500 – Short Title.
§ 500. Short title. This chapter shall be known and may be cited and referred to as the “urban renewal law.”
501 – Policy and Purposes of Article.
§ 501. Policy and purposes of article. There exist in many municipalities within this state residential, non-residential, commercial, industrial or vacant areas, and combinations thereof, which are slum or blighted, or which are becoming slum or blighted areas because of substandard, insanitary, deteriorated or deteriorating conditions, factors, and characteristics, with or without tangible physical blight. […]
503 – Powers of Municipalities.
§ 503. Powers of municipalities. Every municipality is hereby authorized to plan and undertake one or more urban renewal projects and shall have the powers necessary or convenient to carry out and effectuate such project or projects and the purposes and provisions of this article, including but not limited to the following powers: (a) Cooperate […]
503-A – Cooperation With Agencies.
§ 503-a. Cooperation with agencies. For the purpose of aiding an agency established pursuant to the provisions of article fifteen-A of this chapter a municipality may: 1. Delegate to such agency such of its powers enumerated under section five hundred three of this article as it may deem appropriate, necessary or desirable to effectuate the […]
503-B – Transfer of Projects.
§ 503-b. Transfer of projects. Notwithstanding any provision of this article, or of any general, special or local law or charter to the contrary, a municipality may, upon the establishment of a municipal urban renewal agency pursuant to the provisions of article fifteen-A of this chapter, convey, assign, grant or otherwise transfer all of its […]
504 – Site Designation.
§ 504. Site designation. An area shall be designated by the governing body, or by the commission where so authorized to act by the governing body, on its own initiative or on petition of the owners in fee of not less than fifty-one per cent of the land (excluding publicly owned land) or upon recommendation […]
504-A – Abandoned Dwellings and Mortgage Foreclosures in Nassau, Suffolk or Westchester County.
§ 504-a. Abandoned dwellings and mortgage foreclosures in Nassau, Suffolk or Westchester county. 1. Following site designation, pursuant to section five hundred four of this article, a municipality or an urban renewal or community development agency in Nassau, Suffolk or Westchester county may certify a one, two or three family dwelling as abandoned. Upon such […]
505 – Urban Renewal Plan and Approval Thereof.
§ 505. Urban renewal plan and approval thereof. 1. Following the designation of an area pursuant to section five hundred four of this article, the agency shall prepare or cause to be prepared an urban renewal plan for such area in its entirety or, where the designated area is of such scope that the agency […]
506 – Acquisition of Property.
§ 506. Acquisition of property. 1. (a) A municipality, acting through its governing body, may acquire by purchase, gift, devise, lease, condemnation or otherwise, in accordance with the provisions of the appropriate general, special or local law applicable to the acquisition of real property by such municipality, real property or any interest therein, including but […]
507 – Disposition of Property.
§ 507. Disposition of property. 1. In addition to employing any other lawful method of utilizing or disposing of any real property, and appurtenances thereto or any interest therein owned by a municipality or acquired by it pursuant to section five hundred six of this article, a municipality may sell, lease for a term not […]
508 – State Loans.
§ 508. State loans. 1. The commissioner may, in the name of the state, make or contract to make loans to a municipality to assist such municipality to establish and carry out one or more programs of urban renewal. No such loan shall be made where the municipality has contracted with the federal government for […]
509 – Periodic Subsidies.
§ 509. Periodic subsidies. 1. The commissioner may, in the name of the state, make or contract to make periodic subsidies to a municipality to assist such municipality in carrying out one or more programs of urban renewal, subject to the limitations contained in the first paragraph of section seventy-three of the public housing law, […]
510 – State Capital Grants.
§ 510. State capital grants. 1. In lieu of making or contracting to make a loan or periodic subsidy, or both, pursuant to sections five hundred eight and five hundred nine of this article, the commissioner may in the name of the state, (a) in the case of municipalities which have contracted with the federal […]
511 – Authority of Municipality; Other Terms of Contract.
§ 511. Authority of municipality; other terms of contract. 1. Any municipality is authorized to enter into agreement with the state to receive such loans, periodic subsidies and state capital grants to assist such municipality to establish and carry out one or more programs of urban renewal. 2. In the case of a loan, the […]
512 – Approval of Program by Commissioner.
§ 512. Approval of program by commissioner. No contract for a state loan and periodic subsidy or for a state capital grant shall be executed until the program for which such aid is sought has been approved by the commissioner.
513 – Findings by the Commissioner.
§ 513. Findings by the commissioner. 1. No loan, subsidy or grant shall be made by the state for an urban renewal program unless the commissioner shall find that: (a) the municipality or agency, as the case may be, has entered into a contract to receive capital grants, or loans and grants, from the federal […]
514 – Filing of Proposed Plans.
§ 514. Filing of proposed plans. The municipality or agency, as the case may be, shall file with the commissioner a copy of any proposed urban renewal program assisted by state loans, periodic subsidies or capital grants, embodying the plans, layout, estimated cost and proposed method of financing. Any change made in an urban renewal […]
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, […]