New York Consolidated Laws, Education Law - EDN § 404. Acquisition of real property

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.