NY Educ L § 476 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 10-B - City of Yonkers Educational Construction Fund 476 - Definitions.

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