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                                   6604
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 6, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. K. BROWN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Local Governments
 
 AN ACT in relation to authorizing the town of Huntington to alienate and
   discontinue  the  use  of  certain parklands to the Huntington African
   American Museum
 
   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, the town of Hunting-
 ton,  county of Suffolk, is hereby authorized, acting by and through its
 governing body, and upon such terms and conditions as determined by such
 governing body, to discontinue the use  as  parkland  and  alienate  the
 lands  described in section three of this act, to the Huntington African
 American Museum for the  purpose  of  displaying  exhibits  and  holding
 events.
   § 2. The authorization contained in section one of this act shall only
 be  effective  on  the condition that the town of Huntington dedicate an
 amount equal to or greater than the fair market value of  the  parklands
 being alienated pursuant to section one of this act towards the acquisi-
 tion  of  new parklands and/or capital improvements to existing park and
 recreational facilities.
   § 3. The parkland authorized by section one of this act to be  discon-
 tinued as parkland is described as follows:
 ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being
 in  Halesite,  Town  of  Huntington,  County of Suffolk and State of New
 York, as shown on a map prepared  by  H2M  architects  +  engineers,  as
 project  number  HAAM-2401,  last  dated  August  3,  2024,  bounded and
 described as follows:
 Beginning at the northeasterly corner of  said  parcel  also  being  the
 intersection  of  the  southerly side of Mill Dam Road with the westerly
 side of New York Avenue (N.Y.S. Route 110).
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 Running thence southerly along the westerly  side  of  New  York  Avenue
 (N.Y.S. Route 110) the following two (2) courses and distances:
 1. South 17 degrees 30 minutes 46 seconds West, 58.05 feet.
 2.  South  22  degrees  12  minutes  58 seconds West, 117.40 feet to the
 northerly side of a taking area by New York State Department  of  Trans-
 portation.
 Thence westerly along the northerly side of said taking area by New York
 State  Department  of  Transportation  North  65  degrees  07 minutes 52
 seconds West, 273.44 feet.
 Thence northerly North 19 degrees 33  minutes  18  seconds  East,  29.51
 feet.
 Thence easterly South 71 degrees 19 minutes 54 seconds East, 7.77 feet.
 Thence  northerly  North  18  degrees  40 minutes 06 seconds East, 66.74
 feet.
 Thence easterly South 71 degrees 19 minutes 54 seconds East, 22.00 feet.
 Thence northerly North 18 degrees 40 minutes  06  seconds  East,  250.99
 feet to the southerly side of Mill Dam Road.
 Thence  easterly along the southerly side of Mill Dam Road the following
 three (3) courses and distances:
 1. South 41 degrees 36 minutes 32 seconds East, 135.65 feet.
 2. South 31 degrees 31 minutes 22 seconds East, 91.01 feet.
 3. South 19 degrees 36 minutes 32 seconds East, 96.85 feet to the  point
 or place of beginning.
 Containing within said bounds 71,796.23 S.F. or 1.65 acres.
   §  4.  In  the  event that the town of Huntington received any funding
 support or assistance from the  federal  government  for  the  purchase,
 maintenance,  or improvement of the parklands set forth in section three
 of this act, the discontinuance and alienation of such parklands author-
 ized by the provisions of this act shall not occur  until  the  town  of
 Huntington  has complied with any federal requirements pertaining to the
 alienation or conversion of parklands, including satisfying  the  secre-
 tary of the interior that the alienation or conversion complies with all
 conditions which the secretary of the interior deems necessary to assure
 the substitution of other lands shall be equivalent in fair market value
 and usefulness to the lands being alienated or converted.
   § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.