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2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 4 - Dormitory Authority › 1676-A - Payment on Authority Public Work Projects.

§  1676-a.  Payment on authority public work projects. Notwithstanding
  the provisions of any other law  to  the  contrary,  all  contracts  for
  public  work  awarded  by the dormitory authority pursuant to this title
  shall be in accordance with section one  hundred  thirty-nine-f  of  the
  state  finance law. For the purposes of this section, public work by the
  dormitory authority shall include but not be limited to the construction
  of dormitories and other related structures as defined in paragraph a of
  subdivision two of section sixteen hundred seventy-six  of  this  title,
  boards  of cooperative educational services as defined in paragraph d of
  subdivision two of section sixteen hundred seventy-six  of  this  title,
  locally  sponsored community colleges as defined in subdivision seven of
  section  sixteen  hundred  seventy-six  of  this  title,  and  the  city
  university  as  defined  in subdivision eight of section sixteen hundred
  seventy-six of this title.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 4 - Dormitory Authority › 1677 - Dormitory Authority.

§  1677.  Dormitory  Authority. A board, to be known as the "Dormitory
  Authority," is hereby created. Such board shall be a body corporate  and
  politic  constituting  a  public  benefit  corporation. Such board shall
  consist of the commissioner of education, the  commissioner  of  health,
  the  comptroller  or  one member appointed by him or her who shall serve
  until his or her successor is appointed, the director of the budget, one
  member appointed by the temporary president of the  senate,  one  member
  appointed  by  the  speaker  of  the  assembly,  and  five members to be
  appointed by the governor, by and with the advice  and  consent  of  the
  senate,  for  a  term  of  three years. The governor shall also fill any
  vacancy which may  occur  by  reason  of  the  death,  disqualification,
  resignation   or  removal  of  any  member  theretofore  appointed.  The
  commissioner of education, the commissioner of health and  the  director
  of  the  budget  each  may appoint a person or persons to represent such
  commissioner or director, respectively, at all meetings  of  such  board
  from  which  such  commissioner  or director, as the case may be, may be
  absent. Any such representative so designated shall have  the  power  to
  attend  and  to vote at any meeting of such board from which the officer
  so designating him as a representative is absent with the same force and
  effect as if the officer designating him were present  and  voting.  The
  powers  of  the  board shall be vested in and exercised by a majority of
  the whole number of the members thereof. The members of the board  shall
  serve  without  compensation  but  shall be entitled to reimbursement of
  their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their
  official duties. The governor shall  appoint  a  chair  from  among  the
  members appointed by him or her who shall serve as such until his or her
  successor  is  appointed.  At  the first meeting of the board and at the
  first meeting thereof in each fiscal year thereafter the members of  the
  board  shall  choose from their number a vice-chair and a secretary. The
  authority may also use the facilities, employees, records and  equipment
  of the state department of education with the consent of the regents.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 4 - Dormitory Authority › 1679-B - Equipment Loans.

§  1679-b.  Equipment  loans.   1. The dormitory authority may make an
  equipment loan to any private  entity  for  the  benefit  of  which  the
  dormitory authority is authorized to issue bonds or other obligations of
  the  dormitory  authority.  The  proceeds  of such a loan are to be used
  substantially to finance the acquisition through purchase  or  lease  of
  equipment  including  construction  and  rehabilitation  related  to the
  installation of  such  equipment  or  the  acquisition  of  intellectual
  property  or other intangible property, including information technology
  and software, that is eligible for tax-exempt financing under the United
  States internal revenue  code.  The  dormitory  authority  may  make  an
  equipment  loan  by  the purchase, lease or sublease of equipment by the
  dormitory authority and the lease or sublease of such equipment  to  any
  such  private entity for the purpose of providing for the acquisition of
  such equipment and the construction and rehabilitation  related  to  the
  installation thereof or pursuant to an installment purchase agreement.
2.  Except  to  the extent otherwise expressly prohibited by law, each
  private entity described in subdivision one of this section  shall  have
  full power and authority to assign and pledge to the dormitory authority
  any  and  all  public funds to be appropriated, apportioned or otherwise
  made payable to such private  entity  by  the  federal  government,  any
  agency  thereof,  the  state  of  New  York, a political subdivision, as
  defined in section one hundred of the  general  municipal  law,  or  any
  social  services  district  in  the  state  of  New  York  in  an amount
  sufficient to make all payments required to  be  made  by  such  private
  entity  pursuant  to  any  necessary  or  useful  agreement entered into
  between such private entity and the dormitory authority for an equipment
  loan. All state and local officers are hereby authorized and required to
  pay all such funds so assigned and pledged to  the  dormitory  authority
  or, upon the direction of the dormitory authority, to any trustee of any
  dormitory  authority bond or note issued pursuant to a certificate filed
  with any such state or local officer by the dormitory authority pursuant
  to the provisions of this subdivision.
3. The making of equipment loans by the authority shall be a corporate
  purpose of the authority.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 4 - Dormitory Authority › 1679-C - The New York Higher Education Loan Program.

