N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law Section 52-0905
Contracts

The commissioner shall impose such contractual requirements and conditions upon any municipality and any not-for-profit corporation which receive funds pursuant to this title as may be necessary and appropriate to assure that a public benefit shall accrue from the use of public funds by such municipality and not-for-profit corporation. Such conditions may include, but shall not be limited to limitations on the right of the municipality or not-for-profit corporation to demolish or convey such property, provisions for public access where appropriate, the granting of facade easements to the state, a requirement that all plans for restoration, rehabilitation, improvement, demolition or other physical change must be subject to the commissioner’s approval, and such other conditions which shall assure the preservation and protection of the project.

Source: Section 52-0905 — Contracts, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/ENV/52-0905 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Feb. 28, 2026).

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