Bill Text: NY S02453 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Directs the commissioner of parks, recreation and historic preservation to take a parcel of land by the eminent domain procedure for a state park and community garden.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO CULTURAL AFFAIRS, TOURISM, PARKS AND RECREATION [S02453 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S02453-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                          2453
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 13, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by Sen. HAMILTON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Cultural Affairs, Tourism,
          Parks and Recreation
        AN ACT requiring the commissioner  of  parks,  recreation  and  historic
          preservation  to  take  a  parcel  of  land through the eminent domain
          procedure for a state park and community garden
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  The  legislature  hereby finds that it is necessary for a
     2  public purpose to procure certain property within the city of New  York.
     3  To that extent, the commissioner of parks, recreation and historic pres-
     4  ervation  is  hereby  directed  to  take, through the use of the eminent
     5  domain procedure as established under the eminent domain procedure  law,
     6  the  parcel in the borough of Brooklyn known as 237 Maple Street, Brook-
     7  lyn, Block 5030 Lot 72, for a state park  and  community  garden  to  be
     8  managed  by  neighborhood  volunteers  through  the  New York City parks
     9  department green thumb program.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00739-01-7
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