§ 2799-eeee. Rules and regulations; approval of development plan amendments; applicability of local laws. 1. The corporation shall promulgate such rules and regulations as it shall deem appropriate to provide an opportunity for residents of Roosevelt Island to comment upon any major amendment of the development plan for Roosevelt Island referred to in the lease at a public hearing held prior to its adoption by the corporation.

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Terms Used In N.Y. Public Authorities Law 2799-EEEE

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • City: shall mean the city of New York;

    2. See N.Y. Public Authorities Law 2799-BBBB
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Corporation: shall mean the Roosevelt Island operating corporation created by this section;

    4. See N.Y. Public Authorities Law 2799-BBBB
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Lease: shall mean the lease, dated December twenty-third, nineteen hundred sixty-nine, as heretofore or hereafter amended, among the city of New York, the New York state urban development corporation and the Roosevelt Island development corporation, pursuant to which the city leased substantially all of Roosevelt Island to the New York state urban development corporation for development substantially in accordance with the development plan referred to therein;

    7. See N.Y. Public Authorities Law 2799-BBBB
  • Roosevelt Island: shall mean the island located in the east river, city and county of New York, extending from approximately fiftieth street to eighty-sixth street in Manhattan;

    8. See N.Y. Public Authorities Law 2799-BBBB

2. Any amendment of the development plan for Roosevelt Island referred to in the lease shall be subject to the review and approval of the director of the budget, and the corporation shall not enter into any agreement for the design or construction of any improvement provided for in any such amendment prior to such approval.

3. The requirements of all local laws, ordinances, codes, charters or regulations shall be applicable to the construction, alteration or improvement of any building or structure on Roosevelt Island, provided that the corporation may, in lieu of such compliance, determine that the requirements of the New York state uniform fire prevention and building code, formulated by the state fire prevention and building code council pursuant to Article 18 of the executive law, shall be applicable to such work. In the event of such compliance with the New York state uniform fire prevention and building code, the city shall have no power to modify any drawings, plans or specifications for such work or for the plumbing, heating, lighting or other mechanical branches thereof, or to require that any person, firm or corporation employed on any such work perform the same except as provided by such plans and specifications or obtain any additional authority, approval, permit or certificate from the city in connection therewith.