NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A10287
SPONSOR: Rules (Stern) TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend chapter 431 of the laws of 2018 relating to authorizing
the state commissioner of transportation to convey real property to the
town of Huntington, county of Suffolk, in relation to extending certain
provisions
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
Extends by one year the date in which the property referenced in chapter
431 of the laws of 2018, as amended by chapter 560 of the laws of 2023,
may be transferred to the town of Huntington by the state commissioner
of transportation.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1: amends Sections 4 and 5 of chapter 431 of the laws of 2018,
as amended by chapter 560 of the laws of 2023.
Section 2: sets the effective date.
JUSTIFICATION:
Chapter 431 of the Laws of 2018 authorized the conveyance, within 5
years, of 4.2 acres of real property from the State Department of Trans-
portation (DOT) to the Town of Huntington for use in a major economic
development project in the hamlet of Huntington Station.
The Huntington Station area is undergoing a transformative mixed-use
revitalization, under the auspices of a Public-Private Partnership
between the Town of Huntington and its Master Developer, Renaissance
Downtowns. This partnership has conducted significant public outreach
and economic research on the project. As DOT controls a portion of the
land needed to complete the project, the Department has been working
closely with Huntington officials to transfer the necessary parcels to
the Town. This legislation is the byproduct of those negotiations, which
are still ongoing. Chapter 560 of the Laws of 2023 previously extended
by one year the date in which the subject property may be transferred to
the town of Huntington by the state commissioner of transportation. This
bill extends that date by an additional year.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New bill.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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10287
IN ASSEMBLY
May 17, 2024
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Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Stern) --
read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend chapter 431 of the laws of 2018 relating to authorizing
the state commissioner of transportation to convey real property to
the town of Huntington, county of Suffolk, in relation to extending
certain provisions
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Sections 4 and 5 of chapter 431 of the laws of 2018 author-
2 izing the state commissioner of transportation to convey real property
3 to the town of Huntington, county of Suffolk, as amended by chapter 560
4 of the laws of 2023, are amended to read as follows:
5 § 4. The state commissioner of transportation shall not grant the land
6 description in section two of this act unless application is made there-
7 for by the town of Huntington within [six] seven years after the effec-
8 tive date of this act. No improvements shall be made prior to said
9 transfer's completion.
10 § 5. The land description in section two of this act shall revert to
11 the state unless improvements are made by the town of Huntington within
12 [six] seven years after the effective date of this act.
13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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