NY Pub Auth L § 1676 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities Title 4 - Dormitory Authority 1676 - Definitions.

§  1676.  Definitions.  As used or referred to in this title, unless a different meaning appears from the context,   1. The term "authority" shall mean the corporation created by  section sixteen hundred seventy-seven of this chapter;   2. The term "dormitory" shall mean any of the following: (a) a housing unit, including an emergency temporary dormitory constructed pursuant to section  sixteen  hundred  seventy-nine  of  this  title,  or  any other emergency temporary housing operated by  the  authority,  including  all necessary  and  usual  attendant  and  related facilities and equipment, acquired,  designed,  constructed,  reconstructed,   rehabilitated   and improved,  or otherwise provided under the jurisdiction of the dormitory authority for the use of students at  a  state-operated  institution  or statutory  or  contract  college  under  the  jurisdiction  of the State University of New York, as defined in section three hundred fifty of the education law.  (b) It shall also include a housing unit  for  the  use  of  students, married  students,  faculty,  staff  and  the  families  of such married students,  faculty  and  staff,  an  academic  building,  administration building,  library,  laboratory,  classroom,  health  facility  or other building or structure essential, necessary or useful  in  the  academic, cultural,  health or research program, including all necessary and usual attendant and related facilities and equipment at  any  institution  for higher  education located in this state and authorized to confer degrees by law  or  by  the  board  of  regents,  other  than  a  state-operated institution  or  statutory or contract college under the jurisdiction of the State University of New York, as defined in  section  three  hundred fifty of the education law, or at any non-profit institution or hospital at which the training of nurses is provided by a program approved by the department  of  education  of  the  state  of  New York, or for New York Academy of Sciences, or for any of the following:   Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Incorporated.   Center for the Arts at Ithaca, Incorporated.   Affiliated Colleges and Universities, Inc.   Brookdale Hospital Center.   Albany Medical Center Hospital.   St. Vincent's Hospital and Medical Center of New York.   Mount Vernon Hospital.   New York Medical College of New York, Incorporated.   Cortland Memorial Hospital.   Highland Hospital of Rochester, Incorporated.   Onondaga County Historical Museum.   Columbia Memorial Hospital.   St. Peter's Hospital of the city of Albany.   The department of health of the state of New York.   Beekman-Downtown Hospital.   Geneva General Hospital.   Optometric Center of New York.   Brookhaven Memorial Association, Incorporated, doing business  as  the Brookhaven Memorial Hospital.   Calvary Hospital, Inc.   Montefiore Hospital and Medical Center.   The Saratoga Hospital.   Booth Memorial Medical Center, Queens, New York.   Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital.   The  improvement  and  modernization of the Dazian, Silver, Karpas and Linsky buildings of the Beth Israel  Medical  Center  and  the  vertical expansion  above the said Silver Building located between East sixteenth and East seventeenth streets and between  First  Avenue  and  Nathan  D.  Perlman Place in New York city; nothing in the foregoing shall be deemed to  authorize  the said Beth Israel Medical Center to apply any funds or credit obtained pursuant to this title toward  the  development  of  any other property or properties it presently owns or controls or may own or control in the future.   Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital, Inc.   St. Francis Hospital, Poughkeepsie.   The Staten Island Hospital.   Carthage Area Hospital, Inc.   Mount Sinai Hospital.   Hospital for Joint Diseases and Medical Center.   Catholic Medical Center of Brooklyn and Queens, Incorporated.   The Clifton Springs Sanitarium Company.   Children's Hospital of Buffalo.   St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center.   General Hospital of Saranac Lake.   The Church Charity Foundation of Long Island.   Buffalo General Hospital.   Crouse-Irving Memorial Hospital, Inc.   Misericordia Hospital Medical Center.   Samaritan Hospital of Brooklyn.   Benedictine Hospital.   The Society of the Home for Incurables.   The White Plains Hospital Association.   The Cornwall Hospital.   Memorial Hospital, Albany, New York.   The Rochester General Hospital.   Our Lady of Victory Hospital of Lackawanna.   Mercy Hospital Association.   The Hebrew Home for the Aged at Riverdale, Inc.   Charles S. Wilson Memorial Hospital.   Aurelia Osborn Fox Memorial Hospital Society.   Retirement Home of Central New York Conference of the United Methodist Church, Inc.   The Trustees of the Jones Fund for the Support of the Poor.   St. Mary's Hospital of Troy.   The   Roosevelt  Hospital  in  relation  to  the  Smithers  Alcoholism Treatment and Training Center on a site known as 516  West  59th  Street and  the  Arthur  J.  Antenucci Research Building on a site known as 432 West 58th Street in New York City, nothing in  the  foregoing  shall  be deemed  to  authorize  the said Roosevelt Hospital to apply any funds or credit obtained pursuant to this title toward  the  development  of  any other property or properties it presently owns or controls or may own or control in the future.   Queens Hospital Center of the borough of Queens, city of New York.   Franklin General Hospital.   St. Vincent's Medical Center of Richmond.   Long Island Jewish-Hillside Medical Center.   Eastman Dental Center.   United Hospital.   The  Brooklyn Educational and Cultural Alliance (B.E.C.A.) when and if incorporated by the Board of Regents of the University of the  state  of New York.   St. Mary's Hospital at Amsterdam.   The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations.   The  Village  Nursing  Home, Inc. for the acquisition, improvement and modernization of the Village Nursing  Home,  located  on  the  southwest corner of the intersection of Twelfth Street and Hudson Street on a site  known  as  607  Hudson Street in New York City; nothing in the foregoing shall be deemed to authorize the said  Village  Nursing  Home,  Inc.  to apply  any  funds  or  credit obtained pursuant to this title toward the development  of  any  other  property or properties it presently owns or controls or may own or control in the future.   The Elizabeth A. Horton Memorial Hospital.   The Community Hospital of Brooklyn, Inc.   Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn.   Maimonides Medical Center.   Lutheran Medical Center, Brooklyn.   The Faxton Hospital in the city of Utica.   Lawrence Hospital.   The New Rochelle Hospital Medical Center.   Putnam Community Hospital.   New York Blood Center, Inc.   South Nassau Communities Hospital, in Oceanside, New York.   St. Joseph's Hospital, Yonkers, New York.   St. Elizabeth's Hospital at Utica.   Arden Hill Hospital, Goshen, New York   St. Luke's Hospital of Newburgh, New York.   Vassar Brothers Hospital   The Nyack Hospital, North Midland Avenue, Nyack, New York.   Yonkers General Hospital.   Nassau Hospital, Mineola, Long Island, New York.   Sheehan Memorial Emergency Hospital, Buffalo.   Good Samaritan Hospital, West Islip, New York.   The Community Hospital at Glen Cove.   Flushing Hospital and Medical Center.   St. John's Riverside Hospital at Yonkers.   Jamaica Hospital of Jamaica, New York   Ellis Hospital, Schenectady, New York.   The Moses Ludington Hospital.   Society of New York Hospital.   Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services, Inc.   Dobbs Ferry Hospital, Dobbs Ferry, New York.   The Metropolitan Museum of Art in relation to any construction  within the  area  bounded by the perimeter and elevation described by the plans for the museum building and the new wings and courts  contained  in  the Metropolitan  Museum  of  Art  Master  Plan Report dated July fifteenth, nineteen hundred seventy-one  prepared  for  the  Department  of  Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs of the city of New York.   New York state teachers' retirement system.   F.I.T. student housing corporation.   Community Memorial Hospital, Inc., Hamilton, New York.   The College Entrance Examination Board.   Museum of American Folk Art.   The Human Resources Center.   The Museums at Stony Brook.   Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.   Associated Universities, Inc.   New York Zoological Society   International House, Inc.   YM  and YWHA of Mid-Westchester of the Associated YM-YWHA's of Greater New York.   The New York Foundling Charitable Corporation located on the southeast corner of the intersection of the Avenue of the Americas, formerly Sixth Avenue, and Seventeenth Street on a site known as 578-590 Avenue of  the Americas  in  New York City; nothing in the foregoing shall be deemed to  authorize the said New York Foundling Charitable  Corporation  to  apply any  funds  or  credit  obtained  pursuant  to  this  title  toward  the development of any other property or properties  it  presently  owns  or controls or may own or control in the future.   