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2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 1 - General Provisions › Article 9 - School Buildings and Sites › 412 - Condemnation of Schoolhouse and Erection of New Schoolhouse in Place Thereof.

§  412. Condemnation of schoolhouse and erection of new schoolhouse in
  place thereof. 1. A district superintendent, upon the direction  of  the
  commissioner,  may make an order condemning a school house, if he or she
  finds upon examination that such schoolhouse is wholly unfit for use and
  not worth repairing. He or she shall deliver such order to a trustee  of
  the  district and transmit a copy thereof to the commissioner. He or she
  shall also state in such order the date on which it  shall  take  effect
  and  the  sum  which  in his or her opinion will be necessary to erect a
  school building available to the needs of the district.
2. Immediately upon the receipt of said order, the  trustees  of  such
  district shall call a special meeting of the voters of said district, to
  consider  the  question  of  building  a new schoolhouse therein.   Such
  meeting shall have power to determine the size of said schoolhouse,  the
  material  to  be  used  in  its erection, and to vote a tax to build the
  same. But such meeting shall have no power to reduce the  estimate  made
  by  the  district  superintendent aforesaid by more than twenty-five per
  centum of such estimate.
3. And where no tax for building  such  schoolhouse  shall  have  been
  voted  by  such district within thirty days from the time of holding the
  first meeting to consider the question, it shall  be  the  duty  of  the
  trustees  of such district to contract for the building of a schoolhouse
  capable of accommodating the children of the district, and to levy a tax
  to pay for the same, which tax shall not exceed  the  sum  estimated  as
  necessary  by the district superintendent aforesaid, and which shall not
  be less than such estimated sum by  more  than  twenty-five  per  centum
  thereof.  But  such  estimated  sum  may  be increased at any subsequent
  school meeting legally held in the district.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 1 - General Provisions › Article 9 - School Buildings and Sites › 413 - Use of School Buildings for Examinations.

§ 413. Use  of school buildings for examinations.  The use of a school
  building shall be granted for any examination.  No charge shall be  made
  therefor,  provided  always that due and proper care shall be maintained
  and the school building be left in such condition as found  in  relation
  to cleanliness and neatness.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 1 - General Provisions › Article 9 - School Buildings and Sites › 415 - No Schoolhouse Shall Be Built on Town Line.

§ 415. No  schoolhouse  shall  be  built on town line.  No schoolhouse
  shall be built so as to stand on the division  line  of  any  two  towns
  unless the commissioner of education approves such location.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 1 - General Provisions › Article 9 - School Buildings and Sites › 417 - Allocation of Moneys by Regents for Extraordinary Relief to School Districts.

§ 417. Allocation  of  moneys  by  regents for extraordinary relief to
  school districts.   The regents may allocate moneys,  out  of  any  sums
  appropriated  for such purpose, to school districts of the state for the
  repair, reconstruction or replacement of  buildings  or  equipment  from
  time  to  time  damaged  or  destroyed  by  an act of God, against which
  insurance could not reasonably have been provided, where in the light of
  all the facts the regents are satisfied that such aid  is  necessary  to
  prevent an unreasonable burden on the taxpayers within such districts.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 1 - General Provisions › Article 9 - School Buildings and Sites › 418 - Purchase and Display of Flag.

§ 418. Purchase  and  display  of  flag.   It shall be the duty of the
  school authorities of every public school  in  the  several  cities  and
  school  districts  of  the  state  to  purchase  a  United  States flag,
  flag-staff and the necessary appliances therefor, and  to  display  such
  flag upon or near the public school building during school hours, and at
  such other times as such school authorities may direct.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 1 - General Provisions › Article 9 - School Buildings and Sites › 419 - Display of Flags in Assembly Rooms.

§ 419. Display  of  flags  in assembly rooms.  It shall be the duty of
  the school authority of every public school in the  several  cities  and
  school  districts of the state to purchase a sufficient number of United
  States flags and the  necessary  holders  and  appliances  therefor  for
  display  in  each  assembly  room  of such school.   The commissioner of
  education shall prescribe the size and material of such  flags  and  the
  manner  and place of their display.  It shall be the duty of the teacher
  or other person in charge of each such assembly room to cause  the  flag
  assigned for use in such room to be displayed at all times in the manner
  prescribed.    Wilful  failure  to  comply  with  the provisions of this
  section shall be a misdemeanor.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 1 - General Provisions › Article 9 - School Buildings and Sites › 419-A - Display of Flags in Classrooms.

§  419-a.  Display  of  flags  in  classrooms.  The commissioner shall
  encourage public school authorities in the  several  cities  and  school
  districts  of  the state to display United States flags in the classroom
  of each school, and shall be authorized to  accept  donations  of  flags
  from  individuals or civic organizations for distribution in such cities
  and school districts.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 1 - General Provisions › Article 9 - School Buildings and Sites › 420 - Rules and Regulations.

