N.Y. PBA Law § 2799-IIII — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 8 / Title 35 / Section 2799-IIII
Annual budget and report
Status: in_force

§ 2799-iiii. Annual budget and report. 1. On or before September\nfifteenth, nineteen hundred eighty-four and on each September fifteenth\nthereafter, the chair of the corporation shall make and deliver to the\ndirector of the budget for his or her review a proposed budget for the\noperation of the corporation for the next fiscal year of the state. The\nchair of the corporation shall also deliver a copy of such budget to the\nchair of the senate finance committee and the chair of the assembly ways\nand means committee at the same time that the budget is delivered to the\ndirector of the budget. The budget shall include the total amount needed\nfor corporate purposes, including the funds required by the corporation\nfor operation of Roosevelt Island facilities and improvements, the\nsource of all funds that the corporation expects to receive and such\nother information as the director of the budget shall require. The\ngovernor shall recommend in his or her annual budget such appropriations\nto the corporation for its operations as he or she deems necessary.\n  2. The corporation shall submit to the director of the budget, chair\nof the senate finance committee and the chair of the assembly ways and\nmeans committee, within ninety days after the end of its fiscal year, a\ncomplete and detailed report setting forth (a) its operations and\naccomplishments, and (b) its receipts and expenditures during such\nfiscal year in accordance with categories and classifications\nestablished by the corporation, with the approval of the director of the\nbudget, for its operating and capital outlay purposes.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 2799-PPPP — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 8 / Title 35 / Section 2799-PPPP
Severability of provisions
Status: in_force

§ 2799-pppp. Severability of provisions. If any section, clause or\nprovision of this title or the application thereof shall be adjudged\ninvalid, such judgment shall not affect or invalidate any other section,\nclause or provision of this title.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 2799-MMMM — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 8 / Title 35 / Section 2799-MMMM
Division of housing and community renewal; assistance and services
Status: in_force

§ 2799-mmmm. Division of housing and community renewal; assistance and\nservices. The corporation may from time to time request the division to\nperform such services and render such technical assistance to the\ncorporation with respect to the development, management or operation of\nRoosevelt Island as the corporation deems necessary or convenient and\nmay provide for the reimbursement to the division by the corporation of\nthe reasonable cost of such services. The division is hereby authorized\nto perform such services and render such technical assistance as may be\nagreed upon between the division and the corporation pursuant to this\nsection. In addition, the commissioner is hereby authorized to represent\nthe corporation in any negotiations with the city concerning amendments\nor supplements to or reformations of the lease and tramway franchise as\ncontemplated by section twenty-seven hundred ninety-nine-ffff of this\ntitle.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 2799-AAAA — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 8 / Title 35 / Section 2799-AAAA
Legislative declaration
Status: in_force

* § 2799-aaaa. Legislative declaration. The legislature hereby finds,\ndetermines and declares that: (a) the city of New York and the New York\nstate urban development corporation have entered into a lease providing\nfor the urban development corporation to use its statutory powers to\ncreate on Roosevelt Island a new community which would retain and\nheighten the benefits of urban living while preserving a sense of scale\nand open space for Roosevelt Island residents and New York city as a\nwhole; (b) the urban development corporation has and its successors have\nconstructed the first phases of the island's development, including\npublic facilities, pursuant to a general development plan for Roosevelt\nIsland, which plan is being updated and which plan contemplates\nsignificant future development, including the provision of additional\nhousing, commercial, civic, recreational and other facilities; (c) it is\nin the public interest for the urban development corporation to transfer\nall of its rights and obligations with respect to the development,\noperation and supervision of both such existing and such proposed\ndevelopment to a public benefit corporation which shall be under the\nsupervision of the commissioner of homes and community renewal; and (d)\nit is in the public interest that the public benefit corporation plan,\ndesign, develop, operate, maintain and manage Roosevelt Island and have\nvested in it such powers as are necessary or convenient to effectuate\nthose functions and that the division of housing and community renewal\nbe authorized to assist such corporation in the performance of its\nduties with respect to Roosevelt Island.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 71-3501 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 71 / Title 35 / Section 71-3501
Putting noisome or unwholesome substances or maintaining noisome business on or near highway
Status: in_force

