N.Y. Port of Albany Law § 1
There is hereby created and established a district to be known as the "Albany Port District" which shall embrace all the territory on the easterly and westerly sides of the Hudson river which on January first, nineteen hundred and twenty-nine, was included within the city of Albany and the city of Rensselaer; and all lands and water, in the Hudson river contiguous thereto, subject to the right, title and interest of the state in and to the lands under the waters of the Hudson river. Such district is hereby declared to be a public corporation and shall have perpetual existence and the power to acquire such real estate and other property as may be necessary, to sue and be sued, to incur debts and liabilities, to have a seal, to exercise the right of eminent domain, and to do all acts and exercise all powers authorized by and subject to the provisions of this act, but subject also to the constitution and laws of the United States. Such powers shall be exercised by and in the name of the Albany port district commission.
N.Y. Port of Albany Law § 1