Real Estate Transactions

NYC Admin. Code tit. 4, ch. 1

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NYC Admin. Code § 4-101 Acquisition of certain lands; by reversion.

§ 4-101 Acquisition of certain lands; by reversion. In the event that any site or plot of ground, transferred to the United States, for the erection and maintenance of a light and fog signal at Hunt's Point Park, in the borough of the Bronx, should become unnecessary or cease to be used for such purposes, such site shall revert to the city, as if such transfer had not been made.

NYC Admin. Code § 4-102 Loss of certain lands; by reversion.

§ 4-102 Loss of certain lands; by reversion. The lands situate in the county of Westchester which were taken by the city, by virtue of the act entitled "An act to provide for supplying the city of New York with pure and wholesome water" passed May second, eighteen hundred thirty-four, shall be held and appropriated by the city for the use and purpose of introducing water into the city, and for purposes necessarily incident thereto, and for no other uses or purposes whatever. In case the city should use any of such lands situate in the county of Westchester for purposes other than in this section permitted, or in case such land should not be required for the purpose of introducing water into the city, such lands so improperly used, or not so required, shall become vested in the individual from whom such city obtained it, as full and perfectly as though such act had never been enacted, upon repaying to the city the amount originally paid for the same, after deducting from such amount the damages sustained by such individual by reason of any alteration or work which the city may have made upon such land.

NYC Admin. Code § 4-104 Title to certain public beaches; limitations thereon.

§ 4-104 Title to certain public beaches; limitations thereon. a. Title acquired or to be acquired by the city to any uplands, filled in lands, lands under water, estates, rights, easements, interests or privileges for public beaches on the Atlantic ocean from the westernmost point of Coney Island to the westerly line of Beach Second street, in the borough of Queens, and on the lower New York bay from the southerly line of the United States reservation Fort Wadsworth to the northerly line of the United States reservation Miller Field, in the borough of Richmond, in each and every case shall be a title in fee in trust for the use of the public to pass and repass over and along such public beach and beaches in the same manner as public beaches ordinarily are used. The owners of property abutting on the inland side of any such public beach or beaches shall possess easements of light, air and access over, along and across such public beach or beaches to the Atlantic ocean and to the lower New York bay, as the case may be, and a frontage on and access to such public beaches, streets, parks, avenues, boulevards, promenades, walks and boardwalks as may be authorized and constructed within the same. b. Where such owners have laid out and are maintaining pipes for the drawing and discharging of sea water under the soil to be acquired for a public beach, they shall have the right to maintain such pipes under the soil of such public beach or beaches for the purpose only of drawing and discharging sea water, the maintenance of such pipes to be under the supervision of the commissioner of parks and recreation. Where owners have not laid and are not maintaining pipes under such soil for drawing and discharging of sea water, the board of estimate, under such terms and conditions as to it shall seem proper, may grant to such owners the right to lay and maintain pipes for the drawing and discharging of sea water only under the soil of such public beach or beaches.

NYC Admin. Code § 4-105 Land in private or in closed or discontinued streets; conveyance to abutting owners or other persons.

