Bill Text: NY S06073 | 2015-2016 | 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) 2016-04-12 - DEFEATED IN CULTURAL AFFAIRS, TOURISM, PARKS AND RECREATION [S06073 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-S06073-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6073 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E October 23, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HAMILTON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules 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 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11858-02-5