STATE OF NEW YORK
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9291
IN SENATE
May 9, 2024
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Introduced by Sen. MAYER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities 2
AN ACT to amend chapter 471 of the laws of 2023 relating to authorizing
the City of White Plains to alienate property owned by the City of
White Plains and operated as the former Galleria of White Plains
public parking garage, in relation to the relevant parcels
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Sections 1 and 2 of chapter 471 of the laws of 2023, relat-
2 ing to authorizing the City of White Plains to alienate property
3 owned by the City of White Plains and operated as the former Galleria of
4 White Plains public parking garage, are amended to read as follows:
5 Section 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of section seventy-two-j of
6 the general municipal law to the contrary, the City of White Plains,
7 acting by and through its common council, may sell, lease for a term not
8 exceeding ninety-nine years, or otherwise dispose of, to any person,
9 firm or corporation, without public auction or sealed bids, subject to
10 such conditions as it may impose for the service of the public and the
11 protection of the public interest, [four] five parcels of property owned
12 by the City of White Plains included on the Urban Renewal Plan for the
13 Central Renewal Project (NY R-37) and operated as the former Galleria of
14 White Plains public parking garage, for the purpose of facilitating a
15 transit-oriented residential and commercial development project that
16 will include affordable housing and contain public spaces, provided that
17 such person, firm or corporation shall make available an adequate
18 amount of public parking, public space, and affordable housing as deter-
19 mined by the City of White Plains.
20 § 2. The [four] five parcels of property authorized by this act to be
21 disposed of by the City of White Plains are parcels of real property
22 with improvements thereon, consisting of approximately [3.9] 3.71 acres,
23 and more specifically described as follows:
24 PARCEL 1:
25 All that volume of space, situate, lying and being in the City of
26 White Plains, County of Westchester and State of New York shown and
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 designated as Parcel "B" on a certain map entitled, "Survey of Central
2 Renewal Project Parcels Nos. 20, 21, 22 and 23, prepared for White
3 Plains Urban Renewal Agency, situate in City of White Plains, Westches-
4 ter County, New York" dated May 15, 1978, made by James W. Delano and
5 filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Westchester County (Division
6 of Land Records) on 6/8/78 as Map No. 19512 which lies above the hori-
7 zontal plane having elevation 233.50 feet above the datum level in use
8 by the City of White Plains which datum level is the National Geodetic
9 Survey Standard Datum 1929, said volume is bounded by and lies within
10 the vertical planes which are formed by projecting vertically upward the
11 boundaries of all that plot or parcel described as follows:
12 Beginning at a point on the proposed westerly right-of-way line of
13 Grove Street which point is identified North 376,179.184 and East
14 [688,388.729] 655,388.729 the New York State Plane Coordinate System,
15 and proceeding;
16 Thence, along the proposed westerly right-of-way line of Grove Street,
17 South 10 degrees 56 minutes 53.1 seconds East 66.000 feet;
18 Thence, across proposed Grove Street, North 79 degrees 03 minutes 06.9
19 seconds East 111.333 feet to the proposed easterly right-of-way line of
20 Grove Street;
21 Thence, along the proposed easterly right-of-way line of Grove
22 Street[;], North 10 degrees 56 minutes 53.1 seconds West 66.000 feet;
23 Thence, across proposed Grove Street, South 79 degrees 03 minutes 06.9
24 seconds West 111.333 feet to the Point of Beginning.
25 PARCEL 2:
26 [All that volume of space, situate, lying and being in the City of
27 White Plains, County of Westchester and State of New York, shown and
28 designated as Parcel "E-2" on a certain map entitled, "Survey of Central
29 Renewal Project Parcels Nos. 20, 21, 22 & 23, prepared for White Plains
30 Urban Renewal Agency, situated in City of White Plains, Westchester
31 County, New York" dated May 15, 1978, made by James W. Delano and filed
32 in the Office of the County Clerk of Westchester County (Division of
33 Land Records) on June 8, 1978 as Map No. 19512 which lies above the
34 horizontal plane having an elevation of 222.08 feet above the datum
35 level in use by the City of White Plains, which datum level is the
36 National Geodetic Survey Standard Datum 1929, said Volume is bounded by
37 and lien within the vertical planes which are formed by projecting
38 vertically upward, the boundaries of all that plot or parcel described
39 as follows:
40 Beginning at a point which is intersection of the proposed easterly
41 right-of-way line of Grove Street with the proposed southerly right-of-
42 way line of Main Street, which point is further identified as North
43 376,419.026 and East 655,455.307 in the New York State Plane Coordinate
44 System, East Zone, and proceeding;
45 Thence, along the proposed southerly right-of-way line of Main Street,
46 North 79 degrees 03 minutes 06.9 seconds East 116.583 feet to a point;
47 Thence, South 10 degrees 56 minutes 53.1 seconds East 149.915 feet to
48 a point;
49 Thence, South 79 degrees 03 minutes 06.9 seconds West 116.583 feet to
50 the proposed easterly right-of way line of Grove Street;
