1680 - Dormitories at certain educational institutions other than state operated institutions and statutory or contract colleges under the jurisdiction of th
§ 1680. Dormitories at certain educational institutions other than state operated institutions and statutory or contract colleges under the jurisdiction of the state university of New York. 1. For all purposes of this section sixteen hundred eighty, the term "educational institution" shall mean any of the following: Any institution for higher education, other than a state-operated institution or statutory or contract college under the jurisdiction of State University of New York, as defined in section three hundred fifty of the education law, located in this state, and authorized to confer degrees by law or by the board of regents. Any non-profit institution or hospital at which the training of nurses is provided by a program approved by the department of education of the state of New York. New York Academy of Sciences. Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Incorporated. Center for the Arts at Ithaca, Incorporated. Affiliated Colleges and Universities, Inc. Brookdale Hospital Center. Albany Medical Center Hospital. St. Vincent's Hospital and Medical Center of New York. Mount Vernon Hospital. Onondaga County Historical Museum. The department of health of the state of New York. Columbia Memorial Hospital. New York Medical College of New York, Incorporated. Highland Hospital of Rochester, Incorporated. St. Peter's Hospital of the city of Albany. Geneva General Hospital. Optometric Center of New York. Brookhaven Memorial Association, Incorporated, doing business as Brookhaven Memorial Hospital. Calvary Hospital, Inc. A local sponsor as defined by subdivision three of section sixty-three hundred one of the education law, or as defined by subdivision four of section sixty-three hundred one of the education law with respect to a community college region, a community college regional board of trustees, or, with respect to locally sponsored community colleges in the city of New York, the city of New York or the board of education, as the case may be. Beth Israel Medical Center. Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital, Inc. St. Francis Hospital, Poughkeepsie. The Staten Island Hospital. Carthage Area Hospital, Inc. Mount Sinai Hospital. Hospital for Joint Diseases and Medical Center. Beekman-Downtown Hospital. Catholic Medical Center of Brooklyn and Queens, Incorporated. The Clifton Springs Sanitarium Company. Children's Hospital of Buffalo. St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center. General Hospital of Saranac Lake. The Church Charity Foundation of Long Island. Buffalo General Hospital. Crouse-Irving Memorial Hospital, Inc. Samaritan Hospital of Brooklyn. Benedictine Hospital. The Society of the Home for Incurables.The White Plains Hospital Association. Misericordia Hospital Medical Center. The Cornwall Hospital. Memorial Hospital, Albany, New York. The Rochester General Hospital. Our Lady of Victory Hospital of Lackawanna. Mercy Hospital Association. The Hebrew Home for the Aged at Riverdale, Inc. Charles S. Wilson Memorial Hospital. Aurelia Osborn Fox Memorial Hospital Society. Retirement Home of Central New York Conference of the United Methodist Church, Inc. Gananda educational facilities corporation. The Trustees of the Jones Fund for the Support of the Poor. St. Mary's Hospital of Troy. The Roosevelt Hospital. Queens Hospital Center of the borough of Queens, city of New York. A not-for-profit corporation or any political subdivision of the state of New York or the state of New York to provide facilities for the aged. Franklin General Hospital. St. Vincent's Medical Center of Richmond. Long Island Jewish-Hillside Medical Center. Eastman Dental Center. United Hospital. The Brooklyn Educational and Cultural Alliance (B.E.C.A.) when and if incorporated by the Board of Regents of the University of the state of New York. St. Mary's Hospital at Amsterdam. The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations. The Village Nursing Home, Inc. The Elizabeth A. Horton Memorial Hospital. The Community Hospital of Brooklyn, Inc. Putnam Community Hospital. Lawrence Hospital. The New Rochelle Hospital Medical Center. Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn. Maimonides Medical Center. Lutheran Medical Center, Brooklyn. The Faxton Hospital in the city of Utica. Booth Memorial Medical Center, Queens, New York. New York Blood Center, Inc. South Nassau Communities Hospital, in Oceanside, New York. Montefiore Hospital and Medical Center. The Saratoga Hospital. St. Joseph's Hospital, Yonkers, New York. St. Elizabeth's Hospital at Utica. Arden Hill Hospital, Goshen, New York St. Luke's Hospital of Newburgh, New York. Vassar Brothers Hospital The Nyack Hospital, North Midland Avenue, Nyack, New York. Yonkers General Hospital. Nassau Hospital, Mineola, Long Island, New York. Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital. Sheehan Memorial Emergency Hospital, Buffalo. Good Samaritan Hospital, West Islip, New York. The Community Hospital at Glen Cove. Flushing Hospital and Medical Center. Cortland Memorial Hospital.St. John's Riverside Hospital at Yonkers. The Moses Ludington Hospital. Jamaica Hospital of Jamaica, New York Ellis Hospital, Schenectady, New York. Society of New York Hospital. Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services, Inc. Dobbs Ferry Hospital, Dobbs Ferry, New York. New York state teachers' retirement system. The Metropolitan Museum of Art F.I.T. student housing corporation. Community Memorial Hospital, Inc., Hamilton, New York. The College Entrance Examination Board. Museum of American Folk Art. The Human Resources Center. The Museums at Stony Brook. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Associated Universities, Inc. New York Zoological Society The New York Foundling Charitable Corporation. International House, Inc. New York State Association for Retarded Children, Inc., Albany County Chapter. March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation. YM and YWHA of Mid-Westchester of the Associated YM-YWHA's of Greater New York. Association for the Help of Retarded Children, Suffolk Chapter. New York Society for the Deaf. Hillside Children's Center United Way of Tri-State, Inc. New Dimensions in Living, Inc. Associated Residential Centers, Inc. Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Inc. The National Center for the Study of Wilson's Disease, Inc. The Westchester School for Special Children, Westchester County. The Devereux Foundation for the financing, construction and equipping of facilities subject to the approval of the commissioner of education, the commissioner of social services and the commissioner of the office of mental retardation and developmental disabilities for a residential and educational program for children with handicapping conditions, as such term is defined in subdivision one of section forty-four hundred one of the education law, including, but not limited to, those students who were publicly placed at the Rhinebeck Country School during the nineteen hundred eighty-six--eighty-seven school year and in the furtherance of the state's overall goal of reducing the number of children with handicapping conditions requiring out-of-state placements: nothing in the foregoing shall be deemed to authorize The Devereux Foundation to apply any funds or credits obtained pursuant to this section toward the financing, construction or equipping of facilities on any other property or properties it presently owns or controls or owns or controls in the future. New Hope Community, Inc., a not-for-profit corporation, for the financing, construction and development of residences for mentally retarded and developmentally disabled adults on forty acres of land purchased from Leon and Dave Scharf, d.b.a. New Hope Rehabilitation Center, located on State Route 52 in the Town of Fallsburg, to replace existing residential facilities operated by New Hope Rehabilitation Center.For the financing, construction, reconstruction, improvement, renovation of or otherwise provided for United Cerebral Palsy of New York City, Inc., for (1) an intermediate care facility for the developmentally disabled at Avenue S and Lake Street, Brooklyn; (2) a pre-school program service facility at Mason and Seaview Avenues, Staten Island; (3) a children and adult program service facility at Stillwell Avenue, Bronx; (4) a children and adult program service facility at Lawrence Avenue, Brooklyn; (5) a pre-school program service building at Lawrence Avenue, Brooklyn; (6) an adult program service building at Port Richmond Avenue, Staten Island; (7) children's program services building at Lawrence Avenue, Brooklyn; and for the leasehold improvements to Manhattan and adult programs services sites. Special act school districts listed in chapter five hundred sixty-six of the laws of nineteen hundred sixty-seven, as amended. State-supported schools for the instruction of deaf and blind students and children with other handicapping conditions pursuant to article eighty-five of the education law and chapter one thousand sixty of the laws of nineteen hundred seventy-four. The education department of the state of New York, including the New York state school for the blind, the New York state school for the deaf, and schools established by the commissioner of education pursuant to section forty-one hundred one of the education law, for facilities owned, operated by, or provided by the state for the use of, the education department of the state of New York, including, but not limited to, the premises commonly known as the education department building, located at 89 Washington Avenue in the city of Albany, New York, the New York state school for the blind, located at Richmond Avenue in the city of Batavia, New York, the New York state school for the deaf, located at 401 Turin Street in the city of Rome, New York, schools established by the commissioner of education pursuant to the provisions of subdivision one of section four thousand one hundred one of the education law, and the premises commonly known as the cultural education center located in the empire state plaza in the city of Albany, New York, and attendant and related facilities. Vesta Community Housing Development Board, Inc. of Altamont for the financing, construction and equipping of facilities for persons recovering from an addiction to alcohol or a controlled substance. The Utica College Foundation, for the financing, refinancing, reimbursement and development of student dormitory and academic facilities at its Utica campus, including Burrstone House to serve as a dormitory for students residing at the college; provided, however, that the aggregate sum of such issuance of bonds shall not exceed thirty-five million dollars. Gateway Youth and Family Services for the financing, construction and development of new facilities for a diagnostic and evaluation program and a pre-independent living program, and to expand existing facilities in a special education school on real property located on Main Street, Williamsville, county of Erie. Orleans County Chapter-New York State Association for Retarded Children, Inc. for the financing, construction and development, of a preschool facility and necessary ancillary and related facilities in Orleans county to replace the existing preschool facility now operated by the Orleans County Chapter-New York State Association for Retarded Children, Inc. at 151 Platt Street, Albion, N.Y. 14411. New York State Association for Retarded Children, Inc., for the financing, construction and development, of a preschool facility and necessary ancillary and related facilities in Westchester county to replace the existing preschool facilities now operated by the New YorkState Association for Retarded Children, Inc., Westchester County Chapter at 12 Green Street, Mt. Kisco, New York and 50 Washington Avenue, New Rochelle, New York. New York State Association for Retarded Children, Inc.-Livingston-Wyoming County Chapter for the financing, acquisition and rehabilitation, of a preschool facility and necessary ancillary and related facilities in Livingston county to expand existing preschool facilities now operated by the New York State Association for Retarded Children, Inc.-Livingston-Wyoming County Chapter located at 18 Main Street, Mount Morris, N.Y. 14510. New York Association for the Learning Disabled, Capital District Chapter, Inc., renamed Wildwood Programs, Inc., for the acquisition, financing, refinancing, construction, reconstruction, improvement, renovation, development, expansion, furnishing, equipping or otherwise providing for facilities for Wildwood Programs, Inc. AMDA INC./The American Musical and Dramatic Academy, for the financing, refinancing, reimbursement and development of a dormitory for students residing at the academy and an academic facility. Private not-for-profit schools. For the financing, construction, reconstruction, improvement, renovation of or otherwise provide for United Cerebral Palsy of Westchester County, Inc., for (1) a twelve bed intermediate care facility for the developmentally disabled and (2) for expansion of the day program service facility at Rye Brook, New York. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, United Cerebral Palsy of Westchester County, Inc. shall have full power and authority to assign and pledge to the authority any and all public funds to be apportioned or otherwise made payable by the state, a political subdivision, as defined in section one hundred of the general municipal law, or any social services district in the state in an amount sufficient to make all payments required to be made by United Cerebral Palsy of Westchester County, Inc. pursuant to any lease, sublease or other agreement entered into between such organization and the authority. All state and local officers are hereby authorized and required to pay all such funds so assigned and pledged to the authority or upon the direction of the authority, to any trustee of any authority bond or note issued pursuant to a certificate filed with any such state or local officer by the authority pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph. No agreement or lease by United Cerebral Palsy of Westchester County, Inc. shall be effective unless and until it is approved by or on behalf of the commissioners of the various state agencies that have jurisdiction over the project. Hospice, Buffalo, for the financing, construction and development of new and renovated facilities for the care and treatment of terminally ill individuals. The National