Makes changes relating to an authorization of land conveyance by the city of New Rochelle, the official text

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                                  7989--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 15, 2025
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  MAYER  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed  to  the  Committee  on  Local  Government  --
   committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
   recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend chapter 799 of the laws of 2021, relating to authorizing
   the city of New Rochelle, county of Westchester to  sell,  convey  and
   alienate  certain  land,  in  furtherance  of  an economic development
   interest of the state and/or city of  New  Rochelle,  in  relation  to
   reversion  of title to the Armory Building, the annex and the underly-
   ing land of such structures, and reversion of the dedicated space  for
   veterans organization use, to the state of New York upon the breach of
   certain conditions
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision (b) of section 2 of chapter 799 of the laws  of
 2021,  relating to authorizing the city of New Rochelle, county of West-
 chester to sell, convey and alienate certain land, in furtherance of  an
 economic  development interest of the state and/or city of New Rochelle,
 as amended by chapter 467 of the laws of 2022,  is  amended  and  a  new
 subdivision (d) is added to read as follows:
   (b) any such deed transferring the parcel described in section four of
 this  act  provides  (i)  for  the  preservation of the Armory Building,
 including the annex, and (ii) a dedicated space for  veterans  organiza-
 tion  use  at no charge or a de minimis rental amount as approved by the
 city council.
   (C) Such deed or other document of conveyance shall provide  (I)  that
 in  the  event of a breach of the [conditions] CONDITION in [this] para-
 graph (I) OF SUBDIVISION (B) OF THIS SECTION, title to the [land  trans-
 ferred  to  the city of New Rochelle by section four of this act] ARMORY
 BUILDING AND THE ANNEX AND THE UNDERLYING LAND OF SUCH STRUCTURES  shall
 revert  to  the state of New York. PROVIDED HOWEVER, UPON THE RECEIPT BY
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 THE OWNER OF A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY FOR THE ARMORY BUILDING AND  THE
 ANNEX,  ANY  AND  ALL RIGHTS OF REVERTER AND/OR REVERSION THAT THE STATE
 MAY HAVE IN AND TO SUCH REAL PROPERTY SHALL BE PERMANENTLY RELEASED  AND
 EXTINGUISHED  AND  RELINQUISHED FOREVER; AND (II) THAT IN THE EVENT OF A
 BREACH OF THE CONDITION IN PARAGRAPH (II) OF  SUBDIVISION  (B)  OF  THIS
 SECTION, SUCH DEDICATED SPACE SHALL REVERT TO THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
   (D)  THE  STATE  SHALL CONTINUE TO HAVE THE RIGHT TO ENFORCE IN LAW OR
 EQUITY, INCLUDING THE  RIGHT  TO  SEEK  INJUNCTIVE  RELIEF  OR  SPECIFIC
 PERFORMANCE,  THE  CONDITIONS ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION (B) OF
 THIS SECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.