Title GMU, General Municipal

§ 960. Designation of empire zones. (a) The empire zones designation board is hereby created. Such board shall consist of the commissioner of taxation and finance, the director of the budget, the commissioner of labor and two members to be appointed by the governor; one member t…

§ 961. Application for empire zone designation. (a) A city, county (other than a county located wholly within a city), town or village may adopt a local law authorizing such municipal corporation to prepare and submit an application to the commissioner for designation of an area…

§ 962. Empire zone development plan. An empire zone development plan shall be submitted for approval with the commissioner and with the local empire zone administrative board, and shall demonstrate the methods by which the applicant intends to promote the development of new busi…

§ 963. Local administration of empire zones. (a) The local empire zone administrative board shall: (i) develop short-term goals for zone activities on an annual basis; (ii) prepare, or cause to be prepared, an annual report and submit copies to the department of audit and contro…

§ 964. Empire zone capital corporations. (a) No more than three empire zone capital corporations may be established in each zone for the purpose of raising funds through private and public grants, donations or investments, to be used in making investments in, and loans to, busin…

§ 965. Designation of empire zone as a foreign trade zone. Any city, county, town or village which contains an area which is designated an empire zone in accordance with this article, is hereby authorized to make application to the foreign trade zones board established by an act…

§ 966. Special provisions relating to empire zones and zone equivalent areas. In addition to the benefits provided for in this article, other benefits applicable to empire zones are provided elsewhere in the consolidated laws, and benefits are provided in the case of zone equiva…

§ 967. Division of taxes by governmental bodies. (a) The governing board of any city, town, village or county in which an empire zone is located is hereby authorized and empowered to: (i) adopt a local law providing that any taxes levied by or on behalf of such city, town, villa…

§ 968. Disposition of property. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of any other law to the contrary, in order to further the purposes of the empire zones program, any real or personal property located within an empire zone and owned by any local governmental entity in whose juris…

§ 969. Termination or revision of an empire zone. (a) Except as provided in this section, any designation of an area as an empire zone shall remain in effect during the period beginning on the date of designation and ending June thirtieth, two thousand ten. (b) After consultatio…

§ 97. Power of municipalities to furnish and contract for fire and police communication system. In a county having a population of more than five hundred twenty-five thousand and less than six hundred fifty thousand according to the last decennial federal census, it shall be law…

§ 970-a. Short title. This article shall be known and may be cited as the "municipal redevelopment law".

§ 970-b. Legislative findings and declaration. It is hereby found and declared that there exists in many communities blighted areas which threaten the economic and social well-being of the people of the state. Blighted areas are characterized by one or more of the conditions set…

§ 970-c. Definitions. (a) "Blighted area" means an area within a municipality in which one or more of the following conditions exist: (i) a predominance of buildings and structures which are deteriorated or unfit or unsafe for use or occupancy; or (ii) a predominance of economic…

§ 970-d. Survey area studies. Upon a finding that a study to determine if a redevelopment project within a specified area is feasible, the legislative body of a municipality may by resolution designate such area as a survey area and upon such designation shall undertake or cause…

§ 970-e. Project area. Based on the results of a survey area study or studies a legislative body may by resolution select one or more project areas for redevelopment pursuant to this article and provide for the preparation of preliminary plans for such redevelopment projects. Su…

§ 970-f. Redevelopment plan. If the legislative body, by resolution, approves a preliminary plan it shall provide for preparation of a redevelopment plan for each project area. Each such redevelopment plan: (a) shall contain a legal description of the boundaries of the project a…

§ 970-g. Plan review. Before any redevelopment plan is adopted by the legislative body, it shall: (a) Submit such plan to the planning agency for its review and recommendations. Such review shall consider the conformity of such redevelopment plan with any master plan which has b…

§ 970-h. Public hearings and plan adoption. (a) Before any redevelopment plan is adopted by the legislative body it shall conduct a public hearing on such plan and shall, at least biennially, conduct a public hearing for the purpose of reviewing the redevelopment plan for each r…

§ 970-i. Acquisition of property. (a) Within the project area a municipality may upon adoption of the redevelopment plan by the legislative body, purchase, lease, obtain option upon, acquire by gift, grant, bequest, devise, or otherwise, any real or personal property, any intere…

§ 970-j. Relocation of displaced persons. The legislative body shall prepare a feasible plan for relocation of all families and persons to be temporarily or permanently displaced from housing facilities in the project area. The legislative body shall insure that such plan for th…

§ 970-k. Clearance, improvements and site preparation. (a) A municipality may demolish or move buildings, structures, or other improvements from any real property acquired. The municipality may develop as a building site any real property owned or acquired by it. In connection w…

§ 970-l. Property disposition, rehabilitation and development. (a) A municipality in order to implement a redevelopment plan adopted by the legislative body, may for purposes of redevelopment, sell, lease, exchange, subdivide, transfer, assign, pledge, encumber by mortgage, deed…

§ 970-m. Amendment of redevelopment plan. If at any time after the adoption of a redevelopment plan for a project area by the legislative body, it becomes necessary or desirable to amend or modify such plan, the legislative body may by resolution amend such plan. Such amendments…

§ 970-n. Joint undertakings. Two or more municipalities may in combination jointly exercise the powers granted under this article pursuant to either subdivision (a) or (b) of this section. (a) (i) The legislative bodies of two or more municipalities acting separately may each by…

§ 970-o. Tax increment bonds. (a) For the purpose of carrying out or administering a redevelopment plan adopted by the legislative body, a municipality is hereby authorized, without limiting its authority under other provisions of law, to issue by resolution of its legislative b…

§ 970-p. Allocation of taxes. (a) Any redevelopment plan may contain a provision that real property taxes levied upon taxable real property in the project area each year by or for the benefit of the municipality or municipalities and school districts after the effective date of …

§ 970-q. Annual report. The municipality shall submit to the state comptroller, on or before March thirty-first of each year, a progress report and financial statement for the preceding calendar year for each redevelopment project undertaken pursuant to this article.

