NYC Administrative Code

§ 18-121 — High Rock Park Nature Conservation Center.

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This section allows the commissioner to enter into an agreement with the Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences for the maintenance and operation of a nature conservation center at High Rock Park. The agreement requires mayoral approval and includes provisions for termination if the institute loses its non-profit status. Applies to the Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences.

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§ 18-121 High Rock Park Nature Conservation Center.

AC § 18-121

The commissioner, notwithstanding the provisions of section 15.09 of the parks, recreation and historic preservation law, may enter into an agreement with the Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences, for a period of not more than ten years, for the maintenance and operation of a nature conservation center on premises known as High Rock Park. Such agreement shall become effective only upon approval by the mayor. Said agreement shall include a clause providing for its termination if the institute ceases to be a non-profit membership corporation, no part of the net earnings of which inures to the benefit of any member thereof. The conservation center shall serve the entertainment, recreational and educational needs of the people, and necessary incidental and informational services may be rendered. All references in this section to the Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences shall be deemed to refer to the corporation under its present name or under any name which shall hereafter be used by it.

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