New York Municipal Housing Authorities Law

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Of the Former State Housing Law (cited Herein As the "municipal Housing Authorities Law"), As Such Article Existed Immediately Prior to Its Repeal Pursuant to Section 227 of Chapter 808 of the Laws of 1939, Is Provided Here For Ease of Reference and Historical Purposes As Such Text Continues to Be Applicable For the New York City Housing Authority Pursuant to the Provisions of Section 401 of the Current Public Housing Law

* NB The text of Article 5 of the former State Housing Law (cited herein as the "Municipal Housing Authorities Law"), as such article existed immediately prior to its repeal pursuant to section 227 of Chapter 808 of the Laws of 1939, is provided here for ease of reference and historical purposes as such text continues…

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Housing & Community Development Property & Real Estate

N.Y. Municipal Housing Authorities Law § 60

Short title

* § 60. Short title. This article shall be known and may be cited and referred to as the "municipal housing authorities law." * NB The text of Article 5 of the former State Housing Law (cited herein as the "Municipal Housing Authorities Law"), as such article existed immediately prior to its repeal pursuant to section…

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N.Y. Municipal Housing Authorities Law § 61

Finding

* § 61. Finding. It is hereby declared that in certain areas of counties, cities and first class villages of the state there exist unsanitary or substandard housing conditions owing to over-crowding and concentration of population, improper planning, excessive land coverage, lack of proper light, air and space, unsanit…

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N.Y. Municipal Housing Authorities Law § 62

Definitions

* § 62. Definitions. The following terms, wherever used or referred to in this article, shall have the following meaning, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context: 1. The term "authority" shall mean a municipal housing authority established pursuant to this article by any county, city or first class…

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Government Administration

N.Y. Municipal Housing Authorities Law § 63

Establishment and organizations of authorities

* § 63. Establishment and organizations of authorities. 1. An authority may be established by a county, city or first class village upon (i) the passage of a resolution by the local legislative body, authorizing the establishment of a housing authority and directing the mayor of the city or village, and in the case of…

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N.Y. Municipal Housing Authorities Law § 64

Officers and employees

* § 64. Officers and employees. 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 shall select among its members a vice-chairman, and it may employ a secretary, who shall be executive director, technical experts and such…

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N.Y. Municipal Housing Authorities Law § 65

Loans and payments by municipality

* § 65. Loans and payments by municipality. 1. A municipality may advance, lend or agree to lend to an authority, or it may pay or agree with an authority or government to pay to an authority, without reimbursement by or liability of the authority or government therefor, such sums as the authority may require for its a…

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Government Administration Taxation

N.Y. Municipal Housing Authorities Law § 66

Powers of authority

* § 66. Powers of authority. An authority shall constitute a body both corporate and politic. It shall have the following powers in addition to others herein granted. To investigate into living and housing conditions in the county, city or village and into the means and methods of improving such conditions; to determin…

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N.Y. Municipal Housing Authorities Law § 67

Powers and duties of board

* § 67. Powers and duties of board. The board shall collect and distribute information relating to the administration of housing authorities and to the construction, maintenance and operation of projects. The board shall suggest and assist in the preparation of legislation relating to housing authorities and their func…

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Government Administration

N.Y. Municipal Housing Authorities Law § 68

Projects

* § 68. Projects. An authority shall file with the board a copy of each proposed project embodying the plans, layout, estimated costs and proposed method of financing. The board shall with reasonable promptness transmit to the authority its criticisms and suggestions. Any change made in the project shall be filed with…

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N.Y. Municipal Housing Authorities Law § 69

Acquisition of property

* § 69. Acquisition of property. 1. When an authority has determined that unsanitary or substandard housing conditions exist in a section or sections of the municipality, it may secure options on real property in such areas or elsewhere. No authority may purchase or condemn or obligate itself to purchase or condemn rea…

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Property & Real Estate

N.Y. Municipal Housing Authorities Law § 70

Eminent domain

* § 70. Eminent domain. 1. The power of eminent domain may be exercised by or for an authority after the adoption by it of a resolution declaring that the acquisition of the property described therein is in the public interest and necessary for the public use and that such property is included in an approved project. 2…

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Courts & Civil Procedure Government Administration Property & Real Estate

N.Y. Municipal Housing Authorities Law § 71

Sale or lease of projects to limited dividend corporations

* § 71. Sale or lease of projects to limited dividend corporations. 1. A public limited dividend corporation may lease or purchase a project or a part thereof from an authority. The lease or sale shall be upon such terms including limitation of rentals, regulation of occupancy, recapture by the authority or by the muni…

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Property & Real Estate

N.Y. Municipal Housing Authorities Law § 72

Bonds and security therefor

* § 72. Bonds and security therefor. 1. An authority may from time to time issue bonds in such amounts and upon such terms as it may deem advisable to carry out the provisions of this article. Bonds of an authority shall be authorized by its resolution and may be issued singly or in one or more series, and shall bear s…

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N.Y. Municipal Housing Authorities Law § 73

Non-liability of state or municipality

* § 73. Non-liability of state or municipality. The bonds or other obligations of an authority shall not be a debt of the state or the municipality and neither the state nor the municipality shall be liable thereon nor shall an authority have power in any way to pledge the credit of the state or the municipality, nor s…

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Government Administration

N.Y. Municipal Housing Authorities Law § 74

Tax exemptions

* § 74. Tax exemptions. 1. An authority shall be exempt from the payment of any taxes or fees to the state or any subdivision thereof or to any officer or employee of the state or subdivision thereof. 2. Bonds and mortgages of an authority are declared to be issued for a public purpose and to be public instrumentalitie…

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Taxation

N.Y. Municipal Housing Authorities Law § 75

Foreclosure and other remedies

* § 75. Foreclosure and other remedies. 1. In an action to foreclose a mortgage on real property of an authority, the authority and the municipality, in addition to all other necessary parties, shall be made parties defendant and shall take such steps in said action as may be necessary to protect the public interest th…

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Property & Real Estate

N.Y. Municipal Housing Authorities Law § 76

Dissolution

* § 76. Dissolution. An authority or the city may apply to the supreme court in any county in which the city or any part thereof is located, for an order dissolving the authority. The court thereupon shall hold a hearing in open court after such notice of hearing as the court may require. Upon a showing to the satisfac…

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N.Y. Municipal Housing Authorities Law § 77

Miscellaneous

* § 77. Miscellaneous. 1. For the purposes of the application of the lien law and of the general corporation law an authority shall be deemed to be a municipal corporation. The term "public improvement" used in the lien law shall be deemed to include an improvement upon real property belonging to an authority; the secr…

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N.Y. Municipal Housing Authorities Law § 78

Effect of partial invalidity

* § 78. Effect of partial invalidity. If any provision of this article or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of this article and of the application of such provision to other persons and circumstances shall not be affected thereby. * NB The text of Arti…

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