Official:Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to purchase in lieu of condemnation, or to select and appropriate, certain lots or parcels of ground within the area bounded by Lehigh avenue, Twenty-eighth street, Oakdale street, and Twenty-ninth street, for public library purposes, under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Clarke
Introduced: May 10, 2001
Signed: June 14, 2001
: Committee on Public Property and Public Works
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This bill allows the Commissioner of Public Property to purchase properties in a specific area (between Lehigh Avenue, 28th Street, Oakdale Street, and 29th Street) for public library purposes, either by agreement or through eminent domain.
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