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2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 18-A - Industrial Development › Title 2 - Municipal Industrial Development Agencies › 927-E - Town of Sand Lake Industrial Development Agency.

* §  927-e.  Town  of Sand Lake industrial development agency. For the
  benefit of the  town  of  Sand  Lake,  county  of  Rensselaer,  and  the
  inhabitants  thereof,  an  industrial development agency, to be known as
  the  town  of  Sand  Lake  industrial  development  agency,  is   hereby
  established  for  the  accomplishment  of  any  or  all  of the purposes
  specified in title one of article eighteen-A of this chapter.  It  shall
  constitute  a  body corporate and politic, and be perpetual in duration.
  It shall have the powers and duties now or hereafter conferred by  title
  one  of  article  eighteen-A of this chapter upon industrial development
  agencies, provided that the exercise of the powers by such  agency  with
  respect  to  the  acquisition  of  real  property  whether  by purchase,
  condemnation or otherwise shall be limited to the  corporate  limits  of
  the  town  of Sand Lake, and such agency shall abide by the local zoning
  ordinances and planning regulations and shall  take  into  consideration
  the  regional  and  local  comprehensive  land  use  plans.  It shall be
  organized in a manner prescribed by and be subject to the provisions  of
  title  one  of  article eighteen-A of this chapter. Its members shall be
  appointed by the governing body of the town of Sand  Lake.  The  agency,
  its  members,  officers and employees, and its operations and activities
  shall in all respects be governed by the  provisions  of  title  one  of
  article eighteen-A of this chapter.
* NB Agency expires per §§ 856 and 882
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 18-A - Industrial Development › Title 2 - Municipal Industrial Development Agencies › 927-F - Putnam County Industrial Development Agency.

* §  927-f.  Putnam  county  industrial  development  agency.  For the
  benefit of  the  county  of  Putnam  and  the  inhabitants  thereof,  an
  industrial  development  agency,  to  be  known  as  the  PUTNAM  COUNTY
  INDUSTRIAL  DEVELOPMENT  AGENCY,   is   hereby   established   for   the
  accomplishment  of  any or all of the purposes specified in title one of
  article eighteen-A of this chapter. It shall constitute a body corporate
  and politic, and be perpetual in duration. It shall have the powers  and
  duties  now or hereafter conferred by title one of article eighteen-A of
  this chapter upon industrial development agencies and provided that  the
  exercise of the powers by such agency with respect to the acquisition of
  real  property  by purchase, shall be limited to the corporate limits of
  the county of Putnam, and such agency shall take into consideration  the
  local  zoning and planning regulations as well as the regional and local
  comprehensive land  use  plans.  It  shall  be  organized  in  a  manner
  prescribed  by  and be subject to the provisions of title one of article
  eighteen-A  of  this  chapter.   Notwithstanding   the   provisions   of
  subdivision  four  of  section  eight  hundred  fifty-eight  of  article
  eighteen-A of this chapter, such agency shall  not  have  the  power  to
  acquire real property by condemnation. Its members shall be appointed by
  the  governing  body  of  the county of Putnam. The agency, its members,
  officers and employees and its operations and activities  shall  in  all
  respects  be  governed  by  the  provisions  of  title  one  of  article
  eighteen-A of this chapter.
* NB Agency expires per §§ 856 and 882
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 18-A - Industrial Development › Title 2 - Municipal Industrial Development Agencies › 928 - Town of Lockport Industrial Development Agency.

* §  928.  Town  of  Lockport  industrial  development agency. For the
  benefit of the town of Lockport  in  the  county  of  Niagara,  and  the
  inhabitants  thereof,  an  industrial development agency, to be known as
  the  TOWN  OF  LOCKPORT  INDUSTRIAL  DEVELOPMENT   AGENCY,   is   hereby
  established  for  the  accomplishment  of  any  or  all  of the purposes
  specified in title one of article eighteen-A of this chapter.  It  shall
  constitute  a  body corporate and politic, and be perpetual in duration.
  It shall have the powers and duties now or hereafter conferred by  title
  one  of  article  eighteen-A of this chapter upon industrial development
  agencies; provided that the exercise of the powers by such  agency  with
  respect  to  the  acquisition  of  real  property  whether  by purchase,
  condemnation or otherwise, shall be limited to the corporate  limits  of
  the  town  of Lockport and such agency shall take into consideration the
  local zoning and planning regulations as well as the regional and  local
  comprehensive  land  use  plans.  It  shall  be  organized  in  a manner
  prescribed by and be subject to the provisions of title one  of  article
  eighteen-A  of  this  chapter.  Its  members  shall  be appointed by the
  governing body of  the  town  of  Lockport.  The  agency,  its  members,
  officers  and  employees  and its operations and activities shall in all
  respects  be  governed  by  the  provisions  of  title  one  of  article
  eighteen-A of this chapter.
* NB Agency expires per §§ 856 and 882
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 18-B - New York State Empire Zones › 956 - Statement of Legislative Findings and Declaration.

