N.Y. TRA Law § 50

§ 50. Statewide transportation planning. Project coordination with\nstatewide transportation plan. Upon review of a proposed municipal\nproject submitted to the commissioner under section forty-nine herein,\nthe commissioner may transmit, within a reasonably prompt time, advisory\ncomments to the Utica transit authority with regard to such project's\nbeing a part of or consistent with a statewide comprehensive master plan\nfor transportation promulgated by him and approved by the governor upon\nthe recommendation of the department of state or, in the absence of any\nsuch statewide plan, any other recognized long-range regional\ntransportation plan approved by the commissioner or, in the absence of\nany such regional plan, sound transportation development policy and\nplanning concept. If the commissioner finds such a project to be in\nconflict with such statewide plan, regional plan or transportation\ndevelopment policy and planning concept, the Utica transit authority\nshall before undertaking such project, upon the request of the\ncommissioner, state in writing to the commissioner its reasons for\nundertaking the project notwithstanding such conflict. In no event,\nhowever, shall the Utica transit authority submit to the United States\nor to the State of New York, or any agency or instrumentality of them,\nan application for a federal or state project unless the application\nshall have been first approved by the commissioner as being part of or\nconsistent with such statewide plan, regional plan or transportation\ndevelopment policy and planning concept.\n