§ 420. Rules  and  regulations.    The  said  school authorities shall
  establish rules and regulations for the proper custody, care and display
  of the flag, and when the weather will not permit  it  to  be  otherwise
  displayed, it shall be placed conspicuously in the principal room in the
  schoolhouse.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 1 - General Provisions › Article 10 - New York City Educational Construction Fund › 455 - Relationship With the Board of Education and the City of New York.

§ 455. Relationship  with  the  board of education and the city of New
  York.  In order most effectively to carry out  its  corporate  purposes,
  the  fund shall cooperate with the director of management and budget and
  the board of education of the city of New York in  matters  relating  to
  land   acquisition   and  capital  planning  for  school  buildings  and
  facilities.    During  the  course  of   construction,   reconstruction,
  rehabilitation and improvement of combined occupancy structures the fund
  shall  consult  with  personnel  of such board as the work progresses in
  matters  relating  to  space  requirements,  site  plans,  architectural
  concept,  and  substantial  changes  in  the  plans  and  specifications
  therefor,  and  in  matters  relating  to  the   original   furnishings,
  equipment,  machinery  and  apparatus  needed  to  furnish and equip the
  school portion of such buildings and structures, upon the completion  of
  work.  The board, on its part, shall perform such functions and services
  for  the  fund  as may be requested and the fund shall pay to the board,
  from any monies of the fund available for such purpose,  the  reasonable
  cost of such functions and services.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 1 - General Provisions › Article 10 - New York City Educational Construction Fund › 457 - Plans and Specifications.

§ 457. Plans  and  specifications.    1.  (a)  No  combined  occupancy
structure shall be acquired,  leased,  erected,  repaired,  enlarged  or
remodeled  by  the  fund until the detailed plans and specifications and
cost estimates for the school portion thereof have been submitted to the
board of education and its approval has been endorsed thereon.
(b)  The  board  of  education  shall  also  review  and  approve  the
architectural   concept,   including   an   outline  of  the  plans  and
specifications therefor, of  the  non-school  portion  of  any  combined
occupancy  structure  to  be erected, repaired, enlarged or remodeled in
accordance with the provisions of any lease or other  agreement  between
the fund and any developer.
2.  Notwithstanding  any other provision of law applicable to the city
school district of the city of New York or the board of education of the
city of New York, such district and such board shall only be required to
submit an outline  of  the  plans  and  specifications  for  a  combined
occupancy  structure,  and  for  the  school  portion  thereof,  to  the
commissioner of education for his information.
3. Every contract, lease or other agreement executed by or  on  behalf
of  the  fund  which  makes provision for the construction, acquisition,
reconstruction, rehabilitation or improvement of the school  portion  of
any  combined  occupancy  structure  shall  include a provision that the
architect who  designed  the  facility,  or  an  architect  or  engineer
retained  specifically  for  the purpose of supervision, shall supervise
the work to be performed through to completion and shall see to it  that
the  materials  furnished  are  in  accordance with the drawings, plans,
specifications and contractual provisions therefor.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 1 - General Provisions › Article 10 - New York City Educational Construction Fund › 463 - Agreement With the State.

§ 463. Agreement  with the state.  The state does hereby pledge to and
  agree with the holders of any notes or bonds issued under this  article,
  that  the  state will not limit or alter the rights hereby vested in the
  fund to fulfill the terms  of  any  agreements  made  with  the  holders
  thereof,  or  in  any way impair the rights and remedies of such holders
  until such notes or bonds, together  with  the  interest  thereon,  with
  interest  on  any  unpaid  installments  of  interest, and all costs and
  expenses in connection with any action or proceeding by or on behalf  of
  such  holders,  are fully met and discharged.  The fund is authorized to
  include this pledge and agreement of the state in any agreement with the
  holders of such notes or bonds.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 1 - General Provisions › Article 10 - New York City Educational Construction Fund › 464 - State and City's Right to Require Redemption of Bonds.

§ 464. State   and  city's  right  to  require  redemption  of  bonds.
  Notwithstanding and in addition to any provisions for the redemption  of
  bonds  which  may  be  contained in any contract with the holders of the
  bonds, either the state or the city of New  York  may,  upon  furnishing
  sufficient  funds  therefor,  require  the  fund  to  redeem,  prior  to
  maturity, as a whole, any issue of bonds on any  interest  payment  date
  not  less than twenty years after the date of the bonds of such issue at
  one hundred five per centum of their face value and accrued interest  or
  at  such  lower redemption price as may be provided in the bonds in case
  of the redemption thereof as a whole on the redemption date.  Notice  of
  such  redemption shall be published in at least two newspapers published
  and circulating in the city of  New  York  at  least  twice,  the  first
  publication to be at least thirty days before the date of redemption.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 1 - General Provisions › Article 10 - New York City Educational Construction Fund › 465 - Remedies of Noteholders and Bondholders.

