N.Y. Pub. Auth. Law § 2773

§ 2773. Transfer of applications, proceedings, approvals and permits.\n1. Any application, review or process in relation to or in furtherance\nof the purposes of or contemplated by this title heretofore filed or\nundertaken, or any proceeding heretofore commenced or any determination,\nfinding or award made, by the county or by the county with the federal\ngovernment, the state department of environmental conservation, the\nstate department of transportation or any other public corporation shall\ninure to and for the benefit of the authority to the same extent and in\nthe same manner as if the authority had been a party to such\napplication, review, process or proceeding from its inception, and the\nauthority shall be deemed a party thereto, to the extent not prohibited\nby any federal law. Any license, approval, permit, determination,\nfinding, award or decision heretofore or hereafter issued or granted\npursuant to or as a result of any such application, review, process or\nproceeding shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the\nauthority and shall be assigned and transferred by the county to the\nauthority unless such assignment and transfer is prohibited by federal\nlaw.\n 2. All such applications, proceedings, licenses, approvals, permits,\ndeterminations, findings, awards and decisions shall further inure to\nand for the benefit of and be binding upon any person leasing,\nacquiring, financing, constructing, maintaining, operating, using or\noccupying any facility financed in whole or in part by the authority.\n