§ 1953. Purpose and powers of the authority. The purposes of the\nauthority shall be to promote, develop, encourage and assist in the\nacquiring, constructing, reconstructing, improving, maintaining,\nequipping and furnishing industrial, manufacturing, warehouse,\ncommercial and research facilities including industrial pollution\ncontrol facilities, transportation facilities including but not limited\nto those relating to water, highway, rail and air, in one or more areas\nof the city, particularly but not exclusively at the site of what was\nformerly the Troy airport including an airstrip or airport located in\nthe southern section of the city and thereby advance the job\nopportunities, health, general prosperity and economic welfare of the\npeople of said city and to improve their standard of living; provided,\nhowever, that the authority shall not undertake any project if the\ncompletion thereof would result in the removal of an industrial or\nmanufacturing plant of the project occupant from one area of the state\nto another area of the state or in the abandonment of one or more plants\nor facilities of the project applicant located within the state,\nprovided, however, that neither restriction shall apply if the authority\nshall determine on the basis of the application before it that the\nproject is reasonably necessary to discourage the project occupant from\nremoving such other plant or facility to a location outside the state or\nis reasonably necessary to preserve the competitive position of the\nproject occupant in its respective industry. Except as otherwise\nprovided for in this section, no financial assistance of the authority\nshall be provided in respect of any project where facilities or property\nthat are primarily used in making retail sales to customers who\npersonally visit such facilities constitute more than one-third of the\ntotal project cost. For the purposes of this article, "retail sales"\nshall mean: (i) sales by a registered vendor under article twenty-eight\nof the tax law primarily engaged in the retail sale of tangible personal\nproperty, as defined in subparagraph (i) of paragraph four of\nsubdivision (b) of section eleven hundred one of the tax law; or (ii)\nsales of a service to such customers. Except, however, that tourism\ndestination projects shall not be prohibited by this paragraph. For the\npurpose of this paragraph, "tourism destination" shall mean a location\nor facility which is likely to attract a significant number of visitors\nfrom outside the economic development region as established by section\ntwo hundred thirty of the economic development law in which the project\nis located.\n Notwithstanding the provisions of this section to the contrary, such\nfinancial assistance may, however, be provided to a project where\nfacilities or property that are primarily used in making retail sales of\ngoods or services to customers who personally visit such facilities to\nobtain such goods or services constitute more than one-third of the\ntotal project cost, where: (i) the predominant purpose of the project\nwould be to make available goods or services which would not, but for\nthe project, be reasonably accessible to the residents of the city of\nTroy because of a lack of reasonably accessible retail trade facilities\noffering such goods or services; or (ii) the project is located in a\nhighly distressed area. With respect to projects authorized pursuant to\nthis paragraph no project shall be approved unless the authority shall\nfind after the public hearing required by section twenty-three hundred\nseven of this chapter that undertaking the project will serve the public\npurposes of this article by preserving permanent, private sector jobs or\nincreasing the overall number of permanent, private sector jobs in the\nstate. Where the authority makes such a finding, prior to providing\nfinancial assistance to the project by the authority, the chief\nexecutive officer of the city of Troy shal
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