NY State Senate Bill 2023-S6684

Senate Bill S6684

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Extends a term estate and makes certain other changes relating to property known as Henry Kaufmann Campgrounds in the borough of Staten Island, city of New York

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2023-S6684 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A7284
Current Committee:: Senate Cities 1
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2023-S6684 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Extends a term estate; makes certain other changes relating to property known as Henry Kaufmann Campgrounds in the borough of Staten Island, city of New York until September 30, 2122.

2023-S6684 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S6684

SPONSOR: LANZA
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to extend a term estate and making certain other changes relating
to property known as Henry Kaufmann Campgrounds in the borough of Staten
Island, city of New York

 
PURPOSE:

This bill extends by 33 years a pre-existing agreement that permits
United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York,
Inc. ("UJA") to use state-owned land as a part of the Henry Kaufmann
Campgrounds ("HKC"). HKC hosts summer day camps for over 2,000 primarily
middle- and lower-income children, including children with disabilities
and LGBTQIA+ children, from Staten Island, Brooklyn, and lower Manhat-
tan. The bill also allows the DEC Commissioner to waive provisions of
the agreement.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1. Describes the parties to the agreement and references the
agreement to be extended.

Section 2. Describes the properties in the agreement using survey data.

Sections 3 & 4. Describes the amendment to extend the term of the agree-
ment, allows the DEC Commissioner to waive provisions of the agreement,
and requires the Commissioner to approve the amended agreement.

Section 5. Provides that the bill take effect immediately.

Section 6. Requires UJA to prepare the amended agreement, deliver the
amended agreement to the Commissioner, and record the amended agreement
in accordance with law.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The day camps operated at HKC offer Jewish and non-Jewish children an
opportunity to spend time during the summer in beautiful natural
surroundings in the Staten Island Greenbelt while also learning team-
work, tolerance, and other important skills. They also provide an impor-
tant childcare resource for working parents. Most of the facilities at
HKC were built by UJA in the 195os and 196os. Extending the term of the
agreement will allow UJA to make significant capital improvements,
consistent with the state's conservation purposes and subject to
approval by DEC, which will improve safety and accessibility and will
bring the facilities up to modern camping standards to better serve
campers and their families.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2023-S6684 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6684
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 4, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. LANZA, SCARCELLA-SPANTON -- read twice and ordered
   printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities 1
 
 AN ACT to extend a term estate and making certain other changes relating
   to property known as Henry Kaufmann  Campgrounds  in  the  borough  of
   Staten Island, city of New York

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. This act affects certain real property known as  and  oper-
 ated  as  a part of the Henry Kaufmann Campgrounds in Staten Island, New
 York that was acquired, subject to the reservation of certain rights  by
 the  grantor, from United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthro-
 pies of New York, Inc. (hereinafter "UJA"), a  New  York  not-for-profit
 corporation,  by  The  People  of  the  State of New York, acting by and
 through the commissioner of environmental conservation (hereinafter  the
 "commissioner")  pursuant to a deed (hereinafter the "deed") dated Janu-
 ary 3, 1990, and recorded in the Richmond county clerk's office on Janu-
 ary 4, 1990 in book 2321, Page 102, which  real  property  is  described
 more particularly in section two of this act. The deed references and is
 subject  to  that certain "Agreement Providing for Reservation of a Term
 Estate by the Grantor of Real Property Being Acquired by the  People  of
 the  State  of  New York Under Article 3, Title 3, Section 3-0305 of the
 Environmental Conservation Law", between UJA and The People of the State
 of New York, acting by and through  the  commissioner  (hereinafter  the
 "agreement"),  dated  December  28,  1989,  and recorded in the Richmond
 county clerk's office on January 4, 1990, in Book 2321, Page 134.
   § 2. The real property that is the subject of the deed and the  agree-
 ment is described in the deed as follows (in the deed the term "Grantor"
 means  UJA,  and the term "Grantee" means The People of the State of New
 York, acting by and through the commissioner):
   ALL THAT PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, LYING,  SITUATE  AND  BEING  in  the
 borough  of Richmond (Staten Island), County of Richmond, City and State
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10827-01-3

