STATE OF NEW YORK
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7493--A
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
April 17, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. ORTT -- 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
AN ACT in relation to authorizing the town of Niagara to alienate and
discontinue the use of certain parklands and to convey such parklands
to Rajendra Sharma
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 town of Niagara,
2 county of Niagara, is hereby authorized, acting by and through its
3 governing body, and upon such terms and conditions as determined by such
4 governing body, to discontinue the use as parkland and alienate the
5 lands described in section three of this act, and to sell and convey
6 property interests in such lands at fair market value to Rajendra Sharma
7 for the purpose of adding sufficient additional land to adjacent land
8 owned by Rajendra Sharma to construct a residence.
9 § 2. The authorization contained in section one of this act shall only
10 be effective on the condition that the town of Niagara dedicate an
11 amount equal to or greater than the fair market value of the parklands
12 being alienated pursuant to section one of this act towards the acquisi-
13 tion of new parklands and/or capital improvements to existing park and
14 recreational facilities.
15 § 3. The parkland authorized by section one of this act to be discon-
16 tinued as parkland is described as follows:
17 ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND situate in the Town of Niagara, Coun-
18 ty of Niagara and State of New York, being Part of Lot 11, Township 13,
19 Range 9 of the Holland Land Company's Survey, containing .15 acres more
20 or less, and further described as follows:
21 BEGINNING at a point on the north line of Joanne Circle North, former-
22 ly Joann Circle, (a 60.0 foot right of way) which point is the south-
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 easterly corner of Sublot 35 as shown on a map of Greenwood Acres,
2 Section No. 2 Part of Lot 11, Township 13, Range 9, Town and County of
3 Niagara, State of New York, made by henry R. Feldman and Associates,
4 Civil Engineers and Land Surveyors, dated October 17, 1968 and filed in
5 Niagara County Clerk's Office November 8, 1968 in Book 44 of Microfilmed
6 Maps at pages 4287 and 4288; thence easterly along the north line of
7 Joanne Circle North, a distance of 67.0 feet to a point; thence norther-
8 ly, at right angles to the north line of Joanne Circle North, a distance
9 of 97.31 feet to a point; thence westerly and parallel to the north line
10 of Joanne Circle North, a distance of 67.0 feet to a point which is the
11 northeast corner of said Sublot 35; thence southerly along the easterly
12 line of said Sublot 35, a distance of 97.31 feet to the north line of
13 Joanne Circle North at the point or place of beginning.
14 § 4. In the event that the town of Niagara received any funding
15 support or assistance from the federal government for the purchase,
16 maintenance, or improvement of the parklands set forth in section three
17 of this act, the discontinuance and alienation of such parklands author-
18 ized by the provisions of this act shall not occur until the town of
19 Niagara has complied with any federal requirements pertaining to the
20 alienation or conversion of parklands, including satisfying the secre-
21 tary of the interior that the alienation or conversion complies with all
22 conditions which the secretary of the interior deems necessary to assure
23 the substitution of other lands shall be equivalent in fair market value
24 and usefulness to the lands being alienated or converted.
25 § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.
