State Legislation Resolution No. 125
State Legislation Resolution requesting the New York State Legislature to pass a bill introduced by the Assembly Committee on Rules, A.11989, "AN ACT to authorize the city of New York to discontinue the use as parkland of a portion of real property in the borough of Manhattan and to use such property as well as property under the jurisdiction of the city of New York department of transportation for expansion of the West 96th Street Subway Station in exchange for the dedication of certain other lands in the borough of Manhattan for park purposes".
By Council Member Baez, Brewer, Dickens and Comrie
Whereas, a bill has been introduced in the New York State Legislature by the Assembly Committee on Rules, A.11989, "AN ACT to authorize the city of New York to discontinue the use as parkland of a portion of real property in the borough of Manhattan and to use such property as well as property under the jurisdiction of the city of New York department of transportation for expansion of the West 96th Street Subway Station in exchange for the dedication of certain other lands in the borough of Manhattan for park purposes"; and
Whereas, the enactment of the above State Legislation requires the concurrence of the Council of the City of New York as the local legislative body; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, that the Council of the City of New York, in accordance with the provisions of Section 2 of Article 9 of the Constitution of the State of New York, does hereby request the New York State Legislature to enact into law the aforesaid pending bill.
Referred to the Committee on State and Federal Legislation.