Section 2672. Assistance by state officers, departments, boards and commissions

The department of audit and control,  department  of  law,  and  all  other state officers, agencies, departments, boards, divisions
  offices, and commissions may  render  such  services  to  the  authority
  within their respective functions as may be requested by the authority.
    Notwithstanding  the  provisions of any other law to the contrary, the
  commissioner of the office of general services is  authorized  to  enter
  into  a contract, from time to time, on behalf of and in the name of the
  state of New  York,  upon  terms  and  conditions  which  are  fair  and
  equitable,  for  the  conveyance of unappropriated state lands and lands
  under water which  the  authority  shall  certify  to  be  necessary  or
  desirable for the corporate purposes of the authority.