51 Thence, along the proposed easterly right-of-way line of Grove Street,
52 North 10 degrees 56 minutes 53.1 seconds West 149.916 feet to the
53 proposed southerly right-of-way line of Main Street at the Point of
54 Beginning.]
55 ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and
56 being in the City of White Plains, County of Westchester and State of
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1 New York shown and designated as Parcel A on a certain map entitled,
2 "Survey of Central Renewal Project Parcels Nos. 20, 21, 22 and 23,
3 prepared for White Plains Urban Renewal Agency, situate in City of White
4 Plains, Westchester County, New York" dated May 15, 1978, made by James
5 W. Delano and filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Westchester
6 County (Division of Land Records) on June 8, 1978, as Map No. 19512,
7 said parcel being more particularly bounded and described as follows:
8 BEGINNING at a point on the proposed northerly right-of-way line of
9 Martine Avenue 213.080 feet west of a point which is the westerly end of
10 a curve connecting the proposed northerly right-of-way line of Martine
11 Avenue with the proposed westerly right-of-way line of Court Street, and
12 which Point-of-Beginning is further identified as North 376,100.737 and
13 East 655,720.346 in the New York State Plane Coordinate System, East
14 Zone, and proceeding
15 THENCE, the following courses and distances: North 10 degrees 56
16 minutes 53.1 seconds West 103.334 feet; North 79 degrees 03 minutes 06.9
17 seconds East 10.651 feet; North 10 degrees 56 minutes 53.1 seconds West
18 29.333 feet; South 79 degrees 03 minutes 06.9 seconds West 10.651 feet;
19 North 10 degrees 56 minutes 53.1 seconds West 80.250 feet; and South 79
20 degrees 03 minutes 06.9 seconds West 197.100 feet to the proposed east-
21 erly right-of-way line of Grove Street;
22 THENCE, along the proposed easterly right-of-way line of Grove Street,
23 the following courses and distances:
24 South 10 degrees 56 minutes 53.1 seconds East 72.917 feet;
25 South 79 degrees 03 minutes 06.9 seconds West 2.250 feet;
26 South 10 degrees 56 minutes 53.1 seconds East 121.449 feet to an angle
27 point;
28 THENCE, South 55 degrees 56 minutes 53 seconds East 26.235 feet to the
29 proposed northerly right-of-way line of Martine Avenue;
30 THENCE, along the proposed northerly right-of-way line of Martine
31 Avenue, North 79 degrees 03 minutes 06.9 seconds East 180.799 feet to
32 the Point of BEGINNING.
33 PARCEL 3:
34 [ALL that volume of space, situate, lying and being in the City of
35 White Plains, County of Westchester and State of New York, shown and
36 designated as Parcel "E-2" on a certain map entitled, "Survey of Central
37 Renewal Project Parcels Nos. 20, 21, 22 & 23, prepared for White Plains
38 Urban Renewal Agency, situated in City of White Plains, Westchester
39 County, New York" dated May 15, 1978, made by James W. Delano and filed
40 in the Office of the County Clerk of Westchester County (Division of
41 Land Records) on June 8, 1978 as Map No. 19512 which lies above the
42 horizontal plane having an elevation of 222.08 feet above the datum
43 level in use by the City of White Plains, which datum level is the
44 National Geodetic Survey Standard Datum 1929, said Volume is bounded by
45 and lien within the vertical planes which are formed by projecting
46 vertically upward, the boundaries of all that plot or parcel described
47 as follows:
48 Beginning at a point which is intersection of the proposed easterly
49 right-of-way line of Grove Street with the proposed southerly right-of-
50 way line of Main Street, which point is further identified as North
51 376,419.026 and East 655,455.307 in the New York State Plane Coordinate
52 System, East Zone, and proceeding;
53 Thence, along the proposed southerly right-of-way line of Main Street,
54 North 79 degrees 03 minutes 06.9 seconds East 116.583 feet to a point;
55 Thence, South 10 degrees 56 minutes 53.1 seconds East 149.915 feet to
56 a point;
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1 Thence, South 79 degrees 03 minutes 06.9 seconds West 116.583 feet to
2 the proposed easterly right-of way line of Grove Street;
