NY Educ L § 2511 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 2 - School District Organization Article 51 - City School Districts of Cities With Less Than One Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Inhabitants 2511 - Purchase and Sale of Real and Personal Property.

§ 2511. Purchase and sale of real and personal property.  1. The board   of  education  may  purchase  real  and personal property for any of the   purposes authorized by law and shall take title thereto in the  name  of   the school district.  The board of education is hereby empowered to sell   and  convey  the  same,  when  it  deems it for the best interest of the   school district, except that the purchase, acquisition and sale of  real   property  and motor vehicles for the transportation of children shall be   subject to the approval of the voters, to the same extent as in a  union   free  school  district.  In  the  event  that  an owner of real property   refuses to sell such property to the board of education or such owner is   unable to agree with such board on  the  purchase  price  thereof,  such   board  shall  have authority to institute such proceedings and take such   action as may be necessary to acquire title to such property pursuant to   the eminent domain procedure law.2. A board of education may petition the  municipality  in  which  the   property affected is situated to institute proceedings under the eminent   domain procedure law, to acquire real property described in the petition   which  the  board  of  education  has  certified  to  be  necessary  for   educational purposes. The resolution granting  the  petition  shall  set   forth  the  amount  to  be  paid  by  the  board  of  education  to  the   municipality for such property or in lieu  thereof  that  the  board  of   education shall pay to the municipality all sums expended or required to   be expended by the municipality in the acquisition thereof, and the time   of  payment  and the manner of securing payment thereof, and may require   that  the  municipality  shall  receive,  before  proceeding  with   the   acquisition   of  such  property,  such  assurances  as  to  payment  or   reimbursement by the board of education or otherwise as the municipality   may deem advisable. Upon the  passage  of  a  resolution  by  the  local   legislative body of the municipality granting the petition, the board of   education  shall  cause  four  copies of surveys or maps of the property   described in the petition to be made, one of which shall be filed in the   office of the board of education, one in the office of  the  corporation   counsel  or  chief law officer of the municipality, one in the office of   the clerk of the municipality and one in the office in which instruments   affecting real property in the county are recorded.  The filing of  such   copies of surveys or maps shall be conclusive evidence of the acceptance   by  the  board  of  education  of  the  terms  and  conditions  of  such   resolution. The municipality may proceed under  the  provisions  of  the   eminent  domain  procedure  law for the acquisition of real property for   public improvements. When title to the property shall have vested in the   municipality, it shall convey the same to the board  of  education  upon   payment  by  the  board  of  education of the sums and the giving of the   security required by the resolution granting the petition.  As  soon  as   title shall have vested in the municipality, the board of education may,   upon  the  authorization  of the mayor or chief executive officer of the   municipality by whatever name known, enter upon the property taken, take   over and dispose of existing improvements, and carry  out  the  purposes   for  which  the  property  was  acquired.  Whenever  in  connection with   condemnation proceedings, requirement is made in any applicable general,   special or local law for the performance of an act by  a  department  or   officer  of  the  municipality, it shall be regarded for the purposes of   this section as compliance therewith if with the approval of  the  mayor   or  other  chief executive officer such act is performed by the board of   education or by persons specially designated by it.