New  York State Association for Retarded Children, Inc., Albany County Chapter for  the  financing,  construction  and  development  of  a  day programming  facility  and necessary ancillary and related facilities in Albany county to replace  the  existing  day  programming  facility  now operated  by the New York State Association for Retarded Children, Inc., Albany County Chapter at 155 Washington Avenue, Albany, New York.   March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation.   Association for the Help of Retarded Children,  Suffolk  Chapter,  for the  financing,  construction and development of a seventy-five thousand square foot  adult  training  and  treatment  center  for  the  severely developmentally  disabled  on five acres of agency owned land located on Scouting Blvd. (formerly Industrial Blvd.), West Yaphank, N.Y.   United Cerebral Palsy of Ulster County, Inc., for the construction  of a  forty-six thousand square foot program services building at Lake Road and Tuytenbridge Road in the Town of Ulster, Ulster County.   Hillside  Children's  Center  for  the  financing,  construction,  and equipping  of  a  residential  facility  and an educational facility for children with handicapping  conditions,  as  such  term  is  defined  in subdivision  one of section forty-four hundred one of the education law, on County House Road in the town of Sennett, county of Cayuga, New York; and for  the  upgrading  of  the  facilities  and  equipment  owned  and controlled  by  the  Hillside  Children's Center, located at 1183 Monroe Avenue in the city of Rochester, county of Monroe, New York.   United Way of Tri-State, Inc. for the acquisition and  improvement  of office  space  and  related facilities in New York county for use by the following entities: United Way of Tri-State,  United  Way  of  New  York City,  Greater  New York Fund/United Way, and the United Way of America, Northeast Regional Office.   New Dimensions in Living, Inc.,  as  a  real  estate  holding  company operated in conjunction with the New York State Association for Retarded Children,   Inc.,   Montgomery   County   Chapter,  for  the  financing, construction and development of a thirty-five thousand square  foot  day treatment  facility  on  land owned by New Dimensions in Living, Inc. on Route 5-S in Amsterdam to replace an existing day treatment facility  in the former Tribes Hill School.   Associated Residential Centers, Inc., as a real estate holding company operated in conjunction with the New York State Association for Retarded Children,   Inc.   Rensselaer   County   Chapter,   for  the  financing, construction and development of a twenty-one thousand  square  foot  day treatment  facility  and  necessary  ancillary and related facilities in Rensselaer county to  replace  existing  day  treatment  facilities  now operated  by the New York State Association for Retarded Children, Inc., Rensselaer County Chapter in Pittstown and North Greenbush, New York.   New York Society for the Deaf  for  the  financing,  construction  and development  of  a six-story expansion of residential facilities for the deaf and deaf-blind at Tanya Towers located at 620 East 13  Street,  New York city.   The  Devereux Foundation for the financing, construction and equipping of facilities subject to the approval of the commissioner of  education, the  commissioner  of social services and the commissioner of the office for  people  with  developmental  disabilities  for  a  residential  and educational  program  for children with handicapping conditions, as such term is defined in subdivision one of section forty-four hundred one  of the  education  law,  including,  but not limited to, those students who  were publicly placed at the Rhinebeck Country School during the nineteen hundred eighty-six--eighty-seven school year and in furtherance  of  the state's   overall   goal   of  reducing  the  number  of  children  with handicapping  conditions  requiring  out-of-state placements: nothing in the foregoing shall be deemed to authorize The  Devereux  Foundation  to apply  any  funds or credit obtained pursuant to this section toward the financing, construction or equipping of facilities on any other property or properties it presently owns or controls or owns or controls  in  the future.   New  Hope  Community,  Inc.,  a  not-for-profit  corporation,  for the financing, construction  and  development  of  residences  for  mentally retarded  and  developmentally  disabled  adults  on forty acres of land purchased from Leon and Dave  Scharf,  d.b.a.  New  Hope  Rehabilitation Center,  located  on State Route 52 in the Town of Fallsburg, to replace existing residential facilities  operated  by  New  Hope  Rehabilitation Center.   For   the   financing,   construction,   reconstruction,  improvement, renovation of or otherwise provided for United  Cerebral  Palsy  of  New York  City,  Inc.,  for  (1)  an  intermediate  care  facility  for  the developmentally disabled at Avenue S and Lake Street,  Brooklyn;  (2)  a pre-school program service facility at Mason and Seaview Avenues, Staten Island;  (3)  a children and adult program service facility at Stillwell Avenue, Bronx; (4) a children and  adult  program  service  facility  at Lawrence  Avenue, Brooklyn; (5) a pre-school program service building at Lawrence Avenue, Brooklyn; (6) an adult program service building at Port Richmond Avenue, Staten Island; (7) children's program services building at Lawrence Avenue, Brooklyn; and  for  the  leasehold  improvements  to Manhattan and adult programs services sites.   Special  act school districts listed in chapter five hundred sixty-six of the laws of nineteen hundred sixty-seven, as amended.   State-supported schools for the instruction of deaf and blind students and children with other  handicapping  conditions  pursuant  to  article eighty-five  of  the education law and chapter one thousand sixty of the laws of nineteen hundred seventy-four.   Westchester School for Special Children, Westchester county,  for  the acquisition,   financing,   refinancing,  construction,  reconstruction, improvement, renovation, development, expansion,  furnishing,  equipping or  otherwise  providing  for  a  new school building, provided that the location within Westchester County is designated and bonds are issued on or before July first, two thousand eight.   Guided  Growth,  Inc.  of  Hawthorne,  Westchester  county,  for   the financing,  construction  and  development  of a new school building and attendant facilities to be located at five Bradhurst Avenue,  Hawthorne, Westchester county.   Saint  Christopher-Ottilie,  Nassau  County,  for  the  renovation and expansion of its Ottilie Campus Residential Treatment  Facility  on  one hundred forty-eighth street in Jamaica, County of Queens.   Snug  Harbor  Cultural Center, Inc., a not-for-profit corporation, for the financing, construction and renovation  of  such  center's  existing buildings at 1000 Richmond Terrace, Staten Island, New York, 10301, into residences for artists.   The  education  department of the state of New York, including the New York state school for the blind, the New York state school for the deaf, and schools established by the commissioner  of  education  pursuant  to section  forty-one  hundred  one  of  the  education law, for facilities owned, operated by, or provided  by  the  state  for  the  use  of,  the education  department  of  the  state  of  New  York, including, but not limited to, the premises commonly known as the state education building,  located at 89 Washington Avenue in the city of Albany, New York, the New York state school for the blind, located at Richmond Avenue in the  city of Batavia, New York, the New York state school for the deaf, located at 401  Turin  Street in the city of Rome, New York, schools established by the commissioner of education pursuant to the provisions of  subdivision one  of  section four thousand one hundred one of the education law, and the premises commonly known as the cultural education center located  in the  empire  state  plaza in the city of Albany, New York, and attendant and related facilities.   The National Center  for  the  Study  of  Wilson's  Disease,  Inc.,  a not-for-profit corporation for the financing, construction and equipping of replacement laboratories, offices and clinical out-patient facilities for  the  center  at the Antenucci Institute of the Roosevelt St. Luke's Hospital, 432 W. 58th Street, New York, New York, 10019;  provided  that the location is designated and bonds are issued on or before July first, nineteen hundred ninety-two.   Vesta  Community  Housing  Development Board, Inc. of Altamont for the financing,  construction  and  equipping  of  facilities   for   persons recovering from an addiction to alcohol or a controlled substance.   The   Utica   College  Foundation,  for  the  financing,  refinancing, reimbursement  and  development  of  student  dormitory   and   academic facilities  at its Utica campus, including Burrstone House to serve as a dormitory for students residing at the college; provided, however,  that the aggregate sum of such issuance of bonds shall not exceed thirty-five million dollars.   Gateway  Youth and Family Services for the financing, construction and development of new facilities for a diagnostic  and  evaluation  program and  a pre-independent living program, and to expand existing facilities in a special education school on real property located on  Main  Street, Williamsville, county of Erie.   