N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 56-0309
11. Any not-for-profit corporation which receives state assistance payments pursuant to this section for the acquisition of land for outdoor recreation or conservation purposes shall execute a contract with the commissioner which shall include the following:
15. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no state assistance payment under this article may be applied, with respect to any project located within the area of New York county bounded by (a) the northern boundary of Fifty-ninth street and Fifty-ninth street extended; (b) the United States pierhead line; (c) the northern boundary of the area known as Battery Park City; and (d) eight hundred feet inland easterly from the United States bulkhead line: