N.Y. General Municipal Law § 513: Findings by the commissioner

§ 513. Findings by the commissioner. 1. No loan, subsidy or grant

shall be made by the state for an urban renewal program unless the

commissioner shall find that:

(a) the municipality or agency, as the case may be, has entered into a

contract to receive capital grants, or loans and grants, from the

federal government under which the municipality is obligated to make

local grants-in-aid, or the governing body has found that such federal

financial assistance is not necessary for the undertaking and successful

completion of the program;

(b) in the case of a state loan, the state loan for which application

is made will not exceed one-half of such local grants-in-aid;

(c) in the case of a state capital grant, the state capital grant for

which application is made will not exceed one-half of the municipality's

share of the net project cost, or, if the municipality has not applied

to or entered into a contract with the federal government for advances,

loans or grants for a specific project, such grant shall not in any

event exceed five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000);

(d) adequate provision has been made in a relocation program to

provide housing for the persons and families to be displaced by the

urban renewal program;

(e) such program is in conformity with a plan or undertaking for the

clearance, replanning, reconstruction and rehabilitation of substandard

and insanitary areas and for recreational and other facilities

incidental or appurtenant thereto, and

(f) the estimated funds available to the municipality or agency, as

the case may be, including any federal loans and grants for the urban

renewal program, the local grants-in-aid and the state loan or capital

grant will be sufficient to cover all probable costs of the program.

2. Such findings shall be conclusive evidence of the facts therein

contained except upon proof of fraud or willful misfeasance by the

commissioner.