Title PBA, Public Authorities

§ 2799-oooo. Not-for-profit grant distribution. 1. The corporation is\nauthorized to provide financial assistance in the form of grants to\nnot-for-profit corporations that provide direct services or benefits to\nthe residents of Roosevelt Island, the totality of such grants not…

§ 2799-pp. Assistance to the authority; employees of the authority.\n1. With the consent of any public corporation, the authority may use\nagents, employees and facilities thereof, paying to such public\ncorporation its agreed proportion of the compensation or costs.\n 2. Office…

§ 2799-ppp. Agreement with city. The city is authorized to pledge to\nand agree with the holders of any bonds issued by the authority pursuant\nto this title and with those persons or public corporations who may\nenter into contracts with the authority pursuant to the provisions…

§ 2799-pppp. Severability of provisions. If any section, clause or\nprovision of this title or the application thereof shall be adjudged\ninvalid, such judgment shall not affect or invalidate any other section,\nclause or provision of this title.\n

§ 2799-qq. Equal employment opportunity program and procurement\nguidelines. 1. Notwithstanding any other inconsistent provision of law,\nsection 8-107 of the administrative code of the city of New York shall\napply to the activities of the authority.\n 2. The authority shall es…

§ 2799-qqq. Exemption from taxes, assessments and certain fees. 1. The\nauthority, notwithstanding the provisions of the real property tax law,\nany other general, special, or local law, or ordinance, rule or\nregulation to the contrary, with respect to the airport, aviation\nfa…

§ 2799-qqqq. Transfer of funds. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of\nany general or special law, the director of the budget is authorized to\ntransfer to the corporation from funds appropriated to the division for\nthe fiscal year beginning April first, nineteen hundred eighty-…

§ 2799-rr. Effect of inconsistent provisions. Insofar as the\nprovisions of this title are inconsistent with the provisions of any\nother act, general or special, or of any charter, local law, ordinance\nor resolution of any municipality, the provisions of this title shall be\nc…

§ 2799-rrr. Actions against authority. 1. Except in an action for\nwrongful death, no action or special proceeding shall be prosecuted or\nmaintained against the authority, its members, officers, or employees\nfor personal injury or damage to real or personal property alleged to…

§ 2799-ss. Additional bonds of the authority. Notwithstanding any\nprovision of this title or of any other law to the contrary, the\nauthority is hereby authorized to issue bonds, notes or other\nobligations in addition to those authorized by section twenty-seven\nhundred ninety…

§ 2799-sss. Contracts. All contracts for construction shall be let by\nthe authority in conformity with the applicable provisions of section\none hundred thirty-five of the state finance law and shall be let in\naccordance with the provisions of state law pertaining to prevailin…

§ 2799-tt. Additional bonds of the authority. 1. Notwithstanding any\nprovision of this title or of any other law to the contrary, the\nauthority is hereby authorized to issue bonds, notes or other\nobligations in addition to those authorized by sections twenty-seven\nhundred ni…

§ 2799-ttt. Conflicts of interest. Eligibility for appointment as a\ndirector, officer or employee of the authority shall be subject to the\nprovisions of section twenty-eight hundred twenty-five of this chapter.\nIn addition to the requirements of such section:\n 1. It shall be…

§ 2799-uu. Separability. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section,\nor part of this title shall be adjudged by any court of competent\njurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or\ninvalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operati…

§ 2799-uuu. Agreements relating to payment in lieu of taxes. 1. In\norder to assure that municipalities may not suffer undue loss payments\nin lieu of taxes, the city has entered into payment in lieu of tax\nagreements with the East Syracuse Minoa central school district, the\nt…

§ 2799-vvv. 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 the supervision of the state comptroller\nand an annual audit shall be performed by an independent certi…

§ 2799-www. Limited liability. Neither members, officers or employees\nof the authority, nor any municipality, or an officer or employee\nthereof acting on behalf of the authority, while acting within the scope\nof their authority, shall be subject to any personal liability resu…

§ 2799-xxx. Transfer of applications, proceedings, approvals and\npermits. 1. Any application, review or process in relation to or in\nfurtherance of the purposes of or contemplated by this title heretofore\nfiled or undertaken, or any proceeding heretofore commenced or any\ndet…

§ 2799-xxx-1. Website. The authority shall make accessible to the\npublic, via its official or shared internet website, documentation\npertaining to its mission, current activities, most recent annual\nfinancial reports, current year budget and its most recent independent\naudit…

§ 2799-yyy. Severability. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section,\nor part of this title shall be adjudged by any court of competent\njurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or\ninvalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operat…

§ 2799-zzz. Effect of inconsistent provisions. Insofar as the\nprovisions of this title are inconsistent with the provisions of the\ncity charter or any local law, local charter, local ordinance or local\nresolution of the county or any other municipality, the provisions of\nthi…

§ 2800. Annual reports by authorities. 1. State authorities. (a) For\nthe purpose of furnishing the state with systematic information\nregarding the status and the activities of public authorities, every\nstate authority continued or created by this chapter or any other\nchapter…

§ 2801. Budget reports by authorities. 1. State authorities. Every\nstate authority or commission heretofore or hereafter continued or\ncreated by this chapter or any other chapter of the laws of the state of\nNew York shall submit to the governor, the chair and ranking minority…

§ 2802. Independent audits and audit reports of authorities. 1. State\nauthorities. Every state authority or commission heretofore or hereafter\ncontinued or created by this chapter or any other chapter of the laws of\nthe state of New York shall submit to the governor, chairman…

§ 2803. Examination of the books and accounts of public authorities by\nthe state comptroller. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of this\nchapter, the state comptroller shall, from time to time but not less\nthan once in every five years, examine the books and accounts of e…

