2006 New York Code - Definitions.

 
    §  1599-bb. Definitions.  As used or referred to in this title, unless
  a different meaning clearly appears from the context:
    (a) The term "authority" shall mean the corporation created by section
  three of this title;
    (b) The term "village" shall mean the village of Spring Valley;
    (c) The term "bonds" shall mean the bonds authorized in this title;
    (d) The term "board" shall mean the members of the authority;
    (e) The term "real property" shall mean lands, structures, franchises,
  and interest in lands, and any and all things  usually  included  within
  the  said  term, and includes not only fees simple absolute but also any
  and all lesser interests,  such  as  easements,  rights  of  way,  uses,
  leases,  licenses,  and  all  other  incorporeal hereditaments and every
  estate, interest or right, legal or equitable, including terms of years,
  and liens thereon by way of judgments, mortgages or otherwise, and  also
  claims for damage to real estate, in the area of the village;
    (f)  The term "project" shall mean any area or place operated or to be
  operated by the authority either wholly or partially for the parking  or
  storing  of  motor  and  other  vehicles and shall, without limiting the
  generality of the foregoing, include all  real  and  personal  property,
  driveways,  roads,  approaches,  structures,  terminals  of  all  kinds,
  garages, meters, mechanical equipment,  machinery,  apparatus,  and  all
  appurtenances  and facilities either on, above or under the ground which
  are determined to be necessary or  convenient  in  connection  with  the
  operation of any such area or place in the area of the village;
    (g) The term "projects" shall mean more than one project.
    (h)  The term "construction," as applied to any project, shall include
  the  erection,  building,   acquisition,   alteration,   reconstruction,
  improvement,  enlargement  or  extension  thereof,  as  the case may be,
  including the inspection and supervision thereof  and  the  engineering,
  architectural,  legal,  fiscal,  and  economic  investigation,  studies,
  surveys, designs, plans, working  drawings,  specifications,  procedures
  and other actions incidental thereto;
    (i) The term "revenues" shall mean all rates, fees, rents, charges and
  all other income derived by the authority from its operations.