§  1679-c. The New York higher education loan program. 1. For purposes
of this section, the following words and terms shall have the  following
meaning  unless  the context shall indicate another or different meaning
or intent:
(a) "Corporation" shall mean  the  New  York  state  higher  education
services corporation.
(b)  "Education loan" shall mean a loan made under the New York higher
education loan  program  established  pursuant  to  part  v  of  article
fourteen of the education law.
2.  In  addition  to the powers of the authority pursuant to the other
sections of this title, the authority shall have power:
(a) To enter into one or more agreements with the  corporation,  which
agreement  may provide for the securing of education loans in accordance
with part V of article fourteen of the education law, and to perform  or
contract   for  the  performance  of  its  obligations  under  any  such
agreement;
(b) To make and contract to  make  and  to  acquire  and  contract  to
acquire  education  loans  and to enter into advance commitments for the
purchase of said education loans;
(c) Subject to any  agreement  with  bondholders  or  noteholders,  to
invest moneys of the authority not required for immediate use, including
proceeds from the sale of any bonds or notes, in education loans;
(d)  To  service  and execute contracts for the servicing of education
loans acquired by the authority pursuant to this title, and to  pay  the
reasonable value of services rendered to the authority pursuant to those
contracts;
(e) To prescribe standards and criteria for education loans purchases,
insofar  as  such  standards  and criteria are not inconsistent with the
applicable agreement with the corporation;
(f) Subject to any agreement with bondholders or noteholders, to  sell
any  education  loans  made  or  acquired  by the authority at public or
private sale and at such price or  prices  and  on  such  terms  as  the
authority shall determine; and
(g)  To  establish,  revise from time to time, charge and collect such
premiums  or  fees  in  connection  with   education   loans   and   its
participation  in  the  New  York  higher  education loan program as the
authority shall determine.
3. The authority shall have the power and is  hereby  authorized  from
time  to time to issue bonds and notes, including without limitation for
the purposes  of  financing  and  refinancing  education  loans  and  of
refunding  any bonds or notes issued for such purpose pursuant to part V
of article fourteen of the education law.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 4 - Dormitory Authority › 1680-F - Roswell Park Cancer Institute Development Account.

§  1680-f.  Roswell  Park  Cancer Institute development account.   The
  dormitory authority shall create and establish a special account  to  be
  known as the Roswell Park Cancer Institute development account and shall
  pay  into  such  account  any  moneys which may be made available to the
  authority for the purpose of such account from any source, including but
  not limited to, moneys appropriated by and made  available  pursuant  to
  appropriations  by  the  state and any increase or interest earned by or
  increments to the  account  due  to  the  investment  thereof  prior  to
  expenditures  from  such  account  for  the purposes of the Roswell Park
  Cancer Institute.  The moneys held in or credited to  the  Roswell  Park
  Cancer  Institute  development  account  established  under this section
  shall be expended solely to carry out the  development  of  the  Roswell
  Park Cancer Institute by the authority.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 4 - Dormitory Authority › 1680-H - Sale of Bonds by the Authority.

§ 1680-h. Sale of bonds by the authority. 1. Notwithstanding any other
  provision  of law, the bonds of the authority issued pursuant to section
  sixteen hundred eighty-g of this article shall be  sold  to  the  bidder
  offering  the  lowest  true interest cost, taking into consideration any
  premium or discount not less than  four  nor  more  than  fifteen  days,
  Sundays  excepted,  after  a  notice  of such sale has been published at
  least once in a definitive  trade  publication  of  the  municipal  bond
  industry, which shall state the terms of the sale. The terms of the sale
  may  not  change  unless  notice of such change is sent via a definitive
  trade wire service of the municipal bond industry which in general makes
  available information regarding activity in sales of municipal bonds  at
  least one day prior to the date of the sale as set forth in the original
  notice  of  sale. Advertisements shall contain a provision to the effect
  that the authority, in its discretion, may reject any or all  bids  made
  in pursuance of such advertisements, and in the event of such rejection,
  the  authority  is  authorized  to negotiate a private or public sale or
  readvertise for bids in the form and  manner  above  described  as  many
  times  as,  in  its judgement, may be necessary to effect a satisfactory
  sale.
2. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one of this  section,
  whenever  in  the  judgement  of  the  authority  the  interests  of the
  authority will be served thereby, the authority may authorize  the  sale
  of  such  bonds  at  private  or public sale on a negotiated basis or on
  either a competitive  or  negotiated  basis.  The  authority  shall  set
  guidelines  governing  the  terms  and conditions of any such private or
  public sales.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 4 - Dormitory Authority › 1680-N - Acquisition of State Buildings and Other Facilities.

