Title PBA, Public Authorities

§ 1699-f. Succession by authority to powers, duties and functions of\nthe agency and corporation. 1. The authority hereby succeeds to the\npowers, duties and functions of each of the agency and the corporation,\neach of which shall continue its corporate existence in and through…

§ 1699-g. Separability. If any section, subdivision, paragraph,\nsentence, clause or provision of this title shall be unconstitutional or\nbe ineffective in whole or in part, to the extent that it is not\nunconstitutional or ineffective, it shall be valid or effective and no\not…

§ 1699-h. Reports. The board of directors of the dormitory authority\nshall report on progress in implementing the succession of the medical\ncare facilities finance agency and the facilities development\ncorporation into the dormitory authority by March first, nineteen\nhundred…

§ 1699-i. Transfer of employees. A transfer of employees effected as a\nconsequence of the transfer of functions pursuant to any provision of\nthis title shall be governed by this section:\n 1. Such transfers shall be subject to section seventy of the civil\nservice law; or, whe…

§ 1699-j. Audit and annual report. In conformity with the provisions\nof section five of article ten of the constitution, the accounts of the\nauthority shall be subject to an annual management and financial audit\nperformed by an independent certified accountant selected by the…

§ 1699-m. Definitions. In this article:\n a. "Chairman" means the chairman of the dormitory authority.\n b. "Minority business concern" means a socially and economically\ndisadvantaged applicant concern which is owned or controlled by one or\nmore persons who have been deprived …

§ 1699-n. Designation of small business set-asides at the Medgar Evers\ncollege, city university of New York. The chairman has authority to\ndesignate as small business set-asides specified commodities, equipment\nor services or contracts for construction, reconstruction,\nrehab…

§ 1699-o. Withdrawal of designation of small business set-asides. If\nthe total number of small businesses responding to the invitation to bid\nand considered capable of meeting the specifications and terms of the\ninvitation to bid is less than three, or if the chairman determi…

§ 1699-p. Submission of purchase order or work contract to successful\nbidder. After the successful bidder has been determined, the chairman\nshall place an advertisement as provided by law indicating that all bids\nsubmitted on a small business set-aside have been opened and re…

§ 1699-q. Designation of contract negotiator for small business\nset-asides. The chairman shall designate an experienced contract\nnegotiator to serve as its small business procurement specialist whose\nduties shall include:\n a. Compiling and maintaining a comprehensive bidders…

§ 1699-r. Legislative report. The chairman shall annually before\nDecember first, report in writing to the legislature concerning the\nawarding of contracts, for specified commodities, equipment or services\nor for the construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation or improvement\…

§ 1725. Short title. This title shall be known and may be cited as the\n"New York city school construction authority act".\n

§ 1726. Definitions. As used or referred to in this title, unless a\ndifferent meaning clearly appears from the context:\n 1. "Authority" shall mean the New York city school construction\nauthority.\n 2. "Board" shall mean the board of trustees of the New York city\nschool const…

§ 1727. New York city school construction authority. 1. There is\nhereby established a public benefit corporation to be known as the "New\nYork city school construction authority".\n 2. The authority shall be governed by and its powers shall be\nexercised by a board of trustees …

§ 1728. Powers and duties of the authority. The authority shall have\nthe following powers and duties:\n 1. To sue and be sued;\n 2. To have a seal or alter the same at pleasure;\n 3. To make and alter by-laws for the organization and the management\nand regulation of its affair…

§ 1729. Transfer of property. 1. The city board and the city, acting\nby the mayor alone or by resolution of the council, may convey or\ntransfer to the authority, with or without consideration and without any\nfurther authorization, any real, personal or mixed property (includi…

§ 1730. Exemption from land use review procedures and other\nrequirements. 1. Except for the provisions of article eight of the\nenvironmental conservation law and article fourteen of the parks,\nrecreation and historic preservation law, neither (a) the establishment\nor amendme…

