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                                   6171
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 31, 2023
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 Introduced  by  Sen. JACKSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities 1
 
 AN ACT to amend chapter 470 of the laws of 2022 authorizing the city  of
   New York to discontinue the use as parkland of a portion of real prop-
   erty in the county of New York and to grant easements to the metropol-
   itan transportation authority so that it may make handicapped accessi-
   ble  improvements  and upgrades to the New York city transit authority
   168 Street transit station, in relation to making technical amendments
   thereto
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Sections 3 and 4 of chapter 470 of the laws of 2022 author-
 izing  the  city  of  New  York  to discontinue the use as parkland of a
 portion of real property in the county of New  York  and  to grant ease-
 ments  to the metropolitan transportation authority so that it may  make
 handicapped accessible improvements and  upgrades  to  the New York city
 transit  authority  168  Street  transit station, are amended to read as
 follows:
   § 3. The lands hereby authorized by section one  of  this  act  to  be
 discontinued  as  parkland  and  granted as a subsurface easement to the
 metropolitan transportation authority are located in  the  city,  county
 and state of New York in a park known as the Mitchel Square and Broadway
 Mall are bounded and described as follows:
   Permanent  subsurface easement 1 at Broadway Mall (Passageway) located
 at the center median of Broadway, Borough of Manhattan:
   Beginning at  a  point  (N=245589.52,  E=1000840.51)  (NAD83)  at  the
 westerly  line of Broadway Mall being situate S.02°57'09"E., 120.86 feet
 from the intersection of the westerly street line of Broadway  with  the
 southerly street line of W. 168 Street, running thence,
   1)  S.60°58'46"E.  a  distance  of  15.95 feet to the easterly line of
 Broadway Mall, thence,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   2) S.29°01'14"W. along the easterly line of Broadway Mall  a  distance
 of 30.00 feet, thence,
   3)  N.60°58'46"W.  a  distance  of  15.95 feet to the westerly line of
 Broadway Mall, thence
   4) N.29°01'14"E. along the westerly line of Broadway Mall  a  distance
 of 30.00 feet to the Point of Beginning.
   The  easement  described  above  begins  at  an  elevation  of  167.64
 feet(NAVD 1988) and has no lower limit.
   Said parcel containing 479 square feet of land more or less.
   Permanent subsurface easement [2] 1 at Mitchel Square (Egress  Stairs)
 on Tax Lot 65 in Block 2124, Borough of Manhattan:
   Beginning at a point (N=245537.62, E=1000877.44)(NAD83) at the easter-
 ly street line of Broadway being situate S.14°02'22"E., 177.92 feet from
 the intersection of the westerly street line of Broadway with the south-
 erly street line of W. 168 Street, running thence,
   1) S.61°17'06"E. a distance of 14.15 feet, thence,
   2) S.28°42'54"W. a distance of 14.32 feet, thence,
   3) S.61°17'06"E. a distance of 29.75 feet, thence,
   4) N.28°42'54"E. a distance of 13.50 feet, thence,
   5)  S.61°17'06"E. a distance of 12.81 feet to the westerly Street Line
 of St. Nicholas Avenue, thence,
   6) S.11°34'21"W. along the westerly street line of St. Nicholas Avenue
 a distance of 24.13 feet, thence,
   7) S.28°42'54"W. a distance of 6.28 feet, thence,
   8) N.61°17'06"W. a distance of 61.34 feet to the easterly street  line
 of Broadway, thence,
   9) N.24°00'59"E. along the easterly street line of Broadway a distance
 of 30.25 feet to the Point of Beginning.
   The  easement  described  above  begins  at  an  elevation  of  167.64
 feet(NAVD 1988) and has no lower limit.
   Said parcel containing 1,362 square feet of land more or less.
   Permanent subsurface easement [3] 2 at Mitchel Square (Elevator Shaft)
 on Tax Lot 65 in Block 2124, Borough of Manhattan:
   Beginning at a point (N=245530.10, E=1000889.45) (NAD83) being situate
 S.17°01'48"E., 188.38 feet from the intersection of the westerly  street
 line  of  Broadway  with  the  southerly  street  line of W. 168 Street,
 running thence,
   1) S.61°17'06"E. a distance of 29.75 feet, thence,
   2) S.28°42'54"W. a distance of 13.50 feet, thence,
   3) N.61°17'06"W. a distance of 29.75 feet, thence,
   4) N.28°42'54"E. a distance of 13.50 feet to the Point of
   Beginning.