§ 465. Remedies  of noteholders and bondholders.  1. In the event that
the fund shall default in the payment of principal of or interest on any
issue of notes or bonds after the same  shall  become  due,  whether  at
maturity  or  upon  call for redemption, and such default shall continue
for a period of thirty days, or in the event that the fund shall fail or
refuse to comply with the provisions of this article, or  shall  default
in  any  agreement made with the holders of any issue of notes or bonds,
the holders of twenty-five per centum in aggregate principal  amount  of
the  notes  or  bonds  of  such issue then outstanding, by instrument or
instruments filed in the office of the city clerk of  the  city  of  New
York  and  approved  or  acknowledged in the same manner as a deed to be
recorded, may appoint a trustee to represent the holders of  such  notes
or bonds for the purposes herein provided.
2.  Such  trustee  may,  and  upon  written  request of the holders of
twenty-five per centum in principal amount of such notes or  bonds  then
outstanding shall, in his or its own name:
(a)  by  suit,  action  or  proceeding  in  accordance  with the civil
practice law and  rules,  enforce  all  rights  of  the  noteholders  or
bondholders  and  require  the  fund  to  carry out agreements with such
noteholders or bondholders and to perform its duties under this article;
(b) bring suit upon such notes or bonds;
(c) by action or suit, require the fund to account as if it  were  the
trustee of an express trust for the holders of such notes or bonds;
(d) by action or suit, enjoin any acts or things which may be unlawful
or in violation of the rights of the holders of such notes or bonds;
(e)  declare  all  such  notes  or  bonds  due and payable, and if all
defaults shall be made good, then, with the consent of  the  holders  of
twenty-five  per  centum  of the principal amount of such notes or bonds
then outstanding, annul such declaration and its consequences.
3. Such trustee shall in addition to the foregoing  have  and  possess
all  of  the  powers  necessary  or  appropriate for the exercise of any
functions specifically set forth  herein  or  incident  to  the  general
representation  of  bondholders  or  noteholders  in the enforcement and
protection of their rights.
4. The supreme court shall have jurisdiction of any  suit,  action  or
proceeding  by the trustee on behalf of such noteholders or bondholders.
The venue of any such suit, action or proceeding shall be  laid  in  the
county of New York.
5.  Before  declaring the principal of notes or bonds due and payable,
the trustee shall first give thirty days' notice in writing to the mayor
of the city of New York, to the fund, to the board of education  of  the
city of New York and to the attorney general of the state.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 1 - General Provisions › Article 10 - New York City Educational Construction Fund › 466 - Notes and Bonds as Legal Investments.

§ 466. Notes  and  bonds as legal investments.  The notes and bonds of
  the fund 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, and other persons carrying  on
  an  insurance  business,  all  banks,  bankers, trust companies, savings
  banks and savings associations, including savings and loan associations,
  building and loan associations, investment companies and  other  persons
  carrying   on   a   banking  business,  all  administrators,  guardians,
  executors,  trustees  and  other  fiduciaries,  and  all  other  persons
  whatsoever who are now or may hereafter be authorized to invest in bonds
  or  other  obligations  of  the  state,  may properly and legally invest
  funds, including capital, in their control or belonging to them.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 1 - General Provisions › Article 10 - New York City Educational Construction Fund › 467 - Actions by and Against Fund.

§ 467. Actions  by  and against fund. 1. The state supreme court shall
  have exclusive jurisdiction of any action, suit  or  special  proceeding
  brought  by  or  against or involving the fund. The venue of any action,
  suit or special proceeding brought against the fund shall be laid in the
  city and county of New York.
2. In every action against the fund for damages, for injuries to  real
  or  personal  property,  or for the destruction thereof, or for personal
  injuries or death, the complaint shall contain  an  allegation  that  at
  least  thirty  days  have elapsed since the demand, claim or claims upon
  which such action is founded were presented to a trustee or  officer  of
  the  fund  and  that  the  fund  has  neglected  or  refused  to make an
  adjustment or payment thereof for thirty days after such presentment.
3. Except in an action for wrongful death, an action against the  fund
  for  damages  for  injuries  to  real  or  personal property, or for the
  destruction thereof, or for personal  injuries,  alleged  to  have  been
  sustained,  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 have been served on the fund within the time limit
  established  by,  and  in  compliance  with  all requirements of section
  fifty-e of the general municipal law. An action  against  the  fund  for
  wrongful death shall be commenced in accordance with the notice of claim
  and  time  limitation  provisions of title eleven of article nine of the
  public authorities law.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 1 - General Provisions › Article 10 - New York City Educational Construction Fund › 468 - Exemptions From Taxation.

