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2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 33 - New York City Transitional Finance Authority › 2799-OO - Remedies of Bondholders.

§  2799-oo.  Remedies  of  bondholders.  Subject  to any resolution or
resolutions adopted pursuant to paragraph  (g)  of  subdivision  six  of
section twenty-seven hundred ninety-nine-gg of this title:
1.  In  the  event  that the authority shall default in the payment of
principal of or interest on any issue of  bonds  after  the  same  shall
become  due,  whether  at maturity or upon call for redemption, and such
default shall continue for a period of thirty days, or in the event that
the authority shall fail or refuse to comply with the provisions of this
title or shall default in any agreement made with  the  holders  of  any
issue  of  bonds,  the  holders  of  twenty-five  percent  in  aggregate
principal amount of  the  bonds  of  such  issue  then  outstanding,  by
instrument  or  instruments filed in the office of the clerk of the city
and proved or acknowledged in the same manner as a deed to be  recorded,
may  appoint  a  trustee  to represent the holders of such bonds for the
purpose provided in this section.
2. Such trustee may, and  upon  written  request  of  the  holders  of
twenty-five  per  centum  in  principal amount of such bonds outstanding
shall, in his or her or its own name:
(a) by action or proceeding in accordance with the civil practice  law
and  rules,  enforce  all  rights  of  the  bondholders  and require the
authority to carry out any other agreements with  the  holders  of  such
bonds and to perform its duties under this title;
(b) bring an action or proceeding upon such bonds;
(c) by action or proceeding, require the authority to account as if it
were the trustee of an express trust for the holders of such bonds;
(d)  by  action  or proceeding, enjoin any acts or things which may be
unlawful or in violation of the rights of the holders of such bonds; and
(e) declare all such bonds due and payable, and if all defaults  shall
be  made  good,  then with the consent of the holders of twenty-five per
centum of the principal amount of such  bonds  then  outstanding,  annul
such declaration and its consequences.
3.  Such  trustee shall, in addition to the provisions of subdivisions
one and two of  this  section,  have  and  possess  all  of  the  powers
necessary  or appropriate for the exercise of any functions specifically
set forth in this section or incident to the general  representation  of
bondholders in the enforcement and protection of their rights.
4.  The  supreme  court  shall  have  jurisdiction  of  any  action or
proceeding by the trustee on behalf of such bondholders.  The  venue  of
any such action or proceeding shall be laid in the county of New York.
5.  Before  declaring  the  principal  of  bonds  due and payable, the
trustee  shall  first  give  thirty  days'  notice  in  writing  to  the
authority.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 33 - New York City Transitional Finance Authority › 2799-PP - Assistance to the Authority; Employees of the Authority.

§  2799-pp.  Assistance  to the authority; employees of the authority.
  1. With the consent of any public corporation,  the  authority  may  use
  agents,   employees  and  facilities  thereof,  paying  to  such  public
  corporation its agreed proportion of the compensation or costs.
2. Officers and employees of city agencies may be transferred  to  the
  authority and officers and employees of the authority may be transferred
  to appropriate city agencies without examination and without loss of any
  civil service or retirement status or rights. Any officer or employee of
  the  authority  who  heretofore acquired or shall hereafter acquire such
  position status by transfer and who at the time of such transfer  was  a
  member  of the New York city employees' retirement system shall continue
  to be a member of such system as long as he or  she  continues  in  such
  service,  and  shall  continue  to  have  all the rights, privileges and
  obligations of membership in such system. Employment  by  the  authority
  shall  constitute  city-service for the purposes of chapter one of title
  thirteen of the administrative code of the city of New  York.  Transfers
  shall be in accordance with section seventy of the civil service law and
  the  rules of the civil service commission of the city. No such transfer
  shall be made except with  the  approval  of  the  head  of  the  agency
  involved  and  the  chairperson  of the authority and in compliance with
  applicable  collective  bargaining  agreements   and   the   rules   and
  regulations of the civil service commission of the city.
3.  A  transferred  employee  shall  remain  in  the  same  collective
  bargaining unit as was the case prior to his or her transfer, consistent
  with the provisions of article fourteen of the civil service law and the
  collective bargaining law of the city.
4. Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect the rights  of
  employees pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement.
5.  Employees  newly  appointed  by the authority to a same or similar
  position or title as those represented by public employee  organizations
  subject  to  the New York city collective bargaining law shall be placed
  in the same collective bargaining unit as such same or similar  position
  or  title  and  shall  be  represented  by  the  duly certified employee
  organization representing that unit.
6. The commissioner of labor  relations  of  the  city  shall  be  the
  authority's  representative for purposes of the New York city collective
  bargaining law.
7. Employees of the authority shall be subject to chapter  sixty-eight
  of the New York city charter, as amended from time to time.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 33 - New York City Transitional Finance Authority › 2799-QQ - Equal Employment Opportunity Program and Procurement Guidelines.

