New York Public Housing Law Article 3 - MUNICIPAL HOUSING AUTHORITIES
- 30 - Organization of Authorities.
1. In the case of an authority hereafter established by a special act of the legislature, the mayor of a city or village, or the...
- 31 - Scope of Authority's Jurisdiction.
The territorial jurisdiction of an authority established for a city or village shall be coterminous with the territorial limits of such city or village, and...
- 32 - Officers and Employees; Compensation and Expenses.
1. When the office of the first chairman of the authority becomes vacant, the authority shall select a chairman from among its members. An authority...
- 33 - Transfer of Officers and Employees.
Officers and employees of any board or department in or of the municipality, selected by the authority, who shall theretofore have passed a civil service...
- 34 - Vacancies and Removals.
A vacancy occurring other than by reason of the expiration of the term of a member of an authority shall be filled for the unexpired...
- 35 - Non-Liability of Authority Members.
No personal liability or accountability shall attach to any member of an authority or to any person executing bonds of such authority by reason of...
- 36 - Disqualification of Members and Employees of Authorities.
No member or employee of an authority shall acquire any interest direct or indirect in a project or in any property then or thereafter included...
- 37 - Powers of Authority.
1. An authority shall have the following powers in addition to other powers granted in this chapter: (a) investigate into living conditions in the municipality...
- 38 - An Authority Shall File With the Commissioner a Copy of Each Proposed Project Embodying the Plans, Layout, Estimated Costs and Proposed Method of Fina
38. An authority shall file with the commissioner a copy of each proposed project embodying the plans, layout, estimated costs and proposed method of financing....
- 39 - Projects Financed Solely by Authorities.
An authority may undertake projects with funds obtained solely from sale of its bonds to persons, firms or corporations other than governments, provided that the...
- 40 - Aid From and Cooperation With Federal Government.
An authority is empowered to include in agreements with the federal government provisions that such government shall have the right to supervise and approve the...
- 41 - Power to Issue Authority Bonds.
1. An authority may from time to time for any of the purposes of this chapter borrow money and issue bonds in conformity with applicable...
- 42 - Provisions of Authority Bonds.
Bonds of an authority shall be authorized by its resolution and may be issued singly or in one or more series, and shall bear such...
- 44 - Signature on Authority Bonds.
In case any of the members or officers of the authority whose signatures appear on any bonds or coupons shall cease to be such members...
- 45 - Repurchase of Authority Bonds.
An authority shall have power to purchase any bonds issued by it for the purpose of retirement or investment. An authority shall not purchase such...
- 46 - Suit on Authority Bonds.
In any suit, action or proceeding upon any bond of an authority or the security therefor, any such bond reciting in substance that it has...
- 47 - Bond Covenants of an Authority.
1. In connection with the issuance of bonds or the incurring of an obligation, and to secure the payment of such bonds or obligations, an...
- 48 - Guaranteed Indebtedness of an Authority.
An authority may contract indebtedness and authorize and issue bonds guaranteed by a municipality as to principal and interest, or only as to the interest.
- 49 - Authority Obligations As Legal Investments and Legal Security for Deposits by Public Officers.
The state, its subdivisions, municipalities, and all other public bodies, and all public officers, all banks, bankers, trust companies, savings banks and institutions, building and...
- 50 - Foreclosure and Other Remedies Against an Authority.
1. In an action or proceeding to foreclose a mortgage on property of an authority, the authority and the municipality, in addition to all other...
- 51 - Liability of State or Municipality.
1. The bonds or other obligations of an authority shall not be a debt of the state or the municipality and neither the state nor...
- 52 - Tax Exemptions of an Authority.
1. An authority shall be exempt from the payment of (a) any taxes or fees to the state or any subdivision thereof and (b) any...
- 53 - Depositories of Authority Funds.
In order to protect funds deposited by an authority all banks, bankers, trust companies or other persons carrying on a banking business, organized under the...
- 54 - Filing by Authority of By-Laws, Rules and Regulations.
1. An authority shall file with the commissioner a copy of any by-laws, rules and regulations and amendments thereto adopted by it from time to...
- 55 - Projects Undertaken by Municipalities.
Any municipality may undertake one or more projects, and for that purpose, any such municipality is hereby given the rights, powers and privileges and shall...
- 55-a - Facilities Incidental or Appurtenant to a Project.
In addition to any other lawful method for the provision by an authority of facilities incidental or appurtenant to a project, a municipality may in...
- 56 - Authorities Created Prior to the Enactment of This Chapter.
Any authority created prior to the enactment of this chapter pursuant to the provisions of the municipal housing authorities law shall continue, as now constituted,...
- 57 - Dissolution of Authorities.
An authority or the municipality may apply to the supreme court in any county in which the municipality or any part thereof is located, for...
- 58 - Sale or Lease of Municipal Projects by Authorities.
1. An authority, subject to the approval of the local legislative body of the municipality in which such authority has territorial jurisdiction, may sell or...
- 58-a - Sale of Dwelling Units by Authorities.
1. Subject to the approval of the commissioner in the case of a state project, the federal government in the case of a federal project...
- 58-b - Sale or Lease of Project in Connection With Federal Program of Assistance for Low Income Housing.
In order to obtain for a project or portion thereof the benefits of any federal program of assistance for housing of persons and families of...
- 59 - Disposal of Records.
1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general, special or local law, any municipal housing authority or officer or employee thereof is hereby empowered to destroy,...
- 60 - Reproduction of Records.
Any municipal housing authority may cause any paper, document or other record kept or recorded by it to be recorded, copied or reproduced by any...
- 61 - Tenant Meetings in Common Areas.
Any group, committee, or other organization comprised of tenants residing in housing authority developments conducting a meeting authorized pursuant to section two hundred thirty of...
Last modified: February 3, 2019