 S. 6684                             2
 
 of New York  and  being  more  particularly  bounded  and  described  as
 follows:
   BEGINNING  at a point on the southeasterly margin of Manor Road at its
 intersection with the northeasterly margin  of  Yates  Avenue,  a  paper
 street;  thence  northeasterly,  northerly,  northeasterly and northerly
 along the margin of Manor Road,  the  following  five  (5)  courses  and
 distances:
   1)  North  24  degrees  25 minutes 39 seconds East, 1,276.61 feet to a
 point;
   2) North 49 degrees 23 minutes 26  seconds  East,  109.29  feet  to  a
 point;
   3) North 03 degrees 23 minutes 00 seconds West, 30.38 feet to a point;
   4)  North  49  degrees  35  minutes  00 seconds East, 640.81 feet to a
 point;
   5) North 02 degrees 32 minutes 40  seconds  West,  139.45  feet  to  a
 point; said point being the southwesterly corner of lands now or former-
 ly  of  Joseph  Piccolomini  and  Angelina  C. Piccolomini by deed dated
 December 17, 1962 and recorded in Liber 1594 of Deeds at page 5  in  the
 Richmond  County  Clerk's  Office; thence along the previously mentioned
 lands, North 88 degrees 32 minutes 20 seconds East,  128.03  feet  to  a
 point in the westerly margin of lands now or formerly of Laura Destefano
 by deed dated April 22, 1982 and recorded on Reel 6 of deeds at page 564
 on June 11, 1982 in the Richmond Country Clerk's Office; thence souther-
 ly  along the westerly margins of lands now or formerly Destefano, Alva-
 rado and Nilsen, South 01 degrees 27 minutes  40  seconds  East,  150.00
 feet  to  the  southwesterly  corner of lands now or formerly of Arne J.
 Nilsen and Kari H. Nilsen by deed dated August 16, 1957 and recorded  in
 Liber  1400  of Deeds at page 340 in the Richmond County Clerk's Office;
 thence continuing along the lands of Nilsen, North 88 degrees 32 minutes
 20 seconds East, 100.00 feet to the  westerly  margin  of  Peru  Street;
 thence  southerly  along  the  westerly  margin of Peru Street, South 01
 degrees 27 minutes 40 seconds East, 915.00 feet to a point; thence east-
 erly along the southerly margin of Pitt  Avenue,  North  88  degrees  32
 minutes  20  seconds East, 520.00 feet to a point in the easterly margin
 of Bogert Avenue; thence northerly along the easterly margin  of  Bogert
 Avenue,  North  01  degrees 27 minutes 40 seconds West, 235.00 feet to a
 point in the southerly margin of Morse Avenue; thence easterly along the
 southerly margin of Morse Avenue, North 88 degrees 32 minutes 20 seconds
 East, 281.28 feet to the westerly margin of lands now or formerly  known
 as  the  Richmond Parkway; thence southerly along the westerly margin of
 said Richmond Parkway, South 05 degrees  43  minutes  52  seconds  East,
 235.66  feet  to  a  point;  thence  continuing  southerly and along the
 westerly margin of the Richmond Parkway on a curve to the right having a
 radius of 1328.72 feet, central  angle  of  10  degrees  45  minutes  13
 seconds, 249.38 feet to a point of compound curvature; thence continuing
 southerly  along  the  westerly margin of said Richmond Parkway, along a
 curve to the right having a radius of 7,850.00 feet, central angle of 09
 degrees 46 minutes 41 seconds, 1,339.68 feet  to  a  point  of  compound
 curvature;  thence continuing southerly and along the westerly margin of
 the Richmond Parkway on a curve to the right having a radius of 3,982.81
 feet, central angle of 02 degrees 31 minutes  46  seconds,  175.84  feet
 (chord  bearing  =  South  16 degrees 03 minutes 52 seconds West, 175.82
 feet) to a point, said point being the northeast corner of lands now  or
 formerly  of  the  Greater  New York Councils, Boy Scouts of America, by
 deed dated February 25, 1949 and recorded in Liber 1067 of Deeds at page
 502 in the Richmond County Clerk's  Office  on  March  2,  1949;  thence
 S. 6684                             3