§  956.  Statement  of  legislative  findings and declaration.   It is
  hereby found and declared that there  exist  within  the  state  certain
  areas   characterized   by   persistent   and  pervasive  poverty,  high
  unemployment,  limited  new  job  creation,  a  dependence   on   public
  assistance  income,  dilapidated and abandoned industrial and commercial
  facilities, and shrinking tax bases.  These  severe  conditions  require
  state  government  to  target for these areas extraordinary economic and
  human resource  development  programs  in  order  to  stimulate  private
  investment,  private  business  development  and job creation. It is the
  public policy of the state to offer special  incentives  and  assistance
  that  will  promote  the development of new businesses, the expansion of
  existing businesses and the development of human resources within  these
  economically  impoverished  areas  and  to do so without encouraging the
  relocation of business investment from other areas of the state.  It  is
  further  found and declared that it is the public policy of the state to
  achieve these goals through the mutual  cooperation  of  all  levels  of
  state and local government and the business community.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 18-B - New York State Empire Zones › 959-A - Rescinding of Local Incentives.

§  959-a.  Rescinding of local incentives. Should a certified business
  enterprise in  an  empire  zone  be  decertified,  any  local  incentive
  provided  by  such  municipality  may  be  rescinded  by  local  law  or
  resolution by the governing body of such  municipality,  notwithstanding
  subdivision  five  of  section  four  hundred  eighty-five-e of the real
  property tax law.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 18-B - New York State Empire Zones › 959-B - Clean Energy Enterprises.

§  959-b.  Clean energy enterprises. (a) For purposes of this section,
"clean energy enterprise" shall mean any business primarily  engaged  in
research,  development  or  manufacturing  of renewable energy or energy
efficiency technologies or products; provided, however, that an  initial
clean  coal  electric  generating  facility  capable of capturing carbon
dioxide for sequestration or capable of  being  retrofitted  to  capture
carbon  dioxide  for sequestration shall constitute an eligible business
for purposes of  this  section.  A  business  is  primarily  engaged  in
research,  development  or  manufacturing  of renewable energy or energy
efficiency technologies or products if eighty percent  or  more  of  its
property in New York is utilized for such purposes.
(b)  The  commissioner of economic development shall serve as the sole
certification officer for businesses seeking certification  as  a  clean
energy  enterprise.  The  commissioner  of  economic  development, after
consultation with the executive director of the New  York  state  energy
research   and   development  authority,  shall  promulgate  regulations
governing (i) criteria of eligibility for designation of a clean  energy
enterprise, (ii) the application process, and (iii) the certification by
the  commissioner  of  economic  development  as  to  the eligibility of
business enterprises for benefits referred to in  section  nine  hundred
sixty-six of this article. A business so certified shall be deemed to be
eligible  for  such  benefits  as  if  such  business were located in an
investment zone as defined  in  paragraph  (i)  of  subdivision  (d)  of
section  nine hundred fifty-seven of this article. No such certification
shall be made after June thirtieth, two thousand ten.
(c) Such enterprise shall be exempt from the requirements of paragraph
(iii) of subdivision (a) of section nine hundred  fifty-eight,  sections
nine   hundred  sixty-one,  nine  hundred  sixty-two  and  nine  hundred
sixty-three of this article.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 18-B - New York State Empire Zones › 965 - Designation of Empire Zone as a Foreign Trade Zone.

§  965.  Designation of empire zone as a foreign trade zone. Any city,
  county, town or village which contains an area which  is  designated  an
  empire  zone  in  accordance  with this article, is hereby authorized to
  make application to the foreign trade zones board established by an  act
  of  Congress,  approved  June  eighteenth, nineteen hundred thirty-four,
  entitled "An Act to  provide  for  the  establishment,  cooperation  and
  maintenance  of  foreign  trade  zones  in  ports of entry of the United
  States, to expedite  and  encourage  foreign  commerce,  and  for  other
  purposes,"  for  a  grant  to said city, county, town or village for the
  privilege of establishing, operating, and maintaining  a  foreign  trade
  zone  within  such  area, pursuant to the provisions of such act, and if
  such application be granted, to establish,  operate  and  maintain  such
  foreign  trade  zone  within  such area in accordance with law. Any such
  city, county, town or village may contract with a not-for-profit  agency
  and may appropriate such sums of money as it may deem proper, subject to
  the  provisions  of this section, toward the promotion and establishment
  of such foreign trade zone in such area.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 18-B - New York State Empire Zones › 968 - Disposition of Property.

