Extends a term estate; makes certain other changes relating to property known as Henry Kaufmann Campgrounds in the borough of Staten Island, city of New York until September 30, 2122.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A7284
SPONSOR: Tannousis TITLE OF BILL:
An act to extend a term estate and making certain other changes relating
to property known as Henry Kaufmann Campgrounds in the borough of Staten
Island, city of New York
PURPOSE:
This bill extends by 33 years a pre-existing agreement that permits
United Jewish Appeal Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York,
Inc. ("UJA") to use state-owned land as a part of the Henry Kaufmann
Campgrounds ("HKC"). HKC hosts summer day camps for over 2,000 primarily
middle- and lower-income children, including children with disabilities
and LGBTQIA+ children, from Staten Island, Brooklyn, and lower Manhat-
tan. The bill also allows the DEC Commissioner to waive provisions of
the agreement.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1. Describes the parties to the agreement and references the
agreement to be extended. Section 2. Describes the properties in the
agreement using survey data.
Sections 3 & 4. Describes the amendment to extend the term of the agree-
ment, allows the DEC Commissioner to waive provisions of the agreement,
and requires the Commissioner to approve the amended agreement.
Section 5. Provides that the bill take effect immediately.
Section 6. Requires UJA to prepare the amended agreement, deliver the
amended agreement to the Commissioner, and record the amended agreement
in accordance with law.
JUSTIFICATION:
The day camps operated at HKC offer Jewish and non-Jewish children an
opportunity to spend time during the summer in beautiful natural
surroundings in the Staten Island Greenbelt while also learning team-
work, tolerance, and other important skills. They also provide an impor-
tant childcare resource for working parents. Most of.the facilities at
HKC were built by UJA in the 1950s and 1960s. Extending the term of the
agreement will allow UJA to make significant capital improvements,
consistent with the state's conservation purposes and subject to
approval by DEC, which will improve safety and accessibility and will
bring the facilities up to modern camping standards to better serve
campers and their families.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New bill
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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7284
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
May 17, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. TANNOUSIS -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Environmental Conservation
AN ACT to extend a term estate and making certain other changes relating
to property known as Henry Kaufmann Campgrounds in the borough of
Staten Island, city of New York
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. This act affects certain real property known as and oper-
2 ated as a part of the Henry Kaufmann Campgrounds in Staten Island, New
3 York that was acquired, subject to the reservation of certain rights by
4 the grantor, from United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthro-
5 pies of New York, Inc. (hereinafter "UJA"), a New York not-for-profit
6 corporation, by The People of the State of New York, acting by and
7 through the commissioner of environmental conservation (hereinafter the
8 "commissioner") pursuant to a deed (hereinafter the "deed") dated Janu-
9 ary 3, 1990, and recorded in the Richmond county clerk's office on Janu-
10 ary 4, 1990 in book 2321, Page 102, which real property is described
11 more particularly in section two of this act. The deed references and is
12 subject to that certain "Agreement Providing for Reservation of a Term
13 Estate by the Grantor of Real Property Being Acquired by the People of
14 the State of New York Under Article 3, Title 3, Section 3-0305 of the
15 Environmental Conservation Law", between UJA and The People of the State
16 of New York, acting by and through the commissioner (hereinafter the
17 "agreement"), dated December 28, 1989, and recorded in the Richmond
18 county clerk's office on January 4, 1990, in Book 2321, Page 134.
