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2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 3 - Bridge and Tunnel Authorities › Title 3 - Triborough Bridge Authority › 564 - State and City Not Liable on Bonds.

§  564.  State  and  city  not  liable  on  bonds. The bonds and other
  obligations of the authority shall not be a debt of  the  state  of  New
  York  or  city,  and  neither  the  state  nor  the city shall be liable
  thereon, nor shall they be payable out of any funds other than those  of
  the authority.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 3 - Bridge and Tunnel Authorities › Title 3 - Triborough Bridge Authority › 565 - Bonds Legal Investments for Fiduciaries.

§  565.  Bonds legal investments for fiduciaries. The bonds are hereby
  made securities in which all public officers and bodies  of  this  state
  and   all  municipalities  and  municipal  subdivisions,  all  insurance
  companies and associations and other persons carrying  on  an  insurance
  business,  all banks, bankers, trust companies, savings banks and saving
  associations, including savings and loan associations, building and loan
  associations, investment companies  and  other  persons  carrying  on  a
  banking business, all administrators, guardians, executors, trustees and
  other  fiduciaries  and  all other persons whatsoever who are now or may
  hereafter be authorized to invest in bonds or other obligations  of  the
  state,  may properly and legally invest funds including capital in their
  control or belonging to them.  The bonds are also hereby made securities
  which may be deposited with and shall be received by all public officers
  and  bodies  of  this  state  and  all  municipalities   and   municipal
  subdivisions  for  any  purpose  for which the deposit of bonds or other
  obligations of this state is now or may hereafter be authorized.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 3 - Bridge and Tunnel Authorities › Title 3 - Triborough Bridge Authority › 566 - Exemptions From Taxation.

§  566.  Exemptions from taxation.  It is hereby found, determined and
  declared that the creation of the authority and the carrying out of  its
  corporate  purposes  is in all respects for the benefit of the people of
  the state of New York, for the improvement of their health, welfare  and
  prosperity,  and,  in  the  case  of  some of the said purposes, for the
  promotion of their traffic, and is a public purpose, and  that,  in  the
  case  of  those  purposes  which consist of vehicular bridges, vehicular
  tunnels and approaches thereto, the project is an essential part of  the
  public  highway  system,  and  that  the authority will be performing an
  essential governmental function in the exercise of the powers  conferred
  upon  it  by  this  title,  and the state of New York covenants with the
  holders of the bonds that the authority shall  be  required  to  pay  no
  taxes  or  assessments  upon any of the property acquired by it or under
  its  jurisdiction,  control,  possession  or  supervision  or  upon  its
  activities in the operation and maintenance of the project or any tolls,
  revenues or other income received by the authority and that the bonds of
  the authority and the income therefrom shall at all times be exempt from
  taxation,  except  for  transfer  and  estate  taxes. This section shall
  constitute a covenant and agreement with the holders of all bonds issued
  prior to January first, nineteen hundred thirty-nine.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 3 - Bridge and Tunnel Authorities › Title 3 - Triborough Bridge Authority › 566-A - Tax Contract by the State.

§  566-a. Tax contract by the state. 1. It is hereby found, determined
  and declared that the authority and the carrying out  of  its  corporate
  purposes  is  in all respects for the benefit of the people of the state
  of  New  York,  for  the  improvement  of  their  health,  welfare   and
  prosperity,  and,  in  the  case  of  some of the said purposes, for the
  promotion of their traffic, and that said purposes are  public  purposes
  and,  in  the case of those purposes which consist of vehicular bridges,
  vehicular tunnels  and  approaches  thereto  and  the  central  business
  district tolling program, the project is an essential part of the public
  highway  system  and  the  authority  will  be  performing  an essential
  governmental function in the exercise of the powers  conferred  by  this
  title,  and the state of New York covenants with the purchasers and with
  all subsequent holders and transferees of  bonds  issued  after  January
  first,  nineteen  hundred  thirty-nine by the authority pursuant to this
  title, in consideration of the acceptance of any payment for  the  bonds
  that  the  bonds  of  the authority issued after January first, nineteen
  hundred thirty-nine pursuant to this title and the income therefrom, and
  all moneys, funds, tolls and other revenues pledged to pay or secure the
  payment of such bonds, shall at all times be free from  taxation  except
  for estate taxes and taxes on transfers by or in contemplation of death.
2.  Nothing  herein  shall be construed to repeal or supersede any tax
  exemptions heretofore or hereafter granted by general or other laws.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 3 - Bridge and Tunnel Authorities › Title 3 - Triborough Bridge Authority › 568 - Continuity of Jurisdiction.

