2012 New York Consolidated Laws
PBG - Public Housing
Article 10-B - (219-A - 219-I) WAR DEMOBILIZATION EMERGENCY HOUSING
219-D - Additional powers of certain cities.

 
    § 219-d. Additional powers of certain cities.  A city having more than
  one  million  inhabitants shall have the following powers in addition to
  the other powers granted by this chapter:
    1. Undertake one or more emergency projects and for that purpose  such
  city  shall  have the rights, powers and privileges and shall be subject
  to the duties and obligations granted to  or  imposed  upon  authorities
  with respect to such projects by the provisions of this article.
    2. Such city shall have the power to designate or appoint an authority
  as  its  agent  to acquire, construct, lease, manage, operate or dispose
  of, in the name of the authority or in the name of the city, one or more
  emergency projects. When acting as the agent of a city,  either  in  its
  own  name  or in the name of the city, an authority shall be governed by
  the provisions of this article and of such other laws, not  inconsistent
  with  this  article, as govern the conduct of authorities, and shall not
  be governed by the laws, local laws, ordinances, rules, and  regulations
  governing the conduct of cities.
    3.  A  city  may  render and provide or contract to render and provide
  services and facilities in  connection  with  an  emergency  project  in
  accordance with the provisions of section ninety-nine of this chapter.
    4.  To  effectuate  any of the purposes of this article such city may:
  (a) incur indebtedness; (b) issue and sell its  bonds  for  periods  not
  exceeding  the  probable  life of the project for which they are issued;
  (c) issue refunding bonds for the purpose of paying  or  retiring  bonds
  previously  issued  by  it  for emergency projects but no such refunding
  bonds shall have a maturity date later than the end of the probable life
  of the emergency project for which they are issued; (d) make or contract
  to make loans to an authority operating within the territorial limits of
  such city; (e) make or  contract  to  make  to  such  authority  capital
  subsidies  or periodic subsidies for a period not exceeding the probable
  life of the project; (f) guarantee the principal of and interest on,  or
  only  the  interest  on,  indebtedness contracted by such authority; (g)
  and, unless otherwise expressly limited by this  article,  exercise  all
  the  powers,  rights  and  privileges  granted to municipalities by this
  chapter. The probable life of an emergency project  undertaken  by  such
  city is hereby determined to be ten years.
    5.  Such  city may at any time and without regard to any restrictions,
  procedures or time limitations contained in  its  charter  or  in  other
  laws, local laws, rules or ordinances governing the appropriation of its
  funds,  appropriate  for  the purposes of this article, from its general
  fund or from such other funds as are available for the current  expenses
  of  such  city,  such  sums  as  it  may  deem necessary and feasible to
  effectuate the purposes of this article; provided that such city  shall,
  at  least two days prior to the meeting of the local legislative body at
  which any appropriation made  hereunder  is  acted  upon,  cause  to  be
  published  in  the  official publication of such city a notice that such
  appropriation will be made, and shall, within  twenty  days  after  such
  meeting,   cause   to   be   similarly  published  a  notice  that  such
  appropriation has been made.
    6. Such city may enter into contracts for the demolition,  excavation,
  construction,  alteration,  and  renovation  of,  or for the purchase of
  materials and supplies for, an emergency project without regard  to  the
  requirements for advertising of or invitation for bids or for the making
  of  awards  contained  in  any  general,  special or local law, charter,
  ordinance, rule or regulation.
    7. When an authority acts as  agent  or  lessee  for  a  city  in  the
  acquisition,  construction,  management,  operation or disposition of an
  emergency project, the  city  shall  have  the  power  to  indemnify  or

  contract  to  indemnify  such  authority  against  any  deficit, loss or
  liability arising therefrom.
    8.  Notwithstanding  the  provisions  of any general, special or local
  law, any contract made, indebtedness incurred,  appropriation  made,  or
  action taken by a city, provided there is compliance with the provisions
  of  this  article, shall be sufficiently and finally authorized if it is
  approved by the local legislative body of the city.