§  2799-qq.  Equal  employment  opportunity  program  and  procurement
  guidelines. 1. Notwithstanding any other inconsistent provision of  law,
  section  8-107  of the administrative code of the city of New York shall
  apply to the activities of the authority.
2.  The  authority  shall  establish  and  implement  guidelines   for
  procurement  which  include the matters set forth in paragraphs (c), (d)
  and  (e)  of  subdivision  three   of   section   twenty-eight   hundred
  seventy-nine of this chapter.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 33 - New York City Transitional Finance Authority › 2799-RR - Effect of Inconsistent Provisions.

§   2799-rr.   Effect  of  inconsistent  provisions.  Insofar  as  the
  provisions of this title are inconsistent with  the  provisions  of  any
  other  act,  general or special, or of any charter, local law, ordinance
  or resolution of any municipality, the provisions of this title shall be
  controlling.  Nothing  contained  in  this  section  shall  be  held  to
  supplement  or  otherwise  expand  the powers or duties of the authority
  otherwise set forth in this title.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 33 - New York City Transitional Finance Authority › 2799-SS - Additional Bonds of the Authority.

§  2799-ss.  Additional  bonds  of  the authority. Notwithstanding any
  provision of this title or  of  any  other  law  to  the  contrary,  the
  authority   is   hereby  authorized  to  issue  bonds,  notes  or  other
  obligations in addition to  those  authorized  by  section  twenty-seven
  hundred  ninety-nine-gg  of this title in an amount outstanding of up to
  two billion five hundred million dollars to pay all costs in the  city's
  budget  (whether  or  not  included  or includable in the city's capital
  budget) which are, in the judgment of the mayor, related to  or  arising
  from  the  terrorist  attack on New York city that occurred on September
  eleventh, two thousand one. In addition to or in lieu of any revenues or
  other money that may be paid or payable to the  authority,  such  bonds,
  notes  or  other  obligations  may  be  secured  by and payable from the
  proceeds of other bonds, notes or other obligations of the authority  or
  federal  or state aid related to or arising from the terrorist attack on
  New York city that occurred on September eleventh, two thousand one.  In
  addition,  the  authority  may  issue  bonds, notes or other obligations
  without limitations as to amount, secured solely by and  payable  solely
  from  such  federal or state aid. The city, acting through the mayor, is
  hereby authorized to assign the right to receive  any  such  federal  or
  state  aid  to  the  authority  and, after such assignment, the right to
  receive such aid shall be the property of the  authority.  Bonds  issued
  pursuant  to  this section shall have a maximum maturity of up to thirty
  years.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 33 - New York City Transitional Finance Authority › 2799-UU - Separability.

§  2799-uu. Separability. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section,
  or part of this title shall  be  adjudged  by  any  court  of  competent
  jurisdiction  to  be  invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or
  invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation
  to the clause, sentence, paragraph, section, or part thereof involved in
  the controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 34 - Syracuse Regional Airport Authority › 2799-FFF - Transfer of Officers and Employees.

§  2799-fff. Transfer of officers and employees. 1. In accordance with
  the provisions of section seventy of the civil service law, any  officer
  or employee of the city, selected by the authority may, with the consent
  of  the mayor, be transferred to the authority and shall be eligible for
  such  transfer  and  appointment,  without   further   examination,   to
  applicable  offices,  positions  and employment under the authority. Any
  such officers or employees so transferred to the authority  pursuant  to
  this  section,  who are members of or benefit under any existing pension
  or retirement fund  or  system,  shall  continue  to  have  all  rights,
  privileges,  obligations  and status with respect to such fund or system
  as are now prescribed by law, but during the period of their  employment
  by  the authority, all contributions to such funds or systems to be paid
  by the employer on account of such officers or employees shall  be  paid
  by the authority.
2.  A  transferred  employee  shall  remain  in  the  same  collective
  bargaining unit as was the case prior to his or her transfer;  successor
  employees  to  the  positions  held by such transferred employees shall,
  consistent with the provisions of article fourteen of the civil  service
  law,  be  included  in  the  same  unit as their predecessors. Employees
  serving in positions in newly created titles shall be assigned  to  such
  same collective bargaining unit if they would have been assigned to such
  unit  were  such  titles  created  prior  to  the  establishment  of the
  authority.  Nothing contained in this title shall be  construed  (a)  to
  diminish  the  rights  of  employees pursuant to a collective bargaining
  agreement or (b) to affect existing law with respect to  an  application
  to  the  public  employment relations board seeking a designation by the
  board that certain persons are managerial or confidential.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 34 - Syracuse Regional Airport Authority › 2799-GGG-1 - Authority Police Force.

