NY Educ L § 452 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 10 - New York City Educational Construction Fund 452 - Definitions.

§ 452. Definitions.   As used or referred to in this article, unless a   different meaning clearly appears from the context:1. "Board" or "board of education" shall mean the chancellor or deputy   chancellor of the city school district of the city of New  York,  except   for the purposes of section four hundred fifty-three of this chapter.2. "Bonds" and "notes" shall mean bonds and notes respectively, issued   by the fund pursuant to this article.3. "City" shall mean the city of New York.4.  "City  agency" shall mean any officer, administration, department,   board, commission, bureau, division, agency or  instrumentality  of  the   city of New York.5.  "Combined  occupancy structure" shall mean any improvement on real   property or any interests therein or thereto,  including  fee  interest,   easements,  space rights or air rights, containing school accommodations   or other facilities of the board of education of the city of New York in   combination with other compatible and lawful  non-school  uses  designed   and  intended  to  increase,  from  both  a  planning  and  an  economic   viewpoint, the efficient utilization of available land areas. A combined   occupancy structure shall also include  a  structure  in  a  project  or   development  under  the auspices of the fund wherein non-school portions   of structures placed upon the overall site are not built in space rights   over the school portion, so long as some part of the non-school  portion   is  constructed  over  or  under  any  part of the school portion of the   development.6.  "Commissioner  of  education"  shall  mean  the  commissioner   of   education of the state of New York.7.  "Comptroller"  or "city comptroller" shall mean the comptroller of   the city of New York.8. "Corporation counsel" shall mean the  corporation  counsel  of  the   city of New York.9.   "Developer"  shall  mean  and  include  any  private  individual,   partnership, trust or private or  public  corporation  approved  by  the   board  of education as being qualified and eligible to enter into one or   more leases, subleases or other agreements with the fund  providing  for   the   construction,   acquisition,   reconstruction,  rehabilitation  or   improvement  of  one  or  more  combined  occupancy  structures;   which   agreements shall be subject to approval by the board of education.10.   "Director  of  management  and  budget"  or  "city  director  of   management and budget" shall mean the director of management and  budget   of the city of New York.11.  "Finance  commissioner" or "city finance commissioner" shall mean   the commissioner of finance of the city of New York.12. "Fund" shall mean the corporate  governmental  agency  created  by   section four hundred fifty-three of this article.13. "Governor" shall mean the governor of the state of New York.14.  "Letting agency" shall mean and include the board of education or   any other city agency which by agreement with the fund is to  award  the   contracts  for a particular construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation   or improvement; or the fund itself, if it is to award such contracts.14-a. "Maximum debt service reserve fund requirement" shall  mean  the   amount  of money required to be deposited in a debt service reserve fund   authorized by section four hundred sixty-two hereof established pursuant   to a resolution of the fund.15. "Mayor" shall mean the mayor of the city of New York.15-a.  "Owner"  shall  mean  and  include  any   private   individual,   partnership,  trust  or private or public corporation, taking possession   of the non-school portion of a combined occupancy structure pursuant  to    a  lease,  sub-lease,  conveyance  or  other agreement, or acquiring fee   title to or a leasehold or other interest in such non-school portion.16.  "Planning  commission"  shall mean the planning commission of the   city of New York.17. "Real property" shall mean  lands,  waters,  rights  in  lands  or   waters,  structures,  franchises and interests in land, including air or   space rights, and any and all other things and rights  usually  included   within  the  same  term  and includes also any and all interests in such   property less than full title, such as easements permanent or temporary,   rights-of-way,  uses,  leases,  licenses  and  all   other   incorporeal   hereditaments in every estate, interest or right, legal or equitable.18. "School building" shall mean a separate structure entirely devoted   to  use  and  occupancy for public school purposes; including incidental   and appurtenant recreational and other facilities.19.  "School  portion"  or  "school  portion  of  combined   occupancy   structure"  shall  mean  that  portion of a combined occupancy structure   designed, constructed, reconstructed, rehabilitated or improved for  use   and occupancy for public school purposes; including the real property to   be used in connection therewith together with incidental and appurtenant   recreational and other facilities.20. "State" shall mean the state of New York.