NY State Senate Bill 2025-S7139

Senate Bill S7139

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Authorizes the commissioner of general services to transfer and convey certain lands in the town of Wilton, county of Saratoga, to the Veterans and Community Housing Coalition

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Investigations And Government Operations Committee

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- 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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Apr 01, 2025	referred to investigations and government operations

2025-S7139 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A7312
Current Committee:: Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:: Saratoga County

2025-S7139 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the commissioner of general services to transfer and convey certain lands in the town of Wilton, county of Saratoga, to the Veterans and Community Housing Coalition.

2025-S7139 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S7139

SPONSOR: TEDISCO
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act authorizing the commissioner of general services to transfer and
convey certain lands in the town of Wilton, county of Saratoga, to the
Veterans and Community Housing Coalition; and providing for the repeal
of certain provisions upon expiration thereof

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL::

To permit New York State to transfer state land to the Veterans and
Community Housing Coalition to develop supportive housing for aging
veterans who may no longer be able to live independently but who do not
require nursing home level of care.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS::

Section 1 authorizes the commissioner of general services to transfer
and convey property to the Veterans and Community Housing Coalition.

Section 2 describes the property that will be transferred and conveyed.

Section 3 allows for a survey to be submitted to the commissioner of
general services by the Veterans and Community Housing Coalition.

Section 4 requires the Veterans and Community Housing Coalition to make
an application to the office of general services within two years of the
effective date of this act.

Section 5 specifies use restrictions and reverter. Section 6 provides an
effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION::

The Veterans and Community Housing Coalition (VHCH)requests 15 acres of
state land in Wilton, New York to develop an adult home for aging veter-
ans who may need some support services. The VHCH has a thirty-seven year
track record in providing housing and support services to homeless
veterans in Saratoga, Warren, Washington, Fulton, Montgomery, Schoharie
and Schenectady counties, including 12 units of permanent housing for
veterans and their families, twenty scattered apartments provided to
vets with little or no income, two duplex homes for disabled veterans
and their families, transitional beds for homeless male and female
veterans, a meal/supply pantry, case management, and temporary financial
assistance to help veterans prevent eviction, and remain in or obtain
permanent housing during their experience or threat of homelessness.

The new adult home proposed for Wilton, New York will be adjacent to an
existing 12-unit supportive housing complex for formerly homeless veter-
ans and their families. The transferred land will be used to build 12
additional permanent housing units, with the possibility of expansion in
the future as funding becomes available. The home will serve older
adults, including veterans with physical and mental health needs. There
will be 24-hour staff, personalized care plans, transportation to
medical appointments, medication assistance, help with bathing, dressing
and other personal hygiene activities, housekeeping, prepared individ-

ualized meals following a dietician's plan, social activities, and peer-
to-peer support.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY::

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS::

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE::

This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be deemed
repealed three years after such date.

2025-S7139 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7139
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               April 1, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. TEDISCO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
   ment Operations
 
 AN ACT authorizing the commissioner of general services to transfer  and
   convey certain lands in the town of Wilton, county of Saratoga, to the
   Veterans and Community Housing Coalition; and providing for the repeal
   of certain provisions upon expiration thereof
 
   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  other provision of law to the contrary, the commissioner of general
 services is hereby authorized to transfer and convey to the Veterans and
 Community Housing Coalition, in consideration of  one  dollar  and  upon
 such  other conditions as the commissioner may deem proper, the lands as
 identified in section two of this act.
   § 2. The lands authorized by section one of this act to be transferred
 and conveyed are as follows:
   ALL that piece or parcel of land situate, lying, and being in the town
 of Wilton, county of Saratoga, state  of  New  York,  more  particularly
 bounded and described as follows:
   BEGINNING  at  a point on the easterly boundary of Northern Pines Road
 (County Route No. 34) at the southwest corner of lands conveyed  to  the
 county  of  Saratoga  by  The  People of State of New York by deed dated
 January 18, 2008 and recorded in the Saratoga County Clerk's  Office  in
 Instrument No. 2008003271, said point being S 7° 22' 34" E a distance of
 260.00  feet  from  the southerly boundary of Camp Saratoga Road; thence
 from said point of beginning along the southerly, westerly and southerly
 boundary of said lands conveyed to the county of Saratoga the  following
 five (5) courses and distances:
   1. S 83° 01' 10" E a distance of 310.67 feet to a point;
   2. S 12° 14' 08" E a distance of 145.00 feet to a point;

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11150-01-5

 S. 7139                             2
 
   3. S 41° 39' 29" W a distance of 198.00 feet to a point;
   4. S 39° 21' 53" E a distance of 129.68 feet to a point; and
   5. N 82° 59' 41" E a distance of 224.94 feet to a point
   at  the southeast corner of said lands conveyed to the county of Sara-
 toga; thence continuing through lands of The People of the State of  New
 York  N  82° 59' 41" E a distance of 591 feet, more or less, to a point;
 thence S 7° 00' 19" E to a point on the southerly boundary of  lands  of
 The  People  of  the  State of New York; thence westerly to the easterly
 boundary of Northern Pines Road (County Route No. 34); thence  northerly
 along the easterly boundary of Northern Pines Road (County Route No. 34)
 to the point or place of beginning. Containing 15 acres of land, more or
 less.
   §  3.  The  description  in  section two of this act of the land to be
 conveyed is not intended to be a legal description but  is  intended  to
 identify  the parcel to be conveyed. As a condition of the transfer, the
 Veterans and Community Housing Coalition shall submit to the commission-
 er of general services, for their approval: (i) an accurate  survey  and
 description  of  the  lands  to  be  conveyed,  which may be used in the
 conveyance thereof; and (ii) a site plan showing the  proposed  improve-
 ments  necessary  to  carry out the public purposes set forth in section
 five of this act.
   § 4. The office of general services shall not transfer or  convey  the
 land  described in section two of this act unless an application is made
 to the office of general services by the Veterans and Community  Housing
 Coalition  within  two  years  after the effective date of this act. The
 transfer or conveyance of such land shall be completed within  one  year
 after  the Veterans and Community Housing Coalition submits the applica-
 tion to the office of general services.
   § 5. Any lands transferred pursuant to this  act  shall  be  used  and
 improved solely for the provision of housing and supportive services for
 public  benefit,  including  but  not  limited  to providing housing and
 services to homeless and at-risk veterans. Upon termination of such use,
 title to the lands so transferred shall revert to the state of New York.
   § 6. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
 deemed repealed three years after such date.

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