S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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8770
I N S E N A T E
April 14, 2022
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Introduced by Sen. MATTERA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Cultural Affairs, Tourism,
Parks and Recreation
AN ACT to amend the parks, recreation and historic preservation law, in
relation to establishing the Ashley Schiff state park preserve
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The parks, recreation and historic preservation law is
amended by adding a new section 20.05 to read as follows:
§ 20.05 ASHLEY SCHIFF STATE PARK PRESERVE. 1. SUBJECT TO THE GIFT OR
GRANT BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK TO
THE OFFICE OF THE FOLLOWING PARCEL OF LAND, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL
ESTABLISH THEREON THE ASHLEY SCHIFF STATE PARK PRESERVE:
THE AREA COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE ASHLEY SCHIFF PARK PRESERVE, COMMENCING
AT A POINT ON THE WESTERLY BOUNDARY OF THE EXISTING NICOLLS ROAD, COUNTY
ROAD NO. 97, AT THE INTERSECTION OF SAID BOUNDARY LINE WITH THE MOST
SOUTHERLY BOUNDARY LINE OF THE OLD NICOLLS ROAD; THENCE ALONG SAID
EXISTING WESTERLY BOUNDARY OF NICOLLS ROAD THE FOLLOWING TWO COURSES AND
DISTANCES: (1) N 15° 25' 00" W, 103.66 FEET, (2) N 23° 45' 50" W,
907.00 FEET; THENCE STILL ALONG WESTERLY BOUNDARY OF NICOLLS ROAD,
120.79 FEET ALONG THE ARC OF A CURVE TO THE RIGHT HAVING A RADIUS OF
1,984.98 FEET TO THE POINT AND PLACE OF BEGINNING; THENCE THROUGH THE
PROPERTY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK THE FOLLOWING SEVENTEEN (17) COURSES:
(1) S 69° 27' 45" W, 900.86 FEET, (2) N 73° 48' 24" W, 67.85 FEET, (3) N
24° 42' 48" W, 69.35 FEET, (4) N 29° 25' 42" W, 293.83 FEET, (5) 576.34
FEET ALONG THE ARC OF A CURVE TO THE RIGHT HAVING A RADIUS OF 1,020.58
FEET, (6) N 02° 55' 39" E, 164.76 FEET, (7) 109.30 FEET ALONG THE ARC OF
A CURVE TO THE LEFT HAVING A RADIUS OF 440.00 FEET, (8) N 11° 18' 19" W,
44.11 FEET, (9) N 59° 56' 08" E, 20.61 FEET, (10) 264.52 FEET ALONG THE
ARC OF A CURVE TO THE RIGHT HAVING A RADIUS OF 360.00 FEET, (11) S 77°
57' 55" E, 41.00 FEET, (12) 461.94 FEET ALONG THE ARC OF A CURVE TO THE
LEFT HAVING A RADIUS OF 2,200.00 FEET, (13) S 82° 59' 45" E, 47.51 FEET,
(14) 498.03 FEET ALONG THE ARC OF A CURVE TO THE LEFT HAVING A RADIUS OF
290.00 FEET, (15) N 08° 23' 13" W, 108.17 FEET, (16) 288.96 FEET ALONG
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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THE ARC OF A CURVE TO THE RIGHT HAVING A RADIUS OF 447.67 FEET, (17) S
59° 17' 10" E, 164.44 FEET TO THE AFORESAID WESTERLY BOUNDARY LINE OF
NICOLLS ROAD, COUNTY ROAD 97; THENCE ALONG SAID BOUNDARY LINE THE
FOLLOWING NINE (9) COURSES: (1) 288.16 FEET ALONG THE ARC OF A CURVE TO
THE LEFT HAVING A RADIUS OF 1,984.98 FEET, (2) N 73° 30' 31" W, 30.00
FEET, (3) S 16° 07' 08" W, 26.38 FEET, (4) S 74° 15' 29" E, 30.00 FEET,
(5) 215.71 FEET ALONG THE ARC OF A CURVE TO THE LEFT HAVING A RADIUS OF
1,984.98 FEET, (6) S 49° 19' 53" W, 15.56 FEET, (7) S 21° 47' 50" W,
139.31 FEET, (8) S 09° 02' 08" E, 233.35 FEET (9) 660.75 FEET ALONG THE
ARC OF A CURVE TO THE LEFT HAVING A RADIUS OF 1,984.98 FEET TO THE POINT
OR PLACE OF BEGINNING, CONTAINING 1,231,541 SQUARE FEET OR 28.273 ACRES,
MORE OR LESS.
2. IN RECOGNITION OF ITS UNIQUE AND SIGNIFICANT ECOSYSTEM THE ASHLEY
SCHIFF STATE PARK PRESERVE SHALL BE PART OF THE STATE PARK PRESERVE
SYSTEM AND SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE.
3. THE ASHLEY SCHIFF STATE PARK PRESERVE SHALL BE ADMINISTERED AND
MAINTAINED BY A NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION AFFILIATED WITH THE STATE
UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT STONY BROOK PURSUANT TO A CONTRACT WITH THE
OFFICE AND SUBJECT TO THE RULES OF THE OFFICE.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.