§  1680-n.  Acquisition  of  state  buildings and other facilities. 1.
  Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law  to  the  contrary,  the
  authority and the urban development corporation are hereby authorized to
  issue  bonds  or  notes in one or more series for the purpose of funding
  project  costs  for  the  acquisition  of  state  buildings  and   other
  facilities.  The  aggregate  principal  amount of bonds authorized to be
  issued pursuant to this section shall not exceed one hundred  sixty-five
  million dollars, excluding bonds issued to fund one or more debt service
  reserve  funds,  to  pay  costs  of issuance of such bonds, and bonds or
  notes issued to refund or otherwise repay such bonds or notes previously
  issued. Such bonds and notes of the authority and the urban  development
  corporation shall not be a debt of the state, and the state shall not be
  liable  thereon,  nor  shall they be payable out of any funds other than
  those  appropriated  by  the  state  to  the  authority  and  the  urban
  development  corporation  for  principal, interest, and related expenses
  pursuant to a service contract and such bonds and notes shall contain on
  the face thereof a statement to such  effect.  Except  for  purposes  of
  complying  with the internal revenue code, any interest income earned on
  bond proceeds shall only be used to pay debt service on such bonds.
2. Notwithstanding any other provision of  law  to  the  contrary,  in
  order  to  assist the authority and the urban development corporation in
  undertaking the financing of the  acquisition  of  state  buildings  and
  other  facilities,  the  director  of the budget is hereby authorized to
  enter into one or more service contracts  with  the  authority  and  the
  urban  development  corporation,  none  of which shall exceed twenty-two
  years in duration, upon such terms and conditions as the director of the
  budget and the authority and the urban development corporation agree, so
  as to annually provide  to  the  authority  and  the  urban  development
  corporation,  in  the  aggregate,  a  sum  not  to exceed the principal,
  interest, and related expenses required for such bonds  and  notes.  Any
  service  contract  entered  into  pursuant to this section shall provide
  that the obligation of the state to  pay  the  amount  therein  provided
  shall  not  constitute  a  debt  of  the state within the meaning of any
  constitutional or statutory provision and shall be deemed executory only
  to the extent of  monies  available  and  that  no  liability  shall  be
  incurred  by  the  state  beyond  the monies available for such purpose,
  subject to annual appropriation by the legislature. Any such contract or
  any payments made or to be made thereunder may be assigned  and  pledged
  by  the  authority and the urban development corporation as security for
  its bonds and notes, as authorized by this section.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 4 - Dormitory Authority › 1680-P - Longitudinal Data System.

§  1680-p. Longitudinal data system. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions
  of any other law to the contrary, the authority is hereby authorized  to
  issue  bonds  or  notes in one or more series for the purpose of funding
  project costs for  the  implementation  of  a  state  longitudinal  data
  system.  The aggregate principal amount of bonds authorized to be issued
  pursuant to this section shall not exceed twenty  million  four  hundred
  thousand  dollars,  excluding  bonds  issued  to  fund  one or more debt
  service reserve funds, to pay costs of issuance of such bonds, and bonds
  or notes issued to  refund  or  otherwise  repay  such  bonds  or  notes
  previously  issued. Such bonds and notes of the authority shall not be a
  debt of the state, and the state shall not be liable thereon, nor  shall
  they  be  payable  out of any funds other than those appropriated by the
  state to the authority for principal,  interest,  and  related  expenses
  pursuant to a service contract and such bonds and notes shall contain on
  the  face  thereof  a  statement  to such effect. Except for purposes of
  complying with the internal revenue code, any interest income earned  on
  bond proceeds shall only be used to pay debt service on such bonds.
2.  Notwithstanding  any  other  provision  of law to the contrary, in
  order  to  assist  the  authority  in  undertaking  the   financing   of
  construction  of a state longitudinal data system but not limited to the
  development and purchase of computer  hardware,  software,  and  related
  equipment,  such  amount  shall  include  expenses  made  by  the  State
  University of New  York,  the  City  University  of  New  York  and  the
  department of education, the director of the budget is hereby authorized
  to  enter into one or more service contracts with the authority, none of
  which shall exceed  thirty  years  in  duration,  upon  such  terms  and
  conditions  as the director of the budget and the authority agree, so as
  to annually provide to the authority, in the aggregate,  a  sum  not  to
  exceed  the  principal, interest, and related expenses required for such
  bonds and notes. Any service contract  entered  into  pursuant  to  this
  section shall provide that the obligation of the state to pay the amount
  therein  provided  shall  not  constitute a debt of the state within the
  meaning of any constitutional or statutory provision and shall be deemed
  executory only to the extent of monies available and that  no  liability
  shall  be  incurred  by  the  state beyond the monies available for such
  purpose, subject to annual appropriation by the  legislature.  Any  such
  contract  or  any payments made or to be made thereunder may be assigned
  and pledged by the authority as security for its  bonds  and  notes,  as
  authorized by this section.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 4 - Dormitory Authority › 1681-A - Distribution of Board Materials.

