NY Pub Auth L § 2799-CCCC (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities Title 35 - Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation 2799-CCCC - Establishment of the Corporation; Organization of the Board.

§  2799-cccc.  Establishment  of  the corporation; organization of the   board. 1. To effectuate the purposes and provisions of this title, there   is hereby created the "Roosevelt Island  operating  corporation",  which   shall  be  a  body  corporate  and politic constituting a public benefit   corporation and a political subdivision of the state of New York.2. The board of directors of the corporation shall be composed of nine   members. One member shall be the commissioner, who shall  serve  as  the   chair;  one member shall be the director of the budget; and seven public   members shall be appointed by the governor with the advice  and  consent   of  the  senate.  Of  the seven public members, two members, one of whom   shall be a resident of Roosevelt Island, shall  be  appointed  upon  the   recommendation  of  the  mayor  of the city; and four additional members   shall be residents of Roosevelt Island. Each member shall  serve  for  a   term  of  four  years  and  until  his  or her successor shall have been   appointed and shall have qualified, except that the commissioner and the   director of the budget shall serve so long  as  they  continue  to  hold   their  respective  offices.  Any  action  taken  by the directors of the   corporation shall be taken by majority vote of  the  directors  then  in   office.  The  elected  public  officials  who represent Roosevelt Island   shall be representatives to the board of directors  of  the  corporation   entitled  to receive notice of and attend all meetings of such board but   shall not be entitled to vote. Failure to give  such  notice  shall  not   affect the validity of any action taken at a meeting of such board.3.  The  governor  may  fill  any vacancy which occurs on the board of   directors of the corporation in a manner consistent  with  the  original   appointment.  Any  member  of  the  corporation  may  be  removed by the   governor for cause, but not without  an  opportunity  to  be  heard,  in   person  or  by  counsel,  in  his or her defense, upon not less than ten   days' written notice.4. The commissioner and the director of the budget may each  designate   an  officer  or  employee of his or her respective division to represent   such member at meetings of the corporation. Such designation shall be by   written notice filed with the chair or the secretary of the  corporation   by  the member making the designation, and may be revoked at any time by   similar notice. Any representative so designated shall have the power to   attend and to vote at any meeting of  the  corporation  from  which  the   member  making  the designation is absent with the same force and effect   as if the member making the designation were present and voting. No such   designation shall limit the right of the member making  the  designation   to attend and vote in person at any meeting of the corporation.5.  A  member  of the corporation who is not an officer or employee of   the state or the city shall not receive a salary or other  compensation,   but shall be entitled to reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses   incurred  in the performance of official duties as a member. A member of   the corporation who is not an officer or employee of the  state  or  the   city  may  engage in private employment, or in a profession or business,   unless otherwise prohibited by law from doing  so.  Notwithstanding  any   other  provision  of  law,  general,  special,  or  local, no officer or   employee of the state or any civil division thereof shall be  deemed  to   have  forfeited,  or  shall forfeit such office of employment because of   acceptance of membership in the corporation, or by virtue  of  being  an   officer, employee or agent thereof.