New York S 10576: Authorizes the discontinuance of certain parkland in the town of Windham, located in the county of Greene

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S10576 Summary:

BILL NOS10576 

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SAME ASSAME AS A11478

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SPONSORHINCHEY

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Authorizes the discontinuance of certain parkland in the town of Windham, located in the county of Greene, for the purposes of decommissioning an old baseball facility and pedestrian safety.

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05/26/2026REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 10576

 IN SENATE

 May 26, 2026
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 Introduced by Sen. HINCHEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government

 AN ACT authorizing the discontinuance of certain parkland in the town of
 Windham, located in the county of Greene

 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, the town of Windham,
 2 located in the county of Greene, acting by and through its governing
 3 body and upon such terms and conditions as determined by such body, is
 4 hereby authorized to discontinue and to sell and convey at fair market
 5 value the lands more particularly described in section three of this act
 6 for the purposes of decommissioning an old baseball facility and pedes-
 7 trian safety.
 8 § 2. The authorization contained in section one of this act shall only
 9 be effective on the condition that the town of Windham acquire and dedi-
 10 cate the lands described in section four of this act as parklands and
 11 maintain a public baseball facility on such parklands, provided that the
 12 town has never used such lands for public open space or park purposes.
 13 § 3. The parklands authorized by section one of this act to be alien-
 14 ated are described as follows:
 15 Beginning at a concrete monument set in the ground on the northerly
 16 line of South Street (so-called) at the southwest corner of the premises
 17 conveyed by John H. Garraghan and Phoebe M. Garraghan, his wife, to
 18 Herbert C. Luhrs and Viola S. Luhrs, his wife, by deed dated November
 19 17, 1954 and recorded in the Greene County Clerk's Office on November
 20 19, 1954 in Liber 337 of Deeds at Page 319; running thence north 23° 50'
 21 east along the lands of said Luhrs a distance of 298 feet to a concrete
 22 monument set in the ground on the southerly boundary line of lands now
 23 owned by The Osborn House, Inc.; running thence north 51° 50'west along
 24 the lands of The Osborn House, Inc., a distance of 220 feet to an iron
 25 pin driven into the ground; running thence south 23° 50' west a distance
 26 of 345 feet to an iron pin driven into the ground on the northerly line
 27 of South Street; running thence south 67° 45' east a distance of 220

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD15986-01-6

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 1 feet to the concrete monument set in the ground marking the point and
 2 place of beginning, containing 1.6 acres, more or less.
 3 Together with all the right, title and interest of the grantors herein
 4 in and to the land lying between the southerly boundary line of the
 5 premises above described to the center line of South Street.
 6 Being a portion of the premises conveyed to John W. Garraghan by the
 7 following deeds: Deed by George W. Osborn, Jr., as Executor, etc. dated
 8 July 10, 1941, and recorded in Book 287 of Deeds at Page 365; deed by
 9 Hilda May Miller and others, dated July 11, 1943 and recorded in Book
 10 290 of Deeds at Page 391, covering the same premises as Book 287 of
 11 Deeds Page 365; and Deed by Walter Jacobs and others, dated August
 12 21,1946, and recorded in Book 312 of Deeds at Page 337; and by deed John
 13 H. Garraghan to John H. Garraghan and Phoebe M. Garraghan, his wife,
 14 dated July 23, 1948 and recorded in Greene County Clerk's Office in
 15 Liber 312 of Deeds at Page 339.
 16 Being the same premises conveyed by John H. Garraghan and Phoebe M.
 17 Garraghan, his wife, by deed dated October 29, 1956, and recorded Decem-
 18 ber 18, 1956, in the Greene Coun