2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 3 - Bridge and Tunnel Authorities › Title 2 - New York State Bridge Authority › 527 - New York State Bridge Authority.

§ 527. New York State Bridge Authority. 1. The board known as the "New
  York State Bridge Authority," is hereby continued. Such board shall be a
  body  corporate  and politic, shall have a corporate seal and be capable
  of suing and being sued. It shall consist of seven members who shall  be
  appointed  by  the  governor  by  and with the advice and consent of the
  senate. The present members of  the  board  shall  continue  in  office,
  unless  a  vacancy  occurs, for the remainder of the time for which they
  were respectively appointed. Of the additional  members,  one  shall  be
  appointed  for  a  term  to  expire  February  first,  nineteen  hundred
  fifty-one, and one for a term to expire February first, nineteen hundred
  fifty-two. Their successors  and  any  additional  appointees  shall  be
  appointed, one annually, for terms of five years each from the first day
  of  February;  provided  that  the  person appointed as successor to the
  member heretofore appointed for a three year term which expired February
  first, nineteen hundred forty-seven, shall be appointed for  a  term  to
  expire  February  first, nineteen hundred fifty. Vacancies in the office
  of such board occurring otherwise than by expiration of term also  shall
  be  filled  by  the  governor  by appointment by and with the advice and
  consent of the senate for the unexpired  term,  and  the  provisions  of
  section  thirty-nine  of  the  public  officers  law  relating to recess
  appointments shall apply to such board. Such board shall choose from its
  members a  chairman.  The  members  of  such  board  shall  be  paid  or
  reimbursed  for  their necessary expenses incurred under this title, but
  shall receive no compensation for their services.
2. Such board and its corporate existence shall continue so long as it
  shall have bonds or other obligations outstanding  (including  bonds  or
  obligations  hereafter issued or incurred) and until its existence shall
  be terminated by law. Upon ceasing  to  exist  all  of  its  rights  and
  properties shall pass to the state.
3.  Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of this section, on the
  effective date of  this  subdivision  the  term  of  each  board  member
  currently  in  office,  or any vacant position, shall be deemed expired,
  and each such board members may continue to  serve  in  holdover  status
  until  their  successor is appointed by the governor and with the advice
  and consent of the senate and the provisions of section  thirty-nine  of
  the  public  officers law relating to recess appointments shall apply to
  such  appointments.  Initial  appointments   made   pursuant   to   this
  subdivision  shall  be  for the following terms, the first three of such
  initial appointments shall be for a term of three years, the second  two
  of  such  initial  appointments  shall  be for a term of five years, and
  final two of such initial appointments shall be  for  a  term  of  seven
  years.  After  these  initial terms have expired, board members shall be
  appointed for a term of five years, provided, however, that  each  board
  member  may  serve  in  holdover  until  a  successor  board  member  is
  appointed. Vacancies in the office of  such  board  occurring  otherwise
  than  by  expiration  of  term  also  shall be filled by the governor by
  appointment by and with the advice and consent of  the  senate  for  the
  unexpired  term, and the provisions of section thirty-nine of the public
  officers law relating to recess appointments shall apply to such board.