New York Consolidated Laws, Arts and Cultural Affairs Law - ACA § 55.17. Payments in lieu of taxes

The trust may, when funds are available and with the approval of the governor, enter into an agreement with a municipality or district within which real property has been acquired by the trust providing for the payment of moneys in lieu of anticipated tax revenues for a period not to exceed five years whenever the trust shall determine that undue hardship justifying such financial relief has been created by such acquisition.