Sports Academy at Lake Placid, for the financing, refinancing, reimbursement and development of a dormitory for students residing at the academy and an academic facility. Ferncliff Manor as a not-for-profit residential school serving children who are severely mentally disabled and medically involved, who will also on a not-for-profit basis operate an intermediate care facility, for the financing, construction, reconstruction, improvement, renovation and development of five twelve bed dormitories in Westchester County for such children, subject to the approval of the commissioners of education, social services, and mental retardation and developmental disabilities, and subject further to the approval of the director of the budget as to project need and project cost. Except to the extent otherwise prohibited by law, Ferncliff Manor shall have full power and authority to assign and pledge to the authority, together with anypledge of its own assets and other income, any and all public funds to be apportioned or otherwise made payable by the state, a political subdivision, as defined in section one hundred of the general municipal law, or any social services district in the state in an amount sufficient to make all payments required to be made by Ferncliff Manor pursuant to any lease, sublease or other agreement entered into between Ferncliff Manor and the authority. All state and local officers are hereby authorized and required to pay all such funds so assigned and pledged to the authority or upon the direction of the authority, to any trustee of any authority bond or note issued pursuant to a certificate filed with any such state or local officer by the authority pursuant to the provisions of this section. No agreement or lease by Ferncliff Manor shall be effective unless and until it is approved by or on behalf of the commissioners of education, social services, and mental retardation and developmental disabilities, and subject further to the approval of the director of the budget as to project need and project cost. The Leake and Watts Children's Home (Incorporated), Yonkers, New York for the financing, construction, reconstruction, improvement, renovation or otherwise for (1) a new school building for the junior high and high school vocational programs including a field house; (2) a new children's cottage and renovation and reconstruction of eight existing children's cottages to provide more efficient heating and cooling systems, more secure supervision and to increase the number of beds; (3) renovation and reconstruction of the main building to provide new electrical and plumbing systems and internal rehabilitation; and (4) renovation and reconstruction of the old school building for multiple use; subject to the approval of the commissioners of education, social services and mental retardation and developmental disabilities, and subject further to the approval of the director of the budget including as to project need and project cost. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, The Leake and Watts Children's Home (Incorporated) shall have full power and authority to assign and pledge to the authority, together with any other assets so pledged, any and all property rights to, and property interests in, any and all public funds to be apportioned or otherwise made payable by the state, a political subdivision, as defined in section one hundred of the general municipal law, or any social services district in the state in an amount sufficient to make all payments required to be made by The Leake and Watts Children's Home (Incorporated) pursuant to any lease, sublease or other agreement entered into between The Leake and Watts Children's Home (Incorporated) and the authority. All state and local officers are hereby authorized and required to pay all such funds so assigned and pledged to the authority or upon the direction of the authority, to any trustee of any authority bond or note issued pursuant to a certificate filed with any such state or local officer by the authority pursuant to the provisions of this section. No lease, sublease or other agreement by The Leake and Watts Children's Home (Incorporated) shall be effective unless and until it is approved by or on behalf of the commissioners of education, social services and mental retardation and developmental disabilities and subject further to the approval of the director of the budget including as to project need and project cost. Oxford University and the Oxford University Press, Incorporated; or either of them for the financing, acquisition, construction, reconstruction, renovation and rehabilitation of facilities to be located at thirty-fourth street and Madison avenue in the borough of Manhattan, in the city of New York. Berkshire Farm Center and Services for Youth, Canaan, New York for the financing, construction, reconstruction, improvement, renovation,equipping or otherwise providing for a dining facility on the existing campus of Berkshire Farm Center and Services for Youth in Canaan, New York. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, Berkshire Farm Center and Services for Youth shall have full power and authority to assign and pledge to the dormitory authority, any and all public funds to be apportioned or otherwise made payable by the state, a political subdivision, as defined in section one hundred of the general municipal law, or any social services district in the state in an amount sufficient to make all payments required to be made by Berkshire Farm Center and Services for Youth pursuant to any lease, sublease or other agreement entered into between Berkshire Farm Center and Services for Youth and the dormitory authority. All state and local officers are hereby authorized and required to pay all such funds so assigned and pledged to the dormitory authority or upon the direction of the dormitory authority, to any trustee of any dormitory authority bond or note issued pursuant to a certificate filed with any such state or local officer by the dormitory authority pursuant to the provisions of this section. A public library. South Street Seaport Museum, Inc. United Cerebral Palsy Association of the Capital District, Inc., for the financing, construction, reimbursement, and development of residences and program facilities on lands owned by the Center, at locations within Albany county. Phoenix House Foundation, Inc., New York, New York, for the acquisition, financing, refinancing, construction, reconstruction, renovation, development, improvement, expansion and equipping of facilities, excluding general hospitals as defined in article twenty-eight of the public health law, located in the county of New York, or at sites owned, leased or operated by Phoenix House at the following locations: 34-01, 34-11 and 34-25 Vernon Boulevard, Long Island City, New York; 480 East 185th Street and 2329 Bassford Avenue, Bronx, New York; 43-44 and 46-50 Jay Street, Brooklyn, New York; and Shrub Oak, Westchester county, New York; for the provision of drug abuse prevention and treatment, medical, psychiatric and clinic services, excluding those services provided by a general hospital as defined in article twenty-eight of the public health law, remedial education, secondary education, vocational training and recreational facilities for adolescent and adult substance and polysubstance abusers, mentally ill chemical abusers, and their families, and related administrative and support services. