N.Y. Public Lands Law § 34-a: Leasing and granting of unappropriated state lands to the United States or any instrumentality thereof

§ 34-a. Leasing and granting of unappropriated state lands to the

United States or any instrumentality thereof. The commissioner of

general services may grant and convey in fee title or such lesser

interest than fee title or, notwithstanding any other provision of law

to the contrary, lease without bid, for such periods of time as he may

deem appropriate to the United States of America, its departments,

agencies and other instrumentalities, including the United States Postal

Service, authorized by law to take such fee title, lesser interest than

fee title or leasehold interest in real property, upon application by an

authorized officer or employee thereof, and upon such terms and

conditions as the commissioner deems proper, any parcel or parcels of

unappropriated state land which are needed to carry out the functions of

such department, agency or instrumentality. The use of any property

conveyed under this section shall be subject to local land use

regulation.