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2023 New York Laws › NPC - Not-For-Profit Corporation › Article 15 - Public Cemetery Corporations › 1506-A - Cemetery Corporations; Restrictions.

§ 1506-a. Cemetery corporations; restrictions.
(a) No cemetery corporation shall, directly or indirectly:
(1)  sell,  or  have, enter into or perform a lease of any of its real
property to a funeral entity, or use any of its property for location of
a funeral entity;
(2) commingle its funds with a funeral entity;
(3) direct or carry on its business or affairs with a funeral entity;
(4) authorize control of its business or affairs by a funeral entity;
(5) engage in any sale or cross-marketing of goods or services with  a
funeral entity;
(6) have or enter into or perform a management or service contract for
cemetery operations with a funeral entity; or
(7)  have, enter into or perform a management contract with any entity
other than a not-for-profit  cemetery  corporation;  provided,  however,
that  a  not-for-profit cemetery corporation may enter into or perform a
management  contract  with  a  private  cemetery  corporation  for   the
operational  management  of  a  mausoleum or columbarium by such private
cemetery corporation  provided  such  contract  shall  have  first  been
authorized by the board of the not-for-profit cemetery corporation.
(b)  Only  the provisions of subdivisions one and two of paragraph (a)
of this section shall apply to cemetery corporations with  thirty  acres
or less of real property dedicated to cemetery purposes, and only to the
extent  the  sale  or  lease  is  of real property dedicated to cemetery
purposes, and such cemeteries shall not engage in the  sale  of  funeral
home  goods or services, except if such goods and services are otherwise
permitted to be sold by cemeteries, nor shall a majority of the  members
of  the  board of directors or trustees of such cemeteries be made up of
the representatives of a funeral entity.
(c) For the purposes of this section, "funeral entity" means a person,
partnership, corporation, limited liability company  or  other  form  of
business  organization  providing  funeral  home  services,  or  owning,
controlling,  conducting  or  affiliated  with  a  funeral   home,   any
subsidiary  thereof  or an officer, director or stockholder having a ten
per centum or  greater  proprietary,  beneficial,  equitable  or  credit
interest in a funeral home.
2023 New York Laws › NPC - Not-For-Profit Corporation › Article 15 - Public Cemetery Corporations › 1506-B - Transfer of Lands of Valley View Rural Cemetery.

§ 1506-b. Transfer of lands of Valley View Rural Cemetery.
Notwithstanding  any other provision of law to the contrary, the board
  of trustees of the Valley View Rural Cemetery Association in the town of
  Dover Plains, New York, may by resolution of such board, sell, lease  or
  transfer  any  portion of the lands of Valley View Rural Cemetery to the
  parish of St. Charles Borromeo in the town of Dover  Plains,  New  York,
  for  cemetery  purposes for the adjoining and contiguous cemetery of the
  parish of St. Charles Borromeo.
2023 New York Laws › NPC - Not-For-Profit Corporation › Article 15 - Public Cemetery Corporations › 1506-C - Abandoned Cemetery Maintenance by Cemetery Corporations.

§ 1506-c. Abandoned cemetery maintenance by cemetery corporations.
(a)  Upon  application  and approval by the cemetery board, a cemetery
corporation may  assume  management  and  maintenance  of  an  abandoned
cemetery.  For  the purposes of this section, abandoned cemetery means a
cemetery which was organized pursuant to this  chapter  or  existing  by
virtue  of  the  membership  corporation  law, for which there no longer
exists any corporate board or body to maintain it, and for  which  there
is  no  sufficient  trust  fund  or  endowment  to  provide ordinary and
necessary care and maintenance. Provided,  however,  that  in  no  event
shall  the  cemetery  board approve the assumption of the management and
maintenance of an abandoned cemetery under this section if the abandoned
cemetery was affiliated with any religious denomination or tradition  or
if  the  majority  of  the  persons  whose  bodies were interred in such
cemetery were affiliated with any religious  denomination  or  tradition
unless  the  cemetery  assuming  the  management and maintenance of such
abandoned cemetery  follows  the  customs  and  practices  of  the  same
religious denomination or tradition.
(b)  A  cemetery corporation assuming management and maintenance of an
abandoned cemetery may make application for funds pursuant to  paragraph
(h)  of  section  fifteen  hundred  seven  of  this  article and section
ninety-seven-r of the state finance law  for  maintenance  of  abandoned
cemeteries.  Within sixty days of submission of a completed application,
the cemetery board shall approve or deny such application.
(c) Monies disbursed under such assumption shall be  used  exclusively
for  the  purpose  of  the  management  and  maintenance of an abandoned
cemetery as provided in subparagraph three of paragraph (h)  of  section
fifteen hundred seven of this article.
(d)  Any  residual funds disbursed to a cemetery corporation after the
maintenance of an abandoned cemetery has been performed must be returned
to the cemetery board for redeposit into the  state  cemetery  vandalism
restoration,   monument   repair  or  removal  and  administration  fund
established by section ninety-seven-r of the state finance law.
(e) Within ninety days of its receipt of disbursements,  the  cemetery
corporation  shall  make  a  report  to the cemetery board setting forth
details of the maintenance and clean-up undertaken  and  the  amount  of
funds,  if  any, to be redeposited into the fund. If the maintenance and
clean-up have not been completed, or necessary equipment  has  not  been
purchased,  the reasons therefor shall be set forth, and the anticipated
date for a subsequent, final report shall be disclosed.
2023 New York Laws › NPC - Not-For-Profit Corporation › Article 15 - Public Cemetery Corporations › 1507-A - State Cemetery Board Citizens Advisory Council.