§ 970-r. State assistance for brownfield opportunity areas. 1. Definitions. a. "Applicant" shall mean the municipality, community board and/or community based organization submitting an application for state assistance or a nomination for designation in the manner authorized by …

§ 975. Town of Islip Foreign Trade Zone Authority. For the benefit of the town of Islip and the inhabitants thereof, a foreign trade zone authority to be known as the TOWN OF ISLIP FOREIGN TRADE ZONE AUTHORITY, is hereby established for purposes of establishing, operating, and m…

§ 98. Operation and maintenance of railroad passenger stations in certain municipalities. 1. For the purposes of this section only, "municipality" means (i) a county not wholly contained within a city, (ii) a city having a population of more than twenty-five thousand but less th…

§ 98-a. Acquisition and lease of railroad facilities. 1. Two or more cities, towns or villages in the same county or adjoining counties may jointly acquire, by purchase, lease, condemnation or otherwise, railroad rights-of-way and other railroad facilities and property, except r…

§ 98-b. Municipal assistance to public authorities furnishing transportation services. Every city, village, town or county not wholly contained within a city the whole or any part of which is directly served by a transportation facility operated by a public authority shall be em…

§ 980. Definitions. As used in this article: (a) "Average full valuation of taxable real property" means the valuation obtained by taking the assessed valuation of taxable real property in the district as it appears upon the last completed and four preceding assessment rolls of …

§ 980-a. Contents of the district plan. The district plan shall contain the following: (a) a map of the district; (b) the written report or reports of the legislative body containing: (1) a description of the boundaries of the district proposed for establishment or extension in …

§ 980-b. Local adoption of article. Every municipality shall be authorized to adopt a local law, subject to permissive referendum, providing that the provisions of this article shall be applicable to the establishment or extension of districts in the municipality.

§ 980-c. Local legislative powers. Upon establishment of a district pursuant to the provisions of this article, the legislative body shall have authority to exercise the following powers with respect to such district, subject to the provisions of this article to: (a) provide for…

§ 980-d. District plan. (a) The legislative body of any municipality other than a municipality having a population of one million or more may provide by resolution for the preparation of a district plan, upon its own motion, or at the request of the chief executive officer or an…

§ 980-e. Notice and hearing. (a) After the filing of the district plan in the office of the municipal clerk, the legislative body may adopt a resolution and shall enter the same in the minutes of its proceedings. This resolution shall contain a copy of the district plan, any rep…

§ 980-f. Establishment or extension of the district. (a) Not earlier than thirty days after the conclusion of the last day of the public hearing held pursuant to section nine hundred eighty-e of this article, the legislative body shall determine: (1) whether the notice of hearin…

§ 980-g. Review by the state comptroller. (a) The state comptroller shall review as provided in this section: (1) the establishment or extension of a district; and (2) the amendment of a district plan pursuant to subdivision (c) of section nine hundred eighty-i of this article. …

§ 980-h. Publication; filing; judicial review. (a) The municipal clerk shall cause a certified copy of the local law of the legislative body adopted pursuant to the provisions of this article establishing or extending any district, or increasing the maximum total amount proposed…

§ 980-i. Amendments to the district plan. (a) At any time after the establishment or extension of a district pursuant to the provisions of this article, the district plan upon which the establishment or extension was based, may, upon the recommendation of the district management…

§ 980-j. Expense of the district. (a) The expense incurred in the construction or operation of any improvement or provision of additional services in a district pursuant to this article shall be financed in accordance with the district plan upon which the establishment or extens…

§ 980-k. Tax and debt limitations. (a) The aggregate amount of outstanding indebtedness that is incurred to provide funds for capital improvements pursuant to this article shall be chargeable against the municipality's constitutional debt limit and may not exceed ten percent of …

§ 980-l. Expenditure of district funds. (a) The proceeds of any charge imposed pursuant to this article shall be held by the chief fiscal officer and shall be separately accounted for in the books and records of the municipality. None of the proceeds collected pursuant to this a…

§ 980-m. District management association. (a) There shall be a district management association for each district established pursuant to the provisions of this article (which shall pursuant to the not-for-profit corporation law have one or more classes or membership, voting or n…

§ 980-n. Cooperative operation and management of business improvement districts. (a) Whenever two or more municipalities have each created a business improvement district pursuant to this article, the municipalities may enter into, amend, and terminate agreements with each other…

§ 980-o. Dissolution. (a) Any district established or extended pursuant to the provisions of this article, where there is no indebtedness, outstanding and unpaid, incurred to accomplish any of the purposes of the district, may be dissolved by local law by the legislative body up…

§ 980-p. Existing districts. Any special improvement or assessment districts, or any business improvement districts established pursuant to article two-B of the general city law, or any districts having filed an application with the state comptroller as provided in such article …