Source: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/s4688/amendment/original
Timestamp: 2019-11-20 19:34:50
Document Index: 314305229

Matched Legal Cases: ['§  2', '§  3', '§ 4', '§  5', '§ 6', '§ 2', '§ 3', '§ 5', '§  6']

NY State Senate Bill S4688
senate Bill S4688
Authorizes the commissioner of general services to transfer and convey certain lands in New York City to the urban development corporation
Current Bill Status Via A6865 - Signed by Governor
Get Status Alerts for S4688
Jul 15, 2019 signed chap.99
Jul 12, 2019 delivered to governor
3rd reading cal.413
substituted for s4688a
May 08, 2019 substituted by a6865a
May 06, 2019 amended on third reading 4688a
Apr 09, 2019 1st report cal.413
S4688
S4688 - Details
Conveyance of State Land
S4688 - Summary
Authorizes the commissioner of general services to transfer and convey certain lands in New York City to the urban development corporation.
S4688 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S4688
TITLE OF BILL:  An act authorizing the commissioner of general
services to transfer and convey certain lands in the county of New York,
city of New York, to the urban development corporation; and providing
Authorizes the Commissioner of General Services to transfer and convey
lands to the Urban Development Corporation
Section 1 authorizes the transfer of state lands to the urban develop-
ment corporation for one dollar.
Section 2 describes the property to be transferred on 125th street in
Section 3 allows urban development corporation to provide surveys and
descriptions for the purpose of the property transfer.
Section 4 sets time limits upon the transfer and authorizes both parties
to carry out the transfer.
Section 5 specifies that the transfer shall be for the purpose of estab-
lishing a National Urban League headquarters, civil rights museum,
retail and office space and approximately 170 units of affordable hous-
ing. In the event this use shall not be compliant with the intention of
the transfer, the commissioner of general services may request the state
attorney general to institute action for the revesting of the title to
Section 6 sets a date for expiration of transfer authority at two years.
Section 7 sets immediate effective date.
This transfer of land from OGS to the Urban Development Corporation will
allow ESD to own and lease the lands for construction of a mixed use
property to include headquarters for the National Urban League, a civil
rights museum, affordable housing, supportive housing, and retail and
S4688 - Bill Text download pdf
AN ACT authorizing the commissioner of general services to transfer  and
convey  certain  lands in the county of New York, city of New York, to
the urban development corporation; and providing  for  the  repeal  of
Section 1. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of  law  to  the
contrary, the commissioner of general services is authorized to transfer
and  convey  to  the  urban development corporation the remaining right,
title, and interest of the people of the state of New York in the  lands
and  improvements located at 121 West 125th Street and further described
in section two of this act. The conveyance shall be  made  in  consider-
ation of the sum of one dollar and upon such terms and conditions as the
commissioner of general services may fix and determine.
§  2. The lands and improvements authorized by section one of this act
to be conveyed are generally described as follows:
All that certain plot, piece or parcel of  land,  situate,  lying  and
being  in  the Borough of Manhattan, City, County and State of New York,
bounding and described as follows:
BEGINNING at a point on the northerly side of West  125th  Street  and
150  feet west of the point of intersection between the westerly side of
Lenox Avenue and the northerly side of West 125th Street;
(1) thence running westerly along the northerly  side  of  West  125th
Street, 210 feet to a point;
LBD10888-01-9
S. 4688                             2
(2)  thence  running in a northerly direction parallel to the Westerly
side of Lenox Avenue, 199 feet 10 inches to the southerly side  of  West
126th Street;
(3)  thence  running  easterly  along the southerly side of West 126th
Street 210 feet to a point;
(4) thence running in a southerly direction, parallel to the  westerly
side of Lenox Avenue 199 feet, 10 inches to the point of beginning.
All  that  certain volume of space which lies above a horizontal plane
(the "Limiting Plane") drawn at elevation 80.20  feet  and  intersecting
the  vertical planes determined by the above-described boundaries of the
Premises; the elevation of the Limiting Plane being that in  the  System
known  as  the  Borough  Works  Datum  of the Borough of Manhattan which
designates as zero an elevation which is 2.75 feet above mean sea  level
at Sandy Hook, New Jersey.
