N.Y. Public Authorities Law § 1677: Dormitory Authority

§ 1677. Dormitory Authority. A board, to be known as the "Dormitory

Authority," is hereby created. Such board shall be a body corporate and

politic constituting a public benefit corporation. Such board shall

consist of the commissioner of education, the commissioner of health,

the comptroller or one member appointed by him or her who shall serve

until his or her successor is appointed, the director of the budget, one

member appointed by the temporary president of the senate, one member

appointed by the speaker of the assembly, and five members to be

appointed by the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the

senate, for a term of three years. The governor shall also fill any

vacancy which may occur by reason of the death, disqualification,

resignation or removal of any member theretofore appointed. The

commissioner of education, the commissioner of health and the director

of the budget each may appoint a person or persons to represent such

commissioner or director, respectively, at all meetings of such board

from which such commissioner or director, as the case may be, may be

absent. Any such representative so designated shall have the power to

attend and to vote at any meeting of such board from which the officer

so designating him as a representative is absent with the same force and

effect as if the officer designating him were present and voting. The

powers of the board shall be vested in and exercised by a majority of

the whole number of the members thereof. The members of the board shall

serve without compensation but shall be entitled to reimbursement of

their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their

official duties. The governor shall appoint a chair from among the

members appointed by him or her who shall serve as such until his or her

successor is appointed. At the first meeting of the board and at the

first meeting thereof in each fiscal year thereafter the members of the

board shall choose from their number a vice-chair and a secretary. The

authority may also use the facilities, employees, records and equipment

of the state department of education with the consent of the regents.