§ 1507-a. State cemetery board citizens advisory council.
(a)  There  is hereby created a state cemetery board citizens advisory
council, to study, investigate, monitor and  make  recommendations  with
respect to the maintenance and operation of the state cemetery vandalism
restoration,  monument  repair  or removal and administration fund. Such
advisory council shall  study  and  investigate  incidents  of  cemetery
abandonment,  vandalism  and  desecration, monitor the administration of
such fund and  recommend  changes  to  improve  the  management  of  and
expenditures  from  the  state  cemetery vandalism restoration, monument
repair or removal and administration fund.
(b) The advisory council shall be composed of a member  designated  by
the  secretary  of state, a member designated by the attorney general, a
member designated by the commissioner of health, a member designated  by
the  comptroller and a member designated by the commissioner of taxation
and finance. The  appointees  to  the  advisory  council  shall  not  be
employees  of  the department of state, department of law, department of
health, department of audit and control or department  of  taxation  and
finance.    Each  of  the  members  shall serve for a term of two years,
provided, however, that the first appointments by  the  comptroller  and
commissioner  of  taxation  and  finance   shall serve for a term of one
year. Vacancies occurring other than by  expiration  of  term  shall  be
filled  in  the same manner as the original appointments for the balance
of the unexpired term. Persons designated or appointed to  the  advisory
council  shall have demonstrated a long-standing interest, knowledge and
experience in the care and preservation of gravesites. One member  shall
be  elected  chairman  of the advisory council by a majority vote of the
members of such council.
(c) The members of the advisory council shall receive no  compensation
for  their services but shall be reimbursed for travel expenses incurred
in the performance of their duties.
(d) The advisory council shall meet at least quarterly at the call  of
the chairman.
(e)  The  advisory  council  may  request  and  shall receive from any
department,  division,  board,  bureau,   commission,   agency,   public
authority  of  the  state  or  any  political  subdivision  thereof such
assistance and data  as  will  enable  it  properly  to  carry  out  its
activities hereunder and effectuate the purposes set forth herein.
2023 New York Laws › NPC - Not-For-Profit Corporation › Article 15 - Public Cemetery Corporations › 1508 - Reports by Cemeteries.

§ 1508. Reports by cemeteries.
(a)  Annual  report. Each cemetery corporation shall, on or before the
fifteenth day of March after the end of its calendar year, or  if  on  a
fiscal  year  the  seventy-fifth  day after the close of such year, file
with the cemetery board (1) a statement  as  to  the  condition  of  the
permanent  maintenance  trust  fund and a schedule of the assets of such
fund. (2) a statement as to the condition of the perpetual care fund and
a schedule of the assets of  such  fund.  (3)  a  statement  as  to  the
condition  of  the  moneys  and  properties  received  by  the  cemetery
corporation in trust under the provisions of subdivisions (f) and (g) of
section fifteen hundred seven of this article. (4) a  statement  of  the
gross  proceeds  of  the  sale of plots, lots and parts thereof, graves,
niches and crypts showing the disposition of such  proceeds  and  (5)  a
statement  of  changes  in  the  number  and  amount  of certificates of
indebtedness in accordance with the provisions  of  paragraph  three  of
subdivision (a) of section fifteen hundred eleven of this article. (6) a
statement  as to the condition of the monument maintenance fund, if any,
and a schedule of the assets of such fund.
(b) Additional reports. The cemetery board may address to any cemetery
corporations or its officers or any person any inquiry  in  relation  to
the transactions or conditions of the cemetery corporation or any matter
connected  therewith,  and may require that a reply be verified. Failure
to submit such reply within the time designated by  the  cemetery  board
shall  subject  the  corporation,  officer or person so addressed to the
penalties provided in subdivision (d) hereof.
(c) Cemetery payment for administration. To  defray  the  expenses  of
examination  and  administration,  each  cemetery  corporation shall not
later than March fifteenth in each calendar year, pay  to  the  cemetery
board  the  sum  of three dollars per interment and cremation or natural
organic reduction  in  excess  of  fifteen  interments,  cremations,  or
natural   organic   reductions  for  the  preceding  calendar  year.  No
contribution shall be collected upon the interment of the remains  of  a
deceased  person  where  a  contribution was collected upon cremation or
natural organic reduction.
(d) Failure to file report. Any  cemetery  corporation  or  individual
failing  to  file  any  report or any schedule of rules, regulations and
charges required by this article shall forfeit  to  the  people  of  the
state  the sum of one hundred dollars for each day that each such report
shall be delayed or withheld, except that the cemetery board may  extend
the time for filing any such report and may waive payment of any penalty
or part thereof provided herein.
2023 New York Laws › NPC - Not-For-Profit Corporation › Article 15 - Public Cemetery Corporations › 1510-A - Repair or Removal of Monuments.

