Bill Text: NY S06318 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended


Bill Title: Authorizes the commissioner of general services to transfer and convey certain unappropriated state land to the Cedarmore corporation for community programs.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT [S06318 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S06318-Amended.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         6318--B
            Cal. No. 1124
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                      May 11, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen.  HANNON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed  to  the  Committee  on  Local  Government  --
          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 -- again amended and
          ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading
        AN ACT to authorize the commissioner of general services to transfer and
          convey  certain unappropriated state land to the Cedarmore Corporation
          for community programs
          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 but notwithstanding
     2  any other provision of law to the contrary, the commissioner of  general
     3  services  is  hereby  authorized to transfer and convey to the Cedarmore
     4  corporation, in consideration of one dollar and upon such other  consid-
     5  eration  as  the commissioner may deem proper, the state land located at
     6  63 Babylon Turnpike, Freeport, in the county of  Nassau,  known  as  the
     7  Freeport  Armory, declared to be abandoned state land by the division of
     8  military and naval affairs.
     9    § 2. The lands authorized by section one of this act to be transferred
    10  and conveyed are as follows:
    11    ALL that piece or parcel of land, situate,  lying  and  being  in  the
    12  Village  of  Freeport,  in the County of Nassau, State of New York, more
    13  particularly bounded and described as follows:
    14    BEGINNING at a point where the easterly line  of  Lakeview  Avenue  is
    15  intersected  by  the  southerly  line  of Hempstead-Babylon Turnpike and
    16  running from said Point of  Beginning  thence  southeasterly  along  the
    17  southerly line of Hempstead-Babylon Turnpike about six hundred forty-six
    18  (646)  linear  feet  to  the  land  of the City of New York and the Long
    19  Island State Park Commission; thence running southwesterly and along the
    20  lands of the City of New York and  along  the  Long  Island  State  Park
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10863-09-7

        S. 6318--B                          2
     1  Commission  two  hundred (200) linear feet; thence running northwesterly
     2  and parallel with the southerly line of Hempstead-Babylon Turnpike about
     3  four hundred thirty (430) linear feet to a point which would be ten (10)
     4  feet  easterly  from  the center line of the 18 inch diameter water main
     5  tank header pipe; thence running northwesterly  about  fifty-eight  (58)
     6  linear feet and parallel with the 18 inch diameter water main tank head-
     7  er  pipe,  to a point which would be about one hundred sixty-eight (168)
     8  linear feet southerly from the southerly line of Hempstead-Babylon Turn-
     9  pike, when measured at right angles thereto; thence running southwester-
    10  ly and ten (10) feet parallel with and northerly from the 12 inch  diam-
    11  eter water main tank header pipe, when measured at right angles thereto,
    12  about  one  hundred  seven  (107) linear feet to a point in the easterly
    13  line of Lakeview Avenue; thence running northerly and along the easterly
    14  line of Lakeview Avenue about two hundred fifty-eight (258) linear  feet
    15  to  a  point  in  the  southerly line of Hempstead-Babylon Turnpike, the
    16  point or place of beginning, containing within said bounds  about  three
    17  (3) acres.
    18    BEING  the same lands described in a deed from the Village of Freeport
    19  to the People of the State of New York, dated June 13, 1949 and recorded
    20  in the Nassau County Clerk's Office on June 20, 1949  in  Book  3857  of
    21  Deeds  at  page  384.  Said  premises also being known and designated on
    22  Nassau County Tax Map as Section 55 Block G Lot 50.
    23    § 3. The description in section two of this act  of  the  land  to  be
    24  conveyed  is  not  intended to be a legal description but is intended to
    25  identify the parcel to be conveyed. As a condition of the purchase,  the
    26  Cedarmore   corporation  may  submit  to  the  commissioner  of  general
    27  services, for his or her approval, an accurate survey and description of
    28  the lands to be conveyed, which may be used in the conveyance thereof.
    29    § 4. The office of general services shall not transfer or  convey  the
    30  aforesaid  land unless application in a form acceptable to the office of
    31  general services is made to the office of general services by the Cedar-
    32  more corporation within one year from the effective date of this act.
    33    § 5. The land described in section two of this act shall  be  used  by
    34  the  Cedarmore  corporation  exclusively  for  not-for-profit family and
    35  youth service organizations, including recreational programs  to  assist
    36  at-risk youth, and for public safety purposes.
    37    Upon  termination  of such use title to the lands so transferred along
    38  with any improvements made thereto shall revert  to  the  state  of  New
    39  York.
    40    § 6. This act shall take effect immediately.
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