§ 468. Exemptions  from  taxation.   1. It is hereby declared that the
  creation of the fund and the carrying out of its corporate  purposes  is
  in  all  respects for the benefit of the people of the city and state of
  New York and for the improvement of their health,  safety,  welfare  and
  security  and  is  a  public  purpose  and the fund shall be regarded as
  performing a  governmental  function  in  the  exercise  of  the  powers
  conferred upon it by this article.
2.  The  monies  and  properties of the fund, including all properties
  constructed, acquired, reconstructed, rehabilitated or improved by it or
  on its behalf and all properties  under  its  jurisdiction,  control  or
  supervision,  and  all  of its operations and activities shall be exempt
  from taxation.
3. The notes and bonds of the fund issued pursuant  to  this  article,
  and  the  income therefrom, and all fees, charges, rents, gifts, grants,
  revenues, receipts and other monies received or to be  received  by  the
  fund  shall  at  all  times be free from taxation, except for estate and
  gift taxes and taxes on transfers.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 1 - General Provisions › Article 10 - New York City Educational Construction Fund › 469 - Annual Report of Trustees.

§ 469. Annual  report  of  trustees.    The trustees of the fund shall
  submit to the mayor, the board of education and the city council of  the
  city  of New York annually on or before February first, a full report of
  its activities and operations through the thirtieth day of the preceding
  June, including:  (1) details as to projects in  planning,  projects  in
  the process of construction, acquisition, reconstruction, rehabilitation
  or  improvement,  and  projects completed; (2) the performance record of
  the trustees in completing construction in accordance with  the  desired
  completion  dates  and  within  the estimated costs; (3) the architects,
  engineers and other private consultants engaged by the trustees  of  the
  fund  on  a  contract basis and a statement of the total amount paid and
  yet to be paid, or estimated yet to be paid, under each  such  contract;
  (4)  the moneys made available for the purposes of the fund; (5) details
  as to any lease, sublease or agreement executed by the trustees  of  the
  fund  and  the annual rentals to be paid or received on account thereof;
  (6) its assets and liabilities at the end of the fiscal year,  including
  the status of reserve funds and other funds and accounts; (7) a schedule
  of  its  bonds  and  notes  outstanding  at  the end of its fiscal year,
  together with the amounts redeemed and incurred during such fiscal year,
  and such other information related to the activities  and  operation  of
  the fund as the trustees may consider pertinent.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 1 - General Provisions › Article 10 - New York City Educational Construction Fund › 470 - Article Not Affected if in Part Unconstitutional or Ineffective.

§ 470. Article   not   affected   if   in   part  unconstitutional  or
  ineffective.  If any section, subdivision, paragraph,  sentence,  clause
  or provision of this article 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.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 1 - General Provisions › Article 10 - New York City Educational Construction Fund › 471 - Inconsistent Provisions of Other Laws Superseded.

§ 471. Inconsistent  provisions  of other laws superseded.  Insofar as
  the provisions of this article are inconsistent with the  provisions  of
  any  other  general, special or local law, or with the provisions of any
  charter  or  ordinance,  the  provisions  of  this  article   shall   be
  controlling.    The  provisions  of  this article shall not be deemed to
  prevent the city of New York  from  financing  the  cost  of  acquiring,
  constructing,  reconstructing,  rehabilitating  or improving one or more
  school buildings by the issuance of bonds or capital notes  pursuant  to
  the local finance law.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 1 - General Provisions › Article 10-B - City of Yonkers Educational Construction Fund › 479 - Relationship With the Board of Education of the City of Yonkers.

§ 479. Relationship  with  the  board  of  education  of  the  city of
  Yonkers.   In   order  most  effectively  to  carry  out  its  corporate
  purposes,  the fund shall cooperate with the commissioner of finance and
  the board of education of the city of Yonkers  in  matters  relating  to
  land   acquisition   and  capital  planning  for  school  buildings  and
  facilities.    During  the  course  of   construction,   reconstruction,
  rehabilitation and improvement of combined occupancy structures the fund
  shall  consult  with  personnel  of such board as the work progresses in
  matters  relating  to  space  requirements,  site  plans,  architectural
  concept,  and substantial changes in the plans and specifications there-
  for, and in matters relating to  the  original  furnishings,  equipment,
  machinery  and  apparatus needed to furnish and equip the school portion
  of such buildings and structures, upon the  completion  of  work.    The
  board,  on  its  part, shall perform such functions and services for the
  fund as may be requested and the fund shall pay to the board,  from  any
  monies  of  the  fund available for such purpose, the reasonable cost of
  such functions and services.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 1 - General Provisions › Article 10-B - City of Yonkers Educational Construction Fund › 481 - Plans and Specifications.

