Bill Text: NY S05859 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Authorizes the Bronx Children's Museum program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-07-21 - SIGNED CHAP.168 [S05859 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-S05859-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5859--B 2015-2016 Regular Sessions IN SENATE June 9, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SERRANO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- recommitted to the Committee on Cities in accord- ance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to authorize the commissioner of parks and recreation of the city of New York to enter into an agreement for the operation of a chil- dren's program known as the Bronx Children's Museum in a portion of a building located in Mill Pond Park in the borough of the Bronx 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, the commissioner of 2 parks and recreation of the city of New York is hereby authorized to 3 enter into an agreement with the Kids' Powerhouse Discovery Center 4 Limited Liability Corporation for the maintenance and operation of a 5 children's program known as the Bronx Children's Museum on the second 6 floor of building J, as such building is presently constructed and situ- 7 ated, in Mill Pond Park in the borough of the Bronx. The terms of the 8 agreement may allow the placement of signs identifying the museum. 9 § 2. The authorization provided in section one of this act shall be 10 effective only upon the condition that the city of New York dedicate an 11 amount equal to or greater than the fair market value of any portion of 12 parkland which may be authorized to be used by this act for a non-park 13 purpose for an acquisition of additional parklands and/or for capital 14 improvements to existing park and recreational facilities within the 15 borough of the Bronx. 16 § 3. The portion of parkland authorized to be used for the Bronx Chil- 17 dren's Museum pursuant to section one of this act consists of the second 18 floor comprised of approximately 12,500 square feet of Building J situ- 19 ated in Mill Pond Park in the borough of the Bronx. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10550-09-6