N.Y. Public Authorities Law § 591: Membership, quorum, removal, funds and accounts, and eminent domain taking

§ 591. Membership, quorum, removal, funds and accounts, and eminent

domain taking. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general, special or

local law, or any other provision of this chapter:

1. No public officer or employee shall be ineligible for appointment

as a member of the board, and any public officer or employee may accept

such appointment and serve as such member without forfeiture of any

other public office or position of public employment by reason thereof;

2. A majority of the whole number of the members of the board shall

constitute a quorum at a meeting duly held at a time fixed by law or by

any by-law duly adopted by such board, or as fixed at any previous

meeting duly held, or at any meeting duly held upon reasonable notice to

all of the members of such board, or at any duly adjourned meeting of

any such meeting, and not less than a majority of the whole number of

the members of such board may perform and exercise the powers authorized

and provided in this title, and the words "whole number" shall be

construed to mean the total number which such board would have were

there no vacancies and were none of the members disqualified from

acting, and shall mean either five or seven, depending only upon the

circumstances set forth in section five hundred seventy-seven;

3. Every member of the board shall be removable by the chairman of the

board of supervisors, with the consent of the supervisors, for

inefficiency, neglect of duty, or misconduct in office, provided,

however, that such member shall be given a copy of the charges against

him and an opportunity of being heard in person, or by counsel, in his

defense upon not less than ten days' notice;

4. The authority is empowered to establish such funds and accounts as

it may deem necessary subject to such agreements as it shall conclude

with the holders of its bonds or notes or other obligations;

5. When real property of the authority is taken in the exercise of the

power of eminent domain, just compensation shall be made to the

authority in the same manner, to the same extent and subject to the same

limitations as though it were private property.