§ 4-105 Land in private or in closed or discontinued streets; conveyance to abutting owners or other persons. a. Whenever the city shall have any right, title or interest in and to the land lying within a private street, however acquired, or within a street, closed or discontinued in whole or in part, the owner of land fronting thereon at the time of acquisition of such private street or at the time of such closing or discontinuance, or the owner's heirs or assigns, may acquire, such right, title and interest in and to any parcel or parcels of such land lying in front of the lands owned by such person or persons, upon payment to the commissioner of finance for the right title or interest to be acquired within such private street or within such closed or discontinued street of such consideration as shall be determined by the commissioner of citywide administrative services; provided, however, that, except as otherwise provided by law, such consideration shall be in an amount not less than the appraised value of such right, title or interest as determined by appraisal made within six months prior to the authorization of such conveyance. b. Such owner or owners or owner's heirs or assigns or the department of citywide administrative services on behalf of such owner or owners or owner's heirs or assigns shall apply, in writing, to the department of city planning for such conveyance either simultaneously with an application for the closing or discontinuance of a street or not later than two years after the acquisition of such private street or not later than two years after the closing or discontinuance of such closed or discontinued street. The department of city planning shall process such application pursuant to sections one hundred ninety-seven-c and one hundred ninety-seven-d of the charter. The department of city planning shall notify or cause to be notified all other owners eligible to purchase such right, title or interest pursuant to the provisions of this section of the filing of such application prior to certifying that such application is complete. Such notice shall be served by registered or certified mail addressed to the last known address of such owner or owners, as the same appears in the records of the office of the commissioner of finance or if there is no name in such records, such notice may be served by ordinary mail addressed to "Owner" at the street address of the improvement parcel or property in question. Failure by the department to give such notice or cause such notice to be given shall not invalidate any proceedings with respect to such application. If the conveyance is approved by the mayor and in the manner prescribed by any applicable provisions of sections one hundred ninety-seven-c and one hundred ninety-seven-d of the charter, the mayor shall cause to be prepared and delivered to such owner or owners or owner's heirs or assigns a conveyance of the right, title and interest of the city in and to such parcel or parcels of land in such form as shall be approved by the corporation counsel. Such conveyance shall be delivered to such owner or owners or owner's heirs or assigns upon payment of the sum required by subdivision a hereof to be paid. c. The mayor, in conveying such right, title or interest, shall not be obliged to convey the right, title or interest of the city in and to the land within one-half of such private or such closed or discontinued street to the owner of the land abutting on such half. Subject to any land use restrictions imposed pursuant to sections one hundred ninety-seven-c or one hundred ninety-seven-d of the charter, the mayor may convey all right, title or interest of the city in and to the lands in such private or such closed or discontinued street to the owner of the land abutting on one side thereof, whenever in his or her judgment it shall be just and proper, or in the best interests of the city, to do so, or to such abutting owners as require the same to make their abutting lands more available for improvements. d. Subject to the provisions of section three hundred eighty-four of the charter, the mayor may at any time sell or otherwise dispose of the right, title and interest of the city in and to so much of the land lying within such private or such closed or discontinued street for which no application has been filed pursuant to this section, to any person or persons whomsoever upon such terms and conditions as the mayor may deem proper. e. The provisions of this section which refer to land or lands lying within a private street or within a street closed or discontinued shall be deemed to refer to the surface and subsurface of and air space over such street or any part of the surface or subsurface of or the air space over such street. Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Appendix A at L.L. 1996/059.

NYC Admin. Code § 4-106 City real property; exceptions to inalienability and to public sale of.