Orleans   County  Chapter-New  York  State  Association  for  Retarded Children, Inc. for the financing, construction  and  development,  of  a preschool  facility  and  necessary  ancillary and related facilities in Orleans county to replace the existing preschool facility  now  operated by  the  Orleans  County Chapter-New York State Association for Retarded Children, Inc. at 151 Platt Street, Albion, N.Y. 14411.   New York State Association for Retarded  Children,  Inc.,  Westchester County  Chapter  for  the  financing, construction and development, of a preschool facility and necessary ancillary  and  related  facilities  in Westchester  county  to  replace  the  existing preschool facilities now operated by the New York State Association for Retarded Children,  Inc., Westchester  County  Chapter at 12 Green Street, Mt. Kisco, New York and 50 Washington Avenue, New Rochelle, New York.   New    York    State    Association     for     Retarded     Children, Inc.-Livingston-Wyoming  County  Chapter  for the financing, acquisition and rehabilitation, of a preschool facility and necessary ancillary  and related  facilities  in  Livingston  county to expand existing preschool facilities now operated by the New York State Association  for  Retarded Children,  Inc.-Livingston-Wyoming  County  Chapter  located  at 18 Main Street, Mount Morris, N.Y. 14510.   Orange County Cerebral Palsy Association, Inc. for the improvement  of its headquarters facilities on Fletcher Street in the village of Goshen.   New  York  Association  for  the  Learning  Disabled, Capital District Chapter, Inc., renamed Wildwood Programs,  Inc.,  for  the  acquisition, financing,   refinancing,   construction,  reconstruction,  improvement, renovation, development, expansion, furnishing, equipping  or  otherwise providing for facilities for Wildwood Programs, Inc.    AMDA   INC./The   American  Musical  and  Dramatic  Academy,  for  the financing, refinancing, reimbursement and development of a dormitory for students residing at the academy and an academic facility.   Private not-for-profit schools.   For   the   financing,   construction,   reconstruction,  improvement, renovation  of  or  otherwise  provide  for  United  Cerebral  Palsy  of Westchester  County,  Inc.,  for  (1)  a  twelve  bed  intermediate care facility for the developmentally disabled and (2) for expansion  of  the day program service facility at Rye Brook, New York.   Hospice,  Buffalo,  for the financing, construction and development of new and renovated facilities for the care and  treatment  of  terminally ill individuals.   The  National  Sports  Academy  at  Lake  Placid,  for  the financing, refinancing, reimbursement and development of a dormitory  for  students residing at the academy and an academic facility.   Ferncliff   Manor  as  a  not-for-profit  residential  school  serving children who are severely mentally disabled and medically involved,  who will  also  on  a  not-for-profit  basis  operate  an  intermediate care facility, for the financing, construction, reconstruction,  improvement, renovation and development of five twelve bed dormitories in Westchester County for such children.   The  Leake and Watts Children's Home (Incorporated), Yonkers, New York for the financing, construction, reconstruction, improvement, renovation or otherwise for (1) a new school building for the junior high and  high school vocational programs including a field house; (2) a new children's cottage  and  renovation and reconstruction of eight existing children's cottages to provide more efficient heating  and  cooling  systems,  more secure  supervision  and  to increase the number of beds; (3) renovation and reconstruction of the main building to provide  new  electrical  and plumbing  systems  and  internal  rehabilitation; and (4) renovation and reconstruction of the old school building for multiple use.   Oxford University and the Oxford University  Press,  Incorporated;  or either   of   them   for   the   financing,  acquisition,  construction, reconstruction,  renovation  and  rehabilitation  of  facilities  to  be located in the borough of Manhattan, in the city of New York.   Berkshire Farm Center and Services for Youth, Canaan, New York for the financing,   construction,   reconstruction,   improvement,  renovation, equipping or otherwise providing for a dining facility on  the  existing campus  of  Berkshire  Farm Center and Services for Youth in Canaan, New York.   A public library.   South Street Seaport Museum, Inc.   United Cerebral Palsy Association of the Capital District,  Inc.,  for the   financing,   construction,   reimbursement,   and  development  of residences and program facilities on  lands  owned  by  the  Center,  at locations within Albany county.   Phoenix   House   Foundation,  Inc.,  New  York,  New  York,  for  the acquisition,  financing,  refinancing,   construction,   reconstruction, renovation,   development,   improvement,  expansion  and  equipping  of facilities,  excluding  general  hospitals   as   defined   in   article twenty-eight  of  the  public  health  law, located in the county of New York, or at sites owned, leased or operated  by  Phoenix  House  at  the following  locations:  34-01,  34-11  and  34-25  Vernon Boulevard, Long Island City, New York; 480 East 185th Street and 2329  Bassford  Avenue, Bronx,  New  York;  43-44  and 46-50 Jay Street, Brooklyn, New York; and Shrub Oak, Westchester county, New York; for the provision of drug abuse prevention and treatment,  medical,  psychiatric  and  clinic  services, remedial   education,   secondary  education,  vocational  training  and  recreational  facilities  for  adolescent  and   adult   substance   and polysubstance   abusers,   mentally  ill  chemical  abusers,  and  their families, and related administrative and support services.   Irish  American Heritage Museum, a not-for-profit corporation, for the acquisition, financing, refinancing, design, construction,  improvement, renovation,  equipping, furnishing or otherwise providing for facilities within the city of Albany, New York.   The Crown Heights Jewish  Community  Council,  Inc.  a  not-for-profit corporation,  for the financing, refinancing, acquisition, construction, reconstruction, renovation, rehabilitation of, furnishing, equipping and otherwise providing for buildings to serve as dormitories  for  students enrolled   in   various   professional   or  post-secondary  educational institutions.   The Rosalind and Joseph Gurwin Jewish Geriatric Center of Long Island, Inc., a not-for-profit  corporation,  for  the  financing,  refinancing, construction,   reconstruction,   furnishing,   equipping,  improvement, renovation or otherwise providing for  facilities  to  serve  the  aged, disabled and chronically impaired persons.   Staten Island Institute of Arts & Sciences.   The  DePaul  Group,  Inc. and its affiliates and subsidiaries, for the acquisition,  financing,  refinancing,   construction,   reconstruction, renovation, development, improvement, expansion and equipping of certain educational, administrative and residential facilities, to be located in the state of New York.   The  Roswell  Park  Cancer  Institute  corporation  and its subsidiary corporations.   University Heights Association, Inc.   Little Flower Children's Services of New York, Brooklyn, New York  for the  financing,  construction,  reconstruction, improvement, renovation, equipping or otherwise providing for  four  residential  facilities  for learning disabled children.   The department of audit and control of the state of New York.   The New York state and local employees' retirement system.   The New York state and local police and fire retirement system.   The office of general services of the state of New York.   Public  school  districts  receiving aid for the financing of eligible school construction projects for rebuilding schools to uphold  education (RESCUE).   Harlem  Dowling-West  Side  Center for Children and Family Services, a not-for-profit corporation for the financing, refinancing, construction, reconstruction,  furnishing,  equipping,  improvement,   renovation   or otherwise  providing  for  facilities  to  serve and assist children and their families in crisis and distress.   Yeshiva Beis Leivy.   Roberson Memorial, Inc., doing business as Roberson Museum and Science Center.   * Not-for-profit  members  of  the  New  York   State   Rehabilitation Association  and  the New York Alliance for Inclusion and Innovation and any successor in interest to any such organization, for the acquisition, financing,  refinancing,   construction,   reconstruction,   renovation, development,   improvement,   expansion   and   equipping   of   certain educational, administrative, residential, clinical, day programming, job training and workforce development facilities to be located in the state of New York.   * NB Repealed  December 31, 2023   * NYSARC,  Inc.   for   the   acquisition,   financing,   refinancing, construction,   reconstruction,  renovation,  development,  improvement, expansion, and equipping of clinical, day  programming  and  residential  facilities and necessary ancillary and related facilities throughout the state.   * NB Repealed December 31, 2023   Educational  Housing  Services Inc., a not-for-profit corporation, for the acquisition, financing, refinancing,  construction,  reconstruction, renovation,   development,  improvement,  expansion,  and  equipping  of housing for students and/or faculty at institutions of higher  education located within the five boroughs of the city of New York and Westchester county   either   by   directly   or   by  creation  of  a  wholly-owned not-for-profit  subsidiary  corporation  or   controlled   corporations, limited  liability  companies  or  partnerships, that are not subject to federal income taxation (except with respect to any  unrelated  business income).   * Terence  Cardinal  Cooke  Health  Care  Center  for  the, financing, refinancing,  construction,  reconstruction,  renovation,   development, improvement,  expansion,  and  equipping  of  facilities  to serve aged, disabled, chronically impaired, mentally  retarded  and  developmentally disabled persons.   * NB Repealed December 31, 2023   United   States   Military   Academy  for  the  purpose  of  providing construction related  services  in  connection  with  the  construction, reconstruction,  improvement,  renovation,  development  or expansion of facilities owned by the United States Military Academy located  at  West Point, New York.   The  Helen  Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults, a not-for-profit corporation located in Sands Point,  New  York,  for  the acquisition,   financing,   refinancing,  construction,  reconstruction, renovation,  development,  improvement,  expansion  and   equipping   of facilities.   The  Green  Chimneys Children's Services, Inc., Brewster, New York for the financing, refinancing, construction,  reconstruction,  improvement, renovation, equipping or otherwise for new children's cottages.   The  state university construction fund or any other public or private entity in connection with financing, refinancing,  acquisition,  design, construction,  reconstruction,  rehabilitation,  improvement, furnishing and equipping of, or otherwise providing for, a pharmaceutical research, development, which may also include  a  manufacturing  facility  at  the state  university  of New York college of technology at Farmingdale. The authority shall exercise only those powers or duties set forth  in  this section  as  shall be set forth in an agreement by and between the state university construction fund, the  authority  and  any  such  public  or private entity.   MSMC  realty  corporation,  a  support organization of the Mount Sinai hospital, Mount Sinai school of medicine of the city university  of  New York  and  the  Mount  Sinai  medical center, inc. (collectively, "Mount Sinai"), for the purpose of providing facilities and equipment for Mount Sinai. As used in this  paragraph  and  for  purposes  of  chapter  five hundred  fifty-four  of  the  laws of nineteen hundred ninety-nine, MSMC Realty Corporation shall be deemed to include any other entity  that  is created  by  MSMC  Realty  Corporation or Mount Sinai for the purpose of entering into an agreement with the dormitory authority pursuant to this paragraph.   The state university construction fund or any other public or  private entity  in  connection with financing, refinancing, acquisition, design, construction, reconstruction,  rehabilitation,  improvement,  furnishing and equipping of, or otherwise providing for approved university-related economic  development  facilities  authorized  by  section three hundred seventy-two-a of the education law. The authority  shall  exercise  only  those  powers  or duties set forth in this section as shall be set forth in an agreement by and between the state university  construction  fund, the authority and any such public or private entity.   The Capital District YMCA and related branches, administrative offices and  satellite  facilities  located  in New York state including: Albany YMCA,  Camp  Chingachgook,  Guilderland  YMCA,  Parkside  Family   YMCA, Schenectady  YMCA,  Southern  Saratoga  YMCA,  Troy  Family YMCA and any successor in interest to any such organization for the financing  and/or refinancing    of   the   acquisition,   construction,   reconstruction, renovation, development, improvement, expansion and/or  equipping  of  a facility or facilities and necessary ancillary and related facilities.   UCPA  of  the  Capital  District,  Inc.,  UCPA of Cayuga County, Inc., United Cerebral Palsy and Handicapped Children's Association of  Chemung County,  Inc., Finger Lakes United Cerebral Palsy, Inc., United Cerebral Palsy Associations of  Fulton  and  Montgomery  Counties,  Inc.,  United Cerebral  Palsy  Association of the Tri-Counties, Inc., Franziska Racker Centers, Inc., United Cerebral Palsy Association of Nassau County, Inc., United Cerebral Palsy of New York  City,  Inc.,  United  Cerebral  Palsy Association  of  Niagara  County,  Inc.,  Orange  County  Cerebral Palsy Association,  Inc.,  United  Cerebral  Palsy  of  Queens,  Inc.,  United Cerebral  Palsy  Association of the Rochester Area, Inc., Jawonio, Inc., The Handicapped Children's  Association  of  Southern  New  York,  Inc., United  Cerebral  Palsy Association of Greater Suffolk, Inc., SDTC - The Center for  Discovery,  Inc.,  United  Cerebral  Palsy  and  Handicapped Children's  Association  of  Syracuse,  Inc.,  United  Cerebral Palsy of Ulster County Inc.,  United  Cerebral  Palsy  and  Handicapped  Person's Association  of  the Utica Area, Inc., United Cerebral Palsy Association of  Westchester,  Inc.  and  Unified  Creative  Programs,  Inc.,  United Cerebral  Palsy  Association  of Western New York, Inc., United Cerebral Palsy Association of Putnam and Southern Dutchess Counties, Inc., United Cerebral Palsy Association of the North Country, Inc.,  United  Cerebral Palsy   Associations   of  New  York  State,  Inc.,  any  not-for-profit affiliates or members of Cerebral Palsy Associations of New York  State, Inc.,  and  any  successor  in interest to any such organization for the financing  and/or  refinancing   of   the   acquisition,   construction, reconstruction,  renovation,  development, improvement, expansion and/or equipping of a  facility  or  facilities  and  necessary  ancillary  and related   facilities   throughout  the  state  of  New  York,  including educational, residential, administrative, clinical, and day  programming facilities  used  in  the  provision  of  services  to  individuals with disabilities.   The university at Albany foundation, or an  associated  not-for-profit corporation  controlled by the university at Albany foundation which has been formed or is formed within one year of the effective date  of  this paragraph,  for the purpose of financing or refinancing the acquisition, design,  construction,  reconstruction,   rehabilitation,   improvement, furnishing  and  equipping  of, or otherwise providing for a facility to serve as an incubator and research facility located at the  east  campus of the university at Albany; and Fuller road management corporation, for the  purpose  of  financing  or  refinancing  the  design, construction, improvement,  furnishing  and  equipping  of  incubator   and   research facilities  at  the  center  for  environmental  sciences and technology management.   Baker Hall, Lackawanna,  New  York  for  the  financing,  acquisition, construction,  reconstruction, renovation and improvement for facilities in Lackawanna, New York.   The   Abyssinian   Cultural   Building   Corporation,   a   New   York not-for-profit   corporation,  with  respect  to  the  financing  and/or  refinancing of the acquisition,  design,  construction,  reconstruction, rehabilitation, improvement, furnishing, purchasing and equipping of, or otherwise  providing  for,  an  educational  facility  for  the Thurgood Marshall  Academy for Learning and Social Change to be leased to the New York city school construction authority or to the board of education  of the city school district of the city of New York for school purposes.   Any  school  district  in  the  state with respect to the financing or refinancing of all or a portion of school  district  capital  facilities and  school  district  capital  equipment  for  such  school  districts, provided, however, that financing of such projects shall be  limited  to financing   of  projects  eligible  for  an  apportionment  pursuant  to subparagraph  three  of  paragraph  e  of  subdivision  six  of  section thirty-six hundred two of the education law.   A  qualified  zone  academy  located  in  a  city  having  one hundred twenty-five thousand or more inhabitants  for  the  purpose  of  issuing qualified  zone  academy  bonds  in accordance with section 1397E of the internal revenue code, as the same may be amended.   The  NDC  housing  and  economic  development  corporation   and   its affiliates   for   the   financing,  refinancing,  acquisition,  design, construction, reconstruction, renovation,  rehabilitation,  improvement, expansion,  furnishing  and equipping of, or otherwise providing for one building to be located at 160 East 24th Street, New York, N.Y. to  serve as  a  dormitory for students attending institutions of higher education within the city of New York.   School Districts having Eligible School District Projects   Political  subdivisions  financing  eligible  wireless   911   capital equipment.   