State Codes and Statutes
Statutes > New-york > Gmu > Article-15-b > Title-40 > 609§ 609. Tuckahoe urban renewal agency. A municipal urban renewal agency to be known as the Tuckahoe urban renewal agency is hereby established for the accomplishment of any or all of the purposes specified in articles fifteen and fifteen-A of this chapter, and in accordance with article eighteen of the constitution of the state of New York. It shall constitute a body corporate and politic, be perpetual in duration, and shall consist of five members, who shall be appointed by the mayor of the village of Tuckahoe. Of the members first appointed, one shall be appointed for a period of one year, two for a period of two years, and two for a period of three years. At the expiration of such terms, the terms of office of their successors shall be three years. Not more than three members of the agency shall be members of the same political party. Each member shall serve until the appointment and qualification of his successor. Vacancies occurring otherwise than by the expiration of term shall be filled by the mayor for the unexpired term. The mayor and the members of the board of trustees of the village may be appointed as members of the urban renewal agency, and their terms as members of the agency shall not expire solely by reason of the expiration of their terms of office as mayor or village trustee, respectively. The mayor shall designate the first chairman. The Agency shall have the powers and duties now or hereafter conferred by article fifteen-A of this chapter upon municipal renewal agencies. It shall be organized in the manner prescribed by and subject to the provisions of article fifteen-A of this chapter, and the agency, its members, officers and employees and activities shall in all respects be governed by the provisions of such article.
