N.Y. Municipal Housing Authorities Law § 64: Officers and employees

* § 64. Officers and employees. 1. When the office of the first

chairman of the authority becomes vacant, the authority shall select a

chairman from among its members. An authority shall select among its

members a vice-chairman, and it may employ a secretary, who shall be

executive director, technical experts and such other officers, agents

and employees, permanent and temporary, as it may require, and shall

determine their qualifications, duties and compensation. An authority

may call upon the corporation counsel or chief law officer of the

municipality for such legal services as it may require and it shall

reimburse the municipality for the cost of such services, or it may

employ its own counsel and legal staff. The secretary, and any counsel

and assistant attorneys employed by an authority, shall be in the exempt

class of the civil service.

2. No member or employee of an authority shall acquire any interest

direct or indirect in a project or in any property then or thereafter

included or planned to be included in a project, nor retain any interest

direct or indirect in any property acquired subsequently to his

appointment or employment which is later included or to his knowledge

planned to be included in a project, nor shall he have any interest

direct or indirect in any contract or proposed contract for materials or

services to be furnished or used in connection with any project. If any

member or employee of any authority owns or controls an interest direct

or indirect in any property included in any project, which was acquired

prior to his appointment or employment, he shall disclose such interest

and the date of acquisition thereof in writing to the authority and such

disclosure shall be entered upon the minutes of the authority.

* NB The text of Article 5 of the former State Housing Law (cited

herein as the "Municipal Housing Authorities Law"), as such article

existed immediately prior to its repeal pursuant to section 227 of

Chapter 808 of the Laws of 1939, is provided here for ease of reference

and historical purposes as such text continues to be applicable for the

New York City Housing Authority pursuant to the provisions of section

401 of the current Public Housing Law.