2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 28-AA - Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, Allegany and Steuben Southern Tier Extension Railroad Authority › 2642-F - Special Powers of the Authority.

§  2642-f. Special powers of the authority. In order to effectuate the
  purposes of this title: 1. The authority may acquire, by purchase, gift,
  grant, transfer, contract or lease, any  railroad  facility,  wholly  or
  partially  within  the counties of Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, Allegany and
  Steuben or any part thereof, or the use thereof, and may enter into  any
  joint  service  arrangements  as  provided  in  this  section.  Any such
  acquisition or joint service arrangement shall  be  authorized  only  by
  resolution  of the authority approved by not less than a majority of the
  whole number of voting members of the authority. In addition to and  not
  in  limitation  of  any  other power conferred upon the authority by the
  provisions  of  this  title,  the  authority  is  hereby  empowered  and
  authorized  in  respect  of any property and assets at any time owned or
  held by, or under the jurisdiction of, the state, the Commonwealth,  any
  political  subdivision  thereof, or any private or other public concern,
  to accept and receive any such interest therein as it may have  been  or
  may  hereafter  be  designated  by  the  state,  the  Commonwealth,  any
  political subdivision thereof, or any other public or  private  concern,
  by  law or other lawful means to receive, and in respect thereof, except
  as  otherwise  provided  by  the  designating  statute  or   contractual
  instrument,   it   shall  have  and  exercise  all  of  the  powers  and
  jurisdiction herein conferred upon it in respect of any other  property,
  rights,  assets, facilities and projects in any other manner acquired or
  from any other source received by it pursuant to the provisions of  this
  title.
2. The authority may on such terms and conditions as the authority may
  determine   necessary,   convenient   or   desirable  itself  establish,
  construct, effectuate, operate, maintain, renovate, improve,  extend  or
  repair   any   such   railroad   facility,   or  may  provide  for  such
  establishment,  construction,  effectuation,   operation,   maintenance,
  renovation,  improvement,  extension  or  repair  by contract, lease, or
  other arrangement on such terms as the  authority  may  deem  necessary,
  convenient  or desirable with any person, including, but not limited to,
  any common carrier or freight  forwarder  or  other  private  for-profit
  firm,   the  state,  the  Commonwealth,  any  agency  or  the  state  or
  Commonwealth, the federal government,  any  other  state  or  agency  or
  instrumentality   thereof,   any   non-profit  corporation,  any  public
  authority of this or any other state or  any  political  subdivision  or
  municipality  of the state. In connection with the operation of any such
  railroad facility, the authority may establish,  construct,  effectuate,
  operate, maintain, renovate, improve, extend or repair or may provide by
  contract,   lease   or   other   arrangement   for   the  establishment,
  construction,   effectuation,   operation,   maintenance,    renovation,
  improvement,  extension or repair of any related services and activities
  it deems necessary, convenient or desirable, including, but not  limited
  to,  the  transportation  and  storage  of freight and the United States
  mail,   feeder   and   connecting   transportation,    parking    areas,
  transportation centers, stations and related facilities.
3.  The  authority  may  establish,  levy  and  collect or cause to be
  established, levied and collected and, in the case of  a  joint  service
  arrangement,  join with others in the establishment, levy and collection
  of such fares, tolls, rentals, rates, charges and other fees as  it  may
  deem necessary, convenient or desirable for the use and operation of any
  railroad  facility  and  related  services  operated by the authority or
  under contract, lease or  other  arrangement,  including  joint  service
  arrangements, with the authority.
4.  The  authority  may  establish  and,  in the case of joint service
  arrangements, join with others in the establishment  of  such  schedules
  and  standards  of  operations  and  such  other  rules  and regulations

  including but not limited to rules and regulations governing the conduct
  and safety of the  public  as  it  may  deem  necessary,  convenient  or
  desirable for the use and operation of any railroad facility and related
  services  operated  by  the  authority or under contract, lease or other
  arrangement, including joint service arrangements, with the authority.
5. The authority may acquire, hold, own, lease, establish,  construct,
  effectuate,  operate,  maintain, renovate, improve, extend or repair any
  of its facilities.
6. The authority, in its own name,  may  apply  for  and  receive  and
  accept  grants  of  property,  money  and  services and other assistance
  offered or made available to it by  any  person,  government  or  agency
  which it may use to meet capital or operating expenses and for any other
  use  within  the scope of its powers, and to negotiate for the same upon
  such  terms  and  conditions  as  the  authority  may  determine  to  be
  necessary, convenient or desirable.
7.  The  authority may do all things it deems necessary, convenient or
  desirable to manage, control and direct the maintenance and operation of
  railroad facilities, equipment or real property  operated  by  or  under
  contract,  lease  or  other  arrangement  with  the authority. Except as
  hereinafter   specially   provided,   no   municipality   or   political
  subdivision,  including but not limited to a county, city, village, town
  or school or other district shall have jurisdiction over any  facilities
  of the authority or any of its activities or operations. The local laws,
  resolutions,  ordinances,  rules  and  regulations  of a municipality or
  political subdivision in the state conflicting with this  title  or  any
  rule  or  regulation  of  the  authority, shall not be applicable to the
  activities or operations of the authority,  or  the  facilities  of  the
  authority,  except  such  facilities  that are devoted to purposes other
  than transportation purposes. The authority may agree with the New  York
  state  department of transportation for the execution by such department
  of  any  grade  crossing  elimination  project  or  any  grade  crossing
  separation  reconstruction  project along any railroad facility operated
  by the authority or under contract, lease or other arrangement with  the
  authority. Any such project shall be executed as provided in article ten
  of  the  transportation  law and the railroad law, respectively, and the
  costs of any such project shall be borne as provided in such laws.