§ 1510-a. Repair or removal of monuments.
(a)  Cemetery corporations may repair or remove any monuments or other
markers not owned by the cemetery  corporation  that  have  fallen  into
disrepair  or  dilapidation  so  as  to  create  a  dangerous condition,
provided that the cemetery corporation has given  not  less  than  sixty
days  notice  by registered or certified mail to the last known owner at
that person's last known address to repair or  remove  the  monument  or
other  marker  and  the  said  owner has failed to do so within the time
provided in said notice.
(b) In the event that the last known owner cannot be found, the notice
may be given by publishing the same once each week for three consecutive
weeks in a newspaper published or circulated in the county in which  the
cemetery  is  located.  Such notice shall be addressed to the last known
owner and to all persons having or claiming any interest in  or  to  the
burial  lot on which the monument or other marker is located. The notice
shall date from the  date  of  mailing  such  notice  by  registered  or
certified mail, or the date of the third publication in the newspaper.
(c)  Any  monument  or other marker that is removed as provided for in
this section shall be replaced with a flush  bronze  or  granite  marker
suitably  inscribed  if  replacement  is  appropriate for identification
purposes.
(d) Nothing contained herein shall be construed  as  establishing  any
right  of damages not otherwise provided by law, rule or contract in any
person against the cemetery corporation for failure to repair or  remedy
any  condition  described or give notice thereof as provided for in this
section.
2023 New York Laws › NPC - Not-For-Profit Corporation › Article 15 - Public Cemetery Corporations › 1510-B - Availability for Interment on Six-Day Basis.

§ 1510-b. Availability for interment on six-day basis.
Every  cemetery corporation shall be available for interments at least
  six days per week,  excluding  legal  holidays,  as  set  forth  in  the
  cemetery's regulations or in accordance with its practices. Any cemetery
  which  maintains  and  designates  a  burial  section  for  persons of a
  particular religious belief must remain available for grave openings and
  interments Sunday through Friday or other six-day period  in  accordance
  with  the  religious and/or ethnic traditions of the persons interred in
  said religious section. Nothing in this section shall require a cemetery
  to provide grave openings and/or interments if they are otherwise unable
  to do so as to direct consequence of severe weather conditions or  other
  similar conditions.
2023 New York Laws › NPC - Not-For-Profit Corporation › Article 15 - Public Cemetery Corporations › 1510-C - Form of Authorizations.

§ 1510-c. Form of authorizations.
Any  form,  authorization,  permit  or  designation  required  by this
  article may be signed by written instrument or the use of an  electronic
  signature, as that term is defined in subdivision three of section three
  hundred  two of the state technology law, with the intent to execute the
  instrument, writing or electronic record.
2023 New York Laws › NPC - Not-For-Profit Corporation › Article 15 - Public Cemetery Corporations › 1514 - Misdemeanor; General Penalty.

§ 1514. Misdemeanor; general penalty.
Wherever  under  the provisions of this article a person violating any
  part thereof is deemed to be guilty of a  misdemeanor  and  no  specific
  penalty  is  provided,  the penalty for each separate violation shall be
  imprisonment for not more than six months or a fine  of  not  more  than
  five hundred dollars, or both.
2023 New York Laws › NPC - Not-For-Profit Corporation › Article 15 - Public Cemetery Corporations › 1515 - Actions Affecting Cemetery Corporations.

§ 1515. Actions affecting cemetery corporations.
In  any  action  or proceeding affecting or instituted by any cemetery
  corporation the cemetery board shall be served with  notice  thereof  in
  the  same manner as any necessary party and shall take such steps in the
  action or proceeding as it may deem  necessary  to  protect  the  public
  interest.
2023 New York Laws › NPC - Not-For-Profit Corporation › Article 15 - Public Cemetery Corporations › 1516 - Sale of Monuments.

§ 1516. Sale of monuments.
(a) No cemetery corporation shall engage in the sale of monuments, not
including  flush  bronze  markers, nor shall such monuments be displayed
for sale on the property of a cemetery corporation.
(b) No cemetery corporation shall authorize or permit any employee  or
director  thereof  to advertise or make known his or her relationship to
such corporation while engaged in the sale of monuments outside  of  his
or her employment by the cemetery corporation.
(c)  With  regard  to  the sale of flush granite markers, the cemetery
board shall adopt reasonable rules and regulations  to  exempt  cemetery
corporations  from the provisions of paragraph (a) of this section where
a practice for the sale of such flush granite  markers  was  established
with  the  knowledge  and  approval  of  the cemetery board prior to the
effective date of this section.
2023 New York Laws › NPC - Not-For-Profit Corporation › Article 15 - Public Cemetery Corporations › 1518 - Crematory Operations During Emergency Declaration.

