N.Y. Public Authorities Law § 1500-b: Definitions

§ 1500-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

fifteen hundred-c of this title;

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

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;

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

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

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

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

and all lesser interest, 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;

6. 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 on, above or under the ground which are

used or usable in connection with such parking or storing of such

vehicles in the area of the city or which facilitates electric vehicle

charging infrastructure;

7. The term "projects" shall mean more than one covered projects.

8. The term "covered project" shall mean a project located on a public

parking facility owned by the city at the time this title shall take

effect.

9. The term "Buffalo fiscal stability authority" shall mean the public

benefit corporation established pursuant to title two of article ten-D

of this chapter.