§  968.  Disposition of property. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of
any other law to the contrary, in order to further the purposes  of  the
empire  zones  program,  any real or personal property located within an
empire zone  and  owned  by  any  local  governmental  entity  in  whose
jurisdiction an empire zone is located, may be sold or leased for a term
not  exceeding  ninety-nine  years  to a private user, a community-based
organization,  a  public  benefit  corporation  or  any  other   person:
provided,  however,  that  each  contract  for  such sale, and each such
lease, shall obligate the buyer or lessee to comply with the  provisions
of  this  article  and  the  empire zone development plan filed with the
commissioner pursuant to section nine hundred sixty-two of this article.
Such obligations contained in a contract for the sale of  real  property
shall survive delivery of the deed. A breach by the buyer or lessee of a
material  obligation of such contract or lease shall, in addition to any
other remedies available to the seller or  lessor  under  the  contract,
terminate  the  eligibility  of  the  buyer  or  lessee for any benefits
provided in this article.
(b) Any real or personal property  owned  by  any  local  governmental
entity  or  the  state  and located within an empire zone may be sold or
leased to any person pursuant to this section without public bidding  or
public  sale; provided, however, that there is published in at least one
newspaper of general circulation in the municipality in which the empire
zone is located a notice which shall include a statement of the identity
of the proposed purchaser or lessee and a description  of  its  proposed
use  or  re-use  of the property, the price or rental to be paid by such
purchaser or lessee, all other essential  conditions  of  such  sale  or
lease,  and  a  statement  that a public hearing upon such sale or lease
will be held by the seller or lessor of the property at a specified time
and place on a date not less than ten days nor  more  than  thirty  days
after such publication, and provided further that such public hearing is
held in accordance with such notice.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 18-C - Municipal Redevelopment Law › 970-B - Legislative Findings and Declaration.

§  970-b. Legislative findings and declaration. It is hereby found and
  declared that there exists in  many  communities  blighted  areas  which
  threaten  the economic and social well-being of the people of the state.
  Blighted areas are characterized by one or more of  the  conditions  set
  forth  in  subdivision  (a)  of  section  nine hundred seventy-c of this
  article.
It is further found and declared that such conditions of  blight  tend
  to  further  obsolescence,  deterioration  and disuse and that remedying
  such conditions is necessary to  facilitate  commercial  and  industrial
  development,   to   maintain   and   expand   the   supply  of  low  and
  moderate-income  housing  and  to   maintain   and   expand   employment
  opportunities for jobless, underemployed and low income persons.
For  these  reasons  it  is  declared to be the policy of the state to
  protect and promote the sound development and redevelopment of  blighted
  areas   and   whenever   the  redevelopment  of  such  areas  cannot  be
  accomplished by private enterprise alone  without  public  participation
  and  assistance  in  the  acquisition  of  land,  in planning and in the
  financing of land assembly, in the work of clearance, and in the  making
  of  improvements  necessary  therefor,  it  is in the public interest to
  employ the power of eminent domain, to advance or  expend  public  funds
  for  these  purposes, and to provide a means by which blighted areas may
  be redeveloped or rehabilitated.
It  is  further  found  and  declared  that  sound   development   and
  redevelopment  of  blighted  areas increases public school enrollment by
  providing affordable housing and employment opportunities and  the  need
  for expanded public education facilities and services.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 18-C - Municipal Redevelopment Law › 970-D - Survey Area Studies.

§ 970-d. Survey area studies. Upon a finding that a study to determine
  if  a  redevelopment  project  within  a specified area is feasible, the
  legislative body of a municipality may by resolution designate such area
  as a survey area and upon such designation shall undertake or  cause  to
  be undertaken such studies as are necessary to determine the feasibility
  of such redevelopment project within the survey area. Any person, group,
  association  or corporation may in writing, request the legislative body
  to designate a survey area or areas for project study purposes, and  may
  submit  with  their  request plans showing the proposed redevelopment of
  such area or areas or any part or parts thereof.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 18-C - Municipal Redevelopment Law › 970-E - Project Area.

§  970-e. Project area. Based on the results of a survey area study or
studies a legislative body may by resolution select one or more  project
areas  for  redevelopment  pursuant  to this article and provide for the
preparation of preliminary plans for such redevelopment  projects.  Such
preliminary plans shall include:
(a) A description of the boundaries of the project area.
(b)  A general statement of the land uses, layout of principal streets
and population densities and standards proposed as  the  basis  for  the
redevelopment of the project area.
(c)  A statement of how the purposes of this article would be achieved
by such redevelopment.
(d) A description  of  how  the  preliminary  plan  for  redevelopment
conforms  to  the  master  plan  of  the municipality should such a plan
exist.
(e) A general statement of the impact of the  project  upon  residents
thereof and upon the surrounding neighborhood.
(f)  A statement of why redevelopment of the project area would not be
undertaken were it not for the purposes and provisions of this article.
(g) To the extent required  by  article  eight  of  the  environmental
conservation   law,   an  environmental  impact  statement  prepared  in
accordance with section 8-0109 of such article.
The legislative body  shall  also  provide  for  the  review  of  such
preliminary  plans  by  the  planning  agency  and  any  other agency or
department of the municipality with responsibility for  zoning  or  land
use  planning.   Nothing in this article shall be construed to supersede
the requirements and procedures for the zoning and use of  land  as  may
otherwise be prescribed by law.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 18-C - Municipal Redevelopment Law › 970-G - Plan Review.

