Section 556. Acquisition of lands by the city for the project

The city
  shall have power to acquire by  purchase,  or  by  condemnation  in  the
  manner  provided  by chapter twenty-one of the Greater New York charter,
  title in the name of the city to any lands, easements, or rights in land
  not owned by the city on the seventh  day  of  April,  nineteen  hundred
  thirty-three,  which  may  be  required  for  the  project,  and payment
  therefor, and for any lands theretofore acquired but not paid for by the
  city, shall be made by the authority. The power  hereby  conferred  upon
  the  city  shall not limit or restrict the power of the authority itself
  to acquire lands, easements, or rights in land in the name of the city.