A municipality which develops, improves, restores or rehabilitates real property that is not owned by the municipality pursuant to this title with funds made available pursuant to this title shall obtain a climate change mitigation easement from the owner of the real property. Climate change mitigation easements shall be enforced as conservation easements are enforced in section 49-0305 of this chapter.
N.Y. Envtl. Conserv. Law § 54-1513