Assembly Bill A7021

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the office of chief executive officer of the Roosevelt Island operating corporation

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-A7021 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1427
Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Benefit Corporations
Laws Affected:
Amd §3, Chap 899 of 1984
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A9605, S7114
2017-2018: A5481, S3109
2021-2022: A2550, S7621

2019-A7021 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the office of chief executive officer of the Roosevelt Island operating corporation.

2019-A7021 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7021
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               April 3, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SEAWRIGHT  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
 AN ACT to amend chapter 899  of  the  laws  of  1984,  relating  to  the
   creation  of  a  public benefit corporation to plan, develop, operate,
   maintain and manage Roosevelt Island, in relation  to  the  office  of
   chief executive officer of the Roosevelt Island operating corporation
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 3 of chapter 899 of  the  laws  of
 1984,  relating to the creation of a public benefit corporation to plan,
 develop, operate, maintain and manage Roosevelt Island,  as  amended  by
 chapter  766  of the laws of 2005, is amended and a new subdivision 6 is
 added to read as follows:
   2. The board of directors of the corporation shall be composed of nine
 members. One member shall be the commissioner, who shall  serve  as  the
 chair;  one member shall be the director of the budget; and seven public
 members shall be appointed by the governor with the advice  and  consent
 of  the  senate.  Of  the seven public members, two members, one of whom
 shall be a resident of Roosevelt Island, shall  be  appointed  upon  the
 recommendation  of  the  mayor  of the city; and four additional members
 shall be residents of Roosevelt Island. Each member shall  serve  for  a
 term  of  four  years  and  until  his  or her successor shall have been
 appointed and shall have qualified, except that (a) two of  the  initial
 public  members  appointed by the governor, one of whom is a resident of
 Roosevelt Island, and the Roosevelt  Island  resident  member  appointed
 upon  the  recommendation of the mayor of the city shall serve for terms
 of two years each, and (b) the commissioner  and  the  director  of  the
 budget  shall  serve  so  long as they continue to hold their respective
 offices.  Any action taken by the directors of the corporation shall  be
 taken  by  majority  vote  of  the directors then in office. The elected
 public officials who represent Roosevelt Island shall be representatives
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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