N.Y. PBA Law § 153

* § 153. Powers of the authority. The authority shall have power\n 1. To sue and be sued;\n 2. To have a seal and alter the same at pleasure;\n 3. To acquire, hold and dispose of personal property for its corporate\npurposes;\n 4. To make by-laws for the management and regulation of its affairs;\n 5. With the consent of the commission to use the agents, employees and\nfacilities of the commission and to authorize the making of improvements\nby the commission when funds are available therefor and funds of the\nauthority are insufficient for such purposes;\n 6. To appoint officers, agents and employees and fix their\ncompensation; subject, however, to the provisions of the civil service\nlaw, which shall apply to the authority as a municipal corporation other\nthan a city;\n 7. To make contracts, and to execute all instruments necessary or\nconvenient;\n 8. By contract, or contracts, or by its own employees, but as a single\nenterprise, to construct the Meadowbrook parkway, the Loop parkway and\nto reconstruct the Wantagh parkway on lands acquired or to be acquired\nby the state of New York, together with incidental roads, structures,\nfacilities and bridges, subject to such consents and approval of federal\nauthorities in any case as may be necessary;\n 9. To maintain, reconstruct, and operate the Jones Beach parkway;\n 10. To charge tolls for the use of Jones Beach parkway subject to and\nin accordance with such agreements with bondholders as may be made as\nhereinafter provided; provided, however, that no tolls may be charged on\nWantagh parkway until after the first day of January, nineteen hundred\nthirty-five;\n 11. To construct and maintain over, under, along or across Jones Beach\nparkway, telephone, telegraph or electric wires and cables, gas mains,\nwater mains, and other mechanical equipment not inconsistent with\nparkway purposes, to contract for such construction and to lease the\nright to construct and/or use the same on such terms and for such\nconsideration as it shall determine, provided, however, that no lease\nshall be made for a period of more than ten years from the date when it\nis made;\n 12. To construct and maintain facilities for the public, not\ninconsistent with the use of Jones Beach parkway as a parkway, to\ncontract for such construction, and to lease the right to construct\nand/or use such facilities on such terms and for such considerations as\nit shall determine, provided, however, that no lease shall be made for a\nperiod of more than ten years from the date when it is made;\n 13. To issue negotiable bonds and to provide for the rights of the\nholders thereof;\n 14. To enter on any lands, waters and premises for the purpose of\nmaking surveys, soundings and examinations;\n 15. To do all things necessary or convenient to carry out the powers\nexpressly given in this title.\n * NB (Authority abolished June 30, 1978)\n