Bill Text: NY S06632 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes the housing and shelter of destitute, refugee, delinquent and/or disabled persons upon certain state land in the Bronx conveyed to the Catholic Guardian Services in 2004.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2017-08-21 - SIGNED CHAP.269 [S06632 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S06632-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6632
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                      June 8, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  RIVERA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
        AN ACT to amend chapter 243 of the laws of 2004, authorizing the commis-
          sioner of general services to sell and convey certain state  lands  in
          the borough and county of Bronx to be used for housing and shelter for
          the  homeless  in New York city, in relation to authorizing such lands
          to be used for housing and sheltering destitute,  refugee,  delinquent
          and/or disabled persons
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Sections 1 and 5 of  chapter  243  of  the  laws  of  2004,
     2  authorizing  the  commissioner  of  general  services to sell and convey
     3  certain state lands in the borough and county of Bronx to  be  used  for
     4  housing  and  shelter  for the homeless in New York city, are amended to
     5  read as follows:
     6    Section 1. The commissioner  of  general  services  in  the  executive
     7  department is hereby authorized and empowered to sell, convey and trans-
     8  fer  to Catholic Home Bureau, a not-for-profit corporation organized and
     9  existing under the laws of the state of New York, located at 2322 Valen-
    10  tine Avenue, Bronx, New York including lands  and  improvements  thereon
    11  generally  bounded  and  described  in  section two of this act, for the
    12  purposes of providing housing and shelter for homeless, destitute, refu-
    13  gee, delinquent and/or disabled persons in New York city.
    14    § 5. Any lands including improvements  thereon  conveyed  pursuant  to
    15  this act shall be used exclusively for the purposes of providing housing
    16  and shelter for homeless, destitute, refugee, delinquent and/or disabled
    17  persons  in  New  York  city. Upon termination of such use, title to the
    18  lands so transferred shall revert to the state of New York.
    19    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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