§ 481. Plans  and  specifications.    1.  (a)  No  combined  occupancy
structure shall be acquired,  leased,  erected,  repaired,  enlarged  or
remodeled  by  the  fund until the detailed plans and specifications and
cost estimates for the school portion thereof have been submitted to the
board of education and its approval has been endorsed thereon.
(b)  The  board  of  education  shall  also  review  and  approve  the
architectural   concept,   including   an   outline  of  the  plans  and
specifications therefor, of  the  non-school  portion  of  any  combined
occupancy  structure  to  be erected, repaired, enlarged or remodeled in
accordance with the provisions of any lease or other  agreement  between
the fund and any developer.
2.  Notwithstanding  any other provision of law applicable to the city
school district of the city of Yonkers or the board of education of  the
city  of Yonkers, such district and such board shall only be required to
submit an outline  of  the  plans  and  specifications  for  a  combined
occupancy  structure,  and  for  the  school  portion  thereof,  to  the
commissioner of education for his information.
3. Every contract, lease or other agreement executed by or  on  behalf
of  the  fund  which  makes provision for the construction, acquisition,
reconstruction, rehabilitation or improvement of the school  portion  of
any  combined  occupancy  structure  shall  include a provision that the
architect who  designed  the  facility,  or  an  architect  or  engineer
retained  specifically  for  the purpose of supervision, shall supervise
the work to be performed through to completion and shall see to it  that
the  materials  furnished  are  in  accordance with the drawings, plans,
specifications and contractual provisions therefor.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 1 - General Provisions › Article 10-B - City of Yonkers Educational Construction Fund › 487 - Agreement With the State.

§ 487. Agreement  with the state.  The state does hereby pledge to and
  agree with the holders of any notes or bonds issued under this  article,
  that  the  state will not limit or alter the rights hereby vested in the
  fund to fulfill the terms  of  any  agreements  made  with  the  holders
  thereof,  or  in  any way impair the rights and remedies of such holders
  until such notes or bonds, together  with  the  interest  thereon,  with
  interest  on  any  unpaid  installments  of  interest, and all costs and
  expenses in connection with any action or proceeding by or on behalf  of
  such  holders,  are fully met and discharged.  The fund is authorized to
  include this pledge and agreement of the state in any agreement with the
  holders of such notes or bonds.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 1 - General Provisions › Article 10-B - City of Yonkers Educational Construction Fund › 488 - State and City's Right to Require Redemption of Bonds.

§ 488. State   and  city's  right  to  require  redemption  of  bonds.
  Notwithstanding and in addition to any provisions for the redemption  of
  bonds  which  may  be  contained in any contract with the holders of the
  bonds, either the state or the city  of  Yonkers  may,  upon  furnishing
  sufficient  funds  therefor,  require  the  fund  to  redeem,  prior  to
  maturity, as a whole, any issue of bonds on any  interest  payment  date
  not  less than twenty years after the date of the bonds of such issue at
  one hundred five per centum of their face value and accrued interest  or
  at  such  lower redemption price as may be provided in the bonds in case
  of the redemption thereof as a whole on the redemption date.  Notice  of
  such  redemption shall be published in at least two newspapers published
  and circulating in the  city  of  Yonkers  at  least  twice,  the  first
  publication to be at least thirty days before the date of redemption.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 1 - General Provisions › Article 10-B - City of Yonkers Educational Construction Fund › 489 - Remedies of Noteholders and Bondholders.

§ 489. Remedies  of  noteholders and bondholders. 1. In the event that
the fund shall default in the payment of principal of or interest on any
issue of notes or bonds after the same  shall  become  due,  whether  at
maturity  or  upon  call for redemption, and such default shall continue
for a period of thirty days, or in the event that the fund shall fail or
refuse to comply with the provisions of this article, or  shall  default
in  any  agreement made with the holders of any issue of notes or bonds,
the holders of twenty-five per centum in aggregate principal  amount  of
the  notes  or  bonds  of  such issue then outstanding, by instrument or
instruments filed in the office of the city clerk of the city of Yonkers
and approved or acknowledged  in  the  same  manner  as  a  deed  to  be
recorded,  may  appoint a trustee to represent the holders of such notes
or bonds for the purposes herein provided.
2. Such trustee may, and  upon  written  request  of  the  holders  of
twenty-five  per  centum in principal amount of such notes or bonds then
outstanding shall, in his or its own name:
(a) by suit,  action  or  proceeding  in  accordance  with  the  civil
practice  law  and  rules,  enforce  all  rights  of  the noteholders or
bondholders and require the fund  to  carry  out  agreements  with  such
noteholders or bondholders and to perform its duties under this article;
(b) bring suit upon such notes or bonds;
(c)  by  action or suit, require the fund to account as if it were the
trustee of an express trust for the holders of such notes or bonds;
(d) by action or suit, enjoin any acts or things which may be unlawful
or in violation of the rights of the holders of such notes or bonds;
(e) declare all such notes or  bonds  due  and  payable,  and  if  all
defaults  shall  be  made good, then, with the consent of the holders of
twenty-five per centum of the principal amount of such  notes  or  bonds
then outstanding, annul such declaration and its consequences.
3.  Such  trustees shall in addition to the foregoing have and possess
all of the powers necessary or  appropriate  for  the  exercise  of  any
functions  specifically  set  forth  herein  or  incident to the general
representation of bondholders or  noteholders  in  the  enforcement  and
protection of their rights.
4.  The  supreme  court shall have jurisdiction of any suit, action or
proceeding by the trustee on behalf of such noteholders or  bondholders.
The  venue  of  any such suit, action or proceeding shall be laid in the
county of Westchester.
5. Before declaring the principal of notes or bonds due  and  payable,
the trustee shall first give thirty days' notice in writing to the mayor
of  the  city  of Yonkers, to the fund, to the board of education of the
city of Yonkers and to the attorney general of the state.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 1 - General Provisions › Article 10-B - City of Yonkers Educational Construction Fund › 490 - Notes and Bonds as Legal Investments.