* § 1518. Crematory operations during emergency declaration.
Notwithstanding  any  other  provision  of  law, for the duration of a
  state or county disaster emergency declared  pursuant  to  an  executive
  order,  crematories  located  in  any  county  of  the state may provide
  emergency transportation and disposition assistance  in  such  instances
  where  the  crematories  in  affected  areas are inoperable or unable to
  provide sufficient capacity for the disposition of human remains  during
  any  period  of  the  declared  emergency.  Such crematories electing to
  provide emergency assistance shall contract for or otherwise utilize any
  mode of transportation necessary to transport human remains  from  areas
  of  a  declared emergency to other crematory operations within the state
  with cremation capacity. Transportation and disposition of human remains
  from such affected  areas  shall  be  conducted  by  any  agent  of  the
  regulated  crematory and shall only be permitted with a cremation permit
  required pursuant by section four thousand one hundred forty-five of the
  public health law attesting to the permission for the cremation  of  the
  deceased  and  their  identity.  In all instances of emergency crematory
  operations,  a  fully  executed  cremation  authorization   form   shall
  accompany  the  human  remains  and provide the information necessary to
  return  the  cremated  remains  to  the  individual   authorizing   such
  cremation.  Nothing in this section shall require a crematory to provide
  such transportation or additional crematory resources if they are unable
  to do so.
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2023 New York Laws › NPC - Not-For-Profit Corporation › Article 16 - Land Banks › 1601 - Legislative Intent.

§ 1601. Legislative intent.
The  legislature  finds  and  declares that New York's communities are
  important to the social and economic  vitality  of  the  state.  Whether
  urban,  suburban, or rural, many communities are struggling to cope with
  vacant, abandoned, and tax-delinquent properties.
There exists a crisis in many cities and their metro areas  caused  by
  disinvestment  in real property and resulting in a significant amount of
  vacant  and  abandoned  property.  For  example,   Cornell   Cooperative
  Extension  Association of Erie county estimates that the city of Buffalo
  has thirteen thousand vacant parcels, four  thousand  vacant  structures
  and   an   estimated  twenty-two  thousand  two  hundred  ninety  vacant
  residential units. This  condition  of  vacant  and  abandoned  property
  represents  lost  revenue  to  local governments and large costs ranging
  from demolition, effects of safety hazards and  spreading  deterioration
  of neighborhoods including resulting mortgage foreclosures.
The  need exists to strengthen and revitalize the economy of the state
  and its local units of government by solving the problems of vacant  and
  abandoned property in a coordinated manner and to foster the development
  of  such property and promote economic growth. Such problems may include
  multiple  taxing  jurisdictions  lacking  common  policies,  ineffective
  property   inspection,  code  enforcement  and  property  rehabilitation
  support, lengthy and/or inadequate foreclosure proceedings and  lack  of
  coordination and resources to support economic revitalization.
There  is an overriding public need to confront the problems caused by
  vacant, abandoned and tax-delinquent properties through the creation  of
  new  tools  to  be available to communities throughout New York enabling
  them to turn vacant spaces into vibrant places.
Land banks are one of the tools that can be utilized by communities to
  facilitate  the  return  of  vacant,   abandoned,   and   tax-delinquent
  properties  to productive use. The primary focus of land bank operations
  is the  acquisition  of  real  property  that  is  tax  delinquent,  tax
  foreclosed,  vacant,  abandoned, and the use of tools authorized in this
  article  to  eliminate  the  harms  and  liabilities  caused   by   such
  properties.
2023 New York Laws › NPC - Not-For-Profit Corporation › Article 16 - Land Banks › 1602 - Definitions.

§ 1602. Definitions.
The  following  words and phrases when used in this article shall have
the meanings given to them in this section unless  the  context  clearly
indicates otherwise:
(a)  "board of directors" or "board" shall mean the board of directors
of a land bank;
(b) "land bank" shall mean a land bank  established  as  a  charitable
not-for-profit corporation under this chapter and in accordance with the
provisions of this article and pursuant to this article;
(c)  "foreclosing  governmental  unit"  shall  mean  "tax district" as
defined in subdivision six of section eleven hundred  two  of  the  real
property tax law;
(d)  "municipality"  shall  mean a city, village, town or county other
than a county located wholly within a city;
(e) "school district" shall mean a school district  as  defined  under
the education law; and
(f)  "real  property"  shall mean lands, lands under water, structures
and any and  all  easements,  air  rights,  franchises  and  incorporeal
hereditaments  and  every estate and right therein, legal and equitable,
including terms for years and liens by  way  of  judgment,  mortgage  or
otherwise, and any and all fixtures and improvements located thereon.
2023 New York Laws › NPC - Not-For-Profit Corporation › Article 16 - Land Banks › 1606 - Staff.

