N.Y. General Municipal Law § 697: Application of article

§ 697. Application of article. The provisions of this article shall be

applicable in any municipality wherein the local legislative body has

adopted a resolution providing therefor, provided however, that at any

time subsequent to the adoption of such a resolution the local

legislative body may adopt a further resolution providing that the

provisions of this article will no longer be applicable in the

municipality and thereafter this article shall cease to be of force or

effect therein. Upon adoption of a resolution providing for the

application of this article in any municipality by the local legislative

body, a copy of such resolution shall be filed within thirty days with

the commissioner of the state division of housing and community renewal.

The commissioner shall prescribe rules and regulations requiring

subsequently timely notice of all area designations and approved

projects therein. Rules and regulations prescribed by the commissioner

shall be limited exclusively to procedures, content and format for

timely notification. The commissioner shall thereupon report to the

legislature annually, commencing on January one, nineteen hundred eighty

concerning all municipal applications of the provisions of this article.

For purposes of this section the term "local legislative body" in any

city having a population of one million or more means a city council of

any such city.