NY Mun Hsg Auth L § 62 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MHA - Municipal Housing Authority (Article 5 of the former State Housing Law) Article 5 - Municipal Housing Authorities 62 - Definitions.

* § 62. Definitions. The following terms, wherever used or referred to   in  this  article,  shall have the following meaning, unless a different   meaning clearly appears from the context:1. The term "authority"  shall  mean  a  municipal  housing  authority   established  pursuant to this article by any county, city or first class   village of the state.2. The term "board" shall mean the state board of housing.3. The term "municipality" shall mean the county, city or first  class   village establishing the authority.3-a.  The  term  "county"  means a county not wholly included within a   city.3-b. The term "mayor" also includes the mayor of a first class village   establishing the authority.3-c. The term "village" means a village of the first class as  defined   in the village law.3-d.  The term "local legislative body" (a) in a city, means the local   legislative board or body of such city as defined in the city home  rule   law;  (b)  in  a  county,  means  the  board  of  supervisors  or  other   legislative governing board or  body  of  such  county,  and  (c)  in  a   village, means the board of trustees of the village.3-e.  The  term  "county executive" means the chairman of the board of   supervisors or other administrative head of the county.4. The term "comptroller" shall mean the comptroller in cities  having   a comptroller. In cities, counties and villages having no comptroller it   shall mean the chief financial officer of such municipality.5. The term "state" shall mean New York state.6.  The  term  "government"  shall  include  the state and the federal   government and any subdivision, agency or instrumentality, corporate  or   otherwise, of either of them.7.  The  term "areas" shall mean a section of the municipality wherein   the authority finds that unsanitary or  substandard  housing  conditions   exist.  An  area  may  include  land whether improved or unimproved, and   buildings or improvements not in themselves unsanitary  or  substandard,   the  inclusion  of  which  is  deemed necessary by the authority for the   effective clearance, replanning or reconstruction of the section or  any   part thereof.8.  The  term  "project"  shall mean a plan or undertaking (a) for the   clearance, replanning, or reconstruction of an area or areas, or part or   parts thereof and/or (b) for the providing for persons of low income, of   housing accommodations in any section of the  municipality,  whether  or   not such section has unsanitary substandard housing conditions. The term   shall  include  the  lands,  buildings and improvements acquired, owned,   constructed,  managed  or  operated  hereunder,  to   provide   dwelling   accommodations  for  persons of low income, and such stores, offices and   other  commercial  or  non-housing  facilities  as   well   as   social,   recreational  or  communal facilities, as may be deemed by the authority   to be incidental or appurtenant to such plan or undertaking.The term "federal project" shall mean a project aided or  financed  in   whole  or  in  part,  by  the  federal government, where such government   reserves the right to approve or supervise the construction or operation   of the project.The term "non-federal project" shall  mean  a  project  other  than  a   federal project.9.  The  term "bonds" shall include notes, debentures or other written   evidences of indebtedness.10. The term "mortgage" shall include deeds  of  trust,  building  and   loan contracts or other instruments creating a lien. 11.  The  term "real property" shall include lands, lands under water,   structures, and  any  and  all  easements,  franchises  and  incorporeal   hereditaments  and  every estate and right therein, legal and equitable,   including terms for years and liens by  way  of  judgment,  mortgage  or   otherwise.12.  "Obligee"  shall  include any bondholder, trustee or trustees for   any bondholders, any lessor demising property to an  authority  used  in   connection  with a project or any assignee or assignees of such lessor's   interest, and the federal government, when it is a party to any contract   with the authority. * NB The text of Article 5 of the  former  State  Housing  Law  (cited   herein  as  the  "Municipal  Housing  Authorities Law"), as such article   existed immediately prior to its  repeal  pursuant  to  section  227  of   Chapter  808 of the Laws of 1939, is provided here for ease of reference   and historical purposes as such text continues to be applicable for  the   New  York  City  Housing Authority pursuant to the provisions of section   401 of the current Public Housing Law.