2006 New York Code - Prohibition inapplicable to lands and properties no longer useful; disposition authorized.

 
    §  2.  The  prohibition  of  sale,  abandonment  or  other disposition
  contained in section one of this article shall not apply to barge  canal
  lands, barge canal terminals or barge canal terminal lands which have or
  may become no longer necessary or useful for canal or terminal purposes;
  nor  to  any  canal  lands  and appertaining structures constituting the
  canal system prior to the barge canal  improvement  which  have  or  may
  become  no  longer  necessary  or  useful  in  conjunction  with the now
  existing barge canal. The legislature  may  by  appropriate  legislation
  authorize  the  sale,  exchange, abandonment or other disposition of any
  barge canal lands, barge canal terminals, barge canal terminal lands  or
  other  canal  lands and appertaining structures which have or may become
  no longer necessary or useful as a part of the barge canal system, as an
  aid to navigation thereon, or for barge canal terminal purposes.