N.Y. UDA Law § 14

§ 14. Acquisition of real property from a municipality or an urban\nrenewal agency. (1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained\nin article fifteen or article fifteen-A of the general municipal law or\nin any general, special or local law applicable to the sale of real\nproperty by a municipality or an urban renewal agency, a municipality or\nan urban renewal agency may, in addition to employing any other lawful\nmethod of utilizing or disposing of any real property and appurtenances\nthereto or any interest therein owned by such municipality or urban\nrenewal agency or acquired by such municipality or urban renewal agency\npursuant to article fifteen of article fifteen-A of the general\nmunicipal law, sell, lease for a term not exceeding ninety-nine years,\nor otherwise dispose of any such real property and appurtenances thereto\nor any interest therein to the corporation for the effectuation of any\nof the purposes of an urban renewal program, without public auction, or\nsealed bids or public notice.\n (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of any general, special or local\nlaw or charter, any municipality, by resolution of its local governing\nbody, is hereby empowered without referendum, public auction, sealed\nbids or public notice, to sell, lease for a term not exceeding\nninety-nine years, grant or convey to the corporation any real property\nowned by it which the corporation shall certify to be necessary or\nconvenient for its corporate purposes. Any such sale, lease, grant or\nconveyance shall be made with or without consideration and upon such\nterms and conditions as may be agreed upon by such municipality and the\ncorporation. Certification shall be evidenced by a formal request from\nthe president of the corporation. Before any such sale, lease, grant or\nconveyance may be made to the corporation, a public hearing shall be\nheld by the local governing body to consider the same. Notice of such\nhearing shall be published at least ten days before the date set for the\nhearing in such publication and in such manner as may be designated by\nthe local governing body.\n