N.Y. ENV Law § 11-2503 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 11 / Title 25 / Section 11-2503
Adoption and text of compact
Status: in_force

§ 11-2503. Adoption and text of compact.\n  The interstate wildlife violator compact is adopted and enacted into\nlaw as follows:\n                                ARTICLE I\n  Findings, declaration of policy and purpose.\n  (a) The participating states find that:\n  (1) Wildlife resources are managed in trust by the respective states\nfor the benefit of all residents and visitors.\n  (2) The protection of the wildlife resources of a state is materially\naffected by the degree of compliance with state statutes, laws,\nregulations, ordinances and administrative rules relating to the\nmanagement of such resources.\n  (3) The preservation, protection, management and restoration of\nwildlife contributes immeasurably to the aesthetic, recreational and\neconomic aspects of such natural resources.\n  (4) Wildlife resources are valuable without regard to political\nboundaries; therefore, every person should be required to comply with\nwildlife preservation, protection, management and restoration laws,\nordinances, and administrative rules and regulations of the\nparticipating states as a condition precedent to the continuance or\nissuance of any license to hunt, fish, trap or possess wildlife.\n  (5) Violation of wildlife laws interferes with the management of\nwildlife resources and may endanger the safety of persons and property.\n  (6) The mobility of many wildlife law violators necessitates the\nmaintenance of channels of communication among the various states.\n  (7) In some states, a person who is cited for a wildlife violation in\na state other than his or her home state:\n  (i) Is required to post collateral or a bond to secure appearance for\na trial at a later date; or\n  (ii) Is taken into custody until the collateral or bond is posted; or\n  (iii) Is taken directly to court for an immediate appearance.\n  (8) The purpose of the enforcement practices set forth in paragraph 7\nof this subdivision is to ensure compliance with the terms of a wildlife\ncitation by the cited person who, if permitted to continue on his or her\nway after receiving the citation, could return to his or her home state\nand disregard his or her duty under the terms of the citation.\n  (9) In most instances, a person receiving a wildlife citation in his\nor her home state is permitted to accept the citation from the officer\nat the scene of the violation and immediately continue on his or her way\nafter agreeing or being instructed to comply with the terms of the\ncitation.\n  (10) The practices described in paragraph 7 of this subdivision cause\nunnecessary inconvenience and, at times, a hardship for the person who\nis unable at the time to post collateral, furnish a bond, stand trial or\npay a fine, and thus is compelled to remain in custody until some\nalternative arrangement is made.\n  (11) The enforcement practices described in paragraph 7 of this\nsubdivision consume an undue amount of law enforcement time.\n  (b) It is the policy of the participating states to:\n  (1) Promote compliance with the statutes, laws, ordinances,\nregulations and administrative rules relating to management of wildlife\nresources in their respective states.\n  (2) Recognize the suspension of wildlife license privileges of any\nperson whose license privileges have been suspended by a participating\nstate and treat such suspension as if it had occurred in their state\nprovided the violation which resulted in the suspension could have been\nthe basis for suspension in their state.\n  (3) Allow a violator, except as provided in subdivision (b) of article\nIII of this compact, to accept a wildlife citation and, without delay,\nproceed on his or her way, whether or not a resident of the state in\nwhich the citation was issued, provided that the violator's home state\nis party to this compact.\n  (4) Report to the appropriate participating state, as provided in the\ncompact manual, any conviction recorded against any person whose home\nstate was not the issuing state.\n  (5) Allow the home state to recognize and treat convictions recorded\nagainst its residents, which convictions occurred in a participating\nstate, as though they had occurred in the home state.\n  (6) Extend cooperation to its fullest extent among the participating\nstates for enforcing compliance with the terms of a wildlife citation\nissued in one participating state to a resident of another participating\nstate.\n  (7) Maximize effective use of law enforcement personnel and\ninformation.\n  (8) Assist court systems in the efficient disposition of wildlife\nviolations.\n  (c) The purpose of this compact is to:\n  (1) Provide a means through which a participating state may join in a\nreciprocal program to effectuate the policies enumerated in subdivision\n(b) of this article in a uniform and orderly manner.\n  (2) Provide for the fair and impartial treatment of wildlife violators\noperating within participating states in recognition of the violator's\nright to due process and the sovereign status of a participating state.\n                               ARTICLE II\n  Definitions. As used in this compact, unless the context requires\notherwise:\n  (a) "Citation" means any summons, complaint, summons and complaint,\nticket, penalty assessment or other official document issued to a person\nby a wildlife officer or other peace officer for a wildlife violation\nwhich contains an order requiring the person to respond.\n  (b) "Collateral" means any cash or other security deposited to secure\nan appearance for trial in connection with the issuance by a wildlife\nofficer or other peace officer of a citation for a wildlife violation.\n  (c) "Compliance" with respect to a citation means the act of answering\na citation through an appearance in a court or tribunal, or through the\npayment of fines, costs and surcharges, if any.\n  (d) "Conviction" means a conviction, including any court conviction,\nfor any offense related to the preservation, protection, management or\nrestoration of wildlife which is prohibited by state statute, law,\nregulation, ordinance or administrative rule, and such conviction shall\nalso include the forfeiture of any bail, bond or other security\ndeposited to secure appearance by a person charged with having committed\nany such offense, the payment of a penalty assessment, a plea of nolo\ncontendere and the imposition of a deferred or suspended sentence by the\ncourt.\n  (e) "Court" means a court of law, including magistrate's court and the\njustice of the peace court.\n  (f) "Home state" means the state of primary residence of a person.\n  (g) "Issuing state" means the participating state which issues a\nwildlife citation to the violator.\n  (h) "License" means any license, permit or other public document which\nconveys to the person to whom it was issued the privilege of pursuing,\npossessing or taking any wildlife regulated by statute, law, regulation,\nordinance or administrative rule of a participating state.\n  (i) "Licensing authority" means the department or division within each\nparticipating state which is authorized by law to issue or approve\nlicenses or permits to hunt, fish, trap or possess wildlife.\n  (j) "Participating state" means any state which enacts legislation to\nbecome a member of this wildlife compact.\n  (k) "Personal recognizance" means an agreement by a person made at the\ntime of issuance of the wildlife citation that such person will comply\nwith the terms of the citation.\n  (l) "State" means any state, territory or possession of the United\nStates, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the\nprovinces of Canada and other countries.\n  (m) "Suspension" means any revocation, denial or withdrawal of any or\nall license privileges, including the privilege to apply for, purchase\nor exercise the benefits conferred by any license.\n  (n) "Terms of the citation" means those conditions and options\nexpressly stated upon the citation.\n  (o) "Wildlife" means all species of animals including, but not limited\nto, mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, amphibians, mollusks and\ncrustaceans, which are defined as "wildlife" and are protected or\notherwise regulated by statute, law, regulation, ordinance or\nadministrative rule in a participating state. Species included in the\ndefinition of "wildlife" vary from state to state and determination of\nwhether a species is "wildlife" for the purposes of this compact shall\nbe based on local law.\n  (p) "Wildlife law" means any statute, law, regulation, ordinance or\nadministrative rule developed and enacted for the management of wildlife\nresources and the uses thereof.\n  (q) "Wildlife officer" means any individual authorized by a\nparticipating state to issue a citation for a wildlife violation.\n  (r) "Wildlife violation" means any cited violation of a statute, law,\nregulation, ordinance or administrative rule developed and enacted for\nthe management of wildlife resources and the uses thereof.\n                               ARTICLE III\n  Procedures for issuing state.\n  (a) When issuing a citation for a wildlife violation, a wildlife\nofficer shall issue a citation to any person whose primary residence is\nin a participating state in the same manner as though the person were a\nresident of the issuing state and shall not require such person to post\ncollateral to secure appearance, subject to the exception noted in\nsubdivision (b) of this article, if the officer receives the\nrecognizance of such person that he will comply with the terms of the\ncitation.\n  (b) Personal recognizance is acceptable (1) if not prohibited by local\nlaw or the compact manual and (2) if the violator provides adequate\nproof of identification to the wildlife officer.\n  (c) Upon conviction or failure of a person to comply with the terms of\na wildlife citation, the appropriate official shall report the\nconviction or failure to comply to the licensing authority of the\nparticipating state in which the wildlife citation was issued. The\nreport shall be made in accordance with procedures specified by the\nissuing state.\n  (d) Upon receipt of the report of conviction or noncompliance pursuant\nto subdivision (c) of this article, the licensing authority of the\nissuing state shall transmit to the licensing authority of the home\nstate of the violator the information in form and content as prescribed\nin the compact manual.\n                               ARTICLE IV\n  Procedure for home state.\n  (a) Upon receipt of a report from the licensing authority of the\nissuing state reporting the failure of a violator to comply with the\nterms of a citation, the licensing authority of the home state shall\nnotify the violator and shall initiate a suspension action in accordance\nwith the home state's suspension procedures and shall suspend the\nviolator's license privileges until satisfactory evidence of compliance\nwith the terms of the wildlife citation has been furnished by the\nissuing state to the home state licensing authority. Due process\nsafeguards will be accorded.\n  (b) Upon receipt of a report of conviction from the licensing\nauthority of the issuing state, the licensing authority of the home\nstate shall enter such conviction in its records and shall treat such\nconviction as though it occurred in the home state for the purposes of\nthe suspension of license privileges.\n  (c) The licensing authority of the home state shall maintain a record\nof actions taken and shall make reports to issuing states.\n                                ARTICLE V\n  Reciprocal recognition of suspension.\n  (a) All participating states shall recognize the suspension of license\nprivileges of any person by any participating state as though the\nviolation resulting in the suspension had occurred in their state and\ncould have been the basis for suspension of license privileges in their\nstate.\n  (b) Each participating state shall communicate suspension information\nto other participating states in form and content as contained in the\ncompact manual.\n                               ARTICLE VI\n  Applicability of other laws.\n  Except as expressly required by provisions of this compact, nothing\nherein shall be construed to affect the right of any participating state\nto apply any of its laws relating to license privileges to any person or\ncircumstance or to invalidate or prevent any agreement or other\ncooperative arrangement between a participating state and a\nnonparticipating state concerning wildlife law enforcement.\n                               ARTICLE VII\n  Compact administrator procedures.\n  (a) For the purpose of administering the provisions of this compact\nand to serve as a governing body for the resolution of all matters\nrelating to the operation of this compact, a board of compact\nadministrators is established. The board shall be composed of one\nrepresentative from each of the participating states to be known as the\ncompact administrator.  The compact administrator shall be appointed by\nthe head of the licensing authority of each participating state and\nshall serve and be subject to removal in accordance with the laws of the\nstate he or she represents. A compact administrator may provide for the\ndischarge of his or her duties and the performance of his or her\nfunction as a board member by an alternate. An alternate shall not be\nentitled to serve unless written notification of his or her identity has\nbeen given to the board.\n  (b) Each member of the board of compact administrators shall be\nentitled to one vote. No action of the board shall be binding unless\ntaken at a meeting at which a majority of the total number of the\nboard's votes are cast in favor thereof. Action by the board shall be\nonly at a meeting at which a majority of the participating states are\nrepresented.\n  (c) The board shall elect annually from its membership a chair and\nvice-chair.\n  (d) The board shall adopt bylaws not inconsistent with the provisions\nof this compact or the laws of a participating state for the conduct of\nits business and shall have the power to amend and rescind its bylaws.\n  (e) The board may accept for any of its purposes and functions under\nthis compact any and all donations and grants of monies, equipment,\nsupplies, materials and services conditional or otherwise, from any\nstate, the United States or any governmental agency, and may receive,\nutilize and dispose of same.\n  (f) The board may contract with, or accept services or personnel from,\nany governmental or intergovernmental agency, individual, firm or\ncorporation, or any private nonprofit organization or institution.\n  (g) The board shall formulate all necessary procedures and develop\nuniform forms and documents for administering the provisions of this\ncompact. All procedures and forms adopted pursuant to board action shall\nbe contained in a compact manual.\n                              ARTICLE VIII\n  Entry into compact and withdrawal.\n  (a) This compact shall become effective at such time as it is adopted\nin a substantially similar form by two or more states.\n  (b) (1) Entry into the compact shall be made by resolution of\nratification executed by the authorized officials of the applying state\nand submitted to the chair of the board.\n  (2) The resolution shall substantially be in the form and content as\nprovided in the compact manual and shall include the following:\n  (i) A citation of the authority from which the state is empowered to\nbecome a party to this compact; and\n  (ii) An agreement of compliance with the terms and provisions of this\ncompact.\n  (3) The effective date of entry shall be specified by the applying\nstate but shall not be less than sixty days after notice has been given\n(i) by the chair of the board of the compact administrators or (ii) by\nthe secretary of the board to each participating state that the\nresolution from the applying state has been received.\n  (c) A participating state may withdraw from participation in this\ncompact by official written notice to each participating state, but\nwithdrawal shall not become effective until ninety days after the notice\nof withdrawal is given. The notice shall be directed to the compact\nadministrator of each member state. No withdrawal of any state shall\naffect the validity of this compact as to the remaining participating\nstates.\n                               ARTICLE IX\n  Amendments to the compact.\n  (a) This compact may be amended from time to time. Amendments shall be\npresented in resolution form to the chair of the board of compact\nadministrators and shall be initiated by one or more participating\nstates.\n  (b) Adoption of an amendment shall require endorsement by all\nparticipating states and shall become effective thirty days after the\ndate of the last endorsement.\n                                ARTICLE X\n  Construction and severability.\n  This compact shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate the\npurposes stated herein. The provisions of this compact shall be\nseverable and if any phrase, clause, sentence or provision of this\ncompact is declared to be contrary to the constitution of any\nparticipating state or of the United States, or the applicability\nthereof to any government, agency, individual or circumstance is held\ninvalid, the validity of the remainder of this compact shall not be\naffected thereby. If this compact shall be held contrary to the\nconstitution of any participating state, the compact shall remain in\nfull force and effect as to the remaining states and in full force and\neffect as to the participating state affected as to all severable\nmatters.\n                               ARTICLE XI\n  Administration; expenses.\n  (a) The department of environmental conservation is designated as the\nlicensing authority in this state for purposes of this compact. The\ncommissioner of the department of environmental conservation shall\nfurnish to the appropriate authorities of the participating states any\ninformation or documents reasonably necessary to facilitate the\nadministration of this compact.\n  (b) The compact administrator from this state is not entitled to any\nadditional compensation for his or her service as such but is eligible\nfor reimbursement for expenses incurred in connection with his or her\nresponsibilities as compact administrator in the same manner as expenses\nincurred in connection with other responsibilities of his or her office\nor employment.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 71-2503 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 71 / Title 25 / Section 71-2503
Violation; penalties
Status: in_force