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, Phoenix House Foundation, Inc. shall have full power and authority to assign and pledge to the dormitory authority, any and all public funds to be apportioned or otherwise made payable by the state, a political subdivision, as defined in section one hundred of the general municipal law, or any social services district in the state in an amount sufficient to make all payments required to be made by Phoenix House Foundation, Inc. pursuant to any lease, sublease or other agreement entered into between Phoenix House Foundation, Inc. and the dormitory authority. All state and local officers are hereby authorized and required to pay all such funds so assigned and pledged to the dormitory authority or, upon the direction of the dormitory authority, to any trustee of any dormitory authority bond or note issue, pursuant to a certificate filed with any such state or local officer by the dormitory authority pursuant to the provisions of this section. Irish American Heritage Museum.The Crown Heights Jewish Community Council, Inc. a not-for-profit corporation, for the financing, refinancing, acquisition, construction, reconstruction, renovation, rehabilitation of, furnishing, equipping and otherwise providing for buildings to serve as a dormitories for students enrolled in various professional or post-secondary educational institutions. The Rosalind and Joseph Gurwin Jewish Geriatric Center of Long Island, Inc., a not-for-profit corporation, for the financing, refinancing, construction, reconstruction, furnishing, equipping, improvement, renovation or otherwise providing for facilities to serve the aged, disabled and chronically impaired persons. Staten Island Institute of Arts & Sciences. The DePaul Group, Inc. and its affiliates and subsidiaries, for the acquisition, financing, refinancing, construction, reconstruction, renovation, development, improvement, expansion and equipping of certain educational, administrative and residential facilities, to be located in the state of New York. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the DePaul Group, Inc. and its affiliates and subsidiaries shall have full power and authority to assign and pledge to the dormitory authority, any and all public funds to be apportioned or otherwise made payable by the state, a political subdivision, as defined in section one hundred of the general municipal law, or any social services district in the state in an amount sufficient to make all payments required to be made by the DePaul Group, Inc. pursuant to any lease, sublease or other agreement entered into between the DePaul Group, Inc. and the dormitory authority. All state and local officers are hereby authorized and required to pay all such funds so assigned and pledged to the dormitory authority or, upon the direction of the dormitory authority, to any trustee of any dormitory authority bond or note issue, pursuant to a certificate filed with any such state or local officer by the dormitory authority pursuant to the provisions of this section. University Heights Association, Inc. Little Flower Children's Services of New York, Brooklyn, New York for the financing, construction, reconstruction, improvement, renovation, equipping or otherwise providing for four residential facilities for learning disabled children, subject to the approval of the commissioners of education and social services and subject further to the approval of the director of the budget as to project need and project cost. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, Little Flower Children's Services of New York shall have full power and authority to assign and pledge to the authority, any and all public funds to be apportioned or otherwise made payable by the state, a political subdivision, as defined in section one hundred of the general municipal law, or any social services district in the state in an amount sufficient to make all payments required to be made by Little Flower Children's Services of New York pursuant to any lease, sublease or other agreement entered into between Little Flower Children's Services of New York and the authority. All state and local officers are hereby authorized and required to pay all such funds so assigned and pledged to the authority, or upon the direction of the authority, to any trustee of any authority bond or note issued pursuant to a certificate filed with any such state or local officer by the authority pursuant to the provisions of this section. No lease, sublease or other agreement by Little Flower Children's Services of New York shall be effective unless and until it is approved by or on behalf of the commissioners of education and social services and further approved by the director of the budget as to project need and project cost.The Roswell Park Cancer Institute corporation and its subsidiary corporations. The department of audit and control of the state of New York. The New York state and local employees' retirement system. The New York state and local police and fire retirement system. The office of general services of the state of New York. Harlem Dowling-West Side Center for Children and Family Services, a not-for-profit corporation, for the financing, refinancing, construction, reconstruction, furnishing, equipping, improvement, renovation or otherwise providing for facilities to serve and assist children and their families in crisis and distress. Yeshiva Beis Leivy. Roberson Memorial, Inc., doing business as Roberson Museum and Science Center. * Not-for-profit members of the New York State Rehabilitation Association, for the acquisition, financing, refinancing, construction, reconstruction, renovation, development, improvement, expansion and equipping of certain educational, administrative, residential, clinical and day programming facilities to be located in the state of New York. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, not-for-profit members of the New York State Rehabilitation Association with the concurrence of the association shall have full power and authority to assign and pledge to the dormitory authority, any and all public funds to be apportioned or otherwise made payable by the United States, any agency thereof, the state, any agency thereof to the extent permitted by law, a political subdivision, as defined in section one hundred of the general municipal law, any social services district in the state or any other governmental entity in an amount sufficient to make all payments required to be made by such members pursuant to any lease, sublease or other agreement entered into between such members and the dormitory authority. All state and local officers are hereby authorized and required to pay all such funds so assigned and pledged to the dormitory authority or, upon the direction of the dormitory authority, to any trustee of any dormitory authority bond or note issue, pursuant to a certificate filed with any such state or local officer by the dormitory authority pursuant to the provisions of this section. The New York State Rehabilitation Association's responsibilities in relation to any lease, sublease, or other agreement between the dormitory authority and the association's members shall include, but not be limited to, coordinating and facilitating any required financial disclosure and any other matters heretofore or hereafter deemed necessary or appropriate. * NB Repealed December 31, 2013 * NYSARC, Inc. for the acquisition, financing, refinancing, construction, reconstruction, renovation, development, improvement, expansion, and equipping of day programming and residential facilities and necessary ancillary and related facilities throughout the state. