New York Consolidated Laws, General City Law - GCT § 21-c. Passenger stations of railroad redevelopment corporations in certain cities

a. The corporation agrees for the term of such contract not to discontinue all passenger or all freight service, or petition any regulatory agency having jurisdiction in respect thereof for permission to discontinue all passenger or all freight service, to or from such stations without the consent of such city;

b. The corporation agrees for the term of such contract to continue the operation and maintenance of such existing facilities or portions thereof as may be required in the public interest for the sale of passenger tickets and the handling of baggage mail and freight at such stations;

c. The corporation shall use the portions of any such station which are not required for the sale of passenger tickets, the handling of baggage, mail and freight or its railroad operations for public purposes or for uses generally available to or serving the general public, including but not limited to access to the railroad and related services, facilities for the convenience and comfort of the general public, the parking of vehicles, public assembly, recreation, cultural activities, shelter, and terminal facilities for other modes of transportation;  and

d. Such contract shall expire not later than the first day of July next succeeding its effective date.

Any contract made pursuant to this section may contain such other terms and conditions, not inconsistent with the foregoing, as the city and the corporation may agree.