§ 71-3501. Putting noisome or unwholesome substances or maintaining\n             noisome business on or near highway.\n  A person, who deposits, leaves or keeps, on or near a highway or route\nof public travel, either on the land or on the water, any noisome or\nunwholesome substance, or establishes, maintains or carries on, upon or\nnear a public highway or route of public travel, either on the land or\non the water, any business, trade or manufacture which is noisome or\ndetrimental to public health, is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by\na fine of not less than one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment not less\nthan three nor more than six months, or both.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 2799-OOOO — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 8 / Title 35 / Section 2799-OOOO
Not-for-profit grant distribution
Status: in_force

§ 2799-oooo. Not-for-profit grant distribution. 1. The corporation is\nauthorized to provide financial assistance in the form of grants to\nnot-for-profit corporations that provide direct services or benefits to\nthe residents of Roosevelt Island, the totality of such grants not to\nexceed three per centum per annum of the operating budget of the\ncorporation, and upon the approval of a majority of the entire board of\nthe corporation.\n  2. Annually, within ninety days after the end of the fiscal year of\nthe corporation, the corporation shall post a report on its website that\nshall list and identify each grant recipient in such fiscal year, the\namount provided to each recipient, and a general description of the\npublic benefit of each grant.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 2799-NNNN — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 8 / Title 35 / Section 2799-NNNN
Operation of motor vehicles
Status: in_force

§ 2799-nnnn. Operation of motor vehicles. In addition to any other\npower conferred upon it by this title, the corporation is hereby\nauthorized to prescribe rules and regulations governing the operation,\nincluding the parking, standing or stopping of vehicles on Roosevelt\nIsland; provided however, that such rules and regulations shall not\nrestrict access to any city facilities situated on Roosevelt Island nor\nunreasonably restrict parking by city of New York employees, their\nvisitors and invitees. The violation of such rules or regulations shall\nbe an offense punishable upon a first conviction thereof by a fine of\nnot more than fifty dollars, upon a second within a period of eighteen\nmonths by a fine of not more than one hundred fifty dollars, and upon a\nthird or subsequent conviction thereof within a period of eighteen\nmonths by a fine of not more than one hundred fifty dollars. For\npurposes of enforcement and administration of such rules and\nregulations, including but not limited to conferring jurisdiction with\nrespect thereto upon the applicable courts and administrative tribunals,\nall provisions of law relating to, and rules or regulations of, the New\nYork city department of transportation not inconsistent with this title\nshall be applicable.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 2799-BBBB — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 8 / Title 35 / Section 2799-BBBB
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 2799-bbbb. Definitions. As used in this title, the following terms\nshall have the following meanings:\n  1. "City" shall mean the city of New York;\n  2. "Commissioner" shall mean the commissioner of homes and community\nrenewal;\n  3. "Corporation" shall mean the Roosevelt Island operating corporation\ncreated by this section;\n  4. "Development subleases" shall mean (a) the sublease dated August\nfirst, nineteen hundred eighty between the urban development corporation\nand the city, (b) the ground lease, dated October thirtieth, nineteen\nhundred seventy-two, between the urban development corporation and North\nTown Phase II Houses, Inc., (c) the ground lease, dated April\ntwenty-fifth, nineteen hundred seventy-three, between the urban\ndevelopment corporation and North Town Phase III Houses, Inc., (d) the\nrestated ground lease, dated November thirtieth, nineteen hundred\nseventy-seven, between the urban development corporation and Rivercross\nTenants' Corporation, (e) the ground lease between the corporation and\nManhattan Park dated August fourth, nineteen hundred eighty six, (f) the\nground lease between the corporation and related and Hudson Companies\ndated December twenty-first, two thousand one, and (g) the sublease\nbetween the corporation and MEPT Octagon, LLC dated November third, two\nthousand four;\n  5. "Division" shall mean the New York state division of housing and\ncommunity renewal;\n  6. "Lease" shall mean the lease, dated December twenty-third, nineteen\nhundred sixty-nine, as heretofore or hereafter amended, among the city\nof New York, the New York state urban development corporation and the\nRoosevelt Island development corporation, pursuant to which the city\nleased substantially all of Roosevelt Island to the New York state urban\ndevelopment corporation for development substantially in accordance with\nthe development plan referred to therein;\n  7. "Roosevelt Island" shall mean the island located in the east river,\ncity and county of New York, extending from approximately fiftieth\nstreet to eighty-sixth street in Manhattan;\n  8. "Safe affordable housing for everyone, inc." shall mean the New\nYork corporation organized under article six-A of the private housing\nfinance law and under the supervision and control of the commissioner;\n  9. "Tramway franchise" shall mean the franchise for the Roosevelt\nIsland tramway granted by the city to the urban development corporation\non February nineteenth, nineteen hundred seventy-four; and\n  10. "Urban development corporation" shall mean the New York state\nurban development corporation and any successor agency.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 2799-JJJJ — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 8 / Title 35 / Section 2799-JJJJ
Future management study
Status: in_force

