Assessor Manual, Volume 4, Exemption Administration: RPTL section 412 and Public Authorities Law
Exemption Administration Manual—Part 1: New York State Government
Section 4.02
Table 2: Eligibility Requirements
| Public authority | Ownership requirements | Location requirements | Powers of authority | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Albany Convention Center Authority | Property must be owned by the authority or under its control, possession, or supervision | C/Albany | Design, develop, plan, finance, create, site, contract, renovate, operate, manage, and maintain the Albany Convention facility |
| 2. | NYC Sports Authority | Property must be owned by the authority or under its control, possession, or supervision | New York City | Maintain and operate NYC sports facilities, both public and private, in an efficient and economic manner for sports events, meetings, exhibitions, cultural events, and other events of civic, community, or general public interest |
| 3. | NY Convention Center Operating Corporation | Property must be owned by the authority | New York County in the area with boundaries defined by Chapter 3 of the Laws of 2004 | Construct, operate, and maintain a convention center including the expansion project for conventions, trade exhibitions, and public shows |
| 4. | NYS Industrial Exhibit Authority | Property must be owned by the authority | See Use Requirements | Establish, develop, and perpetuate a state or interstate and international industrial exhibition in connection and cooperation with the annual state fair upon the property originally owned by the NYS Agricultural Society and now owned by the authority |
| 5. | NYS Olympic Regional Development Authority | Property must be owned by the authority | Olympic Region (Essex County) | Maintain and operate the Olympic facilities in and around Lake Placid |
| 6. | Oneida County Sports Facility Authority | Property must be owned by the authority or under its jurisdiction, control, or supervision | C/Utica | Develop, construct, operate, maintain, manage, or contract for the operation, maintenance, or management of Murnane Field |
| 7. | Saratoga Springs City Center Authority | Property must be owned by the authority or under its control, possession, or supervision | C/Saratoga Springs | Construct, operate, and maintain the Saratoga Springs City Center and related facilities |
| 8. | Upper Mohawk Valley Memorial Auditorium Authority | Property must be owned by the authority or under its control, possession, or supervision | C/Utica | Develop, construct, operate, maintain, and manage the Upper Mohawk Valley Memorial Auditorium |
| Public authority | Ownership requirements | Location requirements | Powers of authority | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Auburn Industrial Development Authority | Property must be owned by the authority or under its control, possession, or supervision | None | Acquire, construct, reconstruct, improve, maintain, and equip industrial, warehousing, research, and commercial facilities, including industrial pollution control and civic facilities |
| 2. | Central New York Regional Market Authority | Property must be owned by the authority | Cayuga, Cortland, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga, and Oswego Counties; Wayne Co. east of new pre-emption line (see Genesee Valley Market Auth., Location Requirements below) | Construct, maintain, and improve regional market facilities for the buying and selling of agricultural products; provide services incidental thereto |
| 3. | Genesee Valley Regional Market Authority | Property must be owned by the authority or under its control, possession, or supervision | Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Orleans, Steuben, Wyoming, and Yates Counties; Wayne Co. Towns of Arcadia, Lyons, Macedon, Marion, Ontario, Palmyra, Sodus, Walworth, and Williamson (towns other than these are located west of the new pre-emption line) | Acquire, construct, reconstruct, equip, improve, operate and maintain adequate regional market facilities within the district for the buting and selling of agricultural products; provide services incidental thereto; to assist in the establishment and development of agriculture and agriculturally related businesses in the district |
| 4. | Long Island Market Authority | Property must be owned by the authority or under its jurisdiction, control or supervision | None | Acquire, construct, lease, expand, improve, maintain, equip, furnish, and operate regional market facilities for the buying and selling of perishable agricultural commodities and commercial fishing products |
| 5. | NYS Job Development Authority | Property must be owned by the authority | None | Acquire property for (1) construction of new industrial or manufacturing plants, (2) construction of new buildings for research and development, or (3) rehabilitation and improvement of former industrial or manufacturing plants |
