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NY Pub Auth L § 551 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 3 - Bridge and Tunnel Authorities Title 3 - Triborough Bridge Authority 551 - Definitions.

§  551.  Definitions.  As  used or referred to in this title, unless a   different meaning clearly appears from the context,1. The term "authority" shall mean the Triborough  bridge  and  tunnel   authority,  the  corporation  organized pursuant to section five hundred   fifty-two of this chapter  as  consolidated  pursuant  to  section  five   hundred fifty-two-a of this chapter;2. The term "city" shall mean the city of New York;3.  The term "bonds" shall mean bonds issued by the authority pursuant   to this title or by authorities consolidated with the authority;4. The term "board" shall mean the members of the authority;5. The term "comptroller" shall mean the comptroller of the city;6. The term "the project" shall mean any project or one or more or all   of the projects described in subdivision nine of  section  five  hundred   fifty-three or in section five hundred fifty-three-a of this chapter;7.  The  term  "parkway" shall include elevated, surface or subsurface   parkways and parking fields and other  facilities  connected  therewith,   and  any  bridge,  viaduct,  embankment  or other structure that is part   thereof or crosses the same;8.  The  term  "highway"  shall  mean  any  road,  street,  avenue  or   boulevard,  whether  elevated,  surface  or subsurface, and includes any   parking fields and other facilities connected therewith and any  bridge,   viaduct, embankment or other structure that is a part thereof or crosses   the same.9.  The  term  "metropolitan  transportation authority" shall mean the   corporation created  by  section  twelve  hundred  sixty-three  of  this   chapter.10.  The  term  "New  York  city  transit  authority"  shall  mean the   corporation created by section twelve hundred one of this chapter.
NY Pub Auth L § 553-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 3 - Bridge and Tunnel Authorities Title 3 - Triborough Bridge Authority 553-C - Additional Powers and Provisions in Relation to Railroad and Rapid Transit Projects.

§  553-c. Additional powers and provisions in relation to railroad and rapid transit projects. 1. The authority shall have the power to finance all or any part of  the  costs  of  railroad  and  rapid  transit  costs enumerated  in  paragraphs  m, n, o and p of subdivision nine of section five hundred fifty-three of this article through  the  issuance  of  its negotiable  bonds,  notes or other obligations in the manner provided in section five hundred sixty-one of  this  chapter  subject  only  to  the following limitations:  (a)  The  aggregate  principal  amount  of  such bonds, notes or other obligations   shall   not   exceed   three   hundred   million   dollars ($300,000,000)  excluding  (i)  bonds  issued  to  fund  any  reasonably required debt service reserve fund,  and  (ii)  bonds,  notes  or  other obligations  issued  to  refund or otherwise repay bonds, notes or other obligations theretofore issued for any of the purposes set forth in this subdivision, and  (b) Bonds issued for such purposes may be issued as a single issue  or in  series  from  time to time provided that (i) such issue or each such series shall be scheduled to mature over a term of not less than  twenty and  not  more than thirty years, (ii) the aggregate amount of principal and interest or principal installments and interest payable in each year during which  such  principal  payments  or  installments  are  made  or provided  for  shall not exceed twenty-six million dollars, and (1) with respect to such issue, or (2) with respect to each such  series  or  the aggregate of all such series, as the authority shall elect, be as nearly equal as practicable.   2.  Moneys  expended pursuant to subdivision one of this section shall be utilized insofar as practical to: (a) purchase at least  one  hundred twenty-four new subway cars for the New York city transit authority, (b) rehabilitate  at  least  two hundred eighty existing subway cars for the New York city transit authority, (c) acquire at least fifteen new diesel self-propelled   railroad   passenger   cars   for   the    metropolitan transportation  authority  commuter  service  area  and  (d)  provide  a passenger car lay-up yard and other facilities for the Long Island  Rail Road  in  Manhattan.  The  authority  shall  either  apply  for  or make reasonable effort to secure federal assistance in support of each of the programs herein authorized and to the extent such federal assistance  is forthcoming  and/or  other cost savings are realized with respect to any such program shall have the power to expand the size of that or  any  of the foregoing programs.
NY Pub Auth L § 553-D (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 3 - Bridge and Tunnel Authorities Title 3 - Triborough Bridge Authority 553-D - Special Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority Special Obligation Bonds and Notes.

