S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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6837--B
Cal. No. 1323
I N S E N A T E
February 26, 2016
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Introduced by Sen. MARCELLINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and
when printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education --
committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
recommitted to said committee -- reported favorably from said commit-
tee, ordered to first and second report, ordered to a third reading,
amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of
third reading
AN ACT authorizing the lease of lands located at the State University of
New York College at Old Westbury
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Legislative findings. The legislature finds that the devel-
opment, construction and operation of a child-care center upon the
grounds of the State University of New York College at Old Westbury is
necessary and appropriate to further the objectives and purposes of the
State University of New York in its support of Old Westbury and fulfills
a necessary and desirable public purpose. The legislature further finds
that granting the trustees of the State University of New York the
authority and power to lease and otherwise contract to make available
grounds and facilities of the campus of the State University of New York
College at Old Westbury will facilitate the development, construction
and operation of such child-care center and also promote the effective
use of such grounds and facilities which support the educational activ-
ities of Old Westbury.
S 2. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the State Univer-
sity trustees are hereby authorized and empowered, without any public
bidding, to lease and otherwise contract to make available to the Old
Westbury College Foundation, Inc., a not-for-profit corporation, a
portion of the lands of the State University of New York College at Old
Westbury generally described in this act for the purpose of developing,
constructing and operating a child-care center, and for uses in support
of campus activities; provided, however, that the development and opera-
tion of a child-care center shall be of benefit to Old Westbury. Such
lease or contract shall be for a period not exceeding 35 years without
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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any fee simple conveyance and otherwise upon terms and conditions deter-
mined by such trustees, subject to the approval of the director of the
division of the budget, the attorney general and the state comptroller.
In the event that the real property that is the subject of such lease or
contract shall cease to be used for the purpose described in this act,
such lease or contract shall immediately terminate and the real property
and any improvements thereon shall revert to the State University of New
York. Any lease or contract entered into pursuant to this act shall
provide that the real property that is the subject of such lease or
contract and any improvements thereon shall revert to the State Univer-
sity of New York on the expiration of such contract or lease.
S 3. For the purposes of this act: (a) "project" shall mean work at
the property authorized by this act to be leased to the Old Westbury
College Foundation, Inc. as described in section 12 of this act that
involves the design, construction, reconstruction, demolition, excavat-
ing, rehabilitation, repair, renovation, alteration or improvement of a
child care center.
(b) "project labor agreement" shall mean a pre-hire collective
bargaining agreement between a contractor and a labor organization,
establishing the labor organization as the collective bargaining repre-
sentative for all persons who will perform work on the project, and
which provides that only contractors and subcontractors who sign a pre-
negotiated agreement with the labor organization can perform project
work.
S 4. Any contract or lease entered into pursuant to this act shall be
deemed to be a state contract for the purposes of article 15-A of the
executive law, and any contractor, subcontractor, lessee or sublessee
entering into such contract or lease for the construction, demolition,
reconstruction, excavation, rehabilitation, repair, renovation, alter-
ation or improvement authorized pursuant to this act shall be deemed a
state agency for the purposes of article 15-A of the executive law and
subject to the provisions of such article.
S 5. Notwithstanding any general, special or local law or judicial
decision to the contrary, all work performed on a project authorized by
this act where all or any portion thereof involves a lease or agreement
for construction, demolition, reconstruction, excavation, rehabili-
tation, repair, renovation, alteration or improvement shall be deemed
public work and shall be subject to and performed in accordance with the
provisions of article 8 of the labor law to the same extent and in the
same manner as a contract of the state, and compliance with all the
provisions of article 8 of the labor law shall be required of any
lessee, sublessee, contractor and/or subcontractor performing on the
project including the enforcement of prevailing wage requirements by the
fiscal officer as defined in paragraph e of subdivision 5 of section 220
of the labor law to the same extent as a contract of the state.
S 6. Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, the
State University of New York shall not contract out to Old Westbury
College Foundation, Inc. or any subsidiary for the instruction or any
pedagogical functions or services, or any administrative services, and
professional services currently being performed by state employees. All
such functions and services shall be performed by state employees pursu-
ant to the civil service law. Nothing in this act shall result in the
displacement of any currently employed state worker or the loss of posi-
tion (including partial displacement such as reduction in the hours of
non-overtime, wages or employment benefits), or result in the impairment
of existing contracts for services or collective bargaining rights
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pursuant to existing agreements. All positions currently at the State
University of New York in the unclassified service of the civil service
law shall remain in the unclassified service. No services or work
currently performed by public employees or future work that is similar
in scope and nature to the work being currently performed by public
employees shall be contracted out or privatized by the State University
of New York or by an affiliated entity or associated entity of the State
University of New York. All such future work shall be performed by
public employees.
S 7. Nothing in this act shall be deemed to waive or impair any rights
or benefits of employees of the State University of New York that other-
wise would be available to them pursuant to the terms of agreements
between the certified representatives of such employees and the state of
New York pursuant to article 14 of the civil service law; all work
performed on such property that ordinarily would be performed by employ-
ees subject to article 14 of the civil service law shall continue to be
performed by such employees.
S 8. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general, special, or local
law or judicial decision to the contrary:
(a) The Old Westbury College Foundation, Inc. may require a contractor
awarded a contract, subcontract, lease, grant, bond, covenant or other
agreement for a project to enter into a project labor agreement during
and for the work involved with such project when such requirement is
part of The Old Westbury College Foundation, Inc. request for proposals
for the project and when The Old Westbury College Foundation, Inc.
determines that the record supporting the decision to enter into such an
agreement establishes that the interests underlying the competitive
bidding laws are best met by requiring a project labor agreement includ-
ing: obtaining the best work at the lowest possible price; preventing
favoritism, fraud and corruption; the impact of delay; the possibility
of cost savings; and any local history of labor unrest.