Natural History Museum of the Adirondacks.   Women's  Interart Center, Inc. of New York City, for the acquisitions, financing,  refinancing,  construction,   reconstruction,   improvement, renovation,  development,  expansion, furnishing, equipping or otherwise providing for facilities for the Interart Rehearsal Studio and  Cultural Center  Complex located at 543-551 West 52nd Street in the Clinton Urban Renewal area of Manhattan.   The Center for Jewish History, Inc., for the  acquisition,  financing, refinancing,   construction,  reconstruction,  improvement,  renovation, development, expansion, furnishing, equipping or otherwise providing for facilities as  a  centralized  location  for  preserving  and  advancing scholarship,  art, history, and culture through its archival collection, in a one hundred twenty thousand square foot facility located at 15 West 16th Street in Manhattan.   The Kaatsbaan International Dance Center, Inc., for  the  acquisition, financing,   refinancing,   construction,   reconstruction,  renovation, development,  improvement,  expansion,  furnishing  and   equipping   or otherwise   providing   for   a   professional  creative  residence  and performance facility on one hundred fifty-three rural acres  in  Tivoli, New York.   Eyebeam  Atelier,  Inc.,  for the acquisition, financing, refinancing, construction,  reconstruction,  improvement,  renovation,   development, expansion,  furnishing,  equipping or otherwise providing for facilities devoted to the collaboration of art and technology in New York state and the construction of a new ninety thousand square foot  building  located in the Chelsea area of New York city.   Youth  Environmental Services, d/b/a Yes Community Counseling, for the acquisition,  financing,  refinancing,   construction,   reconstruction, renovation,   development,   improvement,   expansion,   furnishing  and equipping or otherwise providing for the purchase of a building for such not-for-profit group located in Massapequa, New York.    The New York military academy, an education corporation  chartered  by the  board  of  regents located in Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York, for the acquisition,  financing,  refinancing,   construction,   reconstruction, renovation,   development,   improvement,  expansion  and  equipping  of facilities.   Preventive   Medicine  Institute,  doing  business  as  Strang  Cancer Prevention Center.   Any residential institution for children  as  defined  in  subdivision forty-four  of  this  section  for  the  financing, refinancing, design, replacement (including acquisition  and  construction),  reconstruction, rehabilitation,  improvement,  renovation,  and  equipping  of  existing residential facilities.   The Museum of African American Cinema, Inc., a New York not-for-profit educational corporation created by a provisional charter from the  board of  regents  of  the  state  university of New York, with respect to the financing,    refinancing,    acquisition,     design,     construction, reconstruction,  otherwise  providing  for  facilities  as a centralized location for preserving and advancing  scholarship,  art,  history,  and culture  through  its  archival  collection,  in  a  building located in Harlem, New York city.   34th Street Cancer Center, Inc., with respect to the financing  and/or refinancing  of  the  acquisition, purchasing and equipping of a certain building located at 160 East 34th Street, New York, New York, for use as a cancer center.   The Beacon Institute,  Inc.,  a  domestic  not-for-profit  corporation formerly  known  as the Rivers and Estuaries Center on the Hudson, Inc., for   the    acquisition,    financing,    refinancing,    construction, reconstruction,   renovation,   development,   improvement,   expansion, furnishing and equipping  or  otherwise  providing  for  facilities  for conducting  a  program  of  research  and  education  that  advances the understanding  of  rivers  and  estuaries  and  develops  policies   and practices  that  benefit  the  human and natural communities that depend upon these ecosystems, located at Beacon Harbor and Denning's  Point  in Beacon,  New  York, The Upper Hudson Research Center at Troy, located at the waterfront in Troy, New York and the  Center  for  Tributary  Study, located  at Creek Road in Beacon, New York, and the Old Main Building at Clarkson University located in Potsdam, New York.   The Rochester school construction board for the financing of  projects authorized  pursuant to the city of Rochester and the board of education of the city school district of the city of Rochester  school  facilities modernization program act.   Albany Convention Center Authority   The  YMCA  of  Greater  Syracuse  and related branches, administrative offices and satellite facilities located in New  York  state  including: Downtown  YMCA,  East  Area  YMCA, North Area YMCA, Northwest YMCA, Camp Iroquois and any successor in interest to any such organization for  the financing   and/or   refinancing   of   the  acquisition,  construction, reconstruction, development, improvement, expansion and/or equipping  of a facility or facilities and necessary ancillary and related facilities.   The  United  States  Maritime  Resource  Center  for  the  purpose  of financing,  refinancing,   construction,   reconstruction,   renovation, development,  expansion  and  equipping  of  a  facility  to  serve as a classroom and student residence  building  in  support  of  professional education  and  training  programs  to  be  located on the campus of the United States Merchant Marine Academy located in Kings Point, New York.   Not-for-profit members of the Alliance of Long Island Agencies,  Inc., for    the    acquisition,    financing,    refinancing,   construction, reconstruction,  renovation,  development,  improvement,  expansion  and  equipping  of certain educational, administrative, clinical, day program and residential facilities to be located in the state of New York.   Fordham Preparatory School, Inc., for the financing or refinancing, or reimbursement  of  the  costs  of the acquisition, design, construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, improvement,  furnishing  and  equipping of,  or  otherwise  providing for construction of additional educational facilities located on Fordham University Rose Hill  Campus,  the  Bronx, New York.   The  Reece  School, for the financing or refinancing, or reimbursement of the costs of, the acquisition, design, construction,  reconstruction, rehabilitation,  improvement,  furnishing and equipping of, or otherwise providing for, additional floors or facilities for education and therapy at their facility located at twenty-five East One Hundred Fourth  Street in  the  city  of  New  York, to serve as a school for special education students; provided, however, that the aggregate sum of any bonds  issued for   such   purpose  shall  not  exceed  thirty-five  million  dollars. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Reece School shall  have full  power  and  authority  to  assign  and  pledge  to  the  dormitory authority, any and all public funds to be apportioned or otherwise  made payable  by the United States, any agency thereof, the state, any agency thereof, a political subdivision, as defined in section one  hundred  of the  general municipal law, any social services district in the state or any other governmental entity  in  an  amount  sufficient  to  make  all payments  required to be made by the Reece School to any lease, sublease or other agreement  entered  into  between  the  Reece  School  and  the dormitory  authority. All state and local officers are hereby authorized and required to pay all such  funds  so  assigned  and  pledged  to  the dormitory  authority  or, upon the direction of the dormitory authority, to any trustee of any dormitory authority bond or note issued,  pursuant to  a  certificate  filed  with  any  such state or local officer by the dormitory authority pursuant to the provisions of this section.   Friends Academy, Glen  Cove,  Nassau  County,  for  the  financing  or refinancing,  or  reimbursement of the costs of the acquisition, design, construction, reconstruction,  rehabilitation,  improvement,  furnishing and equipping of, or otherwise providing for, the complete renovation of the  lower  school  located  on  the campus at Glen Cove, Nassau County, provided however, that the aggregate sum of any bonds  issued  for  such purpose shall not exceed six million five hundred thousand dollars.   Not-for-profit   members   of  InterAgency  Council  of  Developmental Disabilities   Agencies,   Inc.,   for   the   acquisition,   financing, refinancing,   construction,  reconstruction,  renovation,  development, improvement,   expansion   and   equipping   of   certain   educational, administrative,  clinical,  day program and residential facilities to be located in the state of New York.   Broad  Channel  Volunteers,  Inc.  doing  business  as  Broad  Channel Volunteer  Fire  Department  and  Ambulance  Corps  for  the  purpose of providing  construction  related  services  in   connection   with   the construction,  reconstruction,  improvement,  renovation, development or expansion of facilities owned by Broad Channel  Volunteers,  Inc.  doing business  as Broad Channel Volunteer Fire Department and Ambulance Corps located at 305 Crossbay Boulevard, County of Queens,  block  15304,  lot 450, New York 11693.   