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NY Pub Auth L § 2799-QQQQ (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities Title 35 - Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation 2799-QQQQ - Transfer of Funds.

§  2799-qqqq.  Transfer of funds. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of   any general or special law, the director of the budget is authorized  to   transfer  to the corporation from funds appropriated to the division for   the fiscal year beginning April first, nineteen hundred eighty-four, the   amount he or she determines necessary to carry  out  the  provisions  of   this title, including providing for Roosevelt Island operations, capital   improvement program and any other appropriate management expenses.2.  Notwithstanding  the  provisions of any general or special law, no   part  of  such  appropriations  shall  be  available  for  the  purposes   designated  until  a  certificate of approval of availability shall have   been issued by the director of the budget and a copy of such certificate   is filed with the state comptroller, the chair  of  the  senate  finance   committee  and  the chair of the assembly ways and means committee. Such   certificate may be amended from time to time, subject to the approval of   the director of the budget, and a copy of each such amendment  shall  be   filed  with  the  state  comptroller,  the  chair  of the senate finance   committee and the chair of the assembly ways and means committee.
NY Pub Auth L § 2801 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 9 - General Provisions Title 1 - Reports by Public Authorities 2801 - Budget Reports by Authorities.

§  2801.  Budget  reports  by authorities. 1. State authorities. Every   state authority or  commission  heretofore  or  hereafter  continued  or   created by this chapter or any other chapter of the laws of the state of   New  York  shall  submit to the governor, the chair and ranking minority   member of the senate finance committee, the chair and  ranking  minority   member  of  the  assembly  ways  and means committee and the authorities   budget office, for their information, annually not more than one hundred   twenty days and not less than ninety days before the commencement of its   fiscal year, in the form submitted to its members  or  trustees,  budget   information  on  operations  and  capital construction setting forth the   estimated receipts and expenditures for the next  fiscal  year  and  the   current  fiscal  year,  and the actual receipts and expenditures for the   last completed fiscal year.2. Local authorities. For the local authority fiscal year ending on or   after December thirty-first, two thousand seven and annually thereafter,   every local authority heretofore or hereafter continued  or  created  by   this  chapter  or any other chapter of the laws of the state of New York   shall submit to the chief executive officer, the chief  fiscal  officer,   the  chairperson  of  the  legislative  body  of the local government or   governments and the authorities budget  office  for  their  information,   annually  not  more than ninety days and not less than sixty days before   the commencement of its fiscal  year,  in  the  form  submitted  to  its   members  or  trustees,  budget  information  on  operations  and capital   construction setting forth the estimated receipts and  expenditures  for   the  next  fiscal  year  and  the  current  fiscal  year, and the actual   receipts and expenditures for the last completed fiscal year.3. If any state  or  local  authority  has  provided  the  information   required  by  this  section  as  part  of  the annual report required by   section twenty-eight hundred of this title, such  authority  may  comply   with  the  provisions  of  this section by reference to such information   with any necessary updates.
NY Pub Auth L § 2803 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 9 - General Provisions Title 1 - Reports by Public Authorities 2803 - Examination of the Books and Accounts of Public Authorities by the State Comptroller.

§ 2803. Examination of the books and accounts of public authorities by the  state  comptroller.  1. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the state comptroller shall, from time to  time  but  not  less than  once  in every five years, examine the books and accounts of every authority or commission heretofore or hereafter continued or created  by this  chapter, including its receipts, disbursements, contracts, leases, sinking funds,  investments  and  any  other  matters  relating  to  its financial   standing.   In  lieu  of  such  an  examination,  the  state comptroller is hereby authorized to accept from every such authority  or commission an external examination of its books and accounts made at the request of such authority or commission.   2.  (a)  The  state  comptroller may, pursuant to subdivisions two and three of section eight-c of the state finance law, in his  or  her  sole discretion,  apply  to  state authorities the electronic data analytical enterprise fraud prevention and detection system as provided for in such section eight-c of the state finance law. Public authorities shall fully support and cooperate with the state comptroller by providing the  state comptroller  with access to data of the authority requested by the state comptroller, in accordance with state and federal  law,  to  allow  such data   to  be  integrated  into  such  analytic  efforts  as  the  state comptroller may deem necessary.  (b) For purposes of this subdivision, the term "state authority" shall have the same meaning as in subdivision  one  of  section  two  of  this chapter,  provided  that  for  purposes  of  this  subdivision, the term "public benefit corporation" as used in such subdivision one of  section two  of  this chapter shall have the same meaning as in subdivision four of section sixty-six of the general construction law.
NY Pub Auth L § 2805 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 9 - General Provisions Title 1 - Reports by Public Authorities 2805 - Reports and Publications by Authorities.