19 § 2. The real property that is the subject of the deed and the agree-
20 ment is described in the deed as follows (in the deed the term "Grantor"
21 means UJA, and the term "Grantee" means The People of the State of New
22 York, acting by and through the commissioner):
23 ALL THAT PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, LYING, SITUATE AND BEING in the
24 borough of Richmond (Staten Island), County of Richmond, City and State
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD10827-01-3
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1 of New York and being more particularly bounded and described as
2 follows:
3 BEGINNING at a point on the southeasterly margin of Manor Road at its
4 intersection with the northeasterly margin of Yates Avenue, a paper
5 street; thence northeasterly, northerly, northeasterly and northerly
6 along the margin of Manor Road, the following five (5) courses and
7 distances:
8 1) North 24 degrees 25 minutes 39 seconds East, 1,276.61 feet to a
9 point;
10 2) North 49 degrees 23 minutes 26 seconds East, 109.29 feet to a
11 point;
12 3) North 03 degrees 23 minutes 00 seconds West, 30.38 feet to a point;
13 4) North 49 degrees 35 minutes 00 seconds East, 640.81 feet to a
14 point;
15 5) North 02 degrees 32 minutes 40 seconds West, 139.45 feet to a
16 point; said point being the southwesterly corner of lands now or former-
17 ly of Joseph Piccolomini and Angelina C. Piccolomini by deed dated
18 December 17, 1962 and recorded in Liber 1594 of Deeds at page 5 in the
19 Richmond County Clerk's Office; thence along the previously mentioned
20 lands, North 88 degrees 32 minutes 20 seconds East, 128.03 feet to a
21 point in the westerly margin of lands now or formerly of Laura Destefano
22 by deed dated April 22, 1982 and recorded on Reel 6 of deeds at page 564
23 on June 11, 1982 in the Richmond Country Clerk's Office; thence souther-
24 ly along the westerly margins of lands now or formerly Destefano, Alva-
25 rado and Nilsen, South 01 degrees 27 minutes 40 seconds East, 150.00
26 feet to the southwesterly corner of lands now or formerly of Arne J.
27 Nilsen and Kari H. Nilsen by deed dated August 16, 1957 and recorded in
28 Liber 1400 of Deeds at page 340 in the Richmond County Clerk's Office;
29 thence continuing along the lands of Nilsen, North 88 degrees 32 minutes
30 20 seconds East, 100.00 feet to the westerly margin of Peru Street;
31 thence southerly along the westerly margin of Peru Street, South 01
32 degrees 27 minutes 40 seconds East, 915.00 feet to a point; thence east-
33 erly along the southerly margin of Pitt Avenue, North 88 degrees 32
34 minutes 20 seconds East, 520.00 feet to a point in the easterly margin
35 of Bogert Avenue; thence northerly along the easterly margin of Bogert
36 Avenue, North 01 degrees 27 minutes 40 seconds West, 235.00 feet to a
37 point in the southerly margin of Morse Avenue; thence easterly along the
38 southerly margin of Morse Avenue, North 88 degrees 32 minutes 20 seconds
39 East, 281.28 feet to the westerly margin of lands now or formerly known
40 as the Richmond Parkway; thence southerly along the westerly margin of
41 said Richmond Parkway, South 05 degrees 43 minutes 52 seconds East,
42 235.66 feet to a point; thence continuing southerly and along the
43 westerly margin of the Richmond Parkway on a curve to the right having a
44 radius of 1328.72 feet, central angle of 10 degrees 45 minutes 13
45 seconds, 249.38 feet to a point of compound curvature; thence continuing
46 southerly along the westerly margin of said Richmond Parkway, along a
47 curve to the right having a radius of 7,850.00 feet, central angle of 09
48 degrees 46 minutes 41 seconds, 1,339.68 feet to a point of compound
49 curvature; thence continuing southerly and along the westerly margin of
50 the Richmond Parkway on a curve to the right having a radius of 3,982.81
51 feet, central angle of 02 degrees 31 minutes 46 seconds, 175.84 feet
52 (chord bearing = South 16 degrees 03 minutes 52 seconds West, 175.82
53 feet) to a point, said point being the northeast corner of lands now or
54 formerly of the Greater New York Councils, Boy Scouts of America, by
55 deed dated February 25, 1949 and recorded in Liber 1067 of Deeds at page
56 502 in the Richmond County Clerk's Office on March 2, 1949; thence
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1 northwesterly, southwesterly and northwesterly along the lands now or
2 formerly of the Greater New York Councils, Boy Scouts of America, the
3 following four (4) courses and distances:
4 1) North 54 degrees 13 minutes 34 seconds West, 14.48 feet to a point;
5 2) North 56 degrees 39 minutes 35 seconds West, 705.86 feet to a
6 point;
7 3) South 27 degrees 01 minutes 06 seconds West, 253.50 feet to a
8 point;
9 4) North 45 degrees 38 minutes 00 seconds West, 499.06 feet to a
10 point; said point being on the southeasterly terminus of Yates Avenue, a
11 paper street; thence northeasterly along the southeasterly terminus of
12 the said Yates Avenue, North 25 degrees 37 minutes 40 seconds East,
13 31.05 feet to a point on the northeasterly margin of Yates Avenue;
14 thence northwesterly along the northeasterly margin of Yates Avenue,
15 North 63 degrees 44 minutes 59 seconds West, 922.22 feet to the point
16 and place of beginning.