§  970-g. Plan review. Before any redevelopment plan is adopted by the
legislative body, it shall:
(a) Submit such plan  to  the  planning  agency  for  its  review  and
recommendations.  Such  review  shall  consider  the  conformity of such
redevelopment plan with any master plan which has been  adopted  by  the
planning  agency  and  approved  by  the  legislative body. The planning
agency may recommend for or against the approval  of  the  redevelopment
plan.  Within  thirty days after a redevelopment plan is submitted to it
for consideration, the planning agency shall make and  file  its  review
and  recommendations  with  the legislative body. If the planning agency
does not report upon the redevelopment plan within thirty days after its
submission, the legislative body may thereafter approve the plan without
the review and recommendations of the planning agency;
(b) Submit such  plan  to  the  boards  of  education  of  the  school
districts  impacted by the redevelopment plan for review and approval of
any tax allocation pursuant to section nine hundred  seventy-p  of  this
article in relation to bonds issued under section nine hundred seventy-o
of this article. To be subject to such redevelopment plan and allocation
of taxes pursuant to section nine hundred seventy-p of this article, the
board  of  education  of  an  impacted  school  district  shall  adopt a
resolution  approving  such  plan  and  allocation  and  transmit   such
resolution to the legislative body.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 18-C - Municipal Redevelopment Law › 970-I - Acquisition of Property.

§  970-i.  Acquisition  of  property.  (a)  Within  the project area a
municipality  may  upon  adoption  of  the  redevelopment  plan  by  the
legislative  body, purchase, lease, obtain option upon, acquire by gift,
grant, bequest, devise, or otherwise, any real or personal property, any
interest in property,  and  any  improvements  on  it  or  acquire  real
property by eminent domain.
(b)  Without the consent of an owner, the agency shall not acquire any
real property on which an existing building is to remain on its  present
site  and  in  its  present  form  and use unless such building requires
structural alteration, improvement, modernization or rehabilitation,  or
the  site or lot on which the building is situated requires modification
in size, shape or use or it is necessary to impose  upon  such  property
any  of  the  standards,  restrictions  and controls of the plan and the
owner fails or refuses to agree  to  participate  in  the  redevelopment
plan.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 18-C - Municipal Redevelopment Law › 970-J - Relocation of Displaced Persons.

§  970-j.  Relocation of displaced persons. The legislative body shall
  prepare a feasible plan for relocation of all families and persons to be
  temporarily or permanently displaced  from  housing  facilities  in  the
  project  area.  The legislative body shall insure that such plan for the
  relocation of families or single persons to be displaced  by  a  project
  shall  provide that no person or family of low and moderate income shall
  be displaced unless and until there is suitable  housing  available  and
  ready  for  occupancy  by  such  displaced  person  or  family  at rents
  comparable to those paid at the time of their displacement. Such housing
  shall be suitable to the  needs  of  such  displaced  person  or  family
  including,  but not limited to, access to work, adequate space and other
  financial  considerations  and  such  housing  must  be  decent,   safe,
  sanitary,  and  otherwise  standard  dwellings.  The  agency  shall  not
  displace such person or family until such housing is available and ready
  for occupancy.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 18-C - Municipal Redevelopment Law › 970-K - Clearance, Improvements and Site Preparation.

§   970-k.   Clearance,  improvements  and  site  preparation.  (a)  A
municipality may  demolish  or  move  buildings,  structures,  or  other
improvements  from  any  real  property  acquired.  The municipality may
develop as a building site any real property owned or acquired by it. In
connection with such development it may cause, provide or  undertake  or
make provision with other agencies for the installation, or construction
of  streets, utilities, parks, playgrounds and other public improvements
necessary for carrying out the redevelopment plan.
(b) Any work of grading,  clearing,  demolition,  or  construction  or
installation of public improvements shall be done by contract subject to
provisions  of  state  and local law applicable to the letting of public
works contracts.  Where the work does not require competitive  bids  the
agency  may  give  priority  for  such  work  to  the  residents of such
redevelopment project areas and to persons displaced from such areas  as
a  result  of redevelopment activities. To the greatest extent feasible,
contracts for work to be performed in connection with any  redevelopment
project  shall  be awarded to business concerns which are located in, or
owned in the substantial part, by persons residing in the project  area.
To   the  greatest  extent  feasible,  opportunities  for  training  and
employment arising from  any  contract  for  work  to  be  performed  in
connection  with  any redevelopment project shall be given to low-income
persons who are residents of the project area.  The  municipality  shall
require  each  successful  bidder  to  file  with it good and sufficient
bonds, to be approved by it. The bonds shall  be  conditioned  upon  the
faithful  performance of the contract and upon the payment of all claims
for labor and material in connection with the contract.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 18-C - Municipal Redevelopment Law › 970-L - Property Disposition, Rehabilitation and Development.

