What's happening
This bill authorizes East Hampton to convert specific parkland for use as a hospital emergency room, with requirements for parkland replacement.
Why it matters
Ensures community benefit is maintained. The bill requires East Hampton to dedicate at least the fair market value of the converted parkland toward acquiring new parkland or improving existing recreational facilities, ensuring the public does not lose overall access to green space or recreation.
Protects federal interests and compliance. If any federal funds were used for the original parkland, East Hampton must comply with all federal requirements before proceeding, including approval from the U.S. Secretary of the Interior and ensuring replacement land is of equal value and usefulness.
Specifies exact land area impacted. The bill precisely describes the 4.5-acre parcel to be converted, clarifying the scope of the change and providing transparency to residents about the location and size of the affected parkland.
Addresses urgent community needs. By allowing the land to be used for a hospital emergency room, the legislation aims to improve local healthcare infrastructure and access to emergency services, potentially saving lives and enhancing public safety.
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Let East Hampton Build ER
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History
- Substituted by S6291
- Ordered to third reading rules cal.525
- Rules report cal.525
- Reported
- Reported referred to rules
- Reported referred to ways and means
- Referred to local governments
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Allow Parkland for ER
Signed by Governor · Sponsor Kenneth P. LaValle
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STATE OF NEW YORK
S. 6291 A. 8100
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
SENATE - ASSEMBLY
June 3, 2019
IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments
AN ACT authorizing the alienation of certain parklands in the town of East Hampton, county of Suffolk
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subject to the provisions of this act, the town of East Hampton, in the county of Suffolk, acting by and through its governing body and upon such terms and conditions as determined by such body, is hereby authorized to discontinue as parklands and alienate the lands more particularly described in section three of this act for the purpose of establishing a hospital emergency room.
§ 2. The authorization contained in section one of this act shall be effective only upon the condition that the town of East Hampton dedicate an amount equal to or greater than the fair market value of the parklands being discontinued towards the acquisition of new parklands and/or capital improvements to existing parkland and recreational facilities.
§ 3. The parklands authorized by section one of this act to be alienated are described as follows:
ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of East Hampton, County of Suffolk and State of New York, more particularly bounded and described as follows:
BEGINNING at a point on the easterly side of Pantigo Place, as shown on Map of Pospisil Associates, said point being distant 638.68 feet northerly, as measured along the easterly side of Pantigo Place from the northerly side of Montauk Highway, Route 27;
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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S. 6291 2 A. 8100
RUNNING THENCE from the point of beginning along Pantigo Place, northerly and westerly along the arc of a circular curve having a radius of 60.00 feet, and turning to the left a distance of 153.16 feet;
RUNNING THENCE North 8 degrees 29 minutes 58 seconds West, 174.57 feet;
RUNNING THENCE South 86 degrees 42 minutes 40 seconds West, 260.00 feet;
RUNNING THENCE along the land now or formerly Town of East Hampton North 3 degrees 17 minutes 20 seconds West, 230.04 feet to the Long Island Railroad M.T.A.;
RUNNING THENCE along the Long Island Railroad M.T.A., North 80 degrees 17 minutes 40 seconds East, 510.12 feet;
RUNNING THENCE the following two courses and distances along land now or formerly of Suffolk County Water Authority:
(1) South 14 degrees 06 minutes 20 seconds East, 77.43 feet;
(2) South 9 degrees 28 minutes 20 seconds East 427.77 feet;
RUNNING THENCE South 80 degrees 31 minutes 20 seconds West, 195.92 feet to the easterly side of Pantigo Place, the point or place of beginning. Total of 4.5 acres.
The subject premises are also known as Lot 3 on Map of Pospisil Associates, filed in the Suffolk County Clerk's Office on September 28, 1988 under File No. 8623.
§ 4. In the event that the town of East Hampton received any funding support or assistance from the federal government for the purchase, maintenance or improvement of the parklands set forth in section three of this act, the discontinuance and alienation of such parkland authorized by the provisions of this act shall not occur until the town of East Hampton has complied with any federal requirements pertaining to the alienation or conversion of parklands, including satisfying the secretary of the interior that the alienation or conversion complies with all conditions which the secretary of the interior deems necessary to assure the substitution of other lands shall be equivalent in fair market value and usefulness to the lands being alienated or converted.
§ 5. This act shall take effect immediately.
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