N.J. Stat. § 32:1-76
Anything in this act to the contrary notwithstanding, no property now or hereafter vested in or held by any county, city, borough, village, township or other municipality shall be taken by the port authority, without the authority or consent of such county, city, borough, village, township or other municipality, nor shall anything herein impair or invalidate in any way any bonded indebtedness of the state, or such county, city, borough, village, township or other municipality, nor impair the provisions of law regulating the payment into sinking funds of revenue derived from municipal property, or dedicating the revenues derived from any municipal property to a specific purpose. The port authority is hereby authorized and empowered to acquire from such county, city, borough, village, township or other municipality, by agreement therewith, and such county, city, borough, village, township or other municipality is hereby authorized and empowered to grant and convey for such consideration as it may deem wise, any real property which may be necessary for the construction, operation and maintenance of bridge and approaches thereto, including such real property as has already been devoted to a public use.
The state of New Jersey hereby consents to the use and occupation of the real property of the state necessary for the construction, operation and maintenance of the said bridge and the approaches thereto, including lands of the state lying under the waters of the Hudson river.
N.J.S. § 32:1-76