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                                   9132
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 29, 2024
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 Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities 1
 
 AN ACT to amend chapter 544 of the laws of 2022, authorizing the city of
   New  York  to  discontinue a portion of real property in the county of
   the Bronx as parkland and to grant easements for improvements  to  the
   railroad  right-of-way  to  bring Metro-North railroad service to four
   new stations in the Bronx and to Pennsylvania Station in the county of
   New York, in relation to discontinuing additional parkland and  grant-
   ing additional easements
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 1 of chapter 544 of the laws of  2022,  authorizing
 the  city  of  New York to discontinue a portion of real property in the
 county of the Bronx as parkland and to grant easements for  improvements
 to  the  railroad  right-of-way to bring Metro-North railroad service to
 four new stations in the Bronx and to Pennsylvania Station in the county
 of New York, as amended by chapter 231 of the laws of 2023,  is  amended
 to read 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  hereby
 authorized  to  discontinue  the use as parklands the lands described in
 sections three [and], three-a AND THREE-B of this act and to grant ease-
 ments affecting such lands to the metropolitan transportation authority,
 upon such terms and conditions as the city of New York shall  determine,
 to  enable  the  metropolitan  transportation  authority and Metro-North
 commuter railroad company, a subsidiary of the metropolitan  transporta-
 tion authority, to construct improvements and gain ingress and egress to
 and  from  railroad  equipment, stations and right-of-way on such former
 parkland, in  order  to  bring  Metro-North  commuter  railroad  company
 service to four new stations in the Bronx and to Pennsylvania Station in
 the  county  of New York in connection with the capital project known as
 Penn Station Access.
   § 2. Section 4 of chapter 544 of the laws  of  2022,  authorizing  the
 city of New York to discontinue a portion of real property in the county
 of  the Bronx as parkland and to grant easements for improvements to the
 railroad right-of-way to bring Metro-North railroad service to four  new
 stations  in  the Bronx and to Pennsylvania Station in the county of New
              

 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 York, as amended by chapter 231 of the laws of 2023, is amended to  read
 as follows:
   §  4.  In  the  event  that the city of New York received any funding,
 support or assistance from the  federal  government  for  the  purchase,
 maintenance  or improvement of the parklands set forth in sections three
 [and], three-a AND THREE-B of this act, the  discontinuance  and  alien-
 ation  of  such  parkland authorized by the provisions of this act shall
 not occur until the city of New  York  has  complied  with  any  federal
 requirements  pertaining  to  the alienation or conversion of such park-
 lands, including satisfying the  secretary  of  the  interior  that  the
 alienation  or  conversion complies with all conditions which the secre-
 tary of the interior deems necessary to assure the substitution of other
 lands shall be  equivalent in fair market value and recreational useful-
 ness to the lands being alienated or converted.
   § 3. Chapter 544 of the laws of 2022, authorizing the city of New York
 to discontinue a portion of real property in the county of the Bronx  as
 parkland  and to grant easements for improvements to the railroad right-
 of-way to bring Metro-North railroad service to four new stations in the