§ 2799-jjjj. Future management study. The corporation shall study the\nfuture operation and management of Roosevelt Island. Such study shall be\ncompleted by December thirty-first, nineteen hundred eighty-five.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 2799-HHHH — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 8 / Title 35 / Section 2799-HHHH
Indemnification; notice of claims
Status: in_force

§ 2799-hhhh. Indemnification; notice of claims. 1. The state shall\nindemnify and hold harmless the corporation, urban development\ncorporation and safe affordable housing for everyone, inc., and pursuant\nto section seventeen of the public officers law, their respective\nofficers, directors and employees, from and against any and all\nliability, claim, loss, damage, suit or judgment and any and all costs\nand expenses including, but not limited to, counsel fees and\ndisbursements that such corporations or their officers, directors or\nemployees may suffer or incur, whether before or after the date hereof,\nas a result of either (a) the development, management or operation of\nRoosevelt Island or (b) the performance or non-performance by the\ndivision of any of its obligations or duties with respect to Roosevelt\nIsland. All of the provisions of section seventeen of the public\nofficers law which are not inconsistent with this section shall apply to\nthe officers, directors, and employees of such corporations, including\nthe provisions relating to the defense by the attorney general or\nprivate counsel of any civil action and the payment of legal costs\nincurred in connection with the defense of any such action. Any member,\nofficer or employee of such corporations seeking to be saved harmless or\nindemnified or to claim any other benefits available pursuant to this\nsection or section seventeen of the public officers law shall comply\nwith the procedural requirements of such section seventeen. As used in\nthis section the terms "member", "officer" and "employee" shall include\na former member, officer or employee, his estate or judicially appointed\npersonal representative.\n  2. A notice of claim, served in accordance with the provisions of\nsection fifty-e of the general municipal law, shall be a condition\nprecedent to the commencement of an action against the corporation, its\nofficers, directors and employees. No such action shall be commenced\nmore than one year after it has accrued, except that an action against\nthe corporation for wrongful death shall be commenced within the notice\nof claim and time limitation provisions of title eleven of article nine\nof this chapter.\n  3. Notwithstanding the provisions of section one hundred thirteen of\nthe retirement and social security law and any other general, special or\nlocal law, the Roosevelt Island operating corporation shall provide to\npersons employed by the Roosevelt Island operating corporation any\nretirement, disability, death or other benefits provided or required\npursuant to any agreement with a labor union of which its employees are\nmembers, and the Roosevelt Island operating corporation is hereby\nauthorized to retroactively or in the future make such contributions as\nmay be necessary to provide such benefits.\n  4. For purposes of the retirement and social security law, persons\nemployed by the Roosevelt Island operating corporation and to whom the\nRoosevelt Island operating corporation provides any retirement,\ndisability, death and other benefits required pursuant to any agreement\nwith a labor union of which its employees are members, shall be deemed\nnot to be employees of the Roosevelt Island operating corporation. Such\nother persons who are employees of the Roosevelt Island operating\ncorporation as of the effective date of this title shall be eligible to\nreceive credit under the retirement and social security law for previous\nservice with the entities, or where applicable, their subsidiaries, made\nsubject to section seventeen of the public officers law by subdivision\none of this section.\n
N.Y. PBG Law § 438 — New York Code / Act PBG / Article 13 / Title 35 / Section 438
Watertown Housing Authority
Status: in_force

