N.Y. General City Law § 141: Selection of site

§ 141. Selection of site. Whenever a city having a population of more

than three hundred thousand inhabitants shall desire to exercise the

power conferred by this article it shall through its board of health,

select such locality outside of its corporate limits, but within the

state, and not within the corporate limits of any other city or any

village, as it may consider best adapted by reason of climatic and other

conditions for the treatment of such disease, and shall make application

to the department of health for the approval of the site so selected.

Upon such approval being given the city may acquire title to such lands

as its board of health may designate, within the limits of the locality

submitted to and approved by the state department of health. The

provisions of law relating to the acquiring of private property for

public purposes are hereby made applicable as far as may be necessary to

the acquiring of title to such lands.