§ 1731. Community participation. 1. Prior to the commencing of new\nconstruction or building additions of an educational facility, or the\nacquisition of real property or any interest therein for such purpose,\nthe authority shall file a copy of the site plan of such facility in…

§ 1732. City approval of sites. 1. Following the hearings held\npursuant to section seventeen hundred thirty-one of this title, but\nprior to initiating construction of new educational facilities, the\nauthority shall submit the site plan of such projects to the mayor and\nthe c…

§ 1733. Compliance with codes. The authority shall, in the design,\nconstruction, reconstruction, improvement, rehabilitation, maintenance,\nrepair, furnishing, equipping of or otherwise providing for educational\nfacilities, comply with the requirements of the city building cod…

§ 1734. Contracts of the authority. 1. a. All contracts for the\nconstruction, reconstruction, improvement, rehabilitation, maintenance,\nrepair, furnishing, equipping of or otherwise providing for educational\nfacilities for the city board may be awarded in accordance with the\…

* § 1735. Certain contracts of the authority. 1. Notwithstanding the\nprovisions of paragraph b of subdivision one of section seventeen\nhundred thirty-four of this title, the award of construction contracts\nby the authority between July first, nineteen hundred eighty-nine and\…

§ 1736. Funding of the authority. 1. Each year the authority shall\nprepare and the board shall adopt an itemized estimate of the sum of\nmoney it deems necessary from the city board to cover the authority's\noperating expenses for the ensuing fiscal year. Such estimate shall ta…

§ 1737. Civil service. 1. a. The authority, for the purpose of\nadministering the state civil service law, shall be deemed to be a\nmunicipal commission provided, however, that (i) the authority may elect\nto delegate the administration of any or all of the provisions of the\nci…

§ 1738. Retirement of employees. 1. Employees of the authority shall\nbe eligible to join the board of education retirement system as\nestablished in section twenty-five hundred seventy-five of the education\nlaw and pursuant to the usual rules of that system, provided that a ne…

§ 1739. Collective negotiation. 1. For the purpose of article fourteen\nof the civil service law, the authority shall be deemed to be the public\nemployer and as such shall negotiate with and enter into written\nagreements with employee organizations representing the staff of th…

§ 1740. Use of outside design, drafting or inspection services. 1. All\ndesign, drafting or inspection services necessary in connection with the\napproved educational facilities capital plan shall be performed by\nappropriate employees of the authority, except as otherwise provi…

§ 1741. Deposit and investment of moneys of the authority. 1. The\nauthority may establish and maintain funds for the purpose of receiving\nand expending moneys received by the authority.\n 2. All moneys of the authority from whatever source derived shall be\npaid to the authori…

§ 1742. Exemption of the authority. 1. Notwithstanding any other\nprovision of law, any real or personal property, while owned or subject\nto any rights of the authority, shall be exempt from all taxes, special\nassessments and special ad valorem levies and from the payment of a…

§ 1743. Equal employment opportunity program and minority and\nwomen-owned business enterprise program. 1. Notwithstanding any other\ninconsistent provision of law, sections 8-107 and 8-108.1 of the\nadministration code of the city of New York shall apply to the\nactivities of t…

§ 1744. Claims and actions against the authority. 1. Except in an\naction for wrongful death, no action or proceeding shall be prosecuted\nor maintained against the authority, or any member, officer, agent, or\nemployee thereof, for personal injury or damage to real or personal\…

§ 1745. Limited liability. Neither the members of the board nor any\nofficers or employee of the authority acting on behalf thereof, while\nacting within the scope of such person's authority, shall be subject to\nany liability resulting from carrying out any of the powers expres…

§ 1746. Audit, annual and quarterly reports. 1. Beginning in nineteen\nhundred ninety and every year thereafter, the authority shall, within\none hundred twenty days of the end of the city's fiscal year, submit to\nthe governor, the temporary president of the senate, the speaker…

