New York Laws
Article 4 - Consolidation, Lease, Sale and Reorganization
162 - Acquisition and Maintenance of Railroad Built, Owned or Operated by a Corporation Not Organized Under This Chapter.

ยง 162. Acquisition and maintenance of railroad built, owned or
operated by a corporation not organized under this chapter. No railroad
corporation organized under subdivision three of section five of this
chapter shall acquire, purchase or lease or maintain and operate a
railroad already built, owned and operated by a corporation of this
state not organized under the railroad law, unless the commissioner of
transportation shall consent thereto.