§   2799-ggg-1.  Authority  police  force.  The  authority  is  hereby
  authorized and empowered to provide and  maintain  an  authority  police
  department  and  a uniformed authority police force. Each member of such
  uniformed police force shall be a  "police  officer"  as  that  term  is
  defined  in  paragraph (e) of subdivision thirty-four of section 1.20 of
  the criminal procedure law, with  all  of  the  powers  of  such  police
  officers thereunder and subject to the same jurisdictional provisions on
  the  exercise  of  that power as set forth in such law. The geographical
  area of employment of such police  officers  for  the  purposes  of  the
  criminal  procedure law shall be limited to the buildings and grounds of
  the authority. Such department and force shall have the  power,  in  and
  about  any  or  all of the facilities owned, occupied and/or operated by
  the authority, to enforce and prevent violation  of  all  laws.  Nothing
  herein  shall  confer  upon  the  authority  police  force or upon their
  collective negotiations representatives exclusive jurisdiction or  claim
  over  the  exercise  of  police  power or security work on behalf of the
  authority. Nothing herein shall limit the authority from  continuing  to
  rely  on  local  police for police services. However, traditional police
  functions previously performed by the city of Syracuse police department
  shall continue to be performed by the authority police force.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 34 - Syracuse Regional Airport Authority › 2799-III - City Notice Required.

§  2799-iii.  City  notice  required. Notwithstanding any inconsistent
  provision of this title, no project having an aggregate  cost  exceeding
  ten  million  dollars,  including  but not limited to the acquisition of
  real property by the authority  or  the  expansion  of  the  authority's
  aviation  facilities,  may  be  undertaken  by  the authority unless the
  authority has provided notice of such project  to  the  Syracuse  common
  council and the mayor.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 34 - Syracuse Regional Airport Authority › 2799-LLL - State, County, and City Not Liable on Authority Bonds.

§  2799-lll.  State,  county,  and city not liable on authority bonds.
  Neither the state, the county, nor the city shall be liable on the bonds
  of the authority and such bonds shall not be a debt of  the  state,  the
  county,  or the city, and such bonds shall contain on the face thereof a
  statement to such effect.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 34 - Syracuse Regional Airport Authority › 2799-MMM - Moneys of the Authority.

§  2799-mmm. Moneys of the authority. All moneys of the authority from
  whatever source derived shall be paid to the treasurer of the  authority
  and  shall  be  deposited forthwith in a bank or banks designated by the
  authority. The moneys in such accounts shall be paid out on check of the
  treasurer upon requisition by such person or persons  as  the  authority
  may  authorize  to  make  such requisitions. All deposits of such moneys
  shall be secured by obligations of the United States or of the state  or
  of  any  municipality of a market value equal at all times to the amount
  on deposit and all banks and trust companies are authorized to give such
  security for such deposits. To the extent practicable,  consistent  with
  the  cash  requirements  of  the  authority,  all  such  moneys shall be
  deposited in interest bearing accounts. The authority shall have  power,
  notwithstanding  the  provisions  of  this section, to contract with the
  holders of any bonds as to the custody, collection, security, investment
  and payment of any moneys of the authority or any moneys held  in  trust
  or otherwise for the payment of bonds or in any way to secure bonds, and
  carry  out  any  such contract notwithstanding that such contract may be
  inconsistent with the provisions of this section. Moneys held  in  trust
  or  otherwise for the payment of bonds or in any way to secure bonds and
  deposits of such moneys may be secured in the same manner as  moneys  of
  the  authority  and all banks and trust companies are authorized to give
  such security for  such  deposits.  Any  moneys  of  the  authority  not
  required for immediate use or disbursement may, at the discretion of the
  authority,  be  invested  in those obligations specified pursuant to the
  provisions of section ninety-eight-a of the state finance  law.  Subject
  to the provisions of any contract with bondholders and with the approval
  of  the  state  comptroller,  the  authority shall prescribe a system of
  accounts.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 34 - Syracuse Regional Airport Authority › 2799-NNN - Bonds Legal Investment for Fiduciaries.

§  2799-nnn.  Bonds legal investment for fiduciaries. The bonds of the
  authority are hereby made securities in which all  public  officers  and
  bodies  of the state and all municipalities, all insurance companies and
  associations and other persons carrying on an  insurance  business,  all
  banks, bankers, trust companies, savings banks and savings associations,
  including savings and loan associations, building and loan associations,
  investment  companies  and other persons carrying on a banking business,
  and administrators, guardians, executors, trustees and other fiduciaries
  and all other persons whatsoever,  who  are  now  or  may  hereafter  be
  authorized  to  invest  in  bonds  or other obligations of the state may
  properly and legally invest funds including capital in their control  or
  belonging  to  them.  Notwithstanding other provisions of law, the bonds
  are also hereby made securities which may be deposited with and  may  be
  received  by  all  public  officers  and  bodies  of  the  state and all
  municipalities for any purposes for which the deposit of bonds or  other
  obligations of this state is now or hereafter may be authorized.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 34 - Syracuse Regional Airport Authority › 2799-OOO - Agreement With State.

