§ 20-e. State office buildings and other public improvements in\ncertain cities. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, general,\nspecial or local, every city is hereby authorized and empowered:\n (a) To acquire by purchase, gift or dedication, or by acquisition in\nthe manner provided by the eminent domain procedure law, property within\nsuch city as a site for an office building or buildings and\nappurtenances, suitable for the primary use of state departments,\nagencies and employees, and other public improvements and appurtenances,\nwhich site may be located within a larger area previously acquired and\ncleared under an urban renewal program.\n (b) To acquire property from the state as such a site, by lease for a\nterm not exceeding forty years, or by a quitclaim deed conveying all the\nright, title and interest of the people of the state in and to such\nproperty, and to agree that if the city shall fail, within five years\nfrom the date of such conveyance, to construct an office building or to\nconstruct, reconstruct or otherwise provide a public improvement on such\nproperty as may be required by the terms of a contract entered into with\nthe state commissioner of general services in accordance with the\nprovisions of this section, or if any office building so constructed on\nsuch property ceases to be used primarily for state purposes, then and\nin either event, such property shall revert to the people of the state\nwith right of re-entry thereupon; provided, however, that as a condition\nprecedent to the exercise of such right of re-entry the state shall pay\nto the city such amount as may be specified in a contract or lease\nentered into between the state commissioner of general services and the\ncity in accordance with the provisions of this act, which amount may\nequal (i) the purchase price of the city for such property, (ii) the\ndepreciated costs of the city for all buildings, public improvements and\nappurtenances constructed thereon pursuant to any such contract or\nlease, and (iii) all other costs of the city incurred pursuant to such\ncontract or lease incident to such property and the construction of such\noffice buildings and the construction, reconstruction or provision of\npublic improvements and appurtenances, including the cost of original\nfixtures, furnishings, equipment, machinery and apparatus, if any,\nincluded in such work or purchased by the city. Upon the exercise by the\nstate of such right of re-entry, the city shall establish a sinking fund\npursuant to subdivision six of section twenty of the general city law\nand any payment made by the state upon exercise of such right of\nre-entry, to the extent necessary, shall be paid into such fund which\nshall be maintained solely for the liquidation of the principal of and\ninterest on any indebtedness contracted or incurred by the city in\nrelation to the property which so reverts to the people of the state of\nNew York.\n (c) To enter into a contract or contracts with the state commissioner\nof general services on behalf of the state providing for the\nconstruction on such property of one or more office buildings, suitable\nfor the primary use of state departments, agencies and employees, and\nfor the construction, reconstruction or other provision of other public\nimprovements and appurtenances.\n (d) To clear such property, close and open streets and public ways,\nand demolish existing structures as may be required by any such contract\nwith the state commissioner of general services and to construct one or\nmore such office buildings and to construct, reconstruct or otherwise\nprovide for other public improvements and appurtenances in accordance\nwith plans and specifications approved by the state commissioner of\ngeneral services and incorporated in any such contract.\n (e) To designate the state commissioner of general services as its\nagent in connection with the construction of one or more such office\nbuildings and the constru
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