The  Convent  of  the  Sacred  Heart  School,  for  the  financing  or refinancing, or reimbursement of the costs of, the acquisition,  design, construction,  reconstruction,  rehabilitation,  improvement, furnishing and equipping of, or otherwise providing for, the Convent of the  Sacred Heart  School  at their facility located at: 406 East 91st Street in the city of  New  York,  to  serve  as  a  school  for  students  in  grades  pre-kindergarten  through  twelve; provided, however, that the aggregate sum of any bonds issued for such purpose  shall  not  exceed  fifty-five million dollars.   Mercy  Flight,  Inc.,  of  Western  New York, for the financing and/or refinancing   of   equipment   or   the    acquisition,    construction, reconstruction,  development, improvement, expansion and/or equipping of a facility or facilities and necessary ancillary and related facilities.   The  Trevor  Day  School,  for  the  financing  or   refinancing,   or reimbursement  of  the  costs of, the acquisition, design, construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, improvement,  furnishing  and  equipping of,  or otherwise providing for, the Trevor Day School at their facility located at 312-318 East 95th Street in the city of New York, to serve as a school for students in grades seven through twelve; provided, however, that the aggregate sum of any bonds issued for such  purpose  shall  not exceed seventy-five million dollars.   Richardson Center Corporation.   Williamsburg  Infant  & Early Childhood Development Center, Inc. at 22 Middleton Street, Brooklyn, New York.   Randolph  Academy  union  free  school  district  for  the  financing, acquisition,  construction,  reconstruction,  renovation and improvement for facilities located in Erie county, New York.   Medical Missions for Children, Inc.   Primary Care Development Corporation for the  acquisition,  financing, refinancing,   construction,  reconstruction,  renovation,  development, improvement, expansion, and equipping  of  facilities  offering  primary health  care services and related ambulatory care and ancillary services in the state of New York.   Poly Prep Country Day  School,  for  the  refinancing  of  outstanding indebtedness,  the  financing  or  refinancing,  or reimbursement of the costs  of,  the  acquisition,  design,   construction,   reconstruction, rehabilitation,  improvement,  furnishing and equipping of, or otherwise providing for, the Poly  Prep  Country  Day  School  at  its  facilities located at 9216 Seventh Avenue and/or 50 Prospect Park West in Brooklyn, New  York,  to  serve as a school for students in grades Nursery through twelve; provided, however, that the aggregate sum of  any  bonds  issued for such purpose shall not exceed fifteen million dollars.   St.  Andrew's  Foundation,  the  Scottish  Society of Hudson's Valley, Ltd., a not-for-profit  corporation,  for  the  acquisition,  financing, refinancing,  design,  construction, improvement, renovation, equipping, furnishing or otherwise  providing  for  facilities  within  the  Hudson Valley.   Xavier High School, for the financing or refinancing, or reimbursement of  the  costs  of the aquisition, design, construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, improvement, furnishing and equipping of,  or  otherwise providing  for,  Xavier  High  School at its facility located at 30 West 16th Street in the city of New York, to serve as a school  for  students in grades nine through twelve; provided, however, that the aggregate sum of any bonds issued for such purpose shall not exceed fifty-five million dollars.   Mercy  Flight  Central,  Inc.,  of Central New York, for the financing and/or  refinancing  of  equipment  or  the  acquisition,  construction, reconstruction,  development, improvement, expansion and/or equipping of a facility or facilities and necessary ancillary and related facilities.   Young Men's Christian Association-Women's Community  Center  of  Rome, New York Incorporated, for the financing and/or refinancing of equipment or   the   acquisition,   construction,   reconstruction,   development, improvement, expansion and/or equipping of a facility or facilities  and necessary ancillary and related facilities.    Dancewave,   Inc.,   for  the  financing,  acquisition,  construction, development, improvement, expansion and/or equipping of  a  facility  or facilities and necessary ancillary and related facilities.   Summit Educational Resources, Inc., a not-for-profit organization, for the  acquisition,  financing  and/or  refinancing, design, construction, renovation,  reconstruction,   development,   improvement,   furnishing, expansion  and/or  equipping  of  a facility or facilities and necessary ancillary and related facilities.   An authorized agency as defined by subdivision ten  of  section  three hundred  seventy-one  of  the  social services law, or a local probation department as defined by sections two hundred fifty-five and two hundred fifty-six of the executive law for the provision of detention facilities certified by the office of children  and  family  services  or  by  such office in conjunction with the state commission of correction or for the provision  of  residential facilities licensed by the office of children and family services including all  necessary  and  usual  attendant  and related facilities and equipment.   The office of children and family services of the state of New York.   North  Country  School,  Lake  Placid,  New York, for the acquisition, financing  and/or   refinancing,   design,   construction,   renovation, reconstruction,  development,  improvement, furnishing, expansion and/or equipping of a  facility  or  facilities  and  necessary  ancillary  and related facilities.   New York Military Academy   Any  not-for-profit  corporation formed pursuant to an inter-municipal agreement among two or more counties within this state  to  assist  said counties   in   acquiring,   financing,   constructing,  reconstructing, remodeling,  enlarging,  altering,   repairing,   operating,   managing, leasing,  selling  or  otherwise  disposing  of a joint county detention facility established in accordance with section two  hundred  eighteen-a of the county law.   The New York Racing Association, Inc. for capital projects.   The New York Academy of Medicine.   The  Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association (dba 92nd Street Y)   Masonic Medical Research Laboratory, a not-for-profit corporation, for the   design,   acquisition,   financing,   refinancing,   construction, reconstruction,  renovation,  rehabilitation,  development, improvement, expansion, furnishing, equipping or otherwise providing for  a  facility and/or  facilities, including any necessary or ancillary facilities, for the purpose of conducting scientific research or conducting testing  for public health in the city of Utica.   Mary Cariola Children's Center, Inc.   Sandy  Ground  Historical  Museum at 1538 Woodrow Road, Staten Island, New York for the restoration  or  replacement  of  the  museum  building located at such address.  (c)  It  shall  also include, a laboratory, which may include academic facilities, together with all necessary and usual attendant and  related facilities and equipment, erected for rental to the state of New York or the  government of the United States of America for research, laboratory or other related operations at  any  institution  for  higher  education located in this state, and authorized to confer degrees by law or by the board  of  regents, other than a state-operated institution or statutory or contract college under the jurisdiction of the  State  University  of New  York,  as  defined  in section three hundred fifty of the education law.  (d) It shall also include, a board of cooperative educational services school facility, any building, library, laboratory, classroom  or  other  building  or structure essential, necessary or useful for instruction in a program of any board of cooperative educational services  and  located in the state of New York.  (e)  It  shall  also include, facilities, which may include a combined occupancy or multi-use building or  portion  thereof,  for  the  Gananda educational  facilities  corporation,  a not-for-profit corporation, and used in whole or in part by the Gananda school district  pursuant  to  a lease  or  other  agreement entered into under the provisions of chapter nine hundred twenty-eight of the laws of nineteen  hundred  seventy-two, as amended.  (f) It shall also include, a facility for the aged.  (g) It shall also include a child care facilities development project.  (h)  It  shall  also include equipment, intellectual property or other intangible property,  including  information  technology  and  software, eligible  for  tax-exempt  financing  under  the  United States internal revenue code.   3. The term "bond" shall mean bonds or notes issued by  the  authority pursuant to this title;   5. The term "board" shall mean the members of the authority.   6.  