NY Pub Auth L § 703 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 3 - Bridge and Tunnel Authorities Title 8 - Ogdensburg Bridge Authority 703 - Powers of the Authority.

§ 703. Powers of the authority. 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;4.   To   acquire,   by  purchase  or  condemnation  pursuant  to  the   condemnation law, such real property or rights or easements therein,  as   may  be  necessary  or  proper  for the construction or operation of the   bridge, and to sell any such  property  not  needed  for  its  corporate   purposes;5. To make by-laws for the management and regulation of its affairs;6.  To  contract  for  professional  services and to employ consulting   engineers  for  the  design  of  the  bridge  and  supervision  of   its   construction,  and to employ legal consultants in both the United States   and Canada; to appoint officers, agents and employees and engineers, and   fix their compensation;7. To make contracts and  to  execute  all  instruments  necessary  or   convenient;8.  By  contract or contracts or by its own employees to construct and   to maintain and operate a bridge across the Saint Lawrence river  at  or   near  the city of Ogdensburg, in the county of Saint Lawrence, New York,   and the approach roads which are necessary to connect  the  bridge  with   the  state  highway  system in the state of New York at a point and in a   manner approved by the state department of transportation and  with  the   nearest  highway  in the province of Ontario and to acquire any property   or rights of any person, firm or corporation deemed by the authority  to   be  necessary  or  desirable  in  connection  with  the  construction or   operation of the bridge;9. To charge tolls for the use of the bridge at  rates  sufficient  to   provide  for payment of all expenses of the authority, the conservation,   maintenance and operation of the bridge, the payment of the interest  on   and  the  principal  of  all  bonds  issued  by  the authority under the   provisions of this title, and reserves for such purposes, subject to and   in accordance with such agreements with bondholders as may  be  made  as   hereinafter provided;10. To exercise in Canada all rights, powers and authority which shall   be  granted  or  permitted to the authority by the proper authorities of   Canada or of the province of Ontario, including the entering upon  lands   and  acquiring,  condemning,  occupying, possessing, and using such real   estate and other property in Canada as may be needed by the authority in   carrying out the powers herein granted;11. Prior to the opening of the  bridge  for  automotive  traffic,  to   purchase,  maintain  and  operate  all  or  any ferries across the Saint   Lawrence river within five miles of the location which shall be selected   for said bridge, subject to the conditions and limitations contained  in   this title, and subject to the approval of the proper authorities in the   government  of Canada, subject to the approval of the comptroller of the   state of New York and subject to the approval of the form of contract by   the attorney general of the state of New York.    Nothing  contained  in   this  title shall require the authority or its successors to maintain or   operate any ferry or ferries purchased under the authority of this title   and upon opening of the bridge for automotive  traffic  such  automotive   ferry or automotive ferry operations shall be terminated, but nothing in   this  article  shall  prohibit any party from operating a non-automotive   ferry between Ogdensburg and Prescott.  Upon  the  termination  of  such   ferry  or ferries operations any ferry or ferries so purchased, with the   appurtenances and property thereto connected  and  belonging,  shall  be   sold in such manner, at such time or times and for such amounts as shall    be  approved by the director of the budget of the state of New York. The   authority and its successors may fix such rates and tolls for the use of   such ferry or ferries as  it  may  deem  proper,  subject  to  the  same   conditions  provided  by  this  title  as  to tolls for traffic over the   bridge. All tolls collected for the use of the ferry or ferries and  the   proceeds  from  any sale or disposition of any ferry or ferries shall be   used, as far as may be  necessary,  to  pay  the  cost  of  maintaining,   repairing  and operating the same, and any residue thereof shall be paid   to the state comptroller as agent of the authority and deposited by  him   to the credit of the Ogdensburg bridge fund;12.  To construct and maintain over, under, along or across the bridge   and approach roads telephone, telegraph or electric  wires  and  cables,   gas  mains, water mains, and other mechanical equipment not inconsistent   with the appropriate use of  the  bridge  and  approach  roads,  and  to   contract  for  such  construction and to lease the right to construct or   use the same on such terms and  for  such  considerations  as  it  shall   determine;  provided,  however,  that  no  such lease shall extend for a   period of more than twenty years or beyond the final date of maturity of   any bonds issued and outstanding under the authority of this title;13. To purchase, construct and maintain  facilities  for  the  public,   consistent   with   the   use  of  the  bridge,  to  contract  for  such   construction, and to lease the right to construct or use such facilities   on such terms  and  for  such  considerations  as  it  shall  determine;   provided, however, that no lease shall be made for a period of more than   thirty years from the date when it is made;14. To issue its negotiable bonds and to provide for the rights of the   holders thereof;15.  To  enter  on  any  lands, waters and premises for the purpose of   making surveys, soundings and examinations;16. To accept grants of money or real or personal  property  from  the   federal  or  state  governments  or  agencies thereof, or from municipal   corporations, or any other lawful source for its corporate purposes;17. To do all things necessary or convenient to carry out  the  powers   expressly given in this title except that the construction of the bridge   herein  authorized  shall  not  be  begun or any property acquired until   after the necessary consents and approvals of the federal government and   of the government of Canada or any subdivision or agency thereof  having   jurisdiction shall have been obtained.18.  To  establish,  maintain  and  operate,  either  by  contract  or   contracts or by its own employees, a public bus  transportation  system,   from  an  area in the vicinity of Sophia street in the city of Prescott,   province of Ontario, Canada, over and across the Ogdensburg bridge to an   area in the vicinity of Saint Lawrence avenue in the city of Ogdensburg,   county of Saint  Lawrence,  state  of  New  York,  in  a  manner  to  be   determined  by  the authority subject to the laws, rules and regulations   pertaining to public bus transportation of  the  government  of  Canada,   province  of  Ontario  and the city of Prescott and subject to the laws,   rules and regulations pertaining to public  bus  transportation  of  the   government of the United States of America, state of New York, county of   Saint Lawrence and the city of Ogdensburg.19.  To  rehabilitate  and  modernize  the  building  known as "Garden   Cottage" and utilize, operate and  maintain  such  building  as  a  port   facilities  building  including  therein suitable accommodations for the   authority's  administration  headquarters,  a  tourist  information  and   service  center  and  other office accommodations which may be leased or   rented for public or private purposes.20. To assist and cooperate with the  Ogdensburg  port  authority  and   other  official  agencies  in  promoting  the development and use of the    Ogdensburg bridge, harbor and port facilities and when requested  by  it   to  make  available to the Ogdensburg port authority at a nominal rental   suitable  accommodations  in  the  port  facilities  building  for   the   administration headquarters of such port authority.