N.Y. Pub. Auth. Law § 1054-a

§ 1054-a. Deposit required where temporary possession is granted in\ncondemnation proceeding. Whenever the authority, in any condemnation\nproceeding for the acquisition of any property, shall make application\nfor temporary possession pursuant to the provisions of section\ntwenty-four of the condemnation law, the sum to be fixed by the court\nfor deposit, as a condition of granting such application, shall not\nexceed ten per centum of the assessed valuation of the real property\nsought to be acquired in such proceedings as such assessed valuation\nappears upon the last assessment rolls for county taxes prior to the\ncommencement of such proceeding.\n