S 8852 NY Passed Legislature
Authorizes the county of Putnam to lease certain lands used as parklands
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Summary
New York S 8852 authorizes Putnam County to lease certain parkland in the Town of Carmel to Homeland Towers, LLC for a 30-year term to construct and operate a 160-foot cellular tower with associated equipment. The county is authorized to grant an easement for an access road to the tower site, with the road remaining publicly accessible for park purposes. All lease revenues must be used for capital improvements or acquisition of new park and recreational facilities, and the county must dedicate funds equal to the fair market value of the easement for the same purposes. If the tower is no longer used for telecommunications purposes, the lease terminates, the land reverts to county parkland, and the tower and equipment must be removed. The bill requires compliance with federal parkland requirements if the county received federal funding for the affected parkland.
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Authorizes the county of Putnam to lease certain lands used as parklands in the town of Carmel for use as a cell tower for thirty years.
Sponsor (1)
- Pete Harckham Democratic · primary
Action history (18)
- Jan 9, 2026 REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT · upper
- May 18, 2026 AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT · upper
- May 18, 2026 PRINT NUMBER 8852A · upper
- May 26, 2026 AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT · upper
- May 26, 2026 PRINT NUMBER 8852B · upper
- May 26, 2026 AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT · upper
- May 26, 2026 PRINT NUMBER 8852C · upper
- Jun 4, 2026 COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES · upper
- Jun 4, 2026 ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1736 · upper
- Jun 4, 2026 HOME RULE REQUEST · upper
- Jun 4, 2026 PASSED SENATE · upper
- Jun 4, 2026 DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY · upper
- Jun 4, 2026 REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS · lower
- Jun 5, 2026 SUBSTITUTED FOR A8903C · lower
- Jun 5, 2026 ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.571 · lower
- Jun 5, 2026 HOME RULE REQUEST · lower
- Jun 5, 2026 PASSED ASSEMBLY · lower
- Jun 5, 2026 RETURNED TO SENATE · lower
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Bill No.: Summary Actions Committee Votes Floor Votes Memo Text LFIN Chamber Video/Transcript S08852 Summary: BILL NO S08852C   SAME AS SAME AS A08903-C
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  Authorizes the county of Putnam to lease certain lands used as parklands in the town of Carmel for use as a cell tower for thirty years.
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STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________
8852--C
IN SENATE
January 9, 2026 ___________
Introduced by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT in relation to authorizing the county of Putnam to lease certain lands used as parklands
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. (a) Subject to the provisions of this act, the county of 2 Putnam, acting by and through its governing body and upon such terms and 3 conditions as determined by such body is hereby authorized to discontin- 4 ue as parklands and lease at fair market value to Homeland Towers, LLC 5 for a term not to exceed thirty years the lands more particularly 6 described in section two of this act for the purposes of installing a 7 160 foot cellular tower with associated equipment shelter, backup gener- 8 ators, and telecommunications equipment. In addition, the county of 9 Putnam, acting by and through its governing body is hereby authorized to 10 convey an easement to Homeland Towers, LLC over certain municipally 11 owned park lands described in section three of this act, to maintain an 12 access road for the purposes described in section three of this act, 13 provided that the thoroughfare shall be publicly accessible and able to 14 be used for park purposes. 15 (b) All proceeds from such lease shall be used for capital improve- 16 ments to existing park and recreational facilities and/or for the acqui- 17 sition of additional park and recreational facilities, and the county of 18 Putnam shall dedicate an amount equal to or greater than the fair market 19 value of the easement interests being conveyed by this section for capi- 20 tal improvements to existing park and recreational facilities and/or for 21 the acquisition of additional park and recreational facilities.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD13376-07-6
