N.Y. PBG Law § 30 — New York Code / Act PBG / Article 3 / Section 30
Organization of authorities
Status: in_force

§ 30. Organization of authorities.  1. In the case of an authority\nhereafter established by a special act of the legislature, the mayor of\na city or village, or the town board of a town, shall file in the office\nof the commissioner, and a duplicate in the office of the secretary of\nstate, a certificate signed by him or it and setting forth: (a) the date\nof the passage of the special act establishing the authority; (b) the\nname of the authority; and (c) the names of the members and their terms,\nspecifying which member is chairman.\n  2. Except as otherwise provided by special act of the legislature, an\nauthority shall consist of not less than three nor more than seven\nmembers. The members of an authority who are first appointed shall be\nnot more than five in number and shall be designated to serve for terms\nof one, two, three, four and five years respectively from the date of\ntheir appointment, depending upon the number of members constituting the\nauthority. Thereafter the term of office of appointive members shall be\nfive years. A member shall continue to hold office until his successor\nis appointed or elected and has qualified. The mayor of a city or\nvillage, or the town board of a town, shall appoint the appointive\nmembers, designate the first chairman and file with the commissioner a\ncertificate of appointment or the reappointment of any member.\n  3. A majority of the members of an authority shall constitute a\nquorum.\n  4. Not more than one member of an authority may be an official or an\nemployee of the municipality at any one time. In the event that an\nofficial or an employee of the municipality shall be appointed as a\nmember of the authority, acceptance or retention of such appointment\nshall not be deemed a forfeiture of his municipal office or employment,\nor incompatible therewith or affect his tenure or compensation in any\nway. The term of office of a member of an authority who is an official\nof the municipality shall terminate at the expiration of the term of his\nmunicipal office.\n  5. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, each authority having\nsupervision over one hundred or more occupied dwelling units and not\nlocated in a city having a population of more than one million shall\ninclude as members two tenants elected by the residents of the\nauthority's housing for terms of two years each.  Each authority coming\nwithin the provisions of this subdivision shall, within six months after\nthe effective date of this act or within six months after the authority\nbecomes subject to the requirements of this subdivision, adopt by-laws\nspecifying the time and manner of the election of the tenant\nrepresentatives. All residents of the authority's housing who are\neighteen years of age or older shall be eligible to vote. The authority\nmay provide in the by-laws whether both tenant representatives shall be\nelected simultaneously for concurrent terms or one shall be elected each\nyear with the terms overlapping and whether both shall be elected by all\nthe residents or each one elected by one half of the residents. The\nfirst election shall be held within one year after the date by which\nby-laws for the election are required to be adopted. The by-laws shall\nbe subject to the approval of the commissioner, and if an authority\nfails within the six-month period to adopt acceptable by-laws for such\nelection the commissioner shall specify the time and manner of the\nelection.  Upon the taking of office of the two elected tenant members,\nthe size of an authority shall be increased by two members and the term\nof any member appointed pursuant to this subdivision prior to January\nfirst, nineteen hundred seventy-five shall end and a new member shall be\nappointed for a term of five years. Acceptance or retention by a tenant\nof membership on an authority, whether by election or by appointment,\nshall not be deemed incompatible with, or a forfeiture of his tenancy.\nAn elected tenant representative shall cease to serve as such upon\ntermination of his tenancy for any reason, or upon his becoming subject\nto removal from occupancy due to the operation of section one hundred\nfifty-six of this chapter. Any compensation paid to an elected or\nappointed tenant member for his services to an authority shall not\naffect his eligibility for membership on such authority or for continued\noccupancy, but may be used in the determination of his rent. Any vacancy\nin the office of an elected tenant representative shall be filled as\nsoon as may be practical by a new election.\n