Authorizes the city of Schenectady, county of Schenectady, to alienate and discontinue the use of certain parklands for the purpose of relocating historic homes that are at a high risk of flooding.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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7018--A
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
May 24, 2021
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Introduced by Sen. HINCHEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities 2 -- committee
discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
to said committee
AN ACT authorizing the city of Schenectady to alienate certain parcels
of land used as parkland and to provide other parcels of land to
replace such parkland
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 Schenec-
2 tady, Schenectady county, acting by and through its governing body, is
3 hereby authorized to discontinue the parkland and alienate such lands
4 more particularly described in section three of this act, for the
5 purpose of relocating Stockade Historic District structures at high risk
6 from flooding, and upon such other terms and conditions as determined by
7 the governing body of the city of Schenectady.
8 § 2. The authorization contained in section one of this act shall take
9 effect only upon the condition that the city of Schenectady shall dedi-
10 cate an amount equal to or greater than the fair market value of the
11 waterfront parkland being discontinued towards the acquisition of new
12 waterfront parkland and/or towards capital improvements to existing
13 waterfront parkland and recreational facilities.
14 § 3. The parklands authorized by section one of this act to be discon-
15 tinued as parkland are described as follows: All that certain piece or
16 parcel of land located, situate and lying on the northerly side of Front
17 Street in the City of Schenectady, County of Schenectady, State of New
18 York and being bounded and described as follows:
19 BEGINNING at a point on the northerly street boundary of Front Street
20 at its intersection with the property division line between lands now or
21 formerly of City of Schenectady as described in Book 763 Of Deeds at
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 page 300 on the East and lands now or formerly of Francis M. McGovern,
2 Sr. as described in book 1813 of deeds at page 730 on the West.
3 THENCE North 29 Degrees 57' 32" West, along said property division
4 line, a distance of 290.02 feet to a point at its intersection with the
5 property division line between said lands of City of Schenectady on the
6 South and lands now or formerly of the Trustees of Union College in the
7 County of Schenectady and State of New York as described in Book 1525 of
8 Deeds at page 98 on the North.
9 THENCE running along said property division line the following seven
10 courses and distances:
11 North 74 Degrees 13' 21" East, a distance of 54.63 feet to a point;
12 North 15 Degrees 50' 17" West, a distance of 82.61 feet to a point;
13 North 73 Degrees 45' 08" West, a distance of 38.52 feet to a point;
14 North 40 Degrees 48' 17" West, a distance of 57.65 feet to a point;
15 North 11 Degrees 30' 05" West, a distance of 29.56 feet to a point;
16 North 61 Degrees 16' 47" East, a distance of 57.54 feet to a point;
17 and
18 South 73 Degrees 48' 38" East, a distance of 113.78 feet to a point at
19 its intersection with the property division line between said lands of
20 City of Schenectady on the west and lands now or formerly of cost corpo-
21 ration as described in book 1566 of deeds at page 469 on the East.
22 THENCE South 16 Degrees 16' 07" East, along said property division
23 line, a distance of 418.26 feet to a point on the said northerly street
24 boundary of Front Street.
25 THENCE South 74 Degrees 00' 31" West, a distance of 84.75 feet to the
26 point or place of beginning.
27 Containing 54,611 square feet or 1.25 acres of land.
28 § 4. In the event that the city of Schenectady received any funding
29 support or assistance from the federal government for the purchase,
30 maintenance or improvement of the parklands set forth in section three
31 of this act, the discontinuance and alienation of such parkland author-
32 ized by the provisions of this act shall not occur until the city of
33 Schenectady has complied with any federal requirements pertaining to the
34 alienation or conversion of such parklands, including satisfying the
35 secretary of the interior that the alienation or conversion complies
36 with all conditions which the secretary of the interior deems necessary
37 to assure the substitution of other lands shall be equivalent in fair
38 market value and usefulness to the lands being alienated or converted.
39 § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.
