Authorizes the commissioner of general services to transfer and convey certain unappropriated state land to the Cedarmore corporation for community programs.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6318--B
Cal. No. 1124
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
May 11, 2017
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Introduced by Sen. HANNON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government --
reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first and second
report, ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted,
retaining its place in the order of third reading -- again amended and
ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading
AN ACT to authorize the commissioner of general services to transfer and
convey certain unappropriated state land to the Cedarmore Corporation
for community programs
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 other provision of law to the contrary, the commissioner of general
3 services is hereby authorized to transfer and convey to the Cedarmore
4 corporation, in consideration of one dollar and upon such other consid-
5 eration as the commissioner may deem proper, the state land located at
6 63 Babylon Turnpike, Freeport, in the county of Nassau, known as the
7 Freeport Armory, declared to be abandoned state land by the division of
8 military and naval affairs.
9 § 2. The lands authorized by section one of this act to be transferred
10 and conveyed are as follows:
11 ALL that piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the
12 Village of Freeport, in the County of Nassau, State of New York, more
13 particularly bounded and described as follows:
14 BEGINNING at a point where the easterly line of Lakeview Avenue is
15 intersected by the southerly line of Hempstead-Babylon Turnpike and
16 running from said Point of Beginning thence southeasterly along the
17 southerly line of Hempstead-Babylon Turnpike about six hundred forty-six
18 (646) linear feet to the land of the City of New York and the Long
19 Island State Park Commission; thence running southwesterly and along the
20 lands of the City of New York and along the Long Island State Park
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 Commission two hundred (200) linear feet; thence running northwesterly
2 and parallel with the southerly line of Hempstead-Babylon Turnpike about
3 four hundred thirty (430) linear feet to a point which would be ten (10)
4 feet easterly from the center line of the 18 inch diameter water main
5 tank header pipe; thence running northwesterly about fifty-eight (58)
6 linear feet and parallel with the 18 inch diameter water main tank head-
7 er pipe, to a point which would be about one hundred sixty-eight (168)
8 linear feet southerly from the southerly line of Hempstead-Babylon Turn-
9 pike, when measured at right angles thereto; thence running southwester-
10 ly and ten (10) feet parallel with and northerly from the 12 inch diam-
11 eter water main tank header pipe, when measured at right angles thereto,
12 about one hundred seven (107) linear feet to a point in the easterly
13 line of Lakeview Avenue; thence running northerly and along the easterly
14 line of Lakeview Avenue about two hundred fifty-eight (258) linear feet
15 to a point in the southerly line of Hempstead-Babylon Turnpike, the
16 point or place of beginning, containing within said bounds about three
17 (3) acres.
18 BEING the same lands described in a deed from the Village of Freeport
19 to the People of the State of New York, dated June 13, 1949 and recorded
20 in the Nassau County Clerk's Office on June 20, 1949 in Book 3857 of
21 Deeds at page 384. Said premises also being known and designated on
22 Nassau County Tax Map as Section 55 Block G Lot 50.
23 § 3. The description in section two of this act of the land to be
24 conveyed is not intended to be a legal description but is intended to
25 identify the parcel to be conveyed. As a condition of the purchase, the
26 Cedarmore corporation may submit to the commissioner of general
27 services, for his or her approval, an accurate survey and description of
28 the lands to be conveyed, which may be used in the conveyance thereof.
29 § 4. The office of general services shall not transfer or convey the
30 aforesaid land unless application in a form acceptable to the office of
31 general services is made to the office of general services by the Cedar-
32 more corporation within one year from the effective date of this act.
33 § 5. The land described in section two of this act shall be used by
34 the Cedarmore corporation exclusively for not-for-profit family and
35 youth service organizations, including recreational programs to assist
36 at-risk youth, and for public safety purposes.
37 Upon termination of such use title to the lands so transferred along
38 with any improvements made thereto shall revert to the state of New
39 York.
40 § 6. This act shall take effect immediately.