2006 New York Code - Definitions.

 
    § 548-b. Definitions. As used in this article:
    1. "Committee" shall mean the neighborhood based initiatives oversight
  committee   established   in   accordance   with  section  five  hundred
  forty-eight-e of this article.
    2. "Eligible applicant" shall mean a not-for-profit private or  public
  agency, a school district, a local governmental agency, or a combination
  of such entities.
    3. "Project"  shall  mean  a  neighborhood  based  initiatives project
  established in accordance with section  five  hundred  forty-eight-c  of
  this article.
    4. "Department" shall mean the department of social services.
    5. "Neighborhood  based  initiatives  unified  contract" or "contract"
  shall mean  the  sole  written  agreement  for  a  project  between  the
  department,  as  representative  of  the  committee,  and  the  approved
  applicant, providing for the terms under which  funds  may  be  used  to
  finance  allowable  project  costs  as  defined  in section five hundred
  forty-eight-f of this article.
    6. "Neighborhood based  initiatives  advisory  council"  or  "council"
  shall  mean  a  voluntary  group  representing,  to  the greatest extent
  possible, the following:  neighborhood residents, local government,  the
  business   and   economic   development  community,  service  providers,
  charitable  organizations,  the   legal   community,   and   educational
  institutions,  who  shall  be  responsible  for  development of the plan
  required in section five hundred forty-eight-c of this article.
    7. "Action plan" shall mean the strategic neighborhood action plan  as
  described  in subdivision three of section five hundred forty-eight-c of
  this article.