The  term  "facility  for  the aged" shall mean any real property, building, unit within a building, or any structure on or improvement  to real  property of any kind or description essential, necessary or useful in a program to provide facilities for the  aged,  including  all  usual attendant  and  related  facilities, fixtures, equipment and connections for utility services or any combinations  thereof,  acquired,  designed, constructed,  reconstructed,  rehabilitated  and  improved, or otherwise provided by the dormitory authority for persons sixty years  of  age  or older,  and  any  other  person  who is the spouse of and resides with a person sixty years of age or older.   7. The term "locally sponsored community college" shall mean a college established and administered pursuant to article one hundred  twenty-six of the education law;   8.  The  term  "city university" shall mean the city university of New York, comprised of the senior colleges and community  colleges  governed and  administered  by  the  board of higher education in the city of New York pursuant to article one hundred twenty-five of the education law;   9. The term "facility", when used with respect to a locally  sponsored community  college, shall mean a dormitory as defined in subdivision two (b) of this section.   10. The term  "federally  guaranteed  security"  means  any  security, investment  or  evidence of indebtedness which is issued pursuant to the national housing act or any successor provision of law, each as  amended from  time to time, and which is either, directly or indirectly, insured or guaranteed, in whole as to the repayment of principal and interest by the United States of America or any instrumentality thereof.   11. The term "federally insured mortgage note" means any loan  secured by a mortgage for any hospital or health care institution facility which is either, directly or indirectly, insured or guaranteed, in whole or in part, as to the repayment of principal and interest by the United States of  America  or  an  instrumentality  thereof,  or any commitment by the United States of America or an instrumentality thereof to so  insure  or guarantee such a loan secured by a mortgage.   12.  The  term  "direct  loan" shall mean a loan by the authority to a student or the parents of a student or both for the purpose of financing the cost of attendance by the student at a public institution for higher education located in this state, recognized and approved by the  regents of  the  university of the state of New York, which provides a course of study leading to the granting  of  a  post-secondary  degree,  which  is  serviced and administered by a financial institution, the New York state higher   education   services   corporation   or  other  qualified  loan origination and servicing  organization  pursuant  to  the  supplemental higher  education  loan  financing program authorized by section sixteen hundred seventy-nine of this title.   13. The term "education loan" shall mean a loan by the authority to an independent institution for higher  education  located  in  this  state, recognized and approved by the regents of the university of the state of New  York, which provides a course of study leading to the granting of a post-secondary degree pursuant to the supplemental higher education loan financing program authorized by section sixteen hundred seventy-nine  of this title.   14.  The  term  "student  loan"  shall  mean  a loan by an independent institution for higher education located in this state,  recognized  and approved  by  the  regents  of  the university of the state of New York, which  provides  a  course  of  study  leading  to  the  granting  of  a post-secondary  degree  to a student or the parents of a student or both for the purpose of financing the cost of attendance by  the  student  at such  institution  pursuant  to  the  supplemental higher education loan financing program authorized by section sixteen hundred seventy-nine  of this title.   15. The term "cost of attendance" shall mean, for the period for which the  loan  is  sought,  the  tuition and fees applicable to the student, together with the estimate of the institution for  higher  education  of other  expenses  reasonably  related  to attendance at such institution, including, but not limited to, the cost of room  and  board,  reasonable commuting  costs  and costs for books, and, in the case of a student who receives or has received a HEAL direct loan or a HEAL student loan,  the amount  of the insurance premium and the interest due and payable on any such loan.   16. The term "borrower" shall mean a  student  or  a  parent  who  has received or agreed to pay a student loan or a direct loan.   17.  The term "student loan series portfolio" shall mean student loans made by a specific institution for higher  education  which  are  funded from  the  proceeds  of an education loan to such institution out of the proceeds of a related specific bond issue through the authority or which is purchased, acquired or  taken  by  assignment  or  otherwise  by  the authority.   18.  The term "student" shall mean any full-time or half-time student, as such terms are defined by the commissioner of education, enrolled  as an  undergraduate  or  graduate  student  in  a  public  or  independent institution for higher education located in this state,  recognized  and approved  by  the  regents  of  the university of the state of New York, which  provides  a  course  of  study  leading  to  the  granting  of  a post-secondary degree.   19.  The  term  "parent"  shall mean one or both of the birth parents, step-parents or adoptive parents or the spouse of an adoptive parent  or the legal guardian or guardians of a student.   20.  The term "HEAL direct loan" shall mean a loan by the authority to a student for the purpose of financing the cost  of  attendance  by  the student  at  a  public  or  independent institution for higher education located in this state where such loan is insured by the United States of America pursuant to  title  IV,  part  C,  of  the  "Health  Professions Educational  Assistance  Act of 1976", as now or hereafter amended, with respect to the  health  education  assistance  loan  program  authorized thereunder.   21.  The term "HEAL education loan" shall mean a loan by the authority to an independent institution  for  higher  education  located  in  this  state,  which  is designated as a HEAL school pursuant to title IV, part C, of the "Health Professions Educational Assistance Act  of  1976",  as now or hereafter amended with respect to the health education assistance program authorized thereunder.   22.  The  term "HEAL student loan" shall mean a loan by an independent institution for higher education in this state, to  a  student  for  the purpose  of  financing  the  cost  of  attendance by the student at such institution which is insured by the United States of America pursuant to title IV, part C, of the "Health Professions Educational Assistance  Act of  1976",  as  now  or  hereafter  amended,  with respect to the health education assistance loan program authorized thereunder.   23. The term "HEAL student loan  series  portfolio"  shall  mean  HEAL student  loans made by a specific institution for higher education which are  funded  from  the  proceeds  of  a  HEAL  education  loan  to  such institution out of the proceeds of a related specific bond issue through the  authority or which is purchased, acquired or taken by assignment or otherwise by the authority.   24. The term "judicial facilities" means facilities,  in  any  county, within  the  tenth  judicial  district,  that  does  not contain a city, designed for the use of the  judiciary,  including  without  limitation, civil  and  criminal  courts,  administrative  tribunals  and government offices and facilities  for  the  administration  of  justice,  and  all necessary  and  usual attendant and related facilities and equipment and the acquisition of land necessary therefor.   25. The term "court facilities" shall  mean  facilities  suitable  and sufficient  for the transaction of business by the state-paid courts and court-related agencies of the unified court system and the judicial  and nonjudicial  personnel  thereof,  including rooms and accommodations for the courts of the unified court system, the  judges,  justices  and  the clerical,  administrative  and  other  personnel thereof, law libraries, conference rooms or centers, facilities for the temporary  detention  of persons  in  connection  with appearance or production in court when the court is  in  session,  any  other  necessary  or  desirable  facilities incidental  to  the  operation  or  administration  of the unified court system, fixtures, furnishings or equipment in connection  therewith  and buildings and improvements used for the foregoing.   26.   The   term   "participating   municipality"  means  a  political subdivision of the state identified in paragraph (a) of subdivision  two of section thirty-nine of the judiciary law.   27. The term "combined occupancy structure" shall mean any building or other  improvement  on  real property or an interest therein, containing both court facilities and facilities intended to be  used  for  purposes not  directly or indirectly related to the court facilities and occupied by one  or  more  public  officials,  public  bodies  or  not-for-profit corporations,  together with any other necessary or desirable facilities incidental to such purposes. Not  more  than  forty-nine  percent  of  a combined occupancy structure shall be used for purposes unrelated to the function of the court facilities therein.   