2015 New York Laws
GMU - General Municipal
Article 5 - (General Municipal) POWERS, LIMITATIONS AND LIABILITIES
72-D - Acquisition of lands for park and parkway purposes or for district headquarters for the state department of transportation, and dedication of the same

  72-d.  Acquisition  of  lands  for park and parkway purposes or for
  district headquarters for the state department  of  transportation,  and
  dedication  of  the  same in the town of Babylon. The governing board of
  any municipal corporation in the town of Babylon or the  town  board  of
  such  town  may  acquire  by purchase, gift, devise or condemnation real
  estate or any interest  therein  necessary  for  or  incidental  to  the
  construction  of  a  state  park  or  state  parkway,  or  for  district
  headquarters for the state department of transportation, and may  donate
  or  dedicate  the same to the state or may release to the state for such
  purpose existing rights of way or easements not  required  for  town  or
  village  purposes.    If  the  acquisition  be  by such town, the moneys
  necessary therefor shall constitute a town  charge  and  be  raised,  in
  whole  or  in part, by taxation as other town charges or such moneys may
  be raised, in whole or in part, pursuant to the local  finance  law;  if
  the  acquisition  be by a village, the moneys therefor may be raised, in
  whole or in part, by taxation, as other village taxes or such moneys may
  be raised, in whole or in part, pursuant to the local finance law.