| 6. | Troy Industrial Development Authority | Property must be owned by the authority or under its control, possession, or supervision | C/Troy | Acquire, construct, reconstruct, improve, maintain, and equip industrial, manufacturing, warehousing, research, and commercial facilities, including industrial pollution control and civic facilities |
| Public authority | Ownership requirements | Location requirements | Powers of authority | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Albany County Airport Authority | Property must be owned by the authority or under its jurisdiction, control, or supervision | None | Acquire, construct, reconstruct, lease, expand, improve, maintain, equip, furnish, and operate one or more aviation or pollution control facilities |
| 2. | Capital District Transportation Authority | Property must be (1) owned or leased by the authority and used for transportation purposes or (2) leased for the benefit of the authority exclusively pursuant to joint service, joint facilities, or trackage rights agreements | Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga, and Schenectady Counties, and, if the governing bodies elect, Columbia, Fulton, Greene, and Montgomery Counties, or any county in the Upper Hudson Planning and Development Region, as determined by NYS | Continue, further develop, and improve transportation and other related services within the district, including but not limited to transportation by railroad, omnibus, marine, and air |
| 3. | Central New York Regional Transportation Authority | Property must be (1) owned or leased by the authority and used for transportation purposes or (2) leased for the benefit of the authority exclusively pursuant to joint service, joint facilities, or trackage rights agreements | Onondaga County and, if the governing bodies elect, Cayuga, Cortland, Jefferson, Madison, Oneida, and Oswego Counties | Continue, further develop, and improve transportation and other related services within the district, including but not limited to transportation by railroad, omnibus, marine, and air |
| 4. | Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, Allegany, and Steuben Southern Tier Extension Railroad | Property must be (1) owned or leased by the authority and used for transportation purposes or (2) leased for the benefit of the authority exclusively pursuant to joint service, joint facilities, or trackage rights agreements | Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, Allegany, and Steuben Counties | Continue to further develop and improve railroad transportation and related services within Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, Allegany, and Steuben Counties |
| 5. | Harrison Parking Authority | Property must be owned by the authority or under its jurisdiction, control, or supervision | V/Harrison | Construct, operate, and maintain one or more parking projects |
| 6. | Metropolitan Transportation Authority | Property must be (1) owned by the authority, (2) leased by the authority and used for transportation purposes, or (3) leased for the benefit of the authority exclusively pursuant to joint service, joint facilities, or trackage rights agreements | Within NYC or the Counties of Dutchess, Nassau, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Suffolk, or Westchester | Continue, further develop, and improve commuter transportation and other related services within the district, including but not limited to transportation by railroad, omnibus, marine, and air |
| 7. | Middletown Parking Authority | Property must be owned by the authority or under its jurisdiction, control, or supervision | C/Middletown | Construct, operate, or maintain one or more parking projects |
| 8. | Monroe County Airport Authority | Property must be owned by the authority or under its jurisdiction, control, or supervision | None | Construct, improve, maintain, and operate aviation and related facilities and services |
| 9. | NYC Transit Authority | Property must be owned by the authority | Within NYC | Construct, maintain, improve, and operate transit facilities |
| 10. | NYC Transit Construction Authority | Property must be owned by the authority | None | Provide transit facilities to the NYC Transit Authority through agreements with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, including construction, planning, design, rehabilitation, and extension of such facilities |
| 11. | Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority | Property must be (1) owned by the authority, (2) leased by the authority and used for transportation purposes, or (3) leased for the benefit of the authority exclusively pursuant to joint service, joint facilities, or trackage rights agreements | Erie and Niagara Counties | Continue, further develop, and improve transportation and other related services within the district, including but not limited to transportation by railroad, omnibus, marine, and air |
| 12. | Nyack Parking Authority | Property must be owned by the authority or under its jurisdiction, control, or supervision | V/Nyack | Construct, improve, maintain, or operate one or more parking projects |
| 13. | Ogdensburg Bridge and Port Authority | Property must be owned by the authority or under its control, possession, or supervision | See Use Requirements | 1. Construct, operate, and maintain the Ogdensburg Bridge
2. Establish, operate, and maintain a public bus transportation system between C/Prescott, Province of Ontario, and C/Ogdensburg 3. Construct, operate, and maintain port facilities in the Ogdensburg and Waddington Port Districts, which include all or part of the City of Ogdensburg, the Towns of Canton, DeKalb, Lisbon, Louisville, Madrid, Norfolk, Oswegatchie, Potsdam, and Waddington, and the Villages of Norwood and Waddington (Pub Auth L §1377) 4. Rehabilitate the "Garden Cottage" building and operate it as a port facilities building 5, Operate the Ogdensburg Municipal Airport 6. Operate a foreign trade zone in St. Lawrence County 7. Develop and industrial park 8. Construct, renovate, operate, and maintain railroad lines |
| 14. | Oswego Port Authority | Property must be owned by the authority or under its control, possession, or supervision | C/Oswego and T/Scriba including all lands under and in the Oswego River and Lake Ontario within their boundaries that are subject to the control of the United States or New York State | 1. Survey, develop, and operate the port facilities and industrial projects
2. Operate a foreign trade zone in C/Oswego |
| 15. | Rochester-Genesee Regional Transportation Authority | Property must be (1) owned or leased by the authority and used for transportation purposes or (2) leased for the benefit of the authority exclusively pursuant to joint service, joint facilities, or trackage rights agreements | Monroe County and, if the governing bodies elect, Genesee, Livingston, Ontario, Orleans, Seneca, Wayne, Yates Counties and any county contiguous to this region. | Continue, further develop, and improve transportation and other related services within the district, including but not limited to transportation by railroad, omnibus, marine, and air |
| 16. | Schenectady Parking Authority | Property must be owned by the authority or under its jurisdiction, control, or supervision | C/Schenectady | Construct, operate, and maintain one or more parking projects |
| 17. | Syracuse Regional Airport Authority | Property must be owned by the authority or under its jurisdiction, control, or supervision | None | Acquire, construct, reconstruct, lease, expand, improve, maintain, equip, furnish, and operate one or more projects |
| 18. | Thousand Islands Bridge Authority | Property must be owned by the authority or under its jurisdiction, control, or supervision | See Use Requirements | 1. Construct, maintain, and operate the following bridges and their approaches and improvements: (a) Collins Landing (T/Orleans, Jefferson Co.) to Wellesley or Wells Island, (b) Ivy Lea (Leeds Co., Ontario, Canada) to Hill Island, and (c) Wellesley or Wells Island to Hill Island
2. St. Lawrence River and/or Lake Ontario port projects 3. One or more performing arts centers and/or convention centers |
| 19. | Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority |
Property must be owned by the authority or under its control, possession, or supervision | 1. Vicinity of Penn Station in New York City
2. New York County in the area bounded by: 3. New York City |
1. Improve land for the benefit of the Long Island Rail Road for a lay-up yard and other railroad purposes (and subsequently transfer the property to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, parent corporation of the railroad)
2. Railroad or other corporate purposes 3. At the request of the NYC Transit Authority or the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, acquire, construct, improve, or rehabilitate transit or transportation property, other than marine or aviation (and subsequently transfer the property to the requesting authority or its designated subsidiary) |
| Public authority | Ownership requirements | Location requirements | Powers of authority | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Albany Municipal Water Finance Authority | Property must be owned by the authority | None | Develop and maintain the City of Albany's water and sewer systems |
| 2. | Albany Water Board | Property must be owned by the board | None | Develop and maintain the City of Albany's water and sewer systems |
| 3. | Alfred, Almond, Hornellsville Sewer Authority | Property must be owned by the authority | None | Construct, improve or rehabilitate sewage disposal facilities and appurtenances required for the maintenance development or expansion of the sewage disposal system within the bounds of the authority |
| 4. | Buffalo Municipal Water Finance Authority | Property must be owned by the authority | None | Acquire, construct, improve, or rehabilitate the City of Buffalo's water supply and distribution system |
| 5. | Buffalo Water Board | Property must be owned by the board | None | Acquire, construct, improve, or rehabilitate the City of Buffalo's water supply and distribution system |
| 6. | Cayuga County Water and Sewer Authority |
Property must be owned by the authority | None | Construct, improve, maintain, develop, expand or rehabilitate water or sewage facilities |
| 7. | Clifton Park Water Authority |
Property must be owned by the authority or under its jurisdiction, control, or supervision | None | Construct, improve, maintain, and operate sewerage and water facilities |
| 8. | Dutchess County Resource Recovery Authority |
Property must be owned by the authority or under its control, possession, or supervision | None | Plan, develop, construct, operate, and maintain solid waste
management-resource recovery facilities and associated structures |
| 9. | Dutchess County Water and Wastewater Authority | Property must be owned by the authority or under its jurisdiction, control, or supervision | None | Develop, construct, or maintain water supply and sewer facilities |
| 10. | Eastern Rensselaer County Solid Waste Management Authority | Property must be owned by the authority or under its jurisdiction, control, or supervision | Within the boundaries of towns participating in the authority (any of the following: Towns of Berlin, Stephentown, Petersburg, Grafton, Hoosick, Pittstown, Poestenkill, Schaghticoke, Sand Lake, Nassau, Schodack, Brunswick and Villages of Schaghticoke, Castleton-on-Hudson, Nassau, Valley Falls, Hoosick) | Construct, improve, maintain, and operate one or more solid waste management-resource recovery facilities |
| 11. | Erie County Water Authority | Property must be owned by the authority or under its control, possession, or supervision | See Use Requirements | 1. Within Erie Co. - acquire, construct, maintain, and operate a water supply and distribution system, including reservoirs, lines, pumping stations, and related equipment and services
2. Outside Erie Co. - acquire, and/or construct, and maintain a water supply system, including sources of supply |
| 12. | Franklin County Solid Waste Management Authority | Property must be owned by the authority or under its jurisdiction, control, or supervision | None | Construct, improve, maintain, and operate one or more solid waste management facilities |
| 13. | Great Neck North Water Authority | Property must be owned by the authority | Water Authority of Great Neck North District, which includes that portion of Union Free School District #7, great Neck (T/North Hempstead, Nassau Co.) that lies north of the Manhasset-Lakeville Water District
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1. Acquire, construct, maintain, operate a water supply and distribution system, including reservoirs, lines, pumping stations, and related equipment and services
2. Acquire and maintain a water supply system |
| 14. | Islip Resource Recovery Agency | Property must be owned by the authority or under its control, possession, or supervision | None | Plan, develop, construct, operate, and maintain solid waste management-resource recovery facilitate and associated structures |
| 15. | Livingston County Water and Sewer Authority | Property must be owned by the authority | None | Construct, improve, maintain, develop, expand or rehabilitate water and sewage facilities |
| 16. | Monroe County Water Authority | Property must be owned by the authority or under its control, possession, or supervision | Monroe and Genesee Counties; Towns of Victor, east Bloomfield, Canadice, West Bloomfield, Villages of Victor, Bloomfield (Ontario County); Towns of Clarendon, Kendall, Village of Holley (Orleans County) | Acquire, construct, maintain, operate a water supply and distribution system, including sources of supply, lines, pumping stations, and related equipment and services |
| 17. | Montgomery, Otsego, Schoharie Solid Waste Management Authority | Property must be owned by the authority or under its jurisdiction, control, or supervision | Montgomery, Otsego, and Schoharie Counties | Develop, construct, maintain, and operate solid waste management-resource recovery facilities |
| 18. | Nassau County Sewer and Storm Water Finance Authority | Property must be owned by the authority or under its jurisdiction, control, or supervision | None | Finance the acquisition, design, construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, improvement, or to otherwise provide, finish, and equip sewerage or storm water resource facilities for Nassau County. |
| 19. | Niagara Falls Public Water Authority | Property must be owned by the authority or under its control, possession, or supervision | None | Construct, improve, maintain, develop, expand, repair, replace or rehabilitate any and all system facilities |
| 20. | Niagara Falls Water Board | Property must be owned by the authority or under its control, possession, or supervision | None | Construct, improve, maintain, develop, expand, repair, replace or rehabilitate any and all system facilities |
| 21. | NYC Municipal Water Finance Authority | Property must be owned by the authority | None | Assist in the financing of New York City's water supply and sewer system |
| 22. | NYC Water Board | Property must be owned by the board | None | Acquire facilities for New York City's water supply and sewer systems |
| 23. | NYS Environmental Facilities Corporation | Property must be owned by the authority | None | Construct, maintain, and operate sewage treatment works, water management facilities, sewage collection systems, air pollution control facilities, storm water collecting systems, and solid or hazardous waste disposal facilities |
| 24. | North Country Development Authority | Property must be owned by the authority | Jefferson, Lewis, and St. Lawrence Counties | Plan, develop, construct, operate, and maintain sewer facilities, solid waste management-resource recovery facilities and water supply and distribution systems |
| 25. | North Hempstead Solid Waste Management Authority | Property must be owned by the authority or under its control, possession, or supervision | None | Plan, develop, construct, operate, and maintain solid waste management-resource recovery facilities and associated structures |
| 26. | Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Management Authority | Property must be owned by the authority or under its jurisdiction, control, or supervision | None | Construct, improve, maintain, and operate one or more solid waste management-resource recovery facilities |
| 27. | Onondaga County Resource Recovery Agency | Property must be owned by the authority or under its control, possession, or supervision | None | Plan, develop, construct, operate, and maintain solid waste management-resource recovery facilities and associated structures |
| 28. | Onondaga County Water Authority | Property must be owned by the authority or under its control, possession, or supervision | Onondaga County; Town of Sterling in Cayuga County; Towns of Lenox, Lincoln, and Sullivan in Madison County; Towns of Annsville, Verona, and Vienna in Oneida County; Towns of Constantia, Hannibal, Hastings, Oswego, Schroeppel, Volney, and West Monroe in Oswego County | Acquire, construct, maintain, operate a water supply and distribution system, including sources of supply, lines, pumping stations, and related equipment and services |
| 29. | Orange County Water Authority | Property must be owned by the authority | Orange County, except within the U.S. Military Reservation at West Point | Construct, improve, rehabilitate, or maintain water facilities |
| 30. | Rensselaer County Water and Sewer Authorities | Property must be owned by the authority or under its jurisdiction, control, or supervision | None | Construct, improve, rehabilitate, or maintain water facilities |
| 31. | Rockland County Solid Waste Management Authority | Property must be owned by the authority or under its jurisdiction, control, or supervision | None | Plan, develop, construct, reconstruct, extent, operate, and maintain solid waste management facilities |
| 32. | Saratoga County Water Authority | Property must be owned by the authority | None | Construct, improve, maintain, develop, expand, or rehabilitate water facilities |
| 33. | Southeastern Nassau County Water Authority | Property must be owned by the authority | That portion of Nassau County serviced by the New York Water Service Corporation as of January 1, 1991 | Construct, improve, maintain, and operate one or more water supply facilities |
| 34. | Suffolk County Water Authority | Property must be owned by the authority or under its control, possession, or supervision | Suffolk County | Acquire, construct, maintain, operate a water supply and distribution system, including sources of supply, lines, pumping stations, and related equipment and services |
| 35. | Ulster County Resource Recovery Agency | Property must be owned by the authority or under its jurisdiction, control, or supervision | Ulster County | Develop, construct, maintain, and operate solid waste management-resource recovery facilities |
| 36. | Upper Mohawk Valley Regional Water Board | Property must be owned by the authority or under its jurisdiction, control, or supervision | City of Utica or town or village in the Water Board's service area defined as the entirety of each municipality receiving water from the City of Utica or its Board of Water Supply at the time the Upper Mohawk Valley Regional Water Board and Water Finance Authority were created, subject to future expansion/contraction by state law | Construct, improve, maintain, develop, expand, or rehabilitate water facilities |
| 37. | Upper Mohawk Valley Regional Water Finance Authority | Property must be owned by the authority or under its jurisdiction, control, or supervision | City of Utica or town or village in the authority's service area (see #36 above for definition or service area) | Construct, improve, maintain, develop, expand, or rehabilitate water facilities |