§ 490. Notes  and  bonds  as legal investments. The notes and bonds of
  the fund 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, and other persons carrying  on
  an  insurance  business,  all  banks,  bankers, trust companies, savings
  banks and savings associations, including savings and loan associations,
  building and loan associations, investment companies and  other  persons
  carrying   on   a   banking  business,  all  administrators,  guardians,
  executors,  trustees  and  other  fiduciaries,  and  all  other  persons
  whatsoever who are now or may hereafter be authorized to invest in bonds
  or  other  obligations  of  the  state,  may properly and legally invest
  funds, including capital, in their control or belonging to them.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 1 - General Provisions › Article 10-B - City of Yonkers Educational Construction Fund › 491 - Actions by and Against Fund.

§ 491. Actions  by  and against fund. 1. The state supreme court shall
  have exclusive jurisdiction of any action, suit  or  special  proceeding
  brought  by  or  against or involving the fund. The venue of any action,
  suit or special proceeding brought against the funds shall  be  laid  in
  the city of Yonkers and county of Westchester.
2.  In every action against the fund for damages, for injuries to real
  or personal property, or for the destruction thereof,  or  for  personal
  injuries  or  death,  the  complaint shall contain an allegation that at
  least thirty days have elapsed since the demand, claim  or  claims  upon
  which  such  action is founded were presented to a trustee or officer of
  the fund and  that  the  fund  has  neglected  or  refused  to  make  an
  adjustment or payment thereof for thirty days after such presentment.
3.  Except in an action for wrongful death, an action against the fund
  for damages for injuries to  real  or  personal  property,  or  for  the
  destruction  thereof,  or  for  personal  injuries, alleged to have been
  sustained, 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 have been served on the fund within the time limit
  established by, and in  compliance  with  all  requirements  of  section
  fifty-e  of  the  general  municipal law. An action against the fund for
  wrongful death shall be commenced in accordance with the notice of claim
  and time limitation provisions of title eleven of article  nine  of  the
  public authorities law.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 1 - General Provisions › Article 10-B - City of Yonkers Educational Construction Fund › 492 - Exemptions From Taxation.

§ 492. Exemptions  from  taxation.  1.  It is hereby declared that the
  creation of the fund and the carrying out of its corporate  purposes  is
  in all respects for the benefit of the people of the city of Yonkers and
  state  of  New  York  and  for  the improvement of their health, safety,
  welfare and security and is a public  purpose  and  the  fund  shall  be
  regarded  as  performing  a governmental function in the exercise of the
  powers conferred upon it by this article.
2. The monies and properties of the  fund,  including  all  properties
  constructed, acquired, reconstructed, rehabilitated or improved by it or
  on  its  behalf  and  all  properties under its jurisdiction, control or
  supervision, and all of its operations and activities  shall  be  exempt
  from taxation.
3.  The  notes  and bonds of the fund issued pursuant to this article,
  and the income therefrom, and all fees, charges, rents,  gifts,  grants,
  revenues,  receipts  and  other monies received or to be received by the
  fund shall at all times be free from taxation,  except  for  estate  and
  gift taxes and taxes on transfers.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 1 - General Provisions › Article 10-B - City of Yonkers Educational Construction Fund › 493 - Annual Report of Trustees.

§ 493. Annual  report  of  trustees.  The  trustees  of the fund shall
  submit to the mayor, the board of education and the city council of  the
  city  of  Yonkers annually on or before February first, a full report of
  its activities and operations through the thirtieth day of the preceding
  September, including: (1) details as to projects in  planning,  projects
  in   the   process   of   construction,   acquisition,   reconstruction,
  rehabilitation  or  improvement,  and  projects   completed;   (2)   the
  performance  record  of  the  trustees  in  completing  construction  in
  accordance with the desired completion dates and  within  the  estimated
  costs;  (3)  the  architects,  engineers  and  other private consultants
  engaged by the trustees of the fund on a contract basis and a  statement
  of  the  total  amount  paid  and yet to be paid, or estimated yet to be
  paid, under each such contract; (4) the monies made  available  for  the
  purposes of the fund; (5) details as to any lease, sublease or agreement
  executed  by  the trustees of the fund and the annual rentals to be paid
  or received on account thereof; (6) its assets and  liabilities  at  the
  end  of the fiscal year, including the status of reserve funds and other
  funds and accounts; (7) a schedule of its bonds and notes outstanding at
  the end of its fiscal year,  together  with  the  amounts  redeemed  and
  incurred  during such fiscal year, and such other information related to
  the activities and operation of the fund as the  trustees  may  consider
  pertinent.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 1 - General Provisions › Article 10-B - City of Yonkers Educational Construction Fund › 494 - Article Not Affected if in Part Unconstitutional or Ineffective.

