Informal Opinion No.

Dominic J. Terranova, Esq. General Counsel, Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority

Your office has requested our opinion as to whether the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority (NFTA) is exempt from the fees charged by sheriffs under article 80 of the CPLR for the execution of judgments.

In 1984 the State Legislature added section 1299-eee to the Public Authorities Law. Section 1299-eee created within the NFTA a Transit Adjudication Bureau and conferred upon it the duty of enforcing NFTA rules and regulations governing the conduct and safety of the public in the use and operation of…