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N.Y. Public Authorities Law § 2799-kkkk: Open space development prohibited

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  1. Public Authorities Law
  2. Article 8. Miscellaneous Authorities
  3. Title 35. Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation

§ 2799-kkkk. Open space development prohibited. Notwithstanding any

other provision of this title, or any other law to the contrary, on or

after the effective date of this section, no further development or

construction for other than park purposes shall be permitted on any real

property which is identified as open space areas in the general

development plan as amended May tenth, nineteen hundred ninety, and as

subsequently amended, and approved by the board of estimate of the city

of New York on August seventeenth, nineteen hundred ninety and referred

to in the lease defined in subdivision six of section twenty-seven

hundred ninety-nine-bbbb of this title, and on such real property shall

remain open space areas for the duration of the lease unless such

development or construction includes the reconstruction, restoration,

rehabilitation or preservation of the historic landmarks located in such

open space areas and furthers the use of the areas surrounding the

historic landmarks as open space areas. Open space areas, as used in

this section shall be limited to Lighthouse Park, Octagon Park,

Blackwell Park, and South Point Park.

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