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, NYSARC, Inc. shall have full power and authority to assign and pledge to the dormitory authority any and all public funds to be appropriated, apportioned or otherwise made payable by the federal government, any agency thereof, the state of New York, a political subdivision, as defined in section one hundred of the general municipal law, or any social services district in the state of New York in an amount sufficient to make all payments required to be made by such entity pursuant to any necessary or useful agreement entered into between such entity and the dormitory authority. All state and local officers are hereby authorized and required to pay all such funds so assigned and pledged to the dormitory authority or, upon the direction of the dormitory authority, to any trustee of anydormitory bond or note issued pursuant to a certificate filed with any such state or local officer by the dormitory authority pursuant to the provisions of this subdivision. * NB Repealed December 31, 2013 * Educational Housing Services Inc., a not-for-profit corporation, for the acquisition, financing, refinancing, construction, reconstruction, renovation, development, improvement, expansion, and equipping of housing for students and/or faculty at institutions of higher education throughout the state and up to five wholly-owned and controlled corporations or limited liability companies that are not subject to federal income taxation (except with respect to any unrelated business income) as follows: one such corporation or limited liability company for the acquisition, financing, refinancing, construction, reconstruction, renovation, development, improvement, expansion, and equipping of a dormitory for housing for students in connection with the city university of New York; one such corporation or limited liability company for the acquisition, financing, refinancing, construction, reconstruction, renovation, development, improvement, expansion, and equipping of a dormitory located at 401 West 130th Street, New York, New York for housing for students and/or faculty in connection with the city college of New York; one such corporation or limited liability company for the acquisition, financing, refinancing, construction, reconstruction, renovation, development, improvement, expansion, and equipping of a dormitory at 55 John Street, New York, New York for housing for students and/or faculty; one such corporation or limited liability company for the acquisition, financing, refinancing, construction, reconstruction, renovation, development, improvement, expansion, and equipping of a dormitory at 231 East 55th Street, New York, New York for housing for students and/or faculty; and one such corporation or limited liability company for the acquisition, financing, refinancing, construction, reconstruction, renovation, development, improvement, expansion, and equipping of a dormitory at 1760 3rd Avenue, New York, New York for housing for students and/or faculty. * NB Repealed December 31, 2013 * Terence Cardinal Cooke Health Care Center for the financing, refinancing, construction, reconstruction, renovation, development, improvement, expansion, and equipping of facilities to serve aged, disabled, chronically impaired, mentally retarded and developmentally disabled persons. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, Terence Cardinal Cooke Health Care Center shall have full power and authority to assign and pledge to the dormitory authority any and all public funds to be appropriated, apportioned or otherwise made payable by the federal government, any agency thereof, the state of New York, a political subdivision, as defined in section one hundred of the general municipal law, or any social services district in the state of New York in an amount sufficient to make all payments required to be made by such entity pursuant to any necessary or useful agreement entered into between such entity and the dormitory authority. All state and local officers are hereby authorized and required to pay all such funds so assigned and pledged to the dormitory authority or, upon the direction of the dormitory authority, to any trustee of any dormitory bond or note issued pursuant to a certificate filed with any such state or local officer by the dormitory authority pursuant to the provisions of this subdivision. * NB Repealed December 31, 2013 United States Military Academy for the purpose of providing construction related services in connection with the construction,reconstruction, improvement, renovation, development or expansion of facilities owned by the United States Military Academy located at West Point, New York. The Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults, a not-for-profit corporation located in Sands Point, New York, for the acquisition, financing, refinancing, construction, reconstruction, renovation, development, improvement, expansion and equipping of facilities. The Green Chimneys Children's Services, Inc., Brewster, New York for the financing, refinancing, construction, reconstruction, improvement, renovation, equipping or otherwise for new children's cottages. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, The Green Chimneys Children's Services, Inc. shall have full power and authority to assign and pledge to the authority any and all public funds to be apportioned or otherwise made payable by the state, a political subdivision, as defined in section one hundred of the general municipal law, or any social services district in the state in an amount sufficient to make all payments required to be made by The Green Chimneys Children's Services, Inc. pursuant to any lease, sublease or other agreement entered into between The Green Chimneys Children's Services, Inc. and the authority. All state and local officers are hereby authorized and required to pay all such funds so assigned and pledged to the authority or upon the direction of the authority, to any trustee of any authority bond or note issued pursuant to a certificate filed with any such state or local officer by the authority pursuant to the provisions of this section. No agreement or lease by The Green Chimneys Children's Services, Inc. shall be effective unless and until it is approved by or on behalf of the commissioners of the various state agencies that have jurisdiction over the project. The state university construction fund or any other public or private entity in connection with financing, refinancing, acquisition, design, construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, improvement, furnishing and equipping of or otherwise providing for, a pharmaceutical research, development, which may also include a manufacturing facility at the state university of New York college of technology at Farmingdale. The authority shall exercise only those powers or duties set forth in this section as shall be set forth in an agreement by and between the state university construction fund, the authority and any such public or private entity. MSMC realty corporation, a support organization of the Mount Sinai hospital, Mount Sinai school of medicine of the city university of New York and the Mount Sinai medical center, inc. (collectively, "Mount Sinai"), for the purpose of providing facilities and equipment for Mount Sinai. As used in this paragraph and for purposes of chapter five hundred fifty-four of the laws of nineteen hundred ninety-nine, MSMC Realty Corporation shall be deemed to include any other entity created by MSMC Realty Corporation or Mount Sinai for the purpose of entering into an agreement with the dormitory authority pursuant to this paragraph. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, MSMC realty corporation shall have full power and authority to assign and pledge to the dormitory authority any and all public funds to be appropriated, apportioned or otherwise made payable by the federal government, any agency thereof, the state of New York, a political subdivision, as defined in section one hundred of the general municipal law, or any social services district in the state of New York in an amount sufficient to make all payments required to be made by such entitypursuant to any necessary or useful agreement entered into between such entity and the dormitory authority. All state and local officers are hereby authorized and required to pay all such funds so assigned and pledged to the dormitory authority or, upon the direction of the dormitory authority, to any trustee of any dormitory authority bond or note issue pursuant to a certificate filed with any such state or local officer by the dormitory authority pursuant to the provisions of this subdivision. The state university construction fund or any other public or private entity in connection with financing, refinancing, acquisition, design, construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, improvement, furnishing and equipping of or otherwise providing for approved university-related economic development projects authorized by section three hundred seventy-two-a of the education law. The authority shall exercise only those powers or duties set forth in this section as shall be set forth in an agreement by and between the state university construction fund, the authority and any such public or private entity. The Capital District YMCA and related branches, administrative offices and satellite facilities located in New York state including: Albany YMCA, Camp Chingachgook, Guilderland YMCA, Parkside Family YMCA, Schenectady YMCA, Southern Saratoga YMCA, Troy Family YMCA and any successor in interest to any such organization for the financing and/or refinancing of the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, renovation, development, improvement, expansion and/or equipping of a facility or facilities and necessary ancillary and related facilities, provided that the aggregate amount of any bonds issued for such purpose shall not exceed two million dollars ($2,000,000). UCPA of the Capital District, Inc., UCPA of Cayuga County, Inc., United Cerebral Palsy and Handicapped Children's Association of Chemung County, Inc., Finger Lakes United Cerebral Palsy, Inc., United Cerebral Palsy Associations of Fulton and Montgomery Counties, Inc., United Cerebral Palsy Association of the Tri-Counties, Inc., Franziska Racker Centers, Inc., United Cerebral Palsy Association of Nassau County, Inc., United Cerebral Palsy of New York City, Inc., United Cerebral Palsy Association of Niagara County, Inc., Orange County Cerebral Palsy Association, Inc., United Cerebral Palsy of Queens, Inc., United Cerebral Palsy Association of the Rochester Area, Inc., Jawonio, Inc., The Handicapped Children's Association of Southern New York, Inc., United Cerebral Palsy Association of Greater Suffolk, Inc., SDTC - The Center for Discovery, Inc., United Cerebral Palsy and Handicapped Children's Association of Syracuse, Inc., United Cerebral Palsy of Ulster County Inc., United Cerebral Palsy and Handicapped Person's Association of the Utica Area, Inc., United Cerebral Palsy Association of Westchester, Inc. and Unified Creative Programs, Inc., United Cerebral Palsy Association of Western New York, Inc., United Cerebral Palsy Association of Putnam and Southern Dutchess Counties, Inc., United Cerebral Palsy Association of the North Country, Inc., United Cerebral Palsy Associations of New York State, Inc., and any successor in interest to any such organization for the financing and/or refinancing of the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, renovation, development, improvement, expansion and/or equipping of a facility or facilities and necessary ancillary and related facilities throughout the state of New York, including educational, residential, administrative, clinical, and day programming facilities used in the provision of services to individuals with disabilities. The university at Albany foundation, or an associated not-for-profit corporation controlled by the university at Albany foundation which has been formed or is formed within one year of the effective date of thisparagraph, for the purpose of financing or refinancing the acquisition, design, construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, improvement, furnishing and equipping of, or otherwise providing for a facility to serve as an incubator and research facility located at the East Campus of the university at Albany, provided that the amount of any bonds issued for such purpose shall not exceed twelve million dollars ($12,000,000); and Fuller road management corporation, for the purpose of financing or refinancing the design, construction, improvement, furnishing and equipping of incubator and research facilities at the center for environmental sciences and technology management, provided that the amount of any bonds issued for such purpose shall not exceed ten million dollars ($10,000,000), and provided, further, that any such borrowing and such projects shall have been approved by the state university of New York. Baker Hall, Lackawanna, New York for the financing, acquisition, construction, reconstruction, renovation and improvement for facilities in Lackawanna, New York. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, Baker Hall, Lackawanna, New York shall have full power and authority to assign and pledge to the authority any and all public funds to be apportioned or otherwise made payable by the state, a political subdivision, as defined in section one hundred of the general municipal law, or any social services district in the state in an amount sufficient to make all payments required to be made by Baker Hall, Lackawanna, New York pursuant to any lease, sublease or other agreement entered into between Baker Hall, Lackawanna, New York and the authority. All state and local officers are hereby authorized and required to pay all such funds so assigned and pledged to the authority or upon the direction of the authority, to any trustee of any authority bond or note issued pursuant to a certificate filed with any such state or local officer by the authority pursuant to the provisions of this section. No agreement or lease by Baker Hall, Lackawanna, New York shall be effective unless and until it is approved by or on behalf of the commissioners of the various state agencies that have jurisdiction over the project. The Abyssinian Cultural Building Corporation, a New York not-for-profit corporation, with respect to the financing and/or refinancing of the acquisition, design, construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, improvement, furnishing, purchasing and equipping of, or otherwise providing for, an educational facility for the Thurgood Marshall Academy for Learning and Social Change to be leased to the New York city school construction authority or to the board of education of the city school district of the city of New York for school purposes; provided that the aggregate amount of bonds issued by the dormitory authority issued for the Abyssinian Cultural Building Corporation shall not exceed thirty million dollars ($30,000,000). In furtherance of the aforesaid purposes and notwithstanding any other provision of law, the following provisions shall apply: (i) The Abyssinian Cultural Building Corporation shall have full power and authority to assign and pledge to the dormitory authority any and all funds payable to it by the New York city school construction authority or the board of education of the city school district of the city of New York pursuant to any lease entered into by and between the Abyssinian Cultural Building Corporation and the New York city school construction authority or the board of education of the city school district of the city of New York; (ii) The New York city school construction authority or the board of education of the city school district of the city of New York is hereby authorized to pay all lease payments assigned and pledged by theAbyssinian Cultural Building Corporation pursuant to subparagraph (i) of this paragraph to the dormitory authority or, upon direction of the dormitory authority, to any trustee of any bonds issued by the authority; (iii) Any lease by and between the Abyssinian Cultural Building Corporation and the New York city school construction authority or the board of education of the city school district of the city of New York relating to an educational facility for the Thurgood Marshall Academy for Learning and Social Change shall provide that the obligation of the school district to make annual lease payments to the Abyssinian Cultural Building Corporation or to the dormitory authority shall not constitute a debt of the city of New York within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory provision and shall be deemed executory only to the extent of moneys made available to the New York city school construction authority or the board of education of the city school district of the city of New York, and that no liability on account thereof shall be incurred by the New York city school construction authority or the board of education of the city school district of the city of New York beyond the moneys available for the purpose thereof; (iv) Any lease by and between the Abyssinian Cultural Building Corporation and the New York city school construction authority or the board of education of the city school district of the city of New York shall not be deemed to be an installment purchase contract, contract for public work or purchase contract within the meaning of article five-A of the general municipal law or any other law; and (v) No agreement of lease by the Abyssinian Cultural Building Corporation pursuant to this paragraph shall be effective unless, and until, it is approved by the board of education and the chancellor of the city school district of the city of New York. Any school district in the state with respect to the financing or refinancing of all or a portion of school district capital facilities and school district capital equipment for such school districts provided, however, that financing of such projects shall be limited to financing of projects eligible for an apportionment pursuant to subparagraph three of paragraph e of subdivision six of section thirty-six hundred two of the education law. A qualified zone academy located in a city having one hundred twenty-five thousand or more inhabitants for the purpose of issuing qualified zone academy bonds in accordance with section 1397E of the internal revenue code, as the same may be amended. In connection with the issuance of qualified zone academy bonds as aforesaid and notwithstanding any other provision of the law to the contrary, the following provisions shall apply: (1) The dormitory authority and a city acting on behalf of a city school district in a city having one hundred twenty-five thousand or more inhabitants shall each be empowered and authorized to enter into a lease, sublease or other agreement pursuant to which the dormitory authority may finance the rehabilitation or repair of a school facility, the provision of equipment for use at such facility, or any other expenditure in connection with such facility which would be a "qualified purpose" as defined in section 1397E of the internal revenue code, provided that such financing shall be for such projects contained within the city school district's approved application to the state education department for projects pursuant to section 1397E of the internal revenue code and, if applicable, is included in the city school district's five year capital facilities plan pursuant to the applicable provisions of section twenty-five hundred ninety-p and subdivision six of section thirty-six hundred two of the education law. Such lease,sublease or other agreement may provide for annual or other payments to the dormitory authority by or on behalf of the city school district and may contain such other terms and conditions as may be agreed upon by the parties thereto, including, but not limited to, the establishment of reserve funds and indemnities. (2) In a city school district of a city having a population of one hundred twenty-five thousand or more, no lease, sublease or other agreement entered by such city on behalf of the board of education of such city school district pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph shall be effective unless, and until, it is approved by the board of education of such city school district and the mayor of such city. (3) Any such lease, sublease or other agreement entered into pursuant to this paragraph may provide that the provisions thereof shall remain in force and effect until the bonds, notes or other obligations of the dormitory authority are no longer outstanding, together with interest on any unpaid installments of interest and the fees and expenses of the dormitory authority, are fully met and discharged, and any payments to be made by a city on behalf of the city school district to the dormitory authority may be pledged to secure such bonds. (4) (i) In the event of the failure in whole or in part of a city to make payments when due pursuant to any lease, sublease or other agreement entered into pursuant to this paragraph, the dormitory authority shall forthwith make and deliver to the state comptroller, a certificate stating the amount of the payment required to have been made by the city, the amount paid by the city and the amount remaining unpaid by the city. The state comptroller shall, in accordance with the provisions