SUBJECT to that certain Easement Agreement and Declaration made by and
between  the  people of the state of New York, acting by and through the
commissioner of general services, and the New York state urban  develop-
ment  corporation, doing business as the empire state development corpo-
ration, dated December 13, 2002 and  recorded  July  10,  2003  as  CRFN
2003000222170; and that certain Indenture made the 20th day of December,
1977 by The New York state urban development corporation and The city of
New York recorded on 12/23/77 in Reel 422 page 1084.
§  3. The description in section two of this act 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 urban development corpo-
ration may submit to  the  commissioner  of  general  services  for  her
approval an accurate survey and description of the lands to be conveyed,
§ 4. The commissioner of general services shall not transfer or convey
the  aforesaid  lands  and improvements unless an application is made by
the urban development corporation within one year of the effective  date
of  this  act.  Such  application  shall  be in the form of a resolution
setting forth a comprehensive statement approved by  the  board  of  the
urban  development  corporation  acknowledging  and  accepting  the  use
restrictions set forth in section five of this act. The commissioner  of
general  services and the president of the urban development corporation
are hereby empowered to effect the transfer and conveyance  and  do  all
things necessary to carry out the purposes and provisions of this act.
§  5.  The  aforesaid land and improvements shall be used and improved
for the purposes of, the National Urban League headquarters, including a
conference center, a civil rights museum, retail and  office  space  and
approximately  one  hundred  seventy  units  of  affordable housing, and
accessory uses as described in the general project plan prepared by  the
urban  development  corporation in accordance with the urban development
corporation act, including any amendments or modifications thereto,  and
upon termination of a required use, the commissioner of general services
may request that the attorney general institute an action in the supreme
court  for  a judgment declaring a revesting of such title in the people
of the state of New York to all or any portion of the land and  improve-
ments  not  in  compliance  with  the aforesaid use restrictions. In the
event of termination of any such required use or uses during the term of
the conveyance instrument, between said corporation and  the  entity  or
entities  engaged  to construct and maintain the improvements, the urban
S. 4688                             3
development corporation shall, consistent with the terms and  conditions
of  the  instrument of conveyance, provide written notice to the commis-
sioner of general services, within  one  hundred  eighty  days  of  such
termination  of use. In lieu of an action seeking a judgment declaring a
revesting of title as aforesaid, the owner of the land and  improvements
not  in  compliance  with the use restriction, may purchase the reverter
interest from the people of the state of New York at  the  current  fair
market  value  thereof, as determined by independent certified appraisal
or appraisals.
§ 6. This act shall take effect immediately and the authority  of  the
commissioner  of  general  services to transfer and convey the aforesaid
lands and improvements pursuant to this act shall expire two years after
S4688A (ACTIVE) - Details
S4688A (ACTIVE) - Summary
S4688A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S4688A
Section 6 sets immediate effective date and a date for expiration of
transfer authority at two years.
