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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          3211
 
                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    January 24, 2025
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by Sen. KAVANAGH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Corporations,  Authorities
          and Commissions
 
        AN  ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to the appoint-
          ment of members of the Battery Park city authority

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of section 1973 of the public authorities
     2  law, as amended by chapter 63 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as
     3  follows:
     4    (1) There is hereby created the  battery  park  city  authority  which
     5  shall  be  a  body  corporate and politic, constituting a public benefit
     6  corporation. Its membership shall consist of [seven] nine members to  be
     7  appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. One
     8  of  the members first appointed shall serve for a term ending four years
     9  from January first next succeeding [his] such member's appointment;  one
    10  of such members shall serve for a term ending five years from such date;
    11  and  one  of  such  members shall serve for a term ending six years from
    12  such date. Provided, however, that two board members first appointed  on
    13  or  after  the  effective date of chapter seven hundred sixty-six of the
    14  laws of two thousand five shall serve an  initial  term  of  two  years;
    15  provided  further  that  two  other  board members first appointed on or
    16  after the effective date of chapter seven hundred sixty-six of the  laws
    17  of  two  thousand  five  shall  serve  an  initial  term  of four years.
    18  Provided, however, that one board member first appointed on or after the
    19  effective date of the chapter of the laws of  two  thousand  twenty-five
    20  which amended this subdivision shall serve an initial term of two years;
    21  provided further that the other board member first appointed on or after
    22  the  effective  date  of the chapter of the laws of two thousand twenty-
    23  five which amended this subdivision shall serve an initial term of  four
    24  years.  Their  successors  shall  serve  for  terms  of  six years each.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06909-01-5
        S. 3211                             2
 
     1  Members shall continue  in  office  until  their  successors  have  been
     2  appointed and qualified and the provisions of section thirty-nine of the
     3  public  officers law shall apply. In the event of a vacancy occurring in
     4  the  office of a member by death, resignation or otherwise, the governor
     5  shall appoint a successor with the advice and consent of the  senate  to
     6  serve for the balance of the unexpired term. After the effective date of
     7  the  chapter  of  the  laws of two thousand [seventeen] twenty-five that
     8  amended this subdivision, if the membership of the corporation  is  such
     9  that  less  than  [two]  five  of  the  members are primary residents of
    10  Battery Park city as described by the Battery Park project area  defined
    11  by  subdivision  five  of  section  nineteen hundred seventy-two of this
    12  title, any appointments made shall be primary residents of Battery  Park
    13  city.  Appointments  shall continue in such a manner until [two] five of
    14  the members of the corporation are primary  residents  of  Battery  Park
    15  city.  Thereafter,  [two]  five  of  the  corporation's members shall be
    16  primary residents of Battery Park city.
    17    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.