§  1681-a.  Distribution  of  board  materials.  On or before November
  first, nineteen hundred ninety-five, the authority shall provide to  the
  chair of the senate finance committee and the chair of the assembly ways
  and  means  committee,  copies  of all board-adopted guidelines, if any,
  related to  the  financing,  underwriting  and  programmatic  review  of
  projects  related  to  each  program  of  the authority. Thereafter, all
  materials, including but not limited to, authority board agendas and all
  attachments thereto, shall be provided to the chair and ranking minority
  member of the  senate  finance  committee  and  the  chair  and  ranking
  minority member of the assembly ways and means committee at such time as
  those materials are provided to board members.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 4 - Dormitory Authority › 1682-A - Financial Monitoring.

§  1682-a.  Financial  monitoring.  The  authority  shall periodically
  monitor the financial and managerial standing of each entity  which  has
  received financing from the proceeds of bonds of either the authority or
  the medical care facilities finance agency, for the term of such bonds.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 4 - Dormitory Authority › 1683 - State Not Liable on Bonds.

§  1683. State not liable on bonds. The bonds and other obligations of
  the authority shall not be a debt of the state of New York nor shall the
  state be liable thereon, nor shall they be  payable  out  of  any  funds
  other than those of the authority.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 4 - Dormitory Authority › 1684 - Bonds Legal Investments for Fiduciaries.

§ 1684. Bonds legal investments for fiduciaries.  The bonds are hereby
  made  securities  in  which all public officers and bodies of this state
  and  all  municipalities  and  municipal  subdivisions,  all   insurance
  companies  and associations, all savings banks and savings institutions,
  including savings  and  loan  associations,  administrators,  guardians,
  executors,  trustees,  committees, conservators and other fiduciaries in
  the state may properly and legally invest funds in their control.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 4 - Dormitory Authority › 1685 - Exemptions From Taxation.

§  1685.  Exemptions from taxation. It is hereby found, determined and
  declared that the creation of the authority and the carrying out of  its
  corporate  purposes  is in all respects for the benefit of the people of
  the state of New York, for the improvement of their  education,  welfare
  and prosperity, and is a public purpose, and that the dormitories of the
  authority  are an essential part of the state education system, and that
  the authority will be performing an essential governmental  function  in
  the  exercise  of  the  powers  conferred upon it by this title, and the
  state of New York covenants with the  holders  of  the  bonds  that  the
  authority  shall  be required to pay no taxes or assessments upon any of
  the  property  acquired  by  it  or  under  its  jurisdiction,  control,
  possession  or  supervision  or upon its activities in the operation and
  maintenance of such dormitories or any moneys, revenues or other  income
  received  by  the  authority and that the bonds of the authority and the
  income therefrom shall at all times be exempt from taxation, except  for
  transfer and estate taxes.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 4 - Dormitory Authority › 1686-A - Security by Authority.

§ 1686-a. Security by authority. Upon an appeal taken by the authority
  in any action or other proceeding to which the authority is a party, the
  service  of notice of appeal shall perfect the appeal and shall stay the
  execution of the judgment or order appealed from without any undertaking
  or other security being furnished by the authority.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 4 - Dormitory Authority › 1687 - Members and Employees Not to Profit.

§  1687.  Members  and  employees not to profit. No officer, member or
  employee of the corporation shall receive or may be lawfully entitled to
  receive  any  pecuniary  profit  from  the  operation   thereof   except
  reasonable  compensation  for  services  in effecting one or more of its
  purposes herein set forth.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 4 - Dormitory Authority › 1688 - Visitation by Regents.

§  1688.  Visitation  by  regents. The regents, or the commissioner of
  education,  or  their  representatives,  may  visit,  examine  into  and
  inspect,   the   authority  as  an  institution  under  the  educational
  supervision of the state, and may require, as  often  as  desired,  duly
  verified  reports  therefrom giving such information and in such form as
  the regents or the commissioner of education shall prescribe.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 4 - Dormitory Authority › 1689-B - Sale of Bonds by the Authority.