§ 1747. Effect of inconsistent provisions. Insofar as the provisions\nof this title are inconsistent with the provisions of any other law,\ngeneral, special or local or of the city charter or any local law,\nordinance or resolution of the city, the provision of this title shall\…

§ 1748. Investigations. The department of investigation of the city of\nNew York shall be authorized to conduct investigations relating to the\nauthority pursuant to chapter thirty-four of the New York city charter.\n

§ 1800. Short title. This title may be cited as the "New York job\ndevelopment authority act."\n

§ 1801. Definitions. As used or referred to in this title, unless a\ndifferent meaning clearly appears from the context:\n 1. "Assisted project" shall mean any project in respect of which the\nauthority has granted a loan or guaranteed a loan.\n 2. "Authority" shall mean the New…

§ 1802. New York job development authority. 1. There is hereby created\nthe "New York job development authority." The authority shall be a body\ncorporate and politic constituting a public benefit corporation. Its\nmembers shall consist of the commissioner of economic developmen…

§ 1803. Purposes of the authority. The purposes of the authority shall\nbe:\n 1. To assist, promote, encourage, develop and advance the general\nprosperity and economic welfare of the people of the state and to\nimprove their standard of living.\n 2. To improve employment opport…

§ 1803-a. Additional duties of the authority. It shall be the duty of\nthe authority to make rules and regulations governing the exercise of\nits corporate powers and the fulfillment of its corporate purposes under\nthis title, which rules and regulations shall be promulgated un…

§ 1804. General powers and duties of the authority. Subject to the\nother provisions of this title and the provisions of any contract with\nbondholders or noteholders, the authority shall have the following\npowers in addition to the powers specifically conferred upon the\nautho…

§ 1804-a. Deed in lieu of foreclosure. 1. The authority is hereby\nauthorized to require at the time of the making of the loan or issuance\nof the loan guarantee, or at any time thereafter, in a form acceptable\nto it, a deed to all rights and interests in the real or personal\n…

§ 1805. Issuance of bonds and notes by the authority. 1. Subject to\nthe limitations of other provisions of this title, the authority shall\nhave the power and is hereby authorized to borrow money and to issue its\nnegotiable bonds and notes in conformity with applicable provisi…

§ 1806. Exemption from taxation of the property and income of the\nauthority. The property of the authority and its income and operations\nshall be exempt from taxation.\n

§ 1807. Exemption from taxation of bonds and notes of the authority.\nThe state covenants with the purchasers and with all subsequent holders\nand transferees of bonds and notes issued by the authority pursuant to\nthis title, in consideration of the acceptance of and payment fo…

§ 1808. Bonds and notes of the authority legal investments for\nfiduciaries. The bonds and notes of the authority are hereby made\nsecurities in which all public officers and bodies of the state and all\nmunicipalities and municipal subdivisions, all insurance companies and\nass…

§ 1809. Right of state to require redemption of bonds. Notwithstanding\nand in addition to any provisions for the redemption of bonds which may\nbe contained in any contract with the holders of the bonds, the state\nmay, upon furnishing sufficient funds therefor, require the aut…

§ 1810. Moneys of the authority. 1. All moneys of the authority, from\nwhatever source derived, shall be paid to the commissioner of taxation\nand finance as agent of the authority, who shall not commingle such\nmoneys with any other moneys. Such moneys shall be deposited in a\n…

§ 1811. Application of subtitle. Subject to the provisions of sections\neighteen hundred twenty-two and eighteen hundred twenty-three of this\ntitle, the authority shall have the power and is hereby authorized to\nmake mortgage loans to local development corporations and loan\ng…

§ 1812. Special purpose bonds and notes. 1. The authority shall have\nthe power and is hereby authorized to issue at one time or in series\nfrom time to time special purpose bonds in an aggregate principal amount\nwhich shall not at any one time exceed seven hundred fifty millio…