Bill Text: NY S09031 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to the appointment of members of the Battery Park city authority; increases the number of members to nine; requires five of the nine members be primary residents of Battery Park city.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2022-11-21 - VETOED MEMO.37 [S09031 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S09031-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         9031--A
            Cal. No. 1197

                    IN SENATE

                                       May 4, 2022
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        Introduced  by Sen. KAVANAGH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Corporations,  Authorities
          and  Commissions -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to
          first report, amended on first report, ordered to a second report  and
          ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of second report

        AN  ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to the appoint-
          ment of members of the Battery Park city authority

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of section 1973 of the public authorities
     2  law, as amended by chapter 63 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as
     3  follows:
     4    (1) There is hereby created the  battery  park  city  authority  which
     5  shall  be  a  body  corporate and politic, constituting a public benefit
     6  corporation. Its membership shall consist of [seven] nine members to  be
     7  appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. One
     8  of  the members first appointed shall serve for a term ending four years
     9  from January first next succeeding his appointment; one of such  members
    10  shall serve for a term ending five years from such date; and one of such
    11  members  shall  serve  for  a  term  ending  six  years  from such date.
    12  Provided, however, that two board members first appointed  on  or  after
    13  the effective date of chapter seven hundred sixty-six of the laws of two
    14  thousand five shall serve an initial term of two years; provided further
    15  that  two  other board members first appointed on or after the effective
    16  date of chapter seven hundred sixty-six of the laws of two thousand five
    17  shall serve an initial term of four years. Provided, however,  that  one
    18  board member first appointed on or after the effective date of the chap-
    19  ter  of  the laws of two thousand twenty-two which amended this subdivi-
    20  sion shall serve an initial term of two years; provided further that the
    21  other board member first appointed on or after the effective date of the
    22  chapter of the laws of two thousand twenty-two which amended this subdi-
    23  vision shall serve an initial term of four years. Their successors shall
    24  serve for terms of six years each.   Members shall  continue  in  office
    25  until  their  successors  have  been  appointed  and  qualified  and the

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  provisions of section thirty-nine  of  the  public  officers  law  shall
     2  apply.  In the event of a vacancy occurring in the office of a member by
     3  death, resignation or otherwise, the governor shall appoint a  successor
     4  with  the  advice  and consent of the senate to serve for the balance of
     5  the unexpired term. After the effective date of the chapter of the  laws
     6  of two thousand [seventeen] twenty-two that amended this subdivision, if
     7  the  membership  of the corporation is such that less than [two] five of
     8  the members are primary residents of Battery Park city as  described  by
     9  the  Battery  Park  project  area defined by subdivision five of section
    10  nineteen hundred seventy-two of this title, any appointments made  shall
    11  be  primary  residents of Battery Park city. Appointments shall continue
    12  in such a manner until [two] five of the members of the corporation  are
    13  primary  residents  of  Battery Park city. Thereafter, [two] five of the
    14  corporation's members shall be primary residents of Battery Park city.
    15    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.