17 RESERVING to the Grantor, in fee, an 18-acre parcel of land lying
18 within the bounds of the above-described premises over which the Grantor
19 will grant a conservation easement to the Grantee by instrument of even
20 date and intended to be recorded prior to or simultaneously with this
21 deed and which parcel of land is more particularly described as follows:
22 BEGINNING at a point on the southeasterly margin of Manor Road,
23 distant 611.09 feet northeasterly from its intersection with the
24 northeasterly margin of Yates Avenue, a paper street; thence continuing
25 along said margin of Manor Road generally northeasterly, northerly and
26 northeasterly the following four (4) courses and distances;
27 1) North 24 degrees 25 minutes 39 seconds East, 665.52 feet to a
28 point;
29 2) North 49 degrees 23 minutes 26 seconds East, 109.29 feet to a
30 point;
31 3) North 03 degrees 23 minutes 00 seconds West, 30.38 feet to a point;
32 4) North 49 degrees 35 minutes 00 seconds East, 176.97 feet to a
33 point; thence through and along said lands, the following eleven (11)
34 courses and distances:
35 1) Due East, 252.70 feet to a point;
36 2) South 11 degrees 08 minutes 27 seconds East, 384.67 feet to a
37 point;
38 3) South 42 degrees 34 minutes 40 seconds East, 433.41 feet to a
39 point;
40 4) South 55 degrees 19 minutes 40 seconds East, 497.57 feet to a
41 point;
42 5) South 34 degrees 40 minutes 20 seconds West, 180.00 feet to a
43 point;
44 6) North 55 degrees 19 minutes 40 seconds West, 160.00 feet to a
45 point;
46 7) South 34 degrees 40 minutes 20 seconds West, 252.03 feet to a
47 point;
48 8) North 56 degrees 56 minutes 18 seconds West, 640.82 feet to a
49 point;
50 9) North 52 degrees 29 minutes 04 seconds West, 442.04 feet to a
51 point;
52 10) South 15 degrees 06 minutes 16 seconds West, 252.19 feet to a
53 point;
54 11) North 76 degrees 15 minutes 00 seconds West, 195.45 feet to a
55 point and place of beginning; containing 18.00 acres of land, more or
56 less.
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1 ALSO RESERVING to the Grantor the right to occupy and use for camp
2 purposes the premises hereby conveyed, in fee, for the term of 99 years
3 from October 1, 1990. The conditions of such use and occupancy, which
4 shall be for a ten-week period in each year during said terms and more
5 fully set forth in an agreement of even date between the Grantor and the
6 Grantee and intended to be recorded prior to or simultaneously with this
7 deed.
8 It is intended by this deed to convey a parcel of land containing
9 56.785 acres more or less, in fee, subject to the above-described term
10 estate reserved to the Grantor.
11 Bearings are referenced to the system as established by the United
12 States Coast Guard and Geodetic Survey for the Borough of Richmond.
13 TOGETHER WITH all right, title, and interest of the Grantor in and to
14 all ponds, streams, streets, roads, and highways lying within, travers-
15 ing, and abutting the premises hereby conveyed.
16 Subject to the rights, if any, of the City of New York in and to that
17 portion of the above-described premise lying within the beds of the
18 following streets as the same are shown on Re-Subdivision of Map of
19 Ocean Terrace filed in the Richmond County Clerk's office as Map #1438:
20 Foster, Browning, Morse, Bogert, Millard & Pitt Avenues, Peru Street
21 (formerly Gibson Avenue) and Hays Place (formerly Cromwell Avenue).
