N.Y. Public Authorities Law § 1048-e: Approval of water projects

§ 1048-e. Approval of water projects. The authority shall not enter

into any contract or agreement with the city or the water board with

respect to the financing of any water project pursuant to section one

thousand forty-eight-i of this title, unless the state commissioner of

environmental conservation and the state commissioner of health shall

have completed all statutory reviews and approvals with respect to such

project required by law to be completed prior to the date of such

contract or agreement. Nothing herein shall be construed to diminish the

full authority and responsibility of each department of the state for

statutory reviews and approvals.