Title GMU, General Municipal

§ 514. Filing of proposed plans. The municipality or agency, as the\ncase may be, shall file with the commissioner a copy of any proposed\nurban renewal program assisted by state loans, periodic subsidies or\ncapital grants, embodying the plans, layout, estimated cost and propos…

§ 515. Periodic reports. The municipality or agency, as the case may\nbe, shall file with the commissioner periodic reports covering its\noperations and activities in connection with one or more programs of\nurban renewal, in such form and from time to time as the commissioner\n…

§ 516. Intervention by commissioner. In any action or proceeding\naffecting any urban renewal program, the commissioner shall be given\nprompt notice thereof, and he shall take such steps in such action or\nproceeding as may be necessary or desirable to protect the public\ninter…

§ 517. Disqualification of commissioner, officers and employees.\nNeither the commissioner, nor any officer or employee in the division of\nhousing shall acquire or hold any interest, direct or indirect, in such\nstate-aided urban renewal program or in any property then or there…

§ 518. Rules and regulations of commissioner. The commissioner shall\nhave the power to make, promulgate, modify, amend and repeal rules and\nregulations to effectuate his powers and duties under this article. No\nsuch rule or regulation shall be effective until it is filed in t…

§ 519. Division of housing as agent of smaller municipalities. For\nall of the purposes of section one hundred one-b of the housing act of\nnineteen hundred forty-nine and all federal laws amendatory and\nsupplementary thereto, the division of housing of the state of New York\ni…

§ 52. Liability insurance for officers and employees. Each city,\ncounty, fire district, school district, town, village, town improvement\ndistrict governed by a separate board of commissioners and each public\nlibrary as defined in section two hundred fifty-three of the educati…

§ 520. Construction. This article shall be construed liberally to\neffect the purposes hereof and the enumeration of specific powers in\nthis act shall not operate to restrict the meaning of any general grant\nof power contained in this chapter or to exclude other powers\ncompre…

§ 521. Severability. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section or\npart of this act shall be adjudged by any court of competent\njurisdiction to be invalid or unconstitutional, such judgment shall not\naffect, impair or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be\nconfined …

§ 522. Pending actions or proceedings. This act or anything contained\ntherein shall not affect or abate any acts, actions, proceedings, civil\nor criminal, pending at the time this act shall take effect brought by,\nfor or against, the state, the division of housing or any muni…

§ 523. Saving clause. 1. Any urban renewal program commenced or\nundertaken prior to the effective date of this article, in accordance\nwith and pursuant to, any provision of the general municipal law, or\nother law in force immediately prior to the effective date of this\nartic…

§ 524. Validation. All proceedings, acts and things undertaken,\nperformed or done by any municipality or the state division of housing\npursuant to sections seventy-two-k, seventy-two-l, seventy-two-m,\nseventy-two-n and seventy-two-o of the general municipal law or done\nwith …

§ 525. Laws repealed. Of the laws enumerated in the schedule hereto\nannexed, that portion specified in the last column is hereby repealed,\nexcept as provided in section five hundred twenty-two.\n

§ 53. Alternative service of notice of claim upon the secretary of\nstate. 1. In lieu of serving a notice of claim upon a public corporation\nas provided for in section fifty-e of this article, a notice of claim\nsetting forth the same information as required by such section may…

§ 550. Short title. This article may be cited as the "Urban Renewal\nAgency Act. "\n

§ 551. Policy and purposes of article. It is hereby declared to be the\npolicy of this state to promote the expeditious undertaking, financing\nand completion of municipal urban renewal programs by the creation of\nmunicipal urban renewal agencies which are hereby declared to be…

§ 552. Definitions. As used or referred to in this article unless a\ndifferent meaning clearly appears from the context:\n 1. "Agency" shall mean an urban renewal agency created pursuant to\nthis article.\n 2. "Bonds" shall mean any bonds, notes, interim certificates,\ndebenture…

