N.Y. Transp. Corp. Law § 71 Powers

• Library: New York Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through 2023 NY Law Chapter 777
• Year: 2023
• Citation: N.Y. Transp. Corp. Law § 71

Any such corporation shall have power to take by grant or by assignment a franchise or right to establish and operate a ferry or ferries, as specified in the certificate of incorporation, subject to the rights of any person, or municipal or other corporation.

In any case when an application is made to the local governing body of a county without the city of New York for a grant such local governing body is authorized to make such grant if a public necessity therefor is shown. Whenever it is shown to such local governing body upon an application for a grant that the tangible property of a ferry corporation, employed or to be employed in the exercise of a ferry franchi...