   The  easement  described  above  begins  at  an  elevation  of  170.64
 feet(NAVD 1988) and has no lower limit.
   Said parcel containing 402 square feet of land more or less.
   Permanent  subsurface easement [4] 3 at Mitchel Square (Passageway) on
 Tax Lot 65 in Block 2124, Borough of Manhattan:
   Beginning at a point (N=245536.75, E=1000908.37) (NAD83) being situate
 S.23°07'39"E., 188.64 feet from the intersection of the westerly  street
 line  of  Broadway  with  the  southerly  street  line of W. 168 Street,
 running thence,
   1) S.61°17'06"E. a distance of 24.56 feet to the Westerly Street  Line
 of St. Nicholas Avenue, thence,
   2) S.11°34'21"W. along the westerly Street Line of St. Nicholas Avenue
 a distance of 15.61 feet, thence,
   3) N.61°17'06"[E] W. a distance of 29.16 feet, thence,
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   4) N.28°42'54"E. a distance of 14.92 feet to the Point of Beginning.
   The  easement  described  above  begins  at  an  elevation  of  167.64
 feet(NAVD 1988) and has no lower limit.
   Said parcel containing 401 square feet of land more or less.
   § 4. The lands hereby authorized by section one  of  this  act  to  be
 discontinued temporarily as parkland and granted as a temporary easement
 to  metropolitan  transportation  authority for use by the New York city
 transit authority in connection with the construction  of  the  improve-
 ments  are  located  in  the city, county and state in New York in parks
 known as Mitchel Square and Broadway Mall and are bounded and  described
 as follows:
   Temporary  easement  1 [(Passageway)] (BROADWAY MALL) at Broadway Mall
 located at the center median of Broadway, Borough of Manhattan:
   Beginning at  a  point  (N=245589.52,  E=1000840.51)  (NAD83)  at  the
 westerly  line of Broadway Mall being situate S.02°57'09"E., 120.86 feet
 from the intersection of the westerly street line of Broadway  with  the
 southerly street line of W. 168 Street, running thence,
   1)  S.60°58'46"E.  a  distance  of  15.95 feet to the easterly line of
 Broadway Mall, thence,
   2) S.29°01'14"W. along the easterly line of Broadway Mall  a  distance
 of 30.00 feet, thence,
   3)  N.60°58'46"W.  a  distance  of  15.95 feet to the westerly line of
 Broadway Mall, thence,
   4) N.29°01'14"E. along the westerly line of Broadway Mall  a  distance
 of 30.00 feet to the Point of Beginning.
   Said parcel containing 479 square feet of land more or less.
   Temporary  easement  2  on  Tax  Lot 65 in Block 2124, Mitchel Square,
 Borough of Manhattan:
   Beginning at a point (N=245497.23, E=1000859.45) (NAD83) at the  east-
 erly  street  line  of Broadway being situate S.06°44'20"E., 214.47 feet
 from the intersection of the westerly street line of Broadway  with  the
 southerly street line of W. 168 Street, running thence,
   1) N.24°00'59"E. along the easterly street line of Broadway a distance
 of 61.69 feet, thence,
   2) N.29°01'14"E. along the easterly street line of Broadway a distance
 of 63.00 feet, thence,
   3)  In  a  generally  easterly  direction along a tangent curve to the
 right having a delta angle of 90°, an arc length of  18.85  feet  and  a
 radius of 12.00 feet, thence,
   4) S.60°58'46"E. a distance of 8.25 feet, thence,
   5)  In  a  generally  southerly direction along a tangent curve to the
 right having a delta angle of 72°22'08", an arc length of 15.16 feet and
 a radius of 12.00 feet to the  westerly  street  line  of  St.  Nicholas
 Avenue, thence,
   6) S.11°34'21"W. along the westerly street line of St. Nicholas Avenue
 a distance of 133.86 feet, thence,
   7)  N.61°17'06"W.  through  Mitchel Square a distance of 66.42 feet to
 the Point of Beginning.
   Said parcel containing 6,664 square feet of land more or less.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.