§  2805.  Reports  and publications by authorities. Every authority or   commission heretofore  or  hereafter  continued  or  created  shall,  in   accordance  with  the  provisions of section one hundred sixty-four-a of   the executive law and  the  regulations  promulgated  pursuant  thereto,   provide for cost savings in the printing and distribution of its reports   and other authority publications.
NY Pub Auth L § 2806 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 9 - General Provisions Title 1 - Reports by Public Authorities 2806 - Personnel Reports by State and Local Authorities and Public Benefit Corporations.

§  2806.  Personnel  reports by state and local authorities and public   benefit corporations. 1. Every state  and  local  authority  and  public   benefit corporation shall submit to the comptroller, the director of the   budget,  the  chairpersons  of the legislative fiscal committees and the   authorities budget office, for their information, annually, on or before   the  fifteenth  day  of  January  of  each  calendar   year,   personnel   information  setting  forth  personal  service  schedules by subsidiary,   division and unit which indicate position, grade, salary and  title  for   each employee and in summary form.2.  If  any  state  or  local  authority  has provided the information   required by this section in the annual  report  required  under  section   twenty-eight  hundred  of this title, such authority may comply with the   provisions of this section by references to such  information  with  any   necessary updates.
NY Pub Auth L § 2824-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 9 - General Provisions Title 2 - Boards of Public Authorities 2824-A - Mission Statement and Measurement Report.

§  2824-a.  Mission  statement  and  measurement  report.  Each  state   authority shall submit to the authorities budget  office  on  or  before   March  thirty-first,  two  thousand  ten, and each local authority shall   submit to the authorities budget office on or before March thirty-first,   two thousand eleven, a proposed authority mission statement and proposed   measurements which the authorities  budget  office  shall  post  on  its   website.   The   proposed   authority  mission  statement  and  proposed   measurements shall  have  the  following  components:  a  brief  mission   statement   expressing  the  purpose  and  goals  of  the  authority,  a   description of the stakeholders of the authority  and  their  reasonable   expectations  from  the  authority,  and a list of measurements by which   performance of the authority and the achievement of  its  goals  may  be   evaluated.  Each  authority  shall  reexamine  its mission statement and   measurements on an annual basis, and publish a self-evaluation based  on   the  stated  measurements;  provided, however, such reexamination may be   waived pursuant to a determination by the director  of  the  authorities   budget  office  that  such  undertaking is unnecessary for an individual   authority.
NY Pub Auth L § 2825 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 9 - General Provisions Title 2 - Boards of Public Authorities 2825 - Membership on Authorities and Commissions; Independence; and Financial Disclosure.

§  2825.  Membership on authorities and commissions; independence; and financial disclosure. Notwithstanding the  provisions  of  any  general, special  or  local  law,  municipal  charter  or ordinance: 1. No public officer or employee shall be ineligible for appointment as a trustee  or member  of  the governing body of a state or local authority, as defined in section two of this chapter, and any public officer or  employee  may accept  such  appointment  and  serve  as such trustee or member without forfeiture of any other public office or position of  public  employment by reason thereof.   2.    Except  for  members who serve as members by virtue of holding a civil office of the state, the majority of the remaining members of  the governing  body  of  every state or local authority shall be independent members;  provided,  however,  that  this  provision  shall   apply   to appointments  made  on  or  after  the  effective  date of chapter seven hundred sixty-six of the laws of two  thousand  five  which  added  this subdivision.  The  official or officials having the authority to appoint or remove such remaining members shall  take  such  actions  as  may  be necessary  to  satisfy  this requirement and further, shall consider the prospective diversity of the members of a state  authority  when  making their  determinations  to  appoint  any member. For the purposes of this section, an independent member is one who:  (a) is not, and in the past two years has not been,  employed  by  the public authority or an affiliate in an executive capacity;  (b)  is  not,  and  in the past two years has not been, employed by an entity that received remuneration valued at more than  fifteen  thousand dollars  for  goods  and  services  provided  to the public authority or received any other form of financial  assistance  valued  at  more  than fifteen thousand dollars from the public authority;  (c)  is  not  a  relative  of  an  executive officer or employee in an executive position of the public authority or an affiliate; and  (d) is not, and in the  past  two  years  has  not  been,  a  lobbyist registered  under a state or local law and paid by a client to influence the management decisions, contract awards, rate  determinations  or  any other similar actions of the public authority or an affiliate.   3.  Notwithstanding  any  other  provision  of any general, special or local law,  municipal  charter  or  ordinance  to  the  contrary,  board members,  officers, and employees of a state authority shall file annual financial disclosure statements as required by  section  seventy-three-a of  the public officers law. Board members, officers, and employees of a local public authority shall file annual financial disclosure statements with the county board of ethics for the county in which the local public authority has its primary office pursuant to  article  eighteen  of  the general municipal law.
NY Pub Auth L § 2826 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 9 - General Provisions Title 2 - Boards of Public Authorities 2826 - Quorums and Majorities.