§  568.  Continuity of jurisdiction. The authority shall be deemed and
  held  to  constitute  a  continuation,  as   to   matters   within   its
  jurisdiction,  of the department of plant and structures of the city for
  the purpose of succession to all such of the rights, powers, duties  and
  obligations of the city and of the department of plant and structures of
  the city as relate to the designing and construction of the project.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 3 - Bridge and Tunnel Authorities › Title 3 - Triborough Bridge Authority › 569 - Protection of Prior Bondholders.

§  569.  Protection  of  prior  bondholders.  Nothing  in  this  title
  contained shall be deemed in any way to limit or alter the rights vested
  in the authority to establish and collect such charges and tolls as  may
  be  convenient  or  necessary  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 bonds issued or authorized to be
  issued prior to January first, nineteen hundred forty-six, or in any way
  to impair the rights and remedies thereunder  of  the  holders  of  such
  bonds.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 3 - Bridge and Tunnel Authorities › Title 3 - Triborough Bridge Authority › 569-A - Actions Against the Authority.

§ 569-a. Actions against the authority. 1. In every action against the
  authority for damages, for injuries to real or personal property, or for
  the  destruction  thereof,  or  for  personal  injuries  or  death,  the
  complaint shall contain an allegation that at  least  thirty  days  have
  elapsed  since  the  demand,  claim  or claims upon which such action is
  founded were  presented  to  a  member  of  the  authority,  or  to  its
  secretary,  or to its chief executive officer and that the authority has
  neglected or refused to make an adjustment or payment thereof for thirty
  days after such presentment.
2. Except in an action for  wrongful  death,  an  action  against  the
  authority  for damages for injuries to real or personal property, or for
  the destruction thereof, or for personal injuries, alleged to have  been
  sustained,  shall  not  be  commenced more than one year and ninety days
  after the cause of action therefor shall  have  accrued,  nor  unless  a
  notice  of claim shall have been filed within the time limit established
  by and in compliance with section fifty-e of the general municipal  law.
  An action against the authority for wrongful death shall be commenced in
  accordance  with  the  notice of claim and time limitation provisions of
  title eleven of article nine of this chapter.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 3 - Bridge and Tunnel Authorities › Title 3 - Triborough Bridge Authority › 569-B - Restrictions on Signs and Billboards.

§   569-b.  Restrictions  on  signs  and  billboards.  1.  No  outdoor
  advertising sign or device which refers to any subject  other  than  the
  business actually conducted on the premises or to sale or rental of such
  premises  and  no  such outdoor advertising sign or device exceeding ten
  feet in height above the sidewalk adjacent to the property on which such
  sign or device is located, shall be erected, reconstructed, painted,  or
  repainted,  after  the  applicable  date  hereinafter  specified in this
  section, within five hundred feet of the Whitestone bridge project,  the
  Throgs  Neck  bridge  project, the Narrows bridge project or the Hugh L.
  Carey tunnel project or the approaches and connections of such projects,
  if within view thereof.
2. In the case of the Whitestone bridge project, the  applicable  date
  shall  be  April  three,  nineteen hundred thirty-nine, except that with
  respect to reconstruction, painting or repainting of any  such  sign  or
  device  within view of such bridge project, the applicable date shall be
  the effective date of this subdivision two.
3. In the case of the Throgs Neck bridge project, the  Narrows  bridge
  project  and the Hugh L. Carey tunnel project, the applicable date shall
  be the effective date of this subdivision three.
4. A violation of any  of  the  provisions  of  this  section  may  be
  restrained at the suit of the authority.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 3 - Bridge and Tunnel Authorities › Title 3 - Triborough Bridge Authority › 569-C - Transfer and Receipt of Surplus Funds.

§  569-c.  Transfer  and receipt of surplus funds. Notwithstanding any
  provision of this title or any other provision of law, general,  special
  or  local,  the  authority  shall,  at the direction of the metropolitan
  transportation authority, from time to time transfer and pay over all or
  any part  of  its  surplus  funds  to  (a)  metropolitan  transportation
  authority or (b) New York city transit authority, all in accordance with
  the provisions of subdivision twelve of section five hundred fifty-three
  of  this  title  and the determination of the proportional allocation of
  such amounts of surplus funds so deposited as between the New York  city
  transit  authority  and  the commuter railroads operated by metropolitan
  transportation authority shall be governed by the provisions of  section
  twelve  hundred  nineteen-a of this chapter and the authority may accept
  and use any moneys transferred and  paid  over  to  it  by  metropolitan
  transportation authority or New York city transit authority.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 3 - Bridge and Tunnel Authorities › Title 3 - Triborough Bridge Authority › 569-D - Protection of Bondholders.