§ 71-2503. Violation; penalties.\n  1. Administrative sanctions.\n  a. Any person who violates, disobeys or disregards any provision of\narticle twenty-five shall be liable to the people of the state for a\ncivil penalty of not to exceed ten thousand dollars for every such\nviolation, to be assessed, after a hearing or opportunity to be heard,\nby the commissioner. Each violation shall be a separate and distinct\nviolation and, in the case of a continuing violation, each day's\ncontinuance thereof shall be deemed a separate and distinct violation.\nThe penalty may be recovered in an action brought by the commissioner in\nany court of competent jurisdiction. Such civil penalty may be released\nor compromised by the commissioner before the matter has been referred\nto the attorney general; and where such matter has been referred to the\nattorney general, any such penalty may be released or compromised and\nany action commenced to recover the same may be settled and discontinued\nby the attorney general with the consent of the commissioner.\n  b. Upon determining that significant damage to the functions and\nbenefits of tidal wetlands is occurring or is imminent as a result of\nany violation of article twenty-five, including but not limited to (i)\nactivity taking place requiring a permit under article twenty-five but\nfor which no permit has been granted or (ii) failure on the part of a\npermittee to adhere to permit conditions, the commissioner shall have\npower to direct the violator to cease and desist from violating the act.\nIn such cases the violator shall be provided an opportunity to be heard\nwithin ten days of receipt of the notice to cease and desist.\n  c. Following a hearing held pursuant to section 71-1709 of this\narticle, the commissioner shall have power to direct the violator to\ncease and desist from violating the act and to restore the affected\ntidal wetland or area immediately adjacent thereto to its condition\nprior to the violation, insofar as that is possible within a reasonable\ntime and under the supervision of the commissioner. Any order of the\ncommissioner shall be enforceable in an action brought by the\ncommissioner in any court of competent jurisdiction. Any civil penalty\nor order issued by the commissioner under this subdivision shall be\nreviewable in a proceeding under article seventy-eight of the civil\npractice law and rules.\n  2. Criminal sanctions. Any person who violates any provision of\narticle twenty-five shall, in addition, for the first offense, be guilty\nof a violation punishable by a fine of not less than five hundred nor\nmore than five thousand dollars; for a second and each subsequent\noffense such person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a\nfine of not less than one thousand nor more than ten thousand dollars or\na term of imprisonment of not less than fifteen days nor more than six\nmonths or both. In addition to or instead of these punishments, any\noffender shall be punishable by being ordered by the court to restore\nthe affected tidal wetland or area immediately adjacent thereto to its\ncondition prior to the offense, insofar as that is possible. The court\nshall specify a reasonable time for the completion of the restoration,\nwhich shall be effected under the supervision of the commissioner. Each\noffense shall be a separate and distinct offense and, in the case of a\ncontinuing offense, each day's continuance thereof shall be deemed a\nseparate and distinct offense.\n  3. The proceeds of any penalty or fine assessed under this section\nshall be deposited to the credit of the marine resources account of the\nconservation fund.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 2503 — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 8 / Title 25 / Section 2503
New York city sports authority
Status: in_force

