N.Y. Public Authorities Law § 1475-b: Definitions

§ 1475-b. Definitions. As used or referred to in this title, unless a

different meaning clearly appears from the context:

1. The term "authority" shall mean the corporation created by section

fourteen hundred seventy-five-c of this title;

2. The term "city" shall mean the city of Syracuse;

3. The term "bonds" shall mean the bonds, notes or other evidences of

indebtedness issued by the authority pursuant to this title relating to

bonds and bondholders and shall apply with equal force and effect to

notes and noteholders, respectively, unless the context otherwise

clearly requires;

4. The term "board" shall mean the members of the authority;

5. The term "employee" or "employees" shall include employees of a

contractor described in section fourteen hundred seventy-five-e of this

title;

6. The term "real property" shall mean lands, structures, franchises,

and interest in lands, and any and all things usually included within

such term, and includes not only fees simple absolute but also any and

all lesser interests, such as easements, rights of way, uses, leases,

licenses, and all other incorporeal hereditaments and every estate,

interest or right, legal or equitable, including terms of years, and

liens thereon by way of judgments, mortgages or otherwise, and also

claims for damage to real estate, in the area of the city;

7. The term "project" shall mean any area or place operated or to be

operated by the authority for the parking or storing of motor and other

vehicles and shall, without limiting the foregoing, include all real and

personal property, driveways, roads, approaches, structures, terminals

of all kinds, garages, meters, mechanical equipment, and all

appurtenances and facilities either on, above or under the ground, which

are used or useable in connection with such parking or storing of such

vehicles, in the area of the city; and

8. The term "projects" shall mean more than one project.