§ 1606. Staff.
A  land  bank  may  employ a secretary, an executive director, its own
  counsel and legal staff, and such  technical  experts,  and  such  other
  agents and employees, permanent or temporary, as it may require, and may
  determine  the  qualifications  and fix the compensation and benefits of
  such persons. A land bank may also enter into contracts  and  agreements
  with  municipalities  for  staffing  services to be provided to the land
  bank by municipalities or agencies or departments thereof, or for a land
  bank to provide such staffing services to municipalities or agencies  or
  departments thereof.
2023 New York Laws › NPC - Not-For-Profit Corporation › Article 16 - Land Banks › 1610 - Financing of Land Bank Operations.

§ 1610. Financing of land bank operations.
(a)  A land bank may receive funding through grants and loans from the
foreclosing governmental unit or units which created the land bank, from
other municipalities, from the state  of  New  York,  from  the  federal
government, and from other public and private sources.
(b) A land bank may receive and retain payments for services rendered,
for  rents  and  leasehold  payments  received,  for  consideration  for
disposition of real and personal property,  for  proceeds  of  insurance
coverage  for  losses incurred, for income from investments, and for any
other asset and activity lawfully permitted to a land  bank  under  this
article.
(c)  Upon  the  adoption  of  a local law, ordinance, or resolution by
municipality, school district or any taxing district, fifty  percent  of
the  real  property  taxes  collected  on  any  specific  parcel of real
property identified by such municipality, school district or any  taxing
jurisdiction  may  be  remitted  to  the  land  bank, in accordance with
procedures established by regulations promulgated by the  department  of
taxation  and  finance.  Such  allocation  of real property tax revenues
shall commence with  the  first  taxable  year  following  the  date  of
conveyance and shall continue for a period of five years.
2023 New York Laws › NPC - Not-For-Profit Corporation › Article 16 - Land Banks › 1612 - Public Records and Public Meetings.

§ 1612. Public records and public meetings.
(a)  The  board shall cause minutes and a record to be kept of all its
proceedings. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the land bank
shall be subject to the open meetings law and the freedom of information
law.
(b) A land bank shall hold a public  hearing  prior  to  financing  or
issuance  of  bonds.  The  land  bank  shall  schedule and hold a public
hearing and solicit public comment. After the conclusion of  the  public
hearing  and  comments,  the land bank shall consider the results of the
public hearing and comments with respect to the proposed  actions.  Such
consideration  by  the  land bank shall include the accommodation of the
public interest with respect to such actions; if such  accommodation  is
deemed  in  the  best  interest  of the community proposed actions shall
include such accommodation.
(c) In addition to any other report required by this chapter, the land
bank, through its chairperson,  shall  annually  deliver,  in  oral  and
written  form,  a  report  to  the  municipality.  Such  report shall be
presented by March fifteenth of each year to the governing body or board
of the municipality. The report shall describe in  detail  the  projects
undertaken by the land bank during the past year, the monies expended by
the land bank during the past year, and the administrative activities of
the land bank during the past year. At the conclusion of the report, the
chairperson  of  the land bank shall be prepared to answer the questions
of the municipality with respect  to  the  projects  undertaken  by  the
authority  during the past year, the monies expended by the municipality
during  the  past  year,  and  the  administrative  activities  of   the
municipality during the past year.
2023 New York Laws › NPC - Not-For-Profit Corporation › Article 16 - Land Banks › 1613 - Dissolution of Land Bank.

§ 1613. Dissolution of land bank.
A   land   bank  may  be  dissolved  as  a  charitable  not-for-profit
  corporation sixty calendar days after an affirmative resolution approved
  by two-thirds of  the  membership  of  the  board  of  directors.  Sixty
  calendar days advance written notice of consideration of a resolution of
  dissolution shall be given to the foreclosing governmental unit or units
  that  created  the land bank, shall be published in a local newspaper of
  general circulation, and posted  prominently  and  continuously  on  the
  homepage  of  any website maintained by the land bank, and shall be sent
  certified mail to the trustee of any outstanding bonds of the land bank.
  Upon dissolution of the land bank all real property,  personal  property
  and  other  assets  of  the  land  bank  shall  become the assets of the
  foreclosing governmental unit or units that created the  land  bank.  In
  the  event that two or more foreclosing governmental units create a land
  bank in accordance with section sixteen hundred three of  this  article,
  the  withdrawal  of one or more foreclosing governmental units shall not
  result in the dissolution of the land bank unless the  intergovernmental
  agreement  so  provides,  and  there is no foreclosing governmental unit
  that desires to continue the existence of the land bank.
2023 New York Laws › NPC - Not-For-Profit Corporation › Article 16 - Land Banks › 1614 - Conflicts of Interest.