* § 2503.  New York city sports authority. 1. There is hereby created\nthe New York city sports authority which shall be a corporate\ngovernmental agency, constituting a public benefit corporation. Upon\nsubmission of a plan pursuant to section twenty-four hundred sixty-five\nof the New York state sports authority act the authority shall qualify\nas a "participating municipality" within the meaning of and for the\npurposes of the New York state sports authority act. Its membership\nshall consist of sixteen members, who shall constitute the board of\ndirectors. Fifteen members shall be appointed by the governor, five of\nwhom shall be designated by the mayor and five of whom shall be\ndesignated by the city council. The remaining member shall be chief\nexecutive officer of the authority. Such chief executive officer shall\nbe chosen by the aforementioned fifteen members from persons other than\nthemselves and shall serve at the pleasure of the board of directors\nwith powers and duties as set forth in the by-laws of the authority.\nThe members shall designate from among themselves the person who shall\nbe chairman of the board of directors.\n  2. Members, except for the chief executive officers shall be appointed\nfor a term of six years from the effective dates of their appointments,\nprovided, however, that six members first appointed by the governor\nshall each serve for a six year term, two of whom shall have been\ndesignated by the mayor and two of whom shall have been designated by\nthe city council; six members first appointed by the governor shall each\nserve for a five year term, two of whom shall have been designated by\nthe mayor and two of whom shall have been designated by the city\ncouncil; and three members first appointed by the governor shall each\nserve for a four year term, one of whom shall have been designated by\nthe mayor and one of whom shall have been designated by the city\ncouncil. Each member shall continue to serve until the appointment and\nqualification of his successor. If at any time there is a vacancy in the\nmembership of the authority by reason of death, resignation,\ndisqualification or otherwise, such vacancy shall be filled for the\nunexpired term in the same manner as the original appointment.\n  3. A majority of the whole number of members then in office shall\nconstitute a quorum for the transaction of any business or the exercise\nof any power of the authority. Except as otherwise specified in this\ntitle, for the transaction of any business or the exercise of any power\nof the authority, the authority shall have power to act by a majority of\nthe members present at any meeting at which a quorum is in attendance.\nNo vote at such meeting shall be cast by proxy. The authority may\ndelegate to one or more of its members, officers, agents and employees,\nsuch powers as the members may deem proper.\n  4. The members of the authority except for the president, acting in\nhis capacity as chief executive officer of the authority, shall serve\nwithout salary, but each member shall be reimbursed for his actual and\nnecessary expenses incurred in the performance of his official duties as\na member of the authority. The members of the authority may engage in\nprivate employment or in a profession or business (if not otherwise\nprohibited from so doing by virtue of any other public office), subject\nto the limitations contained in sections seventy-three and seventy-four\nof the public officers law. The authority shall, for the purposes of\nsuch sections, be a "state agency" and the members thereof shall be\n"officers" of the agency for the purpose of said sections.\n  5. The members of the authority by a majority vote of the whole number\nof members then in office may remove any member for cause, provided that\nsuch member be first furnished with a written list of charges against\nhim and given an opportunity to be heard, in person or by counsel, upon\nnot less than ten days' notice.\n  6. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of law, general,\nspecial or local, no officer or employee of the state, any city, county,\ntown or village, any other political or civil division of the state, any\nmunicipality, any governmental entity operating any public school or\ncollege, any school district or other public agency or instrumentality\nor unit of government which exercise governmental powers under the laws\nof the state, shall forfeit his office or employment by reason of his\nacceptance of appointment or service as a member, officer or agent of\nthe authority; nor shall such service as such member, officer or agent\nof the authority be deemed incompatible or in conflict with such office\nor employment.\n  7. The authority shall continue until its liabilities have been met or\notherwise discharged or provided for and until its existence shall have\nbeen terminated by law. Upon the termination of the existence of the\nauthority, all of its rights and property shall pass to and be vested in\nthe city.\n  8. On or before November fifteenth of each year, the authority shall\nsubmit to each member of the board of estimate and to the chairman of\nthe finance committee of the city council, a financial statement for the\npreceding city fiscal year, a report of its activities during that year,\nand a report on its program for both the current and next succeeding\ncity fiscal years.\n  * NB (Discontinued-Board of Directors never appointed)\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 71-2505 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 71 / Title 25 / Section 71-2505
Enforcement
Status: in_force

§ 71-2505. Enforcement.\n  The attorney general, on his own initiative or at the request of the\ncommissioner, shall prosecute persons who violate article twenty-five.\nIn addition the attorney general, on his own initiative or at the\nrequest of the commissioner, shall have the right to recover a civil\npenalty of up to ten thousand dollars for every violation of any\nprovision of such article, and to seek equitable relief to restrain any\nviolation or threatened violation of such article and to require the\nrestoration of any affected tidal wetland or area immediately adjacent\nthereto to its condition prior to the violation, insofar as that is\npossible, within a reasonable time and under the supervision of the\ncommissioner. In the case of a continuing violation, each day's\ncontinuance thereof shall be deemed a separate and distinct violation.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 15-2503 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 15 / Title 25 / Section 15-2503
Finances
Status: in_force

§ 15-2503. Finances.\n  The financial affairs of each sub-district shall be handled as a unit\nand in accordance with the provisions of title 25 of this article which\napply thereto. Compensation of the members of the board, salaries of\nregular employees of the regulating district, together with expenses and\ngeneral operating costs shall be allocated by the board on a time basis\namong the sub-districts and paid from district funds. Such payments\nshall not operate to change the status of any member, officer or\nemployee, nor shall they result in an increment in the rate of payment\nmade to them, computed on an annual basis. Preliminary costs incurred in\nthe formation of a sub-district shall be reimbursed from sub-district\nfunds if the sub-district is formed; otherwise they shall be a charge\nagainst the signers of the petition. Funds raised under the provisions\nof title 21 of this article cannot be used in connection with any river\nor drainage improvement district or sub-district.\n
N.Y. PBG Law § 428 — New York Code / Act PBG / Article 13 / Title 25 / Section 428
Amsterdam Housing Authority
Status: in_force

§ 428. Amsterdam Housing Authority.  A municipal housing authority to\nbe known as the Amsterdam Housing Authority, is hereby created and\nestablished for the city of Amsterdam in the county of Montgomery, for\nthe accomplishment of any or all of the purposes specified in article\neighteen of the constitution of the state of New York. It shall\nconstitute a body corporate and politic, be perpetual in duration and\nconsist of five members. It shall have the powers and duties now or\nhereafter conferred by this chapter upon municipal housing authorities.\nIt shall be organized in the manner prescribed by and subject to the\nprovisions of this chapter, and the authority, its members, officers and\nemployees and its operations and activities shall in all respects be\ngoverned by the provisions of this chapter.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 2511 — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 8 / Title 25 / Section 2511
Security for bonds or notes
Status: in_force

* § 2511. Security for bonds or notes. 1. The principal of and\ninterest on any bonds or notes issued by the authority may be secured by\na pledge of any revenues and receipts of the authority and may be\nsecured by a lease or other instrument covering all or any part of a\nsports facility, including any additions, improvements, extensions to or\nenlargements of any sports facilities thereafter made.\n  2. Bonds or notes issued for a sports facility may also be secured by\nan assignment of any lease of such sports facility and by an assignment\nof the revenues and receipts derived by the authority from any such\nlease.\n  3. Each pledge, agreement, mortgage or other instrument made for the\nbenefit or security of any of the bonds or notes of the authority shall\ncontinue effective until the principal of and interest on the bonds or\nnotes for the benefit of which the same were made shall have been fully\npaid, or until provision shall have been made for such payment in the\nmanner provided in the resolution or resolutions under which the same\nmay be authorized.\n  4. The authority may provide in any proceedings under which bonds or\nnotes may be authorized for the time and manner of and the requisites\nfor disbursements to be made for the cost of a sports facility, and for\nall certificates and approvals of construction and disbursements as the\nauthority shall deem necessary.\n  5. Any pledge of earnings, revenues or other moneys made by the\nauthority shall be valid and binding from the time when the pledge is\nmade; the earnings, revenues or other moneys so pledged and thereafter\nreceived by the authority shall immediately be subject to the lien of\nsuch pledge without any physical delivery thereof or further act, and\nthe lien of any such pledge shall be valid and binding as against all\nparties having claims of any kind in tort, contract or otherwise against\nthe authority irrespective of whether such parties have notice thereof.\nNeither the resolution nor any other instrument by which a pledge is\ncreated need be recorded.\n  6. In the discretion of the authority, the bonds may be secured by a\ntrust indenture by and between the authority and a corporate trustee\nwhich may be any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust\ncompany in the state of New York. Such trust indenture may contain such\nprovisions for protecting and enforcing the rights and remedies of the\nbondholders as may be reasonable and proper and not in violation of law,\nincluding covenants setting forth the duties of the authority in\nrelation to any sports facility and the custody, safeguarding and\napplication of all moneys. The authority may provide by such trust\nindenture for the payment of the proceeds of the bonds and the revenues\nof any such sports facility to the trustee under such trust indenture or\nother depository, and for the method of disbursement thereof, with such\nsafeguards and restrictions as it may determine. All expenses incurred\nin carrying out such trust indenture may be treated as a part of the\ncost of maintenance, operation and repairs of any such sports facility.\nIf the bonds shall be secured by a trust indenture the bondholders shall\nhave no authority to appoint a separate trustee to represent them.\n  * NB (Discontinued-Board of Directors never appointed)\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 27-2511 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 27 / Title 25 / Section 27-2511
Powers and duties of the department
Status: in_force

