 140  square  feet  (0.003
    28  acres) more or less.
    29    §  9.  This  act  shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to
    30  have been in full force and effect on and after August 17, 2022.
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