N.Y. Public Authorities Law § 2655: General purposes and powers of the authority

§ 2655. General purposes and powers of the authority. The general

purposes of the authority shall be to design, develop, plan, finance,

create, site, construct, renovate, administer, operate, manage, and

maintain all metroplex facilities and metroplex parks within the service

district defined in section twenty-six hundred fifty-four of this title.

To carry out such purposes the authority shall have the power:

1. To sue and be sued;

2. To acquire, hold and dispose of real and personal property for its

corporate purposes;

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

4. To borrow money and issue bonds for any of its corporate purposes

or its projects, or to refund the same, and to provide for the rights of

the holders thereof;

5. To make, subject to the provisions of section twenty-six hundred

fifty-five-a of this title, by-laws for the management and regulation of

its affairs and, subject to agreements with bondholders, for the design,

development, planning, construction, financing, operation, management,

siting and maintenance of all metroplex facilities and metroplex parks

within the service district;

6. To appoint officers, agents and employees; and to describe their

qualifications and fix their compensation; subject, however, to the

provisions of the civil service law as provided in this title;

7. To make contracts and leases, and to execute all instruments

necessary or convenient;

8. To design, develop, plan, finance, create, site, construct,

renovate, administer, operate, manage and/or maintain such buildings,

parks, structures, and other facilities as may be necessary or

convenient, specifically, but not limited to:

(a) trade exhibition facilities;

(b) public show facilities;

(c) public entertainment facilities and parks;

(d) hotel and overnight accommodation facilities;

(e) transportation and parking facilities;

(f) historic preservation facilities and parks;

(g) tourism facilities and parks;

(h) sporting event facilities and parks;

(i) special entertainment facilities and parks;

(j) educational facilities and parks;

(k) cultural and social facilities and parks;

(l) infrastructure facilities;

(m) industrial and manufacturing facilities and parks; and/or

(n) business, commercial, retail, and/or government office space,

buildings and/or facilities;

9. To collect revenues, dues, costs, assessments, rentals, fees and

other charges for the use of real or personal property and/or facilities

and parks of the authority subject to and in accordance with such

agreements with bondholders as may be provided in this title;

10. To contract for the services of architects, engineers,

consultants, lawyers, financial and other professional advisors,

developers, contractors, vendors, concessioners, tenants, facility

and/or park users, occupants and managers and other professional

consultants and service providers, and to fix their compensation;

11. To declare, designate, establish, design, create, site, construct,

develop, plan, finance, operate, renovate, administer, manage and/or

maintain parks and park districts within the service district so as to

establish parks and/or park districts for historic preservation,

educational entertainment, and/or recreation;

12. Upon the resolution of a municipality, to avoid, and be exempt

from, zoning and/or planning requirements, laws and/or regulations

established, created or enacted by the municipality;

13. To designate the depositories of its money;

14. To establish its fiscal year;

15. To appoint such officers, employees and agents as the authority

may require for the performance of its duties and to fix and determine

their qualifications, duties, and compensation subject to the provisions

of the civil service law and any applicable collective bargaining

agreement, and to retain or employ counsel, auditors, engineers and

private consultants on a contract basis or otherwise for rendering

professional, management or technical services and advice;

16. To receive and consider reports and recommendations from any

advisory councils or boards as may be established by local law,

ordinance, or resolution; and

17. To do all things necessary, convenient or desirable, including

ancillary and incidental activities, to carry out its purposes and for

the exercise of the powers granted in this title.