 northwesterly,  southwesterly  and  northwesterly along the lands now or
 formerly of the Greater New York Councils, Boy Scouts  of  America,  the
 following four (4) courses and distances:
   1) North 54 degrees 13 minutes 34 seconds West, 14.48 feet to a point;
   2)  North  56  degrees  39  minutes  35 seconds West, 705.86 feet to a
 point;
   3) South 27 degrees 01 minutes 06  seconds  West,  253.50  feet  to  a
 point;
   4)  North  45  degrees  38  minutes  00 seconds West, 499.06 feet to a
 point; said point being on the southeasterly terminus of Yates Avenue, a
 paper street; thence northeasterly along the southeasterly  terminus  of
 the  said  Yates  Avenue,  North  25 degrees 37 minutes 40 seconds East,
 31.05 feet to a point on  the  northeasterly  margin  of  Yates  Avenue;
 thence  northwesterly  along  the  northeasterly margin of Yates Avenue,
 North 63 degrees 44 minutes 59 seconds West, 922.22 feet  to  the  point
 and place of beginning.
   RESERVING  to  the  Grantor,  in  fee, an 18-acre parcel of land lying
 within the bounds of the above-described premises over which the Grantor
 will grant a conservation easement to the Grantee by instrument of  even
 date  and  intended  to be recorded prior to or simultaneously with this
 deed and which parcel of land is more particularly described as follows:
   BEGINNING at a point  on  the  southeasterly  margin  of  Manor  Road,
 distant  611.09  feet  northeasterly  from  its  intersection  with  the
 northeasterly margin of Yates Avenue, a paper street; thence  continuing
 along  said  margin of Manor Road generally northeasterly, northerly and
 northeasterly the following four (4) courses and distances;
   1) North 24 degrees 25 minutes 39  seconds  East,  665.52  feet  to  a
 point;
   2)  North  49  degrees  23  minutes  26 seconds East, 109.29 feet to a
 point;
   3) North 03 degrees 23 minutes 00 seconds West, 30.38 feet to a point;
   4) North 49 degrees 35 minutes 00  seconds  East,  176.97  feet  to  a
 point;  thence  through  and along said lands, the following eleven (11)
 courses and distances:
   1) Due East, 252.70 feet to a point;
   2) South 11 degrees 08 minutes 27  seconds  East,  384.67  feet  to  a
 point;
   3)  South  42  degrees  34  minutes  40 seconds East, 433.41 feet to a
 point;
   4) South 55 degrees 19 minutes 40  seconds  East,  497.57  feet  to  a
 point;
   5)  South  34  degrees  40  minutes  20 seconds West, 180.00 feet to a
 point;
   6) North 55 degrees 19 minutes 40  seconds  West,  160.00  feet  to  a
 point;
   7)  South  34  degrees  40  minutes  20 seconds West, 252.03 feet to a
 point;
   8) North 56 degrees 56 minutes 18  seconds  West,  640.82  feet  to  a
 point;
   9)  North  52  degrees  29  minutes  04 seconds West, 442.04 feet to a
 point;
   10) South 15 degrees 06 minutes 16 seconds  West,  252.19  feet  to  a
 point;
   11)  North  76  degrees  15  minutes 00 seconds West, 195.45 feet to a
 point and place of beginning; containing 18.00 acres of  land,  more  or
 less.
 S. 6684                             4
 