 Bronx and to Pennsylvania Station in the county of New York, is  amended
 by adding a new section 3-b to read as follows:
   § 3-B. THE LANDS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO BE DISCONTINUED AS PARKLANDS AND
 FOR  WHICH  EASEMENTS  MAY BE GRANTED TO THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION
 AUTHORITY ARE LOCATED IN THE COUNTY OF THE BRONX, CITY AND STATE OF  NEW
 YORK, AND ARE BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
   EASEMENT  9 ON BLOCK 3861, PART OF LOT 14: ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT, PIECE
 OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED, LYING AND BEING IN THE BOROUGH OF THE BRONX,
 COUNTY OF BRONX, CITY, AND STATE OF NEW YORK BOUNDED  AND  DESCRIBED  AS
 FOLLOWS:
   AREA (ACCESS EASEMENT OVER AN EXISTING PATH) HORIZONTAL LIMITS
   COMMENCING  AT  THE CORNER FORMED BY THE INTERSECTION OF THE NORTHERLY
 SIDE OF EAST 172ND STREET (60 FEET WIDE) WITH THE WESTERLY SIDE OF BRONX
 RIVER AVENUE (100 FEET WIDE), AS DEPICTED ON BRONX  RECORD  MAP  SECTION
 38, AS AMENDED AND CORRECTED ON 1/20/1947, LAST REVISED ON 8/8/2001, AND
 RECORDED  AT  THE  TOPOGRAPHIC  BUREAU  OF THE BRONX BOROUGH PRESIDENT'S
 OFFICE, RUNNING THENCE THE FOLLOWING FOUR COURSES AND DISTANCES:
   1. ALONG THE NORTHERLY SIDE OF EAST 172ND STREET, AND  CROSSING  BRONX
 TAX  BLOCK  3861,  LOT  8R,  AS  DEPICTED TO NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER
 CORPORATION (AMTRAK), NORTH 65°38'24" WEST, A DISTANCE OF 242.23 FEET TO
 A POINT, SAID POINT BEING THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF BRONX TAX BLOCK  3861,
 LOT 14, AS SHOWN ON THE CURRENT TAX MAP OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, BOROUGH
 AND COUNTY OF THE BRONX, THENCE;
   2.  ALONG  THE LINE COMMON BETWEEN SAID LOT 8R, AND SAID LOT 14, NORTH
 30°54'49" EAST, A DISTANCE OF 62.89 FEET TO A POINT, THENCE;
   3. LEAVING SAID COMMON LINE, CROSSING SAID  LOT  14,  NORTH  59°05'51"
 WEST, A DISTANCE OF 23.66 FEET TO A POINT, THENCE;
   4.  CONTINUING ACROSS SAID LOT 14, NORTH 10°27'28" WEST, A DISTANCE OF
 16.51 FEET TO THE POINT OR PLACE OF  BEGINNING,  HAVING  COORDINATES  N:
 242,393.095, E: 1,016,735.795, AND RUNNING THENCE;
   CONTINUING  ACROSS  SAID  LOT  14, NORTH 10°27'23" WEST, A DISTANCE OF
 19.39 FEET TO A POINT, THENCE;
   CONTINUING ACROSS SAID LOT 14, ALONG AN ARC OF A CURVE BEARING TO  THE
 LEFT,  HAVING  A  RADIUS  OF 75.00 FEET, AN ARC LENGTH OF 17.53 FEET, AN
 INTERNAL ANGLE OF 13°23'34", A CHORD BEARING OF  NORTH  69°29'16"  EAST,
 AND A DISTANCE OF 17.49 FEET TO A POINT, THENCE;
   CONTINUING  ACROSS SAID LOT 14, ALONG AN ARC OF A CURVE BEARING TO THE
 LEFT, HAVING A RADIUS OF 159.00 FEET, AN ARC LENGTH OF  49.27  FEET,  AN
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 INTERNAL  ANGLE  OF  17°45'19", A CHORD BEARING OF NORTH 48°22'09" EAST,
 AND A DISTANCE OF 49.08 FEET TO A POINT, THENCE;
   CONTINUING  ACROSS  SAID  LOT  14, NORTH 29°00'40" EAST, A DISTANCE OF
 96.68 FEET TO A POINT, THENCE;
   CONTINUING ACROSS SAID LOT 14, SOUTH 59°05'11"  EAST,  A  DISTANCE  OF
 24.97  FEET TO A POINT, SAID POINT BEING ON THE COMMON LINE BETWEEN SAID
 LOT 14 AND SAID LOT 8R, THENCE;
   CONTINUING ALONG SAID COMMON LINE, SOUTH 30°54'50" WEST, A DISTANCE OF
 120.82 FEET TO A POINT, THENCE; LEAVING SAID COMMON LINE, CROSSING  SAID
 LOT  14,  NORTH  59°05'14"  WEST,  A  DISTANCE  OF 7.65 FEET TO A POINT,
 THENCE;
   CONTINUING ACROSS SAID LOT 14, ALONG AN ARC OF A CURVE BEARING TO  THE
 RIGHT,  HAVING  A RADIUS OF 114.00 FEET, AN ARC LENGTH OF 58.17 FEET, AN
 INTERNAL ANGLE OF 29°14'05", A CHORD BEARING OF  SOUTH  58°49'28"  WEST,
 AND  A  DISTANCE  OF  57.54  FEET TO THE POINT OR PLACE OF BEGINNING AND
 CONTAINING 3,791 SQUARE FEET (0.087 AC.) MORE OR LESS.