§ 1614. Conflicts of interest.
No  member  of  the board or employee of a land bank shall acquire any
  interest, direct or indirect, in real property of the land bank, in  any
  real  property  to be acquired by the land bank, or in any real property
  to be acquired from the land bank. No member of the board or employee of
  a land bank shall have any interest, direct or indirect, in any contract
  or proposed contract for materials or services to be furnished  or  used
  by  a  land bank. The board may adopt supplemental rules and regulations
  addressing potential conflicts of interest and  ethical  guidelines  for
  members of the board and land bank employees.
2023 New York Laws › NPC - Not-For-Profit Corporation › Article 16 - Land Banks › 1615 - Construction, Intent and Scope.

§ 1615. Construction, intent and scope.
The  provisions  of  this  article  shall  be  construed  liberally to
  effectuate the legislative intent  and  the  purposes  as  complete  and
  independent  authorization for the performance of each and every act and
  thing authorized by this  article,  and  all  powers  granted  shall  be
  broadly  interpreted  to effectuate the intent and purposes and not as a
  limitation of powers. Except as otherwise expressly set  forth  in  this
  article, in the exercise of its powers and duties under this article and
  its  powers  relating  to  property held by the land bank, the land bank
  shall have complete control as fully and completely as if it represented
  a private property owner  and  shall  not  be  subject  to  restrictions
  imposed  by  the  charter, ordinances, or resolutions of a local unit of
  government.
2023 New York Laws › NPC - Not-For-Profit Corporation › Article 16 - Land Banks › 1617 - Contracts.

§ 1617. Contracts.
(a)  The  land  bank  may,  in  its  discretion,  assign contracts for
supervision  and  coordination  to  the  successful   bidder   for   any
subdivision  of  work  for  which  the  land  bank  receives  bids.  Any
construction, demolition, renovation and reconstruction contract awarded
by the land bank shall contain such other terms and  conditions  as  the
land  bank  may  deem  desirable.  The  land  bank  shall  not award any
construction, demolition, renovation and reconstruction contract greater
than ten thousand dollars except  to  the  lowest  bidder  who,  in  its
opinion,   is  qualified  to  perform  the  work  required  and  who  is
responsible and reliable. The land bank 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 land bank 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.
(b) For the purposes of article fifteen-A of the executive  law  only,
the  land  bank  shall  be deemed a state agency as that term is used in
such article, and all contracts for procurement,  design,  construction,
services  and  materials  shall  be  deemed  state  contracts within the
meaning of that term as set forth in such article.
2023 New York Laws › PAR - Parks, recreation and historic preservation › Title B - Organization and General Powers, Functions and Duties of Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation › Article 3 - Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation; Commissioner › 3.01 - Declaration of Policy.

§  3.01  Declaration of policy.   The state of New York is abundant in
  natural, scenic and other  recreational  resources,  which  for  over  a
  century  have  educated,  edified,  uplifted and delighted our citizens.
  The establishment and  maintenance  of  a  statewide  system  of  parks,
  recreation  and historic preservation are hereby declared to be policies
  of the state;
It is further declared that the general welfare of each citizen of the
  state is enhanced and promoted by  giving  further  recognition  to  the
  magnificent state park, recreation and historic site system which is now
  in existence;
It  is  further  declared that the individual's sense of purpose, well
  being,  and  identity  are  fostered  and  strengthened  through  parks,
  recreation and historic preservation programs;
It  is  further  declared  that local, state and national programs for
  parks, recreation and historic preservation must be coordinated and that
  such coordination is logically a state function;
It  is  further  declared  that  the  natural,  ecological,  historic,
  cultural  and  recreational  resources within the state park, recreation
  and  historic  site  system  are  integral  components  of  the  state's
  environment   and  contribute  substantially  to  the  quality  of  that
  environment and to the quality of our lives;
It  is  further  declared  that  the  stewardship  of   the   natural,
  ecological,  historic,  cultural  and  recreational resources within the
  state  park,  recreation  and  historic  site  system   is   a   primary
  responsibility of the state;
It  is  further  stated  that  these  purposes  can  best be served by
  continuing the office of parks, recreation and historic preservation  in
  accordance with the terms of this chapter.
2023 New York Laws › PAR - Parks, recreation and historic preservation › Title B - Organization and General Powers, Functions and Duties of Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation › Article 3 - Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation; Commissioner › 3.02 - Guiding Principles.

§  3.02 Guiding principles.  The office shall operate and maintain the
  state park, recreation and historic site system to conserve, protect and
  enhance the natural, ecological,  historic,  cultural  and  recreational
  resources  contained  therein and to provide for the public enjoyment of
  and access to these resources in a manner which will  protect  them  for
  future generations.
2023 New York Laws › PAR - Parks, recreation and historic preservation › Title B - Organization and General Powers, Functions and Duties of Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation › Article 3 - Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation; Commissioner › 3.03 - Office; Commissioner.

§  3.03  Office;  commissioner.    The office of parks, recreation and
  historic preservation is hereby continued in the  executive  department.
  The  head  of  the office shall be the commissioner of parks, recreation
  and historic preservation, who shall be appointed by  the  governor,  by
  and  with  the  advice and consent of the senate, and hold office at the
  pleasure of the governor.
2023 New York Laws › PAR - Parks, recreation and historic preservation › Title B - Organization and General Powers, Functions and Duties of Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation › Article 3 - Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation; Commissioner › 3.05 - Offices.