§  1689-b.  Sale of bonds by the authority. 1. (a) Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, the bonds of the authority  issued  pursuant  to
section  one thousand six hundred eighty-nine-a of this article shall be
sold to the bidder offering the lowest true interest cost,  taking  into
consideration  any  premium or discount not less than four nor more than
fifteen days, Sundays excepted, after a notice of  such  sale  has  been
published  at  least  once  in  a  definitive  trade  publication of the
municipal bond industry, which shall state the terms of the sale.    The
terms  of  the  sale may not change unless notice of such change is sent
via a definitive trade wire  service  of  the  municipal  bond  industry
which,  in  general,  make  available information regarding activity and
sales of municipal bonds.  Advertisements shall contain a  provision  to
the  effect that the authority, in its discretion, may reject any or all
bids made in pursuance of such advertisements, and in the event of  such
rejection,  the authority is authorized to negotiate a private or public
sale or readvertise for bids in the form and manner above  described  as
many   times  as,  in  its  judgment,  may  be  necessary  to  effect  a
satisfactory sale.
(b)  Notwithstanding  the  provisions  of  paragraph   (a)   of   this
subdivision,  whenever in the judgment of the authority the interests of
the authority will be served thereby, the members of the  authority,  on
the  written recommendation of the executive director, may authorize the
sale of such bonds at private or public sale on a negotiated basis or on
either a competitive  or  negotiated  basis.  The  authority  shall  set
guidelines  governing  the  terms  and conditions of any such private or
public sales.
2.   The authority shall annually prepare  and  approve  a  bond  sale
report  which  shall  identify  results of any sale of bonds pursuant to
this section conducted during the fiscal year. Such bond sale report may
be a part of any other annual report that the authority is  required  to
make.
3.    The authority shall annually submit such bond sale report to the
comptroller and copies thereof to the senate finance committee  and  the
assembly ways and means committee and the director of the budget.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 4 - Dormitory Authority › 1689-D - Bidding Requirements.

§ 1689-d. Bidding requirements. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision
  of  law,  the  bonds  of  the  authority  issued pursuant to section one
  thousand six hundred eighty-nine-c of this title shall be  sold  to  the
  bidder offering the lowest true interest cost, taking into consideration
  any  premium  or discount not less than four nor more than fifteen days,
  Sundays excepted, after a notice of such  sale  has  been  published  at
  least  once  in  a  definitive  trade  publication of the municipal bond
  industry, which shall state the terms of the sale. The terms of the sale
  may not change unless notice of such change is  sent  via  a  definitive
  trade  wire  service  of  the municipal bond industry which, in general,
  make available information regarding activity  and  sales  of  municipal
  bonds.  Advertisements  shall contain a provision to the effect that the
  authority, in its discretion,  may  reject  any  or  all  bids  made  in
  pursuance  of  such  advertisements, and in the event of such rejection,
  the dormitory authority is authorized to negotiate a private  or  public
  sale  or  readvertise for bids in the form and manner above described as
  many  times  as,  in  its  judgment,  may  be  necessary  to  effect   a
  satisfactory sale.
2.  Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one of this section,
  whenever in the judgment of the authority the interests of the authority
  will be served thereby, the authority may authorize  the  sale  of  such
  bonds  at  private  or  public sale on a negotiated basis or on either a
  competitive or negotiated basis.  The  authority  shall  set  guidelines
  governing the terms and conditions of any such private or public sales.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 4 - Dormitory Authority › 1690 - Contract of the State.

§  1690.  Contract  of the state. The state of New York does pledge to
  and agree with the holders of the bonds that the state will not limit or
  alter the rights hereby vested in the authority to  acquire,  construct,
  reconstruct,  equip and operate dormitories and facilities, to establish
  and collect rentals and other charges referred to in this title  and  to
  fulfill  the terms of any agreements made with the holders of the bonds,
  or in any way impair the rights and remedies  of  the  holders  of  such
  obligations until the bonds, together with interest thereon, interest on
  any  unpaid  installments  on  interest,  and  all costs and expenses in
  connection with any  action  or  proceeding  by  or  on  behalf  of  the
  bondholders are fully met and discharged.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 4 - Dormitory Authority › 1691 - Actions Against Authority.

§ 1691. Actions against authority. 1. Except in an action for wrongful
  death,  an  action against the authority for personal injury or property
  damage or founded on tort shall not be commenced more than one year  and
  ninety  days  after the cause of action therefor shall have accrued, nor
  unless a notice of claim shall be served on an officer  or  employee  of
  the  authority  designated by the authority for such purpose, within the
  time limited by, and in compliance with  the  requirements  of,  section
  fifty-e  of  the  general municipal law. An action against the authority
  for wrongful death shall be commenced in accordance with the  notice  of
  claim  and time limitation provisions of title eleven of article nine of
  this chapter.
2. Neither any member of the authority nor any officer,  employee,  or
  agent  of  the  authority,  while  acting  within  the  scope  of  their
  authority, shall be subject to any personal liability resulting from the
  exercise or carrying out of any of the authority's purposes or powers.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 4 - Dormitory Authority › 1693 - Title Not Affected if in Part Unconstitutional or Ineffective.