§ 27-2511. Powers and duties of the department.\n  The department or the commissioner, as appropriate, shall have the\nauthority to:\n  1. Administer and enforce this title and any rules and regulations\nadopted pursuant to this title.\n  2. Issue such orders and initiate such proceedings as may be necessary\nfor the enforcement of this title and any rules and regulations adopted\npursuant to this title.\n  3. Assist affected industries in identifying reliable supplies of\nalternative construction materials that are both economical and\neffective.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 2510 — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 8 / Title 25 / Section 2510
Bonds and notes of the authority
Status: in_force

* § 2510. Bonds and notes of the authority. 1. All bonds and notes\nissued by the authority may be secured by the full faith and credit of\nthe authority subject only to any agreements with the holders of\nparticular bonds pledging any particular revenues or moneys of the\nauthority, all as may be provided in the proceedings of the authority\npursuant to which the bonds or notes shall be authorized to be issued.\n  2. Bonds and notes issued by the authority shall bear such date or\ndates and shall mature at such time or times as shall be provided by any\nsuch resolution of the authority, except that no note or any renewal\nthereof shall mature more than five years from the date of the original\nnote and no bond shall mature more than forty years from the date of its\nissue.\n  3. Bonds may be issued in one or more series as serial bonds payable\nin annual installments or as term bonds or as a combination thereof.\nBonds and notes shall bear interest at such rate or rates, be in such\ndenominations, be in such form either payable to bearer with coupons or\nregistered, carry such registration privileges, be executed in such\nmanner, be payable in such medium of payment, at such place or places\nwithin or without the state, and be subject to such terms of redemption,\nwith or without premium, as may be provided by any such resolution of\nthe authority. Any signature, manual or facsimile, of an officer of the\nauthority appearing on bonds or notes or coupons shall be valid and\nsufficient for all purposes whether or not such officer shall then be in\noffice. The authority may also provide for the authentication of the\nbonds or notes by a trustee or fiscal agent.\n  4. The resolution authorizing the issuance of any bonds or notes may\nprovide that such bonds and notes may be payable at such place or\nplaces, within or without the state, may bear interest at such rate or\nrates, may be payable at such time or times, may be in such form and\nevidenced in such manner, and may contain such other provisions not\ninconsistent herewith, including provisions as to reserve or sinking\nfunds, security for the payment of bonds or notes, redemption or\nrefunding of bonds or notes, events of default, remedies of bondholders\nor noteholders, appointment of trustees or fiscal agents, custody,\ncollection, securing, investment and payment of any money of the\nauthority and amendment or abrogation of such provisions, all as the\nauthority shall determine.\n  5. Any bonds or notes of the authority may be sold at such price or\nprices, at public or private sale, in such manner and from time to time\nas may be determined by the authority, and the authority may pay all\nexpenses, premiums and commissions which it may deem necessary or\nadvantageous in connection with the issuance and sale thereof. No bonds\nor notes of the authority may be sold at private sale, however, unless\nsuch sale and the terms thereof have been approved in writing by (i) the\ncomptroller where such sale is not to such comptroller, or (ii) the\nmayor where such sale is to such comptroller.\n  6. Neither the members, directors, officers or employees of the\nauthority nor any person executing the bonds or notes of the authority\nshall be liable personally on the bonds or notes or be subject to any\npersonal liability or accountability by reason of the issuance thereof.\n  7. Issuance by the authority of one or more series of bonds or notes\nfor one or more purposes shall not preclude it from issuing other bonds\nor notes in connection with the same sports facility or any other sports\nfacility, but the proceedings whereunder any subsequent bonds or notes\nmay be issued shall recognize and protect any prior pledge or lease,\nmade for any prior issue of bonds or notes unless in the proceedings\nauthorizing such prior issue the right is reserved to issue subsequent\nbonds or notes on a parity with such prior issue.\n  8. All bonds or notes authorized under this section and the interest\ncoupons applicable thereto are hereby made and shall be construed to be\nnegotiable instruments.\n  9. The authority shall have power out of any funds available therefor\nto purchase (as distinguished from the power of redemption herein\nprovided) any bonds or notes of the authority, and all bonds so\npurchased shall be cancelled.\n  * NB (Discontinued-Board of Directors never appointed)\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 27-2505 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 27 / Title 25 / Section 27-2505
Disposal of creosote prohibited
Status: in_force

§ 27-2505. Disposal of creosote prohibited.\n  On and after January first, two thousand eight, neither creosote nor\nany wood or other product treated with or containing creosote shall be\ndisposed of in this state, except in a permitted facility pursuant to\nthis section, in a landfill permitted by the department and approved by\nthe department to accept this material and properly lined to prevent\ngroundwater contamination, or by any method approved by the department.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 71-2507 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 71 / Title 25 / Section 71-2507
Pollution of tidal wetlands
Status: in_force

§ 71-2507. Pollution of tidal wetlands.\n  Where any tidal wetlands are subject to pollution, the commissioner\nand attorney general shall take all appropriate action to abate the\npollution. In addition, the commissioner may restrict or order cessation\nof solid waste disposal, deep well disposal, or liquid waste disposal\nwhere such is polluting a given area of tidal wetland. Where pesticides,\nchemical products, or fertilizer residues are the polluting agents, the\ncommissioner shall confer with other appropriate public officials to\nlimit the use of such substances at their source; after appropriate\nconsultations, the commissioner may make such rules and regulations as\nhe deems necessary under section 3-0301 of the environmental\nconservation law.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 11-2501 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 11 / Title 25 / Section 11-2501
Short title
Status: in_force

§ 11-2501. Short title.\n  This title shall be known and may be cited as "the interstate wildlife\nviolator compact".\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 2508 — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 8 / Title 25 / Section 2508
Contracts of the authority
Status: in_force

* § 2508. Contracts of the authority. 1. All contracts for the\nconstruction, reconstruction, rehabilitation or improvement of buildings\nor structures shall be let in the manner provided by law for contracts\nof the city. The authority in preparing separate specifications may\nprovide for assignment of responsibility for coordination of any of the\ncontracts for such work to a responsible person, firm or corporation.\n  2. The authority shall not award any construction contract except to\nthe lowest bidder who in its opinion is qualified to perform the work\nrequired and is responsible and reliable. The authority may, however,\nreject all bids or waive any informality in a bid if it believes that\nthe public interest will be promoted thereby. The authority may reject\nany bid if in its judgment the business and technical organization,\nplan, resources, financial standing or experience of the bidder,\ncompared with the work to be performed, justifies such rejection.\n  3. Any construction contract awarded by the authority shall contain\nsuch other terms and conditions, and such provisions for penalties, as\nthe authority may deem desirable.\n  * NB (Discontinued-Board of Directors never appointed)\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 27-2513 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 27 / Title 25 / Section 27-2513
Exemptions
Status: in_force

§ 27-2513. Exemptions.\n  Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, this title shall\nnot apply to:\n  1. railroads, as defined in subdivisions twenty-four and twenty-nine\nof section two of the transportation law or within the scope of titles\nnine and eleven of article five of the public authorities law;\n  2. the operation and/or maintenance of railroad and railroad shipping\nfacilities, including but not limited to the right of way, tracks, track\nsidings, team tracks and bridges;\n  3. any electric corporation, as defined by subdivision thirteen of\nsection two of the public service law, nor shall it apply to the\noperation, use, or maintenance of any new or existing utility pole or\nfacilities owned or used, in whole or in part, by a telephone\ncorporation, utility company, or cable television company, as defined by\nsubdivisions seventeen and twenty-three of section two and subdivision\none of section two hundred twelve of the public service law,\nrespectively;\n  4. the use of one or more utility poles by any person in connection\nwith the suspension or support of power, communications, utility wires,\nlines or cables and related equipment, antennae, lighting, signals,\nelectric or electronic devices or similar equipment or apparatus;\n  5. any public authority that owns and operates electric transmission\nor distribution lines, a municipally owned electric utility or a rural\nelectric cooperative, nor shall it apply to the operation, use, or\nmaintenance of any new or existing utility pole or facilities owned or\nused, in whole or in part, by any such public authority, municipally\nowned electric utility, or rural electric cooperative; and\n  6. until January first, two thousand ten, any existing marina or other\nfacility for berthing and mooring of pleasure vessels, including\nrowboats and canoes, and the storage thereof, and any existing facility\nthat services pleasure vessels other than an existing marina or other\nfacility for berthing and mooring of pleasure vessels, or facility that\nservices pleasure vessels owned and/or operated by a municipal entity.\nFor the purpose of this section, pleasure vessel shall have the same\nmeaning as in paragraph (c) of subdivision six of section two of the\nnavigation law.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 2519 — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 8 / Title 25 / Section 2519
Legal officer of the authority
Status: in_force

* § 2519. Legal officer of the authority. The Corporation Counsel\nshall be attorney and counsel of the authority and shall approve all\nlegal documents as to form.\n  * NB (Discontinued-Board of Directors never appointed)\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 2509 — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 8 / Title 25 / Section 2509
Bond and note authorization
Status: in_force

