N.Y. Transp. Corp. Law § 89
The commissioner of general services shall have power to grant to any pipe line corporation any lands belonging to the people of this state which may be required for the purposes of its incorporation on such terms as may be agreed, or such corporation may acquire title thereto by condemnation, except that no corporation may condemn any lands for the purposes of the construction of any line of pipe that supports facilities or infrastructure associated with exploration, development, or production of oil or natural gas in the north Atlantic planning area, and further excepting that no pipe line corporation may condemn any canal lands abandoned pursuant to the provisions of article four of the public lands law until after they have been sold and conveyed in the manner provided by the public lands law. If any lands owned by any county, city or town be required by such corporation for such purposes, the county, city or town officers having charge of such lands may grant them to the corporation upon terms and compensation agreed upon.
N.Y. Transp. Corp. Law § 89