N.Y. Not-for-Profit Corporation Law 1612 – Public records and public meetings
§ 1612. Public records and public meetings.
Terms Used In N.Y. Not-for-Profit Corporation Law 1612
- Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
- board: shall mean the board of directors of a land bank;
(b) "land bank" shall mean a land bank established as a charitable not-for-profit corporation under this chapter and in accordance with the provisions of this article and pursuant to this article;
(c) "foreclosing governmental unit" shall mean "tax district" as defined in subdivision six of § 1102 of the real property tax law;
(d) "municipality" shall mean a city, village, town or county other than a county located wholly within a city;
(e) "school district" shall mean a school district as defined under the education law; and
(f) "real property" shall mean lands, lands under water, structures and any and all easements, air rights, franchises and incorporeal hereditaments and every estate and right therein, legal and equitable, including terms for years and liens by way of judgment, mortgage or otherwise, and any and all fixtures and improvements located thereon. See N.Y. Not-for-Profit Corporation Law 1602
(a) The board shall cause minutes and a record to be kept of all its proceedings. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the land bank shall be subject to the open meetings law and the freedom of information law.
(b) A land bank shall hold a public hearing prior to financing or issuance of bonds. The land bank shall schedule and hold a public hearing and solicit public comment. After the conclusion of the public hearing and comments, the land bank shall consider the results of the public hearing and comments with respect to the proposed actions. Such consideration by the land bank shall include the accommodation of the public interest with respect to such actions; if such accommodation is deemed in the best interest of the community proposed actions shall include such accommodation.
(c) In addition to any other report required by this chapter, the land bank, through its chairperson, shall annually deliver, in oral and written form, a report to the municipality. Such report shall be presented by March fifteenth of each year to the governing body or board of the municipality. The report shall describe in detail the projects undertaken by the land bank during the past year, the monies expended by the land bank during the past year, and the administrative activities of the land bank during the past year. At the conclusion of the report, the chairperson of the land bank shall be prepared to answer the questions of the municipality with respect to the projects undertaken by the authority during the past year, the monies expended by the municipality during the past year, and the administrative activities of the municipality during the past year.