NY Gen Mun L § 692 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 16 - Urban Development Action Area Act 692 - Definitions.

§  692. Definitions. As used in this article the following terms shall   mean:1. "Governing body". The local legislative body.2. "Municipality". A city having a population of one hundred  thousand   or more and the town of Huntington.3.  "  Eligible  area".  Real  property,  title  to which is held by a   municipality. Provided, however, that in a city of one million or  more,   property  that  the  city conveys by deed made pursuant to a judgment of   foreclosure in an in rem tax lien foreclosure  proceeding,  or  property   whose  conveyance is caused by, or the result of, the city's foreclosure   of a tax lien thereon, including property to which title has not  vested   in  the  city,  which  is  then acquired by a third party, shall also be   deemed an eligible area under this article. Provided  further,  however,   that  in  a city of one million or more, property that has been acquired   by the federal government as the result of the foreclosure of a mortgage   loan insured or held by the federal government shall also be  deemed  an   eligible  area  under this article. Provided further, however, that real   property consisting of two contiguous acres or more of wooded land which   exists as substantially undeveloped at the  time  this  article  becomes   effective shall not be included as an eligible area for purposes of this   article.4.  "Agency".  The  officer,  board,  commission, department, or other   agency of the municipality designated  by  the  governing  body,  or  as   otherwise  provided  by  law,  to  carry out the functions vested in the   agency under this article or delegated to the agency  by  the  governing   body  in  order to carry out the purpose and provisions of this article,   except that in a city having a population of one million  or  more,  the   term  "agency"  shall  mean  a  department  of  housing preservation and   development.5.  "Urban  development  action  area".  An  area  designated  by  the   governing  body,  or by the commission where so authorized to act by the   governing body, pursuant to section six  hundred  ninety-three  of  this   article  as appropriate for urban development, at least sixty percent of   which constitutes an eligible area.6. "Urban development action area project". A project which  shall  be   consistent  with  the  policy and purposes stated in section six hundred   ninety-one of this article, and located in an urban  development  action   area,  unless  the  area  designation  requirement is waived pursuant to   section six hundred ninety-three of this article.  The  project  summary   for an urban development action area project shall include but shall not   be  limited  to:  a  statement  of  proposed land uses; proposed public,   semi-public, private or community facilities or utilities;  a  statement   as to proposed new codes and ordinances and amendments to existing codes   and ordinances as are required or necessary to effectuate the project; a   proposed  time  schedule  for the effectuation of such project, and such   additional  statements  or  documentation  as  the   agency   may   deem   appropriate.7.  "Commission".  The  local  commission  or  board  charged with the   planning of land use within the municipality or other analogous body or,   if there be none, the board of estimate or other governing body  of  the   municipality.