§ 553. Organization of urban renewal agencies. 1. (a) Upon the\nestablishment of a municipal urban renewal agency by special act of the\nlegislature, the mayor of the city or village wherein such agency is\nestablished, or the town board of the town, shall file within six months…

§ 554. Powers of an agency. Subject to the provisions of article\nfifteen of this chapter, an agency is authorized to plan and undertake\none or more urban renewal projects and shall have the powers necessary\nor convenient to carry out and effectuate such project or projects an…

§ 554-a. Agency contracts. Except as otherwise expressly provided by\nan act of the legislature, provisions of state and local law applicable\nto the letting of public works and purchase contracts by the\nmunicipality for which an agency is established shall apply to the same\nd…

§ 555. Acquisition of property. 1. (a) Real property or any interest\ntherein, including but not limited to air rights, and easements or other\nrights of user necessary for the use and development of such air rights,\nto be developed as air rights sites for the elimination of th…

§ 556. Disposition of property. 1. An agency may sell, lease for a\nterm not exceeding ninety-nine years, or otherwise dispose of any real\nproperty and appurtenances thereto or any interest therein acquired by\nit pursuant to section five hundred fifty-five of this article, to …

§ 557. State capital grants. 1. The commissioner may in the name of\nthe state, (a) in the case of agencies which have contracted with the\nfederal government for a capital grant (or for a loan and grant) make or\ncontract to make, within appropriations therefor, a state capital…

§ 558. Authority of agency; other terms and contracts. 1. An agency\nis authorized to enter into agreement with the state to receive such\nstate capital grants to assist such agency to establish and carry out\none or more programs of urban renewal.\n 2. In every contract for a c…

§ 559. Bonds of an agency. 1. (a) An agency shall have power and is\nhereby authorized from time to time to issue its negotiable bonds and\nnotes in conformity with applicable provisions of the uniform commercial\ncode in such principal amount as, in the opinion of the agency, s…

§ 560. Exemption from taxation of property and income. The property\nof an agency and its income and operations shall be exempt from\ntaxation.\n

§ 561. Exemption from taxation of bonds. Bonds, mortgages, notes and\nother obligations of an agency are declared to be issued for a public\npurpose and to be public instrumentalities and together with interest\nthereon, shall be exempt from taxation.\n

§ 561-a. Accounts, reports and audits. 1. The accounting records of\nan agency shall be maintained in accordance with a system prescribed by\nthe state comptroller.\n 2. Within sixty days after the close of the fiscal year, an agency\nshall submit an annual report of its financi…

§ 561-b. Fiscal year. The fiscal year of an agency shall begin on the\nsame day and end on the same day of the calendar month on which the\nfiscal year of the municipality wherein such agency is established shall\nbegin and end.\n

§ 562. Powers additional and supplemental. The powers conferred by\nthis article shall be in addition and supplemental to existing powers\nrelating to the effectuating of an urban renewal program, and this\narticle shall not be construed as repealing any of the provisions of any…

§ 563. Separability clause. If any clause, sentence, paragraph,\nsection or part of this article shall be adjudged by any court of\ncompetent jurisdiction to be invalid such judgment shall not affect,\nimpair, or invalidate the remainder hereof, but shall be confined in its\nope…

§ 570. Syracuse urban renewal agency. An urban renewal agency, to be\nknown as the Syracuse urban renewal agency, is hereby established for\nthe accomplishment of any or all of the purposes specified in articles\nfifteen and fifteen-A of this chapter and in accordance with artic…

§ 572. Binghamton urban renewal agency. A municipal urban renewal\nagency, to be known as the Binghamton urban renewal agency, is hereby\nestablished for the accomplishment of any or all of the purposes\nspecified in articles fifteen and fifteen-A of this chapter and in\naccorda…

§ 574. Mechanicville urban renewal agency. A municipal urban renewal\nagency, to be known as the Mechanicville urban renewal agency, is hereby\nestablished for the accomplishment of any or all of the purposes\nspecified in articles fifteen and fifteen-A of this chapter and in\na…