§  970-l.  Property disposition, rehabilitation and development. (a) A
municipality in order to implement a redevelopment plan adopted  by  the
legislative  body,  may  for  purposes  of  redevelopment,  sell, lease,
exchange, subdivide, transfer, assign,  pledge,  encumber  by  mortgage,
deed of trust or otherwise, or otherwise dispose of any real or personal
property  or  any  interest  in  property. Any lease or sale may be made
without public bidding but only after a public hearing, notice of  which
shall  be  given  by  publication  for not less than once a week for two
weeks prior to  the  hearing  in  a  newspaper  of  general  circulation
published  in  the  county  in  which the land lies. Except as otherwise
provided by this article the municipality shall lease or sell  all  real
property acquired by it in any project area, except property conveyed by
it to a municipality, school district or improvement district for public
purposes  as provided by the redevelopment plan. Each such lease or sale
shall be conditioned on the redevelopment and use  of  the  property  in
conformity with the redevelopment plan.
(b)  The  municipality  may obligate lessees or purchasers of property
acquired in a redevelopment project to use the property for the  purpose
designated  in  the  redevelopment  plan, begin the redevelopment of the
project area  within  a  period  of  time  which  the  agency  fixes  as
reasonable  and  comply  with  other  conditions  which the agency deems
necessary to carry out the purposes of this  article.  The  municipality
may  provide  in  the  contract  that  any  of  the  obligations  of the
purchasers are covenants or conditions running with the land, the breach
of which shall cause the ownership to revert to the agency.
(c) The municipality may sell, lease, grant, or donate  real  property
owned  or  acquired by it in a project area for the purpose of providing
housing for low or moderate income individuals or families.
(d) Property acquired  by  the  municipality  for  rehabilitation  and
resale  shall  be offered for resale within one year after completion of
rehabilitation, or in the event that such property has not been  offered
for  resale  within  one year an annual report shall be published by the
agency  in  a  newspaper  of  general  circulation  published   in   the
municipality  listing  any  rehabilitated property held by the agency in
excess of such  one-year  period,  stating  the  reasons  such  property
remains unsold and indicating plans for its disposition.
(e)  The term of lease by the agency of real property shall not exceed
ninety-nine years.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 18-C - Municipal Redevelopment Law › 970-M - Amendment of Redevelopment Plan.

§  970-m.  Amendment  of  redevelopment plan. If at any time after the
  adoption of a redevelopment plan for a project area by  the  legislative
  body,  it  becomes  necessary or desirable to amend or modify such plan,
  the legislative body may by resolution amend such plan. Such  amendments
  may  include  a change in the boundaries of the project area to add land
  to or, prior to the issuance of indebtedness pursuant  to  section  nine
  hundred  seventy-o  as provided by such redevelopment plan, exclude land
  from the project area. An amendment or modification of the plan shall be
  approved pursuant to  subdivisions  (a)  through  (g)  of  section  nine
  hundred  seventy-h of this article. Upon adoption of the amended plan by
  the legislative body the legislative body  shall  transmit  the  amended
  plan as provided by subdivision (h) of such section.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 18-C - Municipal Redevelopment Law › 970-Q - Annual Report.

§  970-q.  Annual  report.  The municipality shall submit to the state
  comptroller, on or before March thirty-first of each  year,  a  progress
  report  and financial statement for the preceding calendar year for each
  redevelopment project undertaken pursuant to this article.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 19-A - Business Improvement Districts › 980 - Definitions.

§ 980. Definitions. As used in this article:
(a)  "Average  full  valuation  of  taxable  real  property" means the
valuation obtained by taking the  assessed  valuation  of  taxable  real
property  in the district as it appears upon the last completed and four
preceding assessment rolls of the municipality and dividing each by  the
applicable  state equalization rate as determined by the commissioner of
taxation and finance pursuant to article twelve of the real property tax
law for each of the  assessment  rolls  and  dividing  the  sum  of  the
quotients thus obtained by five.
(b)  "District"  means  a  business  improvement  district established
pursuant to this article.
(c) "District charge" means a levy imposed on behalf of  the  district
as provided in the district plan.
(d)   "District   management   association"   means   the  association
established pursuant to section nine hundred eighty-m of this article.
(e) "District plan" or "plan" means a proposal as defined  in  section
nine hundred eighty-a of this article.
(f)  "Legislative  body" means the local legislative body empowered to
adopt and amend local laws or ordinances.
(g) "Municipality" means a city, town or village within the  state  of
New York.
(h) "Owner" means owner of record.
(i) "Tenant" means an occupant pursuant to a lease of commercial space
or a dwelling unit, other than an owner.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 19-A - Business Improvement Districts › 980-A - Contents of the District Plan.