§ 438. Watertown Housing Authority.  A municipal housing authority, to\nbe known as the Watertown Housing Authority, is hereby created and\nestablished for the city of Watertown in the county of Jefferson for the\naccomplishment 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 § 2799-DDDD — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 8 / Title 35 / Section 2799-DDDD
Powers of the corporation
Status: in_force

§ 2799-dddd. Powers of the corporation. The corporation's powers shall\nbe limited to carrying out the development, management and operation of\nRoosevelt Island. In carrying out such development, management and\noperation, the corporation shall have the power to:\n  1. Sue and be sued;\n  2. Have a seal and alter the same at pleasure;\n  3. Make and alter by-laws for its organization and internal management\nand make rules and regulations governing the use of its property and\nfacilities;\n  4. Make and execute contracts and all other instruments necessary or\nconvenient for the exercise of its powers and functions under this act;\n  5. Acquire in the name of the corporation by purchase, grant or gift,\nor by the exercise of the power of eminent domain pursuant to the\neminent domain procedure law, or otherwise, real or personal property,\nor any interest therein deemed necessary or desirable for the\ndevelopment, management or operation of Roosevelt Island, including,\nwithout limitation, leasehold interest, air and subsurface rights,\neasements and lands under water at the site of Roosevelt Island or in\nthe general vicinity thereof, and to subject such property or interest\ntherein to a purchase money or other lien or security interest in\nconnection with the acquisition and development thereof, provided that\nthe corporation shall have no authority or power to issue any notes,\nbonds or other debt obligations, whether for the purpose of financing\nthe development of Roosevelt Island or otherwise;\n  6. Hold and dispose of real or personal property for its corporate\npurposes;\n  7. Appoint officers, agents and employees, prescribe their duties and\nfix their compensation in accordance with a staffing and compensation\nplan submitted to and approved by the director of the budget;\n  8. Engage the services of private consultants on a contract basis for\nrendering professional and technical assistance advice;\n  9. Procure insurance against any loss in connection with its\nactivities, properties and other assets, in such amount and from such\ninsurers as it deems desirable;\n  10. Charge and collect fees, rents and other charges for the occupancy\nor other use of real or personal property or facilities owned, operated,\nmanaged or regulated by the corporation;\n  11. Accept any gifts or grants of money or property, or financial or\nother aid in any form, from the federal government, the state, or the\ncity (or any instrumentality of any such government) or from any other\nsource and, subject to the provisions of this title and other applicable\nlaw, to comply with any conditions of such assistance and execute any\ncontracts or other instruments in connection therewith;\n  12. Invest any funds of the corporation, or any other monies under its\ncustody and control not required for immediate use or disbursement, at\nthe discretion of the corporation, in obligations of the state or the\nUnited States government or obligations the principal and interest of\nwhich are guaranteed by the state or the United States government, or in\nany other obligations in which the comptroller of the state is\nauthorized to invest pursuant to section ninety-eight of the state\nfinance law;\n  13. Enter into such agreements with the state, the urban development\ncorporation and the city as the parties thereto deem appropriate to\neffectuate the provisions of this title;\n  14. Assume and perform the obligations and responsibilities of the\nurban development corporation under the lease, the tramway franchise,\nand all other contracts, leases, and agreements heretofore entered into\nby the urban development corporation relating to the development,\nmanagement and operation of Roosevelt Island (except that the\ncorporation shall not assume any of the rights, duties and\nresponsibilities of the urban development corporation in relation to any\nbonds or notes issued, or mortgages or security agreements held, by the\nurban development corporation or any of its subsidiaries) and exercise\nall of the rights of the urban development corporation with respect\nthereto; and\n  15. Do and perform all other acts necessary or convenient to carry out\nthe foregoing in connection with the development, management or\noperation of Roosevelt Island.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 2799-GGGG — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 8 / Title 35 / Section 2799-GGGG
Equal employment opportunities
Status: in_force