§  2799-ooo. Agreement with state. The state does hereby pledge to and
  agree with the holders of any bonds issued by the authority pursuant  to
  this  title  and with those persons or public corporations who may enter
  into contracts with the authority pursuant to  the  provisions  of  this
  title  that  the state will not alter, limit or impair the rights hereby
  vested in  the  authority  to  purchase,  construct,  own  and  operate,
  maintain, repair, improve, reconstruct, renovate, rehabilitate, enlarge,
  increase  and  extend,  or  dispose of any project, or any part or parts
  thereof, for which bonds of the authority shall  have  been  issued,  to
  establish  and  collect rates, rents, fees and other charges referred to
  in this title, to fulfill the terms of any contracts or agreements  made
  with  or  for  the benefit of the holders of bonds or with any person or
  public corporation with reference to such project or part thereof, or in
  any way to impair the rights and remedies of the holders of bonds, until
  the bonds, together with interest thereon,  including  interest  on  any
  unpaid   installments  of  interest,  and  all  costs  and  expenses  in
  connection with any action or proceeding by or on behalf of the  holders
  of  bonds,  are  fully  met  and discharged and such contracts are fully
  performed on the part of the authority. The authority is  authorized  to
  include this pledge and agreement of the state in any agreement with the
  holders of bonds.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 34 - Syracuse Regional Airport Authority › 2799-PPP - Agreement With City.

§  2799-ppp.  Agreement with city. The city is authorized to pledge to
  and agree with the holders of any bonds issued by the authority pursuant
  to this title and with those persons  or  public  corporations  who  may
  enter  into  contracts  with the authority pursuant to the provisions of
  this title that the city will not alter,  limit  or  impair  the  rights
  hereby  vested in the authority to purchase, construct, own and operate,
  maintain, repair, improve, reconstruct, renovate, rehabilitate, enlarge,
  increase and extend, or dispose of any project, or  any  part  or  parts
  thereof,  for  which  bonds  of the authority shall have been issued, to
  establish and collect rates, rents, fees and other charges  referred  to
  in  this  title,  to  fulfill  the terms of any agreements made with the
  holders of the bonds or with  any  public  corporation  or  person  with
  reference  to  such  project  or  part thereof, or in any way impair the
  rights and remedies of the holders of bonds, until the  bonds,  together
  with  interest thereon, including interest on any unpaid installments of
  interest, and all costs and expenses in connection with  any  action  or
  proceeding  by  or  on behalf of the holders of bonds, are fully met and
  discharged and such contracts are fully performed on  the  part  of  the
  authority.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 34 - Syracuse Regional Airport Authority › 2799-SSS - Contracts.

§  2799-sss. Contracts. All contracts for construction shall be let by
  the authority in conformity with the applicable  provisions  of  section
  one  hundred  thirty-five  of  the state finance law and shall be let in
  accordance with the provisions of state  law  pertaining  to  prevailing
  wages,  labor  standards  and  working  hours. The authority may, in its
  discretion, assign contracts for supervision  and  coordination  to  the
  successful  bidder  for  any subdivision of work for which the authority
  receives bids. The authority shall not award any  construction  contract
  except to the lowest bidder who, in its opinion, is qualified to perform
  the  work  required  and  who is responsible and reliable. The authority
  may, however, reject any or all bids or waive any informality in  a  bid
  if  it  believes  that the public interest will be promoted thereby. The
  authority may reject any bid if,  in  its  judgment,  the  business  and
  technical   organization,   plant,  resources,  financial  standing,  or
  experience of the bidder justifies such rejection in view of the work to
  be performed.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 34 - Syracuse Regional Airport Authority › 2799-TTT - Conflicts of Interest.