§  980-a.  Contents  of  the  district  plan.  The district plan shall
contain the following:
(a) a map of the district;
(b) the written report or reports of the legislative body  containing:
(1)  a  description  of  the  boundaries  of  the  district proposed for
establishment or extension in a manner sufficient to identify the  lands
included;
(2) a description of the present and proposed uses of these lands;
(3) the improvements proposed and the maximum cost thereof;
(4)  the total annual amount proposed to be expended for improvements,
maintenance and operation;
(5) the proposed source or sources of financing;
(6) the  proposed  time  for  implementation  and  completion  of  the
district plan;
(7)  any  proposed  rules  and  regulations  to  be  applicable to the
district;
(8) a list of the properties to be benefited, and a statement  of  the
method  or  methods  by which the expenses of a district will be imposed
upon benefited real property, in proportion to the benefit  received  by
such  property,  to  defray  the  cost  thereof, including operation and
maintenance. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of section  nine
hundred  eighty-f  of this article, the plan may provide that all or any
class or category of real property which is  exempt  by  law  from  real
property  taxation and which would not benefit from the establishment or
extension of the  district  may  nevertheless  be  included  within  the
boundaries of the district but such property shall not be subject to any
district charge;
(9)  a  statement  identifying the district management association for
the district; and
(10) any other item or matter required to be incorporated  therein  by
the legislative body.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 19-A - Business Improvement Districts › 980-B - Local Adoption of Article.

§  980-b.  Local  adoption  of  article.  Every  municipality shall be
  authorized to adopt a  local  law,  subject  to  permissive  referendum,
  providing that the provisions of this article shall be applicable to the
  establishment or extension of districts in the municipality.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 19-A - Business Improvement Districts › 980-C - Local Legislative Powers.

§  980-c.  Local  legislative powers. Upon establishment of a district
pursuant to the provisions of this article, the legislative  body  shall
have  authority  to  exercise  the following powers with respect to such
district, subject to the provisions of this article to: (a) provide  for
district improvements located on or within municipally or district owned
or  leased  property  which will restore or promote business activity in
the district:
(1) construction and installation of landscaping, planting,  and  park
areas;
(2) construction of lighting and heating facilities;
(3)   construction  of  physically  aesthetic  and  decorative  safety
fixtures, equipment and facilities;
(4) construction of improvements to enhance security  of  persons  and
property within the district;
(5)   construction   of  pedestrian  overpasses  and  underpasses  and
connections between buildings;
(6) closing, opening, widening or narrowing of existing streets;
(7) construction of ramps, sidewalks, plazas, and pedestrian malls;
(8) rehabilitation or removal of existing structures as required;
(9) removal and relocation of utilities and vaults as required;
(10) construction of parking lot and parking garage facilities; and
(11) construction of fixtures, equipment, facilities and appurtenances
as may enhance the movement, convenience and enjoyment of the public and
be of economic benefit to  surrounding  properties  such  as:  bus  stop
shelters;  benches  and street furniture; booths, kiosks, display cases,
and exhibits; signs;  receptacles;  canopies;  pedestrian  shelters  and
fountains.
(b)  provide  for  the  operation  and  maintenance  of  any  district
improvement;
(c) provide for additional maintenance or  other  additional  services
required  for  the  enjoyment  and  protection  of  the  public  and the
promotion and enhancement of the district whether or not in  conjunction
with improvements authorized by this section, including:
(1) enhanced sanitation services;
(2) services promoting and advertising activities within the district;
(3) marketing education for businesses within the district;
(4) decorations and lighting for seasonal and holiday purposes; and
(5)  services  to  enhance the security of persons and property within
the district.
(d)  enter  into  contracts  to  provide  for  the   construction   of
accessibility improvements adjacent to public areas by businesses within
the  district  which  will  increase  access  from  public areas to such
businesses for persons with disabilities  and  the  general  public  and
assist  businesses  in meeting requirements for removal of architectural
barriers  in  existing  facilities,  pursuant  to  the  Americans   with
disabilities act of 1990, as amended (P.L. 101-336).
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 19-A - Business Improvement Districts › 980-H - Publication; Filing; Judicial Review.

