N.Y. Public Lands Law § 30: Unappropriated state lands defined

§ 30. Unappropriated state lands defined. The term "unappropriated

state lands," as used in this chapter, includes all escheated lands; all

lands conveyed to the state for the benefit of the canal fund and not

devoted in pursuance of law to any public use; all lands purchased by or

for the state on the foreclosure of any mortgage given on the loan of

any United States deposit funds or on any loan of money for the state;

all state lands lying within the limits of any city or village not

devoted to any public use; and all other lands belonging to this state

which are not directed by law to be kept for or applied to any specific

purpose, except lands under water the disposition of which is governed

by article six of this chapter and except the lands the disposition of

which is governed by the salt springs law and except abandoned canal

lands the disposition of which is governed by article four of this

chapter, and chapters eight hundred and ninety-three and eight hundred

and ninety-four of the laws of nineteen hundred and eleven.