§  2799-ttt.  Conflicts  of interest. Eligibility for appointment as a
  director, officer or employee of the authority shall be subject  to  the
  provisions  of section twenty-eight hundred twenty-five of this chapter.
  In addition to the requirements of such section:
1. It shall be a misdemeanor for any member, officer  or  employee  of
  the  authority  to  be  in  any  way  or  manner interested, directly or
  indirectly, in the furnishing of work, materials, supplies or labor,  or
  in any contract therefore which the authority is empowered by this title
  to make.
2. If any director, officer or employee of the authority shall have an
  interest,  either  direct  or  indirect,  in  any  contract to which the
  authority is or is to be a party, such interest shall  be  disclosed  to
  the  authority  in  writing and shall be set forth in the minutes of the
  authority. The director, officer or employee having such interest  shall
  not  participate  in  any  action  by the authority with respect to such
  contract.
3. No director, officer or employee of the authority shall  be  deemed
  to  have  such  an  interest  solely  by  reason of the ownership of two
  percent or less of the securities of a corporation which is or is to  be
  a  party  to a contract with the authority, including without limitation
  the holding company of any banking institution in which the funds of the
  authority are, or are to be deposited, or which is or is to be acting as
  trustee or paying  agent  under  any  bond  or  note  resolution,  trust
  indenture or similar instrument to which the authority is a party.
4.  Nothing  in this section shall be deemed or construed to limit the
  right of any director, officer or employee of the authority  to  acquire
  an interest in the securities of the authority.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 34 - Syracuse Regional Airport Authority › 2799-VVV - Audit and Annual Report.

§ 2799-vvv. Audit and annual report. In conformity with the provisions
  of  section five of article ten of the constitution, the accounts of the
  authority shall be subject to the supervision of the  state  comptroller
  and  an  annual  audit  shall  be  performed by an independent certified
  accountant. In addition to the reporting requirements of article nine of
  this chapter, the authority shall annually submit to  the  governor  and
  the  state  comptroller  and  to  the  chairperson of the senate finance
  committee and the chairperson of the assembly ways and means committee a
  detailed report pursuant to the provisions of section two thousand eight
  hundred of title one of article nine of this chapter, and a copy of such
  report shall be filed with the clerk of the Syracuse common council  and
  the mayor.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 34 - Syracuse Regional Airport Authority › 2799-WWW - Limited Liability.

§  2799-www. Limited liability. Neither members, officers or employees
  of the authority, nor  any  municipality,  or  an  officer  or  employee
  thereof acting on behalf of the authority, while acting within the scope
  of their authority, shall be subject to any personal liability resulting
  from the construction, maintenance or operation of any of the properties
  of  the authority or from carrying out any of the powers expressly given
  in this title unless the conduct is finally determined  by  a  court  of
  competent   jurisdiction   to  constitute  intentional  wrong  doing  or
  recklessness provided, however, that this section shall not be  held  to
  apply to any independent contractor.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 34 - Syracuse Regional Airport Authority › 2799-XXX - Transfer of Applications, Proceedings, Approvals and Permits.

§  2799-xxx.  Transfer  of  applications,  proceedings,  approvals and
  permits. 1. Any application, review or process  in  relation  to  or  in
  furtherance  of the purposes of or contemplated by this title heretofore
  filed or undertaken, or  any  proceeding  heretofore  commenced  or  any
  determination,  finding  or  award made, by the city or by the city with
  the  federal  government,  the   state   department   of   environmental
  conservation, the state department of transportation or any other public
  corporation  shall  inure to and for the benefit of the authority to the
  same extent and in the same manner as if the authority had been a  party
  to  such  application, review, process or proceeding from its inception,
  and the authority shall be deemed a party thereto,  to  the  extent  not
  prohibited   by   any   federal  law.  Any  license,  approval,  permit,
  determination, finding, award or decision heretofore or hereafter issued
  or granted pursuant to or as a result of any such  application,  review,
  process  or proceeding shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon
  the authority and shall be assigned and transferred by the city  to  the
  authority  unless  such assignment and transfer is prohibited by federal
  law.
2. All such applications, proceedings, licenses,  approvals,  permits,
  determinations,  findings,  awards  and decisions shall further inure to
  and for  the  benefit  of  and  be  binding  upon  any  person  leasing,
  acquiring,  financing,  constructing,  maintaining,  operating, using or
  occupying any facility financed in whole or in part by the authority.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 34 - Syracuse Regional Airport Authority › 2799-XXX-1 - Website.

§  2799-xxx-1.  Website.  The  authority  shall make accessible to the
  public, via its  official  or  shared  internet  website,  documentation
  pertaining  to  its  mission,  current  activities,  most  recent annual
  financial reports, current year budget and its most  recent  independent
  audit  report  unless  such information is covered by subdivision two of
  section eighty-seven of the public officers law.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 34 - Syracuse Regional Airport Authority › 2799-YYY - Severability.

§ 2799-yyy. Severability. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section,
  or  part  of  this  title  shall  be  adjudged by any court of competent
  jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not  affect,  impair  or
  invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation
  to the clause, sentence, paragraph, section, or part thereof involved in
  the controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 34 - Syracuse Regional Airport Authority › 2799-ZZZ - Effect of Inconsistent Provisions.