28.  The  term  "state  university educational facility" shall mean an academic building, administrative building, housing unit for the use  of faculty  and  staff  and  the families of such faculty and staff who are living with such  faculty  or  staff,  library,  laboratory,  classroom, lecture hall, health facility, or other building or structure essential, necessary  or  useful  in  the  academic,  cultural,  health or research program, including all necessary and attendant  and  related  facilities and  equipment,  at  any  state-operated  institution  or  statutory  or contract college under the jurisdiction of the state university  of  New York, as defined in section three hundred fifty of the education law.    29.  The  term  "state  university  athletic  facility"  shall mean an athletic  facility  which  includes  an  outdoor  stadium  for  athletic competitions  at  the  state  university  of  New  York at Buffalo. Such facility shall  not  be  considered  for  any  purpose  to  be  a  state university  educational facility within the meaning of this chapter; nor shall any bonds issued in connection with a  state  university  athletic facility be considered for any purpose to have been issued in connection with a state university educational facility.   30. The term "private not-for-profit schools" shall mean those private not-for-profit   schools  approved  by  the  commissioner  of  education pursuant to article eighty-nine of the education law  as  set  forth  in this chapter.   31. The term "ambulatory care training facility" shall mean a facility at  the  health sciences center at state university of New York at Stony Brook which is to be used for the provision of on-site  ambulatory  care services  and the instruction and training of medical students, resident physicians and fellows and other health sciences students in  attendance at the health sciences center. Such facility shall not be considered for any  purpose  to  be  a state university educational facility within the meaning of this chapter; nor shall any bonds issued in  connection  with such  facility  be  considered  for  any  purpose to have been issued in connection with a state university educational facility.   32. The term "public library" shall mean those libraries set forth  in section five of the chapter of the laws of nineteen hundred ninety-three which  added  this  subdivision, as defined as a public library or as an association library pursuant to section two hundred fifty-three  of  the education law.   33.  The term "equipment loan" shall mean a loan made by the authority to any private entity for the benefit of which the  dormitory  authority is  authorized  to  issue  bonds  or  other obligations of the dormitory authority.   34. The term "private entity" shall mean any corporation formed  other than for profit, including any institution of higher education.   35.  "Eligible  school  construction  project" means a project for the design,    planning,    construction,    acquisition,    reconstruction, rehabilitation or improvement of a public school building used primarily for  instruction  that  is  an  accessibility  project,  an  educational technology project, a health  and  safety  project,  and/or  a  physical capacity  expansion project, that has been approved by the voters of the school district, or approved by the trustees or board of  education  for school   districts   where   voter  approval  is  not  required,  or,  a construction emergency project. Each of the types of  projects  included within  this  definition  shall  have  the same meaning ascribed thereto pursuant to subdivision ten of section thirty-six hundred  forty-one  of the education law.   * 36.  The term "child care facilities development project" shall mean any  project  that  provides  for  rehabilitation  or  construction   to establish,  expand,  or  develop  a  licensed  child  care  center  or a registered school-age program which is intended to serve  the  needs  of low-income working families or an area with demonstrated child care need or  to  provide  care  for  children through the age of twelve years and enrolled in school following the completion of the  school  day  or  the school  year.    Such  projects  shall be used as licensed or registered forms of child care for a period of at least ten years with  an  average of  twenty-five  percent of its available child care slots set aside for families eligible for low-income child care subsidies or  for  referrals of  low-income  or public assistance families from local social services districts.    * NB There are 2 sub. 36's   * 36. "Eligible capital facility program project" shall mean a project for    the    design,    acquisition,    construction,   reconstruction, rehabilitation, or improvement of research and  development  facilities, including  equipment,  or  for  the  reconstruction,  rehabilitation, or improvement  of  existing  laboratory  facilities,   as   specified   in subdivision  four  of section two hundred nine-p of article ten-B of the executive law.   * NB There are 2 sub. 36's   38. "Eligible biomedical facilities  program  project"  shall  mean  a project  for  the  design,  acquisition,  construction,  reconstruction, rehabilitation, or improvement of biomedical facilities,  including  the reconstruction  and  expansion by the state university construction fund of  an  academic  incubator  facility  for  use  as   a   pharmaceutical technology/manufacturing    building   under   section   three   hundred seventy-two-a of the education law.   39. "Eligible courthouse improvements" shall mean a  project  for  the design,  acquisition,  construction,  rehabilitation  or  improvement of courthouse facilities as set forth in an agreement between the authority and the director of the budget  providing  for  the  financing  of  such improvements.   40.  The term "school district" shall mean a common school district, a consolidated school district, a union free school  district,  a  central school  district,  a  central  high  school  district,  or a city school district in a city having a population of less than one  hundred  twenty thousand  inhabitants  or  a  city  acting  on  behalf  of a city school district in a  city  having  a  population  in  excess  of  one  hundred twenty-five  thousand but less than one million inhabitants according to the latest federal census. Provided, however, that for the  purposes  of subparagraph   four  of  paragraph  e  of  subdivision  six  of  section thirty-six hundred two of the education law, such term shall not include special act school districts listed in chapter five hundred sixty-six of the laws of nineteen hundred sixty-seven, as amended. Provided, further, that for the purposes of section sixteen hundred eighty-nine-i  of  this title,  such  term  shall also include a city acting on behalf of a city school district in a city having a population in excess of  one  million inhabitants according to the latest federal census.   41. The term "school board" shall mean the board of education, trustee or  board  of  trustees  of  a  school district, or, for purposes of any lease, sublease or other agreement entered into pursuant to subdivisions thirty-eight and thirty-nine of section sixteen hundred eighty  of  this article,  a  city  acting  on behalf of a city school district in a city having a population  in  excess  of  one  hundred  twenty-five  thousand inhabitants  but  less  than  one  million  inhabitants according to the latest federal census.   42. The term "school  district  capital  facilities"  shall  mean  any school   district   project  for  the  construction,  reconstruction  or acquisition  of  a  school  facility  for  which  a  cost  allowance  or incidental cost allowance would be available pursuant to subdivision six of  section  thirty-six  hundred two of the education law, a laboratory, library,  classroom,  lecture  hall,  or  other  building  or  structure essential,  necessary  or useful in an educational program of any school district, including all necessary and attendant and  related  facilities and equipment.   43.  The  term "school district capital equipment" shall mean any type of capital equipment essential, necessary or useful  in  an  educational program  of  any school district and telecommunication systems, computer systems, local  area  networks  or  wide-area  networks,  including  the  original  purchase  and  installation  of  computer  hardware,  conduit, wiring, in-building elements of networks and equipment for  powering  of hardware installation in buildings.   44.  The  term  "residential  institution for children" shall mean any not-for-profit corporation that  operates  a  residential  facility  for thirteen or more foster children and/or children placed by the committee on  special  education  of  a  school  district  for which the office of children and family services establishes a payment rate pursuant to  the social services law or the education law.   45.  "EXCEL  project"  shall  mean  capital  projects  eligible for an expanding our  children's  education  and  learning  (EXCEL)  grant  aid apportionment  pursuant  to  subdivision  fourteen of section thirty-six hundred forty-one of the education law.