NY Gen Mun L § 355 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 14 - Airports and Landing Fields 355 - Acquisition of Rights and Property Surrounding Airports.

§  355.  Acquisition of rights and property surrounding airports.  Any   county, city, village or town which has established and is operating, or   will hereafter establish and  operate,  an  airport,  landing  field  or   seaplane harbor, is hereby authorized to condemn, or acquire by purchase   or  gift,  the  right to abate or remove any flight hazard including any   structure, building, tower, pole, wire, tree or other thing, or  portion   thereof,  located  within  the flight hazard area being the approach and   turning zones which lie within three  thousand  feet  of  such  airport,   landing  field or seaplane harbor or within such greater distance as the   Federal Civil Aeronautics Administration or its successor may declare to   be necessary with respect to any particular airport,  landing  field  or   seaplane  harbor for the approach and turning zones appurtenant thereto,   and which the governing body of such county, city, village or town shall   determine to constitute a menace to the safety of  aircraft  using  such   airport,  landing  field or seaplane harbor, or to the safety of persons   and property within the flight hazard area above defined, including  the   right of ingress to and egress from the place upon which such structure,   building, tower, pole, wire, tree or other thing exists, for the purpose   of  such abatement or removal. Any such county, city, village or town is   further authorized to condemn or acquire by purchase or gift, the  right   to  unobstructed  use  of  such  portion  of  the air space within three   thousand feet of such airport,  landing  field  or  seaplane  harbor  or   within  such greater distance as may be certified to be necessary in the   manner  heretofore  provided  in  this  section  so  that  nothing  will   interfere  with  the  ascent or the descent of any aircraft at a gliding   angle of one foot in height to every thirty feet of horizontal  distance   from the nearest point of such airport, landing field or seaplane harbor   or  at  such  other  angles  as  may  be  declared  by the Federal Civil   Aeronautics Administration, or  its  successor,  as  necessary  for  the   approach  and  turning  zones  with  respect  to any particular airport,   landing field or seaplane harbor. Any such county, city, village or town   is further authorized to condemn, or acquire by purchase or gift, for  a   term  of  years  or  perpetually,  the  right  to  place  and  maintain,   obstruction markers and/or lights upon any structure,  building,  tower,   pole,  wire,  tree, or other thing located within three thousand feet of   such airport, landing field or seaplane harbor or  within  such  greater   distance  as  may  be certified to be necessary in the manner heretofore   provided in this section, which the governing body of such county, city,   village or town  shall  determine  to  constitute  a  menace  to  aerial   navigation  to  or  from said airport, landing field or seaplane harbor,   including the right to lay and  maintain  conduits  and  wires  to  such   obstruction  markers and/or lights.  Any such property or property right   in any structure, land, building, tower, pole, wire, tree or other thing   or portion thereof shall be acquired by purchase, if the  county,  city,   village  or  town is able to agree with the owners on the terms thereof,   and otherwise any such property or  property  right  in  any  structure,   land,  building,  tower,  pole,  wire,  tree  or  other thing or portion   thereof may be taken by acquisition,  in  the  manner  provided  by  and   subject to the provisions of the eminent domain procedure law.