§ 220. Construction. This chapter shall be construed liberally to effectuate the purposes hereof, and the enumeration of specific powers in this chapter 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 […]
§ 221. Separability clause. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section or part of this chapter shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, 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 directly […]
§ 222. Application of other laws. For the purposes of the application of the lien law, the general corporation law, and except as in this chapter otherwise provided, for the purposes of the application of any general, special or local law imposing a tax, an authority shall be deemed a municipal corporation. The term “public […]
§ 223. Prohibition against discrimination. For all the purposes of this chapter, no person shall, because of race, creed, color or national origin, be subjected to any discrimination.
§ 223-a. Discrimination against persons who have certain household pets. No person who has been adjudged to be legally blind or who is a severely physically handicapped person or who is a mute shall be denied occupancy in a dwelling in any project or be subjected to eviction from any such dwelling on the sole […]
§ 223-b. Discrimination against a person who is deaf or hard of hearing who has a hearing dog. No person who is deaf or hard of hearing shall be denied occupancy in a dwelling in any project or be subjected to eviction from any such dwelling on the sole ground that such person owns a […]
§ 224. Pending actions or proceedings. This chapter or anything therein contained shall not affect or abate any actions, proceedings, civil or criminal, pending at the time when this chapter shall take effect, brought by, for or against the state, the state board of housing, any municipality, authority or limited-dividend housing corporation, under or in […]
§ 225. Saving clause. The repeal of the laws as specified in section two hundred twenty-seven and any other provisions of this chapter, shall not affect or impair any contract or remedy, or any act done or any right accruing, accrued or acquired, taxes, tax obligations, or exemptions from taxation, the validity of or rights […]
§ 226. Transfer of records. The division of housing in the executive department is hereby continued. Notwithstanding the provisions of the state housing law, the term of office of all members of the state housing board in existence prior to the enactment of this chapter and of officers and employees of such board shall expire […]
§ 227. 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 sections one hundred ninety-three and two hundred twenty-five. Laws of Chapter Sections 1926 ………………….. 823 ……………… All 1927 ………………….. 35 ……………… All 1928 ………………….. 722 ……………… All 1930 […]
§ 228. When to take effect. This act shall take effect July first, nineteen hundred thirty-nine.
