1596-A – Short Title.
§ 1596-a. Short title. This title may be cited as the “City of Yonkers parking authority act”.
§ 1596-a. Short title. This title may be cited as the “City of Yonkers parking authority act”.
§ 1596-b. Definitions. As used or referred to in this title, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context: 1. The term “authority” shall mean the corporation created by section fifteen hundred ninety-six-c of this title; 2. The term “city” shall mean the city of Yonkers; 3. The term “bonds” shall mean the bonds […]
§ 1596-c. City of Yonkers parking authority. A board to be known as “City of Yonkers parking authority” is hereby created. Such board shall be a body corporate and politic, constituting a public benefit corporation, and its existence shall commence upon the appointment of the members as herein provided. It shall consist of a chairman, […]
§ 1596-d. Purpose and powers of the authority. The purpose of the authority shall be to construct, operate and maintain one or more projects in the city. To carry out said purpose, the authority shall have power: 1. To sue and be sued; 2. To have a seal and alter the same at pleasure; 3. […]
§ 1596-e. Civil service status of officers and employees. Officers and employees of any board, commission or department of the city may be transferred to the authority in accordance with the provisions of the civil service law and shall be eligible for such transfer and appointment without examination to offices and positions under the authority. […]
§ 1596-f. Conveyance of property by the city to the authority; acquisition of property by the city or by the authority. 1. The city may, by resolution or resolutions of the common council or by instruments authorized by such resolutions, convey, with or without consideration, to the authority real and personal property owned by the […]
§ 1596-g. Construction contracts. The authority shall let contracts for construction in the same manner, so far as practicable, as is provided by law for contracts of the city, except that where the estimated expense of a contract does not exceed twenty-five hundred dollars, such contract may be entered into without public letting. Nothing in […]
§ 1596-h. Moneys of the authority. All moneys of the authority shall be paid to the comptroller of the city as agent of the authority, who shall not commingle such moneys with any other moneys. Such moneys shall be deposited in a separate bank account or accounts. The moneys in such accounts shall be paid […]
§ 1596-i. Bonds of the authority. 1. The authority shall have the power and is hereby authorized from time to time to issue its negotiable bonds in conformity with applicable provisions of the uniform commercial code for any purpose mentioned in section fifteen hundred ninety-six-d of this title, including the acquisition, construction, reconstruction and repair […]
§ 1596-j. Notes of the authority. The authority shall have power from time to time to issue its negotiable notes in conformity with applicable provisions of the uniform commercial code and from time to time to issue renewal notes (herein referred to as notes) maturing not later than five years from their respective original dates […]
§ 1596-k. Agreements of the state. 1. The state of New York does pledge to and agree with the holders of the bonds that the state will not limit or alter the rights hereby vested in the authority to acquire, construct, maintain, reconstruct and operate the project or projects, to establish and collect rentals, fees […]
§ 1596-l. State and city not liable on bonds. The bonds and other obligations of the authority shall not be a debt of the state of New York or of the city, and neither the state nor the city shall be liable thereon, nor shall they be payable out of any funds other than those […]
§ 1596-m. Bonds legal investments for public officers and fiduciaries. The bonds are hereby made securities in which all public officers, and bodies of this state and all municipalities and municipal subdivisions, all insurance companies and associations and other persons carrying on an insurance business, all banks, bankers, trust companies, savings banks and savings associations, […]
§ 1596-mm. Exemptions from taxation. 1. It is hereby determined that the creation of the authority and the carrying out of its corporate purposes is in all respects for the benefit of the people of the city of Yonkers and its environs, and is a public purpose, and the authority shall be regarded as performing […]
§ 1596-n. Tax contract by the state. The state of New York covenants with the purchasers and with all subsequent holders and transferees of bonds issued by the authority pursuant to this title, in consideration of the acceptance of and payment for the bonds, that the bonds of the authority issued pursuant to this title […]
§ 1596-o. Remedies of bondholders. 1. In the event that the authority shall default in the payment of principal of or interest on any issue of the bonds after the same shall become due, whether at maturity or upon call for redemption, and such default shall continue for a period of thirty days, or in […]
§ 1596-p. Actions against the authority. 1. In every action against the authority for damages, for injuries to real or personal property, or for the destruction thereof, or for personal injuries or death, the complaint shall contain an allegation that at least thirty days have elapsed since the demand, claim or claims upon which such […]
§ 1596-q. Termination of the authority. Whenever all of the bonds issued by the authority shall have been redeemed or canceled, and all its liabilities met or discharged, and the termination date of its corporate existence as set forth in section fifteen hundred ninety-six-c of this title shall have been reached, the authority shall cease […]
§ 1596-r. Title not affected if in part unconstitutional or ineffective. If any section, clause or provision of this title shall be unconstitutional or be ineffective in whole or in part, to the extent that it is not unconstitutional or ineffective, it shall be valid and effective and no other section, clause or provision shall […]
§ 1596-s. Inconsistent provisions in other acts superseded. In so far as the provisions of this title are inconsistent with the provisions of any other act, general or special, or of any local law of the city, the provisions of this title shall be controlling.