§ 4-106 City real property; exceptions to inalienability and to public sale of. Notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary, the board of estimate is authorized, subject to the provisions of sections one hundred ninety-seven-c and three hundred eighty-four of the charter, where applicable: 1. To convey to the state of New York in fee simple absolute such dock land and adjacent lands under water as may by determination of the commissioner of transportation be declared necessary for canal terminals, such lands to be and remain public lands under the sole control of the state. 2. To sell and convey to the upland owner any of the lands now or formerly under water, including lands under water excepted or reserved for street purposes out of grants of lands under water heretofore made by the city or its predecessors, along the westerly line of Franklin D. Roosevelt Drive (formerly known as East River Drive), between the northerly side of East Thirteenth street and the southerly side of East Fourteenth street, the northerly side of East Twentieth street and the southerly side of East Twenty-first street, the northerly side of East Thirtieth street and the southerly side of East Fifty-eighth street, the northerly side of East Fifty-ninth street and the southerly side of East Sixty-third street, the northerly side of East Eighty-ninth street and the southerly side of East Ninetieth street, in the borough of Manhattan. Such board of estimate, in its discretion, on and after May first, nineteen hundred forty-four, may sell and convey to any person or persons whomsoever, pursuant to section three hundred eighty-four of the charter, the aforesaid lands, described in this subdivision, which have not theretofore been granted or conveyed to the upland owners as provided in this subdivision, except as to such lands lying between the northerly side of East Thirteenth street and the southerly side of East Fourteenth street, which land such board, in its discretion on and after May first, nineteen hundred forty-seven, may sell and convey to any person or persons whomsoever, pursuant to section three hundred eighty-four of the charter. 2-a To sell and convey to the upland owner any of the lands now or formerly under water, including lands under water excepted and reserved for street purposes out of grants of lands under water heretofore made by the city or its predecessors, along the westerly shore of the Harlem river inside the bulkhead line, between the northerly side of Academy street and the southerly side of West Two hundred second street, and between the northerly side of West Two hundred sixth street and the southerly side of West Two hundred eighth street, and between the southerly line of lot 25 in block 2189 of section 8 as shown on the tax map of the city of New York for the borough of Manhattan and the southerly side of West Two hundred fifteenth street, and between the northerly side of West Two hundred sixteenth street and the prolongation eastwardly of the most southerly division line between lot 47 and lot 67 in block 2197 of section 8 as shown on said tax map, in the borough of Manhattan. Such board of estimate, in its discretion, on and after May first, nineteen hundred seventy, may sell and convey to any person or persons whomsoever, pursuant to section three hundred eighty-four of the charter, the aforesaid lands, described in this subdivision, which have not theretofore been granted or conveyed to the upland owners as provided in this subdivision. 3. a. To cede, grant and convey to the United States, free of cost, all the estate, right, title and interest of the city in and to any lands and lands under water, acquired by and owned by the city, required for the improvement of the navigation of waters within, or separating portions of the city, in accordance with the plan or plans, establishing bulkhead or pierhead lines in such waters, prepared by the secretary of defense; and b. To cede, grant and convey to the United States, free of cost, or upon such consideration as may be agreed upon between such board and the United States, all the estate, right, title and interest of the city in and to any lands and lands under water acquired by or owned by the city, required for the establishment of air stations, in connection with the defense of New York harbor and the Atlantic coast; and c. Whenever any part of such lands or lands under water shall have been ceded, to give a certificate under their hands, or those of a majority of them, that the same have been ceded as herein provided, and upon the production of such certificate it shall be the duty of the mayor and city clerk in the name and on behalf of the city to execute a proper conveyance of such lands and lands under water under their hands and the seal of such city. d. To convey to the United States free of cost, or upon such consideration as may be agreed upon between such board and the United States, a perpetual easement of passage for military purposes from Fort Totten across the right-of-way of Cross Island parkway in the borough of Queens. 4. a. To set aside and use for public streets and parks, and for such city purposes as it may deem necessary, so much of the lands under water, islands, hummocks, hassocks, marshes and meadow lands in Jamaica bay and Rockaway inlet and tributaries thereto lying to the north of latitude forty degrees and thirty-three minutes north and to the eastward of longitude seventy-three degrees and fifty-six minutes west, granted to the city by the state of New York, including the portion or areas laid out for and included in a public street or park improvement authorized in accordance with law; and b. To lease for residential use so much of the lands described in paragraph a of this subdivision, excluding any areas now adopted or which may hereafter be adopted as a marginal street, wharf or place, as may be determined by it to be unadaptable for commercial, manufacturing or industrial use and to be adaptable for such residential use; and c. To release to adjoining upland owners, upon such terms and conditions and for such consideration as it may deem proper, such portions of the lands under water referred to in paragraph a of this subdivision, as are comprised in the beds of creeks, inlets and tributaries of Jamaica bay, situated inshore of the interior lines thereof and not required for the purposes specified in paragraphs a and b of this subdivision; or d. To exchange so much of the lands under water comprising the beds of such creeks, inlets and tributaries, so situated, which it is authorized to release pursuant to paragraph c of this subdivision, for adjacent privately owned lands required for the opening and extending of public streets or avenues, duly laid out upon the final map of the city. 5. To sell and convey, at private sale, to a corporation organized solely for religious, charitable or educational purposes, such portion of the islands or of an island in Jamaica bay as shall be required by such corporation for religious, charitable or educational purposes, on such terms as the board may deem proper, provided that the deed of conveyance contain a covenant that the land so conveyed shall be used in perpetuity for such purposes. 