New York A 5240: Authorizes the town of Brookhaven, county of Suffolk to amend a conservation easement

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A05240 Summary:

BILL NOA05240 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORDeStefano

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COSPNSRGiglio

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Authorizes the town of Brookhaven, county of Suffolk to amend an existing conservation easement to allow for rail access and service.

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BILL NOA05240 

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02/12/2025referred to local governments

01/07/2026referred to local governments

03/10/2026enacting clause stricken

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5240

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 12, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. DeSTEFANO, GIGLIO -- read once and referred to
 the Committee on Local Governments

 AN ACT authorizing the town of Brookhaven, county of Suffolk to amend a
 conservation easement

 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 Brookha-
 2 ven, county of Suffolk, acting by and through its governing body and
 3 upon such terms and conditions as determined by such body, is hereby
 4 authorized to amend its rights acquired in a conservation easement over
 5 the lands more particularly described in section three of this act,
 6 which are held pursuant to section 247 of the general municipal law and
 7 title 3 of article 49 of the environmental conservation law, adjusting
 8 the boundaries of the conservation easement by removing from the conser-
 9 vation easement the lands more particularly described in section four of
 10 this act for the express purpose of allowing rail access.
 11 § 2. The authorization to amend such conservation easement shall be
 12 effective only upon the condition that the town of Brookhaven, county of
 13 Suffolk add to the conservation easement the lands more particularly
 14 described in section five of this act to conserve, preserve and protect
 15 environmental assets, natural resources, open space and forest lands.
 16 § 3. The conservation easement subject to this act consists of approx-
 17 imately 62 acres of land, which is more particularly described as
 18 follows:
 19 Preserve Area A (West of Rail Corridor)
 20 Suffolk County Real Property Tax Service Designation:
 21 District: 0200
 22 Section: 815.00
 23 Block: 01.00
 24 Lots: Part of 004.004, 006.002, Old Town Road

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08214-01-5

 A. 5240 2

 1 ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being
 2 at Yaphank, Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk and State of Now York,
 3 being bounded and described as follows:
 4 BEGINNING at the northeast corner of the herein described property, said
 5 point being more particularly described thus:
 6 COMMENCING at the intersection of the easterly line of Old Town Road
 7 with the northerly line of Horse Block Road (Suffolk County Route 16),
 8 said point being the south west corner of property acquired by the Coun-
 9 ty of Suffolk from Decca Navigator Systems, Inc. per Map No. 93 entitled
 10 "Map Showing Property to be Acquired from Decca Navigator System, Inc.
 11 for County Purposes" County of Suffolk Department of Public Works R.M.
 12 Kammerer, Commissioner.
 13 RUNNING THENCE along the northerly line of Horse Block Road (C.R. 16)
 14 the following seven courses:
 15 1. South 75 degrees 01 minute 07 second East 163.82 feet;
 16 2. Along the arc of a circular curve to the right having a radius of
 17 1,945.86 feet, tangent to the previous course, said curve has a chord
 18 which bears South 73 degrees 24 minute 46 seconds East 109.06 feet, an
 19 arc length of 109.07 feet to a point of reverse curvature;
 20 3. Along the arc of a circular curve to the left having a radius of
 21 1,873.86 feet, tangent to the previous curve, said curve has a chord
 22 which bears South 73 degrees 24 minutes 46 seconds East 106.02 feet, an
 23 arc length of 106.04 feet;
 24 4. South 75 degrees 01 minute 07 seconds East, tangent to the previous
 25 curve, 79.43 feet;
 26 5. South 05 degrees 32 minutes 27 seconds East 19.19 feet;