N.Y. General Municipal Law § 693: Area designation

§ 693. Area designation. An urban development action area shall by

resolution be designated by the governing body, or by the commission

where so authorized to act by the governing body, on its own initiative

or upon recommendation of the agency, provided at least sixty percent of

such area is an eligible area. Any such designation shall be in

conformance with the standards and procedures required for all land use

determinations pursuant to general, special or local law or charter.

Provided, however, that if a proposed urban development action area

project is to be developed on an eligible area and consists solely of

the rehabilitation or conservation of existing private or multiple

dwellings or the construction of one to four unit dwellings or, until

June thirtieth, two thousand twenty-seven, for up to six urban

development action area projects in any calendar year, the construction

of up to ninety dwelling units financed by the federal government and

restricted to occupancy by the elderly or by persons with disabilities

without any change in land use permitted by local zoning, the governing

body, or the commission where so authorized to act by the governing

body, may waive the area designation requirement.