§  2826.  Quorums and majorities.  Notwithstanding any other provision   of this chapter  and  notwithstanding  any  provision  of  any  general,   special  or  local  law,  whenever  the whole number of the board of any   authority or commission heretofore or hereafter continued or created  by   this chapter is three or more persons, a majority of the whole number of   the  members  of  such  board, at a meeting duly held at a time fixed by   law, or by any by-law duly  adopted  by  such  board,  or  at  any  duly   adjourned  meeting  of  such  meeting  or  at any meeting duly held upon   reasonable notice to all of the members of such board, shall  constitute   a  quorum and not less than a majority of the whole number of such board   may perform and exercise the powers  authorized  and  provided  in  this   chapter.  For the purpose of this section the words "whole number" shall   be construed to mean the total number which such board would  have  were   there  no  vacancies  and  were  none  of  the  members  of  such  board   disqualified from acting.
NY Pub Auth L § 2827 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 9 - General Provisions Title 2 - Boards of Public Authorities 2827 - Removal of Authority Members.

§  2827. Removal of authority members. Except as otherwise provided in   this chapter, every member of every authority or  commission  heretofore   or  hereafter  continued  or  created by this chapter, except ex-officio   members, that is, members whose membership results by  virtue  of  their   incumbency  of a public office, shall be removable by the public officer   or public body which is  empowered  by  this  chapter  to  appoint  such   authority  or  commission  member, for inefficiency, breach of fiduciary   duty, neglect of duty or misconduct in office, provided,  however,  that   such  member  shall  be  given  a copy of the charges against him and an   opportunity of being heard in person, or  by  counsel,  in  his  or  her   defense upon not less than ten days' notice.
NY Pub Auth L § 2828 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 9 - General Provisions Title 2 - Boards of Public Authorities 2828 - Termination of Public Authorities.

§   2828.  Termination  of  public  authorities.  Every  authority  or   commission hereafter created by this chapter shall terminate at the  end   of five years from the date of its creation if at the end of such period   it   has   outstanding  no  liabilities;  provided,  however,  that  any   appropriation made to such authority or commission by the state  of  New   York  or  by  any  political  subdivision  thereof shall not be deemed a   liability for the purposes of this section.
NY Pub Auth L § 2850 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 9 - General Provisions Title 3 - Employees of Public Authorities 2850 - Transfer of Authority Officers and Employees.

§  2850.  Transfer of authority officers and employees. Subject to the   civil service law and rules, transfer may be allowed  between  positions   in  any  authority  or  commission  heretofore or hereafter continued or   created by this chapter, which is subject to  the  jurisdiction  of  the   state  or  a  municipal  civil  service commission, and positions in the   service of the state or a civil division thereof.
NY Pub Auth L § 2850-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 9 - General Provisions Title 3 - Employees of Public Authorities 2850-A - Emergency Service Volunteers; Paid Leave.

§  2850-a.  Emergency  service volunteers; paid leave. Notwithstanding   any other provisions  of  law  to  the  contrary,  public  officers  and   employees  of  public  authorities who are certified by the American Red   Cross as disaster volunteers shall be granted leave from work  with  pay   to  participate  in  specialized disaster relief operations upon written   request for such services  by  the  American  Red  Cross  and  upon  the   approval  of  the  chief executive of the public authority for which the   public officer or employee serves. The public officer or employee  shall   be  compensated at his or her regular rate of pay for those regular work   hours during which the public officer or employee is  absent  from  work   while   participating   in   authorized   specialized   disaster  relief   operations. Such leave shall be  provided  without  loss  of  seniority,   compensation,  sick leave, vacation leave or other overtime compensation   to which the volunteer is otherwise entitled and shall not exceed twenty   days in any calendar year.
NY Pub Auth L § 2851 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 9 - General Provisions Title 3 - Employees of Public Authorities 2851 - Age Not to Be Bar to Employment by Public Authorities.

