Bill Text: NY S04643 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Requires compliance with the uniform land use review procedure for the disposition of school property in New York city.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION [S04643 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S04643-Introduced.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4643
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    April 16, 2013
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by  Sen. HOYLMAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
       AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to  requiring  compliance
         with  the  uniform  land  use  review procedure for the disposition of
         school property in New York city
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivisions 11 and 20 of section 454 of the education law,
    2  subdivision  11 as added by chapter 999 of the laws of 1966 and subdivi-
    3  sion 20 as amended by chapter 1036 of the laws of 1971, are  amended  to
    4  read as follows:
    5    11.  Subject  to  the  terms  and conditions of any lease, sublease or
    6  other agreement with third parties and to the determination of the board
    7  of education that such real property is unnecessary for the  present  or
    8  foreseeable  future  school  building  needs of the city of New York, to
    9  surrender to the appropriate city official, for other public use or  for
   10  sale,  lease  or other disposition in accordance with law, real property
   11  held by the fund for its corporate  purposes;  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT
   12  PRIOR  TO  ANY SUCH SALE, LEASE OR OTHER DISPOSITION THERE SHALL BE FULL
   13  COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED NINETY-SEVEN-C  OF
   14  THE  NEW  YORK  CITY CHARTER, RELATING TO UNIFORM LAND USE REVIEW PROCE-
   15  DURE, OR THE PROVISIONS OF ANY OTHER LOCAL LAW OF THE CITY OF  NEW  YORK
   16  RELATING THERETO;
   17    20.  At the request or with the approval of the board of education, to
   18  grant, sell, license, lease or otherwise transfer without public auction
   19  or bidding any real property or any rights or interests therein or ther-
   20  eto, including fee interests, easements, space  rights  or  air  rights,
   21  held  by  it  and  occupied  or  reserved for school purposes and needed
   22  therefor, to a private individual or private or public corporation sole-
   23  ly and exclusively for the purpose of developing and constructing there-
   24  in or thereon a combined occupancy structure, or a part or portion ther-
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD09822-01-3
       S. 4643                             2
    1  eof, or for the purpose  of  rehabilitating  or  improving  an  existing
    2  school to become part of a combined occupancy structure within the mean-
    3  ing  of  this  article  subject  to  a  prior  and enforceable agreement
    4  approved  by  the board of education for the reconveyance, retransfer or
    5  leaseback of the school portion thereof, upon completion,  for  use  and
    6  occupancy  by  the  said  board  of education in those instances where a
    7  grant, sale or lease has been made to such private individual or private
    8  or public corporation; provided, however, that no such  sale,  lease  or
    9  transfer  of  lands or rights therein or thereto is authorized where the
   10  development of a combined occupancy structure contemplates the  erection
   11  of  nonschool  facilities  or  improvements  over an existing playground
   12  unless such combined occupancy structure to  be  constructed  over  such
   13  playground  shall  provide playground area at least equal in size to the
   14  then existing playground area; PROVIDED FURTHER, HOWEVER, THAT PRIOR  TO
   15  ANY  GRANT,  SALE,  LICENSE, LEASE OR OTHER TRANSFER THERE SHALL BE FULL
   16  COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED NINETY-SEVEN-C  OF
   17  THE  NEW  YORK  CITY CHARTER, RELATING TO UNIFORM LAND USE REVIEW PROCE-
   18  DURE, OR THE PROVISIONS OF ANY OTHER LOCAL LAW OF THE CITY OF  NEW  YORK
   19  RELATING THERETO;
   20    S  2. Section 471 of the education law, as added by chapter 999 of the
   21  laws of 1966, is amended to read as follows:
   22    S 471. Inconsistent provisions of other laws superseded.   Insofar  as
   23  the  provisions  of this article are inconsistent with the provisions of
   24  any other general, special or local law, or with the provisions  of  any
   25  charter  or  ordinance, the provisions of this article shall be control-
   26  ling; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE  PROVISIONS  OF  SECTION  ONE  HUNDRED
   27  NINETY-SEVEN-C  OF THE NEW YORK CITY CHARTER SHALL APPLY AS SPECIFIED IN
   28  SUBDIVISIONS ELEVEN AND TWENTY OF SECTION FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY-FOUR OF THE
   29  EDUCATION LAW; AND FURTHER PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT NOTHING CONTAINED  IN
   30  ARTICLE TEN OF THE EDUCATION LAW SHALL IN ANY WAY SUPERSEDE THE REQUIRE-
   31  MENTS  REGARDING  PARENTAL  INVOLVEMENT AND THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE
   32  COMMUNITY DISTRICT EDUCATION COUNCIL WITH RESPECT  TO  PROPOSED  SIGNIF-
   33  ICANT  CHANGES  IN  SCHOOL  UTILIZATION,  INCLUDING  BUT  NOT LIMITED TO
   34  PHASE-OUT, GRADE RECONFIGURATION, RE-SITING OR CO-LOCATION  OF  SCHOOLS,
   35  AND  WHICH  SHALL  ALSO BE DEEMED TO INCLUDE THE TEMPORARY RELOCATION OF
   36  STUDENTS THAT WILL RESULT FROM ANY TRANSFER OF AN EXISTING  SCHOOL  SITE
   37  TO  A DEVELOPER FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A COMBINED OCCUPANCY STRUCTURE.  The
   38  provisions of this article shall not be deemed to prevent  the  city  of
   39  New  York  from  financing  the  cost of acquiring, constructing, recon-
   40  structing, rehabilitating or improving one or more school  buildings  by
   41  the  issuance  of  bonds  or capital notes pursuant to the local finance
   42  law.
   43    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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