N.Y. Executive Law § 895: Definitions

* § 895. Definitions. When used in this article:

1. "Office" means the office of urban revitalization created by this

article.

2. "Director" means the executive director of the urban affairs

cabinet and chief administrative officer of the office of urban

revitalization.

3. "State agency" means any department, board, bureau, commission,

division, office, council or agency of the state, or a public benefit

corporation or authority authorized by the laws of the state.

4. "Federal agency" means any department, office, council or agency of

the federal government, or any public benefit corporation or authority

authorized by federal statute.

5. "Local agency" means any community organization created for the

purposes of enhancing the revitalization of distressed urban areas.

6. "Distressed urban area" means communities within cities or urban

counties of the state characterized by blight, stagnating or declining

tax base, an unemployment rate in excess of the statewide average, an

aged housing stock, a stagnating or declining population or the

existence of ten per centum or more of the population at or below the

poverty level.

7. "Cabinet" means the urban revitalization affairs cabinet created

pursuant to an executive order to assist the governor in the

coordination of state policies and programs affecting urban areas.

* NB Expired March 31, 1985