* § 2509. Bond and note authorization. 1. The authority shall have the\npower and is hereby authorized to issue from time to time its negotiable\nbonds and notes in conformity with applicable provisions of the uniform\ncommercial code in such principal amounts as the authority shall\ndetermine to be necessary to provide sufficient funds for achieving any\nof its corporate purposes, including the payment of all or any part of\nthe cost of acquiring, constructing, reconstructing, constructing\nadditions to, improving, maintaining and operating sports facilities,\nincluding but not limited to buildings, structures, parking and other\nfacilities for such sports facilities, the payment of interest on bonds\nand notes of the authority, the establishment of reserves to secure such\nbonds and notes of the authority and the payment of all other\nexpenditures, including operating expenses, of the authority incident to\nor necessary or convenient to carry out its corporate purposes and\npowers.\n  2. The authority shall have the power to issue from time to time (i)\nnotes to renew notes and (ii) bonds to pay notes, including the interest\nthereon and redemption premium, if any, and, whenever it deems refunding\nexpedient, to refund any bonds of the authority then outstanding,\nwhether the bonds to be refunded have or have not matured, including the\npayment of any redemption premium thereon and any interest accrued or to\naccrue to the earliest or subsequent date of redemption, purchase or\nmaturity of such bonds, by the issuance of new bonds, and, if deemed\nadvisable by the authority, to issue bonds partly to refund bonds then\noutstanding and partly for any of its corporate purposes. The refunding\nbonds may be exchanged for the bonds to be refunded or sold and the\nproceeds applied to the purchase, redemption or payment of such bonds.\nPending such purchase, redemption or payment, such proceeds may be\ninvested and reinvested in obligations of or guaranteed by the United\nStates of America, or in obligations of agencies of the United States of\nAmerica, secured in such manner as the authority shall determine,\nmaturing at such time or times as shall be appropriate to assure the\nprompt payment, as to principal, interest and redemption premium, if any\non the outstanding bonds to be refunded. The interest and earned\nincrement, if any, resulting from any such investment, may also be\napplied to the purchase, redemption or payment of the outstanding bonds\nto be so refunded and any balance remaining upon completion of the\npurchase, redemption or payment of all such outstanding bonds shall be\nreturned to the authority for use by it in any lawful manner.\n  3. No bonds or notes of the authority shall be issued if upon such\nissuance the aggregate principal amount of bonds and notes of the\nauthority then outstanding exceeds one hundred million dollars, provided\nthat such statutory maximum principal amount shall not be construed as\nconstituting a contract between the authority and the holders of its\nbonds or notes that additional bonds or notes may not be issued\nsubsequently by the authority in the event that such statutory maximum\nshall be increased subsequently by law and provided further that, in\ndetermining such aggregate principal amount there shall be deducted (i)\nall sums then available for the payment of such bonds or notes either at\nmaturity or through the operation of a sinking fund; (ii) the aggregate\nprincipal amount of outstanding bonds issued (a) to refund notes and (b)\nto refund bonds theretofore issued and then outstanding; and (iii) the\naggregate principal amount of outstanding notes issued to renew notes\ntheretofore issued and then outstanding.\n  4. The issuance of bonds and notes by the authority shall be\nauthorized by resolution or resolutions of the authority without further\nauthorization or approval, which resolution or resolutions shall be a\npart of the contract with the holders of the bonds or notes thereby\nauthorized and may contain provisions as to:\n  (a) pledging all or any part of the moneys, earnings, income and\nrevenues derived from the project to secure the payment of the bonds or\nof any issue of the bonds, subject to such agreements with bondholders\nas may then exist;\n  (b) the payments, fees or other charges to be fixed, established and\ncollected and the amounts to be raised in each year thereby, and the use\nand disposition of the moneys, earnings, income and other revenues;\n  (c) the setting aside of reserves and the creation of sinking funds\nand the regulation and disposition thereof;\n  (d) limitations on the right of the authority to restrict and regulate\nthe use of a sports facility or sports facilities;\n  (e) limitations on the purposes to which and the manner in which the\nproceeds of sale of any bonds or any issue of bonds may be applied;\n  (f) limitations on the issuance of additional bonds, the terms upon\nwhich additional bonds may be issued and secured; and the refunding of\noutstanding bonds or other bonds;\n  (g) the procedure, if any, by which the terms of any contract with\nbondholders may be amended or abrogated, the amount of bonds the holders\nof which must consent thereto, and the manner in which such consent may\nbe given;\n  (h) the creation of special funds into which any earnings or revenues\nof the authority may be deposited;\n  (i) the terms and provisions of any mortgage or trust deed or\nindenture securing the bonds or under which the bonds may be issued;\n  (j) vesting in a trustee or trustees such properties, rights, powers\nand duties in trust as the authority may determine which may include any\nor all of the rights, powers and duties of the trustee appointed by the\nbondholders pursuant to section twenty-five hundred thirteen of this\ntitle, and limiting or abrogating the right of the bondholders to\nappoint a trustee under such section or limiting the rights, powers and\nduties of such trustee;\n  (k) defining the acts or omissions to act which shall constitute a\ndefault in the obligations and duties of the authority to the\nbondholders and providing the rights and remedies of the bondholders in\nthe event of such default, including as a matter of right the\nappointment of a receiver, provided, however, that such rights and\nremedies shall not be inconsistent with the general laws of this state\nand other provisions of this title;\n  (l) limitations on the power of the authority to sell or otherwise\ndispose of its properties;\n  (m) limitations on the amount of moneys derived from a sports facility\nor sports facilities to be expended for operating, administrative and\nother expenses of the authority;\n  (n) the protection and enforcement of the rights and remedies of the\nbondholders;\n  (o) the obligations of the authority in relation to a sports facility\nor sports facilities and the safeguarding and application of all moneys;\n  (p) the payment of the proceeds of bonds and revenue of a sports\nfacility or sports facilities to a trustee or other depository, and for\nthe method of disbursement thereof and such safeguards and restrictions\nas the authority may determine;\n  (q) any other matters of like or different character which may in any\nway affect the security or protection of the bonds.\n  * NB (Discontinued-Board of Directors never appointed)\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 2504 — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 8 / Title 25 / Section 2504
General powers of the authority
Status: in_force

* § 2504. General powers of the authority. In the exercise of the\npowers conferred and the performance of duties imposed upon the\nauthority and subject to limitations contained elsewhere in this title,\nthe authority shall have the following general powers:\n  1. To sue and be sued;\n  2. To have a seal and alter the same at pleasure;\n  3. To make and alter by-laws for the management and regulations of its\naffairs and subject to agreements with bondholders for the regulation of\nany sports facility;\n  4. To make and execute contracts and all other instruments, including\nleases, subleases and evidences of indebtedness necessary or convenient\nto accomplish its corporate purposes;\n  5. To prescribe a system of accounts for the authority;\n  6. To purchase, receive, take by gift, grant, devise, bequest or\notherwise, lease, accept jurisdiction over or otherwise acquire, own,\nhold, manage, operate, improve, employ, use and otherwise deal in and\nwith, real or personal property, necessary or convenient for its\ncorporate purposes;\n  7. To sell or otherwise dispose of personal property held in its\ncorporate name;\n  8. Subject to the approval of the mayor, to execute and deliver deeds\nfor real property held in its corporate name and to transfer, lease,\nsublease or otherwise dispose of or make available real property upon\nsuch terms as shall be agreed upon;\n  9. To accept grants, loans, contributions, subsidies or other forms of\nfinancial assistance from the United States, the state or the city, or\nany agency or instrumentality thereof, and from any other source, and to\nuse same or expend the proceeds thereof for its corporate purposes;\n  10. With the consent of the city to use agents, employees and\nfacilities of the city, including the corporation counsel, paying to the\ncity its agreed proportion of the compensation or costs;\n  11. To appoint officers, agents and employees, to prescribe their\nqualifications and to fix their compensation; subject, however, to the\nprovisions of the civil service law, as hereinafter provided;\n  12. To engage the services of construction, engineering,\narchitectural, legal, financial or other consultants surveyors and\nappraisors, necessary or convenient for its corporate purposes, on a\ncontract basis or as employees, for professional service and technical\nassistance and advice;\n  13. To construct, reconstruct, improve, maintain, or operate or cause\nto be constructed, reconstructed, improved, maintained or operated such\nbuildings, structures, parking and other facilities as may be necessary\nor convenient;\n  14. To fix and collect rents, rates, fees and other charges for\nservice rendered by the authority or for the use of its property;\n  15. To procure such insurance as the authority deems necessary;\n  16. With the consent of the mayor to form or cause to be formed,\nsubsidiary corporations pursuant to any general law of the state\nnecessary or convenient for its corporate purposes;\n  17. To undertake planning, design and feasibility studies in\naccordance with the terms and conditions of any agreement with the city;\nor, subject to the approval of the mayor in accordance with the terms\nand conditions of any agreement to which the city is not a party;\n  18. To enter into agreements with the city and the state and the\nUnited States, or any agency or instrumentality thereof, individual,\nfirm or corporation for any lawful purpose necessary or convenient for\nits corporate purposes; and\n  19. To do all things necessary or convenient for its corporate\npurposes.\n  * NB (Discontinued-Board of Directors never appointed)\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 27-2509 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 27 / Title 25 / Section 27-2509
Powers and duties of the commissioner
Status: in_force