   ALSO  RESERVING  to  the  Grantor the right to occupy and use for camp
 purposes the premises hereby conveyed, in fee, for the term of 99  years
 from  October  1,  1990. The conditions of such use and occupancy, which
 shall be for a ten-week period in each year during said terms  and  more
 fully set forth in an agreement of even date between the Grantor and the
 Grantee and intended to be recorded prior to or simultaneously with this
 deed.
   It  is  intended  by  this  deed to convey a parcel of land containing
 56.785 acres more or less, in fee, subject to the  above-described  term
 estate reserved to the Grantor.
   Bearings  are  referenced  to  the system as established by the United
 States Coast Guard and Geodetic Survey for the Borough of Richmond.
   TOGETHER WITH all right, title, and interest of the Grantor in and  to
 all  ponds, streams, streets, roads, and highways lying within, travers-
 ing, and abutting the premises hereby conveyed.
   Subject to the rights, if any, of the City of New York in and to  that
 portion  of  the  above-described  premise  lying within the beds of the
 following streets as the same are shown  on  Re-Subdivision  of  Map  of
 Ocean  Terrace filed in the Richmond County Clerk's office as Map #1438:
 Foster, Browning, Morse, Bogert, Millard &  Pitt  Avenues,  Peru  Street
 (formerly Gibson Avenue) and Hays Place (formerly Cromwell Avenue).
   Also, Subject to the rights, if any, of the City of New York in and to
 that  portion  of  the above-described premises lying within the beds of
 Siersema, Kesselman & Mayer Avenues as the same  are  shown  on  Map  of
 Lakewood  Manor  dated  August,  1925  and  filed in the Richmond County
 Clerk's Office as Map #1581.
   BEING the same premises, or portions thereof, conveyed to  the  Feder-
 ation  of  Jewish  Philanthropies  of  New  York  by the following deeds
 recorded in the Richmond County Clerk's Office:
   1) Deed from The City of New York dated April 10, 1958, recorded April
 10, 1958 in Liber 1422 Cp 450.
   2) Deed from The City of New York dated May 7, 1958, recorded May  16,
 1958 in Liber 1422 Cp 452.
   3) Deed from The City of New York dated July 28, 1958, recorded August
 13, 1958 in Liber 1431 Cp 99.
   4) Deed from Aida I. Rapp dated January 19, 1960, recorded February 5,
 1960 in Liber 1485 Cp 250.
   5)  Deed  from  The  City of New York dated January 15, 1962, recorded
 June 5, 1962 in Liber 1571 Cp 158.
   6) Deed from William Tutschek dated October 27, 1953, recorded  Novem-
 ber 10, 1953 in Liber 1260 Cp 342.
   7) Deed from The City of New York dated July 28, 1958, recorded August
 13, 1958 in Liber 1431 Cp 101.
   8)  Deed from William L. Hemsworth and Margaret Hemsworth dated Decem-
 ber 6, 1960, recorded December 30, 1960 in Liber 1516 Cp. 470.
   9) Deed from Frank Tutschek and Caroline Tutschek dated June 23, 1952,
 recorded July 8, 1952, in Liber 1201 Cp 223.
   10) Deed from The City of New York dated February  9,  1962,  recorded
 June 5, 1962 in Liber 1571 Cp 162.
   11)  Deed  from The City of New York dated December 29, 1961, recorded
 January 25, 1962 in Liber 1557 Cp 454.
   12) Deed from Aida Rapp dated January 2,  1962,  recorded  January  8,
 1962 in Liber 1556 Cp 224.
   13)  Deed from Ellsworth B. Buck dated June 5, 1965, recorded June 17,
 1965 in Liber 1695 Cp 144.
 S. 6684                             5
 
   14) Deed from James A. Flood dated September 17, 1951, recorded  Octo-
 ber 26, 1951 in Liber 1175 Cp 495.
   15)  Deed  from  The  City  of New York dated March 11, 1957, recorded
 April 17, 1957 in Liber 1387 Cp 252.
   16) Deed from Greater New York Councils, Boy Scouts of America,  dated
 July 14, 1960, recorded August 1, 1960 in Liber 1501 Cp 205.
   TOGETHER  WITH  the appurtenances and all the estate and rights of the
 Grantor in and to said premises.
   § 3. The commissioner shall agree to amend the deed by  replacing  the
 words  "for  the term of 99 years from October 1, 1990" appearing in the
 sentence beginning "ALSO RESERVING" with the  words  "for  the  term  of
 years until September 30, 2122".
   § 4. The commissioner shall agree to amend the agreement as follows:
   1.  In  the  second WHEREAS clause of the agreement, replace the words
 "for a period of 99 years" with the words "until September 30, 2122".
   2. In the first sentence of section one of the agreement, replace  the
 words  "for  a  period  expiring  99 years from the first day of October
 first following the recording of the deed conveying the Property to  The
 People  of the State of New York," with the words "for a period expiring
 September 30, 2122,".
   3. At the end of section seventeen of the  agreement,  add  the  words
 "The  Commissioner  shall  have to power to waive in writing any limita-
 tion, restriction or requirement contained in this Agreement."
   § 5. This act shall take effect immediately; provided,  however,  that
 instruments  amending the deed and the agreement as provided for in this
 act shall be prepared and executed by UJA and delivered to  the  commis-
 sioner  within  thirty  days  after  this  act takes effect and shall be
 executed by the commissioner and returned  to  UJA  within  thirty  days
 thereafter, whereupon UJA shall cause such instruments to be recorded in
 the  Richmond  county  clerk's  office  and  shall deliver copies of the
 recorded instruments to the commissioner.

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Andrew J. Lanza