§ 494. Article   not   affected   if   in   part  unconstitutional  or
  ineffective.  If any section, subdivision, paragraph,  sentence,  clause
  or provision of this article 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.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 1 - General Provisions › Article 10-B - City of Yonkers Educational Construction Fund › 495 - Inconsistent Provisions of Other Laws Superseded.

§ 495. Inconsistent  provisions  of other laws superseded.  Insofar as
  the provisions of this article are inconsistent with the  provisions  of
  any  other  general, special or local law, or with the provisions of any
  charter  or  ordinance,  the  provisions  of  this  article   shall   be
  controlling.    The  provisions  of  this article shall not be deemed to
  prevent the city of  Yonkers  from  financing  the  cost  of  acquiring,
  constructing,  reconstructing,  rehabilitating  or improving one or more
  school buildings by the issuance of bonds or capital notes  pursuant  to
  the local finance law.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 1 - General Provisions › Article 10-C - Winter Sports Education Trust Fund › 495-A - Winter Sports Education Trust Fund; Appointment of Board of Trustees to Administer Fund.

§ 495-a. Winter  sports  education trust fund; appointment of board of
  trustees to administer fund.  1. There is hereby created in the  custody
  of the comptroller the winter sports education trust fund.
2. Such fund shall consist of the state lottery revenues paid into the
  same  by  the  division  of  the  lottery  pursuant to the provisions of
  subdivision five of section ninety-two-c of the state  finance  law  and
  all  increments  to  principal  derived  from  investment gain, interest
  accumulation, and other sources of income.
3. The comptroller shall invest and keep invested all moneys belonging
  to the fund in the manner authorized  by  section  ninety-eight  of  the
  state finance law.
4.  a.  Commencing  on  or  before  August fifteenth, nineteen hundred
  eighty-one and on  or  before  the  fifteenth  day  of  August  of  each
  succeeding  year,  the comptroller shall issue a certificate of earnings
  and accumulated income upon the principal of such trust fund as  of  the
  end  of  the  preceding  state  fiscal year. Such certificate shall also
  include a statement of accumulated income for  the  prior  fiscal  years
  remaining unexpended at the close of such year.
b.  The  principal  and  the amount of earnings and accumulated income
  upon the principal of the trust fund  for  the  prior  fiscal  year,  as
  reported  by  the  comptroller  on  August  fifteenth annually, shall be
  available for appropriation to  the  New  York  state  olympic  regional
  development  authority.  Any funds so appropriated shall be used for the
  purpose of supporting athletic and  recreational  education  within  the
  olympic  region  as defined in subdivision three of section two thousand
  six hundred seven  of  the  public  authorities  law  and  for  retiring
  outstanding   loan  obligations  of  the  olympic  regional  development
  authority    in    the    state    fiscal    year    nineteen    hundred
  ninety-six--ninety-seven.    All  expenditures  from  the  fund  for the
  hereinabove purposes shall be made on  the  audit  and  warrant  of  the
  comptroller upon vouchers approved by the chairman of the fund.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 1 - General Provisions › Article 10-D - Regional College Cooperative Services Board › 496 - Legislative Declaration.

§ 496. Legislative  declaration.    The  legislature  hereby finds and
  declares that the scarcity of higher educational facilities  within  the
  state  poses  a  serious  threat  to the future of the state's citizens.
  Recognizing this scarcity and the threat posed thereby, it is the  sense
  of  the  members of the legislature that the higher educational needs of
  our citizens can best be served by the  enactment  of  legislation  that
  will  allow  for the wider use of existing educational facilities within
  the state.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 1 - General Provisions › Article 10-D - Regional College Cooperative Services Board › 498 - Powers and Duties.

§ 498. Powers  and  duties.    1.  Each board shall, within sixty days
  after the receipt of its charter, formulate a plan to provide for  joint
  or  cooperative  programs,  services and arrangements and shall include,
  but not be limited to, faculty or administrative staff, use of  library,
  television,  research  and  laboratory  facilities  and  the granting of
  credit for courses of study leading to a degree.
2. Such plan shall provide for the sharing  of  expenses  incurred  by
  each  participating  member institution on such basis or division as may
  be jointly agreed upon.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 1 - General Provisions › Article 10-D - Regional College Cooperative Services Board › 499 - Additional Members of a Regional College Cooperative Services Board; Withdrawal.

