A 8778: Authorizes the commissioner of general services to transfer and convey certain unappropriated state land to The Arc Westchester New York.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8778 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY June 2, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BURDICK -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Governmental Operations AN ACT authorizing the commissioner of general services to transfer and convey certain unappropriated state land to The Arc Westchester New York; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subject to the provisions of this act but notwithstanding 2 any other provision of law to the contrary, the commissioner of general 3 services is hereby authorized to transfer and convey The Arc Westchester 4 New York, in consideration of one dollar and upon such other consider- 5 ation as the commissioner may deem proper, the state land located at 39 6 Sullivan Road, in the Town of North Salem and the County of Westchester, 7 declared to be abandoned state land by the office for people with devel- 8 opmental disabilities. 9 § 2. The lands authorized by section one of this act to be transferred 10 and conveyed are as follows: 11 ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land with the buildings 12 thereon erected, situate, lying and being partly in the Town of Lewis- 13 boro and partly in the Town of North Salem, shown and designated as Lot 14 No. 2 on a certain map entitled, "Subdivision of Section E Lake Hawt- 15 horne situate in the Town of North Salem and Town of Lewisboro, West- 16 chester County, New York," made by Alexander S. Bunney, dated April 28, 17 1966 and filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Westchester County 18 (Division of Land Records) on May 9, 1967 as Map No. 15408, said lot 19 being bounded and described as follows: 20 BEGINNING at a point on the northwesterly side of Sullivan Road where 21 the same is intersected by the division line between Lots Nos. 1 and 2 22 on said map; 23 Running thence along said last mentioned division line, EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD13302-01-5 
 A. 8778 2 1 North 5° 17' 00" West 230 feet and 2 North 54° 05' 25" West 759.01 feet to a point; 3 thence North 63° 12' 55" East 445.27 feet to the division line between 4 Lots Nos. 2 and 3 on said map; 5 thence along the division line between Lots Nos. 2 and 3, South 22° 6 07' 40" East 883.10 feet to the northwesterly side of Sullivan Road; 7 thence along the same, 8 South 58° 55' 00" West 110 feet to the point or place of beginning. 9 The within described premises are known in North Salem as Sheet 45, 10 Block 11361, Lot 22 and in Lewisboro as Sheet 12, Block 11361, Lot 3, on 11 the Tax Assessment Map. 12 § 3. The description in section two of this act of the lands to be 13 conveyed is not intended to be a legal description but is intended to 14 identify the parcel to be conveyed. As a condition of the transfer, The 15 Arc Westchester New York, may submit to the commissioner of general 16 services, for the commissioner's approval, an accurate survey and 17 description of the lands to be conveyed, which may be used in the 18 conveyance thereof. 19 § 4. The office of general services shall not transfer or convey the 20 aforesaid lands unless application is made to the office of general 21 services by The Arc Westchester New York within one year after the 22 effective date of this act. Said application shall be in the form of a 23 resolution setting forth a comprehensive statement approved by its 24 managing board, acknowledging and accepting the use restrictions set 25 forth in section five of this act. 26 § 5. Any lands transferred pursuant to this act shall be used for the 27 purposes of The Arc Westchester New York to utilize the subject property 28 and improve the structures on the subject property to operate a group 29 home for adults with disabilities, and upon termination of such use, 30 title to the lands so transferred shall revert to the state of New York. 31 The reverter interest, specifying that title to the lands so transferred 32 shall revert to the state of New York upon termination of such use, 33 shall be included in any conveyance instrument used to transfer such 34 lands pursuant to this act. 35 § 6. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be 36 deemed repealed 2 years after such effective date.