N.Y. PBA Law § 153-A

* § 153-a. Additional powers of the authority. The authority shall in\naddition have power: 1. By contract or contracts or by its own employees\nto construct, on lands of the state, Captree bridge subject to such\nconsents and approval of federal authorities as may be necessary.\n 2. In the discretion of the board, but only if and as permitted in any\nagreement with bondholders, by contract or contracts or by its own\nemployees to construct (a) Captree parkway; (b) such improvements along\nCaptree parkway and Captree bridge and on Jones Beach island as it shall\ndeem desirable for park and parkway purposes, including but not limited\nto automobile parking places, bathhouses, swimming pools, restaurants,\nboat basins, docks and slips and other recreational facilities.\n 3. To maintain, reconstruct and operate Captree bridge and, but only\nif and as permitted in any agreement with bondholders, to maintain,\nreconstruct and operate Captree parkway and such park and parkway\nimprovements as it shall construct along Captree parkway and on Jones\nBeach island.\n 4. Subject to and in accordance with any agreements with bondholders,\nto charge tolls for the use of Captree bridge and to charge rentals and\nmake other charges for the use of any parkway or improvement operated by\nit.\n 5. To construct and maintain over, under, along or across Captree\nbridge and, if constructed by the parkway authority, over, under, along\nor across Captree parkway, telephone, telegraph or electric wires and\ncables, gas mains, water mains, and other mechanical equipment not\ninconsistent with park or parkway purposes; to contract for such\nconstruction and to lease the right to construct and/or use the same on\nsuch terms and for such consideration as it shall determine, provided,\nhowever, that no lease shall be made for a period of more than ten years\nfrom the date when it is made.\n 6. To construct and maintain facilities for the public on and along\nCaptree bridge and if constructed by it, on and along Captree parkway\n(not inconsistent with the use of Captree bridge as a bridge and Captree\nparkway as a parkway), to contract for such construction, and to lease\nthe right to construct and/or use such facilities on such terms and for\nsuch consideration as it shall determine, provided, however, that no\nlease shall be made for a period of more than ten years from the date\nwhen it is made.\n 7. To do all things necessary or convenient to enforce its rights and\nto carry out its purposes, duties and the powers expressly given in this\nor any other section of this title.\n * NB (Authority abolished June 30, 1978)\n