§ 1693. Title not affected if in part unconstitutional or ineffective.
  If   any   section,   clause   or  provision  of  this  title  shall  be
  unconstitutional or be ineffective in whole or in part,  to  the  extent
  that  it  is  not  unconstitutional or ineffective it shall be valid and
  effective and no other section, clause or  provision  shall  on  account
  thereof be deemed invalid or ineffective.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 4 - Dormitory Authority › 1694 - Termination of Authority.

§  1694.  Termination of authority. 1. The authority shall continue to
  operate  and  manage  each  such  dormitory  until  such  time  as   its
  liabilities thereon have been met and the bonds outstanding against such
  dormitory  have  been  paid  in  full  or such liabilities or bonds have
  otherwise been discharged. Thereupon, the jurisdiction of the  authority
  over  such  dormitory shall cease and all the real and personal property
  and the title to all of the real and personal property of such dormitory
  vested in the authority shall pass to the state  of  New  York  and  the
  management and authority shall thereafter be under rules and regulations
  of the commissioner of education approved by the regents.
2.  The  authority  and  its  corporate existence shall continue until
  terminated by law, provided, however, that no such law shall take effect
  so long as the authority shall have bonds, notes and  other  obligations
  outstanding,  unless  adequate  provision  has been made for the payment
  thereof. Upon termination of the existence of the authority, all of  its
  rights and properties shall pass to and be vested in the state.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 4-A - Small Business Concerns Set-Aside Purchases and Contracts for Property and Services at the Hostos Community College › 1695 - Definitions.

* §  1695.  Definitions.  As  used in this article, unless the context
requires otherwise:
a. "Chairman" means the chairman of the dormitory authority.
b. "Minority business  concern"  means  a  socially  and  economically
disadvantaged  applicant  concern which is owned or controlled by one or
more persons who have been deprived of the opportunity  to  develop  and
maintain  a  competitive  position  in  the economy because of social or
economic disadvantages. Such  disadvantages  may  arise  from  cultural,
social  or  economic  circumstances.  Such  persons include, but are not
limited  to,  Black  Americans,  American  Indians,   Spanish-Americans,
Oriental-Americans,  Eskimos,  Aleuts and servicemen in the armed forces
during the Vietnam era.
c. "Small business" means a business which is independently owned  and
operated,  and  which  is  not  dominant  in the field of operation. The
authority shall establish  a  detailed  definition  by  rule,  using  in
addition to the foregoing criteria, other criteria, including the number
of  employees and the dollar volume of business. When computing the size
status of a bidder, annual sales and receipts of the bidder and  all  of
its  affiliates  shall  be included. The maximum number of employees and
the maximum dollar volume which a small  business  may  have  under  the
rules  promulgated by the authority shall vary from industry to industry
to the extent necessary to reflect  differing  characteristics  of  such
industries  based  on  the  criteria  used by the federal Small Business
Administration for loans to small businesses as  set  forth  in  Section
121.3-10   and  Schedules  A,  C  and  D  (or  for  awarding  government
procurements as set forth in Section 121.3-S and Schedule B) of Part 121
of Chapter I of Title 13 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as amended,
subject  to  the  following  general  limitations   unless   the   above
regulations  provide for other size or annual receipts standards for any
industry or subindustry;
(1) No wholesale business is a small business if its annual sales  for
its  most recently completed fiscal year, nor is a construction business
if its average annual receipts for the  preceding  three  fiscal  years,
exceed five million dollars.
(2)  No  retail  business  or  business  selling  services  is a small
business if its annual sales and receipts exceed one million dollars.
(3) No manufacturing business is a small business if it  employs  more
than two hundred fifty persons.
d.  "Small business set-aside" means a purchase request for which bids
are to be invited  and  accepted  only  from  small  businesses  by  the
chairman.
* NB There are 2 § 1695's
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 4-A - Small Business Concerns Set-Aside Purchases and Contracts for Property and Services at the Hostos Community College › 1697 - Withdrawal of Designation of Small Business Set-Asides.

* §  1697.  Withdrawal of designation of small business set-asides. If
  the total number of small businesses responding to the invitation to bid
  and considered capable of meeting the specifications and  terms  of  the
  invitation to bid is less than three, or if the chairman determines that
  acceptance of the best bid will result in the payment of an unreasonable
  price,  the  chairman shall reject all bids and withdraw the designation
  of small business set-aside.
If the chairman withdraws the designation of small business  set-aside
  it  shall  notify  the bidders of the reason why the bids were rejected.
  Invitations to bid containing the same or rewritten  specifications  and
  terms shall then be re-issued as otherwise so provided under this title,
  without the designation of small business set-aside.
* NB There are 2 § 1697's
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 4-A - Small Business Concerns Set-Aside Purchases and Contracts for Property and Services at the Hostos Community College › 1698 - Submission of Purchase Order or Work Contract to Successful Bidder.

