2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 2 - Park, Parkway and Highway Authorities › Title 9 - New York State Thruway Authority › 354 - Powers of the Authority.

§  354.  Powers  of the authority. Except as otherwise limited by this
  title, the authority shall have power
1. To sue and be sued;
2. To have a seal and to alter the same at pleasure;
3. To acquire, hold and dispose of personal property for its corporate
  purposes;
4. To acquire and hold in  the  name  of  the  state  by  purchase  or
  appropriation  real property or rights or easements therein and to sell,
  exchange, or otherwise dispose of any real property  not  necessary  for
  its  corporate purposes or whenever the board shall determine that it is
  in the interest of the authority; and upon such terms and conditions and
  uses as the board shall determine, to  lease  or  to  grant  permits  to
  occupy  real  property  not  presently required for thruway purposes but
  held for future use in carrying out its corporate purposes;
5. To make by-laws for its organization and internal  management  and,
  subject  to  agreements  with  noteholders  or  bondholders,  rules  and
  regulations governing the use of the thruways and all  other  properties
  and  facilities  under  its  jurisdiction, which shall be filed with the
  department of state in the manner provided by section one hundred two of
  the executive law;
6.  To  appoint  officers,  agents  and  employees   and   fix   their
  compensation,  provided,  however, that the appointment of the executive
  director shall be subject to confirmation by the  senate  in  accordance
  with  section  twenty-eight  hundred  fifty-two of this chapter; subject
  however to the provisions of the civil service law, which shall apply to
  the authority as a municipal corporation other than a city;
7. To make contracts, and to  execute  all  instruments  necessary  or
  convenient;
8.  Subject  to agreements with noteholders or bondholders, to fix and
  collect such fees, rentals and charges for the use of the thruway or any
  part thereof necessary or convenient, with an adequate margin of safety,
  to produce sufficient revenue to meet the  expense  of  maintenance  and
  operation  and  to  fulfill  the  terms  of any agreements made with the
  holders of  its  notes  or  bonds,  and  to  establish  the  rights  and
  privileges granted upon payment thereof.
9.  To  retain  and employ private consultants on a contract basis for
  rendering professional and technical assistance and advice;
10. To construct, reconstruct or improve on or along  the  thruway  in
  the  manner  herein  provided,  suitable  facilities  for  gas stations,
  restaurants, and other facilities for the public, or to lease the  right
  to  construct,  reconstruct or improve and operate such facilities; such
  facilities shall be publicly offered for leasing for operation,  or  the
  right  to  construct, reconstruct or improve and operate such facilities
  shall be publicly offered under rules and regulations to be  established
  by  the  authority,  provided,  however,  that  lessees  operating  such
  facilities at the time this act becomes effective,  may  reconstruct  or
  improve  them or may construct additional like facilities, in the manner
  and upon such terms and conditions as the board shall determine;
11. To construct and maintain over, under, along or across  a  thruway
  under  its jurisdiction telephone, telegraph, television, electric power
  and other wires or cables, pipe lines, water mains  and  other  conduits
  and  mechanical  equipment, not inconsistent with the appropriate use of
  the thruways, or to contract for such construction; and upon such  terms
  and conditions as the board shall determine, to lease all or any part of
  such  property and facilities or the right to use the same, whether such
  facilities are constructed by the authority or under a contract for such
  construction, or to lease the right to construct and use such facilities
  or to grant permits or easements for such purposes to  any  governmental

  agency  of the state of New York or to any public corporation, or to the
  United States of America or any  governmental  agency  thereof  for  any
  public  purposes  or  to  individuals,  partnerships  and  corporations,
  provided, however, that no lease or renewal thereof shall be granted for
  a  period  of  more  than  thirty years from the date when such lease is
  made;
12. To borrow  money  and  issue  negotiable  notes,  bonds  or  other
  obligations and to provide for the rights of the holders thereof;
13.  To  enter  on  any  lands, waters, or premises for the purpose of
  making borings, soundings, and surveys;
14. To accept any gifts or any grant of funds  or  property  from  the
  federal government or from the state of New York or any other federal or
  state  public  body  or political subdivision or any other person and to
  comply with the terms and conditions thereof;
15. To do all things necessary or convenient to carry out its purposes
  and exercise the powers expressly given in this title.