§   2799-zzz.  Effect  of  inconsistent  provisions.  Insofar  as  the
  provisions of this title are inconsistent with  the  provisions  of  the
  city  charter  or any local law, local charter, local ordinance or local
  resolution of the county or any other municipality,  the  provisions  of
  this title shall be controlling. Insofar as the provisions of this title
  are  inconsistent  with any state law, rule or regulation the state law,
  rule or regulation will prevail. Nothing contained in this section shall
  be held to supplement or otherwise expand the powers or  duties  of  the
  authority  otherwise  set  forth in this title nor abridge the powers or
  duties of  any  state  agency  or  department.  Except  as  specifically
  provided  for in this title, in the performance of any of its functions,
  powers and duties, the authority shall  be  subject  to  all  applicable
  general  or  special  laws of the state, the city charter, and any local
  law, ordinance or resolution of the city.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 35 - Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation › 2799-AAAA - Legislative Declaration.

* §  2799-aaaa. Legislative declaration. The legislature hereby finds,
  determines and declares that: (a) the city of New York and the New  York
  state  urban development corporation have entered into a lease providing
  for the urban development corporation to use  its  statutory  powers  to
  create  on  Roosevelt  Island  a  new  community  which would retain and
  heighten the benefits of urban living while preserving a sense of  scale
  and  open  space  for  Roosevelt Island residents and New York city as a
  whole; (b) the urban development corporation has and its successors have
  constructed the first phases  of  the  island's  development,  including
  public  facilities, pursuant to a general development plan for Roosevelt
  Island,  which  plan  is  being  updated  and  which  plan  contemplates
  significant  future  development,  including the provision of additional
  housing, commercial, civic, recreational and other facilities; (c) it is
  in the public interest for the urban development corporation to transfer
  all of its rights and  obligations  with  respect  to  the  development,
  operation  and  supervision  of  both  such  existing  and such proposed
  development to a public benefit corporation which  shall  be  under  the
  supervision  of the commissioner of homes and community renewal; and (d)
  it is in the public interest that the public benefit  corporation  plan,
  design,  develop, operate, maintain and manage Roosevelt Island and have
  vested in it such powers as are necessary or  convenient  to  effectuate
  those  functions  and that the division of housing and community renewal
  be authorized to assist such  corporation  in  the  performance  of  its
  duties with respect to Roosevelt Island.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 35 - Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation › 2799-BBBB - Definitions.

§  2799-bbbb.  Definitions. As used in this title, the following terms
  shall have the following meanings:
1. "City" shall mean the city of New York;
2. "Commissioner" shall mean the commissioner of homes  and  community
  renewal;
3. "Corporation" shall mean the Roosevelt Island operating corporation
  created by this section;
4.  "Development  subleases"  shall mean (a) the sublease dated August
  first, nineteen hundred eighty between the urban development corporation
  and the city, (b) the ground lease, dated  October  thirtieth,  nineteen
  hundred seventy-two, between the urban development corporation and North
  Town   Phase  II  Houses,  Inc.,  (c)  the  ground  lease,  dated  April
  twenty-fifth,  nineteen  hundred  seventy-three,   between   the   urban
  development  corporation  and North Town Phase III Houses, Inc., (d) the
  restated  ground  lease,  dated  November  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred
  seventy-seven,  between the urban development corporation and Rivercross
  Tenants' Corporation, (e) the ground lease between the  corporation  and
  Manhattan Park dated August fourth, nineteen hundred eighty six, (f) the
  ground  lease  between  the corporation and related and Hudson Companies
  dated December twenty-first, two thousand  one,  and  (g)  the  sublease
  between  the corporation and MEPT Octagon, LLC dated November third, two
  thousand four;
5. "Division" shall mean the New York state division  of  housing  and
  community renewal;
6. "Lease" shall mean the lease, dated December twenty-third, nineteen
  hundred  sixty-nine,  as heretofore or hereafter amended, among the city
  of New York, the New York state urban development  corporation  and  the
  Roosevelt  Island  development  corporation,  pursuant to which the city
  leased substantially all of Roosevelt Island to the New York state urban
  development corporation for development substantially in accordance with
  the development plan referred to therein;
7. "Roosevelt Island" shall mean the island located in the east river,
  city and county of  New  York,  extending  from  approximately  fiftieth
  street to eighty-sixth street in Manhattan;
8.  "Safe  affordable  housing  for everyone, inc." shall mean the New
  York corporation organized under article six-A of  the  private  housing
  finance law and under the supervision and control of the commissioner;
9.  "Tramway  franchise"  shall  mean  the franchise for the Roosevelt
  Island tramway granted by the city to the urban development  corporation
  on February nineteenth, nineteen hundred seventy-four; and
10.  "Urban  development  corporation"  shall  mean the New York state
  urban development corporation and any successor agency.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 35 - Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation › 2799-EEEE - Rules and Regulations; Approval of Development Plan Amendments; Applicability of Local Laws.

