N.Y. Port of Albany 192/25 § 2: No title

§ 2. There is also hereby created and established the Albany port

district commission, hereinafter called "the commission", which shall be

a body corporate and have the powers, duties and jurisdiction

hereinafter enumerated, and such other additional powers and duties as

may from time to time be conferred upon it by the legislature of the

state. The commission shall consist of five members, four of whom shall

be residents of the city of Albany, and one of whom shall be a resident

of the city of Rensselaer. Four of the members of said commission shall

be appointed by the governor upon the nomination of the mayor of the

city of Albany; one member shall be likewise appointed upon the

nomination of the mayor of the city of Rensselaer. In the event that the

governor shall disapprove any nomination so made the governor shall

return said nomination to the mayor making the same and such mayor shall

thereupon nominate another person in his or her place and stead for

membership on such commission. In the event a mayor shall within twenty

days after the receipt of such disapproved nomination fail to nominate

another person in his or her place and stead, the governor shall appoint

as a member of such commission a resident of the city in which the

person originally nominated resides at the time of such original

nomination. The terms of office of the members of the commission shall

be three years from the date of their appointment. A vacancy in the

commission arising by reason of death, resignation, or otherwise, shall

be filled for the balance of the unexpired term in the same manner as

the original appointment was made. The members of the commission shall,

before entering upon the duties of their office, take the constitutional

oath of office, and file the same in the office of the secretary of

state. The commission shall organize by the selection from its members

of a chairman, and the appointment of a secretary and treasurer. It

shall adopt such rules as it may deem necessary and proper for the

government of its own proceedings and the regulation and use of port

facilities in the district, and shall keep a record of its proceedings.

A majority of the members of such commission shall constitute a quorum

for the transaction of business and the concurrence of a majority of

such commission shall be necessary to the validity of any order of the

commission, except as otherwise provided by the local finance law. Any

member of the commission may be removed by the governor for

inefficiency, neglect of duty or misconduct in office, after a hearing

upon charges and an opportunity to be heard in his or her own defense in

person or by counsel upon not less than ten days' notice. The chairman

and members of the commission shall not receive a salary or other

compensation, but the chairman and each member shall be reimbursed for

his or her actual and necessary disbursements incurred in the discharge

of his or her duties.