N.Y. Public Authorities Law § 2596: Transfer of applications, proceedings, approvals and permits

§ 2596. Transfer of applications, proceedings, approvals and permits.

1. Any application, review or process in relation to or in furtherance

of the purposes of or contemplated by this title heretofore filed or

undertaken, or any proceeding heretofore commenced or any determination,

finding or award made, by the county or by the county with the federal

government, the department of environmental conservation, the department

of transportation or any other public corporation shall inure to and for

the benefit of the authority to the same extent and in the same manner

as if the authority had been a party to such application, review,

process or proceeding from its inception, and the authority shall be

deemed a party thereto, to the extent not prohibited by any federal law.

Any license, approval, permit, determination, finding, award or decision

heretofore or hereafter issued or granted pursuant to or as a result of

any such application, review, process or proceeding shall inure to the

benefit of and be binding upon the authority and shall be assigned and

transferred by the county to the authority unless such assignment and

transfer is prohibited by federal law.

2. All such applications, proceedings, licenses, approvals, permits,

determinations, findings, awards and decisions shall further inure to

and for the benefit of and be binding upon any person leasing,

acquiring, financing, constructing, maintaining, operating, using or

occupying any facility financed in whole or in part by the authority.