§ 2799-gggg. Equal employment opportunities. 1. The corporation shall\nnot discriminate against employees or applicants for employment because\nof race, creed, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age,\ndisability or marital status, and will undertake or continue programs of\naffirmative action to ensure that minority group persons and women are\nafforded equal employment opportunity without discrimination. Such\naction shall be taken with reference, but not be limited, to\nrecruitment, employment, job assignment, promotion, upgrading, demotion,\ntransfer, layoff, termination, rate of pay or other forms of\ncompensation, and selections for training or retraining, including\napprenticeship and on-the-job training.\n  2. The corporation shall request each employment agency, labor union,\nor authorized representative of workers with which it has a collective\nbargaining or other agreement or understanding, to furnish a written\nstatement that such employment agency, labor union or representative\nshall not discriminate because of race, creed, color, national origin,\nsex, sexual orientation, age, disability or marital status and that such\nunion or representative will cooperate in the implementation of the\ncorporation's obligations hereunder.\n  3. The corporation shall state, in all solicitations or advertisements\nfor employees placed by or on behalf of the corporation, that all\nqualified applicants will be afforded equal employment opportunity\nwithout discrimination because of race, creed, color, national origin,\nsex, sexual orientation, age, disability or marital status.\n  4. The corporation shall seek meaningful participation by minority\nbusiness enterprises in the programs of the corporation and shall\nactively and affirmatively promote and assist their participation in the\ncorporation's programs, so as to facilitate the award of a fair share of\ncontracts to such enterprises. For purposes hereof, "minority business\nenterprise" shall mean any business enterprise which is at least\nfifty-one per centum owned by, or in the case of publicly owned\nbusiness, at least fifty-one per centum of the stock of which is owned\nby, citizens or permanent resident noncitizens who are Black, Hispanic,\nAsian, American Indian or women, and such ownership interest is real,\nsubstantial and continuing.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 2799-LLLL — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 8 / Title 35 / Section 2799-LLLL
Liability for community obligations; tax exemption
Status: in_force

§ 2799-llll. Liability for community obligations; tax exemption. 1.\nThe obligations of the corporation shall not be debts of the state, and\nthe state shall not be liable thereon, and such obligations shall not be\npayable out of any funds other than those of the corporation.\n  2. It is hereby found, determined and declared that the creation of\nthe corporation and the carrying out of its purposes is in all respects\nfor the benefit of the people of the state and is a public purpose, and\nthat the corporation will be performing an essential governmental\nfunction in the exercise of the powers conferred upon it by this title.\nThe corporation and its operations, property and moneys shall be free\nand exempt from taxation of every kind by the city and the state and any\nsubdivision thereof. Except as hereinabove provided and except as may\notherwise specifically be provided, nothing contained in this act shall\nconfer exemption from any tax, assessment or fee upon any person, firm,\ncorporation or other entity, or upon the obligations of any of them.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 2799-EEEE — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 8 / Title 35 / Section 2799-EEEE
Rules and regulations; approval of development plan amendments; applicability of local laws
Status: in_force

§ 2799-eeee. Rules and regulations; approval of development plan\namendments; applicability of local laws. 1. The corporation shall\npromulgate such rules and regulations as it shall deem appropriate to\nprovide an opportunity for residents of Roosevelt Island to comment upon\nany major amendment of the development plan for Roosevelt Island\nreferred to in the lease at a public hearing held prior to its adoption\nby the corporation.\n  2. Any amendment of the development plan for Roosevelt Island referred\nto in the lease shall be subject to the review and approval of the\ndirector of the budget, and the corporation shall not enter into any\nagreement for the design or construction of any improvement provided for\nin any such amendment prior to such approval.\n  3. The requirements of all local laws, ordinances, codes, charters or\nregulations shall be applicable to the construction, alteration or\nimprovement of any building or structure on Roosevelt Island, provided\nthat the corporation may, in lieu of such compliance, determine that the\nrequirements of the New York state uniform fire prevention and building\ncode, formulated by the state fire prevention and building code council\npursuant to article eighteen of the executive law, shall be applicable\nto such work. In the event of such compliance with the New York state\nuniform fire prevention and building code, the city shall have no power\nto modify any drawings, plans or specifications for such work or for the\nplumbing, heating, lighting or other mechanical branches thereof, or to\nrequire that any person, firm or corporation employed on any such work\nperform the same except as provided by such plans and specifications or\nobtain any additional authority, approval, permit or certificate from\nthe city in connection therewith.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 2799-FFFF — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 8 / Title 35 / Section 2799-FFFF
Powers and duties of urban development corporation; lease and tramway franchise
Status: in_force

