N.Y. Public Lands Law Section 160
Construction

This chapter shall not limit or modify the provisions of the railroad law relating to the grant or acquisition, for railroad purposes, of any lands belonging to the people of the state, except that no railroad corporation may condemn any canal lands abandoned pursuant to the provisions of article 4 (Abandoned Canal Lands and Structures)article four of this chapter until after they have been sold and conveyed in the manner provided by this chapter.

Source: Section 160 — Construction, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/PBL/160 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Jun. 18, 2026).

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