N.Y. High. Law § 315-a

§ 315-a. Improvement corporations; right of acquisition. Any\ncorporation formed for the purpose of developing or improving real\nproperty, which lays out for public use roads, streets, avenues or\nhighways, upon or through its lands, if unable to agree with the owners\nof any real property required for the purpose of extending, continuing\nor connecting such roads, streets, avenues or highways, for the purchase\nthereof, may acquire title thereto by acquisition in the manner\nprescribed by the eminent domain procedure law; provided such\ncorporation has the consents of the owners of not less than one-half of\nall of the land which adjoins or abuts upon, or which will adjoin or\nabut upon, such roads, streets, avenues or highways, or their\nextensions, continuations or connections, when completed; and such\ncorporation may lay out and establish such roads, streets, avenues or\nhighways, and the extensions, continuations or connections thereof, and\nmay construct drains or sewers, and such bridges or culverts as may be\nnecessary to maintain the grades of, or for the extension, continuation\nor connection of, the roads, streets, avenues or highways, so laid out;\nand may connect such roads, streets, avenues or highways, with or across\nroads, streets, avenues or highways, belonging to any other corporation\nor person, but may not disturb the established grades thereof. All lands\nso taken by acquisition shall be deemed to be acquired for a public use.\n