* § 400. Air transportation facilities and services at Stewart and\nRepublic airports. 1. In order to meet present and future state needs\nwith respect to the provision of adequate, safe and efficient air\ntransportation facilities and services to the public, and to promote the\neconomic development and well-being of the state, the planning,\ndevelopment, maintenance and operation of such facilities and services\nat Stewart and Republic airports may be carried out by the department\nand the commissioner in accordance with the provisions of this article.\n 2. The following terms, as used in this article shall mean:\n (a) "Air transportation facilities" shall mean aircraft and\ndevelopments such as airports, air terminals, runways, hangars, control\ntowers, ramps, taxiways, aprons, wharves, bulkheads, buildings,\nstructures, equipment, parking areas, improvements, facilities and any\nreal property necessary, convenient or desirable for or relating to the\nlanding, taking off, accommodation and servicing of aircraft, or for the\nloading, unloading, interchange or transfer of passengers, baggage or\ncargo, or otherwise for the accommodation, use or convenience of\npassengers, carriers, crews and employees. It shall also mean facilities\nproviding access to airports or air terminals, including highways,\naccess roads, driveways and appurtenances, devices and structures\nincidental thereto.\n (b) "Air transportation purposes" shall mean the effectuation,\nestablishment, acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, improvement,\nmaintenance, extension, or operation of air transportation facilities or\nservices owned, leased, operated or provided by the department, or by\nothers pursuant to agreement with the department, at Stewart and/or\nRepublic airports.\n (c) "Department" shall mean the department of transportation of the\nstate of New York.\n (d) "Commissioner" shall mean the commissioner of transportation of\nthe state of New York.\n (e) "Stewart and Republic airports" shall mean those airports, and\nfacilities and surrounding areas under the jurisdiction of the\nmetropolitan transportation authority or any subsidiary public benefit\ncorporation, located at (in the case of Stewart airport) the county of\nOrange, towns of Newburgh and New Windsor; and (in the case of Republic\nairport) in the county of Suffolk, town of Babylon.\n (f) "Real property" shall mean lands, structures, franchises and\ninterests in land, including air space, air rights, waters, lands under\nwater and riparian rights, and any and all things and rights included\nwithin said term, and includes not only fee simple absolute but also any\nand all lesser interests, including but not limited to easements, rights\nof way, uses, leases, licenses and all other incorporeal hereditaments\nand every estate, interest or right, legal or equitable, including terms\nfor years and liens thereon by way of judgments, mortgages or otherwise.\n (g) "Aircraft" shall mean aircraft of all types, including but not\nlimited to airplanes, airships, dirigibles, helicopters, gliders,\nseaplanes, or any other contrivance now or hereafter used for the\nnavigation of or flight in air or space.\n (h) "Stewart airport commission" shall mean the commission established\nby section four hundred one of this article.\n (i) "Republic airport commission" shall mean the commission\nestablished by section four hundred two of this article.\n 3. In order to effectuate the purposes of this article:\n (a) The commissioner, for and on behalf of the people of the state of\nNew York, may acquire any and all air transportation facilities\nnecessary for air transportation purposes, pursuant to the eminent\ndomain procedure law, or by purchase, gift, grant, transfer, assignment,\ncontract, lease or other arrangement.\n (b) The department may, on such terms and conditions as the\ncommissioner determines necessary, convenient or desirable, establish,\nconstruct, effectuate, operate, maintain, renov
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