§ 180-a. Lease and operation of seventh regiment armory. 1.\nDefinitions. (a) "Adjutant general" shall mean adjutant general of the\nstate of New York.\n (b) "Armory" shall mean the seventh regiment armory located at 101-129\nEast 66th street, 100-126 East 67th street, 888-898 Lexington avenue and\n641-649 Park avenue, in the county of New York, state of New York and\nidentified as Block 1401, Lot 1 on the tax map of the city of New York\nbounded by Park and Lexington avenues and Sixty-sixth and Sixty-seventh\nstreets.\n (c) "City lease" shall mean collectively, the leases dated September\n23, 1874 and April 23, 1879 by and between the mayor, aldermen and\ncommonality of the city of New York to the field officers of the seventh\nregiment.\n (d) "Division" shall mean the state division of military and naval\naffairs, established by article nine of the executive law.\n (e) "Lease" shall mean a lease for a term of up to ninety-nine years\nto be entered into between the state, acting through the urban\ndevelopment corporation, as lessor, and the lessee, as tenant, leasing\nthe armory or portions thereof.\n (f) "Lessee" shall mean the tenant, a not-for-profit corporation\ndedicated to the preservation of the armory as a historical, civic and\ncultural facility for the community, which is party to a lease with the\nstate, acting through the urban development corporation as landlord,\nleasing the armory or portions thereof.\n (g) "Management agreement" shall mean an agreement to be entered into\nby the state, acting through the urban development corporation,\nproviding for the management of the armory on a short-term basis on\nbehalf of the state as part of the routine or continuing administration\nand management of the armory.\n (h) "Military use" shall mean during periods which are not periods of\ncivil or military emergency, use of a portion of the armory containing\napproximately twenty-one hundred square feet, or such lesser area as the\ndivision may determine, located in the portion of the armory which is\nnot a designated New York city landmark (i.e., not in the historic rooms\nlocated on the first and second floors or the drill hall), for offices\nor administrative functions of the division, and use by the division\nduring any periods of civil or military emergency.\n (i) "Periods of civil or military emergency" shall mean any period\nduring which an order of the adjutant general directing a response to a\ncivil or military emergency is in effect. Said order shall have effect\nin relation to this section only in the event of an order by the\nadjutant general specifically asserting control of areas within the\narmory.\n (j) "Shelter use" shall mean use during periods which are not periods\nof civil or military emergency, the city of New York shall have the\nright to access and use sufficient and suitable space for the current\nand uninterrupted operation of the shelter by the city of New York, as\nwell as usual and customary building services and utilities, including\nbut not limited to heat, water and electric, for use as a shelter for\nhomeless persons.\n (k) "Urban development corporation" shall mean the New York state\nurban development corporation, a public benefit corporation of the\nstate, doing business as the empire state development corporation.\n (l) "Legacy cadet corps program" shall mean a cadet corps or organized\nmilitia program that has accessed or used a regimental armory located\nwithin a city that has a population of over one million people for over\none hundred years during periods which are not periods of civil or\nmilitary emergency.\n 2. State ownership of facility and fixtures. (a) The state, acting\nthrough the division, is and shall be recognized as and declared to be\nthe lawful successor to the interest of the lessee under the city lease.\nNo other person or party, whether through claims or entitlements of past\nor continuing use, occupancy, improvement or otherwise, is or shall be\nrec
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