§  553-d.  Special  Triborough  bridge  and  tunnel  authority special   obligation  bonds  and  notes.  In  addition  to  the  powers  contained   elsewhere  in  this  title  with  respect  to the projects authorized by   paragraphs (m), (n), (o), (p) and (r) of  subdivision  nine  of  section   five  hundred  fifty-three of this title, and subject to the application   of the revenues and other monies and assets of the authority pursuant to   section twelve hundred seventy-d of  this  chapter,  the  authority  may   issue  its  bonds  and  notes  to finance such projects payable from and   secured by all or any part of the moneys received by the authority  from   the   metropolitan  transportation  authority  special  assistance  fund   established under section twelve  hundred  seventy-a  of  this  chapter,   provided  however that such bonds and notes may also be payable from and   secured by any other moneys, securities  and  funds  designated  by  the   authority  as  additional  security  therefor. Debt service on bonds and   notes issued by the authority pursuant to this section which is paid  or   reimbursed  from  moneys received by the authority from the metropolitan   transportation authority special assistance fund shall not be deemed  to   constitute  debt  service  incurred  by  the  authority  for purposes of   subdivision three of section twelve hundred nineteen-a of this  chapter.   Such  bonds  or  notes shall be issued in the manner provided in section   five hundred sixty-one of this title.
NY Pub Auth L § 553-F (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 3 - Bridge and Tunnel Authorities Title 3 - Triborough Bridge Authority 553-F - Tokens.

§  553-f.  Tokens.  Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law,   but  subject  to  agreements  with  noteholders  and  bondholders,   the   authority  shall  offer for sale tokens with respect to residents of the   county of  Richmond  and  may,  except  as  otherwise  provided  herein,   regulate the use thereof. Tokens for residents of the county of Richmond   shall  entitle  the  purchaser  to crossings over the Verrazzano-Narrows   bridge at a reduced cost of eighty per centum of  the  regular  crossing   fare imposed on nonresidents of the county of Richmond. In the event the   authority  shall  impose a surcharge in addition to the regular toll for   crossings over the Verrazzano-Narrows bridge, such surcharge  shall  not   be  deemed  a  part  of  the  regular crossing fare for purposes of this   section, and the tokens offered for sale to the residents of the  county   of  Richmond  as  herein  provided shall also entitle the purchaser to a   permanent exemption from the payment of any such surcharge in an  amount   equal  to  the amount of any such surcharge imposed during calendar year   nineteen hundred ninety-three. Application  for  such  tokens  or  other   payment  devices  shall  be  made  in  such  manner as prescribed by the   authority and shall  contain  such  information  as  the  authority  may   reasonably require.
NY Pub Auth L § 553-G (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 3 - Bridge and Tunnel Authorities Title 3 - Triborough Bridge Authority 553-G - Fire Training.

§  553-g.  Fire  training.  All  persons  appointed to the position of   bridge and tunnel officer and  maintenance  division  employees  of  the   Triborough bridge and tunnel authority on or after the effective date of   this  section  shall  participate  in  a  training  course  of  at least   twenty-eight hours on the subject of fire prevention  and  control.  The   training  courses shall be conducted by the Fire Academy of the New York   city fire department. Such academy shall also administer any  retraining   or  refresher  courses attended by personnel of the authority. Any costs   incurred by the city of New York for the aforementioned  training  shall   be reimbursed by the authority.
NY Pub Auth L § 553-H (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 3 - Bridge and Tunnel Authorities Title 3 - Triborough Bridge Authority 553-H - Tokens.

