§ 16. Cooperation with municipalities. (1) In effectuating the\npurposes of this act, the corporation and community advisory committees\ncreated pursuant to section four of this act shall work closely, consult\nand cooperate with local elected officials and community leaders at the\nearliest practicable time. The corporation shall give primary\nconsideration to local needs and desires and shall foster local\ninitiative and participation in connection with the planning and\ndevelopment of its projects. Wherever possible, activities of the\ncorporation shall be coordinated with local urban renewal and other\ncommunity projects, and the corporation shall assist localities in\ncarrying out such projects. Consideration shall also be given to local\nand regional goals and policies as expressed in urban renewal, community\nrenewal and local comprehensive land use plans and regional plans.\n (2) Except with respect to a project consisting in whole or in part of\nreal property acquired by the corporation pursuant to section fourteen\nof this act, before commencing the acquisition, construction,\nreconstruction, rehabilitation, alteration or improvement of any\nproject: (a) upon adoption of the general project plan, the corporation\nshall file a copy of such plan, including the findings required pursuant\nto section ten of this act, in its corporate offices and in the office\nof the clerk of any municipality in which the project is to be located.\nUpon request, any other person shall be furnished with a digest of such\nplan; (b) pursuant to authorization from the chief executive officer of\nthe corporation, which authorization may be given prior to the adoption\nof such plan by the corporation, the corporation shall: (i) publish in\none newspaper of general circulation within the municipality, (ii)\nprovide to the chief executive officer of the municipality within which\nthe project is located, and (iii) in any city having a population of one\nmillion or more, provide to any community board in which the project\nwill be located, a notice that such plan will be filed upon its adoption\nby the corporation and that digests thereof will be available, which\nnotice shall also state that a public hearing will be held to consider\nthe plan at a specified time and place on a date not less than ten days\nafter such publication; (c) the corporation shall conduct a public\nhearing pursuant to such notice, provided that such public hearing shall\nnot take place before the adoption or the filing of such plan by the\ncorporation; (d) upon a written finding of the chief executive officer\nof the corporation that no substantive negative testimony or comment has\nbeen received at such public hearing, such plan shall be effective at\nthe conclusion of such hearing; provided, however, that if any\nsubstantive negative testimony or comment is received at such public\nhearing, the corporation may, after due consideration of such testimony\nand comment, affirm, modify or withdraw the plan in the manner provided\nfor the initial filing of such plan in paragraph (a) of this\nsubdivision.\n (3) After consultation with local officials, as provided in\nsubdivision one of this section, the corporation and any subsidiary\nthereof shall, in constructing, reconstructing, rehabilitating, altering\nor improving any project, comply with the requirements of local laws,\nordinances, codes, charters or regulations applicable to such\nconstruction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, alteration or improvement,\nprovided however, that when, in the discretion of the corporation, such\ncompliance is not feasible or practicable, the corporation and any\nsubsidiary thereof shall comply with the requirements of the state\nbuilding construction code, formulated by the state building code\ncouncil pursuant to article eighteen of the executive law, applicable to\nsuch construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, alteration or\nimprovement. In those circumstances where, in the discret
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