NY Pub Lands L § 30-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBL - Public Lands Article 3 - Unappropriated State Lands 30-A - Abandonment of State Real Property.

§ 30-a. Abandonment  of  state  real  property.  1. Except as to lands   under water, salt springs lands and abandoned canal lands, the  head  of   any  state  agency  having  custody or jurisdiction over any state-owned   lands may determine that such lands are no longer necessary or useful to   the purposes of such agency, and he  or  she  is  hereby  authorized  to   declare  the  same  abandoned.  Upon  the  filing  of  a  declaration of   abandonment of such lands with an approval thereof by  the  commissioner   of  general  services such lands shall become unappropriated state lands   provided, however, that no state lands, the sale or transfer of which is   prohibited by the constitution, shall be thus  affected.  Within  thirty   days  of approving the abandonment, the commissioner of general services   shall publish a notice of the approval in the  state  register  and  the   environmental  notice  bulletin,  and  send  such  a notice to the chief   elected official of each county  and  municipality  where  the  affected   lands are located.2. The commissioner of general services is authorized and empowered to   determine  that  any state-owned real property under the jurisdiction of   any state agency other than any real property  owned  by  or  under  the   jurisdiction  of  any public authority or public benefit corporation, is   under-utilized or not being utilized in a  manner  consistent  with  the   best  interests of the state and thereupon, subject to the procedure and   review  provided  in  section  two-a,  to  declare  such  real  property   abandoned.3. Upon the filing of a declaration of abandonment by the commissioner   of  the office of mental health or by the commissioner of the office for   people with developmental disabilities of state-owned lands upon which a   community residential facility for the disabled as  defined  in  section   41.34  of the mental hygiene law exists, and with an approval thereof by   the  commissioner  of  general  services,  such   lands   shall   become   unappropriated  state  lands;  and  prior  to  being  transferred to the   jurisdiction of another state agency shall be offered for sale at public   auction pursuant to section  thirty-three  of  this  article;  provided,   however,  that the provisions of section four hundred six of the eminent   domain procedure law shall apply to such property.4. Should state-owned real property  under  the  jurisdiction  of  the   office  of  mental  health  or  the office for people with developmental   disabilities and upon which a community  residential  facility  for  the   disabled  as  defined in section 41.34 of the mental hygiene law exists,   be declared abandoned by the commissioner of general  services  pursuant   to  subdivision  two  of  this  section, such real property shall become   unappropriated state lands;  and  prior  to  being  transferred  to  the   jurisdiction  of  another  state  agency,  shall  be offered for sale at   public  auction  pursuant  to  section  thirty-three  of  this  article;   provided,  however,  that  the provisions of section four hundred six of   the eminent domain procedure law shall apply to such property.5. As used in this section, the term "state agency" shall include  any   department,  division, board, commission, bureau, office or other agency   of the state.