§  2799-eeee.  Rules  and  regulations;  approval  of development plan
  amendments; applicability  of  local  laws.  1.  The  corporation  shall
  promulgate  such  rules  and regulations as it shall deem appropriate to
  provide an opportunity for residents of Roosevelt Island to comment upon
  any major  amendment  of  the  development  plan  for  Roosevelt  Island
  referred  to in the lease at a public hearing held prior to its adoption
  by the corporation.
2. Any amendment of the development plan for Roosevelt Island referred
  to in the lease shall be subject to  the  review  and  approval  of  the
  director  of  the  budget,  and the corporation shall not enter into any
  agreement for the design or construction of any improvement provided for
  in any such amendment prior to such approval.
3. The requirements of all local laws, ordinances, codes, charters  or
  regulations  shall  be  applicable  to  the  construction, alteration or
  improvement of any building or structure on Roosevelt  Island,  provided
  that the corporation may, in lieu of such compliance, determine that the
  requirements  of the New York state uniform fire prevention and building
  code, formulated by the state fire prevention and building code  council
  pursuant  to  article eighteen of the executive law, shall be applicable
  to such work. In the event of such compliance with the  New  York  state
  uniform  fire prevention and building code, the city shall have no power
  to modify any drawings, plans or specifications for such work or for the
  plumbing, heating, lighting or other mechanical branches thereof, or  to
  require  that  any person, firm or corporation employed on any such work
  perform the same except as provided by such plans and specifications  or
  obtain  any  additional  authority, approval, permit or certificate from
  the city in connection therewith.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 35 - Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation › 2799-GGGG - Equal Employment Opportunities.

§  2799-gggg. Equal employment opportunities. 1. The corporation shall
  not discriminate against employees or applicants for employment  because
  of  race,  creed,  color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age,
  disability or marital status, and will undertake or continue programs of
  affirmative action to ensure that minority group persons and  women  are
  afforded  equal  employment  opportunity  without  discrimination.  Such
  action  shall  be  taken  with  reference,  but  not  be   limited,   to
  recruitment, employment, job assignment, promotion, upgrading, demotion,
  transfer,   layoff,   termination,   rate  of  pay  or  other  forms  of
  compensation, and  selections  for  training  or  retraining,  including
  apprenticeship and on-the-job training.
2.  The corporation shall request each employment agency, labor union,
  or authorized representative of workers with which it has  a  collective
  bargaining  or  other  agreement  or understanding, to furnish a written
  statement that such employment agency,  labor  union  or  representative
  shall  not  discriminate because of race, creed, color, national origin,
  sex, sexual orientation, age, disability or marital status and that such
  union or representative will cooperate  in  the  implementation  of  the
  corporation's obligations hereunder.
3. The corporation shall state, in all solicitations or advertisements
  for  employees  placed  by  or  on  behalf  of the corporation, that all
  qualified applicants  will  be  afforded  equal  employment  opportunity
  without  discrimination  because of race, creed, color, national origin,
  sex, sexual orientation, age, disability or marital status.
4. The corporation shall seek  meaningful  participation  by  minority
  business  enterprises  in  the  programs  of  the  corporation and shall
  actively and affirmatively promote and assist their participation in the
  corporation's programs, so as to facilitate the award of a fair share of
  contracts to such enterprises. For purposes hereof,  "minority  business
  enterprise"  shall  mean  any  business  enterprise  which  is  at least
  fifty-one per centum  owned  by,  or  in  the  case  of  publicly  owned
  business,  at  least fifty-one per centum of the stock of which is owned
  by, citizens or permanent resident noncitizens who are Black,  Hispanic,
  Asian,  American  Indian  or women, and such ownership interest is real,
  substantial and continuing.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 35 - Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation › 2799-IIII - Annual Budget and Report.

§  2799-iiii.  Annual  budget  and  report.  1. On or before September
  fifteenth, nineteen hundred eighty-four and on each September  fifteenth
  thereafter,  the  chair of the corporation shall make and deliver to the
  director of the budget for his or her review a proposed budget  for  the
  operation  of the corporation for the next fiscal year of the state. The
  chair of the corporation shall also deliver a copy of such budget to the
  chair of the senate finance committee and the chair of the assembly ways
  and means committee at the same time that the budget is delivered to the
  director of the budget. The budget shall include the total amount needed
  for corporate purposes, including the funds required by the  corporation
  for  operation  of  Roosevelt  Island  facilities  and improvements, the
  source of all funds that the corporation expects  to  receive  and  such
  other  information  as  the  director  of  the budget shall require. The
  governor shall recommend in his or her annual budget such appropriations
  to the corporation for its operations as he or she deems necessary.
2. The corporation shall submit to the director of the  budget,  chair
  of  the  senate finance committee and the chair of the assembly ways and
  means committee, within ninety days after the end of its fiscal year,  a
  complete  and  detailed  report  setting  forth  (a)  its operations and
  accomplishments, and (b)  its  receipts  and  expenditures  during  such
  fiscal   year   in   accordance   with  categories  and  classifications
  established by the corporation, with the approval of the director of the
  budget, for its operating and capital outlay purposes.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 35 - Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation › 2799-JJJJ - Future Management Study.