§ 2799-ffff. Powers and duties of urban development corporation; lease\nand tramway franchise. 1. The corporation shall perform all obligations\nof the urban development corporation or any of its subsidiaries with\nrespect to the development, management and operation of Roosevelt\nIsland, including, without limitation, all such obligations arising\nunder the lease and the tramway franchise.\n  2. The urban development corporation, the division and the corporation\nshall each use their best efforts to obtain any required consents to the\nassignment of the lease and the tramway franchise from the urban\ndevelopment corporation to the corporation and to any other assumption\nby the corporation of the obligations of the urban development\ncorporation or any of its subsidiaries under any other contracts,\nleases, agreements or instruments entered into by the urban development\ncorporation, or any such subsidiary, relating to the development,\nmanagement or operation of Roosevelt Island (other than any bonds or\nnotes issued, or mortgages or security agreements held, by the urban\ndevelopment corporation or any of its subsidiaries) and, upon obtaining\nsuch consents, the corporation and the urban development corporation\nshall enter into such agreements and take such actions as shall be\nnecessary to effectuate such assignments and assumptions, provided that\nin order to permit the urban development corporation to recover the\ninvestment which it has heretofore made in the development of Roosevelt\nIsland, such agreements shall provide appropriate assurances\nsatisfactory to the urban development corporation (a) for the prompt\npayment directly to the urban development corporation of all sums from\ntime to time due from lessees under the development subleases and all\nsums received by the corporation from the city in connection with the\ntermination of the lease, and (b) for the amending or supplementing of\nthe development subleases to the extent, if any, necessary to protect\nthe rights of the holders of any mortgages on the leasehold interests\ncreated thereunder. Nothing in this title shall constitute or authorize\nan assignment by the urban development corporation, or any subsidiary\nthereof, of any mortgage or security interest held by the urban\ndevelopment corporation, or any such subsidiary, on any real or personal\nproperty or interest therein on Roosevelt Island or any rights or\nobligations of the urban development corporation, or any such\nsubsidiary, arising under any such mortgage or security agreement,\nrelieve the urban development corporation of any of its obligations\nunder any bonds heretofore issued by the urban development corporation,\nor otherwise affect the interests of the holders of any such bonds.\n  3. All revenues, other than state appropriations, derived from the\ncontracts, leases, agreements or instruments assigned to or assumed by\nthe corporation pursuant to subdivision two of this section shall be\napplied first to the payment of those obligations assigned to or assumed\nby the corporation.\n  4. The urban development corporation and the corporation are hereby\nauthorized to enter into such agreements with the city as the\ncorporation shall determine to be appropriate to amend, reform or\nsupplement the lease, including the development plan referred to\ntherein, and the tramway franchise in order to carry out the purposes of\nthis title. The provisions of any general, special or local law\nnotwithstanding, the city is hereby authorized to enter into any such\nagreements with the corporation and the urban development corporation.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 2799-KKKK — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 8 / Title 35 / Section 2799-KKKK
Open space development prohibited
Status: in_force

§ 2799-kkkk. Open space development prohibited. Notwithstanding any\nother provision of this title, or any other law to the contrary, on or\nafter the effective date of this section, no further development or\nconstruction for other than park purposes shall be permitted on any real\nproperty which is identified as open space areas in the general\ndevelopment plan as amended May tenth, nineteen hundred ninety, and as\nsubsequently amended, and approved by the board of estimate of the city\nof New York on August seventeenth, nineteen hundred ninety and referred\nto in the lease defined in subdivision six of section twenty-seven\nhundred ninety-nine-bbbb of this title, and on such real property shall\nremain open space areas for the duration of the lease unless such\ndevelopment or construction includes the reconstruction, restoration,\nrehabilitation or preservation of the historic landmarks located in such\nopen space areas and furthers the use of the areas surrounding the\nhistoric landmarks as open space areas. Open space areas, as used in\nthis section shall be limited to Lighthouse Park, Octagon Park,\nBlackwell Park, and South Point Park.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 2799-CCCC — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 8 / Title 35 / Section 2799-CCCC
Establishment of the corporation; organization of the board
Status: in_force