3 Thence, along the proposed easterly right-of-way line of Grove Street,
4 North 10 degrees 56 minutes 53.1 seconds West 149.916 feet to the
5 proposed southerly right-of-way line of Main Street at the Point of
6 Beginning.]
7 ALL that volume of space, situate, lying and being in the City of
8 White Plains, County of Westchester and State of New York shown and
9 designated as Parcel "D-1" on a certain map entitled, "Survey of Central
10 Renewal Project Parcels Nos. 20, 21, 22 & 23, prepared for White Plains
11 Urban Renewal Agency, situate in the City of White Plains, Westchester
12 County, New York" dated May 15, 1978, made by James W. Delano and filed
13 in the Office of the County Clerk of Westchester County (Division of
14 Land Records) on 6/8/78 as Map No. 19512, which lies below the horizon-
15 tal plane having elevation 222.08 feet above the datum level in use by
16 the City of White Plains, which datum level is the National Geodetic
17 Survey Standard Datum 1929, said volume is bounded by and lies within
18 the vertical planes which are formed by projecting vertically downward
19 the boundaries of all that plot or parcel described as follows:
20 BEGINNING at a point on the proposed Southerly right-of-way line of
21 Main Street 235.676 feet westerly of the Westerly end of a curve
22 connecting the proposed southerly right-of-way line of Main Street with
23 the proposed westerly right-of-way line of Court Street, which point of
24 BEGINNING is further identified as North 376,475.623 and East
25 655,630.497 in the New York State Plane Coordinate System, East Zone and
26 proceeding:
27 THENCE, along the proposed Southerly right-of-way line of Main Street,
28 South 80 degrees 03 minutes 08 seconds West 65.177 feet to a point;
29 THENCE, South 10 degrees 56 minutes 53.1 seconds East 173.348 feet to
30 a point;
31 THENCE, North 79 degrees 03 minutes 06.9 seconds East 65.167 feet to a
32 point;
33 THENCE, North 10 degrees 56 minutes 53.1 seconds West 172.210 feet to
34 the proposed southerly right-of way line of Main Street at the point of
35 BEGINNING.
36 PARCEL 4:
37 [All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and
38 being in the City of Plains, County of Westchester and State of New York
39 shown and designated as Parcel A on a certain map entitled, "Survey of
40 Central Renewal Project Parcels Nos. 20, 21, 22 and 23, prepared for
41 White Plains Urban Renewal Agency, situate in City of White Plains,
42 Westchester County, York" dated May 15, 1978, made by James W. Delano
43 and filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Westchester County (Divi-
44 sion of Land Records) on June 8, 1978, as Map No. 19512, said parcel
45 being more particularly bounded and described as follows:
46 Beginning at a point on the proposed northerly right-of-way line of
47 Martine Avenue 213.080 feet west of a point which is the westerly end of
48 a curve connecting the proposed northerly right-of-way line of Martine
49 Avenue with the proposed westerly right-of-way line of Court Street, and
50 which Point of Beginning is further identified as North 376,100.737 and
51 East 655,720.346 in the New York State Plane Coordinate System, East
52 Zone, and proceeding
53 Thence, the following courses and distances:
54 North 10 degrees 56 minutes 53.1 seconds West 103.334 feet; North 79
55 degrees 03 minutes 06.9 seconds East 10.651 feet; North 10 degrees 56
56 minutes 53.1 seconds West 29.333 feet; South 79 degrees 03 minutes 06.9
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1 seconds West 10.651 feet; North 10 degrees 56 minutes 53.1 seconds West
2 80.250 feet; and South 79 degrees 03 minutes 06.9 seconds West 197.100
3 feet to the proposed easterly right-of-way line of Grove Street;
4 Thence, along the proposed easterly right-of-way line of Grove Street,
5 the following courses and distances:
6 South 10 degrees 56 minutes 53.1 seconds East 72.917 feet;
7 South 79 degrees 03 minutes 06.9 seconds West 2.250 feet;
8 South 10 degrees 56 minutes 53.1 seconds East 121.449 feet to an angle
9 point;
10 Thence South 55 degrees 56 minutes 53 seconds East 26.235 feet to the
11 proposed northerly right-of-way line of Martine Avenue;
12 Thence along the proposed northerly right-of-way line of Martine
13 Avenue, North 79 degrees 03 minutes 06.9" East 100.799 feet to the Point
14 of Beginning.]