   EASEMENT 10 ON BLOCK 3861, PART OF LOT 14: ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT, PIECE
 OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED, LYING AND BEING IN THE BOROUGH OF THE BRONX,
 COUNTY OF BRONX, CITY, AND STATE OF NEW YORK BOUNDED  AND  DESCRIBED  AS
 FOLLOWS:
   AREA  (PERMANENT  EASEMENT  FOR  SERVICE  VEHICLE  PARKING) HORIZONTAL
 LIMITS
   COMMENCING AT THE CORNER FORMED BY THE INTERSECTION OF  THE  NORTHERLY
 SIDE OF EAST 172ND STREET (60 FEET WIDE) WITH THE WESTERLY SIDE OF BRONX
 RIVER  AVENUE  (100  FEET WIDE), AS DEPICTED ON BRONX RECORD MAP SECTION
 38, AS AMENDED AND CORRECTED ON 1/20/1947, LAST REVISED ON 8/8/2001, AND
 RECORDED AT THE TOPOGRAPHIC BUREAU  OF  THE  BRONX  BOROUGH  PRESIDENT'S
 OFFICE, RUNNING THENCE THE FOLLOWING TWO COURSES AND DISTANCES:
   1.  ALONG  THE NORTHERLY SIDE OF EAST 172ND STREET, AND CROSSING BRONX
 TAX BLOCK 3861, LOT 8, AS DEPICTED TO NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPO-
 RATION (AMTRAK), NORTH 65° 38' 24" WEST, A DISTANCE OF 242.23 FEET TO  A
 POINT,  SAID  POINT  BEING THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF BRONX TAX BLOCK 3861,
 LOT 14, AS SHOWN ON THE CURRENT TAX MAP OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, BOROUGH
 AND COUNTY OF THE BRONX, THENCE;
   2. ALONG THE LINE COMMON BETWEEN SAID LOT 8 AND SAID LOT 14, NORTH 30°
 54' 49" EAST, A DISTANCE OF 62.89 FEET TO THE POINT OR PLACE  OF  BEGIN-
 NING,  HAVING  COORDINATES N: 242,364.708, E: 1,016,759.093, AND RUNNING
 THENCE;
   LEAVING SAID COMMON LINE, CROSSING SAID LOT  14,  NORTH  59°  05'  51"
 WEST, A DISTANCE OF 23.66 FEET TO A POINT, THENCE;
   CONTINUING  ACROSS  SAID LOT 14, NORTH 10° 27' 28" WEST, A DISTANCE OF
 16.51 FEET TO A POINT, THENCE;
   CONTINUING ACROSS SAID LOT 14, ALONG AN ARC OF A CURVE BEARING TO  THE
 LEFT,  HAVING  A  RADIUS OF 114.00 FEET, AN ARC LENGTH OF 58.17 FEET, AN
 INTERNAL ANGLE OF 29° 14' 05", A CHORD BEARING  OF  NORTH  58°  49'  28"
 EAST, AND A DISTANCE OF 57.54 FEET TO A POINT, THENCE;
   CONTINUING  ACROSS  SAID LOT 14, SOUTH 59° 05' 14" EAST, A DISTANCE OF
 7.65 FEET TO A POINT, SAID POINT BEING ON THE COMMON LINE  BETWEEN  SAID
 LOT 14 AND SAID LOT 8, THENCE;
   CONTINUING  ALONG SAID COMMON LINE, SOUTH 30° 54' 52" WEST, A DISTANCE
 OF 63.23 FEET TO THE POINT OR PLACE OF BEGINNING  AND  CONTAINING  1,292
 SQUARE FEET (0.030 AC.) MORE OR LESS.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.