N.Y. Public Authorities Law § 1621-d: Purpose and powers of the authority

* § 1621-d. Purpose and powers of the authority. The purpose of the

authority shall be to provide, operate or maintain, or any combination

thereof, one or more projects in the city. To carry out said purpose,

the authority shall have power:

1. To sue and be sued;

2. To have a seal and alter the same at pleasure;

3. To acquire, hold and dispose of personal property for its corporate

purposes, including the power to purchase prospective or tentative

awards in connection with the condemnation of real property;

4. To acquire real property subject to the approval of at least four

members of the common council in the name of the city by purchase or

condemnation or gift, and use necessary real property. All real property

acquired by the authority by condemnation shall be acquired in the

manner provided in the eminent domain procedure law, and further

provided, that the authority shall give the common council of the city

written notice of its intent to acquire any land by condemnation,

whereupon said common council, within a period of forty-five days after

the giving of such notice, by resolution voted upon affirmatively by at

least two members of such common council, may determine that such land

shall not be so acquired, in which event the authority shall be without

further power to so acquire the same by condemnation;

5. To make by-laws for the management and regulation of its affairs,

and, subject to agreements with bondholders, for the regulation of the

project;

6. With the consent of the city to use agents, employees, and

facilities of the city, including the corporation counsel, paying to the

city its agreed proportion of the compensation or costs;

7. To appoint an attorney, and to fix his or her compensation;

8. To appoint officers, agents, employees, and consultants, to

prescribe their qualifications and to fix their compensation; subject,

however, to the provisions of the civil service law, as provided in this

section;

9. To designate officers and employees, appointed or used by the

authority, as specified in this section, who shall be empowered to issue

appearance tickets as provided for in article one hundred fifty of the

criminal procedure law. Persons so designated are hereby authorized to

issue and serve such tickets for traffic infractions relating to parking

within "project" areas as defined herein, in accordance with law and

when authorized by local law of the city to issue and serve such tickets

for traffic infractions committed anywhere in such city including at

parking spaces controlled by parking meters;

10. To make contracts, leases, as lessor or lessee, and any operating

agreement, and to execute all instruments necessary or convenient;

11. To acquire, construct, reconstruct, improve, equip and furnish any

project as may be necessary or convenient;

12. To maintain and operate any projects;

13. To accept grants, loans or contributions from the United States,

the state of New York, or any agency or instrumentality of either of

them, or the city, or any person, by bequest or otherwise, and to expend

the proceeds for any purposes of the authority;

14. To fix and collect rentals, fees and other charges for the use of

any project and to pledge the same, all subject to and in accordance

with such agreements with bondholders as may be made as hereinafter

provided;

15. To construct, operate or maintain in the projects all facilities

and equipment necessary or convenient in connection therewith; and to

contract for the providing, operation or maintenance of any parts

thereof or for services to be performed; to rent parts thereof, and

grant concessions, all on such terms and conditions as it may determine;

provided, however, that neither the authority, the city, or any agency

of the authority or city, or any other person, firm or corporation

shall, within or on any property comprising a part of any project

authorized by this title, sell, dispense or otherwise handle any product

used in or for the servicing of any motor vehicle using any project or

facilities authorized by this title.

* NB Repealed per § 1621-r (see chapter 597 of 2023 § 2 for specifics)