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    §  195.    Acquisitions of office space.   Acquisitions by the city of
  office space or existing buildings for office use, whether by  purchase,
  condemnation,  exchange  or  lease,  shall  be  subject to the following
  review and approval procedure:
    a.  The agency proposing any such  acquisition  shall  file  with  the
  department  of  city  planning  a  notice  of  intent  to acquire.   The
  department of city planning shall send  such  notice  to  the  community
  board  in  which  the proposed acquisition is located and to all borough
  presidents.
    b.  Within thirty days of the filing of such notice, the city planning
  commission shall hold a public hearing on  such  acquisition  and  shall
  approve or disapprove such acquisition.  Notice of such hearing shall be
  published  in  the City Record not less than ten days in advance of such
  hearing.
    c.  In reviewing any such acquisition, the commission shall apply  the
  criteria for the location of city facilities provided for in section two
  hundred and three.
    d.   Within the thirty days provided for commission action pursuant to
  subdivision b of this section, the commission shall file any approval of
  such an acquisition with the  council.    Within  twenty  days  of  such
  filing, the council may by two-thirds vote disapprove such acquisition.