N.Y. Const. art. XV, § 2: Prohibition inapplicable to lands and properties no longer useful; disposition authorized

§ 2. The prohibition of sale, abandonment or other disposition

contained in section one of this article shall not apply to barge canal

lands, barge canal terminals or barge canal terminal lands which have or

may become no longer necessary or useful for canal or terminal purposes;

nor to any canal lands and appertaining structures constituting the

canal system prior to the barge canal improvement which have or may

become no longer necessary or useful in conjunction with the now

existing barge canal. The legislature may by appropriate legislation

authorize the sale, exchange, abandonment or other disposition of any

barge canal lands, barge canal terminals, barge canal terminal lands or

other canal lands and appertaining structures which have or may become

no longer necessary or useful as a part of the barge canal system, as an

aid to navigation thereon, or for barge canal terminal purposes.