2023 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.