§ 980-h. Publication; filing; judicial review. (a) The municipal clerk
shall  cause  a  certified copy of the local law of the legislative body
adopted pursuant to the  provisions  of  this  article  establishing  or
extending  any district, or increasing the maximum total amount proposed
to be expended for the improvement in  any  district  or  extension,  or
changing  the method of assessment, or authorizing the district to incur
debt to provide for  additional  improvements  or  services  within  the
district, to be duly recorded in the municipal clerk's office within ten
days after such local law becomes effective. When so recorded this local
law  shall  be presumptive evidence of the regularity of the proceedings
for the establishment or extension of the district, of  the  proceedings
instituted  for  the  construction  of  any improvement and of all other
actions taken in relation to it.
(b) Within ten  days  after  the  local  law  becomes  effective,  the
municipal  clerk shall, in addition to any other filing required by law,
cause a certified copy thereof to be filed in the office  of  the  state
comptroller  at  Albany, New York, and within two weeks thereafter shall
cause a copy of the local law or a summary thereof to  be  published  at
least  once in the official paper or newspaper of general circulation in
the municipality.
(c) This local law shall be final and conclusive unless  a  proceeding
to  review  is commenced in accordance with this subdivision. Any person
aggrieved by any local law adopted pursuant to  this  article  may  seek
judicial  review  of  the  local  law  in the manner provided by article
seventy-eight  of  the  civil  practice  law  and  rules,  provided  the
proceeding  is  commenced  within  thirty  days  from  the  date  of the
publication of the  copy  or  summary  of  the  local  law  pursuant  to
subdivision  (b)  of  this  section.  No  review shall be had unless the
petitioner shall give an undertaking approved by the supreme court, or a
justice thereof, as to form, amount and sufficiency of  sureties,  that,
in  the  event  of  failure  to  modify the local law he will pay to the
municipality, all costs and expenses as are incurred by it on account of
the proceedings, as shall be determined by the court. In the event  that
upon  this  review  there  shall be any modification by the court of the
local law, the court shall direct the  modification  by  judgment  which
shall  be  final and conclusive, and the municipal clerk shall cause the
judgment to be recorded and filed in the same places and manner  as  was
the local law which was modified.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 19-A - Business Improvement Districts › 980-I - Amendments to the District Plan.

§  980-i.  Amendments  to the district plan. (a) At any time after the
establishment or extension of a district pursuant to the  provisions  of
this  article,  the  district  plan  upon  which  the  establishment  or
extension was based,  may,  upon  the  recommendation  of  the  district
management  association,  be  amended  by  the  legislative  body  after
compliance with the procedures set forth in this section.
(b) Amendments to the  district  plan  which  provide  for  additional
improvements  or services or any change in the method of assessment upon
which the district charge is based, or an increase only in the amount to
be  expended  annually  for  improvements,  services,  maintenance   and
operation  may be adopted by local law of the legislative body, provided
that the legislative body shall, after a public hearing, determine  that
it  is  in the public interest to authorize the additional improvements,
services or increase in the maximum annual amount and that the  tax  and
debt  limits prescribed in section nine hundred eighty-k of this article
will not be exceeded. The legislative body  shall  give  notice  of  the
hearing  by  publication  of  a  notice in at least one newspaper having
general circulation in the district specifying the  time  when  and  the
place  where  the hearing will be held and stating the increase proposed
in the maximum amount to be  expended  annually.  The  notice  shall  be
published  once  at  least  ten days prior to the date specified for the
hearing.
(c) Amendments to the district plan which provide for the district  to
incur  indebtedness  in  order to provide for additional improvements or
which provide for an increase in the total maximum amount to be expended
for improvements in the district, may be adopted by  local  law  of  the
legislative  body,  provided  that  the  legislative body shall, after a
public hearing, determine that it is in the public interest to authorize
the  district  to  incur  indebtedness   to   provide   for   additional
improvements  or to increase the maximum total amount to be expended for
improvements in the district and that the tax and debt limits prescribed
in section nine hundred eighty-k of this article will not  be  exceeded.
Notice  of  the  hearing  shall  be  published  and mailed in the manner
provided in section nine hundred eighty-e of this article. The local law
adopted pursuant to  this  subdivision  shall  not  be  effective  until
reviewed  by  the  state  comptroller  in  accordance  with section nine
hundred eighty-g of this article.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 19-A - Business Improvement Districts › 980-J - Expense of the District.

§  980-j.  Expense  of  the  district. (a) The expense incurred in the
construction or operation of any improvement or provision of  additional
services  in  a  district  pursuant to this article shall be financed in
accordance with the  district  plan  upon  which  the  establishment  or
extension  of  the  district  was  based.  Services  for  which district
property owners are charged pursuant to the plan must be in addition  to
or  an  enhancement  of  those provided by the municipality prior to the
establishment of the district.  The  expense  and  cost  apportioned  to
benefited  real  property  in accordance with the plan shall be a charge
upon each benefited parcel of real property within the district.
(b) The charge upon benefited real property pursuant to  this  article
shall  be  imposed  as  provided  in  the  district plan. If the formula
includes an ad valorem component, this component shall be determined  by
the  assessed  value  of  each parcel as entered on the latest completed
assessment roll used  by  the  municipality  for  the  levy  of  general
municipal taxes. The charge shall be determined, levied and collected in
the  same  manner, at the same time and by the same officers, as general
municipal taxes are levied and collected.
(c) Any municipality which has established a district pursuant to this
article, may, for the purpose of  providing  funds  for  making  capital
improvements  within a district, issue and sell bonds or other municipal
obligations as provided in the local finance law  and  other  applicable
laws  and  statutes.  Principal  and interest payments on these bonds or
other municipal obligations may be made in whole or  in  part  from  the
proceeds  of  charges  imposed  upon  benefited real property within the
district.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 19-A - Business Improvement Districts › 980-K - Tax and Debt Limitations.