(b) If The Old Westbury College Foundation, Inc. does not require a
project labor agreement, then any contractor, subcontractor, lease,
grant, bond, covenant or other agreements for a project shall be awarded
pursuant to section 135 of the state finance law.
S 9. Without limiting the determination of the terms and conditions of
such contracts or leases, such term and conditions may provide for leas-
ing, subleasing, construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, improve-
ment, operation and management of and provision of services and assist-
ance and the granting of licenses, easements and other arrangements with
regard to such grounds and facilities by The Old Westbury College Foun-
dation, Inc., and parties contracting with The Old Westbury College
Foundation, Inc., and, in connection with such activities, the obtaining
of funding or financing, whether public or private, unsecured or secured
(including, but not limited to, secured by leasehold mortgages and
assignments of rents and leases), by The Old Westbury College Founda-
tion, Inc. and parties contracting with The Old Westbury College Founda-
tion, Inc. for the purposes of completing the project described in this
act.
S 10. Such lease shall include an indemnity provision whereby the
lessee or sublessee promises to indemnify, hold harmless and defend the
lessor against all claims, suits, actions, and liability to all persons
on the leased premises, including tenant, tenant's agents, contractors,
subcontractors, employees, customers, guests, licensees, invitees and
members of the public, for damage to any such person's property, whether
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real or personal, or for personal injuries arising out of tenant's use
or occupation of the demised premises.
S 11. Any contracts entered into pursuant to this act between The Old
Westbury College Foundation, Inc. and parties contracting with The Old
Westbury College Foundation, Inc. shall be awarded by a competitive
process.
S 12. The property authorized by this act to be leased to the Old
Westbury College Foundation, Inc. is generally described as that parcel
of real property with improvements thereon, consisting of a total of
approximately 5.500 acres, situated on the campus of the State Universi-
ty of New York College at Old Westbury. The description in this section
of the parcel to be made available pursuant to this act is not meant to
be a legal description, but is intended only to identify the parcel:
BEGINNING at a point in the dividing line between lands now or former-
ly of the State of New York, Old Westbury College and The Hamlet Condo-
miniums Number one, said point being distant 0.57 feet on a course of
North 64 degrees 45 minutes 53 seconds West from a granite monument
found, all as shown on a certain map entitled "MAP OF SURVEY, OLD WEST-
BURY COLLEGE-TOWN OF OYSTER BAY, TOWN OF NORTH HEMPSTEAD, COUNTY OF
NASSAU, STATE OF NEW YORK, DATED AUGUST 13, 2003, Prepared by Boswell
Engineering (CAD File Supplied by the NEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF GENERAL
SERVICES), Said Beginning Point having New York State Grid Coordinates
North 226,605.93, East 1,104,156.61 (NAD 1983, New York State, Long
Island Zone per said map); running thence (Bearings shown are in above-
referenced system)
1) thence South 11 degrees 20 minutes 54 seconds East 524.04 feet to a
point in said dividing line, marked by a Re-Bar set November 16, 2015;
2) thence along a new line, South 76 degrees 14 minutes 16 seconds
West 659.59 feet to a point in a line established in the above reference
CAD file, located approximately 10 feet from the edge of the traveled
way of an access road known as Greentree Circle, said point also marked
by a Re-Bar set November 16, 2015; running along said line the following
5 courses;
3) thence North 08 degrees 41 minutes 55 seconds West 25.61 feet to a
point;
4) thence along a non-tangent curve to the RIGHT having a radius of
400.38 feet, an arc distance of 282.54 feet, a central angle of 40
degrees 25 minutes 55 seconds, a chord bearing of North 18 degrees 26
minutes 01 second East and a chord distance of 276.71 feet to a point;
5) thence along a non-tangent curve to the RIGHT having a radius of
1,319.33 feet, an arc distance of 203.46 feet, a central angle of 08
degrees 50 minutes 09 seconds, a chord bearing of North 44 degrees 09
minutes 14 seconds East and a chord distance of 203.26 feet to a point;
6) thence North 47 degrees 35 minutes 38 seconds East 274.70 feet to a
point, marked by a Re-Bar set February 4, 2013;
7) thence North 64 degrees 41 minutes 06 seconds East 121.12 feet to
the point and place of BEGINNING.
CONTAINING an area of 239,595 square feet or 5.500 acres of land, more
or less. SUBJECT TO all existing easements and restrictions of record.
S 13. The State University of New York shall not lease lands described
in this act unless any such lease shall be executed within three years
of the effective date of this act.
S 14. Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, the
state university of New York shall not contract out to Old Westbury
College Foundation, Inc. or any subsidiary for the instruction or any
pedagogical functions or services, or any administrative services, and
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professional services currently being performed by state employees on
the property described in section eleven of this act. All such functions
and services shall be performed by state employees pursuant to the civil
service law. Nothing in this act shall result in the displacement of any
currently employed state worker or the loss of position, (including
partial displacement such as reduction in the hours of non-overtime,
wages or employment benefits) or result in the impairment of existing
contracts for services or collective bargaining rights pursuant to
existing agreements. All positions currently at the state university of
New York in the unclassified service of the civil service law shall
remain in the unclassified service. No services or work on the property
described in section eleven of this act currently performed by public
employees or future work that is similar in scope and nature to the work
being currently performed by public employees shall be contracted out or
privatized by the state university of New York or by an affiliated enti-
ty or associated entity of the state university of New York. All such
future work shall be performed by public employees.
S 15. Insofar as the provisions of this act are inconsistent with the
provisions of any law, general, special or local, the provisions of this
act shall be controlling.
S 16. This act shall take effect immediately.
