S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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6703
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
June 14, 2017
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Introduced by Sen. PERALTA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT authorizing the city of New York to discontinue certain parkland
for the purpose of construction and operation of a pre-kindergarten
center with a focus on instruction in science, technology, engineer-
ing, and mathematics
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 734 of the laws
of 1963, including any amendments made thereto, and subject to the
provisions of this act, the city of New York, acting by and through the
commissioner of parks and recreation of such city, is authorized to
discontinue the use as parkland the lands described in section three of
this act and provide for the use of such lands by the New York city
department of education for the purpose of construction and operation of
a pre-kindergarten center with a focus on instruction in science, tech-
nology, engineering, and mathematics upon such terms and conditions as
agreed to by the department of parks and recreation and the department
of education.
§ 2. The authorization provided in section one of this act shall be
effective only upon the condition that the city of New York dedicates an
amount equal to or greater than the fair market value of the parklands
being discontinued towards the acquisition of new parklands and/or
towards capital improvements to existing parkland and recreational
facilities within the borough of Queens.
§ 3. The lands authorized to be discontinued pursuant to section one
of this act are as follows:
A parcel of land lying in Queens, New York, in Tax Block No. 2018 Lot
1, more particularly described as follows;
BEGINNING at a point from the corner formed by the intersection of the
westerly line of 111th Street and the southerly line of 46th Avenue.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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From said point, running easterly 95.51 feet along the projected south-
erly line of 46th Avenue to a point, thence running southerly 12.80 feet
parallel to the west line of 111th Street to a point or place of begin-
ning;
1. Running thence easterly 229.20 feet, forming an interior angle
of 271.16 degrees, to a point, thence;
2. Running southerly 186.50 feet, forming an interior angle of
90.00 degrees, to a point of curvature, thence;
3. Along a curve, concave westerly, with a radius of 171.25 feet,
an arc length of 99.59 feet, and a chord length of 98.19 feet, forming
an interior angle of 117.57 degrees, to a point of cusp, thence;
4. Along a curve with a radius of 176.37 feet, an arc length of
81.55 feet, and a chord length of 80.83 feet, forming an interior angle
of 123.00 degrees, to a point; said point being distant 56.46 feet
southerly, forming an interior angle of 298.27 degrees, thence westerly
171.17 feet, forming an interior angle of 90.00 degrees, to a point
formed by the intersection of the westerly line of 111th Street and the
southerly line of 47th Avenue;
5. Thence running westerly 49.05 feet, from the last mentioned
course, forming an interior angle to the above mentioned chord of 209.43
degrees, to a point of curvature, thence;
6. Along a curve, concave easterly, with a radius of 1183.83
feet, an arc length of 193.78 feet, and a chord length of 193.57 feet,
forming an interior angle of 96.74 degrees, to the point or place of
beginning, forming an interior angle of 83.26 degrees with the chord.
Containing 43,515 square feet (0.999 acres).
§ 4. If the parkland that is the subject of this act has received
funding pursuant to the federal land and water conservation fund, the
discontinuance of parklands authorized by the provisions of this act
shall not occur until the municipality has complied with the federal
requirements pertaining to the conversion of parklands, including satis-
fying the secretary of the interior that the discontinuance will include
all conditions which the secretary of the interior deems necessary to
assure the substitution of other lands shall be equivalent in fair
market value and recreational usefulness to the lands being discontin-
ued.
§ 5. If the property described in section three of this act shall ever
be used for a purpose other than for the purpose described in section
one of this act, such property shall revert back to the city of New York
department of parks and recreation to be used for park and recreational
purposes or for the purposes provided by chapter 734 of the laws of
1963, including any amendments made thereto.
§ 6. Nothing in this act shall be construed to exempt any pre-kinder-
garten center established on the lands described in section three of
this act from being in compliance with all applicable standards relating
to pre-kindergarten programs.
§ 7. This act shall take effect immediately.
