Bill Text: NY S01427 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the office of chief executive officer of the Roosevelt Island operating corporation.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS [S01427 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S01427-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1427
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 14, 2019
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        Introduced  by  Sen. SERRANO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Corporations,  Authorities
          and Commissions
        AN  ACT  to  amend  chapter  899  of  the  laws of 1984, relating to the
          creation of a public benefit corporation to  plan,  develop,  operate,
          maintain  and  manage  Roosevelt  Island, in relation to the office of
          chief executive officer of the Roosevelt Island operating corporation
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Subdivision  2 of section 3 of chapter 899 of the laws of
     2  1984, relating to the creation of a public benefit corporation to  plan,
     3  develop,  operate,  maintain  and manage Roosevelt Island, as amended by
     4  chapter 766 of the laws of 2005, is amended and a new subdivision  6  is
     5  added to read as follows:
     6    2. The board of directors of the corporation shall be composed of nine
     7  members.  One  member  shall be the commissioner, who shall serve as the
     8  chair; one member shall be the director of the budget; and seven  public
     9  members  shall  be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent
    10  of the senate. Of the seven public members, two  members,  one  of  whom
    11  shall  be  a  resident  of Roosevelt Island, shall be appointed upon the
    12  recommendation of the mayor of the city;  and  four  additional  members
    13  shall  be  residents  of Roosevelt Island. Each member shall serve for a
    14  term of four years and until  his  or  her  successor  shall  have  been
    15  appointed  and  shall have qualified, except that (a) two of the initial
    16  public members appointed by the governor, one of whom is a  resident  of
    17  Roosevelt  Island,  and  the  Roosevelt Island resident member appointed
    18  upon the recommendation of the mayor of the city shall serve  for  terms
    19  of  two  years  each,  and  (b) the commissioner and the director of the
    20  budget shall serve so long as they continue  to  hold  their  respective
    21  offices.   Any action taken by the directors of the corporation shall be
    22  taken by majority vote of the directors  then  in  office.  The  elected
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  public officials who represent Roosevelt Island shall be representatives
     2  to  the board of directors of the corporation entitled to receive notice
     3  of and attend all meetings of such board but shall not  be  entitled  to
     4  vote.  Failure to give such notice shall not [effect] affect the validi-
     5  ty of any action taken at a meeting of such board.
     6    6.  (a) The board of directors shall appoint a chief executive officer
     7  of the corporation.  Subject to subdivision 1 of section 3 of the public
     8  officers law, any individual, except the director of the  budget,  shall
     9  be  eligible  to apply for the position.  The board shall develop eligi-
    10  bility criteria for the position, and an open  and  transparent  process
    11  for screening and recommending eligible candidates for appointment.
    12    (b)  The  chief  executive  officer  shall  be a resident of Roosevelt
    13  Island or shall become a  resident  within  one  year  of  the  date  of
    14  appointment.  Failure to comply with this paragraph shall be grounds for
    15  automatic removal of the successful candidate from the  position.    The
    16  provisions  of this paragraph relating to residency for the chief execu-
    17  tive officer may be waived by the board of directors provided  that  the
    18  board  finds  that there are extraordinary circumstances warranting such
    19  waiver. Such waiver shall be in writing and by a majority vote prior  to
    20  the appointment of the chief executive officer.
    21    (c) The board of directors also:
    22    (i)  shall  determine the term of office for the position; and fix the
    23  compensation to be paid, subject to the  approval  of  the  director  of
    24  budget;
    25    (ii) shall prescribe the duties and responsibilities for the position;
    26  and
    27    (iii) may remove the chief executive officer for inefficiency, neglect
    28  of  duty  or misconduct in office, after notice and an opportunity to be
    29  heard.
    30    (d) The chief executive officer shall be considered:
    31    (i) an "employee" for the purposes of section 18 of the  public  offi-
    32  cers law;
    33    (ii) a "state officer" for the purposes of sections 73 and 73-a of the
    34  public officers law; and
    35    (iii)  an  "officer or employee of a state agency" for the purposes of
    36  section 74 of the public officers law.
    37    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately, except that the  term  of
    38  the  current chief executive officer shall end at such time as a succes-
    39  sor chief executive officer is appointed.