2015 New York Laws
PBL - Public Lands
Article 3 - (Public Lands) UNAPPROPRIATED STATE LANDS
30 - Unappropriated state lands defined.

 30. Unappropriated  state  lands defined.   The term "unappropriated
  state lands," as used in this chapter, includes all escheated lands; all
  lands conveyed to the state for the benefit of the canal  fund  and  not
  devoted in pursuance of law to any public use; all lands purchased by or
  for  the  state  on the foreclosure of any mortgage given on the loan of
  any United States deposit funds or on any loan of money for  the  state;
  all  state  lands  lying  within  the  limits of any city or village not
  devoted to any public use; and all other lands belonging to  this  state
  which  are not directed by law to be kept for or applied to any specific
  purpose, except lands under water the disposition of which  is  governed
  by  article  six of this chapter and except the lands the disposition of
  which is governed by the salt springs law  and  except  abandoned  canal
  lands  the  disposition  of  which  is  governed by article four of this
  chapter, and chapters eight hundred and ninety-three and  eight  hundred
  and ninety-four of the laws of nineteen hundred and eleven.