STATE OF NEW YORK
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6244--A
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
April 6, 2023
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Introduced by Sen. THOMAS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government -- recom-
mitted to the Committee on Local Government in accordance with Senate
Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT authorizing the town of Hempstead to transfer ownership of
certain parkland to the village of Freeport
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. (a) Subject to the provisions of this act, the town of
2 Hempstead, county of Nassau, acting through its governing body is hereby
3 authorized to discontinue the use of town parkland more particularly
4 described in section two of this act, and to convey its interest in the
5 real property to the village of Freeport upon terms agreed upon by the
6 town of Hempstead and the village of Freeport for use by such village of
7 Freeport for park and/or recreational purposes, provided, however, that
8 such village of Freeport shall continue to provide access to such park-
9 land and/or recreational facilities to all residents of the town of
10 Hempstead and the village shall not enact any fees or charges which are
11 higher for town residents who are not village residents for current or
12 future park or recreational uses at the property described in section
13 two of this act.
14 (b) Any revenues received by the town of Hempstead from the transfer
15 shall be used for capital improvements of existing park or recreational
16 and/or the acquisition of additional park or recreational facilities.
17 § 2. The parklands authorized to be conveyed by the town of Hempstead
18 in section one of this act are located, bounded and described as
19 follows:
20 ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land together with the
21 improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the Incorporated
22 Village of Freeport, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, State of New
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 York being known and designated as and by Section 62 Block C Lot 102 on
2 the Land and Tax Map of Nassau County bounded and described thereon as
3 follows:
4 BEGINNING at a point on the easterly side of So. Grove Street a/k/a
5 Guy Lombardo Boulevard, distant 343.87 feet southerly from the corner
6 formed by the intersection of the easterly side of So. Grove Street with
7 the southerly side of Howard Avenue, which said point of beginning is
8 also the corner formed by the intersection of the easterly side of So.
9 Grove Street with the southerly side of Anchorage Way;
10 RUNNING THENCE the following four (4) courses and distances along the
11 easterly side of So. Grove Street:
12 1. Southerly, 703.92 feet, to an angle point in said easterly side of
13 So. Grove Street;
14 2. Southeasterly, 305.76 feet to another angle point in said easterly
15 side of So. Grove Street;
16 3. Southeasterly, 403.71 feet to another angle point in said easterly
17 side of So. Grove Street;
18 4. Southerly, 470 feet to the northerly line of Tax Lot 151, Section
19 62, Block 102 on the said Land and Tax Map of Nassau County;
20 RUNNING THENCE the following three (3) courses and distances along the
21 northerly and easterly lines of said Tax Lot 151, Section 62, Block 102:
22 1. Easterly, along the northerly line of said tax lot, 63.0 feet to a
23 point on the easterly line of said tax lot;
24 2. Southerly, along the easterly line of said tax lot, 249.70 feet to
25 an angle point in said easterly line of said tax lot;
26 3. Southerly, still along the easterly line of said tax lot, 70.00
27 feet to The Narrows (Freeport River);
28 RUNNING THENCE Easterly, along The Narrows, 740 feet more or less to
29 the westerly line of Hudson Bay;
30 RUNNING THENCE along the westerly line of Hudson Bay, 1100 feet more
31 or less to the southerly line of Tax Lot 103, Section 62, Block C;
32 THENCE Westerly, along the southerly line of said tax lot, 96.39 feet,
33 to a point on the westerly line of said tax lot;
34 RUNNING THENCE Northwesterly, along the said westerly line of said tax
35 and the westerly lines of Tax Lots 104 and 471, 294.78 feet to the
36 northwesterly side of Anchorage Way;
37 RUNNING THENCE the following six (6) courses and distances along the
38 southwesterly and southerly sides of Anchorage Way:
39 1. Northwesterly, 315.69 feet to an angle point in the southwesterly
40 side of Anchorage Way;
41 2. Northwesterly, 300.48 feet to another angle point in the southwes-
42 terly side of Anchorage Way;
43 3. Westerly, 83.70 feet, along the southwesterly and southerly side of
44 Anchorage Way to another angle point in the southerly side of Anchorage
45 Way;
46 4. Westerly, along the southerly side of Anchorage Way, 83.70 feet to
47 another angle point in the southerly side of Anchorage Way;
48 5. Westerly, along the southerly side of Anchorage Way, 182.87 feet to
49 another angle point in the southerly side of Anchorage Way;
50 6. Westerly, along the southerly side of Anchorage Way, 272.96 feet to
51 another angle point in the southerly side of Anchorage Way; and,
52 7. Westerly, along the southerly side of Anchorage Way, 110.15 feet to
53 the point or place of BEGINNING. Containing 39 acres of land, more or
54 less.
55 § 3. The land to be transferred pursuant to this act and all struc-
56 tures and facilities situated on such land shall be maintained, owned
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1 and operated for park purposes by the village of Freeport. The use of
2 such parkland and facilities and future park or recreational uses at the
3 property described in section two of this act shall continue to be made
4 available to the general public of the state of New York, including all
5 residents of the town of Hempstead and the village of Freeport. Where
6 the availability of such facilities is limited, use of such facilities
7 must be determined by an equitable method.
8 § 4. Should the lands described in section two of this act cease to
9 be used for the purposes described in section one of this act, those
10 lands shall revert to the town of Hempstead for public park and recre-
11 ational purposes.
12 § 5. In the event that the town of Hempstead received any funding
13 support or assistance from the federal government for the purchase,
14 maintenance or improvement of the parklands set forth in section two of
15 this act, the discontinuance and alienation of such parkland authorized
16 by the provisions of this act shall not occur until the town of Hemp-
17 stead has complied with any federal requirements pertaining to the
18 alienation or conversion of parklands, including satisfying the secre-
19 tary of the interior that the alienation or conversion complies with all
20 conditions which the secretary of the interior deems necessary to ensure
21 the substitution of other lands shall be equivalent in fair market value
22 and usefulness to the lands being alienated or converted.
23 § 6. This act shall take effect immediately.
