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                                  7429

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 12, 2015
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Introduced by M. of A. HOOPER -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Governmental Operations

AN ACT to authorize the commissioner of general services to transfer and
  convey  certain unappropriated state land to the Cedarmore Corporation
  for community programs

  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 Cedarmore
corporation, in consideration of one dollar and upon such other  consid-
eration  as  the commissioner may deem proper, the state land located at
63 Babylon Turnpike, Freeport, in the county of  Nassau,  known  as  the
Freeport  Armory, declared to be abandoned state land by the division of
military and naval affairs.
  S 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
Village  of  Freeport,  in the County of Nassau, State of New York, more
particularly bounded and described as follows:
  BEGINNING at a point where the easterly line  of  Lakeview  Avenue  is
intersected  by  the  southerly  line  of Hempstead-Babylon Turnpike and
running from said Point of  Beginning  thence  southeasterly  along  the
southerly line of Hempstead-Babylon Turnpike about six hundred forty-six
(646)  linear  feet  to  the  land  of the City of New York and the Long
Island State Park Commission; thence running southwesterly and along the
lands of the City of New York and  along  the  Long  Island  State  Park
Commission  two  hundred (200) linear feet; thence running northwesterly
and parallel with the southerly line of Hempstead-Babylon Turnpike about
four hundred thirty (430) linear feet to a point which would be ten (10)
feet easterly from the center line of the 18 inch  diameter  water  main

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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tank  header  pipe;  thence running northwesterly about fifty-eight (58)
linear feet and parallel with the 18 inch diameter water main tank head-
er pipe, to a point which would be about one hundred  sixty-eight  (168)
linear feet southerly from the southerly line of Hempstead-Babylon Turn-
pike, when measured at right angles thereto; thence running southwester-
ly  and ten (10) feet parallel with and northerly from the 12 inch diam-
eter water main tank header pipe, when measured at right angles thereto,
about one hundred seven (107) linear feet to a  point  in  the  easterly
line of Lakeview Avenue; thence running northerly and along the easterly
line  of Lakeview Avenue about two hundred fifty-eight (258) linear feet
to a point in the southerly  line  of  Hempstead-Babylon  Turnpike,  the
point  or  place of beginning, containing within said bounds about three
(3) acres.
  BEING the same lands described in a deed from the Village of  Freeport
to the People of the State of New York, dated June 13, 1949 and recorded
in  the  Nassau  County  Clerk's Office on June 20, 1949 in Book 3857 of
Deeds at page 384.
  S 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 purchase,  the
Cedarmore   corporation  may  submit  to  the  commissioner  of  general
services, for his or her approval, an accurate survey and description of
the lands to be conveyed, which may be used in the conveyance thereof.
  S 4. The office of general services shall not transfer or  convey  the
aforesaid  land unless application in a form acceptable to the office of
general services is made to the office of general services by the Cedar-
more corporation which application must be made within  one  year  after
the  effective  date of this act. As part of that application the Cedar-
more corporation must submit to the office of general services a  report
containing  a  master plan setting forth a proposed use and occupancy of
such land pursuant to an advertised public hearing  that  conforms  with
the  public  purpose  set  forth  in section five of this act, including
letters of commitment from not less than six community organizations not
affiliated with the Cedarmore corporation or  its  parents  and  subsid-
iaries. The Cedarmore corporation is situated to help develop, maintain,
and  operate the facility as a refuge focusing on educational endeavors,
excluding public/private institutes of education  as  described  by  the
state education department, state university of New York, city universi-
ty  of  New York, et al. but have specialized programs for at-risk youth
and will house the following organizations, free of  charge,  for  their
youth  programs: the Long Island Youth Foundation, Inc. "Imani Dancers",
the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
  The Nassau County American Legion shall have free of  charge,  private
office space large enough to accommodate a large number of people and to
store  a vast amount of equipment, and the use of the main floor twice a
year for a stand-down for homeless veterans by such Legion.
  The Quonset Hut will be used by the Freeport police department and the
Freeport Armory will also be accessible to EOC of Freeport/Roosevelt and
Freeport NAACP.
  Such report shall also contain a health and safety assessment, includ-
ing but not limited to, possible asbestos contamination  and  abatement,
air  and  soil and groundwater quality, clean drinking water and healthy
creeks, the structural integrity of the buildings performed by a  certi-
fied structural engineer, and any health and safety improvements includ-
ing  such  environmental  remediation  as  may be necessary. Such report
shall also contain an independent audit of the financial  operations  of

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the  Cedarmore  corporation  for the past three years, and the record of
three public hearings documenting  community  response  for  educational
purposes.
  S  5.  The  land described in section two of this act shall be used by
the Cedarmore corporation exclusively for voluntary youth  associations,
educational  and  recreational  programs to assist at-risk youth, public
safety purposes.
  Upon termination of such use title to the lands so  transferred  along
with  any  improvements  made  thereto  shall revert to the state of New
York.
  S 6. This act shall take effect immediately.