§  553-h.  Tokens.  Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law,   but  subject  to  agreements  with  noteholders  and  bondholders,   the   authority  shall  offer  for  sale  tokens  and may, except as otherwise   provided herein, regulate the use thereof. Such tokens shall entitle the   purchaser to crossings over the Cross-Bay Veteran's Memorial bridge at a   reduced cost of sixty-six and  two-thirds  per  centum  of  the  regular   crossing  fare  imposed.  In  the  event  the  authority  shall impose a   surcharge in addition  to  the  regular  toll  for  crossings  over  the   Cross-Bay  Veteran's Memorial bridge, such surcharge shall not be deemed   a part of the regular crossing fare for purposes of  this  section,  and   the  tokens or other payment devices offered for sale shall also entitle   purchasers who are residents of Broad Channel or the Rockaway  peninsula   to  a  permanent  exemption from the payment of any such surcharge in an   amount equal to the amount of any such surcharge imposed during calendar   year nineteen hundred ninety-three. Application for such tokens or other   payment devices shall be made  in  such  manner  as  prescribed  by  the   authority  and  shall  contain  such  information  as  the authority may   reasonably require.
NY Pub Auth L § 553-I (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 3 - Bridge and Tunnel Authorities Title 3 - Triborough Bridge Authority 553-I - Marine Parkway Bridge; Tokens.

§   553-i.   Marine   Parkway   Bridge;  tokens.  Notwithstanding  any   inconsistent  provision  of  law,  but  subject   to   agreements   with   noteholders  and  bondholders, the authority shall offer for sale tokens   and may, except as otherwise provided herein, regulate the use  thereof.   Such  tokens  shall  entitle  the purchaser to crossings over the Marine   Parkway Bridge at a reduced cost of sixty-six and  two-thirds  percentum   of  the regular crossing fare. In the event the authority shall impose a   surcharge in addition to the regular toll for crossings over the  Marine   Parkway Bridge, such surcharge shall not be deemed a part of the regular   crossing  fare  for  purposes  of  this section, and the tokens or other   payment devices offered for sale shall also entitle purchasers  who  are   residents  of  Broad  Channel  or  the Rockaway Peninsula to a permanent   exemption from the payment of any such surcharge in an amount  equal  to   the  amount  of any such surcharge imposed during calendar year nineteen   hundred ninety-three. Application  for  such  tokens  or  other  payment   devices  shall be made in such manner as prescribed by the authority and   shall contain such information as the authority may reasonably require.
NY Pub Auth L § 554 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 3 - Bridge and Tunnel Authorities Title 3 - Triborough Bridge Authority 554 - Transfer of Officers and Employees.

§  554.  Transfer of officers and employees. 1. Officers and employees   of any board or department in or of the city may be transferred  to  the   authority,  and  shall  be  eligible  for  such transfer and appointment   without examination  to  offices  and  positions  under  the  authority.   Notwithstanding the provisions of this title, the officers and employees   of the city, who are members or beneficiaries of any existing pension or   retirement  system,  shall  continue  to  have  the  rights, privileges,   obligations and status with respect to such system or  systems,  as  are   now  prescribed  by law; and all such employees, who have been appointed   to  positions  in  the  service  of  the  city  under  the   rules   and   classifications of the municipal civil service commission shall have the   same status with respect thereto after transfer to the authority as they   had  under  their  original  appointments.  Any  person appointed by the   authority under the rules and classifications  of  the  municipal  civil   service  commission of the city, originally or by transfer or otherwise,   including persons employed or eligible for appointment under  the  board   of education of the city or of any agency of any kind whatsoever subject   to  the  rules  and  classifications  of  the  municipal  civil  service   commission of the city, shall have and shall continue to  have  all  the   rights,  privileges, obligations and status with respect to such pension   or retirement  systems,  including  not  only  the  right  to  admission   therein,  but  continuance and reinstatement therein, to the same extent   and in like manner as though  he  had  been  appointed,  transferred  or   restored to the civil service of the city, the board of education or any   other   agency   of  any  kind  whatsoever  subject  to  the  rules  and   classifications of the municipal civil service commission of  the  city.   The appointment and promotion of all employees of the authority shall be   made  in  accordance  with the provisions of the civil service law under   the jurisdiction of the municipal civil service commission of the city.2. Notwithstanding any inconsistent  provision  of  this  section,  no   person  shall  be  eligible  for  original  appointment to a position of   bridge and tunnel officer with the authority,  unless  such  person  has   earned  a  high  school diploma recognized as valid by the department of   education.
NY Pub Auth L § 555 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 3 - Bridge and Tunnel Authorities Title 3 - Triborough Bridge Authority 555 - Selection of Site.