§  2799-jjjj. Future management study. The corporation shall study the
  future operation and management of Roosevelt Island. Such study shall be
  completed by December thirty-first, nineteen hundred eighty-five.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 35 - Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation › 2799-KKKK - Open Space Development Prohibited.

§  2799-kkkk.  Open  space development prohibited. Notwithstanding any
  other provision of this title, or any other law to the contrary,  on  or
  after  the  effective  date  of  this section, no further development or
  construction for other than park purposes shall be permitted on any real
  property which  is  identified  as  open  space  areas  in  the  general
  development  plan  as amended May tenth, nineteen hundred ninety, and as
  subsequently amended, and approved by the board of estimate of the  city
  of  New York on August seventeenth, nineteen hundred ninety and referred
  to in the lease defined  in  subdivision  six  of  section  twenty-seven
  hundred  ninety-nine-bbbb of this title, and on such real property shall
  remain open space areas for  the  duration  of  the  lease  unless  such
  development  or  construction  includes the reconstruction, restoration,
  rehabilitation or preservation of the historic landmarks located in such
  open space areas and furthers the  use  of  the  areas  surrounding  the
  historic  landmarks  as  open  space areas. Open space areas, as used in
  this  section  shall  be  limited  to  Lighthouse  Park,  Octagon  Park,
  Blackwell Park, and South Point Park.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 35 - Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation › 2799-LLLL - Liability for Community Obligations; Tax Exemption.

§  2799-llll.  Liability  for community obligations; tax exemption. 1.
  The obligations of the corporation shall not be debts of the state,  and
  the state shall not be liable thereon, and such obligations shall not be
  payable out of any funds other than those of the corporation.
2.  It  is  hereby found, determined and declared that the creation of
  the corporation and the carrying out of its purposes is in all  respects
  for  the benefit of the people of the state and is a public purpose, and
  that the  corporation  will  be  performing  an  essential  governmental
  function  in the exercise of the powers conferred upon it by this title.
  The corporation and its operations, property and moneys  shall  be  free
  and exempt from taxation of every kind by the city and the state and any
  subdivision  thereof.  Except  as hereinabove provided and except as may
  otherwise specifically be provided, nothing contained in this act  shall
  confer  exemption from any tax, assessment or fee upon any person, firm,
  corporation or other entity, or upon the obligations of any of them.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 35 - Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation › 2799-MMMM - Division of Housing and Community Renewal; Assistance and Services.

§ 2799-mmmm. Division of housing and community renewal; assistance and
  services.  The corporation may from time to time request the division to
  perform such services  and  render  such  technical  assistance  to  the
  corporation  with respect to the development, management or operation of
  Roosevelt Island as the corporation deems necessary  or  convenient  and
  may  provide for the reimbursement to the division by the corporation of
  the reasonable cost of such services. The division is hereby  authorized
  to  perform such services and render such technical assistance as may be
  agreed upon between the division and the corporation  pursuant  to  this
  section. In addition, the commissioner is hereby authorized to represent
  the  corporation in any negotiations with the city concerning amendments
  or supplements to or reformations of the lease and tramway franchise  as
  contemplated  by  section  twenty-seven hundred ninety-nine-ffff of this
  title.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 35 - Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation › 2799-NNNN - Operation of Motor Vehicles.

§  2799-nnnn.  Operation  of  motor vehicles. In addition to any other
  power conferred upon  it  by  this  title,  the  corporation  is  hereby
  authorized  to  prescribe rules and regulations governing the operation,
  including the parking, standing or stopping  of  vehicles  on  Roosevelt
  Island;  provided  however,  that  such  rules and regulations shall not
  restrict access to any city facilities situated on Roosevelt Island  nor
  unreasonably  restrict  parking  by  city  of  New York employees, their
  visitors and invitees. The violation of such rules or regulations  shall
  be  an  offense  punishable upon a first conviction thereof by a fine of
  not more than fifty dollars, upon a second within a period  of  eighteen
  months  by a fine of not more than one hundred fifty dollars, and upon a
  third or subsequent conviction  thereof  within  a  period  of  eighteen
  months  by  a  fine  of  not  more  than  one hundred fifty dollars. For
  purposes  of  enforcement  and  administration   of   such   rules   and
  regulations,  including  but not limited to conferring jurisdiction with
  respect thereto upon the applicable courts and administrative tribunals,
  all provisions of law relating to, and rules or regulations of, the  New
  York  city department of transportation not inconsistent with this title
  shall be applicable.