§  569-d.  Protection  of bondholders. Nothing in this title contained
  shall be deemed to limit or alter in any way the rights and  obligations
  of  the authority to establish and collect such tolls, fees, rentals and
  other charges as may be necessary  or  required  to  produce  sufficient
  revenues  to  meet  and  to  fulfill  the  terms  and  provisions of the
  contracts made with the holders and registered owners of the bonds or in
  any way impair the constitutional rights of the holders  and  registered
  owners of the bonds.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 3 - Bridge and Tunnel Authorities › Title 3 - Triborough Bridge Authority › 570 - Title Not Affected if in Part Unconstitutional or Ineffective.

§  570. Title not affected if in part unconstitutional or ineffective.
  If  any  section,  clause  or  provision  of   this   title   shall   be
  unconstitutional  or  be  ineffective in whole or in part, to the extent
  that it is not unconstitutional or ineffective it  shall  be  valid  and
  effective  and  no  other  section, clause or provision shall on account
  thereof be deemed invalid or ineffective.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 3 - Bridge and Tunnel Authorities › Title 3 - Triborough Bridge Authority › 571 - Inconsistent Provisions in Other Acts Superseded.

§  571.  Inconsistent  provisions in other acts superseded. Insofar as
  the provisions of this title are inconsistent with the provisions of any
  other act, general or special, or of any local  law  of  the  city,  the
  provisions of this title shall be controlling.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 3 - Bridge and Tunnel Authorities › Title 4 - Thousand Islands Bridge Authority › 579 - Transfer of Real Property to and by the Authority.

§ 579. Transfer of real property to and by the authority. 1.  Title to
  any real property which has heretofore been or may hereafter be acquired
  by  or  for  the  authority,  whether  with the proceeds of bonds issued
  pursuant to this title or otherwise, shall be vested in the authority.
2. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, the governing body
  or the supervisors of any county, the town board of  any  town,  or  the
  trustees  of  any  village,  without  any  election  or  meeting  of the
  taxpayers or voters or other  authorization  are  hereby  authorized  to
  convey  to  the  authority  any  land,  easement  or  interest  in land,
  including a public highway, which the authority may deem necessary.
3. The authority shall have the right to convey to the  state  of  New
  York  or  the  province  of  Ontario,  or  to  any county, town or front
  thereof, any road or  any  part  of  any  road  which  lies  within  the
  territorial   boundary  of  the  grantee  whenever  such  grantee  shall
  undertake to maintain the same as a public highway. Notwithstanding  the
  above the authority shall not convey real property in Canada to any unit
  of  government  in  the  United  States  nor shall it convey land in the
  United States to any unit of government in Canada.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 3 - Bridge and Tunnel Authorities › Title 4 - Thousand Islands Bridge Authority › 580 - Moneys of the Authority.

§  580.  Moneys  of  the  authority.  Subject to the provisions of any
  agreement with the holders of any bonds or notes of the authority  which
  may  provide  otherwise,  and except as otherwise provided or authorized
  herein, all moneys of the authority from whatever source  derived  shall
  be  paid  to the treasurer and shall be deposited forthwith in a bank or
  banks designated by the authority. The moneys in such accounts shall  be
  withdrawn  on  the  order of such person or persons as the authority may
  authorize. All  deposits  of  such  money  shall,  if  required  by  the
  authority, be secured in such manner as the authority may determine. The
  treasurer  of  the county and his legally authorized representatives are
  authorized and empowered from time to time to examine the  accounts  and
  books   of   the   authority,  including  its  receipts,  disbursements,
  contracts, leases, reserves, sinking funds, investments  and  any  other
  records and papers relating to its financial standing, or to accept from
  the  authority,  in lieu of such an examination, an external examination
  of its books and accounts made at the request of the authority.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section or any  other
  provision  of  this  title to the contrary, the authority shall have the
  power to contract with the holders of any of its bonds or  notes  as  to
  the custody, collection, securing, investment, and payment of any moneys
  of  the  authority, whether held in trust or otherwise, and to carry out
  such contract, and the provisions of such contract shall  supersede  any
  provisions  of  this  chapter which are contrary thereto or inconsistent
  therewith.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 3 - Bridge and Tunnel Authorities › Title 4 - Thousand Islands Bridge Authority › 582 - Agreement of the State.