§ 27-2509. Powers and duties of the commissioner.\n  1. The commissioner shall have the power and the duty to adopt such\nrules and regulations as he or she deems necessary for the\nimplementation of this title.\n  2. The commissioner may, at his or her discretion, grant an emergency\nwaiver to the provisions of section 27-2503 of this title on a case by\ncase basis to persons or entities involving acts of God, war, strike,\nriot or other catastrophe as to which the negligence or willful\nmisconduct on the part of such person or entity was not the proximate\ncause. The commissioner may adopt guidelines for applying for and\ngranting such waivers but in no case shall a waiver be deemed in effect\nfor any person or entity for more than one year without proper renewal.\n  3. The commissioner shall also have the authority to temporarily waive\nthe provisions of section 27-2503 of this title if he or she determines\nsuch waiver to be necessary to meet the construction or reconstruction\nneeds as a result of a declared state of emergency.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 2517 — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 8 / Title 25 / Section 2517
Exemption from taxation of bonds and notes
Status: in_force

* § 2517. Exemption from taxation of bonds and notes. It is hereby\ndetermined that the creation of the authority is in all respects for the\nbenefit of the people of the state, for the improvement of their health\nand welfare, and for the promotion of the economy, and that said\npurposes are public purposes and the authority will be performing an\nessential governmental function in the exercise of the powers conferred\nupon it by this title, and the state covenants with the purchasers and\nall subsequent holders and transferees of bonds and notes issued by the\nauthority, in consideration of the acceptance of and payment for the\nbonds and notes, that the bonds and notes of the authority, issued\npursuant to this title and the income therefrom and all its fees,\ncharges, gifts, grants, revenues, receipts, and other moneys received or\nto be received, pledged to pay or secure the payment of such bonds or\nnotes shall at all times be free from taxation, except for estate or\ngift taxes and taxes on transfers.\n  * NB (Discontinued-Board of Directors never appointed)\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 2514 — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 8 / Title 25 / Section 2514
State and city not liable on bonds and notes
Status: in_force

* § 2514. State and city not liable on bonds and notes. The bonds,\nnotes and other obligations of the authority shall not be a debt of the\nstate of New York or of the city or of any other municipality in the\nstate, and neither the state nor any municipality shall be liable\nthereon, nor shall they be payable out of any funds other than those of\nthe authority.\n  * NB (Discontinued-Board of Directors never appointed)\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 71-2501 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 71 / Title 25 / Section 71-2501
Applicability of this title
Status: in_force

§ 71-2501. Applicability of this title.\n  The provisions of this title shall be applicable to the enforcement of\narticle twenty-five.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 2507 — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 8 / Title 25 / Section 2507
Employees of the authority
Status: in_force

* § 2507. Employees of the authority. 1. Notwithstanding any\ninconsistent provision of this title, the appointment and promotion of\nall employees of and for the authority shall be made in accordance with\nthe provisions of the civil service law under the rules of the city\ncivil service commission. Such employees shall be under the jurisdiction\nof such city civil service commission and their compensation shall be\nfixed by the authority.\n  2. The city and the authority shall have the power to provide for the\ntransfer to the authority of agents and employees and the use of the\nfacilities of the city to enable the authority to fulfill its corporate\npurposes. Employees of the city to be transferred to the authority\npursuant to this title shall be eligible for such transfer and\nappointment to offices and positions of the authority without further\nexamination, and all such employees who have been appointed to positions\nin the city service in accordance with the provisions of the civil\nservice law under the rules of the city civil service commission shall\nhave the same status with respect thereto in the service of the\nauthority as they had in city service. Employees who are members or\nbeneficiaries of any existing pension or retirement system shall\ncontinue to have such rights, privileges, obligations or status with\nrespect to such system or systems as are prescribed by law on the date\nthis title takes effect, and all such employees who have been appointed\nto positions in city service in accordance with the provisions of the\ncivil service law under the rules of the city civil service commission\nshall have the same status with respect thereto in the service of the\nauthority as they had in city service.\n  * NB (Discontinued-Board of Directors never appointed)\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 2518 — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 8 / Title 25 / Section 2518
Bonds and notes as legal investments
Status: in_force

* § 2518. Bonds and notes as legal investments. The bonds and notes of\nthe authority are hereby made securities in which all public officers\nand bodies of this state and all municipalities and municipal\nsubdivisions, all insurance companies and associations and other persons\ncarrying on an insurance business, all banks, bankers, trust companies,\nsavings banks and savings associations, including savings and loan\nassociations, building and loan associations, investment companies and\nother persons carrying on a banking business, all administrators,\nguardian executors, trustees and other fiduciaries, and all other\npersons who are now or may hereafter be authorized to invest in bonds or\nother obligations of the state, may properly and legally invest funds\nincluding capital in their control or belonging to them.  The bonds and\nnotes are also hereby made securities which may be deposited with and\nmay be received by all public officers and bodies of this state and all\nmunicipalities and municipal subdivisions for any purpose for which the\ndeposit of bonds or other obligations of this state is now or may\nhereafter be authorized.\n  * NB (Discontinued-Board of Directors never appointed)\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 2516 — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 8 / Title 25 / Section 2516
Property and income
Status: in_force

* § 2516. Property and income. The property of the authority and its\nincome and operations shall be exempt from taxation, assessments or\nservice charges of every kind and nature, and the authority shall not be\nrequired to pay any recording fee or transfer tax of any kind on account\nof instruments recorded by it or on its behalf.\n  * NB (Discontinued-Board of Directors never appointed)\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 27-2503 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 27 / Title 25 / Section 27-2503
Prohibition of manufacture, sale, and use of creosote
Status: in_force

§ 27-2503. Prohibition of manufacture, sale, and use of creosote.\n  1. Except as set forth in subdivision two of this section and section\n27-2513 of this title, on and after January first, two thousand eight,\ncreosote or products containing creosote shall not be manufactured,\nsold, or used in this state.\n  2. Wood treated with creosote that is in use in this state as of such\ndate may continue to be used in such use.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 15-2505 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 15 / Title 25 / Section 15-2505
Powers of the department
Status: in_force

§ 15-2505. Powers of the department.\n  Nothing in title 25 of this article shall be held to curtail the\npowers of the department as to river or drainage work within a river\nregulating district prior to the time that such district is charged with\nthe powers and duties above set forth as to river or drainage work or\nboth, nor in any event shall the powers of the department under sections\n15-1945 and 15-1957 be curtailed or changed. Should the department at\nany time form or have formed a river or drainage improvement district in\na basin now or subsequently formed into a river regulating district,\nwhich district is later given the extended powers herein provided, such\nriver or drainage improvement district shall become a sub-district\nadministered by the board. In such cases, all outstanding indebtedness\nand financial liabilities of the district shall remain undisturbed and\nnot in anywise altered by the transfer and shall be met by the board.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 15-2501 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 15 / Title 25 / Section 15-2501
Formation of joint districts
Status: in_force

§ 15-2501. Formation of joint districts.\n  1. A river regulating district formed and established under the\nprovisions of title 21 of this article may be given extended powers and\nduties by the formation by the department of a river improvement or\ndrainage improvement district, or both, which districts shall have the\nsame boundaries as the river regulating district, shall be joined with\nit as one body corporate and subject to the general supervision of the\ndepartment and shall be administered by the board of the river\nregulating district. If this is done, the board shall thenceforth\nexercise the powers of the department as set forth in title 19 and title\n23 of this article, except those under sections 15-1945 and 15-1957 and\nas otherwise provided below. Whenever the department is empowered to set\nup districts under title 19 and title 23 of this article, the board may,\nby the same procedure, set up river or drainage improvement\nsub-districts which shall not be separate bodies corporate but shall be\nfinancial and assessment entities and each of which shall have an\nassociation. Any function which title 19 and title 23 specify to be\nperformed by the Department of Transportation or the Commissioner\nthereof shall be performed by the board through its engineering forces,\nand legal matters may be handled by counsel to the board. Whenever the\nstatute requires the board to file in final form orders, statements,\nschedules, reports, plans, or other papers, to give notice of such\nfiling and, after review, if any, to record or file the same such papers\nmay not be filed except with the consent and approval of the department.\nAll contract plans and specifications must similarly receive such\napproval to make them valid. All contracts must be so approved before\nthey are signed and all acts authorizing the borrowing of money, making\nof assessments, or statements of the amounts which must be collected\nwith annual taxes, must be approved by the department before they are\nsubmitted to the Comptroller. In proper cases, any such district may be\nassessed as an entity for benefits derived from the operation of another\nsub-district or the construction of a regulating reservoir.\n  2. Proceedings for the formation of a joint district shall be as\nnearly as may be those set forth in title 19 or title 23 as the case may\nbe. They shall be initiated by a written petition filed with the\ndepartment. On receipt thereof the department shall make such\ninvestigation as it deems necessary, shall set the time and place for a\nhearing thereon and shall give notice of the same by publication\npursuant to the provisions of subdivision 1 of section 15-0903. At the\nhearing, the department will hear the applicants and the board, and such\nobjectors as have filed written objections.  After the hearing the\ndepartment shall approve, modify and approve or reject the application\naccording to what it finds to be the best interest of the people of the\nstate. The action of the department shall be in the form of a signed\nwritten order, copies of which shall be filed in the offices of the\nclerk of each county, town, city or village, any part of which lies\nwithin the proposed district. Notice of such filing shall be given by\npublication and the acts of the department may be reviewed provided such\nreview is initiated within sixty days of the date of the order. If not\nreviewed or if confirmed by the courts reviewing the matter, the order\nshall be recorded in the offices of the clerks of the various counties;\nthereupon the order shall become final and the joint district shall be\ndeemed to have been formed on the date of the order. Certified copies of\nsuch order shall be served on the board and shall be its authority to\nact for the new district.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 2520 — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 8 / Title 25 / Section 2520
Actions against authority
Status: in_force

