Assembly Bill A10460

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Authorizes the city of New York to discontinue the use as parkland and alienate certain land within Ferry Point Park in the borough of the Bronx

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-A10460 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Cities
Law Section:
Parks

2023-A10460 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the city of New York to discontinue the use as parkland and alienate certain land within Ferry Point Park in the borough of the Bronx.

2023-A10460 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10460
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 28, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Pretlow) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Cities
 
 AN ACT authorizing the city of New York to discontinue certain  parkland
   in Ferry Point Park in the borough of the Bronx
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subject to the provisions of this act, but  notwithstanding
 any  provision  of  law to the contrary, the city of New York is author-
 ized:  (i) to discontinue the use as parkland and alienate  through  the
 entering  of  leases or other agreements with Bally's New York Operating
 Company, LLC, its affiliates, and any  other  entity  or  entities,  the
 lands  described in section three of this act for the purposes of devel-
 oping, constructing, maintaining, operating, using,  or  occupying  such
 lands  with  a  gaming  facility, and in conjunction with such facility,
 commercial, retail, entertainment, recreational, golf, hotel, convention
 center, and/or community facility uses, parking, and roadways  and  (ii)
 to  discontinue  the use as parkland and alienate the lands described in
 section four of this act and to transfer such lands to the New York city
 department of transportation for use as public roadways upon such  terms
 and  conditions  as  may  be  agreed  upon by the city and such company,
 affiliate and other entity.
   § 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 capi-
 tal improvements to existing parklands and recreational facilities with-
 in the borough of the Bronx, in the city of New York.
   § 3. The lands authorized to be discontinued as parklands pursuant  to
 section one of this act are more particularly described as follows:
 
                         BLOCK 5622 PART OF LOT 1
                 IN THE BOROUGH OF BRONX, CITY OF NEW YORK
                          BRONX COUNTY, NEW YORK
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15710-02-4
              

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