6. To grant and convey to abutting upland owners, upon such terms and conditions and for such consideration as such board may deem proper, by proper instrument or instruments in writing under the corporate seal of the city, all the property, right, title and interest that it now has or may hereafter acquire in and to any lands under the waters of the Atlantic ocean which are or shall be located inland of the interior line or lines of any public beach or beaches now laid out and established, or which may hereafter be laid out and established from the westernmost point of Coney Island to the westerly boundary line of Beach Second street, in the borough of Queens. 7. From time to time, to sell, either at public or private sale, for part cash or part secured by purchase money mortgage, in such proportions and upon such terms as they may determine, and to convey all or any part of the common lands of the late town of Gravesend remaining unsold, and all other lands and property of such late town not needed or used for governmental purposes. 8. To grant to railroad corporations for the construction and maintenance of their roadbeds, tracks, bridges and other structures, and the operation over the same of their railroads in perpetuity or for shorter periods, easements or rights of way, in, over, along or across any lands, or over and across any lands under water, and the waters covering the same, heretofore or hereafter acquired by the city pursuant to law, in the counties of Westchester and Putnam, for or in connection with its water supply, upon such terms and conditions, for such consideration and subject to such restrictions as in the judgment of such board shall seem proper. No such grant, however, shall be made unless such board shall first determine that the use or enjoyment for such purposes of such lands is not inconsistent with the purposes for which such lands were or may hereafter be acquired. Every such grant shall contain covenants restricting the manner and form of such use and enjoyment in accordance with the determination of the board, and providing for the forfeiture thereof to the city upon breach of any of such covenants. No such grant of any easement or right of way shall be made to any railroad corporation where the length of such easement or right of way exceeds one mile, unless such grant embraces several distinct and separate easements or rights of way, in which event the aggregate length of all of such easements or rights of way may be, but shall not exceed, three miles, and no one easement or right of way included in such aggregate length shall exceed in length three-fourths of a mile. The consideration provided to be paid by the grantee in and by any such grant shall be paid into the real property fund. 9. Except as limited by subdivision eight of this section, to lease or grant, without public letting in perpetuity or for shorter periods, rights, easements or rights-of-way in, over or across any city real property heretofore or hereafter acquired and used for the purposes of impounding, storing or transporting water for municipal water supply or for the sanitary protection thereof wheresoever located, for park, parkway, roadway, highway, sewer, railroad or any other public purpose, and for elimination of highway railroad crossings at grade for such consideration and upon such terms and conditions and subject to such restrictions as such board may deem proper. No such lease or grant, however, shall be made unless the agency having jurisdiction over such property shall first determine and certify in writing that such property or interest therein so leased or granted will not endanger or injure the water supply structures or other property of the city or interfere with the use and operation thereof for water supply or sanitary protection purposes. Every such lease or grant shall contain covenants restricting the use of such property or interest therein in accordance with the determination of such board, and providing for the forfeiture to the city of such property or interest therein upon breach of any such covenants. 10. To exchange and convey lands under water in creeks, tributaries thereto, ditches, ponds and bays no longer required by the city for public purposes. In exchange for lands conveyed the mayor may acquire lands of private owners, necessary for sewer drainage canals, within the lines of any sewer drainage canal as laid out, and the mayor is authorized to take deeds and conveyances. Such exchange, however, shall not be made to or with any owner or owners whose upland does not abut, bound or adjoin the lands under water to be exchanged, nor shall such board convey such lands under water until the agency having under control or supervision such lands under water, shall have first certified to the board that the lands to be conveyed are no longer necessary or required for public purposes. In the exchange of such lands all right, title and interest of private owners in that portion of creeks, tributaries thereto, ditches, ponds and bays not abutting, bounding or adjoining lands under water so exchanged, shall be deeded and delivered to the city, and the board by resolution and the mayor by order shall authorize such exchange. The corporation counsel by the direction of the board and the mayor, shall thereupon prepare and certify the forms of all legal instruments and deeds necessary on the part of the city to effect such exchange in law. The board and the mayor shall designate and authorize the proper official or officials to execute and deliver all legal instruments and deeds necessary to effect such exchange. The land so acquired by the exchange shall be assigned to the agency requiring the use of the same, upon proper application therefor.

