§ 2596. Transfer of applications, proceedings, approvals and permits.
1. Any application, review or process in relation to or in furtherance
of the purposes of or contemplated by this title heretofore filed or
undertaken, or any proceeding heretofore commenced or any determination,
finding or award made, by the county or by the county with the federal
government, the department of environmental conservation, the department
of transportation or any other public corporation shall inure to and for
the benefit of the authority to the same extent and in the same manner
as if the authority had been a party to such application, review,
process or proceeding from its inception, and the authority shall be
deemed a party thereto, to the extent not prohibited by any federal law.
Any license, approval, permit, determination, finding, award or decision
heretofore or hereafter issued or granted pursuant to or as a result of
any such application, review, process or proceeding shall inure to the
benefit of and be binding upon the authority and shall be assigned and
transferred by the county to the authority unless such assignment and
transfer is prohibited by federal law.

2. All such applications, proceedings, licenses, approvals, permits,
determinations, findings, awards and decisions shall further inure to
and for the benefit of and be binding upon any person leasing,
acquiring, financing, constructing, maintaining, operating, using or
occupying any facility financed in whole or in part by the authority.