New York Consolidated Laws, Public Authorities Law - PBA § 1904. Funding

1. The authority may seek funding from any authorized or other available source to administer this program.

2. Without limiting the foregoing, the authority shall submit a petition or other appropriate filing to the commission describing the activities it has taken and plans to undertake in furtherance of the policy embodied in this title.  Such filing may include a request for funding to allow such activities to proceed promptly and for a period of at least five years from the date of the order responding to such petition.  The commission shall, in accordance with and as promptly as authorized by existing law and regulation but in no event more than four months following the submission of the petition, issue an order responding to such petition subject to any necessary and reasonable limitations based on the public service law.