* § 2520. Actions against authority. 1. Except in an action for\nwrongful death, an action against the authority for personal injury,\nreal or personal property damage or destruction or founded on tort shall\nnot be commenced more than one year and ninety days after the cause of\naction thereof shall have accrued nor unless a notice of claim shall\nhave been served on a member of the authority or officer or employee\nthereof designated by the authority for such purpose, within the time\nlimited by, and in compliance with the requirements of section fifty-e\nof the general municipal law. An action against the authority for\nwrongful death shall be commenced in accordance with the notice of claim\nand time limitation provisions of title eleven of article nine of this\nchapter.\n  2. The venue of every action, suit or special proceeding brought\nagainst the authority shall be laid in the county of New York.\n  3. No member, officer, employee or agent of the authority, while\nacting in the scope of his authority, shall be subject to any personal\nliability resulting from exercising or carrying out of any of the\nauthority's purposes or powers.\n  * NB (Discontinued-Board of Directors never appointed)\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 27-2501 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 27 / Title 25 / Section 27-2501
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 27-2501. Definitions.\n  1. As used in this title, the term "creosote" means a substance\nobtained from the high temperature treatment of coal and coal tar and\nthat is used primarily as a wood preservative.\n  2. As used in this title, the term "marina" shall have the same\nmeaning as defined in section thirty-three-c of the navigation law.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 2505 — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 8 / Title 25 / Section 2505
Acquisition of real property for the authority and contracts with the city
Status: in_force

* § 2505. Acquisition of real property for the authority and contracts\nwith the city. 1. The city may, by resolution of the board of estimate,\nor by deed authorized by such a resolution, convey for so long as the\nauthority's corporate existence shall continue, lease for not more than\nninety-nine years or grant other authorizations with or without\nconsideration, to the authority for the use and occupancy of the\nauthority or any subsidiary of the authority for its corporate purposes,\nreal property then owned by the city and such conveyance, lease or\nauthorization may reserve to the city such rights as may be agreed upon\nbetween the city and the authority.\n  2. The city may acquire real property in the name of the city for\nconveyance or lease to the authority pursuant to subdivision one of this\nsection or for the management or operation thereof by the authority\npursuant to subdivision four of this section or for the purpose of the\nwidening of existing roads, streets, parkways, avenues or elevated\nhighways connecting with such real property or for such purposes and\npartly for other city purposes by purchase or condemnation in the manner\nprovided by law for the acquisition of real property by the city. The\ncity shall have power to acquire by condemnation property already\ndevoted to another public use. Such roads, streets, parkways, avenues\nand elevated highways connected with such real property shall be\noperated, maintained and reconstructed by the city, and except as agreed\nupon between the city and the authority, with the approval of the board\nof estimate, the city shall have exclusive jurisdiction over them.\n  2-a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general, special or local\nlaw or charter, the city is hereby empowered to purchase or lease from\nthe authority for a term not exceeding ninety-nine years a sports\nfacility, or enter into any other agreement relating to a sports\nfacility, upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon by the\ncity and the authority.\n  3. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 107.00 of the local\nfinance law, for the purpose of financing and paying for the cost of the\nacquisition of such property and the renovation thereof the city is\nhereby authorized and empowered, without providing from current funds\nany part of such costs or otherwise complying with the provisions of\nsuch section 107.00 but upon compliance with all other applicable\nprovisions of the local finance law, to issue bonds and notes and to\nmake expenditures from the proceeds of such bonds and notes or from any\nfund into which such proceeds are paid. Notwithstanding the provisions\nof section 11.00 of the local finance law, the period of probable\nusefulness for the effectuation of any of the objects or purposes in\nconnection with the acquisition or renovation of such real property is\nhereby determined to be forty years. Nothing herein contained, however,\nshall prevent the application of the period of probable usefulness\nprescribed in any subdivision of said section 11.00 of the local finance\nlaw for any object or purpose constituting a separable part of such\nobjects and purposes.\n  4. The city may enter into agreements with the authority for the\nmanagement or operation in whole or in part of a sports facility owned\nor acquired by the city.\n  5. Subject to the approval of the board of estimate, the city may\nenter into agreements with the authority to pay for planning, design and\nfeasiblity studies undertaken or caused to be undertaken by the\nauthority.\n  6. Since the authority's continued discharge of its public and\ngovernmental purposes is of benefit to the city, the city shall pay,\nwithin the appropriations available therefor, if any, the expenses of\nthe establishment and continued operation of the authority.\n  7. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the city shall have the\npower to contract indebtedness and to issue its obligations pursuant to\nthe local finance law for the purpose of financing any payment\nauthorized to be made by the city pursuant to subdivisions four, five or\nsix of this section. Any such payment shall constitute an object or\npurpose for which the period of probable usefulness is hereby determined\nto be five years.\n  * NB (Discontinued-Board of Directors never appointed)\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 2506 — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 8 / Title 25 / Section 2506
Moneys of the authority
Status: in_force

* § 2506. Moneys of the authority. 1. Subject to the provisions of\nthis title, the members of the authority shall receive, accept, invest,\nadminister, expend and disburse for its corporate purposes all monies\nfor the authority from whatever sources derived.\n  2. The monies of the authority shall be paid to the comptroller as the\nagent of the authority, who shall designate depositories and who shall\nnot commingle such moneys with any other moneys. Such moneys shall be\ndeposited in a separate bank account or accounts. The moneys in such\naccount or accounts shall be paid out on checks by the comptroller on\nrequisitions of the chairman of the board of directors of the authority\nor of such other person or persons as the authority may authorize to\nmake such requisitions after audit by the comptroller in the manner\nprovided by the New York city charter. All deposits of such moneys\nshall, if required by the comptroller or the authority, be secured by\nobligations of the United States or of the state or of the city of a\nmarket value equal at all times to the amount of the deposit, and all\nbank and trust companies are authorized to give such security for such\ndeposits. The comptroller and his legally authorized representative are\nauthorized and empowered from time to time to examine the accounts and\nbooks of the authority, including its receipts, disbursements,\ncontracts, leases, investments and any other records and papers relating\nto its financial standing.\n  * NB (Discontinued-Board of Directors never appointed)\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 2502 — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 8 / Title 25 / Section 2502
Legislative findings and statement of purposes
Status: in_force

* § 2502.  Legislative findings and statement of purposes. It is\nhereby found, determined and declared that the city has acquired certain\nlarge sports facilities located in the city, including Yankee stadium,\nShea stadium, Randall's island stadium and Singer bowl and may\ncontemplate the acquisition or construction of other sports facilities;\nthat other sports facilities are maintained or will be constructed in\nthe city by public or private corporations; that the maintenance and\noperation of such facilities in the most efficient and economical manner\npossible through the flexible and imaginative use of business and\nmanagement skills, the coordination of their activities, the providing\nof amateur, professional and scholastic sports events, meetings,\nexhibitions, cultural events and other events of civic, community and\ngeneral public interest in such facilities, the promotion of the city's\ncompetitive position in the field of sports in relation to other large\ncities, and the carrying out of these purposes and the functions, powers\nand duties provided in this act are essential for the health, welfare,\nrecreation and prosperity of the people of the city and state, for the\npromotion of competitive sports for youth and the prevention of juvenile\ndelinquency and for the improvement of trade and commerce in the city\nand the state.\n  It is hereby further found, determined and declared that at all levels\nof government--federal, state and local--experience has shown that when\ngovernment operates in a field usually reserved for private enterprise,\na public authority is a useful device to provide the creativity and\nindependence which regular government agencies cannot offer and that\ntherefore it is in the public interest to create such an authority and\nto vest such powers in the authority as are necessary or convenient to\nimplement the foregoing purposes since neither unaided private\nenterprise nor government alone can adequately perform them; that the\ncreation and operation of the authority, as hereafter provided, is in\nall respects for the benefit of the people of the city and the state,\nand is a governmental, state, city and public purpose; and that the\nexercise by such authority of the functions, powers, and duties as\nhereinafter provided, constitutes the performance of an essential public\nand governmental function.\n  * NB (Discontinued-Board of Directors never appointed)\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 2500 — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 8 / Title 25 / Section 2500
Short title
Status: in_force

