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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         7255--C
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                       May 2, 2012
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by Sen. McDONALD -- 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 -- committee discharged,  bill  amended,
          ordered  reprinted  as  amended  and  recommitted to said committee --

          committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
          recommitted to said committee
 
        AN ACT to authorize the commissioner of general services to transfer and
          convey  certain unappropriated state land to the Hoosick Area Partner-
          ship for Parents and Youth 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 Hoosick Area
     4  Partnership  for  Parents  and  Youth,  a 501(c)(3) charitable community
     5  development corporation, the state land located  at  80  Church  Street,
     6  village  of  Hoosick  Falls,  in  the county of Rensselaer, known as the

     7  Hoosick Falls Armory, declared to be abandoned state land by  the  divi-
     8  sion  of  military and naval affairs. The transfer and conveyance of the
     9  land described in section two of this act shall be made in consideration
    10  of the sum of one dollar and upon such conditions as the commissioner of
    11  general services may deem proper.
    12    § 2. The lands authorized by section one of this act to be transferred
    13  and conveyed are as follows:
    14    ALL that tract or parcel of land known as the  Hoosick  Falls  Armory,
    15  situate, lying and being in the Village and Town of Hoosick Falls, Coun-
    16  ty of Rensselaer, State of New York, bounded and described as follows:
    17    BEGINNING  at a point on the southerly boundary line of Elm Street, at
    18  the intersection of the division line between the lands, now or  former-
    19  ly, of the Immaculate Conception Church of Hoosick Falls on the east and

    20  the  New York State "Armory Lot" on the west; thence along said division
    21  line South 7  45' West, 94 feet, more or less, to a point on the  north-
    22  erly boundary line of lands, now or formerly, of Cleveland E. Dodge Jr.;
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15671-07-2
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     1  thence  along  said  boundary line North 86  15' West, 109 feet, more or
     2  less, and North 86  15' West, 49.5 feet, more or less, to a point on the
     3  easterly boundary line of Church  Street;  thence  along  said  easterly
     4  boundary  line  of  Church  Street  North 13  15' East, 26 feet, more or
     5  less, and North 13  15' East, 52 feet, more or less, to the southeaster-

     6  ly boundary line of lands of the People of the State of New York  trans-
     7  ferred  to  the  New York State Department of Transportation by Order of
     8  the Commissioner of General Services dated October 20, 2005 and shown on
     9  Map No. 25-T, Parcel No.  25, filed in the Office of General Services as
    10  O.G.S. Map No. 2048; thence along said southeasterly  boundary  line  17
    11  feet, more or less, to the southerly boundary line of Elm Street; thence
    12  along  the southerly boundary line of Elm Street the following three (3)
    13  courses and distances:
    14    1. North 67  30' East, 8 feet, more or less;
    15    2. North 70  30' East, 18 feet, more or less; and
    16    3. South 84  00' East, 119 feet, more or less, to the point and  place
    17  of beginning.
    18    BEING  the  same  premises  acquired by the People of the State of New
    19  York for the Hoosick Falls Armory by the following deeds:

    20    1. Deed from Charles Q. Eldredge,  et.  ux.,  dated  June  7,1888  and
    21  recorded  in  the Rensselaer County Clerk's Office in Liber 223 of Deeds
    22  at page 471;
    23    2. Deed from Gaylord B.  White,  et.  al.,  dated  July  1,  1892  and
    24  recorded  in  the Rensselaer County Clerk's Office in Liber 242 of Deeds
    25  at page 318;
    26    3. Deed from Lucy E. White, dated July 1, 1892  and  recorded  in  the
    27  Rensselaer County Clerk's Office in Liber 242 of Deeds at page 319;
    28    4.  Deed  from  Elizabeth Robinson, dated July 1, 1892 and recorded in
    29  the Rensselaer County Clerk's Office in Liber 242 of Deeds at page  320;
    30  and
    31    5.  Deed  from  Charles  Q.  Eldredge, et. ux., dated June 1, 1893 and
    32  recorded in the Rensselaer County Clerk's Office in Liber 242  of  Deeds
    33  at page 321.
    34    EXCEPTING lands transferred to the New York State Department of Trans-

    35  portation by Order of the Commissioner of General Services dated October
    36  20,  2005  and shown on Map No. 25-T, Parcel No. 25, filed in the Office
    37  of General Services as O.G.S. Map No. 2048.
    38    ALSO EXCEPTING the rights, if any, of the Village of Hoosick Falls  in
    39  and  to  that portion of the bed of Elm Street which is lying within the
    40  above described premises.
    41    § 3. The description in section two of this act is not intended to  be
    42  a  legal  description  but  is  intended  to  identify  the parcel to be
    43  conveyed.  As a condition of the transfer, Hoosick Area Partnership  for
    44  Parents  and  Youth  may submit to the commissioner of general services,
    45  for his or her approval, an accurate survey and description of the lands
    46  to be conveyed, which may be used in the conveyance thereof.
    47    § 4. The office of general services shall not transfer or  convey  the

    48  aforesaid  land  unless  application  is  made  to the office of general
    49  services by the Hoosick Area Partnership for Parents and Youth within  1
    50  year  after the effective date of this act. Said application shall be in
    51  the form  of  a  resolution  setting  forth  a  comprehensive  statement
    52  approved  by  its  managing  board  acknowledging  and accepting the use
    53  restrictions set forth in section five of this act.
    54    § 5. The transfer and conveyance made pursuant to this  act  shall  be
    55  subject to the following use restrictions and reverter:
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     1    (a)  The  land described in this act shall be used exclusively for the
     2  purposes  of  housing  various  community  programs  including  programs
     3  pertaining  to education, recreation, health and wellness, civic groups,

     4  cultural and youth associations, veterans  affairs,  public  safety  and
     5  historic preservation.
     6    (b)  The  conveyance of the land described in this act shall contain a
     7  covenant and restriction  requiring  that  the  land  be  used  for  the
     8  purposes  set forth in subdivision (a) of this section. In the event the
     9  premises are not accepted and/or used for such purposes, it shall revert
    10  to the state of New York.
    11    § 6. This act shall take effect immediately.