2023 New York Laws › STL - State › Article 4-A - Acquisition of Land for Public Defense › 59 - Survey and Map of Lands to Be Acquired; Appropriation of Land.

§ 59. Survey  and  map of lands to be acquired; appropriation of land.
  When directed by the governor to acquire designated lands, structures or
  waters, for the purposes hereinbefore prescribed, the  commission  shall
  cause  a  survey  and map of such lands to be made.  The members of such
  commission and its duly authorized agents and employees may  enter  upon
  such  lands,  and  the structures and waters thereon, for the purpose of
  making such survey and map. There shall be annexed thereto a certificate
  executed by the members of the commission, stating that  the  lands  and
  the structures and waters thereon, described in such survey and map, are
  necessary  for  purposes of public defense and for other public purposes
  incidental thereto including public highway purposes. If any  rights  of
  way,  easements  or other estates or interests in lands are acquired for
  public highway purposes, the certificate of the commission shall include
  a description of the strips of land to be used for such purposes.    The
  original  of  such  survey  and map and the certificates annexed thereto
  shall be submitted to the governor, and if approved by him, it shall  be
  filed  in  the office of the department of state. A copy of such survey,
  map and certificates, certified by the department  of  state,  shall  be
  filed by the commission in the office of the county clerk of each county
  in which such lands, or any portion thereof, are situated.
From  the  time of the filing of the said survey and map in the office
  of the department of state, entry upon and appropriation by  the  state,
  of  the  property  described  in  such  survey  and map for the purposes
  hereinbefore prescribed, shall be deemed complete and the strips of land
  selected for such public highway purposes shall thereupon become and  be
  and  forever  continue  to  be open and established public highways. The
  commission shall, immediately upon such filing of the survey and map  in
  the office of the department of state, enter upon and take possession of
  all  the  lands, structures and waters described in such survey and map.
  The commission shall thereupon cause the strips  of  land  selected  for
  public  highway  purposes  to  be  constructed and improved as such. The
  expenses of such construction and improvement shall  be  paid  from  the
  treasury out of funds appropriated therefor, on the audit and warrant of
  the  comptroller.    Such  highways  shall  thereafter be maintained and
  repaired under the direct supervision and control of the  department  of
  transportation  as  a  part  of  the  improved  highways  of  the state,
  excepting however, that state highway ninety-one hundred and four, lying
  wholly within the borough of Queens, city of New York shall hereafter be
  maintained and repaired under the direct supervision and control of  the
  city of New York as a city street for street purposes in accordance with
  the provisions of the administrative code of the city of New York.