§  2851.  Age  not  to  be bar to employment by public authorities. No   public  authority  shall  hereafter  prohibit,  prevent,  disqualify  or   discriminate  against  any  person  applying  for  employment  by,  such   authority, who is physically and mentally qualified, or from  competing,   participating  or registering for a position, or be penalized in a final   rating for any position, by reason of his or her age. Any existing rule,   regulation, penalty or requirement resolution preventing the  hiring  of   persons  because  of  age  shall  be  void,  except  that nothing herein   contained, shall prevent any public authority from  adopting  reasonable   minimum  or  maximum  age  requirements  for  positions  such  as police   officer,  firefighter,  guard   or   other   positions   which   require   extraordinary physical effort except where age limits for such positions   are already prescribed by law.Notwithstanding  any  provisions  to  the  contrary,  no person who is   physically or mentally qualified may be  disqualified  from,  competing,   participating  or  registering  for  a  promotional  examination  or  be   penalized in a final rating or barred from promotion after having passed   such promotion examination by reason of his or her age,  by  any  public   authority.
NY Pub Auth L § 2852 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 9 - General Provisions Title 3 - Employees of Public Authorities 2852 - Senate Confirmation of Certain Chief Executive Officers.

§ 2852. Senate confirmation of certain chief executive officers. Where   the   appointment   of   any  chief  executive  officer  is  subject  to   confirmation by the senate  pursuant  to  subdivision  five  of  section   sixteen  hundred  seventy-eight  of  this  chapter,  subdivision  six of   section three hundred fifty-four of this chapter, section  one  thousand   four  of  this  chapter,  or  subdivision  (c)  of  section one thousand   twenty-f of this chapter the senate  shall  vote  to  confirm  any  such   appointment  within  sixty  days  of its submission to the senate during   session, or if such submission  is  made  when  the  senate  is  not  in   session,  within  seven days of the convening for session. If the senate   fails to vote to confirm any such appointment within the time prescribed   in this section, such appointment shall be deemed confirmed without  any   further action by the senate.
NY Pub Auth L § 2853 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 9 - General Provisions Title 3 - Employees of Public Authorities 2853 - Confidentiality Agreements.

§  2853.  Confidentiality agreements. 1. Definitions. For the purposes of this section:   a. "confidentiality agreement" shall mean an  agreement  entered  into between  a state authority or a local authority with a former or current employee, officer or member of the governing  board  of  such  authority that  prevents  disclosure  of any records or information, as defined in subdivision four of section  eighty-six  of  the  public  officers  law, during or after their employment or service.   b.  "local  authority"  shall  mean  a  local  authority as defined in section two of this chapter.   c. "state authority" shall  mean  a  state  authority  as  defined  in section two of this chapter.   2.   No  state  authority  or  local  authority  shall  enter  into  a confidentiality agreement, unless:   a. it  covers  only  records  or  information  that  are  exempt  from disclosure pursuant to subdivisions two and four of section eighty-seven of  the  public  officers  law  and  any rules promulgated and published thereto; or   b. the agreement  covers  both  records  or  information  exempt  from disclosure,  and  those subject to disclosure under section eighty-seven of the public officers law, but only if:  (i) the agreement does not  prohibit  any  disclosure  of  records  or information  related  to  compensation or benefits given to an employee, officer or member of the  governing  board  or  of  illegal  conduct  or wrongdoing by the authority;  (ii) the authority is unable to specifically determine at the time the confidentiality  agreement  is entered into which records or information are exempt from disclosure in accordance with subdivision two of section eighty-seven of the public officers law;  (iii) the authority establishes a process by which a current or former employee, officer or member  of  the  governing  board  covered  by  the confidentiality  agreement  may obtain a ruling from the authority as to whether he or she may disclose any records  or  information  covered  by such  agreement  in  accordance  with  the  procedures established under subdivision four of section eighty-nine  of  the  public  officers  law, including  any  right  to challenge the authority's decision provided by that section; and  (iv) the authority notifies the current or former employee, officer or member of the governing board in the agreement of his or  her  right  to seek such a ruling.   3.  Nothing  in  this  section shall require disclosure of information otherwise protected from disclosure by law.   4. Any provision in any contract or other agreement  entered  into  in violation of this section shall have no force and effect.