NY Pub Auth L § 2652 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities Title 28-B - Schenectady Metroplex Development Authority 2652 - Definitions.

§ 2652.  Definitions.  As  used or referred to in this title, unless a   different meaning clearly appears from the context:1. The term "authority" shall  mean  the  public  benefit  corporation   created by section twenty-six hundred fifty-three of this title.2. The term "board" shall mean the members of the authority created in   section twenty-six hundred fifty-three of this title.3.  The  term  "person"  shall  mean  any natural person, partnership,   limited liability company, association, joint  venture  or  corporation,   exclusive of a public corporation.4.  The  term  "service district" shall mean the Schenectady metroplex   service district created by section  twenty-six  hundred  fifty-four  of   this title.5. The term "bonds" shall mean bonds and notes issued by the authority   pursuant to this title.6. The term "state" shall mean the state of New York.7.  The  term  "governor"  shall mean the governor of the state of New   York.8. The term "comptroller" shall mean the comptroller of the  state  of   New York.9.  The  term  "director of the budget" shall mean the director of the   budget of the state of New York.10. The term "municipality"  shall  mean  a  county,  town,  city,  or   village.11. The term "county" shall mean the county of Schenectady.12.  The  term  "county legislature" shall mean the Schenectady county   legislature.13. The term "city" shall mean the city of Schenectady.14. The term "mayor" shall mean the mayor of the city of Schenectady.15. The term "city council" shall mean the city council of the city of   Schenectady.16. The term "metroplex facility" shall mean any  facility,  building,   structure,  park  or  other  real  property  owned, leased, constructed,   created, designed, developed, planned,  financed,  operated,  renovated,   administered, managed and/or maintained by the authority.17.  The  term  "park  district" shall mean any area designated by the   authority, within the service district, to be an  historic  preservation   district, a special entertainment district, an educational entertainment   district, or a recreational park district.18.  The  term  "construction"  shall  mean the acquisition, erection,   building, alteration,  improvement,  increase,  enlargement,  extension,   reconstruction,  renovation  or  rehabilitation  of any project financed   under the provisions of  this  title;  the  inspection  and  supervision   thereof;  and the engineering, architectural, legal, fiscal and economic   investigations and studies, surveys, designs, plans,  working  drawings,   specifications,  procedures  and other actions preliminary or incidental   thereto.19. The term "real property" shall mean lands, waters, rights in lands   or waters, structures, franchises and interests in land, including lands   under water, riparian  rights,  property  rights  in  air  space  and/or   subsurface  space  and  any  and  all  other  things  and rights usually   included within such term and includes also any  and  all  interests  in   such  property  less  than  full  title,  such as easements permanent or   temporary,  rights-of-way,  uses,  leases,  licenses   and   all   other   incorporeal  hereditaments  and every estate, interest or right legal or   equitable.20. The  term  "personal  property"  shall  mean  chattels  and  other   tangible things of a movable or removable nature. 21.  The  term  "cost" as applied to any project, includes the cost of   construction, the cost of the acquisition of  all  property,  rights  in   property, rights-of-way, easements, franchises, and interests, including   real  property  and  other  property,  both  real,  personal  and mixed,   improved and unimproved, the cost of demolishing, removing or relocating   any  buildings or structures on lands so acquired, including the cost of   acquiring any lands to which such buildings or structures may  be  moved   or  relocated,  the  cost  of  all  machinery,  apparatus and equipment,   financing charges, interest prior to, during and after  construction  to   the  extent not paid or provided for from revenues or other sources, the   cost of engineering and architectural surveys, plans and specifications,   the cost of consultant and legal services, the cost of  guarantee,  bond   insurance or other credit support devices and the cost of other expenses   necessary  or incidental to the construction of any such project and the   financing of the construction thereof, including the  amount  authorized   in  the  resolution of the authority providing for the issuance of bonds   to be paid into any reserve or other special funds from the proceeds  of   such bonds and the financing of the placing of any project in operation,   including  reimbursement  to  any municipality, state agency, the state,   the United States government, or any other person for expenditures  that   would  be  costs of the project hereunder had they been made directly by   the authority.22. The term "project" shall mean  a  facility,  building,  structure,   park  or  other  real  property,  or  any  portion  thereof,  which  the   ownership, lease, transfer, design,  development,  planning,  financing,   creation,  siting,  construction, renovation, administration, operation,   management and/or maintenance is authorized to be undertaken,  in  whole   or in part, by the authority pursuant to this title.23.  The  term  "revenues"  shall mean all monies, funds, rates, fees,   tolls, rents, charges or other income derived by the authority from  its   planning,  development,  financing, construction, operation, management,   or maintenance functions, or any monies or  funds  appropriated  to  the   authority  from  the  state  or  a  municipality, or any monies or funds   obtained from public or private donations to the authority  or  the  tax   revenues  payable  to  the  authority pursuant to section twelve hundred   ten-C of the tax law.24. The term "United States" shall mean the United States  of  America   or any department, agency or instrumentality thereof acting on behalf of   the United States of America.