State Codes and Statutes
Statutes > New-york > Pba > Article-8 > Title-7-a > 1794§ 1794. Powers. The authority shall have the power to enter into a lease with the Seneca Nation of Indians for any or all of the reservation lands underlying the city of Salamanca. The authority shall have the power to enter into subleases with persons, firms or corporations with respect to the lands comprehended by the lease from the Seneca Nation of Indians. The authority shall have the power to accept the surrender or assignment of existing leases and to negotiate for and enter into subleases with respect to any of such property. The authority shall have the power to: (a) Confer with the governing board of the city and with the governing board of the nation. (b) Confer with lessees of property for the purpose of negotiating renewals of leases including the power to enter into arbitration by virtue of the statute of eighteen hundred seventy-five, or for the purpose of accepting the surrender of existing leases and of the negotiation and execution of new subleases, including by way of extension rather than of limitation, leases respecting the reletting of lands where leases have been cancelled for nonpayment of rentals or other default, the correction of errors in description and the letting of lands not under lease for whatever reason. (c) Make the annual determination of the Indian Lease Tax in accordance with the provisions of section seventeen hundred ninety-four-a of this article. (d) Make contracts and leases and execute all instruments necessary or convenient for the purpose of carrying out the purposes of the authority. (e) In the exercise of the power to enter into sub-leases, the sole rent payable under said sub-leases shall be the annual Indian Lease tax imposed pursuant to section seventeen hundred ninety-four-a of this article. (f) Accept gifts, grants or contributions from any municipal corporation or governmental agency or public utility and to expend the proceeds thereof for authority purposes. (g) In the exercise of the power to enter into subleases, agreement by such authority shall not be unreasonably withheld, and the authority may neither limit, determine nor control the use of lands sought to be leased. (h) The authority shall have the power to designate the depositories of monies coming into its hands. (i) The authority shall have the right to contract for expert professional services in carrying out its duties. (j) The authority shall have the power to do all things necessary to make the lease between the authority and the Seneca Nation of Indians useful and productive. (k) The authority shall have the power to enter into arbitration in respect to the negotiation or renegotiation of leases or subleases of any description and in respect to such other matters as the authority may deem desirable.
