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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          7522
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                       May 6, 2016
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen.  LITTLE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Cultural Affairs, Tourism,
          Parks and Recreation
 
        AN ACT to amend the parks, recreation and historic preservation law,  in
          relation to the resident curator program
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 2-h of section 3.09 of  the  parks,  recreation
     2  and  historic  preservation  law, as added by chapter 295 of the laws of
     3  2014, is amended to red as follows:
     4    2-h. Be empowered, in addition to any other provision of law authoriz-
     5  ing the leasing of certain property under its jurisdiction, to establish
     6  a resident curator program  to  encourage  investment,  restoration  and
     7  occupancy of buildings which serve no park-related purpose and which, if
     8  remain  unoccupied, are at risk of progressive deterioration, by author-
     9  izing the leasing of such  at-risk  buildings  on  a  competitive  basis
    10  pursuant  to  the  issuance of a request for proposal announced publicly
    11  including on the office website, for residential use only, as  a  single
    12  family  dwelling,  to individuals to be known as "resident curators" for
    13  terms of up to forty years in exchange for the resident curator assuming
    14  liability and financial obligation associated with  the  rehabilitation,
    15  maintenance  and  use  of such buildings and any other property, real or
    16  personal, included in the lease. The length of the term of  such  leases
    17  shall  relate  to  the  financial  investment to be made by the resident
    18  curator which will be required to rehabilitate and maintain the building
    19  for residential occupancy. The amount of rent to be charged,  which  may
    20  be  nominal, shall be based on an assessment of fair market value taking
    21  into account the projected cost of rehabilitating the building  invested
    22  by  the  resident  curator.  Any lease executed pursuant to this section
    23  shall: require the resident curator to comply with all laws,  rules  and
    24  regulations  and maintain appropriate insurance coverage associated with
    25  the rehabilitation, maintenance and use of the leased premises; prohibit
    26  the resident curator from using the leased premises except in accordance
    27  with criteria to be determined by the commissioner; prohibit  the  resi-
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13870-01-6
        S. 7522                             2
 
     1  dent curator from using the leased premises as security for any debt, or
     2  from  assigning  or  subletting the premises except as authorized by the
     3  commissioner; and require the commissioner to determine in  his  or  her
     4  sole  discretion  when  the restoration is complete. Upon termination of
     5  any lease executed pursuant to this section, full use and  enjoyment  of
     6  the  property  reverts automatically to the state. No lease entered into
     7  in the resident curator program shall result in the displacement of  any
     8  currently  employed  worker  or  loss of position, including the partial
     9  displacement such as reduction in the hours of non-overtime labor, wages
    10  or employee benefits, the diminishment of benefits, or seniority  rights
    11  provided  to  such  employee  in the civil service law, or result in the
    12  impairment of existing collective bargaining agreements. The commission-
    13  er is authorized to lease for the purpose of  residential  occupancy  in
    14  the ninth park region, the building identified as LI 73 Lab residence at
    15  Cold  Spring  Harbor  state  park,  the Hollins House at Heckscher State
    16  Park, [and] the building identified as LI 40 house at Hither Hills State
    17  Park; and in the eleventh park region, the Susan B. Anthony House.   The
    18  Commissioner  shall adopt rules and regulations for the resident curator
    19  program, which shall include,  but  not  be  limited  to,  criteria  for
    20  selecting  responsible  resident  curators,  criteria  for  establishing
    21  length of terms for leases, criteria for determining the amount of  rent
    22  to be charged to resident curators which may be nominal factoring in the
    23  capital  investment  required  to  rehabilitate  and maintain the leased
    24  premises and determining appropriate uses and  restrictions  on  use  of
    25  leased  premises  in the resident curator program, including whether and
    26  under what circumstances public access is appropriate to property in the
    27  resident curator program.
    28    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.