N.Y. Public Authorities Law § 553-A
1. If and when the Port of New York authority (herein called the "port authority") is authorized to make agreements with the authority relating to the construction, ownership, maintenance and operation of the Brooklyn Richmond project as a bridge (herein sometimes collectively referred to as the "Narrows bridge project") and to acquire land, easements and rights in land necessary or convenient therefor, the authority shall have power, in its discretion and subject to and in accordance with all contract provisions with respect to any bonds and the rights of the holders of bonds to make such agreements with the port authority on such terms and conditions and with such payments and considerations as the authority and the port authority shall deem in the public interest, as to any one or more of the following: