§ 69 — Acquisition of property

* § 69. Acquisition of property. 1. When an authority has determined\nthat unsanitary or substandard housing conditions exist in a section or\nsections of the municipality, it may secure options on real property in\nsuch areas or elsewhere. No authority may purchase or condemn or\nobligate itself to purchase or condemn real property except in\nconnection with a project approved, if a federal project, by the federal\ngovernment, or if a non-federal project, by the mayor, and in case of\ncounties, by the county executive, and by the comptroller of the\nmunicipality. But an authority may purchase or obligate itself to\npurchase specific real property for proposed projects prior to such\napproval if such purchase is consented to in writing by the federal\ngovernment in the case of a proposed federal project, or by the mayor or\ncounty executive and the comptroller in the case of a proposed\nnon-federal project. An authority may, with the approval of the federal\ngovernment, lease or acquire by purchase, eminent domain or otherwise,\nany property, real or personal, which it may deem necessary for any\nproject or housing plan or undertaking of the federal government, and\nmay, upon such terms and conditions as it may deem advisable, with or\nwithout consideration, lease, transfer, assign, convey, or deliver such\nproperty or possession thereof to such government.\n 2. In connection with projects located within their respective\nterritorial boundaries, a municipality or government may, upon such\nterms, with or without consideration, as it may deem advisable, grant,\nsell, convey or lease any of its property to an authority or to a\ngovernment, or render services or provide and maintain parks, sewage, or\nother facilities adjacent to or in connection with a project. A\nmunicipality may enter into an agreement with an authority or a\ngovernment, upon such terms as it shall determine, with or without\ncompensation, to open, pave, install, close or change the grade of\nstreets, roads, roadways, alleys, sidewalks, or other places, to change\nthe municipal map, to plan, replan, zone of rezone any section of the\nmunicipality. In connection with the exercise of this power a\nmunicipality may, if it deems advisable, incur the entire expense of any\nsuch public improvements located within its territorial boundaries\nwithout assessment against abutting property owners. Any statute,\ncharter, local law or ordinance to the contrary notwithstanding, any\ngrant, sale, conveyance or lease may be made by a municipality or\ngovernment to an authority or government, in connection with a project,\nwithout appraisal, public notice, advertisement or public bidding.\n * NB The text of Article 5 of the former State Housing Law (cited\nherein as the "Municipal Housing Authorities Law"), as such article\nexisted immediately prior to its repeal pursuant to section 227 of\nChapter 808 of the Laws of 1939, is provided here for ease of reference\nand historical purposes as such text continues to be applicable for the\nNew York City Housing Authority pursuant to the provisions of section\n401 of the current Public Housing Law.\n