N.Y. Education Law § 406: Vesting of title of lands in certain cases

§ 406. Vesting of title of lands in certain cases. Boards of

education in cities having less than seventy thousand inhabitants are

hereby clothed with all the powers of trustees, and the title to any and

all lands acquired in any city under the provisions of section four

hundred four of this chapter shall vest in the board of education

thereof, or such other corporate body as is by law vested with the title

to the school lands in such city. But nothing herein contained shall be

construed to limit or circumscribe the powers and duties heretofore

lodged in such board of education by law.