| 38. | Wayne County Water and Sewer Authority | Property must be owned by the authority | Wayne County | Construct, improve, rehabilitate, or maintain water and sewer facilities |
| 39. | Western Finger Lakes Solid Waste Management Authority | Property must be owned by the authority or under its jurisdiction, control, or supervision | None | Acquire, construct, improve, maintain, and operate solid waste management-resource recovery facilities |
| 40. | Western Nassau County Water Authority | Property must be owned by the authority | None | Construct, improve, maintain, and operate one or more water supply facilities |
| 41. | Wilton Water and Sewer Authority | Property must be owned by the authority or under its jurisdiction, control, or supervision | None | Construct, improve, maintain, and operate one or more water supply or sewer facilities |
| Public authority | Ownership requirements | Location requirements | Powers of authority | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Battery Park City Authority | Property must be owned by the authority or under its control, possession, or supervision | Lower west side of New York County to the north of Battery Park and adjacent to the Hudson River | Redevelop and reconstruct said area (see Location Requirements) |
| 2. | Bethpage Park Authority | Property must be owned by the authority | Nassau County - T/Oyster Bay
Suffolk County - T/Babylon T/Huntington |
Maintain and operate a public park or a public recreation center |
| 3. | Buffalo Fiscal Stability Authority | Property must be under its jurisdiction, control, or supervision, however authority is expressly prohibited from leasing, acquiring, or otherwise exercising control over real property other than leased or subleased office space deemed necessary or desirable for the authority. | None | 1. Supervise the fiscal affairs of the City of Buffalo and impose requirements on the city with respect to its budgetary operations and fiscal management.
2. Issue bonds backed by the city sales tax revenue and state aid. |
| 4. | Clifton-Fine Health Care Corporation | Property must be owned by the authority or under its jurisdiction, control or supervision | None | Acquire, construct, lease, expand, improve, maintain, equip, furnish, and operate one or more health care facility projects |
| 5. | Erie County Medical Center Corporation | Property must be owned by the authority or under its jurisdiction, control, or supervision | None | Operate, manage, superintend, and control any health facility under its jurisdiction and to repair, maintain, and otherwise keep up any such health facility. |
| 6. | Green Island Power Authority | Property must be owned by the authority or under its jurisdiction, control, or supervision | None | Acquire, construct, improve, maintain, and operate facilities for the transmission or distribution of light, heat, power, or any connected service |
| 7. | Hudson-Mohawk Urban Cultural Park Commission |
Property must be owned by the authority or under its jurisdiction, control, or supervision | Cities of Cohoes, Troy, and Watervliet; Town of Waterford; Villages of Green Island and Waterford | Construct, improve, or maintain one or more park facilities |
| 8. | Long Island Power Authority | Property must be owned by the authority or under its control | Nassau and Suffolk Counties and that portion of Queens County constituting the franchise area of Long Island Lighting Company | Acquire, construct, improve, rehabilitate, maintain, and operate generating, transmission, and related facilities for the supply of gas and electric power |
| 9. | Nassau Health Care Corporation | Property must be owned by the authority or under its jurisdiction, control or supervision | None | Acquire, construct, lease, expand, improve, maintain, equip, furnish, and operate one or more health-related projects |
| 10. | North County Power Authority | Property must be owned by the authority or under its control | Portions of Franklin and St. Lawrence counties exclusive of areas several by another existing non-profit municipal electric utility (see Pub Auth L §1021-c) | Develop, acquire, construct, reconstruct, rehabilitate and improve facilities for the distribution of electric power or any connected service |
| 11. | NY Local Government Assistance Corporation | Property must be owned by the authority | None | Provide financial assistance to local governments |
| 12. | NYC Municipal Assistance Corporation | Property must be owned by the authority | None | Financially assist New York City in providing essential services to its inhabitants while meeting its obligation to the holders of its outstanding service |
| 13. | NYC School Construction Authority | Property must be owned by the authority or subject to any rights of the authority | New York City | Construct, improve, and maintain educational facilities |
