1621-K - Agreements of the city and the state.

§  1621-k.  Agreements  of  the  city  and  the  state. 1. The city is  authorized to, and the state of New York does hereby pledge to and agree  with the holders of the bonds or notes that neither  the  city  nor  the  state, respectively, will limit or alter the rights hereby vested in the  authority  to  acquire, construct, reconstruct, improve, equip, furnish,  maintain or operate any project or projects, to  establish  and  collect  rentals,  fees  and  other  charges  and  to  fulfill  the  terms of any  agreements made with the holders of the bonds or notes, or  in  any  way  impair  the rights and remedies of the bondholders or noteholders, until  the bonds or notes, together with interest thereon, with interest on any  unpaid installments of interest and all costs and expenses in connection  with any action or proceeding by or on  behalf  of  the  bondholders  or  noteholders, are fully met and discharged.    2.  The  authority is hereby authorized, in its discretion, for and on  behalf of itself and, subject to approval by the common council and  the  mayor  of the city of Middletown, to covenant and agree with the holders  of the bonds or notes, with such exceptions and limitations  as  it  may  deem  in  the  public  interest  and in the interests of the authority's  bondholders and noteholders, that no public  parking  areas  or  spaces,  including the installation and operation of parking meters on the public  streets of the city, except those acquired and operated by the authority  will  be  constructed  or  operated  in  the city by the city (except as  herinafter provided), or by any public benefit or other corporation, the  members of which are elected  or  appointed  by  city  officials,  until  either  (a) the bonds or notes, together with interest thereon, interest  on any unpaid installments of interest and all  costs  and  expenses  in  connection  with  any  action  or  proceeding  by  or  on  behalf of the  bondholders  or  noteholders  are  fully  met  and  discharged;  or  (b)  principal  or interest of any of the bonds or notes shall be overdue and  unpaid for a period of three years or more; provided,  however,  nothing  herein  contained  shall  be  deemed  to impair the right of the city to  continue to operate the presently existing municipal parking  facilities  and any replacements thereof.