NY State Senate Bill 2025-S7538

Senate Bill S7538

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to authorizing the village of Nyack to alienate and discontinue the use of certain parklands

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Local Government Committee

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Apr 22, 2025	referred to local government

2025-S7538 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Local Government
Law Section:: Public Lands

2025-S7538 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the village of Nyack to alienate and discontinue the use of certain parklands and to use the funds received for the acquisition of new parklands and/or capital improvements to existing park and recreational facilities.

2025-S7538 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S7538

SPONSOR: WEBER
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act in relation to authorizing the village of Nyack to alienate and
discontinue the use of certain parklands

 
PURPOSE:

This bill would authorize the Village of Nyack to alienate certain park-
lands and to convey property interests in such lands for the purpose of
the construction of a restaurant.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1: Would authorize the Village of Nyack to alienate certain
parklands and to convey property interests in such lands for the purpose
of the construction of a restaurant.

Section 2: States that the authorization granted in Section 1 would only
be effective upon the condition that the Village of Nyack dedicate an

amount equal to or greater than fair market value of the parklands being
alienated pursuant to section one of this act towards the acquisition of
new parklands and/or capital improvements to existing park and recre-
ational facilities.

Section 3: Sets forth the certain plot, piece or parcel of land being
alienated in Section I.

Section 4: If the Village of Nyack receives any federal assistance or
funds for the purchase, maintenance or improvement of said parcel of
land enumerated in Section 1 herein, the alienation of such parklands
authorizes by Section 1, herein, shall not occur until the Village of
Nyack has complied with any and all federal requirements pursuant to the
alienation or conversion of parkland, including satisfying all of the
conditions set forth by the secretary of the interior.

Section 5: Effective Date

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The parcel of land being alienated was previously home to a restaurant,
but after operations ceased, the land was designated parkland during the
construction of the Mario M. Cuomo Bridge. This bill would allow the
Village of Nyack to return the land to its previous purpose of hosting a
waterfront restaurant.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New Bill

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2025-S7538 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7538
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 22, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  WEBER  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
 
 AN ACT in relation to authorizing the village of Nyack to  alienate  and
   discontinue the use of certain parklands
 
   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 village of Nyack
 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, and to  convey  property  interests  in  such
 lands for the purpose of the construction of a restaurant.
   § 2. The authorization contained in section one of this act shall only
 be  effective  on  the  condition  that the village of Nyack dedicate an
 amount equal to or greater than fair market value of the parklands being
 alienated pursuant to section one of this act towards the acquisition of
 new parklands and/or capital improvements to existing  park  and  recre-
 ational facilities.
   § 3. The parklands authorized by section one of this act to be discon-
 tinued as parkland is described as follows:
 All  that certain piece, parcel, or tract of land situate in the Village
 of Nyack, Town of Orangetown, County of Rockland, State of New  York  as
 depicted  on  a map entitled "Leased Area Only Part of Tax Lot 66.39-1-5
 Village of Nyack, Town of Orangetown,  Rockland  County,  New  York"  as
 prepared by Maser Consulting P.A., dated 10/20/03 and being more partic-
 ularly described as follows:
 Beginning  in  the  southern  road  boundary  of  Burd Street at a point
 located in the division line between lands  of  Village  of  Nyack  (tax
 parcel  66.39-1-5)  to  the  west  and Clermont Condominiums (tax parcel
 66.39-1-4) to the north and east;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11365-01-5
 S. 7538                             2

 
 Thence southerly  along  said  division  line  South  19°32'05"  West  a
 distance  of  32.47 feet to a point; thence continuing through the lands
 of Village of Nyack (tax parcel 66.39-1-5) the  following  four  courses
 and distances:
 1. North 67°49'55" West a distance of 57.93 feet to a point;
 2. South 22°10'05" West a distance of 39.19 feet to a point;
 3. North 67°49'55" West a distance of 72.70 feet to a point;
 4.  North  22°10'05" East a distance of 71.63 feet to a point located in
 the aforementioned southern road boundary of Burd Street;
 Thence along said road boundary  South  67°49'55"  East  a  distance  of
 129.14 feet to the point and place of beginning.
 Containing 7,062 Square Feet of land more or less.
   §  4.  In  the  event  that  the village of Nyack 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 village  of
 Nyack  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.

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