§  555. Selection of site. Notwithstanding any provisions of any other   statute, the authority in conjunction with the commissioner of parks  of   the city or his successor, the commissioner of parks and recreation, and   with  the  approval  of  the board of estimate of such city and with the   separate approval of the mayor thereof, is hereby authorized  to  select   sites  in  the  boroughs  of  the  Bronx  and Queens of the city for the   Whitestone bridge project and parkways connecting therewith, which sites   may be in or through existing public parks, and to select sites for  new   public  parks  contiguous  to  such  project or contiguous to the roads,   streets, parkways or avenues connecting with such  project.  A  site  or   sites  may be selected for any or all of the aforementioned purposes and   thereafter the use thereof shall be allocated  by  the  commissioner  of   parks and recreation as herein provided. The property so selected solely   for  such  project,  not already owned by the city, shall be acquired at   the sole expense of the authority in the manner provided for under  this   title.  The  property  so  selected solely for new public parks shall be   acquired by the city at its sole expense. The cost of  the  property  so   selected  for  such  project,  combined  with  any  other aforementioned   purposes the use of which is  to  be  thereafter  determined,  shall  be   divided  between  the  city  and the authority as may be determined by a   contract or contracts hereby authorized to be entered into  between  the   city and the authority, subject to the approval of the board of estimate   of  the  city.  So  much  of  the sites so selected and acquired or such   easements or rights of way therein as may be necessary or convenient for   the  corporate  purposes  of  the  authority  may  be  assigned  by  the   commissioner  of  parks  and recreation of the city to the authority for   its use so long as its corporate existence shall continue.
NY Pub Auth L § 556 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 3 - Bridge and Tunnel Authorities Title 3 - Triborough Bridge Authority 556 - Acquisition of Lands by the City for the Project.

§  556.  Acquisition  of  lands  by the city for the project. The city   shall have power to acquire by  purchase,  or  by  condemnation  in  the   manner  provided  by chapter twenty-one of the Greater New York charter,   title in the name of the city to any lands, easements, or rights in land   not owned by the city on the seventh  day  of  April,  nineteen  hundred   thirty-three,  which  may  be  required  for  the  project,  and payment   therefor, and for any lands theretofore acquired but not paid for by the   city, shall be made by the authority. The power  hereby  conferred  upon   the  city  shall not limit or restrict the power of the authority itself   to acquire lands, easements, or rights in land in the name of the city.
NY Pub Auth L § 557 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 3 - Bridge and Tunnel Authorities Title 3 - Triborough Bridge Authority 557 - Grant of Land by the City to the Authority.

§ 557. Grant of land by the city to the authority. The city shall have   power  and  authority by resolution of the board of estimate of the city   to assign to the authority, without consideration, any land owned by the   city on the seventh day of  April,  nineteen  hundred  thirty-three,  or   thereafter  acquired  by  it,  needed  or  convenient  for  the project,   including lands released or to be released by  the  state  to  the  city   pursuant  to  chapter three hundred seventy-nine of the laws of nineteen   hundred twenty-nine as amended.
NY Pub Auth L § 558 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 3 - Bridge and Tunnel Authorities Title 3 - Triborough Bridge Authority 558 - Consent of State.

