N.Y. Priv. Hous. Fin. Law § 116
Notwithstanding any requirement of law to the contrary or the absence of direct provision therefor in the instrument under which a fiduciary is acting, every executor, administrator, trustee, guardian or other person, holding trust funds or acting in a fiduciary capacity, unless the instrument under which such fiduciary is acting expressly forbids, the state, its subdivisions, municipalities, all other public bodies, all public officers, persons, partnerships and corporations organized under or subject to the provisions of the insurance law, the superintendent of financial services as conservator, liquidator or rehabilitator of any such person, partnership or corporation, owning or holding any real property within an area, may grant, sell, lease or otherwise transfer any such real property to a redevelopment company and receive and hold any cash, stock, income debentures, bonds, mortgages, or other securities or obligations, secured or unsecured, exchanged therefor by such redevelopment company and may execute such instruments and do such acts as may be deemed necessary or desirable by them or it and by the redevelopment company in connection with a project or projects. An insurance company which has undertaken a project through direct ownership and/or lease may transfer to the project any real property which it owns or holds within an area and the actual cost of such property to the insurance company shall be included in the total actual final cost of such project.
N.Y. Priv. Hous. Fin. Law § 116