§ 2799-xxx. 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 city or by the city with the federal government, the state department of environmental conservation, the state 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 city 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.