§ 528. Powers of the authority. The authority shall have power\n 1. To acquire, hold and dispose of personal property for its corporate\npurposes;\n 1-a. To hold in the name of the state any real property acquired for\nits corporate purposes and, with the approval of the commissioner, to\nsell, lease, exchange, or otherwise dispose of any real property or\nrights or easements therein, heretofore or hereafter acquired pursuant\nto the "state bridge authority act", determined by it to be not\nnecessary for its corporate purposes, and shall accept ownership of the\nwalkway over the Hudson bridge in the name of the state, and acquire\nsuch incidental roads, approaches, structures and facilities as may be\nnecessary.\n 1-b. To accept from any person gifts of money or property for its\ncorporate purposes.\n 2. To make by-laws for the management and regulation of its affairs;\n 3. With the consent of the commissioner to use the agents, employees\nand facilities of the department, paying its proper proportion of the\ncompensation and expenses of such agents and employees and of the cost\nof such facilities;\n 4. 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 5. To make contracts, and to execute all instruments necessary or\nconvenient;\n 6. To conduct a study regarding traffic congestion and capacity needs\nin and around the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Mid-Hudson bridge and to\nmake recommendations concerning reasonable alternatives designed to\nalleviate any known capacity deficiencies in and around such bridge.\nSuch study shall include, but is not limited to an investigation to\ndetermine whether it is in the public interest to construct a new bridge\nover the Hudson river at or near the city of Poughkeepsie and in\nconnection therewith to contract with engineers, surveyors, contractors\nand others for environmental review, preliminary plans, borings, surveys\nand estimates of cost, and if the authority by resolution, and the\ncommissioner in writing filed with the authority, shall determine that\nthe construction of such bridge is in the public interest, to construct\nsuch bridge at a location approved by the commissioner, on lands of the\nstate of New York or lands to be acquired in the name of the state of\nNew York as hereinafter provided, together with incidental roads,\napproaches, structures and facilities, subject to such consents and\napproval of federal authorities in any case as may be necessary.\n 7. To maintain, reconstruct, and operate the bridges so long as its\ncorporate existence shall continue;\n 8. To charge tolls for the use of the bridges, with the exception of\nthe walkway over the Hudson bridge, subject to and in accordance with\nsuch agreements with bondholders and noteholders as may be made as\nhereinafter provided, except, however, that subject to such agreements\nthe rates of tolls charged on the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Mid-Hudson\nbridge, the Kingston Rhinecliff bridge, the Bear Mountain bridge, the\nRip Van Winkle bridge, and the Hamilton Fish Newburgh-Beacon bridge\nshall be the same.\n 9. To construct and maintain over, or along the bridges, or either of\nthem, telephone, telegraph or electric wires and cables, gas mains,\nwater mains, and other mechanical equipment not inconsistent with the\nuse of the bridges for vehicular traffic, to contract for such\nconstruction and to lease the right to construct and/or use the same on\nsuch terms and for such considerations 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 10. To construct and maintain facilities for the public, not\ninconsistent with the appropriate use of the bridges, to contract for\nsuch construction, and to lease the right to construct and/or use such\nfacilities on suc
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