N.Y. Public Authorities Law § 2799-ggg-1: Authority police force

§ 2799-ggg-1. Authority police force. The authority is hereby

authorized and empowered to provide and maintain an authority police

department and a uniformed authority police force. Each member of such

uniformed police force shall be a "police officer" as that term is

defined in paragraph (e) of subdivision thirty-four of section 1.20 of

the criminal procedure law, with all of the powers of such police

officers thereunder and subject to the same jurisdictional provisions on

the exercise of that power as set forth in such law. The geographical

area of employment of such police officers for the purposes of the

criminal procedure law shall be limited to the buildings and grounds of

the authority. Such department and force shall have the power, in and

about any or all of the facilities owned, occupied and/or operated by

the authority, to enforce and prevent violation of all laws. Nothing

herein shall confer upon the authority police force or upon their

collective negotiations representatives exclusive jurisdiction or claim

over the exercise of police power or security work on behalf of the

authority. Nothing herein shall limit the authority from continuing to

rely on local police for police services. However, traditional police

functions previously performed by the city of Syracuse police department

shall continue to be performed by the authority police force.