N.Y. Public Housing Law § 219-d: Additional powers of certain cities

§ 219-d. Additional powers of certain cities. A city having more than

one million inhabitants shall have the following powers in addition to

the other powers granted by this chapter:

1. Undertake one or more emergency projects and for that purpose such

city shall have the rights, powers and privileges and shall be subject

to the duties and obligations granted to or imposed upon authorities

with respect to such projects by the provisions of this article.

2. Such city shall have the power to designate or appoint an authority

as its agent to acquire, construct, lease, manage, operate or dispose

of, in the name of the authority or in the name of the city, one or more

emergency projects. When acting as the agent of a city, either in its

own name or in the name of the city, an authority shall be governed by

the provisions of this article and of such other laws, not inconsistent

with this article, as govern the conduct of authorities, and shall not

be governed by the laws, local laws, ordinances, rules, and regulations

governing the conduct of cities.

3. A city may render and provide or contract to render and provide

services and facilities in connection with an emergency project in

accordance with the provisions of section ninety-nine of this chapter.

4. To effectuate any of the purposes of this article such city may:

(a) incur indebtedness; (b) issue and sell its bonds for periods not

exceeding the probable life of the project for which they are issued;

(c) issue refunding bonds for the purpose of paying or retiring bonds

previously issued by it for emergency projects but no such refunding

bonds shall have a maturity date later than the end of the probable life

of the emergency project for which they are issued; (d) make or contract

to make loans to an authority operating within the territorial limits of

such city; (e) make or contract to make to such authority capital

subsidies or periodic subsidies for a period not exceeding the probable

life of the project; (f) guarantee the principal of and interest on, or

only the interest on, indebtedness contracted by such authority; (g)

and, unless otherwise expressly limited by this article, exercise all

the powers, rights and privileges granted to municipalities by this

chapter. The probable life of an emergency project undertaken by such

city is hereby determined to be ten years.

5. Such city may at any time and without regard to any restrictions,

procedures or time limitations contained in its charter or in other

laws, local laws, rules or ordinances governing the appropriation of its

funds, appropriate for the purposes of this article, from its general

fund or from such other funds as are available for the current expenses

of such city, such sums as it may deem necessary and feasible to

effectuate the purposes of this article; provided that such city shall,

at least two days prior to the meeting of the local legislative body at

which any appropriation made hereunder is acted upon, cause to be

published in the official publication of such city a notice that such

appropriation will be made, and shall, within twenty days after such

meeting, cause to be similarly published a notice that such

appropriation has been made.

6. Such city may enter into contracts for the demolition, excavation,

construction, alteration, and renovation of, or for the purchase of

materials and supplies for, an emergency project without regard to the

requirements for advertising of or invitation for bids or for the making

of awards contained in any general, special or local law, charter,

ordinance, rule or regulation.

7. When an authority acts as agent or lessee for a city in the

acquisition, construction, management, operation or disposition of an

emergency project, the city shall have the power to indemnify or

contract to indemnify such authority against any deficit, loss or

liability arising therefrom.

8. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general, special or local

law, any contract made, indebtedness incurred, appropriation made, or

action taken by a city, provided there is compliance with the provisions

of this article, shall be sufficiently and finally authorized if it is

approved by the local legislative body of the city.