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1 § 2. The parklands authorized by section one of this act to be discon- 2 tinued as parklands and leased are more particularly described as 3 follows: 4 LEASE AREA A - 5 All that tract or parcel of land being situate in the Town of Carmel, 6 County of Putnam and State of New York; being bounded and described as 7 follows: 8 Beginning at the southeast corner of said Lease Area A described here- 9 in, said point being South 88°05'38" West 1118.79 feet from the north- 10 east corner of lands of Putnam County 11 (L 1903 P 263); running thence along the bounds of said Lease Area A, 12 through the lands of Putnam County (L 1903, P 263), the following five 13 courses and distances: 14 1) North 90°00'00" West 77.80 feet along the northerly bounds of a Ease- 15 ment Area A; 16 2) North 00°00'00" West 19.95 feet; 17 3) North 43°02'02" East 20.47 feet; 18 4) North 90°00'00" East 63.83 feet; 19 5) South 00°00'00" East 34.91 feet along the easterly bounds of a Ease- 20 ment Area A 21 to the point of beginning. Having an area of 2611.35 square feet, or 22 0.060 acres of land, more or less. 23 Bearings refer to True North. 24 § 3. The easement to be conveyed by section one of this act is more 25 particularly described as follows: 26 EASEMENT AREA A - 27 A 20-foot-wide easement for vehicular and pedestrian access to Lease 28 Area A and for utilities to service the structures in Lease Area A along 29 the existing roadway which runs from Hill Street to Lease Area A, said 30 easement area being described as follows: 31 All that tract or parcel of land being situate in the Town of Carmel, 32 County of Putnam and State of New York; being bounded and described as 33 follows: 34 Beginning at the southeast corner of said Lease Area A described herein, 35 said point being South 88°05'38" West 1118.79 feet from the northeast 36 corner of lands of Putnam County 37 (L 1903 P 263); running thence along the bounds of said Easement Area 38 A, through the lands of Putnam County (L 1903, P 263), the following 39 thirty courses and distances: 40 1) North 00°00'00" West 34.91 feet along the easterly bounds of Lease 41 Area A; 42 2) North 90°00'00" East 20.00 feet; 43 3) South 00°00'00" East 30.14 feet; 44 4) South 26°50'52" East 41.26 feet; 45 5) South 00°00'00" East 84.64 feet; 46 6) South 12°11'45" East 66.94 feet; 47 7) South 89°43'14" East 32.02 feet; 48 8) North 89°00'03" East 50.56 feet; 49 9) North 83°51'59" East 158.55 feet; 50 10) North 79°22'14" East 70.82 feet; 51 11) North 76°52'09" East 68.75 feet; 52 12) North 75°07'10" East 49.73 feet; 53 13) on a curve to the right, having a radius of 460.00', an arc length 54 of 196.02', and a delta angle of 24°24'55"; 55 14) South 80°27'55" East 142.07 feet; 56 15) South 81°12'58" East 108.14 feet;
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1 16) South 79°06'03" East 79.26 feet to a point on the westerly bounds of 2 Hill Street; 3 17) South 29°10'31" West 21.06 feet along the westerly bounds of Hill 4 Street; 5 18) North 79°06'03" West 72.29 feet 6 19) North 81°12'58" West 107.90 feet; 7 20) North 80°27'55" West 142.20 feet; 8 21) thence with a curve to the left, having a radius of 440.00', an arc 9 length of 187.50', and a delta angle of 24°24'55"; 10 22) South 75°07'10" West 50.03 feet; 11 23) South 76°52'09" West 69.49 feet; 12 24) South 79°22'14" West 72.04 feet; 13 25) South 83°51'59" West 160.24 feet; 14 26) South 89°00'03" West 51.68 feet; 15 27) North 89°43'14" West 48.31 feet; 16 28) North 12°11'45" West 85.13 feet; 17 29) North 00°00'00" West 82.00 feet; 18 30) North 26°50'52" West 41.26 feet; 19 31) North 26°50'52" West 18.84 feet; 20 32) North 90°00'00" West 87.92 feet; 21 33) North 00°00'00" West 20.00 feet; 22 34) North 90°00'00" East 77.80 feet; along the southerly bounds of Lease 23 Area A 24 to the point of beginning. Having an area of 25495.69 square feet, or 25 0.585 acres of land, more or less. 26 Bearings refer to True North. 27 § 4. Should the leased lands described in section two of this act 28 cease to be used for the purposes described in section one of this act, 29 the lease shall terminate and those lands shall revert to the county of 30 Putnam for public park and recreational purposes and the easement 31 described in section three of this act for access shall also revert and 32 be extinguished. At the time of such reversion, the removal of such 33 cellular tower, associated equipment shelter, backup generators, and 34 telecommunications equipment shall take place and the property shall be 35 returned to its previous state, consistent with park and recreational 36 purposes. 37 § 5. In the event that the county of Putnam received any funding 38 support or assistance from the federal government for the purchase, 39 maintenance or improvement of the parklands set forth in sections two 40 and three of this act, the discontinuance and alienation of such park- 41 land authorized by the provisions of this act shall not occur until 42 Putnam county has complied with any federal requirements pertaining to 43 the alienation or conversion of parklands, including satisfying the 44 secretary of the interior that the alienation or conversion complies 45 with all conditions which the secretary of the interior deems necessary 46 to assure the substitution of other lands shall be equivalent in fair 47 market value and usefulness to the lands being alienated or converted. 48 § 6. This act shall take effect immediately.
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