§  3.05  Offices.    The  principal  office  of  the  office of parks,
  recreation and historic preservation shall be in the county of Albany.
2023 New York Laws › PAR - Parks, recreation and historic preservation › Title B - Organization and General Powers, Functions and Duties of Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation › Article 3 - Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation; Commissioner › 3.07 - Organization of Office; Officers and Employees.

§   3.07   Organization   of  office;  officers  and  employees.    1.
  Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions  of  law,  the  commissioner
  may,  from  time  to  time,  create,  abolish,  transfer and consolidate
  divisions, bureaus, boards,  commissions  and  other  units  within  the
  office  as he may determine necessary for the efficient operation of the
  office, subject to the approval of the director of  the  budget,  except
  that  the  council  of  parks, recreation and historic preservation, the
  several regional park, recreation and historic preservation  commissions
  and  the  state  board  on  historic  preservation shall be continued as
  provided in this chapter.
2. The commissioner may appoint such deputies,  directors,  assistants
  and  other  officers and employees as may be needed for the exercise and
  performance of his powers, functions and duties and may prescribe  their
  powers  and  fix  their  compensation  within  the  amounts appropriated
  therefor.
2023 New York Laws › PAR - Parks, recreation and historic preservation › Title B - Organization and General Powers, Functions and Duties of Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation › Article 3 - Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation; Commissioner › 3.11 - Designation of Deputies or Agents.

§  3.11  Designation  of  deputies or agents.   Whenever the office or
  commissioner is granted any power, function or duty under the provisions
  of this chapter or other law,  such  power,  function  or  duty  may  be
  exercised by the commissioner or by any employee of the office, or board
  or commission therein, designated by the commissioner for such purpose.
2023 New York Laws › PAR - Parks, recreation and historic preservation › Title B - Organization and General Powers, Functions and Duties of Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation › Article 3 - Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation; Commissioner › 3.13 - Subpoenas.

§  3.13 Subpoenas.   The issuance and enforcement of a subpoena issued
  by the commissioner shall be governed by  the  civil  practice  law  and
  rules,  except  that  no  employee  of  the  office shall be entitled to
  special  mileage  or  fees  for  the  service  of  such  subpoena.   The
  commissioner  shall not be required to issue a subpoena if such subpoena
  may be issued by counsel for the party requesting such subpoena.
2023 New York Laws › PAR - Parks, recreation and historic preservation › Title B - Organization and General Powers, Functions and Duties of Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation › Article 3 - Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation; Commissioner › 3.15 - Statewide Park and Recreation Plan.

§  3.15  Statewide  park  and  recreation  plan.  1.  The office shall
formulate, maintain and from time to time revise a  statewide  park  and
recreation plan.
2.  The  office  shall submit such plan and periodic revisions of such
plan to the department of state and  the  governor.  The  department  of
state  shall  review  such  plan  and  such revisions and shall submit a
report thereon, together  with  such  recommendations  as  it  may  deem
appropriate,  to  the  governor.  Such  plan  and revisions shall become
effective upon approval by the governor and shall serve thereafter as  a
guide  for  the  development,  protection  and  management  of parks and
recreation facilities.
2-a. Such plan and revision shall include the results of a  survey  of
local  park  and  recreation programs throughout the state that identify
local park or  recreation  services  which  are  unique,  innovative  or
budget-effective  and which may be readily adaptive to other localities.
The findings from each such survey shall be  maintained  by  the  office
until  such  subsequent revision and shall be readily available to local
governments and their parks and recreation agencies.
2-b. Such  plan  shall  describe  the  existing  natural,  ecological,
historic,  cultural  and  recreational  resources within the state park,
recreation and historic site system. It shall also identify any  threats
to  the quality of these resources and the types of actions that will be
taken to eliminate or substantially reduce such threats.
3. In formulating such plan and any such revisions, the office may:
(a) Conduct one or more public hearings;
(b) Consult with and cooperate with (i) officials of  departments  and
agencies  of  the  state  having  duties and responsibilities concerning
parks and recreation; (ii) officials and representatives of the  federal
government,  of  neighboring  states  and  of interstate agencies having
duties and responsibilities relating to parks  and  recreation  in  this
state;  (iii)  officials  and representatives of local government in the
state;  (iv)  officials  and  representatives  of   science,   industry,
education  (v)  persons,  organizations  and groups, public, or private,
utilizing,  served  by,  interested  in  or  concerned  with  parks  and
recreation of the state; and
(c)  Request and receive from any department, division, board, bureau,
commission or other agency of the state  or  any  political  subdivision
thereof  or  any  public  authority  such  assistance and data as may be
necessary to enable the office to carry out its  responsibilities  under
this section.
2023 New York Laws › PAR - Parks, recreation and historic preservation › Title B - Organization and General Powers, Functions and Duties of Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation › Article 3 - Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation; Commissioner › 3.17 - Acquisition and Disposition of Property.

