NY State Senate Bill 2021-S7622A

Senate Bill S7622A

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires certain directors of the Roosevelt Island operating corporation to be residents of Roosevelt Island and to require the appointment of certain vacant board positions within sixty days

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Delivered to Governor
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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
May 10, 2022	returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading cal.394 substituted for a8631a
May 03, 2022	referred to corporations, authorities and commissions delivered to assembly passed senate
May 02, 2022	advanced to third reading
Apr 27, 2022	2nd report cal.
Apr 26, 2022	1st report cal.844
Apr 20, 2022	print number 7622a
Apr 20, 2022	amend and recommit to corporations, authorities and commissions
Jan 05, 2022	referred to corporations, authorities and commissions
Dec 22, 2021	referred to rules

Votes

- May 3, 2022 - Floor Vote
  S7622A
  
  62
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  1
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: May 3, 2022
      
      aye (62)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Akshar
      
      Bailey
      
      Biaggi
      
      Borrello
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Brisport
      
      Brooks
      
      Cleare
      
      Comrie
      
      Cooney
      
      Felder
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gaughran
      
      Gianaris
      
      Gounardes
      
      Griffo
      
      Harckham
      
      Helming
      
      Hinchey
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jackson
      
      Jordan
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Kaplan
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      Lanza
      
      Liu
      
      Mannion
      
      Martucci
      
      Mattera
      
      May
      
      Mayer
      
      Myrie
      
      O'Mara
      
      Oberacker
      
      Ortt
      
      Palumbo
      
      Parker
      
      Persaud
      
      Ramos
      
      Rath III
      
      Reichlin-Melnick
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Ryan
      
      Salazar
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Savino
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Serino
      
      Serrano
      
      Skoufis
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stec
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Tedisco
      
      Thomas
      
      Weik
      
      excused (1)
      
      Brouk
  Apr 26, 2022 - Corporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee Vote
  S7622A
  
  7
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Corporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee Vote: Apr 26, 2022
      
      aye (7)
      
      Comrie
      
      Gaughran
      
      Martucci
      
      Mattera
      
      Mayer
      
      Ramos
      
      Skoufis

Bill Amendments

Original

A (Active)

2021-S7622 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A8631
Law Section:: Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§2799-cccc & 2799-dddd, Pub Auth L

2021-S7622 - Summary

Requires certain directors of the Roosevelt Island operating corporation to be residents of Roosevelt Island; requires the appointment of certain vacant board positions within sixty days.

2021-S7622 - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S7622

SPONSOR: SERRANO
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public authorities law, in relation to requiring
certain directors of the Roosevelt Island operating corporation to be
residents of Roosevelt Island and to require the appointment of certain
vacant board positions within sixty days

 
PURPOSE:

To clarify residency as a requirement for certain public members
appointed to the board of directors of the Roosevelt Island Operating
Corporation, to provide for the expeditious appointment of replacement
board members upon vacancy within an unexpired term, and to require
public posting of Corporation employment vacancies.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: :

The provisions of this bill would:

* Clarify the residency requirement for certain public appointments to
the board of directors of the Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation and
stipulate for their immediate resignation from the board upon termi-
nation of such residency;

* Provide for the appointment of a successor within 60 days when a board
vacancy occurs within an unexpired term;

* Require the posting of job vacancies on the corporation's website;
and, *Provide that this act shall take effect immediately.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation (RIOC) is a public benefit
corporation and a political subdivision of the State of New York created
in 1984 to take responsibility for the development and operation of the
147 acres comprising the former Welfare Island, located in New York
City's East River.

Once the semi-isolated setting of several institutions including a
smallpox hospital, mental health hospital and a prison, Roosevelt Island
today is home to a thriving community of over 14,000 residents. The
Island boasts a revitalized Main Street with neighborhood shops and
services, abundant bike paths and green spaces including Four Freedoms
State Park, as well as the Cornell Tech Applied Sciences Graduate School
Campus and the iconico Island Tramway.

Given the Roosevelt Island community's unique governance structure under
a State Public Benefit Corporation, it is imperative that resident
perspectives and voices be represented on RIOC's board of directors.

This bill ensures greater local participation by clarifying residency
requirements for certain public board members, requiring the expedient
appointment of vacant board positions, and requiring the publication of
corporation employment opportunities on RIOC's website.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New Bill

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2021-S7622 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7622
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             December 22, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SERRANO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law,  in  relation  to  requiring
   certain  directors of the Roosevelt Island operating corporation to be
   residents of Roosevelt  Island  and  to  require  the  appointment  of
   certain vacant board positions within sixty days
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivisions 2 and 3 of section  2799-cccc  of  the  public
 authorities  law,  as  added  by  chapter  383  of the laws of 2019, are
 amended 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] PROVIDED  THAT  ANY  PUBLIC
 MEMBER  APPOINTED  ON  THE BASIS OF BEING A RESIDENT OF ROOSEVELT ISLAND
 SHALL RESIGN SUCH MEMBERSHIP UPON CEASING TO BE A RESIDENT OF  ROOSEVELT
 ISLAND,  AND  PROVIDED FURTHER that 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
 to the board of directors of the corporation entitled to receive  notice
 of  and  attend  all meetings of such board but shall not be entitled to
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13984-02-1
 S. 7622                             2

