N.Y. Education Law § 404
Acquisition of real property
New York · New York Education Law · Status: effective · Effective 2014-09-22
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- N.Y. Education Law § 404, Acquisition of real property, New York, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-25, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/1100306
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§ 404. Acquisition of real property. Real property may be acquired in
any school district and in any city having less than seventy thousand
inhabitants, for school purposes and for any other purpose for which
such property may be acquired as provided in this chapter, as follows:
1. By gift, grant, devise or purchase.
2. By involuntary acquisition, if an agreement cannot be made with the
owner for the purchase thereof. Such proceedings shall be instituted
and conducted by the trustee or board of education, in the name of the
district under the provisions of the eminent domain procedure law.
3. This section does not permit the acquisition by condemnation of
less than the whole of a city or village lot with the erections and
improvements thereon.