Bill Text: NY S06142 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Relates to the acquisition of lands previously comprising Pilgrim State Hospital by the Oak Brush Plain State Preserve, located on Long Island.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Vetoed) 2022-12-23 - VETOED MEMO.167 [S06142 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-S06142-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6142--A Cal. No. 266 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN SENATE April 12, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sen. BOYLE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance -- recommitted to the Committee on Finance in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first and second report, ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading AN ACT to amend chapter 635 of the laws of 1987, establishing the Oak Brush Plain State Preserve, located on Long Island, in relation to the acquisition of lands previously comprising Pilgrim State Hospital The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Sections 7 and 8 of chapter 635 of the laws of 1987, estab- 2 lishing the Oak Brush Plain State Preserve, located on Long Island, 3 section 8 as amended by chapter 209 of the laws of 1989, are amended to 4 read as follows: 5 § 7. (a) The commissioner of the office of general services, the 6 dormitory authority of the state of New York or any other successor in 7 title shall [arrange for the] transfer to the Oak Brush Plain State 8 Preserve such lands now or formerly comprising a portion of the Pilgrim 9 State Hospital [now or hereafter not necessary for use by Pilgrim State10Hospital and] where native foliage may reasonably be reestablished. 11 (b) The lands to be transferred shall be approximately 118 acres, more 12 or less, now or formerly comprising Pilgrim State Hospital and shall not 13 include any land previously transferred to the Power Authority of the 14 state of New York and the Long Island Power Authority and generally 15 described as follows: 16 ALL that piece or parcel of land situate in the Town of Islip, County 17 of Suffolk, State of New York generally described as follows; 18 BEGINNING at a point on the boundary line between the Town of Hunting- 19 ton and the Town of Islip at the northwest corner of a parcel of land 20 conveyed to Long Island Power Authority said point also being on the EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD07990-04-2S. 6142--A 2 1 easterly bounds of an 81.4 acre parcel of land transferred from the 2 Office of Mental Health to the Department of Environmental Conservation 3 on January 13, 1999, 4 THENCE from said point of beginning along the easterly bounds of said 5 81.4 acre parcel of land the following two courses and distances: 6 1) N. 0° 36' 52" W. a distance of 156.10 feet to a point; and 7 2) N. 0° 59' 13" E. a distance of 1063.76 feet to a point; 8 THENCE through the lands now or formerly of the People of the State of 9 New York, Pilgrim Psychiatric Center, the following 11 courses and 10 distances: 11 1) N. 89° 41' 36" E. a distance of 788.41 feet to a point; 12 2) S. 44° 44' 39" E. a distance of 42.80 feet to a point; 13 3) N. 67° 37' 46" E. a distance of 174.25 feet to a point; 14 4) S. 22° 59' 01" E. a distance of 360.19 feet to a point; 15 5) N. 67° 09' 21" E. a distance of 405.98 feet to a point; 16 6) S. 22° 51' 14" E. a distance of 638.85 feet to a point; 17 7) S. 63° 51' 55" E. a distance of 1,224.63 feet to a point; 18 8) N. 68° 02' 05" E. a distance of 143.78 feet to a point; 19 9) S. 21° 57' 55" E. a distance of 253.50 feet to a point; 20 10) S. 45° 11' 47" E. a distance of 774.45 feet to a point; 21 11) S. 0° 34' 26" E. a distance of 340.00 feet to a point on the 22 southerly bounds of said lands of Pilgrim Psychiatric Center; 23 THENCE along said southerly boundary the following two courses and 24 distances: 25 1) S. 89° 25' 34" W. a distance of 100.00 feet to a point; and 26 2) S. 89° 29' 29" W. a distance of 2,987.71 feet to a point; 27 THENCE N. 0° 26' 29" E. a distance of 486.53 feet to a point at the 28 southwest corner of lands conveyed to Long Island Power Authority; 29 THENCE along the southerly, easterly and northerly bounds of said 30 lands of Long Island Power Authority the following three courses and 31 distances: 32 1) S. 89° 33' 31" E. a distance of 287.46 feet to a point; 33 2) N. 0° 26' 29" E. a