2012 New York Consolidated Laws
PBG - Public Housing
Article 7 - (119 - 128) ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY
124 - Grant or lease of property by a government to or for an authority.

 
    §  124.  Grant  or  lease  of  property  by  a government to or for an
  authority.  In connection with projects located within  its  territorial
  boundaries,  a  government  may, notwithstanding any other provisions of
  law, upon such terms, with or without  consideration,  as  it  may  deem
  advisable, grant, convey or lease any of its property, whether held in a
  proprietary  or  governmental  capacity,  to an authority or government,
  including real property already devoted to a public use,  provided  that
  the  government  making  the grant or lease determines that the premises
  are no longer required for the public  use  to  which  the  property  is
  devoted  and  that  it  is to the interest of the government to grant or
  lease the property to the authority for the purposes  of  this  chapter.
  Notwithstanding any other provisions of this section to the contrary, if
  the  property  is  listed by the government as parkland in the office of
  the assessing authority of the government or such property  is  used  as
  active  or passive parkland or is parkland, then such property shall not
  be so granted, conveyed, leased or discontinued as parkland, without  an
  act  of the state legislature approving such grant, conveyance lease, or
  discontinuance. Notwithstanding any general, special or  local  law  and
  any limitation or prohibition which may be contained therein against the
  power of alienation, any grant, sale, conveyance or lease may be made by
  a government to an authority or government in connection with a project,
  without  appraisal,  public notice, advertisement or public bidding. The
  finding of the government having jurisdiction that the  property  is  no
  longer  required for the public purpose for which it is devoted and that
  it is to the best interest of the government involved to grant or  lease
  the property, shall be conclusive.