22 Also, Subject to the rights, if any, of the City of New York in and to
23 that portion of the above-described premises lying within the beds of
24 Siersema, Kesselman & Mayer Avenues as the same are shown on Map of
25 Lakewood Manor dated August, 1925 and filed in the Richmond County
26 Clerk's Office as Map #1581.
27 BEING the same premises, or portions thereof, conveyed to the Feder-
28 ation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York by the following deeds
29 recorded in the Richmond County Clerk's Office:
30 1) Deed from The City of New York dated April 10, 1958, recorded April
31 10, 1958 in Liber 1422 Cp 450.
32 2) Deed from The City of New York dated May 7, 1958, recorded May 16,
33 1958 in Liber 1422 Cp 452.
34 3) Deed from The City of New York dated July 28, 1958, recorded August
35 13, 1958 in Liber 1431 Cp 99.
36 4) Deed from Aida I. Rapp dated January 19, 1960, recorded February 5,
37 1960 in Liber 1485 Cp 250.
38 5) Deed from The City of New York dated January 15, 1962, recorded
39 June 5, 1962 in Liber 1571 Cp 158.
40 6) Deed from William Tutschek dated October 27, 1953, recorded Novem-
41 ber 10, 1953 in Liber 1260 Cp 342.
42 7) Deed from The City of New York dated July 28, 1958, recorded August
43 13, 1958 in Liber 1431 Cp 101.
44 8) Deed from William L. Hemsworth and Margaret Hemsworth dated Decem-
45 ber 6, 1960, recorded December 30, 1960 in Liber 1516 Cp. 470.
46 9) Deed from Frank Tutschek and Caroline Tutschek dated June 23, 1952,
47 recorded July 8, 1952, in Liber 1201 Cp 223.
48 10) Deed from The City of New York dated February 9, 1962, recorded
49 June 5, 1962 in Liber 1571 Cp 162.
50 11) Deed from The City of New York dated December 29, 1961, recorded
51 January 25, 1962 in Liber 1557 Cp 454.
52 12) Deed from Aida Rapp dated January 2, 1962, recorded January 8,
53 1962 in Liber 1556 Cp 224.
54 13) Deed from Ellsworth B. Buck dated June 5, 1965, recorded June 17,
55 1965 in Liber 1695 Cp 144.
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1 14) Deed from James A. Flood dated September 17, 1951, recorded Octo-
2 ber 26, 1951 in Liber 1175 Cp 495.
3 15) Deed from The City of New York dated March 11, 1957, recorded
4 April 17, 1957 in Liber 1387 Cp 252.
5 16) Deed from Greater New York Councils, Boy Scouts of America, dated
6 July 14, 1960, recorded August 1, 1960 in Liber 1501 Cp 205.
7 TOGETHER WITH the appurtenances and all the estate and rights of the
8 Grantor in and to said premises.
9 § 3. The commissioner shall agree to amend the deed by replacing the
10 words "for the term of 99 years from October 1, 1990" appearing in the
11 sentence beginning "ALSO RESERVING" with the words "for the term of
12 years until September 30, 2122".
13 § 4. The commissioner shall agree to amend the agreement as follows:
14 1. In the second WHEREAS clause of the agreement, replace the words
15 "for a period of 99 years" with the words "until September 30, 2122".
16 2. In the first sentence of section one of the agreement, replace the
17 words "for a period expiring 99 years from the first day of October
18 first following the recording of the deed conveying the Property to The
19 People of the State of New York," with the words "for a period expiring
20 September 30, 2122,".
21 3. At the end of section seventeen of the agreement, add the words
22 "The Commissioner shall have to power to waive in writing any limita-
23 tion, restriction or requirement contained in this Agreement."
24 § 5. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
25 instruments amending the deed and the agreement as provided for in this
26 act shall be prepared and executed by UJA and delivered to the commis-
27 sioner within thirty days after this act takes effect and shall be
28 executed by the commissioner and returned to UJA within thirty days
29 thereafter, whereupon UJA shall cause such instruments to be recorded in
30 the Richmond county clerk's office and shall deliver copies of the
31 recorded instruments to the commissioner.