* § 2500. Short title. This title may be cited as the "New York city\nsports authority act".\n  * NB (Discontinued-Board of Directors never appointed)\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 2513 — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 8 / Title 25 / Section 2513
Remedies of bondholders and noteholders
Status: in_force

* § 2513. Remedies of bondholders and noteholders. 1. In the event\nthat the authority shall default in the payment of principal or of\ninterest on any issue of bonds or notes after the same shall become due,\nwhether at maturty or upon call for redemption, and such default shall\ncontinue for a period of thirty days, or in the event that the authority\nshall fail or refuse to comply with the provisions of this title, or\nshall default in any agreement made with the holders of any issue of\nbonds or notes, the holders of twenty-five per centum in aggregate\nprincipal amount of the bonds or notes of such issue then outstanding,\nby instrument or instuments filed in the office of the clerk of the\ncounty in which the principal office of the authority is located, and\nproved or acknowledged in the same manner as a deed to be recorded, may\nappoint a trustee to represent the holders of such bonds or notes for\nthe purposes herein provided.\n  2. Such trustee may, and upon written request of the holders of\ntwenty-five per centum in principal amount of such bonds or notes then\noutstanding shall, in his or its own name:\n  (a) enforce all rights of the bondholders or noteholders, including\nthe right to require the authority to collect interest and principal\npayments on the bonds held by it adequate to carry out any agreement as\nto, or pledge of, such interest and principal payments, and to require\nthe authority to carry out any other agreements with the holder of such\nbonds or notes and to perform its duties under this title.\n  (b) bring suit upon such bonds or notes.\n  (c) by action or suit, require the authority to account as if it were\nthe trustee of an express trust for the holders of such bonds or notes.\n  (d) by action or suit, enjoin any acts or things which may be unlawful\nor in violation of the rights of the holders of such bonds or notes.\n  (e) declare all such bonds or notes due and payable and if all\ndefaults shall be made good then with the consent of the holders of\ntwenty-five per centum of the principal amount of such bonds or notes\nthen outstanding, to annul such declaration and its consequences.\n  3. Such trustee shall in addition to the foregoing have and possess\nall the powers necessary or appropriate for the exercise of any\nfunctions specifically set forth herein or incident to the general\nrepresentation of bondholders in the enforcement and protection of their\nrights.\n  4. Before declaring the principal of bonds or notes due and payable,\nthe trustee shall first give thirty days' notice in writing to the\nmayor, to the authority and to the comptroller.\n  5. The supreme court shall have jurisdiction of any suit, action or\nproceeding by the trustee on behalf of bondholders or noteholders. The\nvenue of any such suit, action, or proceeding shall be laid in the\ncounty of New York.\n  * NB (Discontinued-Board of Directors never appointed)\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 27-2507 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 27 / Title 25 / Section 27-2507
Combustion of creosote
Status: in_force

§ 27-2507. Combustion of creosote.\n  On and after January first, two thousand eight, neither creosote or\nany wood or other product treated with or containing creosote shall be\nburned in any manner in this state, including in fireplaces and stoves,\nexcept in a facility permitted pursuant to this article and article\nnineteen of this chapter to burn the specific type of creosote waste.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 2521 — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 8 / Title 25 / Section 2521
Applicability
Status: in_force

* § 2521. Applicability. The authority shall not acquire, construct or\noperate any sports or other facility in the Borough of Brooklyn.\n  * NB (Discontinued-Board of Directors never appointed)\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 2512 — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 8 / Title 25 / Section 2512
Reserve fund
Status: in_force

* § 2512. Reserve fund. The authority may create and establish one or\nmore reserve funds to be known as debt service reserve funds and may pay\ninto such reserve funds (a) any moneys appropriated and made available\nby the city for the purposes of such funds (b) any proceeds of sale of\nbonds and notes to the extent provided in the resolution of the\nauthority authorizing the issuance thereof (c) any moneys directed to be\ntransferred by the authority to such funds, and (d) any other moneys\nwhich may be made available to the authority for the purposes of such\nfunds from any other source or sources. The moneys held in or credited\nto any debt service reserve fund established under this section, except\nas hereinafter provided, shall be used solely for the payment of the\nprincipal of an interest on bonds of the authority secured by such\nreserve fund, as the same mature, required payments to any sinking fund\nestablished for the amortization of such bonds (hereinafter referred to\nas "sinking fund payments"), the purchase or redemption of such bonds of\nthe authority or the payment or any redemption premium required to be\npaid when such bonds are redeemed prior to maturity; provided, however,\nthat moneys in any such fund shall not be withdrawn therefrom at any\ntime in such amount as would reduce the amount of such fund to less than\nthe maximum amount of principal and interest maturing and becoming due\nin any succeeding calendar year on the bonds of the authority then\noutstanding and secured by such reserve fund, except for the purpose of\npaying principal and interest on the bonds of the authority secured by\nsuch reserve fund maturing and becoming due and sinking fund payments\nfor the payment of which other moneys of the authority are not\navailable.\n  * NB (Discontinued-Board of Directors never appointed)\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 2508-B — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 8 / Title 25 / Section 2508-B
Payments to the city
Status: in_force

* § 2508-b. Payments to the city. Notwithstanding any provision of\nlaw, the authority may with respect to any sports facility provide in\nany lease or sublease that rental payments to the authority made\npursuant to such lease or sublease shall include an amount which the\nauthority shall pay to the city which shall constitute a payment in lieu\nof taxes with respect to such sports facility.\n  * NB (Discontinued-Board of Directors never appointed)\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 2508-A — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 8 / Title 25 / Section 2508-A
Certain property acquired by authority
Status: in_force

* § 2508-a. Certain property acquired by authority. In the event that\nthe New York state sports authority upon full amortization of any\noutstanding bonds issued for the acquisition, construction or\nrehabilitation of a sports facility, transfers such sports facility to\nthe authority pursuant to subdivision four of section twenty-four\nhundred seventy-two of this chapter, such sports facility shall pass to\nand be vested in the city.\n  * NB (Discontinued-Board of Directors never appointed)\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 2501 — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 8 / Title 25 / Section 2501
Definitions
Status: in_force

* § 2501. Definitions. As used or referred to in this title, unless a\ndifferent meaning clearly appears from the context, the following terms\nshall mean and include:\n  1. "Amortized value". For securities purchased at a premium above or a\ndiscount below par, the value as of any given date obtained by dividing\nthe total amount of the premium or discount at which such securities\nwere purchased by the number of days remaining to maturity on such\nsecurities at the time of such purchase and by multiplying the amount so\ncalculated by the number of days having passed since the date of such\npurchase; and (a) in the case of securities purchased at a premium, by\ndeducting the product thus obtained from the purchase price, and (b) in\nthe case of securities purchased at a discount, by adding the product\nthus obtained to the purchase price.\n  2. "Authority". The corporation created by section twenty-five hundred\nthree of this title.\n  3. "Board of estimate". The board of estimate of the city of New York.\n  4. "Bonds". The bonds authorized by this title.\n  5. "City". The city of New York.\n  6. "City council". The city council of the city of New York.\n  7. "Comptroller". The comptroller of the city of New York.\n  8. "Corporation counsel". The corporation counsel of the city of New\nYork.\n  9. "Governor". The governor of the state of New York.\n  10. "Mayor". The mayor of the city of New York.\n  11. "Notes". The notes authorized by the title.\n  12. "Real property". Lands, including air and subsurface rights and\nlands under water, structures, franchises and interests in lands and any\nand all things usually included within the said terms, including not\nonly fees simple absolute but also any and all lesser interests, such as\neasements, rights of way, uses, leases, licenses, and all other\nincorporeal heriditaments and every estate, interest or right, legal or\nequitable, including terms of years, and liens thereon by way of\njudgments, mortgages or otherwise, and also claims for damage to real\nestate.\n  13. "Sports facility". Real property in the city of New York but not\nin the borough of Brooklyn used or to be used primarily for the conduct\nof sports events, including a sports complex, stadium or arena and other\nrelated facilities suitable for the holding of athletic or sports\nevents, including parking therefor.\n  14. "State". The state of New York.\n  * NB (Discontinued-Board of Directors never appointed)\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 2515 — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 8 / Title 25 / Section 2515
Agreement of the state
Status: in_force

* § 2515. Agreement of the state. The state of New York does hereby\npledge to and agree with the holders of any bonds or notes issued under\nthis title that the state will not limit or alter the rights hereby\nvested in the authority to fulfill the terms of any agreements made with\nthe holders thereof, or in any way impair the rights and remedies of\nsuch holders until such bonds or notes together with the interest\nthereon, with interest on any unpaid installments of interest, and all\ncosts and expenses in connection with any action or proceedings by or on\nbehalf of such holders, are fully met and discharged. The authority is\nauthorized to include this pledge and agreement of the state in any\nagreement with the holders of such bonds or notes.\n  * NB (Discontinued-Board of Directors never appointed)\n