N.Y. Public Authorities Law § 1730: Exemption from land use review procedures and other requirements

§ 1730. Exemption from land use review procedures and other

requirements. 1. Except for the provisions of article eight of the

environmental conservation law and article fourteen of the parks,

recreation and historic preservation law, neither (a) the establishment

or amendment of an educational facilities capital plan and actions

relating to the financing thereof, nor (b) the establishment or revision

of an educational facilities master plan and actions relating to the

financing thereof, nor (c) the selection of sites for educational

facilities pursuant to a five-year educational facilities capital plan,

nor (d) any conveyance or other grant of property or of any interest

therein by the city, the city board or any other person, firm or

organization to the authority or to the city board pursuant to a

five-year educational facilities capital plan, nor (e) the design,

construction, reconstruction, improvement, rehabilitation, maintaining,

furnishing, repairing, equipping or use of educational facilities by the

authority, including any contracts, approvals, consents, agreements,

permits or authorizations necessary to accomplish the same, which are

pursuant to a five-year educational facilities capital plan, nor (f) the

reconveyance or transfer of property to the city board or to the city by

the authority or any disposition of property pursuant to a five-year

educational facilities capital plan, shall be subject to the provisions

of any general, special or local law, city charter, administrative code,

ordinance or resolution governing uniform land use review procedures,

any other land use planning review and approvals, historic preservation

procedures, architectural reviews, franchise approvals and other state

or local review and approval procedures governing the use of land and

the improvements thereon within the city. Capital projects for

educational facilities to be undertaken by the authority shall not be

subject to the provisions of the charter of the city relating to site

selection, land use review procedures, art commission review procedures,

general standards and cost limits, project scope and design procedures,

or contract registration and vouchering procedures.

2. The authority shall be deemed the lead agency for purposes of the

implementation of the environmental review procedures prescribed by

article eight of the environmental conservation law and the rules and

regulations promulgated by the department of environmental conservation

pursuant thereto.

3. The authority shall be subject to zoning regulations to the same

extent that the city board is subject to such regulations, if at all.