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NY S04650

Bill

Status

Introduced

4/1/2015

Primary Sponsor

Toby Stavisky

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Origin

Senate

2015-2016 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Authorizes the City of New York to transfer a light and air easement volume above Lost Battalion Hall Park in Queens to Alexander's of Rego Park III, Inc. in exchange for a contiguous light and air easement volume.

  • Requires any residential or commercial development adjacent to Lost Battalion Hall Park to include ground-level classroom space for at least thirty-six full-day pre-kindergarten program slots, with no more than eighteen students per classroom.

  • Mandates that if the fair market value of the easement acquired from Alexander's of Rego Park III, Inc. is less than the value of the easement transferred, the city must dedicate the difference toward acquiring additional parkland or capital improvements to park facilities in Queens.

  • Requires compliance with federal Land and Water Conservation Fund requirements before the transfer can occur, including obtaining approval from the Secretary of the Interior that replacement lands are equivalent in fair market value and recreational usefulness.

Legislative Description

Relates to the transfer of ownership of certain parklands to Alexander's of Rego Park III, Inc.

Last Action

PRINT NUMBER 4650B

6/9/2016

Committee Referrals

Cities1/6/2016
Rules6/18/2015
Finance6/2/2015
Cities4/1/2015

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