New York Laws
Title 3 - Ogdensburg Port Authority
1382 - Real Estate and Title Thereto.

§ 1382. Real estate and title thereto. 1. The authority may lease or
acquire title to real and personal property including water front
property, ferries, bridges, wharf property, land under water, public
landings, wharves and docks in the name of "Ogdensburg port authority"
by purchase, grant or gift from the city of Ogdensburg, state of New
York, United States of America, or from any corporation or individual
for the development of port facilities in the district, and shall have
the power to sell, subject to approval by order of the supreme court,
lease or otherwise dispose of said real property and shall retain and
have the power to use the proceeds of sale, rentals or other moneys
derived from the disposition thereof for its purposes. Any instrument
affecting real property shall be signed by the chairman of the
authority, attested by its secretary and have the seal of the authority
affixed thereto.

2. Authority is hereby conferred upon the city to give, lease, sell,
grant and convey real and personal property including water front
property, ferries, bridges, wharf property, land under water, public
landings, wharves and docks to the authority, with or without
consideration as such city shall determine.

3. The authority shall have power to condemn real property located
within its territorial limits and owned by any person or corporation,
excepting a person or corporation subject to the jurisdiction,
supervision and regulation of the public service commission, which the
authority deems necessary for the development of port facilities in the
district. The authority shall exercise the power of condemnation hereby
granted in the manner provided in the condemnation law.

4. The authority and the city may enter into contracts for the
acquisition by the city or the authority of real property for the
benefit of and in the name of the city for the purpose of widening
existing streets, avenues, parkways, roads or highways or for new
streets, avenues, parkways, roads or highways to port facilities within
the port district, or partly for such purpose and partly for other city
purposes. Such contracts may provide for the work of improvement by the
city. The city may close such streets, avenues, parkways, roads or
highways as may be necessary or convenient.