                            
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                                 7429--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 12, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. HOOPER -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on  Governmental Operations -- recommitted to the Committee on Govern-
  mental Operations in accordance  with  Assembly  Rule  3,  sec.  2  --
  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
  recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to authorize the commissioner of general services to transfer and
  convey certain unappropriated state land to the Cedarmore  Corporation
  for community programs

  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  Cedarmore
corporation,  in consideration of one dollar and upon such other consid-
eration as the commissioner may deem proper, the state land  located  at
63  Babylon  Turnpike,  Freeport,  in the county of Nassau, known as the
Freeport Armory, declared to be abandoned state land by the division  of
military and naval affairs.
  S 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
Village of Freeport, in the County of Nassau, State of  New  York,  more
particularly bounded and described as follows:
  BEGINNING  at  a  point  where the easterly line of Lakeview Avenue is
intersected by the southerly  line  of  Hempstead-Babylon  Turnpike  and
running  from  said  Point  of  Beginning thence southeasterly along the
southerly line of Hempstead-Babylon Turnpike about six hundred forty-six
(646) linear feet to the land of the City  of  New  York  and  the  Long
Island State Park Commission; thence running southwesterly and along the
lands  of  the  City  of  New  York and along the Long Island State Park
Commission two hundred (200) linear feet; thence  running  northwesterly

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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and parallel with the southerly line of Hempstead-Babylon Turnpike about
four hundred thirty (430) linear feet to a point which would be ten (10)
feet  easterly  from  the center line of the 18 inch diameter water main
tank  header  pipe;  thence running northwesterly about fifty-eight (58)
linear feet and parallel with the 18 inch diameter water main tank head-
er pipe, to a point which would be about one hundred  sixty-eight  (168)
linear feet southerly from the southerly line of Hempstead-Babylon Turn-
pike, when measured at right angles thereto; thence running southwester-
ly  and ten (10) feet parallel with and northerly from the 12 inch diam-
eter water main tank header pipe, when measured at right angles thereto,
about one hundred seven (107) linear feet to a  point  in  the  easterly
line of Lakeview Avenue; thence running northerly and along the easterly
line  of Lakeview Avenue about two hundred fifty-eight (258) linear feet
to a point in the southerly  line  of  Hempstead-Babylon  Turnpike,  the
point  or  place of beginning, containing within said bounds about three
(3) acres.
  BEING the same lands described in a deed from the Village of  Freeport
to the People of the State of New York, dated June 13, 1949 and recorded
in  the  Nassau  County  Clerk's Office on June 20, 1949 in Book 3857 of
Deeds at page 384. Said premises also  being  known  and  designated  on
Nassau County Tax Map as Section 55 Block G Lot 50.
  S  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 purchase, the
Cedarmore  corporation  may  submit  to  the  commissioner  of   general
services, for his or her approval, an accurate survey and description of
the lands to be conveyed, which may be used in the conveyance thereof.
  S  4. The Cedarmore corporation is situated to help develop, maintain,
and operate the facility as a refuge  focusing  on  diverse  family  and
youth programs that have specialized programs for at-risk youth and will
house  the  following  organizations for their youth programs including,
but not limited to, the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
  The Nassau County American Legion shall  have  separate  office  space
large enough to accommodate a large number of people and to store a vast
amount  of  equipment,  and the use of the main floor twice a year for a
stand-down for homeless veterans by such Legion.
  The Quonset Hut may be used by the Freeport police department and  the
Freeport Armory will also be accessible to EOC of Freeport/Roosevelt and
Freeport NAACP.
  S  5.  The  land described in section two of this act shall be used by
the Cedarmore corporation  exclusively  for  not-for-profit  family  and
youth  service  organizations, including recreational programs to assist
at-risk youth, and for public safety purposes.
  Upon termination of such use title to the lands so  transferred  along
with  any  improvements  made  thereto  shall revert to the state of New
York.
  S 6. This act shall take effect immediately.