2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 28 - New York State Olympic Regional Development Authority › 2608 - New York State Olympic Regional Development Authority.

§  2608. New York state olympic regional development authority. 1. For
  the purposes of effectuating the policy declared in  section  twenty-six
  hundred  six  of this title, there is hereby created the "New York state
  olympic regional development authority", referred to in  this  title  as
  "the   authority",   which   shall  be  a  body  corporate  and  politic
  constituting a public benefit corporation. The authority  shall  consist
  of  twelve  members  who  shall  be  the  commissioner  of environmental
  conservation, the commissioner of economic development, the commissioner
  of parks, recreation and historic preservation and nine  persons  to  be
  appointed  by  the  governor,  by and with the advice and consent of the
  senate. Of the nine persons appointed by the governor, by and  with  the
  advice  and  consent of the senate, one each shall be appointed upon the
  recommendation of the temporary president of the senate and the  speaker
  of  the assembly. Three of the persons appointed by the governor, by and
  with the advice and consent of the senate shall be  appointed  upon  the
  recommendation  of the town board of the town of North Elba and shall be
  residents of the park district. Two persons shall be  appointed  by  the
  governor,  by and with the advice and consent of the senate, one of whom
  shall reside in Ulster county and the other  of  whom  shall  reside  in
  Delaware  county.  One  of the persons appointed by the governor, by and
  with the advice and consent of the senate, shall be a resident of Warren
  county. The governor shall appoint a chairperson, a vice-chairperson and
  a second vice-chairperson from among any of the members of the authority
  and such chairperson, vice-chairperson and second vice-chairperson shall
  serve at the pleasure of  the  governor,  provided,  however,  that  the
  vice-chairperson  shall  be  appointed on the recommendation of the town
  board of North Elba; and the second vice-chairperson shall be  appointed
  upon  the  recommendation of the town boards of the town of Shandaken in
  Ulster county and the town of Middletown in Delaware county; and must be
  a resident of Ulster or Delaware counties; with a majority vote  of  the
  combined  two  town  boards  determining who shall be recommended to the
  governor for appointment of that position.  From  among  any  candidates
  recommended by the chairman, the members shall appoint a president/chief
  executive officer of the authority.
The  members first appointed by the governor shall be appointed within
  thirty days of the effective date of this title. The  members  appointed
  as  a result of the enactment of the chapter of the laws of two thousand
  twelve which amended  this  section,  consisting  of  the  eleventh  and
  twelfth  board  members,  shall  be  appointed within ninety days of the
  effective date of such chapter.  The  first  members  appointed  by  the
  governor  upon  the  recommendation  of  the  temporary president of the
  senate and the speaker of the assembly shall serve terms of three  years
  respectively  from  January first next succeeding their appointment. The
  remaining four members first appointed by the governor shall serve terms
  of one, two, four and five years respectively from  January  first  next
  succeeding their appointment. The fifth member appointed by the governor
  shall  serve a term of two years from January first, next succeeding his
  or  her  appointment.  Each  appointment  of  a  member  following   the
  expiration  of the original terms of the appointment shall be for a term
  of five years. The members appointed by the governor who are required to
  reside in either Delaware or Ulster  counties  shall  be  appointed  for
  terms  of  four years. Members shall continue to hold office until their
  successors have been appointed and qualified. In the event of a  vacancy
  occurring during the term of a member's appointment, by reason of death,
  resignation, disqualification or otherwise, such vacancy shall be filled
  for the unexpired term in the same manner as the original appointment.
2.  The  members  of the authority shall not receive a salary or other
  compensation for their services as members of  the  authority  but  each

  member  shall  be  allowed  reimbursement  for  the necessary and actual
  expenses which he or she shall incur in the performance of  his  or  her
  duties under this title.
3.  The  president/chief executive officer shall serve at the pleasure
  of the members and  shall  be  responsible  for  the  discharge  of  the
  executive  and  administrative  functions  and  exercise of any power or
  function of the authority.
4. Seven members of the authority shall constitute a  quorum  for  the
  transaction  of any business or the exercise of any power or function of
  the authority. The authority may delegate to one or more of its members,
  officers, agents and employees, such powers and duties as  it  may  deem
  proper. The commissioner of environmental conservation, the commissioner
  of  economic  development,  the commissioner of parks and recreation and
  any other member of the authority who is a full  time  employee  of  the
  state  or  who  holds  public  office  may designate one person from his
  department or from the public corporation in which  he  holds  a  public
  office to represent him at all meetings of the authority from which such
  member  may  be  absent. Any representative so designated shall have the
  power to attend and to vote at any meeting of the authority  from  which
  the  member so designating him is absent, with the same force and effect
  as  if  the  member  designating  him  were  present  and  voting.  Such
  designation  shall  be  by written notice filed with the chairman of the
  authority by the member making the designation and shall be for  a  term
  of one year or until such representative shall resign or shall no longer
  be   employed  by  the  department  of  which  such  member  making  the
  designation is an employee or by the public corporation  of  which  such
  member  making the designation holds a public office or until revoked by
  the person making such designation. Such designation shall not limit the
  power of the member making the designation to attend and vote in  person
  at any meeting of the authority.
5.  The  authority  shall  be  a  "state  agency"  for the purposes of
  sections seventy-three and seventy-four of the public officers law.
6. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of this  or  any  other
  law,  general, special or local, no officer or employee of the state, as
  defined in the public officers law, or of the  park  district  shall  be
  deemed  to  have  forfeited or shall forfeit his office of employment or
  any benefits provided under the retirement and social  security  law  or
  under any public retirement system maintained by the state or any of its
  subdivisions   by   reason   of  his  acceptance  of  membership  on  or
  chairmanship of the authority; provided, however, a member  or  chairman
  who  holds  such  other  public  office  of  employment shall receive no
  additional compensation for services rendered pursuant  to  this  title,
  but  shall  be  entitled  to  reimbursement for his actual and necessary
  expenses incurred in the performance of such services.
7. The governor may remove any member  of  the  authority  for  cause,
  other   than   the   commissioner  of  environmental  conservation,  the
  commissioner of economic development and the commissioner of  parks  and
  recreation,  after  giving  him a copy of the charges against him and an
  opportunity to be heard, in person or by counsel in  his  defense,  upon
  not  less  than ten days' notice. If any member shall be so removed, the
  governor shall file in the office of the department of state a  complete
  statement of charges made against such member, and his findings thereon,
  together with a complete record of the proceedings.
8.  The principal office of the authority shall be located in the town
  of North Elba and the authority shall establish a second office  at  the
  Belleayre Mountain ski center.
9.  Nothing  shall  preclude  the  use  of meetings and votes by video
  conference or other conferencing which  permits  conferees  to  see  the
  other members during board meetings through television or the internet.