| 14. | NYC Stabilization Reserve Corporation | Property must be owned by the authority | New York City | Financially assist New York City in providing essential services to its general population |
| 15. | NYS Dormitory Authority | Property must be owned by the authority or under its control, possession, or supervision | None | 1. Construct, rehabilitate, and improve dormitories and other buildings for state-operated institutions and statutory and contract colleges under the jurisdiction of the State University of New York, other higher education institutions, hospitals, and certain other institutions
2. Construct, rehabilitate, and improve judicial facilities |
| 16. | NYS Energy Research and Development Authority | Property must be owned by the authority |
Saratoga Research and Development Center |
1. Establish, acquire, operate, develop, and/or manage facilities for the research, development, and demonstration of new energy technologies; participate in constructing facilities used to supply electricity or gas; participate in constructing and operating power generating facilities for water desalination or distribution
2. Assist in acquiring, constructing, and maintaining industrial manufacturing, warehousing, commercial, research, and industrial pollution control facilities |
| 17. | NYS Mortgage Agency | Property must be owned by the authority | None | Prevent shortages of funds for residential mortgages |
| 18. | NYS Municipal Bond Bank Agency | Property must be owned by the authority | None | Foster and promote the provision of capital markets and facilities for the borrowing of money by NYS municipalities for the financing of public improvements and other public purposes |
| 19. | NYS Power Authority | Property must be owned by the authority | None | 1. Improve and develop the Niagara River and the international rapids area of the St. Lawrence River for the benefit of commerce and navigation and the development of hydro-electric power; operate Niagara/St. Lawrence hydroelectric projects
2. Construct, improve, rehabilitate, and operate (a) hydro-electric or energy storage projects and (b) base-load nuclear generating facilities or other facilities (1) to support Niagara/St. Lawrence River projects, (2) to supply power and energy to high-load factor manufacturers that will expand existing facilities or build new facilities, and (3) to supply the future needs of the authority's existing municipal electric and rural electric cooperative customers 3. Construct and/or acquire, complete, and operate base-load generating, transmission, and related facilities to supply power to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the NYC Transit Authority, the Port Authority of NY & NJ New York City, New York State, the United States, the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority, other public corporations, and electric corporations within New York City |
| 20. | NYS Science and Technology Foundation | Property must be owned by the authority | None | Encourage and promote scientific and technological education, basic and applied research and development, and the development and fabrication of new commercial products |
| 21. | Roswell Park Cancer Institute Corporation | Property must be owned by the authority or under its jurisdiction, control or supervision | None | 1. Contract with the state to operate, manage, superintend, and control the Roswell Park Cancer Institute
2. Provide health and medical services for the public directly or through agreements with others 3. Provide and maintain training programs for health professionals 4. Sponsor and conduct research, educational, and training programs 5. Participate in managed-care networks, fee-for-service, and other arrangements for the provision of health care services 6. Affiliate with a medical college or colleges |
| 22. | Schenectady Metroplex Development Authority | Property must be owned by the authority or under its control, possession, or supervision | Schenectady County within designated corridors along State routes 5 and 7, with certain exclusions, plus within designated zones in the City of Schenectady | Design, develop, finance, construct, operate, manage, and maintain all Metroplex facilities and Metroplex parks within the designated service district |
| 23. | Suffolk County Judicial Facilities Agency | Property must be owned by the authority or under its jurisdiction, control or supervision | None | 1. Develop, construct, maintain, rehabilitate, or relocate the John P. Cohalen Court Complex currently in the Town of Islip (Suffolk County)
2. Operate, manage, and contract for the operation and management of agency properties |
| 24. | Troy Municipal Assistance Corporation | Property must be owned by the corporation | None | Financially assist the city of Troy in providing essential services to its inhabitants while meeting its obligations to holders of outstanding securities |
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