New York Laws
Title 35 - Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation
2799-KKKK - Open Space Development Prohibited.

§ 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.