NYC Admin. Code § 4-107 City real property; transfer of, to department of citywide administrative services.

§ 4-107 City real property; transfer of, to department of citywide administrative services. Whenever any real property of the city is unproductive, or the term for which it may have been leased or let shall have expired or be about to expire, the agency having jurisdiction over such real property shall forthwith transfer the same to the department of citywide administrative services. Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Appendix A at L.L. 1996/059.

NYC Admin. Code § 4-108 City real property; condition precedent to disposition of.

§ 4-108 City real property; condition precedent to disposition of. The board of estimate, before it shall dispose of any real property, shall determine that such real property is no longer required for a public use.

NYC Admin. Code § 4-109 City real property; sale of.

§ 4-109 City real property; sale of. City real property, including buildings, fixtures and machinery therein, shall be sold in the manner prescribed in subdivision b of section three hundred eighty-four of the charter pursuant to a resolution adopted by the board of estimate, and such sale shall be under the sole supervision of such board. In case such buildings, fixtures and machinery be sold at public auction, the board of estimate may provide as a condition of such sale that such buildings, fixtures or machinery shall not in any case be relocated or re-erected within the lines of any proposed street or other public improvement, and if after such sale such buildings or parts of buildings or other structures be relocated or re-erected within the lines of any proposed street or other public improvement, title thereto shall thereupon become vested in the city and a resale at public or private sale may be made in the same manner as if no prior sale had been made of the same.

NYC Admin. Code § 4-110 School lands; sale of, at auction.

§ 4-110 School lands; sale of, at auction. The board of estimate is authorized, upon the application of the board of education duly authorized and certified, to sell at public auction at such times and on such terms as they may deem most advantageous for the public interest, any land or lands and the buildings thereon, owned by the city, occupied or reserved for school purposes, and no longer required therefor. No property, however, shall be disposed of for a less sum than the same may be appraised by the board of estimate, or a majority of them, at a meeting to be held and on an appraisement made within two months prior to the date of the sale. At least thirty days notice of such sale, including a description of the property to be sold, shall be published in the City Record.

NYC Admin. Code § 4-111 Market property; sale of.

§ 4-111 Market property; sale of. If the real property sold by the board of estimate be market property it shall be sold only pursuant to a resolution adopted by a three-fourths vote thereof.

NYC Admin. Code § 4-112 Deeds; execution of, by city.

§ 4-112 Deeds; execution of, by city. Whenever the sale of any real property of the city shall have been authorized pursuant to this charter or other applicable law, the mayor or the commissioner of citywide administrative services and the city clerk, or for a sale of real property of the city that is under the jurisdiction of the department of housing preservation and development, the mayor or the commissioner of the department of housing preservation and development and the city clerk, shall execute proper conveyances of such real property signed by them and bearing the seal of the city. A conveyance of such real property shall not be delivered to the grantee until the proceeds of such sale have been received by the city. Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Appendix A at L.L. 1996/059.

NYC Admin. Code § 4-113 Power to exchange lands no longer used for public purpose.

