N.Y. Public Authorities Law § 2773: Transfer of applications, proceedings, approvals and permits

§ 2773. 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 state department of environmental conservation, the

state 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.