 
 vote. Failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity  of  any
 action taken at a meeting of such board.
   3. The governor [may] SHALL fill any vacancy which occurs on the board
 of directors of the corporation in a manner consistent with the original
 appointment  WITHIN  SIXTY  DAYS.  VACANCIES OCCURRING OTHERWISE THAN BY
 EXPIRATION OF TERM OF OFFICE SHALL BE  FILLED  BY  APPOINTMENT  FOR  THE
 BALANCE  OF  THE  UNEXPIRED  TERM.  Any member of the corporation may be
 removed by the governor for cause, but not without an opportunity to  be
 heard,  in  person  or  by counsel, in his or her defense, upon not less
 than ten days' written notice.
   § 2. Subdivision 7 of section 2799-dddd of the public authorities law,
 as added by chapter 383 of the laws of  2019,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   7.  Appoint  officers,  agents  and  employees, prescribe their duties
 [and], fix their compensation in accordance with a staffing and  compen-
 sation plan submitted to and approved by the director of the budget, AND
 MAKE  AVAILABLE  TO THE PUBLIC AND POST ON THE CORPORATION'S WEBSITE ALL
 NOTICES OF CORPORATION EMPLOYMENT VACANCIES;
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

2021-S7622A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A8631
Law Section:: Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§2799-cccc & 2799-dddd, Pub Auth L

2021-S7622A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires certain directors of the Roosevelt Island operating corporation to be residents of Roosevelt Island; requires the appointment of certain vacant board positions within sixty days.

2021-S7622A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S7622A

SPONSOR: SERRANO
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public authorities law, in relation to requiring
certain directors of the Roosevelt Island operating corporation to be
residents of Roosevelt Island and to require the appointment of certain
vacant board positions within sixty days

 
PURPOSE:

To clarify residency as a requirement for certain public members
appointed to the board of directors of the Roosevelt Island Operating
Corporation, to provide for the expeditious appointment of replacement
board members upon vacancy within an unexpired term, and to require
public posting of Corporation employment vacancies.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: :

The provisions of this bill would:

*Clarify the residency requirement for certain public appointments to
the board of directors of the Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation and
stipulate for their immediate resignation from the board upon termi-
nation of such residency;

*Provide for the appointment of a successor within 60 days when a board
vacancy occurs within an unexpired term;

*Require the posting of job vacancies on the corporation's website; and,

*Provide that this act shall take effect immediately.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation (RIOC) is a public benefit
corporation and a political subdivision of the State of New York created
in 1984 to take responsibility for the development and operation of the
147 acres comprising the former Welfare Island, located in New York
City's East River.

Once the semi-isolated setting of several institutions including a
smallpox hospital, mental health hospital and a prison, Roosevelt Island
today is home to a thriving community of over 14,000 residents. The
Island boasts a revitalized Main Street with neighborhood shops and
services, abundant bike paths and green spaces including Four Freedoms
State Park, as well as the Cornell Tech Applied Sciences Graduate School
Campus and the iconico Island Tramway.

Given the Roosevelt Island community's unique governance structure under
a State Public Benefit Corporation, it is imperative that resident
perspectives and voices be represented on RIOC's board of directors.

This bill ensures greater local participation by clarifying residency
requirements for certain public board members, requiring the expedient
appointment of vacant board positions, and requiring the publication of
corporation employment opportunities on RIOC's website.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New Bill

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2021-S7622A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7622--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             December 22, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SERRANO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules  --  recommitted  to
   the  Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions in accord-
   ance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law,  in  relation  to  requiring
   certain  directors of the Roosevelt Island operating corporation to be
   residents of Roosevelt  Island  and  to  require  the  appointment  of
   certain vacant board positions within sixty days
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivisions 2 and 3 of section  2799-cccc  of  the  public
 authorities  law,  as  added  by  chapter  383  of the laws of 2019, are
 amended 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] PROVIDED  THAT  ANY  PUBLIC
 MEMBER  APPOINTED  ON  THE BASIS OF BEING A RESIDENT OF ROOSEVELT ISLAND
 SHALL RESIGN SUCH MEMBERSHIP UPON CEASING TO BE A RESIDENT OF  ROOSEVELT
 ISLAND,  AND  PROVIDED FURTHER that 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.
                                                            LBD13984-03-2

 S. 7622--A                          2
 
 to the board of directors of the corporation entitled to receive  notice
 of  and  attend  all meetings of such board but shall not be entitled to
 vote. Failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity  of  any
 action taken at a meeting of such board.
   3. The governor [may] SHALL fill any vacancy which occurs on the board
 of directors of the corporation in a manner consistent with the original
 appointment  WITHIN  SIXTY  DAYS.  VACANCIES OCCURRING OTHERWISE THAN BY
 EXPIRATION OF TERM OF OFFICE SHALL BE  FILLED  BY  APPOINTMENT  FOR  THE
 BALANCE  OF  THE  UNEXPIRED  TERM.  Any member of the corporation may be
 removed by the governor for cause, but not without an opportunity to  be
 heard,  in  person  or  by counsel, in his or her defense, upon not less
 than ten days' written notice.
   § 2. Subdivision 7 of section 2799-dddd of the public authorities law,
 as added by chapter 383 of the laws of  2019,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   7.  Appoint officers, agents and employees, prescribe their duties and
 fix their compensation in accordance with a  staffing  and  compensation
 plan  submitted  to  and approved by the director of the budget. NOTICES
 FOR ANY EMPLOYMENT VACANCIES SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE  PUBLIC  AND
 POSTED ON THE CORPORATION'S WEBSITE;
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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