N.Y. General Municipal Law § 639: City of Buffalo urban renewal agency

§ 639. City of Buffalo urban renewal agency. An urban renewal agency,

to be known as the city of Buffalo urban renewal agency, is hereby

established for the accomplishment of any or all of the purposes

specified in articles fifteen and fifteen-A of this chapter and in

accordance with article eighteen of the constitution of the state of New

York. It shall constitute a body corporate and politic, and be perpetual

in duration and it shall be composed of the mayor of the city of Buffalo

and eight other members, of whom one shall be the president of the

common council of the city of Buffalo, one shall be the chairman of the

urban renewal committee of the common council of the city of Buffalo,

one shall be the minority leader of the common council of the city of

Buffalo, one shall be the corporation counsel of the city of Buffalo,

one shall be the commissioner of urban renewal of the city of Buffalo,

one shall be the commissioner of administration and finance of the city

of Buffalo and the remaining two shall be residents of the city of

Buffalo appointed by the mayor, whose terms of office shall expire with

that of the mayor. In the event there be no minority leader of the

common council of the city of Buffalo, such vacancy on the city of

Buffalo urban renewal agency shall be filled by appointment of the

common council. It shall have the powers and duties now or hereafter

conferred by article fifteen-A of this chapter upon municipal renewal

agencies. It shall be organized in the manner prescribed by and be

subject to the provisions of article fifteen-A of this chapter and the

agency, its members, officers and employees and its operations and

activities shall in all respects be governed by the provisions of such

article.