Bill Text: NY A07767 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Authorizes the commissioner of general services to transfer and convey certain unappropriated state land to the village of Ossining.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-07-20 - REFERRED TO RULES [A07767 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A07767-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7767--A 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY May 20, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GALEF -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations -- recommitted to the Committee on Govern- mental Operations in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT authorizing the commissioner of general services to transfer and convey certain unappropriated state land to the village of Ossining, county of Westchester; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof 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, subject to the consent of the commission- 4 er of corrections and community supervision, to transfer and convey to 5 the village of Ossining in the county of Westchester, the state land 6 described in section two of this act, owned by the department of 7 corrections and community supervision and being a part of lot 97.10-1-4, 8 in the village of Ossining in the county of Westchester, declared to be 9 abandoned state land by the department of corrections and community 10 supervision. The transfer and conveyance of the land described in 11 section two of this act shall be made in consideration of the sum of one 12 dollar and upon such conditions as the commissioner of general services 13 may deem proper. If the transfer and conveyance of such land shall not 14 have taken effect within two years of the effective date of this act, 15 then such authority to transfer and convey shall be revoked. 16 § 2. The lands authorized by section one of this act to be transferred 17 and conveyed are as follows: 18 ALL That certain Plot Piece or Parcel of Land situated and lying in the 19 Town of Ossining, Village of Ossining, County of Westchester, and State EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11670-09-0A. 7767--A 2 1 of New York and being more particularly bounded and described as 2 follows: 3 Beginning at a point on the division line between land of the Village of 4 Ossining on the North and the State of New York on the South Where the 5 same is intersected by westerly side of land now or formerly Midtown 6 Trackage Ventures formerly the New York City and Hudson River Railroad 7 (N.Y.C. & H.R.R.R.) said point being the Northeasterly corner of land 8 now or formerly State of New York as shown on map entitled "County of 9 Westchester Department of Environmental Facilities" and filed in the 10 Westchester County Clerk's office Division of Land Records as Map No. 11 19196. 12 Thence running along land now or formerly Midtown Trackage Ventures 13 formerly the New York City and Hudson River Railroad (N.Y.C. & 14 H.R.R.R.)South 4°39'15" East 320.11 feet to a point; 15 Thence running though Land of the State of New York the following two 16 (2) courses and distances South 88°00'00" West 217.08 feet to a point; 17 North 1°55'49" West 323.26 feet to the land of the Village of Ossining; 18 Thence along said land South 82° 34' 28" East 204.54 feet to the point 19 and place of beginning. 20 Containing 1.6150 Acres = 70,348 Sq. Ft. 21 § 3. The description in section two of this act is not intended to be 22 a legal description, but is intended to identify the parcel to be 23 conveyed. As a condition of the transfer, the village of Ossining may 24 submit to the commissioner of general services, for his or her approval, 25 an accurate survey and description of the lands to be conveyed, which 26 may be used in the conveyance thereof. 27 § 4. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the authorization to convey the 28 above described portion of the Sing Sing Correctional Facility shall be 29 subject to the condition precedent that such conveyance shall not impair 30 or result in any diminution of the obligations to holders of any bonds 31 which financed, refinanced, or are secured by correctional facilities 32 (or payments in respect thereof), including the Sing Sing Correctional 33 Facility, and shall not adversely affect any exemption of interest on 34 such bonds from federal income tax. 35 § 5. The office of general services shall not transfer or convey the 36 aforesaid land unless the application is made to the office of general 37 services by the village of Ossining within one year after the effective 38 date of this act. Said application shall be in the form of a resolution 39 setting forth a comprehensive statement approved by the Ossining's 40 Village Board of Trustees acknowledging and accepting the use 41 restrictions set forth in section six of this act. 42 § 6. The transfer and conveyance made pursuant to this act shall be 43 subject to the following use restrictions and reverter: 44 (a) The land described in this act shall be used exclusively for the 45 purposes of operating and maintaining a museum. 46 (b) The conveyance of the land described in this act shall contain a 47 covenant and restriction requiring that the land be used for the purpose 48 set forth in subdivision (a) of this section. In the event the premises 49 are not accepted and/or used for such purposes, ownership of the land 50 shall revert to the state of New York. 51 § 7. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be 52 deemed repealed two years after such effective date.
