What's happening
This bill authorizes the transfer of certain state land in New Rochelle to the city for municipal facilities and affordable housing.
Why it matters
Enables New Rochelle to address local priorities. By transferring state land specifically for municipal facilities and affordable housing, the city gains a rare opportunity to directly shape development in line with community needs and policy goals.
Ensures long-term accountability for land use. If New Rochelle stops using the land for the specified purposes (municipal facilities or affordable housing), ownership automatically reverts to the state, preventing the land from being repurposed or sold for unrelated private development.
Accelerates project timelines and cuts costs. The land is transferred for a nominal fee ($1) and on a fast track (application required within one year), potentially making public projects more feasible and reducing financial barriers to launching affordable housing or city services.
Requires precise planning and oversight. The city must provide an accurate survey and legal description for approval, ensuring transparency and clarity about exactly which parcel is being conveyed and how it will be used.
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Transfer State Land to City
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History
- Approval memo.22
- Signed chap.566
- Delivered to governor
- Returned to senate
- Passed assembly
- Home rule request
- Ordered to third reading rules cal.465
- Substituted for A7846A
- Referred to ways and means
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 61–1
- Home rule request
Show 5 earlier actions
- Ordered to third reading cal.1616
- Committee discharged and committed to rules
- Print number 6228a
- Amend and recommit to investigations and government operations
- Referred to investigations and government operations
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Transfer State Land to New Rochelle
Assembly Floor Calendar · Sponsor Amy Paulin
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STATE OF NEW YORK
6228--A
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
May 24, 2019
Introduced by Sen. STEWART-COUSINS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Government Operations -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to authorize the commissioner of general services to transfer and convey certain state land to the city of New Rochelle
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 but notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the commissioner of general services is hereby authorized to transfer and convey to the city of New Rochelle, in consideration of one dollar and upon such other consideration as the commissioner may deem proper, the state land located at Cedar Street Southbound Extension, New Rochelle, in the county of Westchester, declared to be not necessary for traffic flow by the department of transportation.
§ 2. The lands authorized by section one of this act to be transferred and conveyed are as follows:
ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the City of New Rochelle, County of Westchester and State of New York, known and designated Cedar Street Southbound Extension which said easterly boundary of said portion of Cedar Street is shown on a certain map entitled, "Map of Parcels Nos. 10, 10A and 12 Cedar Street Redevelopment Project, situated in the City of New Rochelle, Westchester County, New York", prepared by Gabriel E. Senor, Consulting Engineer and Surveyor, dated June 7, 1967 and filed in the Westchester County Clerk's Office, Division of Land Records on August 8, 1968 as Map No. 16228 and being more particularly bounded and described as follows:
BEGINNING at a point on the southerly side of Huguenot Street at the easterly end of a curve connecting the easterly side of Cedar Street Southbound Extension with the southerly side of Huguenot Street which
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[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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curve has a radius of 23 feet, a central angle of 97 degrees 48' 39" and a distance of 39.26 feet (survey) 39.13 feet (map);
RUNNING THENCE southwesterly along said easterly boundary of Cedar Street Southbound extension the following courses and distances;
On a curve to the left having a radius of 23 feet, a radial bearing of South 02 degrees 47' 27" West, a central angle of 97 degrees 48' 39" and a distance of 39.26 feet;
RUNNING THENCE on a curve to the right having a radius of 278.00 feet, a central angle of 27 degrees 50' 35" and a distance of 135.10 feet;
RUNNING THENCE South 22 degrees 49' 22.44" West 111.229 feet;
RUNNING THENCE South 71 degrees 35' 12" East 49.70 feet;