§ 582. Agreement of the state. The state does pledge to and agree with
  the  holders  of  any  bonds  that  the  state  will  not  authorize the
  construction of any causeway, bridge, tunnel,  road,  highway  or  other
  connection  for  vehicular  traffic,  which will be competitive with the
  bridges authorized pursuant to this title nor will it limit or alter the
  rights hereby vested in the authority to establish and collect tolls and
  fix and collect payments, charges and fees or  in  any  way  impair  the
  rights  and  remedies  of bondholders; provided that a causeway, bridge,
  tunnel, road, highway or other connection for vehicular traffic shall be
  considered as competitive  only  if  it  shall  form  a  connection  for
  vehicular traffic between the state and the province of Ontario, Canada,
  across  the  Saint Lawrence river within a distance of thirty miles from
  the bridges authorized pursuant to this title.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 3 - Bridge and Tunnel Authorities › Title 4 - Thousand Islands Bridge Authority › 583 - State and County Not Liable on Bonds or Notes.

§  583.  State  and  county  not  liable on bonds or notes. The bonds,
  notes, and other obligations of the authority shall not be  a  legal  or
  moral debt of the state, nor a legal debt of the county, and neither the
  state  nor  the  county  shall  be liable thereon, nor shall the same be
  payable out of any funds other than those of the authority,  unless  the
  county  voluntarily  and  formally assumes liability therefor. No recent
  action by the state in recognizing any legal or moral obligation for any
  indebtedness of any other authority shall in any  way  be  construed  as
  creating any liability for any indebtedness of this authority.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 3 - Bridge and Tunnel Authorities › Title 4 - Thousand Islands Bridge Authority › 584 - Bonds as Legal Investments.

§  584.  Bonds  as  legal  investments.  The  bonds  are  hereby  made
  securities in which all public officers and bodies of this state and all
  municipalities and municipal subdivisions, all insurance  companies  and
  associations  and  other  persons carrying on an insurance business, all
  banks, bankers, trust companies, savings banks and savings  institutions
  and  associations, including savings and loan associations, building and
  loan associations, investment companies and other persons carrying on  a
  banking business, all administrators, guardians, executors, trustees and
  other  fiduciaries in the state and all other persons whatsoever who are
  now or  may  hereafter  be  authorized  to  invest  in  bonds  or  other
  obligations  of  the  state,  may  properly  and  legally  invest funds,
  including capital in their control or belonging to them. The  bonds  are
  also  hereby  made  securities  which may be deposited with and shall be
  received by all public  officers  and  bodies  of  this  state  and  all
  municipalities  and municipal subdivisions for any purpose for which the
  deposit of bonds or other obligations  of  this  state  is  now  or  may
  hereafter be authorized. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
  notes  of  the  authority are hereby made securities in which the county
  may properly and legally invest funds, including capital in its  control
  or belonging to it, when approved by the supervisors.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 3 - Bridge and Tunnel Authorities › Title 4 - Thousand Islands Bridge Authority › 585 - Bonds and Notes to Be Tax Exempt.

§  585.  Bonds  and notes to be tax exempt. 1. It is hereby determined
  that the creation of the authority and the carrying out of its corporate
  purposes is a public purpose, and the authority  shall  be  regarded  as
  performing  a  governmental  function  in  the  exercise  of  the powers
  conferred upon it by this title and shall be required to pay no taxes or
  assessments upon any of  the  property  acquired  by  it  or  under  its
  jurisdiction  or  control or supervision or upon its activities, or upon
  the income therefrom.
2. Any bonds or notes issued pursuant to this title, together with the
  income therefrom, as well as the property of  the  authority,  shall  be
  exempt from taxation, except for transfer and estate taxes.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 3 - Bridge and Tunnel Authorities › Title 4 - Thousand Islands Bridge Authority › 587 - Actions Against the Authority.