15 ALL that volume of space, situate, lying and being in the City of
16 White Plains, County of Westchester and State of New York shown and
17 designated as Parcel "E-1" on a certain map entitled, ''Survey of
18 Central Renewal Project Parcels Nos. 20, 21, 22 and 23, prepared for
19 White Plains Urban Renewal Agency, situate in City of White Plains,
20 Westchester County, New York" dated May 15, 1978, made by James W. Dela-
21 no and filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Westchester County
22 (Division of Land Records) on 6/8/78 as Map No. 19512 which lies below
23 the horizontal plane having elevation 222.08 feet above the datum level
24 in use by the City of White Plains, which datum level is the National
25 Geodetic Survey Standard Datum 1929, said volume is bounded by and lies
26 within the vertical planes which are formed by projecting vertically
27 downward the boundaries of all that plot or parcel described as follows:
28 BEGINNING at a point which is the intersection of the proposed easter-
29 ly right-of-way line of Grove Street with the proposed southerly right-
30 of-way line of Main Street, which point is further identified as North
31 376,419.026 and East 655,455.307 in the New York State Plane Coordinate
32 System East Zone, and proceeding:
33 THENCE, along the proposed southerly right-of-way line of Main Street,
34 the following courses and distances: North 79 degrees 03 minutes 06.9
35 seconds East 116.583 feet; North 10 degrees 56 minutes 53.1 seconds West
36 23.450 feet; and North 80 degrees 03 minutes 08 seconds East 1.000 feet
37 to a point;
38 THENCE, South 10 degrees 56 minutes 53.1 seconds East 173.348 feet to
39 a point;
40 THENCE, South 79 degrees 03 minutes 06.9 seconds West 117.583 feet to
41 the proposed easterly right-of-way line of Grove Street;
42 THENCE, along the proposed easterly right-of-way line of Grove Street,
43 North 10 degrees 56 minutes 53.1 seconds West 149.916 feet to the
44 proposed southerly right-of-way line of Main Street at the Point of
45 BEGINNING.
46 PARCEL 5:
47 ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and
48 being in the City of White Plains, County of Westchester and State of
49 New York shown and designated as Parcel "I" on a certain map entitled,
50 "Survey of Central Renewal Project Parcels Nos. 20, 21, 22 and 23,
51 prepared for White Plains Urban Renewal Agency situate in City of White
52 Plains, Westchester County, New York" dated May 15, 1978, made by James
53 W. Delano and filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Westchester
54 County (Division of Land Records) on 6/8/78 as Map No. 19512, said
55 parcel being more particularly bounded and described as follows:
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1 BEGINNING at a point on the proposed easterly right-of-way line of
2 South Lexington Avenue, at the northerly end of a curve connecting the
3 proposed northerly right-of-way line of Martine Avenue with the proposed
4 easterly right-of-way line of South Lexington Avenue, which Point of
5 Beginning is further identified as North 375,939.901 and East
6 654,781.518 in the New York State Plane Coordinate System, East Zone,
7 and proceeding;
8 THENCE, in a southerly to easterly direction along a curve to the left
9 having a radius of 20.00 feet and a central angle of 91 degrees 07
10 minutes 40.1 seconds a distance of 31.81 feet to the proposed northerly
11 right-of-way line of Martine Avenue;
12 THENCE, along the proposed northerly right-of-way line of Martine
13 Avenue, North 79 degrees 03 minutes 06.9 seconds East 593.837 feet to a
14 point of curvature;
15 THENCE, along a curve to the left having a radius of 20.00 feet and a
16 central angle of 94 degrees 53 minutes 00.1 seconds a distance of 33.121
17 feet to a point on the proposed westerly right-of-way line of Grove
18 Street; THENCE, along the proposed westerly right-of-way line of Grove
19 Street, along the following courses and distances:
20 North 80 degrees 34 minutes 00.5 seconds East 7.847 feet;
21 North 10 degrees 56 minutes 53.1 seconds West 118.505 feet;
22 South 79 degrees 03 minutes 06.9 seconds West 649.583 feet to the
23 proposed easterly right-of-way line of South Lexington Avenue;
24 THENCE, along the proposed easterly right-of-way line of South Lexing-
25 ton Avenue, the following courses and distances:
26 South 10 degrees 56 minutes 53.1 seconds East 119.654 feet; and
27 North 78 degrees 42 minutes 26.5 seconds East 7.978 feet to a point
28 which is the Point of BEGINNING.
29 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
