Bill Text: NY S07255 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Authorizes the commissioner of general services to transfer and convey certain unappropriated state land to the Hoosick Area Partnership for Parents and Youth.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2012-08-01 - SIGNED CHAP.349 [S07255 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-S07255-Amended.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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7255--C
I N S E N A T E
May 2, 2012
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Introduced by Sen. McDONALD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government --
committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
recommitted to said committee -- committee discharged, bill amended,
ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee --
committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to authorize the commissioner of general services to transfer and
convey certain unappropriated state land to the Hoosick Area Partner-
ship for Parents and Youth 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 Hoosick Area
4 Partnership for Parents and Youth, a 501(c)(3) charitable community
5 development corporation, the state land located at 80 Church Street,
6 village of Hoosick Falls, in the county of Rensselaer, known as the
7 Hoosick Falls Armory, declared to be abandoned state land by the divi-
8 sion of military and naval affairs. The transfer and conveyance of the
9 land described in section two of this act shall be made in consideration
10 of the sum of one dollar and upon such conditions as the commissioner of
11 general services may deem proper.
12 S 2. The lands authorized by section one of this act to be transferred
13 and conveyed are as follows:
14 ALL that tract or parcel of land known as the Hoosick Falls Armory,
15 situate, lying and being in the Village and Town of Hoosick Falls, Coun-
16 ty of Rensselaer, State of New York, bounded and described as follows:
17 BEGINNING at a point on the southerly boundary line of Elm Street, at
18 the intersection of the division line between the lands, now or former-
19 ly, of the Immaculate Conception Church of Hoosick Falls on the east and
20 the New York State "Armory Lot" on the west; thence along said division
21 line South 7 45' West, 94 feet, more or less, to a point on the north-
22 erly boundary line of lands, now or formerly, of Cleveland E. Dodge Jr.;
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 thence along said boundary line North 86 15' West, 109 feet, more or
2 less, and North 86 15' West, 49.5 feet, more or less, to a point on the
3 easterly boundary line of Church Street; thence along said easterly
4 boundary line of Church Street North 13 15' East, 26 feet, more or
5 less, and North 13 15' East, 52 feet, more or less, to the southeaster-
6 ly boundary line of lands of the People of the State of New York trans-
7 ferred to the New York State Department of Transportation by Order of
8 the Commissioner of General Services dated October 20, 2005 and shown on
9 Map No. 25-T, Parcel No. 25, filed in the Office of General Services as
10 O.G.S. Map No. 2048; thence along said southeasterly boundary line 17
11 feet, more or less, to the southerly boundary line of Elm Street; thence
12 along the southerly boundary line of Elm Street the following three (3)
13 courses and distances:
14 1. North 67 30' East, 8 feet, more or less;
15 2. North 70 30' East, 18 feet, more or less; and
16 3. South 84 00' East, 119 feet, more or less, to the point and place
17 of beginning.
18 BEING the same premises acquired by the People of the State of New
19 York for the Hoosick Falls Armory by the following deeds:
20 1. Deed from Charles Q. Eldredge, et. ux., dated June 7,1888 and
21 recorded in the Rensselaer County Clerk's Office in Liber 223 of Deeds
22 at page 471;
23 2. Deed from Gaylord B. White, et. al., dated July 1, 1892 and
24 recorded in the Rensselaer County Clerk's Office in Liber 242 of Deeds
25 at page 318;
26 3. Deed from Lucy E. White, dated July 1, 1892 and recorded in the
27 Rensselaer County Clerk's Office in Liber 242 of Deeds at page 319;
28 4. Deed from Elizabeth Robinson, dated July 1, 1892 and recorded in
29 the Rensselaer County Clerk's Office in Liber 242 of Deeds at page 320;
30 and
31 5. Deed from Charles Q. Eldredge, et. ux., dated June 1, 1893 and
32 recorded in the Rensselaer County Clerk's Office in Liber 242 of Deeds
33 at page 321.
34 EXCEPTING lands transferred to the New York State Department of Trans-
35 portation by Order of the Commissioner of General Services dated October
36 20, 2005 and shown on Map No. 25-T, Parcel No. 25, filed in the Office
37 of General Services as O.G.S. Map No. 2048.
38 ALSO EXCEPTING the rights, if any, of the Village of Hoosick Falls in
39 and to that portion of the bed of Elm Street which is lying within the
40 above described premises.
41 S 3. The description in section two of this act is not intended to be
42 a legal description but is intended to identify the parcel to be
43 conveyed. As a condition of the transfer, Hoosick Area Partnership for
44 Parents and Youth may submit to the commissioner of general services,
45 for his or her approval, an accurate survey and description of the lands
46 to be conveyed, which may be used in the conveyance thereof.
47 S 4. The office of general services shall not transfer or convey the
48 aforesaid land unless application is made to the office of general
49 services by the Hoosick Area Partnership for Parents and Youth within 1
50 year after the effective date of this act. Said application shall be in
51 the form of a resolution setting forth a comprehensive statement
52 approved by its managing board acknowledging and accepting the use
53 restrictions set forth in section five of this act.
54 S 5. The transfer and conveyance made pursuant to this act shall be
55 subject to the following use restrictions and reverter:
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1 (a) The land described in this act shall be used exclusively for the
2 purposes of housing various community programs including programs
3 pertaining to education, recreation, health and wellness, civic groups,
4 cultural and youth associations, veterans affairs, public safety and
5 historic preservation.
6 (b) The conveyance of the land described in this act shall contain a
7 covenant and restriction requiring that the land be used for the
8 purposes set forth in subdivision (a) of this section. In the event the
9 premises are not accepted and/or used for such purposes, it shall revert
10 to the state of New York.
11 S 6. This act shall take effect immediately.