§ 4-113 Power to exchange lands no longer used for public purpose. The board of estimate is authorized by a three-fourths vote upon the application of any agency of the city to whose use any lands of the city have been assigned and upon the determination of such board that such real property of the city as shall be specified in such application is no longer needed for departmental or public purposes, to convey any such land, with or without the improvements thereon, and, in exchange therefor, the mayor is authorized to acquire other land of equal or greater value of private owners lying within the same borough; provided that the mayor shall determine that such lands of private owners are needed for a public purpose. To determine the value of the land of the city, and of the land to be exchanged therefor, the board shall have such property of the city and the mayor shall have the property of the owners duly appraised by three discreet and disinterested appraisers to be appointed by such board and the mayor. The appraisers shall be residents of the borough in which such lands are situated, and such appraisal shall be made within three months prior to the date of such exchange. The corporation counsel, as directed by a resolution duly adopted and certified by the board and by order of the mayor, shall approve the form of all legal instruments necessary on the part of the city to effect such exchange in law, and the board and the mayor shall designate and authorize the proper officer to execute and deliver any and all legal instruments necessary to effectuate such exchange. The land so acquired by the exchange shall be assigned to the agency requiring the use of the same upon proper application therefor.

NYC Admin. Code § 4-114 Boundary disputes; power to settle.

§ 4-114 Boundary disputes; power to settle. The board of estimate shall have power, by three-fourths vote, to settle and adjust by mutual conveyances or otherwise, and upon such terms and conditions as may seem to them proper, disputes existing between the city and private owners of real property, in respect to boundary lines, and to release such interest of the city in real property as the corporation counsel shall certify in writing to be mere clouds upon titles of private owners, in such manner and upon such terms and conditions as in its judgment shall seem proper.

NYC Admin. Code § 4-115 Demolition or removal of buildings.

§ 4-115 Demolition or removal of buildings. a. The board of estimate shall have discretion to direct the demolition or removal of all buildings or other structures owned by the city and not needed for any public purpose. b. Upon the failure of the board of estimate to receive any bids for the demolition or removal of buildings or other structures on land acquired by the city for a public improvement, the agency under whose jurisdiction such public improvement is to be made may provide for such demolition or removal in the contract or contracts relating to such improvement.

NYC Admin. Code § 4-116 Discrimination in housing.

§ 4-116 Discrimination in housing. Every deed, lease or instrument made or entered into by the city, or any agency thereof, for the conveyance, lease or disposal of real property or any interest therein for the purpose of housing construction pursuant to the provisions of article fifteen of the general municipal law and laws supplemental thereto and amendatory thereof shall provide that no person seeking dwelling accommodations in any structure erected or to be erected on such real property shall be discriminated against because of race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry.

NYC Admin. Code § 4-117 Title to former town burial grounds; care, maintenance and operation; appropriation for care and maintenance; transfer of funds.

§ 4-117 Title to former town burial grounds; care, maintenance and operation; appropriation for care and maintenance; transfer of funds. a. Title to former town burial grounds. Title to any burial ground which formerly was the public property of any town, village or city, consolidated into and now a part of the city of New York, is hereby declared to vest in the city of New York. b. Care and maintenance of said burial grounds. The agency designated by executive order of the mayor shall be charged with the care, maintenance and operation of said burial grounds. c. The head of such agency shall promulgate such regulations as he or she deems necessary and proper in relation to the care, maintenance and operation of any such cemetery under his or her jurisdiction. The head of such agency shall prescribe in such regulations reasonable interment fees and charges for the care of graves and other services customarily rendered in cemeteries. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the head of such agency shall prescribe in such regulations, a schedule of prices as recommended by the commissioner of citywide administrative services for the sale of lots in any such cemetery, and the commissioner of citywide administrative services shall be authorized to sell such lots for such prices without further approval of any other official. Instruments evidencing the ownership of any purchaser of such lot shall be executed by the commissioner of citywide administrative services and approved as to form by the corporation counsel. All fees, charges, and other moneys received by the head of such agency in connection with the care, maintenance and operation of any such cemetery and all sums paid to the commissioner of citywide administrative services for lots shall be paid to the comptroller and deposited in and credited to the general fund. d. Appropriation for care, maintenance and operation. There shall be appropriated by the city funds to provide for the proper care, maintenance and operation of said burial grounds. e. All funds and property held by any trustee of such burial grounds, other than funds and property held in trust, shall be paid over to the comptroller and deposited in and credited to the general fund. All funds and property held by any such trustee in trust shall be paid over or delivered to the comptroller, and shall be held in trust, administered and managed by the comptroller, with power to invest and reinvest, for the purposes for which such funds and property were held in trust by such trustee. In any case in which an officer or agency of the city incurs any expense in carrying out any such trust, including expenses for providing perpetual care, cemetery maintenance and care, or any other service, work or materials contemplated by such trust, the comptroller may reimburse the city for such expense from the income from the trust funds or property held by the comptroller in connection with such trust, and from the corpus thereof where the terms of such trust permit the use of the corpus for carrying out its purposes. Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Appendix A at L.L. 1996/059.

