Statute · New York State Law
N.Y. State Law § 20 — Cession without reservation
N.Y. State Law § 20
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- New York
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- Nov 5, 2026 (NY Senate Open Legislation)
§ 20. Cession without reservation. Title and jurisdiction has been ceded to the United States by this state as follows:
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N.Y. State Law § 20 — Cession without reservation is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.
§ 20. Cession without reservation. Title and jurisdiction has been ceded to the United States by this state as follows:
1. Little island in Hudson river. A tract of land known as Little island, in the Hudson river, opposite New Baltimore, acquired by the United States for a light-house site and keepers' dwellings.
2. Lands in West Oswego. For the purpose of excavating and removing the same, to improve the navigation of the Oswego river, all the right and title of the state of New York in and to the following described property, namely: Lots one hundred and twenty-three, one hundred and twenty-four and one hundred and twenty-five in fortification block number two in West Oswego, New York, the same being part of the island situate in the Oswego river near its mouth.