N.Y. Public Authorities Law § 1004: Officers and employees; expenses

§ 1004. Officers and employees; expenses. The trustees shall choose

from among their own number a chairman and vice-chairman. They shall

select such officers and employees, including a chief executive officer

whose appointment shall be subject to confirmation by the senate in

accordance with section twenty-eight hundred fifty-two of this chapter,

and such engineering, marketing and legal officers and employees, as

they may require for the performance of their duties and shall prescribe

the duties and compensation of each officer and employee. They shall

adopt by-laws and rules and regulations suitable to the purposes of this

title. As long as and to the extent that the authority is dependent upon

appropriations for the payment of its expenses, it shall incur no

obligations for salary, office or other expenses prior to the making of

appropriations adequate to meet the same.