N.Y. STL Law § 20
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Cession without reservation
Official statutory text
§ 20. Cession without reservation. Title and jurisdiction has been\nceded to the United States by this state as follows:\n 1. Little island in Hudson river. A tract of land known as Little\nisland, in the Hudson river, opposite New Baltimore, acquired by the\nUnited States for a light-house site and keepers' dwellings.\n 2. Lands in West Oswego. For the purpose of excavating and removing\nthe same, to improve the navigation of the Oswego river, all the right\nand title of the state of New York in and to the following described\nproperty, namely: Lots one hundred and twenty-three, one hundred and\ntwenty-four and one hundred and twenty-five in fortification block\nnumber two in West Oswego, New York, the same being part of the island\nsituate in the Oswego river near its mouth.\n
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