N.Y. Public Authorities Law § 2799-cccc: Establishment of the corporation; organization of the board

§ 2799-cccc. Establishment of the corporation; organization of the

board. 1. To effectuate the purposes and provisions of this title, there

is hereby created the "Roosevelt Island operating corporation", which

shall be a body corporate and politic constituting a public benefit

corporation and a political subdivision of the state of New York.

2. The board of directors of the corporation shall be composed of nine

members. One member shall be the commissioner, who shall serve as the

chair; one member shall be the director of the budget; and seven public

members shall be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent

of the senate. Of the seven public members, two members, one of whom

shall be a resident of Roosevelt Island, shall be appointed upon the

recommendation of the mayor of the city; and four additional members

shall be residents of Roosevelt Island. Each member shall serve for a

term of four years and until his or her successor shall have been

appointed and shall have qualified, except that the commissioner and the

director of the budget shall serve so long as they continue to hold

their respective offices. Any action taken by the directors of the

corporation shall be taken by majority vote of the directors then in

office. The elected public officials who represent Roosevelt Island

shall be representatives to the board of directors of the corporation

entitled to receive notice of and attend all meetings of such board but

shall not be entitled to vote. Failure to give such notice shall not

affect the validity of any action taken at a meeting of such board.

3. The governor may fill any vacancy which occurs on the board of

directors of the corporation in a manner consistent with the original

appointment. Any member of the corporation may be removed by the

governor for cause, but not without an opportunity to be heard, in

person or by counsel, in his or her defense, upon not less than ten

days' written notice.

4. The commissioner and the director of the budget may each designate

an officer or employee of his or her respective division to represent

such member at meetings of the corporation. Such designation shall be by

written notice filed with the chair or the secretary of the corporation

by the member making the designation, and may be revoked at any time by

similar notice. Any representative so designated shall have the power to

attend and to vote at any meeting of the corporation from which the

member making the designation is absent with the same force and effect

as if the member making the designation were present and voting. No such

designation shall limit the right of the member making the designation

to attend and vote in person at any meeting of the corporation.

5. A member of the corporation who is not an officer or employee of

the state or the city shall not receive a salary or other compensation,

but shall be entitled to reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses

incurred in the performance of official duties as a member. A member of

the corporation who is not an officer or employee of the state or the

city may engage in private employment, or in a profession or business,

unless otherwise prohibited by law from doing so. Notwithstanding any

other provision of law, general, special, or local, no officer or

employee of the state or any civil division thereof shall be deemed to

have forfeited, or shall forfeit such office of employment because of

acceptance of membership in the corporation, or by virtue of being an

officer, employee or agent thereof.