A 8559: Makes changes relating to an authorization of land conveyance by the city of New Rochelle relating to reversion of title to the Armory Building, the annex and the underlying land of such structures, and the reversion of dedicated space for veterans organization use, to the state of New York upon the breach of certain conditions.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8559 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY May 20, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. OTIS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Cities 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 making technical changes thereto The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 8 of chapter 799 of the laws of 2021, relating to 2 authorizing the city of New Rochelle, county of Westchester to sell, 3 convey and alienate certain land, in furtherance of an economic develop- 4 ment interest of the state and/or city of New Rochelle, is amended to 5 read as follows: 6 § 8. The commissioner of general services is hereby authorized and 7 directed to take such action as is necessary to release, extinguish, and 8 relinquish to the city of New Rochelle, its successors and assigns, any 9 and all conditions and/or reservations of the state that limit the use 10 of the real property more particularly described in section four of 11 this act, commonly known as the New York State Armory at City of New 12 Rochelle, for park, recreation, street and highway purposes, including 13 incidental, necessary municipal business in conjunction therewith, and 14 to release, extinguish and convey to the city of New Rochelle any and 15 all rights of reverter and/or of reversion that the state may have in 16 and to such real property, such that any limits of use and/or the rights 17 of reverter and/or reversion, shall be permanently released, extin- 18 guished, and relinquished forever. This section shall not affect any 19 conditions established pursuant to paragraph (ii) of subdivision (b) of 20 section two of this act. 21 § 2. Subdivision (b) of section 2 of chapter 799 of the laws of 2021, 22 relating to authorizing the city of New Rochelle, county of Westchester EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD13092-01-5 
 A. 8559 2 1 to sell, convey and alienate certain land, in furtherance of an economic 2 development interest of the state and/or city of New Rochelle, as 3 amended by chapter 467 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as 4 follows: 5 (b) any such deed transferring the parcel described in section four of 6 this act provides (i) for the preservation of the Armory Building, 7 including the annex, and (ii) a dedicated space for veterans organiza- 8 tion use at no charge or a de minimis rental amount as approved by the 9 city council. Such deed or other document of conveyance shall provide 10 that in the event of a breach of the [conditions] condition in [this] 11 paragraph (ii) of this subdivision, title to the [land transferred to 12 the city of New Rochelle by section four of this act] dedicated space 13 for veterans organization use as approved by the city council pursuant 14 to this subdivision shall revert to the state of New York. 15 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.