N.Y. Transportation Corporations Law § 89: Over state lands

§ 89. Over state lands. The commissioner of general services shall

have power to grant to any pipe line corporation any lands belonging to

the people of this state which may be required for the purposes of its

incorporation on such terms as may be agreed, or such corporation may

acquire title thereto by condemnation, except that no corporation may

condemn any lands for the purposes of the construction of any line of

pipe that supports facilities or infrastructure associated with

exploration, development, or production of oil or natural gas in the

north Atlantic planning area, and further excepting that no pipe line

corporation may condemn any canal lands abandoned pursuant to the

provisions of article four of the public lands law until after they have

been sold and conveyed in the manner provided by the public lands law.

If any lands owned by any county, city or town be required by such

corporation for such purposes, the county, city or town officers having

charge of such lands may grant them to the corporation upon terms and

compensation agreed upon.