§ 499. Additional  members  of a regional college cooperative services
  board; withdrawal.  1. The governing board of any non-public institution
  of higher education which is not a  member  institution  in  a  regional
  college  cooperative  services  board  may adopt a resolution requesting
  that such institution become such a member institution  in  an  existing
  board.  Duplicate  copies  of  such resolution certified by the clerk of
  such governing board shall be filed with the board of  trustees  of  the
  regional  board.  If  such  board approves such resolution such approval
  shall be endorsed thereon and a copy thereof shall  be  filed  with  the
  commissioner.  Upon  application,  the  regents may amend the charter of
  such regional board by including such  proposed  member  institution  in
  such  board  and  thereupon  such member institution shall have the same
  rights and duties and privileges as other member institutions therein.
2. The refusal of the board of trustees  of  such  regional  board  to
  approve  an  application  for  membership  in  such  board by any higher
  educational institution shall be subject to review by  the  commissioner
  upon application of such applying institution and, if so directed by the
  commissioner,  such board of trustees shall approve such application and
  request the regents to amend  the  charter  of  the  regional  board  to
  include such institution as a member institution thereof.
3. A board of trustees of a member institution may file with the board
  of  trustees of a regional board and with the commissioner not less than
  ninety days before the first day of  July  in  any  year,  a  resolution
  requesting  the  withdrawal  of such member institution from such board.
  Thereafter, upon application of such member institution or  such  board,
  the regents may amend the charter of such board so that such institution
  shall cease to be a member thereof on such July first or such later date
  as shall be fixed by the regents.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 1 - General Provisions › Article 10-D - Regional College Cooperative Services Board › 500 - Standards for Regional College Cooperative Services Board; Review of Plans.

§ 500. Standards  for  regional  college  cooperative  services board;
  review of plans.   The commissioner  shall  by  regulation  provide  the
  standards  for  regional  boards  and  the plans of such boards shall be
  reviewed by the commissioner at least every three years.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 1 - General Provisions › Article 11 - State Teachers' Retirement System for Public School Teachers › 502 - Retirement System.

§ 502. Retirement system.  1. The "New York state teachers' retirement
  system" is hereby continued.
2.  Such  retirement  system shall have the powers and privileges of a
  corporation, and under its  corporate  name,  or  in  the  name  of  its
  nominees,  all  of its business shall be transacted, all funds invested,
  all warrants for money  drawn  and  payments  made,  and  all  cash  and
  securities and other property shall be held.
3.  In  accordance  with paragraph two of subsection a of section four
  hundred one of the Internal Revenue Code, it shall be impossible at  any
  time prior to the satisfaction of the retirement system's liabilities to
  its  members  and  their  beneficiaries  under  law, for any part of the
  assets of the retirement system, or income thereon, to  be  (within  any
  taxable  year  or  thereafter)  used for, or diverted to, purposes other
  than for the exclusive benefit of the members of the  retirement  system
  or their beneficiaries.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 1 - General Provisions › Article 11 - State Teachers' Retirement System for Public School Teachers › 506 - Board Meetings; Oaths of Office; Quorum; Expenses.

§ 506. Board  meetings;  oaths  of  office;  quorum;  expenses. 1. The
  retirement board shall meet annually at Albany on a business day in  the
  month of January to be fixed by the board and shall have stated meetings
  at  the  same  place at least once in each three months as determined by
  the regulations of the board.
2. Each member of the retirement board shall, within  ten  days  after
  his  appointment or election, take the constitutional oath of office and
  cause the same to be filed in the office of the department of state.
3. A majority of the members of the retirement board shall  constitute
  a quorum for the transaction of any business.
4.   The   members   of  the  retirement  board  shall  serve  without
  compensation, but they shall be reimbursed from the expense fund for all
  actual necessary expenses and for any loss of salary or wages  they  may
  suffer through serving on the retirement board.
5. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the affirmative vote of
  a  majority  of the board and the concurrence of one member of the board
  elected from among the active members of the retirement system shall  be
  required  to  adopt,  amend or repeal any rule or regulation relating to
  member benefits.
6. Notwithstanding any other provision  of  law  to  the  contrary,  a
  member  of the retirement board who is elected from among the members of
  the retirement system shall, upon his request, be  granted  a  leave  of
  absence  without pay by his employer for the period of time he serves as
  a member of the retirement board. During the period  of  said  leave  of
  absence,  such  member of the retirement board shall receive full credit
  in the retirement system for the period of such leave  of  absence.  The
  provisions  of this subdivision shall not be construed as prohibiting an
  employer at its discretion from granting a leave of  absence  with  pay.
  The  retirement  board is authorized to adopt such rules and regulations
  as  it  finds  necessary  in  administering  the  provisions   of   this
  subdivision.