N.Y. Municipal Housing Authorities Law § 69: Acquisition of property

* § 69. Acquisition of property. 1. When an authority has determined

that unsanitary or substandard housing conditions exist in a section or

sections of the municipality, it may secure options on real property in

such areas or elsewhere. No authority may purchase or condemn or

obligate itself to purchase or condemn real property except in

connection with a project approved, if a federal project, by the federal

government, or if a non-federal project, by the mayor, and in case of

counties, by the county executive, and by the comptroller of the

municipality. But an authority may purchase or obligate itself to

purchase specific real property for proposed projects prior to such

approval if such purchase is consented to in writing by the federal

government in the case of a proposed federal project, or by the mayor or

county executive and the comptroller in the case of a proposed

non-federal project. An authority may, with the approval of the federal

government, lease or acquire by purchase, eminent domain or otherwise,

any property, real or personal, which it may deem necessary for any

project or housing plan or undertaking of the federal government, and

may, upon such terms and conditions as it may deem advisable, with or

without consideration, lease, transfer, assign, convey, or deliver such

property or possession thereof to such government.

2. In connection with projects located within their respective

territorial boundaries, a municipality or government may, upon such

terms, with or without consideration, as it may deem advisable, grant,

sell, convey or lease any of its property to an authority or to a

government, or render services or provide and maintain parks, sewage, or

other facilities adjacent to or in connection with a project. A

municipality may enter into an agreement with an authority or a

government, upon such terms as it shall determine, with or without

compensation, to open, pave, install, close or change the grade of

streets, roads, roadways, alleys, sidewalks, or other places, to change

the municipal map, to plan, replan, zone of rezone any section of the

municipality. In connection with the exercise of this power a

municipality may, if it deems advisable, incur the entire expense of any

such public improvements located within its territorial boundaries

without assessment against abutting property owners. Any statute,

charter, local law or ordinance to the contrary notwithstanding, any

grant, sale, conveyance or lease may be made by a municipality or

government to an authority or government, in connection with a project,

without appraisal, public notice, advertisement or public bidding.

* 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.