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- Referred to governmental operations
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 61–0
- Ordered to third reading cal.1416
- Referred to rules
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Authorizes the commissioner of general services to sell and convey certain land in the county of Kings, borough of Brooklyn, city of New York
In Assembly Committee · Governmental Operations · Sponsor Hakeem Jeffries
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S8364
Title of bill
An act authorizing the commissioner of general services to sell and convey certain land in the county of Kings, borough of Brooklyn, city of New York
Purpose of bill
This bill authorizes the Commissioner of General Services to sell and convey a building shell currently owned by OCFS in a manner that utilizes available federal funds and makes a beneficial community use feasible.
Summary of provisions
Section 1 authorizes OGS to convey the property to CNR Senior Housing Development Fund Corporation. Section 2 describes the land. Section 3 explains that the description in Sec. 2 is not a legal description, and that an accurate survey is required to effectuate the sale. Section 4 lays out additional timeliness requirements. Section 5 contains the effective date.
Statement in support
In February 1996, the Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS), then known as the Division for Youth, purchased the building located at 1024 Fulton Street in Brooklyn from the City of New York, to develop a center for youth recreation. The Office of General Services (OGS) bid and awarded the construction contract in 1997. Severe structural deficiencies were uncovered soon thereafter, and OGS responded by issuing a "stop work" order on the building. The windows were boarded up, the doors bricked over, and the building has remained vacant and unutilized ever since.
This bill represents the first step in converting this squandered property to an asset for the community. The Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation (CNR), a private not for profit nursing home network, has secured approximately nine million dollars in Housing and Urban Development funds to build a nursing home on the site. This funding will help usher in the delivery of high-quality housing and compassionate care for the elderly and disabled, services which are desperately needed by the community. This bill will enable CNR to purchase the site, and make it possible to convert a squandered, derelict building into a positive resource for the community.
Prior legislative history
This is a new bill.
Budget implications
None.
Effective date
Effective immediately after enactment, the Commissioner of OGS will have two years to negotiate a sale of the specified parcel.
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