2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 3 - Bridge and Tunnel Authorities › Title 2 - New York State Bridge Authority › 528 - Powers of the Authority.

§ 528. Powers of the authority. The authority shall have power
1. To acquire, hold and dispose of personal property for its corporate
  purposes;
1-a.  To  hold in the name of the state any real property acquired for
  its corporate purposes and, with the approval of  the  commissioner,  to
  sell,  lease,  exchange,  or  otherwise  dispose of any real property or
  rights or easements therein, heretofore or hereafter  acquired  pursuant
  to  the  "state  bridge  authority  act",  determined  by  it  to be not
  necessary for its corporate purposes, and shall accept ownership of  the
  walkway  over  the  Hudson  bridge in the name of the state, and acquire
  such incidental roads, approaches, structures and facilities as  may  be
  necessary.
1-b.  To  accept  from  any  person gifts of money or property for its
  corporate purposes.
2. To make by-laws for the management and regulation of its affairs;
3. With the consent of the commissioner to use the  agents,  employees
  and  facilities  of  the department, paying its proper proportion of the
  compensation and expenses of such agents and employees and of  the  cost
  of such facilities;
4.   To   appoint   officers,  agents  and  employees  and  fix  their
  compensation; subject, however, to the provisions of the  civil  service
  law, which shall apply to the authority as a municipal corporation other
  than a city;
5.  To  make  contracts,  and  to execute all instruments necessary or
  convenient;
6. To conduct a study regarding traffic congestion and capacity  needs
  in  and  around  the  Franklin Delano Roosevelt Mid-Hudson bridge and to
  make recommendations  concerning  reasonable  alternatives  designed  to
  alleviate  any  known  capacity  deficiencies in and around such bridge.
  Such study shall include, but is not  limited  to  an  investigation  to
  determine whether it is in the public interest to construct a new bridge
  over  the  Hudson  river  at  or  near  the  city of Poughkeepsie and in
  connection therewith to contract with engineers, surveyors,  contractors
  and others for environmental review, preliminary plans, borings, surveys
  and  estimates  of  cost,  and  if  the authority by resolution, and the
  commissioner in writing filed with the authority, shall  determine  that
  the  construction of such bridge is in the public interest, to construct
  such bridge at a location approved by the commissioner, on lands of  the
  state  of  New  York or lands to be acquired in the name of the state of
  New York  as  hereinafter  provided,  together  with  incidental  roads,
  approaches,  structures  and  facilities,  subject  to such consents and
  approval of federal authorities in any case as may be necessary.
7. To maintain, reconstruct, and operate the bridges so  long  as  its
  corporate existence shall continue;
8.  To  charge tolls for the use of the bridges, with the exception of
  the walkway over the Hudson bridge, subject to and  in  accordance  with
  such  agreements  with  bondholders  and  noteholders  as may be made as
  hereinafter provided, except, however, that subject to  such  agreements
  the  rates  of tolls charged on the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Mid-Hudson
  bridge, the Kingston Rhinecliff bridge, the Bear  Mountain  bridge,  the
  Rip  Van  Winkle  bridge,  and  the Hamilton Fish Newburgh-Beacon bridge
  shall be the same.
9. To construct and maintain over, or along the bridges, or either  of
  them,  telephone,  telegraph  or  electric  wires and cables, gas mains,
  water mains, and other mechanical equipment not  inconsistent  with  the
  use  of  the  bridges  for  vehicular  traffic,  to  contract  for  such
  construction and to lease the right to construct and/or use the same  on
  such  terms and for such considerations as it shall determine, provided,

  however, that no lease shall be made for a period of more than ten years
  from the date when it is made;
10.   To  construct  and  maintain  facilities  for  the  public,  not
  inconsistent with the appropriate use of the bridges,  to  contract  for
  such  construction,  and to lease the right to construct and/or use such
  facilities on such  terms  and  for  such  considerations  as  it  shall
  determine,  provided,  however, that no lease shall be made for a period
  of more than ten years from the date when it is made;
10-a. Subject to the  approval  of  the  commissioner,  to  construct,
  reconstruct  and  improve highway connections to any of the bridges; the
  construction to be under the supervision and control of the commissioner
  as agent of the authority. Upon completion thereof, jurisdiction of such
  connections to be transferred by the authority to the  commissioner  who
  shall  thereafter  maintain such connections in the same manner as other
  highways maintained by the state;
10-b. To contribute and pay over such amount as  the  authority  shall
  determine  to  any  city  for  such  city's share of the cost, including
  damages and expenses, to be borne by or charged against  such  city  for
  the  acquisition of real property acquired by the state within such city
  for state highways connecting with any of  the  bridges  and  approaches
  situated within a radius of one mile from the nearest bridge abutment.
11.  To issue negotiable bonds and notes and to provide for the rights
  of the holders thereof;
12. To enter on any lands, waters and  premises  for  the  purpose  of
  making surveys, soundings and examinations;
13. To advertise the facilities and advantages of the bridges;
14.  To  appoint  or  designate one or more persons for the purpose of
  enforcing law, order and the observance of  the  rules  and  regulations
  established  by  the  authority. Each person as and when so appointed or
  designated may, during the term of such appointment  or  designation  be
  uniformed  and  shall  be  known  as  a "New York state bridge authority
  patrolman" and shall be a police officer as defined by paragraph (e)  of
  subdivision  thirty-four  of  section 1.20 of the criminal procedure law
  and shall have, within the limits of  the  cities,  towns  and  villages
  within  which  any  part of a bridge, or any ferry property, operated by
  the authority shall be located, all the powers of a constable,  marshal,
  police  constable  or  police  officer of a city, town or village in the
  execution of criminal processes; and  criminal  process  issued  by  any
  court  or magistrate of a county, town, city or village within which any
  part of a bridge or any ferry property operated by the  authority  shall
  be  located,  may  be  directed  to  and  executed by any such patrolman
  notwithstanding the provisions of any local or special act, ordinance or
  regulation.
15. To do all things necessary or convenient to carry out  the  powers
  expressly given in this title.
16. To accept grants, loans or contributions from the United States of
  America,  the  state  of  New  York, or any agency or instrumentality of
  either of them  and,  subject  to  any  agreement  with  bondholders  or
  noteholders,  to  enter  into  contracts  and to execute all instruments
  necessary or convenient or desirable in connection therewith, including,
  its bonds, notes or other obligation evidencing any such loan  from  the
  United  States  of  America,  the  state  of  New  York or any agency or
  instrumentality of either of them.
17. To enter into a lease or operating agreement, for a period not  to
  exceed  ninety-nine  years,  with  the  office  of parks, recreation and
  historic preservation for all or a  portion  of  the  walkway  over  the
  Hudson bridge for the purpose of a state park. Such agreement may assign
  or allocate responsibility for the construction, operation, maintenance,

  replacement  and  management  of  the deck and approaches and structures
  providing public access to the  state  park,  but  the  authority  shall
  retain  responsibility for maintaining the superstructure of the walkway
  over  the  Hudson  bridge.  The office of parks, recreation and historic
  preservation is authorized to  enter  into  such  agreement,  which  may
  include  the  installation  and  maintenance  by  the  office  of parks,
  recreation and  historic  preservation  of  any  personal  property  and
  equipment  used in connection therewith. The office of parks, recreation
  and historic preservation shall propose in its annual budget  an  amount
  for  all  costs and obligations under such agreement and these costs may
  be supplemented by private donations.