N.Y. State Law § 59-g: Exemption of property from state taxation

§ 59-g. Exemption of property from state taxation. The property so

conveyed and released to the United States shall be exempted from all

taxes, assessments and other charges, which may be levied or imposed

under the authority of this state; but the jurisdiction hereby ceded and

the exemption from taxation hereby granted shall continue in respect to

such property so long as the same shall remain the property of the

United States and be used for purposes of public defense, and no longer.