525 – Laws Repealed.
§ 525. Laws repealed. Of the laws enumerated in the schedule hereto annexed, that portion specified in the last column is hereby repealed, except as provided in section five hundred twenty-two.
523 – Saving Clause.
§ 523. Saving clause. 1. Any urban renewal program commenced or undertaken prior to the effective date of this article, in accordance with and pursuant to, any provision of the general municipal law, or other law in force immediately prior to the effective date of this article, shall in no manner be impaired or affected […]
524 – Validation.
§ 524. Validation. All proceedings, acts and things undertaken, performed or done by any municipality or the state division of housing pursuant to sections seventy-two-k, seventy-two-l, seventy-two-m, seventy-two-n and seventy-two-o of the general municipal law or done with reference thereto are hereby validated, ratified, confirmed, approved and declared legal in all respects, notwithstanding any want […]
515 – Periodic Reports.
§ 515. Periodic reports. The municipality or agency, as the case may be, shall file with the commissioner periodic reports covering its operations and activities in connection with one or more programs of urban renewal, in such form and from time to time as the commissioner shall prescribe.
516 – Intervention by Commissioner.
§ 516. Intervention by commissioner. In any action or proceeding affecting any urban renewal program, the commissioner shall be given prompt notice thereof, and he shall take such steps in such action or proceeding as may be necessary or desirable to protect the public interest. If, in the opinion of the commissioner, it is necessary […]
517 – Disqualification of Commissioner, Officers and Employees.
§ 517. Disqualification of commissioner, officers and employees. Neither the commissioner, nor any officer or employee in the division of housing shall acquire or hold any interest, direct or indirect, in such state-aided urban renewal program or in any property then or thereafter included or planned to be included in such state-aided urban renewal program, […]
518 – Rules and Regulations of Commissioner.
§ 518. Rules and regulations of commissioner. The commissioner shall have the power to make, promulgate, modify, amend and repeal rules and regulations to effectuate his powers and duties under this article. No such rule or regulation shall be effective until it is filed in the office of the department of state.
519 – Division of Housing as Agent of Smaller Municipalities.
§ 519. Division of housing as agent of smaller municipalities. For all of the purposes of section one hundred one-b of the housing act of nineteen hundred forty-nine and all federal laws amendatory and supplementary thereto, the division of housing of the state of New York is hereby designated as the local agency established by […]
520 – Construction.
§ 520. Construction. This article shall be construed liberally to effect the purposes hereof and the enumeration of specific powers in this act shall not operate to restrict the meaning of any general grant of power contained in this chapter or to exclude other powers comprehended in such general grant. In construing this chapter consideration […]
521 – Severability.
§ 521. Severability. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section or part of this act shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unconstitutional, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, section or part thereof […]