§ 2799-cccc. Establishment of the corporation; organization of the\nboard. 1. To effectuate the purposes and provisions of this title, there\nis hereby created the "Roosevelt Island operating corporation", which\nshall be a body corporate and politic constituting a public benefit\ncorporation and a political subdivision of the state of New York.\n  2. The board of directors of the corporation shall be composed of nine\nmembers. One member shall be the commissioner, who shall serve as the\nchair; one member shall be the director of the budget; and seven public\nmembers shall be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent\nof the senate. Of the seven public members, two members, one of whom\nshall be a resident of Roosevelt Island, shall be appointed upon the\nrecommendation of the mayor of the city; and four additional members\nshall be residents of Roosevelt Island. Each member shall serve for a\nterm of four years and until his or her successor shall have been\nappointed and shall have qualified, except that the commissioner and the\ndirector of the budget shall serve so long as they continue to hold\ntheir respective offices. Any action taken by the directors of the\ncorporation shall be taken by majority vote of the directors then in\noffice. The elected public officials who represent Roosevelt Island\nshall be representatives to the board of directors of the corporation\nentitled to receive notice of and attend all meetings of such board but\nshall not be entitled to vote. Failure to give such notice shall not\naffect the validity of any action taken at a meeting of such board.\n  3. The governor may fill any vacancy which occurs on the board of\ndirectors of the corporation in a manner consistent with the original\nappointment. Any member of the corporation may be removed by the\ngovernor for cause, but not without an opportunity to be heard, in\nperson or by counsel, in his or her defense, upon not less than ten\ndays' written notice.\n  4. The commissioner and the director of the budget may each designate\nan officer or employee of his or her respective division to represent\nsuch member at meetings of the corporation. Such designation shall be by\nwritten notice filed with the chair or the secretary of the corporation\nby the member making the designation, and may be revoked at any time by\nsimilar notice. Any representative so designated shall have the power to\nattend and to vote at any meeting of the corporation from which the\nmember making the designation is absent with the same force and effect\nas if the member making the designation were present and voting. No such\ndesignation shall limit the right of the member making the designation\nto attend and vote in person at any meeting of the corporation.\n  5. A member of the corporation who is not an officer or employee of\nthe state or the city shall not receive a salary or other compensation,\nbut shall be entitled to reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses\nincurred in the performance of official duties as a member. A member of\nthe corporation who is not an officer or employee of the state or the\ncity may engage in private employment, or in a profession or business,\nunless otherwise prohibited by law from doing so. Notwithstanding any\nother provision of law, general, special, or local, no officer or\nemployee of the state or any civil division thereof shall be deemed to\nhave forfeited, or shall forfeit such office of employment because of\nacceptance of membership in the corporation, or by virtue of being an\nofficer, employee or agent thereof.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 71-3503 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 71 / Title 35 / Section 71-3503
Throwing gas tar or refuse into public waters
Status: in_force

§ 71-3503. Throwing gas tar or refuse into public waters.\n  A person, who throws or deposits gas tar, or the refuse of a gas house\nor gas factory, or offal, refuse, or any other noxious, offensive, or\npoisonous substance into any public waters, or into any sewer or stream\nrunning or entering into such public waters, is guilty of a misdemeanor.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 2799-QQQQ — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 8 / Title 35 / Section 2799-QQQQ
Transfer of funds
Status: in_force

§ 2799-qqqq. Transfer of funds. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of\nany general or special law, the director of the budget is authorized to\ntransfer to the corporation from funds appropriated to the division for\nthe fiscal year beginning April first, nineteen hundred eighty-four, the\namount he or she determines necessary to carry out the provisions of\nthis title, including providing for Roosevelt Island operations, capital\nimprovement program and any other appropriate management expenses.\n  2. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law, no\npart of such appropriations shall be available for the purposes\ndesignated until a certificate of approval of availability shall have\nbeen issued by the director of the budget and a copy of such certificate\nis filed with the state comptroller, the chair of the senate finance\ncommittee and the chair of the assembly ways and means committee. Such\ncertificate may be amended from time to time, subject to the approval of\nthe director of the budget, and a copy of each such amendment shall be\nfiled with the state comptroller, the chair of the senate finance\ncommittee and the chair of the assembly ways and means committee.\n