N.Y. Bridges and Tunnels New York/New Jersey 47/31 § 16: No title

§ 16. Anything in this act to the contrary notwithstanding, no

property now or hereafter vested in or held by any county, city,

borough, village, township or other municipality shall be taken by the

port authority, without the authority or consent of such county, city,

borough, village, township or other municipality as provided in said

compact of April thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-one, provided that the

state in which such county, city, borough, village, township or other

municipality is located may authorize such property to be taken by the

port authority by condemnation or the exercise of the right of eminent

domain without such authority or consent; nor shall anything herein

impair or invalidate in any way any bonded indebtedness of the state, or

such county, city, borough, village, township or other municipality, nor

impair the provisions of law regulating the payment into sinking funds

of revenue derived from municipal property, or dedicating the revenues

derived from municipal property, to a specific purpose. The port

authority is hereby authorized and empowered to acquire from any such

county, city, borough, village, township or other municipality, or from

any other public agency or commission having jurisdiction in the

premises, by agreement therewith, and such county, city, borough,

village, township, municipality, public agency or commission,

notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, is hereby authorized and

empowered to grant and convey upon reasonable terms and conditions, any

real property, which may be necessary for the construction, operation

and maintenance of such bridges and tunnels, including such real

property as has already been devoted to a public use. Each of the two

said states hereby consent to the use and occupation of the real

property of such state necessary for the construction, operation and

maintenance of bridges and tunnels constructed or operated pursuant to

the provisions of this act, including lands of the state lying under

water.