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                                  8305--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 6, 2017
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 Introduced  by M. of A. AUBRY -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Cities -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted  as
   amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 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;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   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.
 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.