N.Y. General Municipal Law § 3: Compensation for property of a municipal corporation, school district or district corporation taken by eminent domain

§ 3. Compensation for property of a municipal corporation, school

district or district corporation taken by eminent domain. Where property

of a municipal corporation, school district or district corporation is

taken in the exercise of the power of eminent domain for a purpose

substantially different from that for which it is held by such municipal

corporation, school district or district corporation, just compensation

to the municipal corporation, school district or district corporation

shall be made in the same manner, to the same extent and subject to the

same limitations as though it were private property.