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                                   7648
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             September 1, 2023
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 Introduced  by Sen. KAVANAGH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to the  appoint-
   ment of members of the Battery Park city authority
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 1973  of  the  public  authorities
 law, as amended by chapter 63 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as
 follows:
   (1)  There  is  hereby  created  the battery park city authority which
 shall be a body corporate and politic,  constituting  a  public  benefit
 corporation.  Its membership shall consist of [seven] NINE members to be
 appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. One
 of the members first appointed shall serve for a term ending four  years
 from  January first next succeeding his appointment; one of such members
 shall serve for a term ending five years from such date; and one of such
 members shall serve  for  a  term  ending  six  years  from  such  date.
 Provided,  however,  that  two board members first appointed on or after
 the effective date of chapter seven hundred sixty-six of the laws of two
 thousand five shall serve an initial term of two years; provided further
 that two other board members first appointed on or after  the  effective
 date of chapter seven hundred sixty-six of the laws of two thousand five
 shall  serve  an initial term of four years. PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT ONE
 BOARD MEMBER FIRST APPOINTED ON OR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE CHAP-
 TER OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR WHICH AMENDED THIS  SUBDIVI-
 SION SHALL SERVE AN INITIAL TERM OF TWO YEARS; PROVIDED FURTHER THAT THE
 OTHER BOARD MEMBER FIRST APPOINTED ON OR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE
 CHAPTER  OF  THE  LAWS  OF  TWO  THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR WHICH AMENDED THIS
 SUBDIVISION SHALL SERVE AN INITIAL TERM OF FOUR YEARS. Their  successors
 shall  serve  for  terms  of six years each.   Members shall continue in
 office until their successors have been appointed and qualified and  the
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 provisions  of  section  thirty-nine  of  the  public officers law shall
 apply. In the event of a vacancy occurring in the office of a member  by
 death,  resignation or otherwise, the governor shall appoint a successor
 with  the  advice  and consent of the senate to serve for the balance of
 the unexpired term. After the effective date of the chapter of the  laws
 of  two  thousand [seventeen] TWENTY-FOUR that amended this subdivision,
 if the membership of the corporation is such that less than  [two]  FIVE
 of  the  members are PRIMARY residents of Battery Park city as described
 by the Battery Park project area defined by subdivision five of  section
 nineteen  hundred seventy-two of this title, any appointments made shall
 be PRIMARY residents of Battery Park city. Appointments  shall  continue
 in  such a manner until [two] FIVE of the members of the corporation are
 PRIMARY residents of Battery Park city. Thereafter, [two]  FIVE  of  the
 corporation's members shall be PRIMARY residents of Battery Park city.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.