distance of 790.75 feet to a point; and 34 3) S. 67° l2' 38" W. a distance of 312.83 feet to a point at the 35 northeast corner of lands conveyed to the Power Authority of the State 36 of New York; 37 THENCE along the northerly bounds of said lands to and along the east- 38 erly and northerly bounds of other lands conveyed to Long Island Power 39 Authority the following three courses and distances: 40 1) S. 67° 12' 38" W. a distance of 152.50 feet to a point; 41 2) N. 23° 53' 06" W. a distance of 201.65 feet to a point; and 42 3) S. 67° 12' 38" W. a distance of 367.44 feet to the point or place 43 of beginning; containing 117.7 acres of land, more or less. 44 Subject to easement rights of others as they may exist. 45 EXCEPTING THEREFROM, all that certain plot, piece or parcel of land 46 situate, lying and being at Brentwood, Town of Islip, County of Suffolk 47 and State of New York, being bounded and described as follows: 48 BEGINNING at a point on the division line between the property now or 49 formerly of the People of the State of New York, Pilgrim Psychiatric 50 Center on the north and land now or formerly of the Long Island State 51 Park Commission Sagtikos State Parkway (Map 23R-I821, Parcel IV dated 52 January 20, 1940) on the south, distant 624.61 feet westerly from the 53 intersection of said division line with the westerly side of Sagtikos 54 Parkway, said point being the northeasterly corner of land now or 55 formerly of Town of Islip Industrial Development Agency;S. 6142--A 3 1 RUNNING THENCE South 89 degrees 29 minutes 29 seconds West, along land 2 now or formerly of Town of Islip Industrial Development Agency 110.00 3 feet 4 THENCE North 00 degrees 34 minutes 26 seconds West, 15.71 feet; 5 THENCE North 15 degrees 48 minutes 56 seconds East, 431.19 feet; 6 THENCE South 45 degrees 11 minutes 47 seconds East, 125.75 feet; 7 THENCE South 15 degrees 48 minutes 56 seconds West, 354.40 feet to the 8 northerly side of land now or formerly of the Long Island State Park 9 Commission Sagtikos State Parkway (Map 23R-I821, Parcel IV dated January 10 20, 1940) and the POINT OR PLACE OF BEGINNING. 11 Containing: 44,072 square feet or 1.0117 acres of land, more or less. 12 (c) The description of the lands to be transferred pursuant to subdi- 13 vision (b) of this section is not intended to be a legal description, 14 but is intended only to identify the premises to be transferred. The 15 office of general services may prepare an accurate survey and 16 description of such lands which may be used in the transfer thereof. 17 (d) The commissioner of the office of general services, the dormitory 18 authority of the state of New York or any other successor in interest at 19 the time of the transfer of the lands into the Oak Brush Plain State 20 Preserve shall also convey the excepted parcel of land specifically 21 described in subdivision (b) of this section to the Town of Islip for 22 street or highway purposes for the consideration of one dollar; 23 provided, however, that such excepted parcel shall revert and be 24 conveyed to the state of New York for inclusion in the Oak Brush Plain 25 State Preserve if the Town of Islip shall at any time cease to use the 26 excepted parcel for town street or highway purposes. 27 (e) On or after the effective date of the chapter of the laws of 2022 28 which added this subdivision, the commissioner of the office of general 29 services, the dormitory authority of the state of New York or any 30 successor in interest shall not sell, transfer or convey any of the land 31 in this act to a party not authorized to have such lands sold, trans- 32 ferred or conveyed to it pursuant to this act. 33 § 8. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 45-0113 of the environ- 34 mental conservation law or any other law, rule or regulation to the 35 contrary, the lands constituting the Oak Brush Plain State Preserve 36 shall be acquired by the state nature and historical preserve on January 37 1, 1991 and shall be dedicated for the purposes of article [forty-five] 38 45 of such law; provided, however, that the lands transferred to the Oak 39 Brush Plain State Preserve pursuant to section seven of this act shall 40 be acquired by the state nature and historical preserve on or before 41 December 1, 2022 and shall be dedicated for the purposes of such article 42 45. 43 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