§ 575. Little Falls urban renewal agency. A municipal urban renewal\nagency, to be known as the Little Falls urban renewal agency, is hereby\nestablished for the accomplishment of any or all of the purposes\nspecified in articles fifteen and fifteen-A of this chapter and in\nacc…

§ 580-a. Glen Cove community development agency. A municipal community\ndevelopment agency, to be known as the Glen Cove community development\nagency, is hereby established for the accomplishment of any and all of\nthe purposes specified in articles fifteen and fifteen-A of thi…

§ 581. Rochester urban renewal agency. A municipal urban renewal\nagency, to be known as the Rochester urban renewal agency, is hereby\nestablished for the accomplishment of any or all of the purposes\nspecified in articles fifteen and fifteen-A of this chapter and in\naccordanc…

§ 583. White Plains urban renewal agency. 1. A municipal urban renewal\nagency, to be known as the White Plains urban renewal agency, is hereby\nestablished for the accomplishment of any or all of the objects or\npurposes specified in articles fifteen and fifteen-A of this chapt…

§ 584. Port Jervis community development agency. A municipal urban\nrenewal agency, to be known as the Port Jervis community development\nagency, is hereby established for the accomplishment of any or all of\nthe purposes specified in articles fifteen and fifteen-A of this chapt…

§ 585-a. Incorporated village of Hempstead community development\nagency. 1. A community development agency to be known as the\nincorporated village of Hempstead community development agency, is\nhereby established for the accomplishment of any or all of the purposes\nspecified …

§ 589. Gloversville community development agency. A municipal\ncommunity development agency, to be known as the Gloversville community\ndevelopment agency, is hereby established for the accomplishment of any\nor all of the purposes specified in articles fifteen and fifteen-A of\…

§ 591. Village of Spring Valley urban renewal agency. An urban renewal\nagency, to be known as the village of Spring Valley urban renewal\nagency, is hereby established for the accomplishment of any or all of\nthe purposes specified in articles fifteen and fifteen-A of this chap…

§ 592. City of Tonawanda community development agency. An urban\nrenewal agency, to be known as the city of Tonawanda community\ndevelopment agency, is hereby established for the accomplishment of any\nor all of the purposes specified in articles fifteen and fifteen-A of\nthis c…

§ 593. Niagara Falls urban renewal agency. A municipal urban renewal\nagency, to be known as the Niagara Falls urban renewal agency, is hereby\nestablished for the accomplishment of any or all of the purposes\nspecified in articles fifteen and fifteen-A of this chapter and in\na…

§ 593-a. Pledge of tax revenues for payment of certain bonds of the\nNiagara Falls urban renewal agency. (a) As security for the payment of\nany issue of bonds to be issued by the Niagara Falls urban renewal\nagency to finance land acquisition and clearance, site improvements an…

§ 595. Lockport urban renewal agency. An urban renewal agency, to be\nknown as the Lockport urban renewal agency, is hereby established for\nthe accomplishment of any or all of the purposes specified in articles\nfifteen and fifteen-A of this chapter and in accordance with artic…

§ 598. Mount Vernon urban renewal agency. A municipal urban renewal\nagency to be known as the Mount Vernon urban renewal agency is hereby\nestablished for the accomplishment of any or all of the purposes\nspecified in articles fifteen and fifteen-A of this chapter and in\naccor…

§ 6-c. Capital reserve funds for counties, cities, villages, towns and\nsewer and water improvement districts. 1. As used in this section:\n a. The term "governing board", insofar as it is used in reference to a\nvillage, shall mean the board of trustees thereof; insofar as it i…

§ 6-d. Repair reserve funds for municipal corporations, school\ndistricts, district corporations and improvement districts. 1. The\ngoverning board of any municipal corporation, school district, district\ncorporation, or town or county improvement district, may establish a\nspec…

§ 6-e. Contingency and tax stabilization reserve fund for municipal\ncorporations. 1. As used in this section:\n a. "Annual budget" means the annual budget or estimate, as finally\nadopted, of a municipal corporation which is required by law to adopt an\nannual budget or estimat…