Bill Text: NY S08784 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended


Bill Title: Authorizes the discontinuance of park land of a portion of subsurface real property in the city of New York and grants easements to the metropolitan transportation authority to enable the New York city transit authority to use such lands for the construction of a new subsurface electrical substation adjacent to the existing tunnel of the A, C, E subway lines to provide power to enable additional subway trains to be operated.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-06-20 - RECOMMITTED TO RULES [S08784 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S08784-Amended.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                         8784--B
                    IN SENATE
                                      May 18, 2018
                                       ___________
        Introduced by Sen. KAVANAGH -- (at request of the Metropolitan Transpor-
          tation  Authority) -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed
          to be committed to the Committee on Cities  --  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 city of New York to discontinue the use as park
          land of a portion of real property in the county of New  York  and  to
          grant easements
          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  provision  of  law  to the contrary, the city of New York is hereby
     3  authorized to discontinue permanently  the  use  as  park  land  certain
     4  subsurface  portions of the lands described in section three of this act
     5  and to discontinue temporarily the use as park land the lands  described
     6  in  section four of this act and to grant easements to such lands to the
     7  metropolitan transportation authority, upon such terms and conditions as
     8  the city shall determine, to enable the New York city transit authority,
     9  an affiliate of the metropolitan transportation authority, to  use  such
    10  lands  for  the  construction  of a new subsurface electrical substation
    11  adjacent to the existing tunnel of the A, C, E subway lines  to  provide
    12  power to enable additional subway trains to be operated.
    13    §  2.  The authorizations provided in section one of this act shall be
    14  effective only upon the condition that the city of New York dedicates an
    15  amount equal to or greater than the fair market value of the park  lands
    16  being  discontinued  towards  the  acquisition  of new park lands and/or
    17  capital improvements to existing park land and  recreational  facilities
    18  within the borough of Manhattan.
    19    §  3.  The  lands  hereby  authorized by section one of this act to be
    20  discontinued as park land and granted as a subsurface  easement  to  the
    21  metropolitan  transportation  authority  are located in the city, county
    22  and state of New York in a park known as the grand canal court  and  are
    23  bounded and described as follows:
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14356-08-8

        S. 8784--B                          2
     1    Permanent subsurface easement 1 on Tax Lot 33 in Block 227, Borough of
     2  Manhattan:
     3    Beginning  at  a point (N=202372.05, E=982851.41)(NAD83/NAVD88) at the
     4  corner formed by the intersection of the northeasterly and northwesterly
     5  sidelines of Thompson Street, a variable width  right  of  way,  running
     6  thence,
     7    1)  Northwesterly  along  the  said northeasterly sideline of Thompson
     8  Street 24.57' to a point in the same northeasterly sideline of  Thompson
     9  Street, thence,
    10    2)  On  a  line  having  an  interior angle of 41° 13' 15.92" with the
    11  previous course 28.15' to a  point  in  the  northwesterly  sideline  of
    12  Thompson Street, thence,
    13    3)  Along  the  northwesterly sideline of Thompson Street in a general
    14  southwesterly direction having an interior angle of 59° 08' 44.08"  with
    15  the previous course 18.86' to the POINT and PLACE of the BEGINNING.
    16    The  easement  described  above  has  a height of 14.70'. The easement
    17  begins at an elevation of 4.70' (the park floor elevation is 6.00±    to
    18  8.00±) and runs to an elevation of -10.00'.
    19    Said parcel containing 228 square feet of land more or less.
    20    Permanent subsurface easement 2 on Tax Lot 33 in Block 227, Borough of
    21  Manhattan
    22    Beginning  at  a point (N=202448.58, E=982829.32)(NAD83/NAVD88) in the
    23  easterly sideline of Avenue of  the  Americas,  which  point  is  45.14'
    24  distant  from the corner formed by the intersection of the northeasterly
    25  sideline of Thompson Street (a variable width of right of way)  and  the
    26  easterly  sideline  of  the Avenue of the Americas, (100' wide), running
    27  thence,
    28    1) Along the same easterly sideline of Avenue of  the  Americas  in  a
    29  general northerly direction 49.69' to a point, thence,
    30    2)  Southeasterly on a line having an interior angle of 74° 17' 10.43"
    31  with the previous course 38.86' to a point, thence,
    32    3) In a general southwesterly direction on a line having  an  interior
    33  angle  of  89°  30'  55.67"  with the previous course 47.67' to a point,
    34  thence,
    35    4) On a line having an interior angle  of  91°  00'  50.94"  with  the
    36  previously  mentioned course 25.00' to the POINT and PLACE of the BEGIN-
    37  NING.
    38    The easement described above has a height of  16.34'.    The  easement
    39  begins  at  an  elevation of 6.34' (the park floor elevation is 6.00± to
    40  8.00±) and runs to an elevation of -10.00'.