§  3.17  Acquisition  and disposition of property.  1. Notwithstanding
  any other provision of law, the commissioner may acquire  such  property
  as may be necessary for the purposes and functions of the office, within
  the  amounts  appropriated  or available therefore. Such property may be
  acquired pursuant to the provisions of the eminent domain procedure law,
  or by purchase, lease,  exchange,  grant,  condemnation,  gift,  devise,
  bequest,  or  by  any  other  lawful means. No real property shall be so
  acquired unless the title thereto is approved by the  attorney  general.
  Notwithstanding  the  provisions  of section eleven of the state finance
  law, the commissioner may accept a conditional grant,  gift,  devise  or
  bequest  with  the approval of the director of the budget. Title to real
  property which is acquired shall be taken in the name of and  be  vested
  in the people of the state of New York.
2.  Notwithstanding the provisions of the state finance law, or of any
  other law, the commissioner is hereby authorized to  receive,  hold  and
  administer  property,  and  the income thereof, acquired by grant, gift,
  devise or bequest, either absolutely or in trust. The  commissioner  may
  establish  a  special fund or funds consisting of monies so acquired and
  may administer and expand such monies in accordance with the  terms  and
  conditions of such grants, gifts, devises or bequests.
2023 New York Laws › PAR - Parks, recreation and historic preservation › Title B - Organization and General Powers, Functions and Duties of Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation › Article 3 - Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation; Commissioner › 3.21 - Limitation on Use of Connetquot River State Park Water Resources.

§  3.21  Limitation  on  use  of  Connetquot  river  state  park water
  resources.  No person shall extract any surface or ground  water  within
  the boundaries of the Connetquot river state park, except for public use
  within the park.
2023 New York Laws › PAR - Parks, recreation and historic preservation › Title B - Organization and General Powers, Functions and Duties of Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation › Article 5 - State Council of Parks and Recreation › 5.01 - Council.

§  5.01  Council.    There  shall continue to be in the office a state
  council of parks and outdoor recreation,  to  be  hereafter  called  the
  state  council  of  parks,  recreation  and  historic  preservation. The
  commissioner shall be a member of the council and shall  coordinate  the
  functions  and  activities  of  the office with those of the council. In
  addition, the council shall consist of the commissioner of environmental
  conservation, the chairmen of the several regional park, recreation  and
  historic  preservation  commissions,  the chairman of the state board on
  historic preservation and the president of the Palisades interstate park
  commission if such president is a resident of the state of New York, and
  otherwise a resident member of such commission who shall  be  designated
  by  the  members  of such commission who are residents of this state. No
  member  of  the  council  or  his  representative  shall   receive   any
  compensation   for  his  services  as  such,  but  each  member  or  his
  representative shall be entitled to receive  his  actual  and  necessary
  expenses in performing the duties of his office.
2023 New York Laws › PAR - Parks, recreation and historic preservation › Title B - Organization and General Powers, Functions and Duties of Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation › Article 5 - State Council of Parks and Recreation › 5.03 - Chairman; Officers.

§  5.03  Chairman; officers.   The governor shall designate a chairman
  and vice-chairman from among the members of the  council,  exclusive  of
  the  commissioners  of  environmental conservation and parks, recreation
  and historic preservation, to hold such offices  at  his  pleasure.  The
  council may provide for its organization and appoint such other officers
  from among its members as it deems appropriate.
2023 New York Laws › PAR - Parks, recreation and historic preservation › Title B - Organization and General Powers, Functions and Duties of Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation › Article 5 - State Council of Parks and Recreation › 5.05 - Meetings.

§  5.05  Meetings.    The council shall hold regular meetings at least
  four times a year at such times and places as it may direct, and special
  meetings when authorized  and  called  as  prescribed  in  its  by-laws.
  Members  of  the  council  may  be  represented  at  its  meetings  by a
  commissioner of their respective commissions, or a deputy  or  assistant
  commissioner of their respective departments.
2023 New York Laws › PAR - Parks, recreation and historic preservation › Title B - Organization and General Powers, Functions and Duties of Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation › Article 5 - State Council of Parks and Recreation › 5.09 - Powers, Functions and Duties.

§ 5.09 Powers, functions and duties. The council shall:
1.  Review  the  policy, budget and statewide plans of the department,
  and  make  appropriate  recommendations  regarding  their  amendment  or
  adoption.
2.  Submit  reports  to  the  governor,  not less than once each year,
  concerning progress in the area of state parks, recreation and  historic
  preservation,  including  recommendations  for  the future, and covering
  such other matters as the council may deem appropriate.
3. Act as a central advisory agency on all  matters  affecting  parks,
  recreation and historic preservation.
4.   Recommend,   from  among  its  members  and  for  the  governor's
  consideration, a chairman and vice-chairman.
5. Adopt such by-laws as may be required for the organization  of  the
  council and the conduct of its affairs.