* §  1698. Submission of purchase order or work contract to successful
  bidder. After the successful bidder has been  determined,  the  chairman
  shall place an advertisement as provided by law indicating that all bids
  submitted  on  a small business set-aside have been opened and reporting
  the name and address of the successful bidder. The chairman shall send a
  purchase order or work contract to the successful bidder no sooner  than
  fourteen  days  after the appearance of the advertisement announcing the
  successful bidder.
* NB There are 2 § 1698's
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 4-A - Small Business Concerns Set-Aside Purchases and Contracts for Property and Services at the Hostos Community College › 1699 - Designation of Contract Negotiator for Small Business Set-Asides.

* §  1699.  Designation  of  contract  negotiator  for  small business
  set-asides.  The  chairman  shall  designate  an  experienced   contract
  negotiator  to  serve as its small business procurement specialist whose
  duties shall include:
a. Compiling and maintaining a comprehensive bidders'  list  of  small
  businesses.  In  this  duty,  he  shall cooperate with the federal Small
  Business  Administration  in  locating  potential  sources  for  various
  products and services.
b.  Assisting  small  businesses  in complying with the procedures for
  bidding on authority contracts at such educational institutions.
c. Examining requests  from  the  board  of  trustees  of  the  Hostos
  Community  College  for  the  purchase  of  property  or services or for
  construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation or improvement  of  college
  facilities  to  help  determine  which  invitations  to  bid  are  to be
  designated small business set-asides.
d. Making recommendations to the chairman for  the  simplification  of
  procurement   specifications   and   terms  in  order  to  increase  the
  opportunities for small business participation.
e. Assisting in  investigations  by  the  chairman  to  determine  the
  responsibility of bidders on small business set-asides.
* NB There are 2 § 1699's
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 4-A - Small Business Concerns Set-Aside Purchases and Contracts for Property and Services at the Hostos Community College › 1699-A - Legislative Report.

* §  1699-a.  Legislative  report.  The chairman shall annually before
  December first, report in writing  to  the  legislature  concerning  the
  awarding  of contracts, for specified commodities, equipment or services
  or for the construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation  or  improvement
  of   college  facilities  at  the  Hostos  Community  College  to  small
  businesses and minority businesses. The report shall include  the  total
  value  of awards made in the preceding fiscal year under the designation
  of small business set-aside.
* NB There are 2 § 1699-a's
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 4-A* - Small Business Concerns Set-Aside Purchases and Contracts for Property and Services at the Bronx Community College › 1695*2 - Definitions.

* §  1695.  Definitions.  As  used in this article, unless the context
requires otherwise:
a. "Chairman" means the chairman of the dormitory authority.
b. "Minority business  concern"  means  a  socially  and  economically
disadvantaged  applicant  concern which is owned or controlled by one or
more persons who have been deprived of the opportunity  to  develop  and
maintain  a  competitive  position  in  the economy because of social or
economic disadvantages. Such  disadvantages  may  arise  from  cultural,
social  or  economic  circumstances.  Such  persons include, but are not
limited  to,  Black  Americans,  American  Indians,   Spanish-Americans,
Oriental-Americans,  Eskimos,  Aleuts and servicemen in the armed forces
during the Vietnam era.
c. "Small business" means a business which is independently owned  and
operated,  and  which  is  not  dominant  in the field of operation. The
authority shall establish  a  detailed  definition  by  rule,  using  in
addition to the foregoing criteria, other criteria, including the number
of  employees and the dollar volume of business. When computing the size
status of a bidder, annual sales and receipts of the bidder and  all  of
its  affiliates  shall  be included. The maximum number of employees and
the maximum dollar volume which a small  business  may  have  under  the
rules  promulgated by the authority shall vary from industry to industry
to the extent necessary to reflect  differing  characteristics  of  such
industries  based  on  the  criteria  used by the federal Small Business
Administration for loans to small businesses as  set  forth  in  Section
121.3-10   and  Schedules  A,  C  and  D  (or  for  awarding  government
procurements as set forth in Section 121.3-S and Schedule B) of Part 121
of Chapter I of Title 13 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as amended,
subject  to  the  following  general  limitations   unless   the   above
regulations  provide for other size or annual receipts standards for any
industry or subindustry;
(1) No wholesale business is a small business if its annual sales  for
its  most recently completed fiscal year, nor is a construction business
if its average annual receipts for the  preceding  three  fiscal  years,
exceed five million dollars.
(2)  No  retail  business  or  business  selling  services  is a small
business if its annual sales and receipts exceed one million dollars.
(3) No manufacturing business is a small business if it  employs  more
than two hundred fifty persons.
d. "Small business set-asides" means a purchase request for which bids
are  to  be  invited  and  accepted  only  from  small businesses by the
chairman.
* NB There are 2 § 1695's
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 4-A* - Small Business Concerns Set-Aside Purchases and Contracts for Property and Services at the Bronx Community College › 1697*2 - Withdrawal of Designation of Small Business Set-Asides.

