§ 2306. 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 and facilities for use by a federal\nagency or a medical facility including industrial pollution control\nfacilities, which may include transportation facilities including but\nnot limited to those relating to water, highway, rail and air, in one or\nmore areas of the city, and thereby advance the job opportunities,\nhealth, general prosperity and economic welfare of the people of said\ncity and to improve their medical care and 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 abandonment of one or more plants or\nfacilities of the project applicant located within the state, provided,\nhowever, that neither restriction shall apply if the authority shall\ndetermine on the basis of the application before it that the project is\nreasonably necessary to discourage the project occupant from removing\nsuch other plant or facility to a location outside the state or is\nreasonably necessary to preserve the competitive position of the project\noccupant in its respective industry. Except as otherwise provided for in\nthis section, no financial assistance of the authority shall be provided\nin respect of any project where facilities or property that are\nprimarily used in making retail sales to customers who personally visit\nsuch facilities constitute more than one-third of the total project\ncost. For the purposes of this article, "retail sales" shall mean: (i)\nsales by a registered vendor under article twenty-eight of the tax law\nprimarily engaged in the retail sale of tangible personal property, as\ndefined in subparagraph (i) of paragraph four of subdivision (b) of\nsection eleven hundred one of the tax law; or (ii) sales of a service to\nsuch customers. Except, however, that tourism destination projects shall\nnot be prohibited by this paragraph. For the purpose of this paragraph,\n"tourism destination" shall mean a location or facility which is likely\nto attract a significant number of visitors from outside the economic\ndevelopment region as established by section two hundred thirty of the\neconomic development law, in which the project is 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\nAuburn because of a lack of reasonably accessible retail trade\nfacilities offering such goods or services; or (ii) the project is\nlocated in a highly distressed area. With respect to projects authorized\npursuant to this paragraph no project shall be approved unless the\nauthority shall find after the public hearing required by section\ntwenty-three hundred seven of this title that undertaking the project\nwill serve the public purposes of this article by preserving permanent,\nprivate sector jobs or increasing the overall number of permanent,\nprivate sector jobs in the state. Where the authority makes such a\nfinding, prior to providing financial assistance to the project by the\nauthority, the chief executive officer of the city of Auburn shall\nconfirm the proposed action of the authority. To carry out sa
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