    41    Said parcel containing 1,524 square feet of land more or less.
    42    Permanent subsurface easement 3 on Tax Lot 33 of Block 227, Borough of
    43  Manhattan:
    44    Beginning at a point (N=202372.05', E=982851.41)(NAD83/NAVD88) at  the
    45  corner formed by the intersection of the northeasterly and northwesterly
    46  sidelines  of  Thompson  Street,  a variable width right of way, running
    47  thence
    48    1) Northwesterly along the said  northeasterly  sideline  of  Thompson
    49  Street  16.26'  to  a  point  on the same northerly sideline of Thompson
    50  Street, thence,
    51    2) On a line in a general northerly direction having an interior angle
    52  of 130° 20' 24.62" with the previous course 66.50' to a point, thence,
    53    3) On a line in a general easterly direction having right angles  with
    54  the previous course 4.00' to a point, thence,
    55    4) On a line in a general northerly direction having right angles with
    56  the previous course 19.80' to a point, thence,

        S. 8784--B                          3
     1    5)  On a line in a general westerly direction having right angles with
     2  the precious course 4.00' to a point, thence,
     3    6) On a line in a general northerly direction having right angles with
     4  the previous course 25.87' to a point, thence,
     5    7)  On  a  line  having  an  interior angle of 59° 57' 16.81" with the
     6  previous course 72.03' to a  point  on  the  northwesterly  sideline  of
     7  Thompson Street, thence,
     8    8)  Along the said northwesterly sideline of Thompson Street on a line
     9  having an interior angle of 90° 04'  18.57"  with  the  previous  course
    10  100.00' to the POINT and PLACE of the BEGINNING.
    11    The  easement  described  above  has  a height of 55.00'. The easement
    12  begins at an elevation of -10.00' and runs to an elevation of -65.00'.
    13    Said parcel containing 4,218 square feet of land more or less.
    14    § 4. The lands hereby authorized by section one  of  this  act  to  be
    15  discontinued  temporarily  as park land and granted as a temporary ease-
    16  ment for no more than forty-five (45) months to metropolitan transporta-
    17  tion authority for use  by  the  New  York  city  transit  authority  in
    18  connection  with  the  construction  of  the  electrical  substation are
    19  located in the city, county and state in New York in a park known as the
    20  grand canal court and are bounded and described as follows:
    21    Temporary subsurface easement 1 on Tax Lot 33 in Block 227, Borough of
    22  Manhattan
    23    Beginning at a point (N=202372.05, E=982851.41)(NAD83/NAVD88)  at  the
    24  corner formed by the intersection of the northeasterly and northwesterly
    25  sidelines  of  Thompson  Street,  a variable width right of way, running
    26  thence,
    27    1) Northwesterly along the said  northeasterly  sideline  of  Thompson
    28  Street  24.57' to a point in the same northeasterly sideline of Thompson
    29  Street, thence,
    30    2) On a line having an interior angle  of  41°  13'  15.92"  with  the
    31  previous  course  28.15'  to  a  point  in the northwesterly sideline of
    32  Thompson Street, thence,
    33    3) Along the northwesterly sideline of Thompson Street  in  a  general
    34  southwesterly  direction having an interior angle of 59° 08' 44.08" with
    35  the previous course 18.86' to the POINT and PLACE of the BEGINNING.
    36    The easement described above has a height of minimum 1.50'. The  ease-
    37  ment  begins  at  park  elevation  (the park floor elevation is 6.00± to
    38  8.00±) and runs to an elevation of 4.70'.
