NY State Senate Bill 2011-S365

Senate Bill S365

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Authorizes the commissioner of general services to sell and convey certain land in the county of Kings, borough of Brooklyn, city of New York

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Delivered to Governor
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Jan 05, 2011	referred to local government

2011-S365 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A1308
Current Committee:: Senate Local Government
Law Section:: Kings County
Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:: S8364, A11572

2011-S365 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the commissioner of general services to sell and convey certain land in the county of Kings, borough of Brooklyn, city of New York to CNR Senior Housing Development Fund Corporation.

2011-S365 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S365

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
authorizing the commissioner of general services to sell and convey
certain land in the county of Kings, borough of Brooklyn, city of New
York

PURPOSE OF BILL:
This bill authorizes the Commissioner of General services to sell and
convey a building shell currently owned by OCFS in a manner that
utilizes available federal funds and makes a beneficial community use
feasible.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 authorizes OGS to convey the property to CNR Senior Housing
Development Fund Corporation.
Section 2 describes the land.
Section 3 explains that the description in Sec. 2 is not a legal
description, and that an accurate survey is required to effectuate
the sale.
Section 4 lays out additional timeliness requirements.
Section 5 contains the effective date.

STATEMENT IN SUPPORT:
In February) 1996, the Office of Children and Family Services

(OCFS), then known as the Division for Youth, purchased the building
located at 1024 Fulton Street in Brooklyn from the City of New York,
to develop a center for youth recreation. The Office of General
Services (OGS) bid and awarded the construction contract in 1997.
Severe structural deficiencies were uncovered soon thereafter, and
OGS responded by issuing a "stop work" order on the building. The
windows were boarded up, the doors bricked over, and the building has
remained vacant and unutilized ever since.

This bill represents the first step in converting this squandered
property to an asset for the community. The Center for Nursing and
Rehabilitation (CNR), a private not-for-profit nursing home network,
has secured approximately nine million dollars in Housing and Urban
Development funds to build a nursing home on the site. This funding
will help usher in the delivery of high-quality housing and
compassionate care for the elderly and disabled, services
which are desperately needed by the community. This bill will enable
CNR to purchase the site, and make it possible to convert a
squandered, derelict building into a positive resource for the
community.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
This is a new bill.

BUDGET IMPLICATIONS:
None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
Effective immediately after enactment, the Commissioner of OGS will
have two years to negotiate a sale of the specified parcel.

2011-S365 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                   365

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 5, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  MONTGOMERY  -- read twice and ordered printed, and
  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government

AN ACT authorizing the commissioner of  general  services  to  sell  and
  convey  certain land in the county of Kings, borough of Brooklyn, city
  of New York

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the commission-
er  of  general  services,  upon  the consent of the commissioner of the
office of children and family services, is authorized to sell and convey
to CNR Senior Housing Development Fund Corporation for the purpose of  a
community  center  or housing for the elderly and disabled certain state
lands described in section two of this act.  Conveyance of said land  is
to be made at such time and upon terms and conditions, including consid-
eration,  as  the commissioner of general services may fix and determine
including a right of reverter to the state of said land in the event the
land ceases to be used for a community center or housing for the elderly
and disabled. Conveyance of said land shall also be subject to covenants
and restrictions of record.
  S 2. The land to  be  conveyed  pursuant  to  this  act  is  generally
described as follows:
  ALL  that  piece  or parcel of land together with improvements thereon
situate, lying and being in the Borough of Brooklyn, City and  State  of
New  York,  designated  on  the Tax Map of the City of New York, for the
Borough of Brooklyn as said Tax Map was  on  November  15,  1985,  Block
2015, Lot 28, also known as 1024 Fulton Street.
  S  3.  The  description  in section two of this act of the lands to be
conveyed is not intended to be a legal description, but is intended only
to identify the premises to be conveyed. As a condition of purchase  CNR
Senior  Housing Development Fund Corporation shall submit to the commis-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                           LBD02387-01-1

S. 365                              2

sioner  of  general  services  for  approval  an  accurate  survey   and
description of the lands generally described in section two of this act,
which may be used in the conveyance thereof.
  S  4.  The  commissioner  of general services shall not grant the land
described in section two of this act unless application is made therefor
by CNR Senior Housing Development  Fund  Corporation  within  two  years
after the effective date of this act.
  S 5. This act shall take effect immediately.

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