2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 19 - New York State Sports Authority › 2466 - The Acquisition of Real Property.

*  § 2466. The acquisition of real property. 1. The authority may from
time  to  time  determine  what  real  property  is  necessary  for  the
construction,  improvement  and  operation  of a sports facility and for
parking and access thereto. If funds are made available by the authority
for payment of the cost and expense  of  the  acquisition  thereof,  the
commissioner  of  transportation  when  requested by the authority shall
acquire such real property in the name of the  state  by  appropriation,
and,  when  necessary,  remove  the owner or occupant thereof and obtain
possession for the authority according  to  the  procedure  provided  by
section  three  hundred  forty-seven  of  the highway law. The authority
shall have the right to possess and use for its  corporate  purposes  so
long  as  its  corporate existence shall continue all such real property
and rights in real property so acquired.
2. Claims for the value of the property  appropriated  and  for  legal
damages   caused  by  any  such  appropriation  shall  be  adjusted  and
determined by the commissioner of transportation with  the  approval  of
the  authority,  or  by  the court of claims as provided in said section
three hundred forty-seven of the highway law.  When  a  claim  has  been
filed  with the court of claims, the claimant shall cause a copy of such
claim to be served upon the authority and the authority shall  have  the
right  to  be  represented  and  heard before said court. All awards and
judgments arising from such claims shall be paid out of  moneys  of  the
authority.
3.  The  authority may also, and in any case, acquire real property in
the name of the authority by deed and may pay  such  price  therefor  as
shall be agreed with the owner thereof.
4.  A  participating  municipality may, by resolution of its governing
body or in the case of the city of New  York,  the  board  of  estimate,
convey  by  deed, with or without consideration, to the authority for so
long as its corporate existence shall continue, any lands owned  by  the
municipality.  In  the  event  the authority shall determine the land is
excess and is no  longer  required  for  authority  purposes,  it  shall
reconvey the property with any improvements thereon to the municipality.
5.   After  consultation  with  the  participating  municipality,  the
authority  shall,  in  constructing,   reconstructing,   rehabilitating,
altering or improving any project, comply with the requirements of local
laws,  ordinances,  codes,  charters  or  regulations applicable to such
construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, alteration or improvement,
provided, however, that when, in the discretion of the  authority,  such
compliance  is  not  feasible or practicable, the authority shall comply
with the requirements of the state  building  code,  formulated  by  the
state  building  code  council  pursuant  to  article  eighteen  of  the
executive  law,  applicable  to   such   construction,   reconstruction,
rehabilitation, alteration or improvement.
6.   (a)   All   contracts   for   the  construction,  reconstruction,
rehabilitation or improvement of buildings  or  structures  let  by  the
authority  shall  comply  with  the applicable provisions of section one
hundred thirty-five of the state finance law. The authority in preparing
separate specifications may provide for assignment of responsibility for
coordination of any of the contracts for  such  work  to  a  responsible
person, firm or corporation.
(b)  The authority shall not award any construction contract except to
the lowest bidder who in its opinion is qualified to  perform  the  work
required  and  is  responsible and reliable. The authority may, however,
reject all bids or waive any informality in a bid if  it  believes  that
the  public  interest will be promoted thereby. The authority may reject
any bid if in its judgment  the  business  and  technical  organization,

plant,  resources,  financial  standing  or  experience  of  the bidder,
compared with the work to be performed, justifies such rejection.
(c)  Any  construction contract awarded by the authority shall contain
such other terms and conditions, and such provisions for  penalties,  as
the authority may deem desirable.
* NB (Disbanded March, 1980)