* §  1697.  Withdrawal of designation of small business set-asides. If
  the total number of small businesses responding to the invitation to bid
  and considered capable of meeting the specifications and  terms  of  the
  invitation to bid is less than three, or if the chairman determines that
  acceptance of the best bid will result in the payment of an unreasonable
  price,  the  chairman shall reject all bids and withdraw the designation
  of small business set-aside.
If the chairman withdraws the designation of small business  set-aside
  it  shall  notify  the bidders of the reason why the bids were rejected.
  Invitations to bid containing the same or rewritten  specifications  and
  terms shall then be re-issued as otherwise so provided under this title,
  without the designation of small business set-aside.
* NB There are 2 § 1697's
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 4-A* - Small Business Concerns Set-Aside Purchases and Contracts for Property and Services at the Bronx Community College › 1698*2 - Submission of Purchase Order or Work Contract to Successful Bidder.

* §  1698. Submission of purchase order or work contract to successful
  bidder. After the successful bidder has been  determined,  the  chairman
  shall place an advertisement as provided by law indicating that all bids
  submitted  on  a small business set-aside have been opened and reporting
  the name and address of the successful bidder. The chairman shall send a
  purchase order or work contract to the successful bidder no sooner  than
  fourteen  days  after the appearance of the advertisement announcing the
  successful bidder.
* NB There are 2 § 1698's
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 4-A* - Small Business Concerns Set-Aside Purchases and Contracts for Property and Services at the Bronx Community College › 1699*2 - Designation of Contract Negotiator for Small Business Set-Asides.

* §  1699.  Designation  of  contract  negotiator  for  small business
  set-asides.  The  chairman  shall  designate  an  experienced   contract
  negotiator  to  serve as its small business procurement specialist whose
  duties shall include:
a. Compiling and maintaining a comprehensive bidders'  list  of  small
  businesses.  In  this  duty,  he  shall cooperate with the federal Small
  Business  Administration  in  locating  potential  sources  for  various
  products and services.
b.  Assisting  small  businesses  in complying with the procedures for
  bidding on authority contracts at such educational institutions.
c. Examining  requests  from  the  board  of  trustees  of  the  Bronx
  community  college  for  the  purchase  of  property  or services or for
  construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation or improvement  of  college
  facilities  to  help  determine  which  invitations  to  bid  are  to be
  designated small business set-asides.
d. Making recommendations to the chairman for  the  simplification  of
  procurement   specifications   and   terms  in  order  to  increase  the
  opportunities for small business participation.
e. Assisting in  investigations  by  the  chairman  to  determine  the
  responsibility of bidders on small business set-asides.
* NB There are 2 § 1699's
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 4-A* - Small Business Concerns Set-Aside Purchases and Contracts for Property and Services at the Bronx Community College › 1699-A*2 - Legislative Report.

* §  1699-a.  Legislative  report.  The chairman shall annually before
  December first, report in writing  to  the  legislature  concerning  the
  awarding  of contracts, for specified commodities, equipment or services
  or for the construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation  or  improvement
  of college facilities at the Bronx community college and York college to
  small  businesses  and minority businesses. The report shall include the
  total value of awards made  in  the  preceding  fiscal  year  under  the
  designation of small business set-asides.
* NB There are 2 § 1699-a's
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 4-B - Health Care Financing Consolidation Act › 1699-E - Definitions.

§  1699-e.  Definitions.  1.  "Agency"  shall  mean the New York state
  medical care facilities  finance  agency  created  by  section  four  of
  section  one of chapter three hundred ninety-two of the laws of nineteen
  hundred seventy-three, as amended, and operating  pursuant  to  the  New
  York state medical care facilities finance agency act.
2.  "Authority"  shall mean the dormitory authority created by section
  sixteen hundred seventy-seven of this article and operating pursuant  to
  the dormitory authority act.
3.  "Corporation"  shall  mean  the facilities development corporation
  created by  section  four  of  section  one  of  chapter  three  hundred
  fifty-nine  of the laws of nineteen hundred sixty-eight, as amended, and
  operating pursuant to the facilities development corporation act.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 4-B - Health Care Financing Consolidation Act › 1699-G - Separability.

§  1699-g.  Separability.  If  any  section,  subdivision,  paragraph,
  sentence, clause or provision of this title shall be unconstitutional or
  be ineffective in whole or in  part,  to  the  extent  that  it  is  not
  unconstitutional  or  ineffective, it shall be valid or effective and no
  other section, subdivision, paragraph,  sentence,  clause  or  provision
  shall on account thereof be deemed invalid or ineffective.