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§  1002.  Definitions.  As  used  in this article, the following terms  shall have the following meanings:    1. "Commissioner" shall mean the commissioner of the state division of  housing and community renewal.    2. "Division" shall mean the state division of housing  and  community  renewal.    3.  "Rural  area  of  the state" shall mean cities, towns and villages  having a population of less than twenty-five thousand.    4. "Region" shall mean those portions of the rural area of the  state,  as  specified  in  the  contract  entered into pursuant to this article,  within which housing and community renewal  activities  funded  in  part  pursuant to this article are to be carried out.    5. "Housing preservation and community renewal activities" include (a)  the  new  construction  or  the  acquisition, maintenance, preservation,  repair, rehabilitation  or  other  improvement  of  vacant  or  occupied  housing accommodations; demolition or sealing of vacant structures where  necessary  or  appropriate;  disposition  of  housing  accommodations to  present or potential occupants or co-operative  organizations;  training  or other forms of assistance to occupants of housing accommodations; and  management of housing accommodations as agent for the owners, receivers,  administrators  or  municipalities;  (b)  activities,  similar  to those  specified in paragraph (a) of this subdivision, aimed  at  accomplishing  similar  purposes  and  meeting similar needs with respect to retail and  service establishments within a region when carried  out  in  connection  with and incidental to a program of housing related activities.    6.  "Persons  of low income" shall mean individuals and families whose  annual incomes do not exceed ninety per cent of the median annual income  for all residents of the region within which they  reside  or  a  larger  area  encompassing  such  region  for  which median annual income can be  determined.

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Statutes > New-york > Pvh > Article-17 > 1002

§  1002.  Definitions.  As  used  in this article, the following terms  shall have the following meanings:    1. "Commissioner" shall mean the commissioner of the state division of  housing and community renewal.    2. "Division" shall mean the state division of housing  and  community  renewal.    3.  "Rural  area  of  the state" shall mean cities, towns and villages  having a population of less than twenty-five thousand.    4. "Region" shall mean those portions of the rural area of the  state,  as  specified  in  the  contract  entered into pursuant to this article,  within which housing and community renewal  activities  funded  in  part  pursuant to this article are to be carried out.    5. "Housing preservation and community renewal activities" include (a)  the  new  construction  or  the  acquisition, maintenance, preservation,  repair, rehabilitation  or  other  improvement  of  vacant  or  occupied  housing accommodations; demolition or sealing of vacant structures where  necessary  or  appropriate;  disposition  of  housing  accommodations to  present or potential occupants or co-operative  organizations;  training  or other forms of assistance to occupants of housing accommodations; and  management of housing accommodations as agent for the owners, receivers,  administrators  or  municipalities;  (b)  activities,  similar  to those  specified in paragraph (a) of this subdivision, aimed  at  accomplishing  similar  purposes  and  meeting similar needs with respect to retail and  service establishments within a region when carried  out  in  connection  with and incidental to a program of housing related activities.    6.  "Persons  of low income" shall mean individuals and families whose  annual incomes do not exceed ninety per cent of the median annual income  for all residents of the region within which they  reside  or  a  larger  area  encompassing  such  region  for  which median annual income can be  determined.

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Statutes > New-york > Pvh > Article-17 > 1002

§  1002.  Definitions.  As  used  in this article, the following terms  shall have the following meanings:    1. "Commissioner" shall mean the commissioner of the state division of  housing and community renewal.    2. "Division" shall mean the state division of housing  and  community  renewal.    3.  "Rural  area  of  the state" shall mean cities, towns and villages  having a population of less than twenty-five thousand.    4. "Region" shall mean those portions of the rural area of the  state,  as  specified  in  the  contract  entered into pursuant to this article,  within which housing and community renewal  activities  funded  in  part  pursuant to this article are to be carried out.    5. "Housing preservation and community renewal activities" include (a)  the  new  construction  or  the  acquisition, maintenance, preservation,  repair, rehabilitation  or  other  improvement  of  vacant  or  occupied  housing accommodations; demolition or sealing of vacant structures where  necessary  or  appropriate;  disposition  of  housing  accommodations to  present or potential occupants or co-operative  organizations;  training  or other forms of assistance to occupants of housing accommodations; and  management of housing accommodations as agent for the owners, receivers,  administrators  or  municipalities;  (b)  activities,  similar  to those  specified in paragraph (a) of this subdivision, aimed  at  accomplishing  similar  purposes  and  meeting similar needs with respect to retail and  service establishments within a region when carried  out  in  connection  with and incidental to a program of housing related activities.    6.  "Persons  of low income" shall mean individuals and families whose  annual incomes do not exceed ninety per cent of the median annual income  for all residents of the region within which they  reside  or  a  larger  area  encompassing  such  region  for  which median annual income can be  determined.