Authorizes the city of Buffalo to alienate and discontinue the use of certain parklands for the construction, operation, maintenance, and repair of a utility thermal energy network project.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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10552
IN SENATE
May 20, 2026
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Introduced by Sen. BASKIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities 2
AN ACT authorizing the city of Buffalo to alienate and discontinue the
use of certain parklands
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, the city of Buffalo,
2 in the county of Erie, is hereby authorized, acting by and through its
3 legislative body, and upon such terms and conditions as determined by
4 such body, to discontinue the use as parkland and alienate the lands
5 described in section three of this act, for the purpose of the
6 construction, operation, maintenance, and repair of a utility thermal
7 energy network project.
8 § 2. The authorization contained in section one of this act shall only
9 be effective on the condition that the city of Buffalo dedicates an
10 amount equal to or greater than the fair market value of the parklands
11 being discontinued towards the acquisition of new parklands and/or capi-
12 tal improvements to existing park and recreational facilities.
13 § 3. The parklands authorized by section one of this act to be discon-
14 tinued as parkland is described as follows:
15 ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND, situate in the city of Buffalo,
16 county of Erie and State of New York being more particularly bounded and
17 described as follows:
18 BEGINNING at a point at the intersection of the southerly line of
19 Seventh Street (66 feet wide) and the westerly line of New Seventh
20 Street (66 feet wide), said point also being the northeasterly corner of
21 lands conveyed to the City of Buffalo as recorded in the Erie County
22 Clerk's Office in Liber 11327 of Deeds at page 3650;
23 THENCE N 34° 27' 26" W along the southwesterly line of Seventh Street,
24 a distance of 130.14 feet to the northeasterly corner of lands conveyed
25 to Harbor Preservation Housing Development Fund Company, Inc. as
26 recorded in the Erie County Clerk's Office in Liber 11175 of Deeds at
27 page 1302;
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 THENCE S 16° 32' 34" W along a southeasterly line of said lands of
2 Harbor Preservation Housing Development Fund Company, Inc., a distance
3 of 192.00 feet to an angle point in said southeasterly line of lands of
4 Harbor Preservation Housing Development Fund Company, Inc.;
5 THENCE S 55° 32' 34" W along a southeasterly line of said lands of
6 Harbor Preservation Housing Development Fund Company, Inc., a distance
7 of 49.95 feet;
8 THENCE S 18° 01' 42" W through said lands of the City of Buffalo, a
9 distance of 253.06 feet to the Northerly line of lands conveyed to the
10 City of Buffalo as recorded in the Erie County Clerk's Office in Liber
11 11108 of Deeds at page 9287;
12 THENCE S 75° 58' 37" E along the said northerly line of lands of the
13 City of Buffalo and along the northerly line of lands conveyed to 257 W.
14 Genesee LLC as recorded in the Erie County Clerk's Office in Liber 11108
15 of Deeds at page 9335, a distance of 90.00;
16 THENCE N 14° 00' 35" E a distance of 88.89 feet;
17 THENCE N 88° 44' 07" E a distance of 71.15 feet to the westerly line
18 of New Seventh Street (66 feet wide);
19 THENCE N 13° 38' 07" E along the westerly line of New Seventh Street,
20 a distance of 269.39 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING, containing 1.17
21 acres of land, more or less.
22 The described property having an area of 50,940 square feet or 1.17
23 acres.
24 § 4. Upon completion of construction of the utility thermal energy
25 network project, National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation shall
26 restore the surface of the lands and the lands shall continue to be used
27 primarily for park purposes.
28 § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.
