§ 6 — Administration of the board

New York § 6

• Jurisdiction: New York
• Law FEA: NYS Financial Emergency Act for the city of NY 868/75

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* § 6. Administration of the board. 1. The membership of the board\nshall be the governor, the state comptroller (pursuant to his authority\nto supervise the accounts of any political subdivision of the state),\nthe mayor, the city comptroller and three members appointed by the\ngovernor with the advice and consent of the senate. At least two of the\nappointed members shall be residents of the city or have their principal\nplace of business in the city. Such appointed members shall serve at the\npleasure of the governor. The governor shall be the chairman of the\nboard and the governor or his representative shall preside over all\nmeetings of the board. The board shall act by majority vote of the\nentire board. The board shall maintain a record of its proceedings in\nsuch form as it may determine, but such record shall indicate attendance\nand all votes cast by each member. Every member of the board, who is\notherwise an elected official of the state or city, shall be entitled to\ndesignate a representative to attend, in his place, meetings of the\nboard and to vote or otherwise act in his behalf. Written notice of such\ndesignation shall be furnished to the board by the designating member\nprior to any meeting attended by his representative. Any such\nrepresentative shall serve at the pleasure of the designating member. No\nsuch representative shall be authorized to delegate any of his duties or\nfunctions to any other person. The lieutenant governor, temporary\npresident of the senate, the minority leader of the senate, speaker and\nminority leader of the assembly, the president of the council of the\ncity of New York, the city board of estimate acting by majority vote,\nand the vice-chairman and the minority leader of the council of the city\nof New York, shall each be entitled to appoint a representative to the\nboard. Each such representative shall be entitled to receive notice of\nand to attend all meetings of the board but shall not be entitled to\nvote. No representative shall be an employee or officer of the federal,\nstate or city governments. Each representative shall serve at the\npleasure of the appointing official or body, shall be eligible for\nreappointment, and shall hold office until his successor has been\nappointed.\n 2. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of law, general,\nspecial or local, no officer or employee of the state, or political\nsubdivision of the state, any governmental entity operating any public\nschool or college or other public agency or instrumentality or unit of\ngovernment which exercises governmental powers under the laws of the\nstate, shall forfeit his office or employment by reason of his\nacceptance or appointment as a member, representative, officer, employee\nor agent of the board nor shall service as such member, representative,\nofficer, employee or agent of the board be deemed incompatible or in\nconflict with such office or employment.\n 3. The members of the board appointed by the governor and all\nrepresentatives designated by members of the board shall serve without\nsalary or per diem allowance but shall be entitled to reimbursement for\nactual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of official\nduties under this act, provided however that such members and\nrepresentatives are not, at the time such expenses are incurred, public\nemployees otherwise entitled to such reimbursement.\n 4. The governor and the mayor, jointly, shall appoint an executive\ndirector of the board who shall serve at the pleasure of the board and\nmay be removed by the board. The board may delegate to the executive\ndirector or to one or more of its other officers, employees or agents,\nsuch powers and duties as the board may deem proper, except any duties\ninconsistent with the duties and functions prescribed by any other\noffice or position any such person may hold.\n * Terminates July 1, 2035 or ... see § 13\n