    39    Said parcel containing 228 square feet of land more or less.
    40    Temporary subsurface easement 2 on Tax Lot 33 in Block 227, Borough of
    41  Manhattan
    42    Beginning at a point (N=202448.58, E=982829.32)(NAD83/NAVD88)  in  the
    43  easterly  sideline  of  Avenue  of  the  Americas, which point is 45.14'
    44  distant from the corner formed by the intersection of the  northeasterly
    45  sideline of Thompson Street (a variable width right of way) and easterly
    46  sideline of Avenue of the Americas, (100' wide), running thence,
    47    1)  Along  the  same  easterly sideline of Avenue of the Americas in a
    48  general northerly direction 49.69' to a point, thence,
    49    2) Southeasterly on a line having an interior angle of 74° 17'  10.43"
    50  with the previous course 38.86' to a point, thence,
    51    3)  In  a general southwesterly direction on a line having an interior
    52  angle of 89° 30' 55.67" with the previous  course  47.67'  to  a  point,
    53  thence,
    54    4)  On  a  line  having  an  interior angle of 91° 00' 50.94" with the
    55  previously mentioned course 25.00' to the POINT and PLACE of the  BEGIN-
    56  NING.

        S. 8784--B                          4
     1    The  easement described above has a height of minimum 1.50'. The ease-
     2  ment begins at park elevation (the park  floor  elevation  is  6.00±  to
     3  8.00±) and runs to an elevation of 6.34'.
     4    Said parcel containing 1,524 square feet of land more or less.
     5    Temporary subsurface easement 3 on Tax Lot 33 in Block 227, Borough of
     6  Manhattan
     7    Beginning  at a point (N=202388.89', E=982833.52)(NAD83/NAVD88), which
     8  is distant 24.57' northwesterly  along  the  northeasterly  sideline  of
     9  Thompson  Street  from  the  corner  formed  by  the intersection of the
    10  northeasterly and northwesterly sidelines of Thompson Street, a variable
    11  width right of way, running thence,
    12    1) Northwesterly along the said  northeasterly  sideline  of  Thompson
    13  Street  a  distance  of  24.19'  to  a  point at the intersection of the
    14  northeasterly sideline of Thompson Street with the easterly side of  the
    15  Avenue of the Americas, thence,
    16    2)  In  a  general  northerly  direction on a line forming an interior
    17  angle of 116° 00' 31" with the previous course 45.14' to a point,
    18    3) In a general southeasterly direction on a line having  an  interior
    19  angle  of  74°  48'  57.04"  with the previous course 25.00' to a point,
    20  thence,
    21    4) In a general northeasterly direction on a line having  an  exterior
    22  angle  of  91°  00'  50.94"  with the previous course 47.67' to a point,
    23  thence,
    24    5) In a general southeasterly direction on a line having  an  interior
    25  angle  of  90°  29' 04.33" with the previous course 34.67' to a point on
    26  the northwesterly sideline of Thompson Street, thence,
    27    6) Along the northwesterly sideline of Thompson Street  in  a  general
    28  southwesterly  direction  on  a line having an interior angle of 90° 04'
    29  18.57" with the previous course 81.14' to a point on the same  northwes-
    30  terly sideline of Thompson Street, thence,
    31    7)  In a general westerly direction on a line having an interior angle
    32  of 120° 51' 15.92" with the previous course  28.15'  to  the  POINT  and
    33  PLACE of BEGINNING.
    34    The easement described above has a height of minimum 16.20'. The ease-
    35  ment  begins  at  park  elevation  (the park floor elevation is 6.00± to
    36  8.00±) and runs to an elevation of -10.00'.
    37    Said parcel containing 4,002 square feet of land more or less.
    38    § 5. In the event that the city of  New  York  received  any  funding,
    39  support  or  assistance  from  the  federal government for the purchase,
    40  maintenance or improvement of the parklands set forth in sections  three
    41  and four of this act, the discontinuance and alienation of such parkland
    42  authorized  by the provisions of this act shall not occur until the city
    43  of New York has complied with any federal requirements pertaining to the
    44  alienation or conversion of such  parklands,  including  satisfying  the
    45  secretary  of  the  interior  that the alienation or conversion complies
    46  with all conditions which the secretary of the interior deems  necessary
    47  to  assure  the  substitution of other lands shall be equivalent in fair
    48  market value and usefulness to the lands being alienated or converted.
    49    § 6. Upon the completion of construction, the Metropolitan transporta-
    50  tion authority shall, in agreement with the city  of  New  York  and  in
    51  consultation  with the local community board, restore the surface of the
    52  lands described in sections three and four of this  act  and  the  lands
    53  shall continue to be used for park purposes.
    54    § 7. This act shall take effect immediately.
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