N.Y. Bridges and Tunnels New York/New Jersey 47/31 § 15: No title

§ 15. If for any of the purposes of this act (including temporary

construction purposes, and the making of additions or improvements to

bridges or tunnels already constructed), the port authority shall find

it necessary or convenient to acquire any real property as herein

defined, whether for immediate or future use, the port authority may

find and determine that such property, whether a fee simple absolute or

a lesser interest, is required for a public use, and upon such

determination, the said property shall be and shall be deemed to be

required for such public use until otherwise determined by the port

authority; and with the exceptions hereinafter specifically noted, the

said determination shall not be affected by the fact that such property

has theretofore been taken for, or is then devoted to, a public use; but

the public use in the hands or under the control of the port authority

shall be deemed superior to the public use in the hands of any other

person, association or corporation.

The port authority may acquire and is hereby authorized to acquire

such property, whether a fee simple absolute or a lesser interest, by

the exercise of the right of eminent domain under and pursuant to the

provisions of the eminent domain procedure law of the state of New York,

in the case of property located in such state, and revised statutes of

New Jersey, Title 20:1-1 et seq., in the case of property located in

such state, or at the option of the port authority as provided in

section fifteen of chapter forty-three of the laws of New Jersey of

nineteen hundred forty-seven, as amended, for the condemnation of real

property for air terminal purposes, in the case of property located in

such state, or pursuant to such other and alternate procedure as may be

provided by law.

Where a person entitled to an award in the proceedings to acquire any

real property for any of the purposes of this act, remains in possession

of such property after the time of the vesting of title in the port

authority, the reasonable value of his use and occupancy of such

property subsequent to such time, as fixed by agreement or by the court

in such proceedings or by any court of competent jurisdiction, shall be

a lien against such award, subject only to liens of record at the time

of the vesting of title in the port authority.

Nothing herein contained shall be construed to prohibit the port

authority from bringing any proceedings to remove a cloud on title or

such other proceedings as it may, in its discretion, deem proper and

necessary, or from acquiring any such property by negotiation or

purchase.