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