S4688A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
4688--A
Cal. No. 413
ation  of  the  sum of no less than one million dollars collected by the
state in connection with land transferred pursuant to  this  act,  which
shall  be  deposited  into  the  125th Street Improvement Trust Fund, as
amended and as may be further amended, hereinafter referred  to  as  the
"Fund",  and  shall  be used for purposes outlined in the fund agreement
and projects located within the established geographic boundaries of the
§ 2. The lands and improvements authorized by section one of this  act
LBD10888-03-9
S. 4688--A                          2
All  that  certain  plot,  piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and
being in the Borough of Manhattan, City, County and State of  New  York,
BEGINNING  at  a  point on the northerly side of West 125th Street and
150 feet west of the point of intersection between the westerly side  of
(1)  thence  running  westerly  along the northerly side of West 125th
(2) thence running in a northerly direction parallel to  the  Westerly
side  of  Lenox Avenue, 199 feet 10 inches to the southerly side of West
(3) thence running easterly along the southerly  side  of  West  126th
(4)  thence running in a southerly direction, parallel to the westerly
All that certain volume of space which lies above a  horizontal  plane
(the  "Limiting  Plane")  drawn at elevation 80.20 feet and intersecting
the vertical planes determined by the above-described boundaries of  the
Premises;  the  elevation of the Limiting Plane being that in the System
known as the Borough Works Datum  of  the  Borough  of  Manhattan  which
designates  as zero an elevation which is 2.75 feet above mean sea level
between the people of the state of New York, acting by and  through  the
commissioner  of general services, and the New York state urban develop-
ment corporation, doing business as the empire state development  corpo-
ration,  dated  December  13,  2002  and  recorded July 10, 2003 as CRFN
§ 3. The description in section two of this act 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 urban development  corpo-
ration  may  submit  to  the  commissioner  of  general services for her
the aforesaid lands and improvements unless an application  is  made  by
the  urban development corporation within one year of the effective date
of this act. Such application shall be  in  the  form  of  a  resolution
setting  forth  a  comprehensive  statement approved by the board of the
restrictions  set forth in section five of this act. The commissioner of
general services and the president of the urban development  corporation
are  hereby  empowered  to effect the transfer and conveyance and do all
§ 5. The aforesaid land and improvements shall be  used  and  improved
conference  center,  a  civil  rights  museum,  retail and office space,
approximately one hundred seventy units  of  affordable  housing,  which
solely for the purposes of this act, shall mean that one hundred percent
of  the rental dwelling units in the building shall, upon initial rental
and upon each subsequent rental following a vacancy,  be  affordable  to
S. 4688--A                          3
and  restricted  to  occupancy  by individuals or families in accordance
with a plan developed and approved by the commissioner of New York state
division of homes and community  renewal,  and  any  accessory  uses  as
described  in the general project plan prepared by the urban development
corporation in accordance with the urban  development  corporation  act,
including  any  amendments  or  modifications thereto, provided that the
proportion of space allotted for retail and office  purposes  shall  not
exceed the other required uses of such transferred land pursuant to this
act.  Upon termination of a required use, the people of the state of New
York shall have the right to retake the title to  such  portion  of  the
land  and  improvements  described herein that are not committed to such
required uses. In the event of such termination  of  any  required  use,
during  the  term of the conveyance instrument, between said corporation
and the entity  or  entities  engaged  to  construct  and  maintain  the
improvements,  the  urban development corporation shall, consistent with
the terms and conditions of the instrument of conveyance, provide  writ-
ten  notice  to such entity or entities and provide such entity or enti-
ties a reasonable opportunity to cure; provided, however, and only  with
respect  to  the National Urban League Headquarters and the civil rights
museum, the  Urban  Development  Corporation  is  hereby  authorized  to
approve  a comparable community or public use for such land and improve-
ments thereon. If the entity or entities fails or is  unable  to  comply
with  any  demand  to cure, pursuant to this act, in the manner and time
period specified under the  terms  of  the  lease  or  other  conveyance
instrument,  the  urban  development  corporation  shall provide written
notice to the commissioner of general services within one hundred eighty
days thereof, and the commissioner of  general  services  shall  request
that the attorney general institute an action in the supreme court for a
judgment  declaring a revesting of such title in the people of the state
of New York to the portion of the land and improvements not  in  compli-
ance with the aforesaid use restrictions, or, in lieu of an action seek-
ing  a  judgment  declaring a revesting of title as aforesaid, allow the
owner of the land and  improvements  not  in  compliance  with  the  use
restriction,  to  purchase  the reverter interest from the people of the
state of New York at the current fair market value of the  non-compliant
portion of the land less the value of any improvements thereto as deter-
mined  by  independent  certified  appraisal or appraisals, and less any
proportionate consideration previously paid, as shall be defined in  the
general project plan and lease.
§  6.  This act shall take effect immediately and the authority of the
commissioner of general services to transfer and  convey  the  aforesaid