§  587. Actions against the authority. 1. In a case founded upon tort,
  a notice of claim shall be required as  a  condition  precedent  to  the
  commencement of an action or special proceeding against the authority or
  any officer, appointee, agent or employee thereof, and the provisions of
  section  fifty-e of the general municipal law shall govern the giving of
  such notice.
2. Except in an action  for  wrongful  death,  no  action  or  special
  proceeding  shall  be commenced more than one year and ninety days after
  the cause of action therefor shall have  accrued,  nor  until  at  least
  thirty  days  have  elapsed since the notice of claim referred to in the
  preceding  subdivision  was  so  served  upon  the  authority,  and  the
  complaint  or  petition  in  any such action or special proceeding shall
  contain an affirmative allegation to that effect and  must  also  allege
  that  the  authority  has  neglected or refused to make an adjustment or
  payment of such claim or otherwise satisfy  the  same  for  thirty  days
  after  such  service. An action against the authority for wrongful death
  shall be commenced in accordance with  the  notice  of  claim  and  time
  limitation provisions of title eleven of article nine of this chapter.
3.  All actions by or against the authority of whatsoever nature shall
  be brought in the county or where it  has  facilities  involved  in  the
  action.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 3 - Bridge and Tunnel Authorities › Title 4 - Thousand Islands Bridge Authority › 588 - Title Not Affected if in Part Unconstitutional or Ineffective.

§  588. Title not affected if in part unconstitutional or ineffective.
  If  any  section,  clause  or  provision  of   this   title   shall   be
  unconstitutional  or  be  ineffective in whole or in part, to the extent
  that it is not unconstitutional or ineffective it  shall  be  valid  and
  effective  and  no  other  section, clause or provision shall on account
  thereof be deemed invalid or ineffective.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 3 - Bridge and Tunnel Authorities › Title 4 - Thousand Islands Bridge Authority › 589 - Construction.

§  589. Construction. This title shall not be considered as a new act,
  but a restatement, clarification, amendment and  continuation  of  title
  four  as  heretofore  amended; nor shall this title affect or impair any
  right presently existing, including by way of specification but  not  of
  limitation,  the  rights  of  the  county  in  and  to  the  properties,
  franchises, and rights of the authority.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 3 - Bridge and Tunnel Authorities › Title 4 - Thousand Islands Bridge Authority › 590 - Inconsistent Provisions in Other Acts Superseded.

§  590.  Inconsistent  provisions in other acts superseded. Insofar as
  the provisions of this title are inconsistent with the provisions of any
  other act, general or special, the provisions of  this  title  shall  be
  controlling.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 3 - Bridge and Tunnel Authorities › Title 4 - Thousand Islands Bridge Authority › 591 - Membership, Quorum, Removal, Funds and Accounts, and Eminent Domain Taking.

§  591.  Membership,  quorum, removal, funds and accounts, and eminent
  domain taking. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general, special or
  local law, or any other provision of this chapter:
1. No public officer or employee shall be ineligible  for  appointment
  as  a member of the board, and any public officer or employee may accept
  such appointment and serve as such  member  without  forfeiture  of  any
  other public office or position of public employment by reason thereof;
2.  A  majority  of the whole number of the members of the board shall
  constitute a quorum at a meeting duly held at a time fixed by law or  by
  any  by-law  duly  adopted  by  such  board, or as fixed at any previous
  meeting duly held, or at any meeting duly held upon reasonable notice to
  all of the members of such board, or at any duly  adjourned  meeting  of
  any  such  meeting,  and not less than a majority of the whole number of
  the members of such board may perform and exercise the powers authorized
  and provided in this title,  and  the  words  "whole  number"  shall  be
  construed  to  mean  the  total  number which such board would have were
  there no vacancies and  were  none  of  the  members  disqualified  from
  acting,  and  shall  mean  either five or seven, depending only upon the
  circumstances set forth in section five hundred seventy-seven;
3. Every member of the board shall be removable by the chairman of the
  board  of  supervisors,  with  the  consent  of  the  supervisors,   for
  inefficiency,  neglect  of  duty,  or  misconduct  in  office, provided,
  however, that such member shall be given a copy of the  charges  against
  him  and  an opportunity of being heard in person, or by counsel, in his
  defense upon not less than ten days' notice;
4. The authority is empowered to establish such funds and accounts  as
  it  may  deem  necessary subject to such agreements as it shall conclude
  with the holders of its bonds or notes or other obligations;
5. When real property of the authority is taken in the exercise of the
  power of  eminent  domain,  just  compensation  shall  be  made  to  the
  authority in the same manner, to the same extent and subject to the same
  limitations as though it were private property.