N.Y. Public Housing Law § 34: Vacancies and removals

§ 34. Vacancies and removals. A vacancy occurring other than by

reason of the expiration of the term of a member of an authority shall

be filled for the unexpired term. The mayor of a city or village, or

the town board of a town, may remove a member of the authority for

inefficiency, neglect of duty, or misconduct in office, but only after

the member shall have been given a copy of the charges against him and

an opportunity to be heard in person or by counsel in his own defense at

a public hearing. In the event of removal, the mayor of a city or

village, or the town board of a town, shall file with the commissioner a

record of the proceedings together with a copy of the charges made

against the member and his or its findings thereon. Pending the

determination of charges against a member, the mayor or the town board,

as the case may be, may suspend him from office.