§  980-k.  Tax  and  debt  limitations.  (a)  The  aggregate amount of
outstanding indebtedness that is incurred to provide funds  for  capital
improvements  pursuant  to  this article shall be chargeable against the
municipality's constitutional debt limit and may not exceed ten  percent
of  the  amount  allowable  under  that  limit.  The aggregate amount of
outstanding indebtedness that is incurred to provide funds  for  capital
improvements pursuant to this article and that is chargeable against the
property within the district may not exceed seven percent of the average
full valuation of taxable real property in the district.
(b)  The district charge, exclusive of debt service, levied in a given
year against real property in a district may not exceed  twenty  percent
of  the  total  general  municipal taxes levied in that year against the
taxable real property in the district. The  district  charge  so  levied
shall  be included in the total amount, if any, that the municipality is
permitted by law to raise in that year by a tax on real property.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 19-A - Business Improvement Districts › 980-L - Expenditure of District Funds.

§ 980-l. Expenditure of district funds. (a) The proceeds of any charge
imposed  pursuant  to  this  article  shall  be held by the chief fiscal
officer and shall be separately accounted for in the books  and  records
of  the  municipality.  None  of the proceeds collected pursuant to this
article shall be used for any purposes other than those set forth in the
district plan. These funds may be paid  out  for  district  purposes  in
accordance  with  the  general procedures for payment of other municipal
expenditures.
(b) All contracts for improvements, goods or services to  be  provided
in the district shall be subject to all applicable provisions of the law
relating to the letting of contracts by the municipality.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 19-A - Business Improvement Districts › 980-O - Dissolution.

§  980-o.  Dissolution.  (a)  Any  district  established  or  extended
pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  this  article,  where  there  is   no
indebtedness,  outstanding and unpaid, incurred to accomplish any of the
purposes of  the  district,  may  be  dissolved  by  local  law  by  the
legislative body upon its own motion or upon the written petition of (1)
the  owners  of at least fifty-one percent or more of the total assessed
valuation of all benefited real property included in the  boundaries  of
the  district  and  (2)  at  least  fifty-one  percent  of the owners of
benefited real property within the area included in  the  district.  The
legislative  body  shall request and consider the recommendations of the
district management association  concerning  any  proposed  dissolution;
provided  that  if  the association has not submitted recommendations to
the legislative body within  sixty  days  after  request  therefor,  the
legislative  body  may  adopt  any  such  proposed  dissolution  without
considering such recommendations.   In the  event  of  dissolution,  all
assets of the district shall revert to the municipality.
(b)  A  certified copy of the order of dissolution shall be filed with
the state comptroller at Albany, New York.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 19-A - Business Improvement Districts › 980-P - Existing Districts.

§  980-p.  Existing  districts.  Any special improvement or assessment
  districts, or any business improvement districts established pursuant to
  article two-B of the general city law, or any districts having filed  an
  application with the state comptroller as provided in such article prior
  to  the  effective  date  of  this  article,  shall  be  subject  to the
  provisions of this article but shall not be required to comply with  any
  provisions  of  this  article  which are contrary to or more restrictive
  than those under which the district was established or  proposed  to  be
  established  as  evidenced  by  an  application  filed  with  the  state
  comptroller prior to the effective date of this article.  Any  reference
  to  article  two-B of the general city law or any section thereof in any
  state or local law, plan or agreement shall be deemed to be a  reference
  to this article or the appropriate provision of this article.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 19-A - Business Improvement Districts › 980-Q - Severability.

§ 980-q. Severability. If any provision of any section of this article
  or  the  application  thereof  to  any  person  or circumstance shall be
  adjudged invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, such  order  or
  judgment  shall be confined in its operation to the controversy in which
  it was rendered and shall not affect or invalidate the remainder of  any
  provisions of any section of this article or the application of any part
  thereof  to  any  other  person  or  circumstance  and  to  this end the
  provisions of each section of this article are  hereby  declared  to  be
  severable.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 19-B - Municipal Theme Districts › 990-A - Statement of Legislative Findings and Declaration.

§ 990-a. Statement of legislative findings and declaration. Across the
  nation  municipal theme districts have arisen to construct, renovate and
  geographically coordinate areas of a municipality into a common area for
  art, entertainment, education, culture or business. These areas  develop
  the  economy,  tourism,  culture, education and the quality of life of a
  community. It shall be the public policy of the state to  encourage  the
  development  of  theme  districts  and  to  promote their establishment,
  designation, administration and success.