§ 2804. Financial disclosure by public authorities or commissions\nprior to toll or fare increase. (1) Notwithstanding any inconsistent\nprovision of this chapter or of any other general, special or local law,\nevery authority or commission heretofore or hereafter continued or\n…

§ 2805. Reports and publications by authorities. Every authority or\ncommission heretofore or hereafter continued or created shall, in\naccordance with the provisions of section one hundred sixty-four-a of\nthe executive law and the regulations promulgated pursuant thereto,\npro…

§ 2806. Personnel reports by state and local authorities and public\nbenefit corporations. 1. Every state and local authority and public\nbenefit corporation shall submit to the comptroller, the director of the\nbudget, the chairpersons of the legislative fiscal committees and t…

§ 2807. Reporting for searchable state subsidy and aggregate economic\ndevelopment benefits database. Notwithstanding any other provision of\nlaw to the contrary, every state authority shall submit to the urban\ndevelopment corporation, and update quarterly, in the form and mann…

§ 2824. Role and responsibilities of board members. 1. Board members\nof state and local authorities shall (a) execute direct oversight of the\nauthority's chief executive and other management in the effective and\nethical management of the authority; (b) understand, review and …

§ 2824-a. Mission statement and measurement report. Each state\nauthority shall submit to the authorities budget office on or before\nMarch thirty-first, two thousand ten, and each local authority shall\nsubmit to the authorities budget office on or before March thirty-first,\nt…

§ 2825. Membership on authorities and commissions; independence; and\nfinancial disclosure. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general,\nspecial or local law, municipal charter or ordinance: 1. No public\nofficer or employee shall be ineligible for appointment as a trustee or…

§ 2826. Quorums and majorities. Notwithstanding any other provision\nof this chapter and notwithstanding any provision of any general,\nspecial or local law, whenever the whole number of the board of any\nauthority or commission heretofore or hereafter continued or created by\nt…

§ 2827. Removal of authority members. Except as otherwise provided in\nthis chapter, every member of every authority or commission heretofore\nor hereafter continued or created by this chapter, except ex-officio\nmembers, that is, members whose membership results by virtue of th…

§ 2827-a. Subsidiaries of public authorities. 1. Notwithstanding any\nlaw to the contrary, no state authority shall hereafter have the power\nto organize any subsidiary corporation unless the legislature shall have\nenacted a law granting such state authority such power for the\…

§ 2828. Termination of public authorities. Every authority or\ncommission hereafter created by this chapter shall terminate at the end\nof five years from the date of its creation if at the end of such period\nit has outstanding no liabilities; provided, however, that any\nappro…

2829. State and local authorities subject to the open meetings and\nfreedom of information laws. All state and local authorities, as such\nterms are defined in section two of this chapter, as well as all\nsubsidiaries of such state and local authorities, as such terms are\ndefin…

§ 2850. Transfer of authority officers and employees. Subject to the\ncivil service law and rules, transfer may be allowed between positions\nin any authority or commission heretofore or hereafter continued or\ncreated by this chapter, which is subject to the jurisdiction of the…

§ 2850-a. Emergency service volunteers; paid leave. Notwithstanding\nany other provisions of law to the contrary, public officers and\nemployees of public authorities who are certified by the American Red\nCross as disaster volunteers shall be granted leave from work with pay\nt…

§ 2851. Age not to be bar to employment by public authorities. No\npublic authority shall hereafter prohibit, prevent, disqualify or\ndiscriminate against any person applying for employment by, such\nauthority, who is physically and mentally qualified, or from competing,\npartic…

§ 2852. Senate confirmation of certain chief executive officers. Where\nthe appointment of any chief executive officer is subject to\nconfirmation by the senate pursuant to subdivision five of section\nsixteen hundred seventy-eight of this chapter, subdivision six of\nsection th…

§ 2853. Confidentiality agreements. 1. Definitions. For the purposes\nof this section:\n a. "confidentiality agreement" shall mean an agreement entered into\nbetween a state authority or a local authority with a former or current\nemployee, officer or member of the governing boa…

§ 2854. Severance packages. 1. For the purposes of this section:\n (a) "at-will employee" shall mean an employee of any entity organized\nunder this chapter. Any employee that is covered by a collective\nbargaining agreement or union contract shall not be considered an\nat-will …

§ 2855. Electronic method of payment; periodic charges.\nNotwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary, if any\nauthority shall offer any electronic method of payment for tolls, fares,\nfees, rentals, or other charges, including but not limited to a system\ncalled E-…

§ 2856. Consideration of public authority debt. On or before a date\nfixed by the authorities budget office, every authority not subject to a\nstatutory limit on bonds, notes, or other debt obligations it may issue,\nshall submit to the authorities budget office a statement of i…

§ 2857. Actions by an authority. No state or local authority shall\nfire, discharge, demote, suspend, threaten, harass or discriminate\nagainst an employee because of the employee's role as a whistleblower,\ninsofar as the actions taken by the employee are legal.\n

§ 2858. Public water and sewer authority powers. A public water or\nsewer authority, created pursuant to article five of this chapter, shall\nhave the power to specify the manner in which exterior manhole covers,\ncontaining grease traps or interceptors shall be regulated and in…

§ 2875. Ground for cancellation of contract by public authority. A\nclause shall be inserted in all specifications or contracts hereafter\nmade or awarded by any public authority or by any official of any public\nauthority created by the state or any political subdivision, for w…

§ 2875-a. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms\nshall have the following meanings unless otherwise specified:\n 1. "Construction item" means any such item or material used in\nconstruction and which is procured directly by the public authority or\noffice or …

§ 2875-b. Specifications. Within twelve months of the effective date\nof this section all public authorities or commissions created or\ncontinued by this chapter shall review their present product\nspecifications to determine whether such require that products be\nmanufactured f…