Bill Text: NY S06093 | 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 the Rogers Avenue community garden.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT [S06093 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-S06093-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ S. 6093 A. 8583 2015-2016 Regular Sessions S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y December 2, 2015 ___________ IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. MONTGOMERY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. RICHARDSON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary AN ACT requiring the commissioner of parks, recreation and historic preservation to take a parcel of land through the eminent domain procedure for the Rogers Avenue 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 115 Rogers Avenue, Brook- 7 lyn, Block 1233 Lot 1, 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. LBD13094-01-5