§  558.  Consent  of state. 1. The state of New York does hereby agree   (a) to the use by the authority, so  long  as  its  corporate  existence   shall  continue, of any lands necessary or convenient for the project in   which the state has any right, title or interest situate, lying or being   on Randall's island or Ward's island or in the waters adjacent  thereto,   provided,  however, that no buildings used by or for the state, shall be   razed or removed until the same have been vacated and (b) to the use  by   the authority, so long as its corporate existence shall continue, of any   lands under water necessary or convenient for the project.2. The state of New York does hereby agree to the use by the authority   of  any lands, lands under water or the air space over any of such lands   in which the state has any  right,  title  or  interest  and  which  are   necessary  or  convenient  for the Throgs Neck bridge project and, after   title to the Narrows bridge project shall vest in the authority, for the   Narrows bridge project.
NY Pub Auth L § 559 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 3 - Bridge and Tunnel Authorities Title 3 - Triborough Bridge Authority 559 - Construction Contracts.

§ 559. Construction contracts. The authority shall do all construction   pursuant   to  a  contract  or  contracts  in  the  manner,  so  far  as   practicable, provided in the charter of the city for contracts  of  such   city  except  that  where  the  estimated expense of a contract does not   exceed ten thousand dollars such contract may be  entered  into  without   public  letting,  but  failure  to  comply  with  this section shall not   invalidate such contracts.
NY Pub Auth L § 560 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 3 - Bridge and Tunnel Authorities Title 3 - Triborough Bridge Authority 560 - Moneys of the Authority.

§  560.  Moneys  of  the  authority.  All moneys of the authority from   whatever source derived shall be deposited as  soon  as  practicable  in   banks or trust companies to be designated by the authority. All deposits   of  such  moneys  shall,  if  required  by  the authority, be secured by   obligations of the United States or of the state of New York or  of  the   city  of  New York of a market value equal at all times to the amount of   the deposit and all banks and trust companies  are  authorized  to  give   such  security  for  such  deposits.  The  comptroller  and  his legally   authorized representatives are hereby authorized and empowered from time   to time to examine the accounts and books of  the  authority,  including   its   receipts,   disbursements,   contracts,   leases,  sinking  funds,   investments and any other matters relating to  its  financial  standing.   The  authority  shall  have power notwithstanding the provisions of this   section, to contract with the holders of any of  its  bonds  as  to  the   custody,  collection,  securing, investment and payment of any moneys of   the authority, or any moneys held in trust or otherwise for the  payment   of  bonds  or  in  any  way  to  secure bonds, and to carry out any such   contract notwithstanding that such contract may be inconsistent with the   previous provisions of this section. Moneys held in trust  or  otherwise   for  the  payment of bonds or in any way to secure bonds and deposits of   such moneys may  be  secured  in  the  same  manner  as  moneys  of  the   authority, and all banks and trust companies are authorized to give such   security for such deposits.
NY Pub Auth L § 562 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 3 - Bridge and Tunnel Authorities Title 3 - Triborough Bridge Authority 562 - Redemption of Bonds.

§  562.  Redemption  of  bonds. Notwithstanding and in addition to any   provisions for the redemption of bonds which may  be  contained  in  any   contract  with the holders of the bonds, either the state of New York or   the city may, upon furnishing sufficient  funds  therefor,  require  the   authority  to  redeem  as  a  whole any issue of the bonds issued before   January first, nineteen hundred thirty-nine on any semi-annual  interest   payment  date  after  January first, nineteen hundred forty-seven at one   hundred and five per centum of their face value and accrued interest, or   at such lower redemption price as may then be provided by  contract,  on   not exceeding sixty days' notice by publication in such manner as may be   provided  by  the  authority upon the issuance of such bonds. Either the   state of New York or the city  may,  upon  furnishing  sufficient  funds   therefor,  require the authority to redeem as a whole any issue of bonds   issued after January first, nineteen hundred thirty-nine (provided  such   bonds  are  subject  to  redemption) at the time and at the price and in   accordance with the terms upon which such bonds are redeemable.All bonds issued for the Narrows bridge project or for the Throgs Neck   bridge project shall be redeemable on such dates and on  such  terms  as   the authority shall determine, but shall, in any event, be redeemable as   a  whole  on any interest payment date fifteen or more years after their   date at not more than one hundred four per centum of  their  face  value   and accrued interest.