NYC Admin. Code § 4-118 Investment of trust funds for perpetual care and maintenance in cemeteries.

§ 4-118 Investment of trust funds for perpetual care and maintenance in cemeteries. In investing and reinvesting trust funds held by him or her pursuant to section 4-117 or otherwise for the perpetual care and maintenance of any lot, plot or part thereof in a cemetery or burial ground maintained and operated by the city of New York, and under the jurisdiction of the borough president of the respective borough in which such cemetery or burial ground exists, the comptroller may add moneys and property received by him or her, whether by contract, in trust or otherwise, to any similar trust fund or funds, and apportion shares or interests to each trust fund, showing upon his or her records at all times every share or interest, or he or she may combine two or more trust funds or portions of the same.

NYC Admin. Code § 4-119 Acquisition of certain cemetery lands in the borough of the Bronx.

§ 4-119 Acquisition of certain cemetery lands in the borough of the Bronx. a. The city may acquire by gift, and maintain and continue to operate as a cemetery principally for the burial of members of the armed forces of the United States, the following described premises: All that piece or parcel of cemetery land situate in the borough of Bronx, city and state of New York, bounded and described as follows: Beginning at the corner formed by the intersection of the northerly side of East one hundred eightieth street, and the westerly side of Bryant avenue; running thence northerly along the said westerly side of Bryant avenue; one hundred ninety and eighty-seven one-hundredths (190.87) feet; thence westerly, parallel with the northerly side of East one hundred eightieth street, one hundred fifty-six and ninety-seven one-hundredths (156.97) feet; thence southerly, parallel with the westerly side of Bryant avenue, one hundred eighty-eight and nine one-hundredths (188.09) feet to the northerly side of East one hundred eightieth street; and running thence easterly, along the northerly side of East one hundred eightieth street, one hundred fifty-five and fifty-six one-hundredths (155.56) feet to the point or place of beginning. Be the said several distances and dimensions more or less. b. The head of the agency designated by executive order of the mayor shall be charged with the care, maintenance and operation of said burial ground, and shall promulgate such regulations as he or she deems necessary and proper in relation thereto. The head of the agency designated by the mayor shall prescribe in such regulations interment fees and charges for the care of graves and other services customarily rendered in cemeteries. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the agency so designated shall prescribe in such regulations, a schedule of prices as recommended by the commissioner of citywide administrative services for the sale of lots in the cemetery, and the commissioner of citywide administrative services shall be authorized to sell such lots for such prices without further approval of any other official. Instruments evidencing the ownership of any purchaser of such lot shall be executed by the commissioner of citywide administrative services and approved as to form by the corporation counsel. All fees, charges and other moneys received by such agency in connection with the care, maintenance and operation of the cemetery and all sums paid to the commissioner of citywide administrative services for lots shall be paid to the comptroller and deposited in and credited to the general fund. c. There shall be appropriated by the city funds to provide for the proper care, maintenance and operation of said burial ground. Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Appendix A at L.L. 1996/059.

NYC Admin. Code § 4-120 Minority and women-owned business enterprises.

§ 4-120 Minority and women-owned business enterprises. Notwithstanding any provision of state or local law to the contrary, any agency of the city making a loan or disposing of property pursuant to the private housing finance law, or article fifteen or sixteen of the general municipal law may implement such measures as are appropriate and consistent with the equal protection clause to facilitate and encourage meaningful participation by minority or women-owned business enterprises.

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