RUNNING THENCE South 53 degrees 56' 58" West 160.00 feet; to a point on the southerly end of Cedar Street Southbound Extension as shown on certain map entitled, "Map of Parcel 8 and 9 Cedar Street Redevelopment Project, situated in the City of New Rochelle, Westchester County, New York, Project NY R57, prepared by Charles E Ward, Consulting Engineer and Surveyor, dated June 7, 1967 and filed in the Westchester County Clerk's Office, Division of Land Records on August 19, 1965 as Map No. 14556 and being more particularly bounded and described as follows:
RUNNING THENCE North 34 degrees 58' 52" West 25.06 feet;
RUNNING THENCE North 35 degrees 55' 52" West 25.31 feet; to a point on the westerly boundary of Cedar Street Southbound Extension, thence proceed the following courses and distances;
North 22 degrees 49' 22.44" East 217.89 feet;
RUNNING THENCE on a curve to the left having a radius of 202.00 feet, a central angle of 35 degrees 51' 47.44" and a distance of 126.44 feet;
RUNNING THENCE on a curve to the left having a radius of 10.00 feet, a central angle of 77 degrees 58' 58" and a distance of 13.61 feet;
RUNNING THENCE South 87 degrees 59' 07" East 114.17 feet to the point and place of BEGINNING
§ 3. The description in section two of this act of the land to be conveyed is not intended to be a legal description but is intended to identify the parcel to be conveyed. As a condition of the purchase, the city of New Rochelle may submit to the commissioner of general services, for his or her approval, an accurate survey and description of the lands to be conveyed, which may be used in the conveyance thereof.
§ 4. The office of general services shall not transfer or convey the aforesaid land unless application in a form acceptable to the office of general services is made to the office of general services by the city of New Rochelle which application must be made within one year after the effective date of this act.
§ 5. Any lands transferred pursuant to this act shall be used for the purposes of the city of New Rochelle to utilize the subject property exclusively for the construction of municipal facilities and to satisfy the affordable housing needs of residents of the city of New Rochelle, and upon termination of such use, title to the lands so transferred shall revert to the state of New York.
§ 6. This act shall take effect immediately.
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Sponsor's memo
Title of bill
An act to authorize the commissioner of general services to transfer and convey certain state land to the city of New Rochelle
Purpose or general idea of bill
Provides the authorization to the Commissioner of General Services (OGS)to do all things necessary to convey the state land located at Cedar Street Southbound Extension, New Rochelle, in the County of West- chester to the City of New Rochelle.
Summary of provisions
Section 1: Provides the Commissioner of OGS the power to transfer and to convey such lands to the City of New Rochelle, upon terms and conditions deemed proper.
Section 2: Provides general description of the property.
Section 3: Provides that the description of the land in section two of this bill is not meant to be a legal description, and that, as a condi- tion of any conveyance, the City of New Rochelle may submit to the Commissioner of OGS a survey and description of the property.
Section 4: Provides that the Commissioner of OGS shall convey the prop- erty described in section two of this act only upon application by the City of New Rochelle, Westchester County, that such take place. Any such application for conveyance of the property described in section two of this act must be made within one year of this act becoming law.
Section 5: Provides that the property transferred to the City of New Rochelle shall be used exclusively for the construction of municipal Facilities and to satisfy the affordable housing needs of residents of the City of New Rochelle, and that upon termination of such use the property shall revert back to the state.
Section 6: Provides for an immediate effective date for this act.
Justification
Cedar Street in downtown New Rochelle, between Huguenot Street and Harrison Street was built for an era that no longer exists. That era is one that revolved solely around motor vehicles as a means to get around.
That is not the reality for downtown right now, or in the future. New Rochelle is in the process of transforming its downtown into a vibrant city that will be dominated by pedestrians, mass-transit (both local and regional) and other means.
The four lane, one-way road serves a small number of vehicles each day. By closing this roadway, these vehicles will have no problem accessing their destinations by utilizing nearby streets. Further, New Rochelle's plan to convert Huguenot Street to two-way will provide additional options and accessibility. Additionally, this conversion will allow the City to build a new fire station, a new City Hall and a new school.
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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