Senate Bill S9291

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Authorizes the City of White Plains to alienate certain property owned by the City of White Plains and operated as the former Galleria of White Plains public parking garage

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Cities 2 Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-S9291 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10208
Current Committee:
Senate Cities 2
Law Section:
White Plains, City of
Laws Affected:
Amd §§1 & 2, Chap 471 of 2023

2023-S9291 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the parcels that may be alienated by the City of White Plains and operated as the former Galleria of White Plains public parking garage.

2023-S9291 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S9291 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9291
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 9, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MAYER  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities 2
 
 AN ACT to amend chapter 471 of the laws of 2023 relating to  authorizing
   the  City  of  White  Plains to alienate property owned by the City of
   White Plains and operated as  the  former  Galleria  of  White  Plains
   public parking garage, in relation to the relevant parcels

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Sections 1 and 2 of chapter 471 of the laws of 2023, relat-
 ing to authorizing the City of White  Plains    to    alienate  property
 owned by the City of White Plains and operated as the former Galleria of
 White Plains public parking garage, are amended to read as follows:
   Section  1. Notwithstanding the provisions of section seventy-two-j of
 the general municipal law to the contrary, the  City  of  White  Plains,
 acting by and through its common council, may sell, lease for a term not
 exceeding  ninety-nine  years,  or  otherwise dispose of, to any person,
 firm or corporation, without public auction or sealed bids,  subject  to
 such  conditions  as it may impose for the service of the public and the
 protection of the public interest, [four] FIVE parcels of property owned
 by the City of White Plains included on the Urban Renewal Plan  for  the
 Central Renewal Project (NY R-37) and operated as the former Galleria of
 White  Plains  public  parking garage, for the purpose of facilitating a
 transit-oriented residential and  commercial  development  project  that
 will include affordable housing and contain public spaces, provided that
 such  person,  firm  or  corporation  shall   make available an adequate
 amount of public parking, public space, and affordable housing as deter-
 mined by the City of White Plains.
   § 2. The [four] FIVE parcels of property authorized by this act to  be
 disposed  of  by  the  City of White Plains are parcels of real property
 with improvements thereon, consisting of approximately [3.9] 3.71 acres,
 and more specifically described as follows:
   PARCEL 1:
   All that volume of space, situate, lying and  being  in  the  City  of
 White  Plains,  County  of  Westchester  and State of New York shown and
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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