of section ninety-nine-b of the state finance law, pay to the dormitory authority not later than thirty days after the certificate shall have been filed by the dormitory authority with the state comptroller the amount set forth in such certificate as remaining unpaid. (ii) For purposes of section ninety-nine-b of the state finance law and notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, the following shall apply in connection with any certificate filed by the dormitory authority pursuant to this subparagraph: (A) all leases, subleases or other agreements entered into by and between a city pursuant to this subdivision shall be deemed "bonds or notes issued for school district purposes"; (B) the certificate filed by the dormitory authority with the state comptroller as provided herein shall be deemed to be a "verified statement" of "the holder or owner of a bond or note" of the city; (C) the dormitory authority, or the trustee for the holders of any bonds issued by the dormitory authority, shall be deemed to be the "paying agent"; and (D) the amount payable by the state comptroller to the dormitory authority shall include principal, interest and other amounts payable to the dormitory authority under any lease, sublease or other agreement. The NDC housing and economic development corporation and its affiliates for the financing, refinancing, acquisition, design, construction, reconstruction, renovation, rehabilitation, improvement, expansion, furnishing and equipping of, or otherwise providing for one building to be located at 160 East 24th Street, New York, N.Y. to serve as a dormitory for students attending institutions of higher education within the city of New York. School Districts having Eligible School District Projects Political subdivisions financing eligible wireless 911 capital equipment. Natural History Museum of the Adirondacks.Women's Interart Center, Inc. of New York City, for the acquisitions, financing, refinancing, construction, reconstruction, improvement, renovation, development, expansion, furnishing, equipping or otherwise providing for facilities for the Interart Rehearsal Studio and Cultural Center Complex located at 543-551 West 52nd Street in the Clinton Urban Renewal area of Manhattan. The Center for Jewish History, Inc., for the acquisition, financing, refinancing, construction, reconstruction, improvement, renovation, development, expansion, furnishing, equipping or otherwise providing for facilities as a centralized location for preserving and advancing scholarship, art, history, and culture through its archival collection, in a one hundred twenty thousand square foot facility located at 15 West 16th Street in Manhattan. The Kaatsbaan International Dance Center, Inc., for the acquisition, financing, refinancing, construction, reconstruction, renovation, development, improvement, expansion, furnishing and equipping or otherwise providing for a professional creative residence and performance facility on one hundred fifty-three rural acres in Tivoli, New York. Eyebeam Atelier, Inc., for the acquisition, financing, refinancing, construction, reconstruction, improvement, renovation, development, expansion, furnishing, equipping or otherwise providing for facilities devoted to the collaboration of art and technology in New York state and the construction of a new ninety thousand square foot building located in the Chelsea area of New York city. Youth Environmental Services, d/b/a Yes Community Counseling, for the acquisition, financing, refinancing, construction, reconstruction, renovation, development, improvement, expansion, furnishing and equipping or otherwise providing for the purchase of a building for such not-for-profit group located in Massapequa, New York. The New York military academy, an education corporation chartered by the board of regents located in Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York, for the acquisition, financing, refinancing, construction, reconstruction, renovation, development, improvement, expansion and equipping of facilities. Preventive Medicine Institute, doing business as Strang Cancer Prevention Center. Any residential institution for children as defined in subdivision forty-four of section sixteen hundred seventy-six of this title for the financing, refinancing, design, replacement (including acquisition and construction), reconstruction, rehabilitation, improvement, renovation, and equipping of existing residential facilities. The Museum of African American Cinema, Inc., for the acquisition, financing, refinancing, construction, reconstruction, improvement, renovation, development, expansion, furnishing, equipping or otherwise providing for such facilities in Harlem, New York city. 34th Street Cancer Center, Inc., with respect to the financing and/or refinancing of the acquisition, purchasing and equipping of a certain building located at 160 East 34th Street, New York, New York, for use as a cancer center. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the following provisions shall apply: (i) 34th Street Cancer Center, Inc. shall have full power and authority to assign and pledge to the dormitory authority any and all public funds to be appropriated, apportioned, or otherwise made payable by the federal government, any agency thereof, the state of New York, a political subdivision, as defined in section one hundred of the general municipal law, or any social services district in the state of New York in an amount sufficient to make all payments required to be made by suchentity pursuant to any agreement entered into between such entity and the dormitory authority necessary or useful for the purposes set forth in this paragraph. (ii) All state and local officers are hereby authorized and required to pay all such funds so assigned and pledged to the dormitory authority or, upon the direction of the dormitory authority, to any trustee of any dormitory authority bond or note issued pursuant to a certificate filed with any such state or local officer by the dormitory authority pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph. The Beacon Institute, Inc., a domestic not-for-profit corporation formerly known as the Rivers and Estuaries Center on the Hudson, Inc., for the acquisition, financing, refinancing, construction, reconstruction, renovation, development, improvement, expansion, furnishing and equipping or otherwise providing for facilities for conducting a program of research and education that advances the understanding of rivers and estuaries and develops policies and practices that benefit the human and natural communities that depend upon these ecosystems, located at Beacon Harbor and Denning's Point in Beacon, New York, The Upper Hudson Research Center at Troy, located at the waterfront in Troy, New York and the Center for Tributary Study, located at Creek Road in Beacon, New York. The Rochester school construction board for the financing of projects authorized pursuant to the city of Rochester and the board of education of the city school district of the city of Rochester school facilities modernization program act. Albany Convention Center Authority The YMCA of Greater Syracuse and related branches, administrative offices and satellite facilities located in New York state including: Downtown YMCA, East Area YMCA, North Area YMCA, Northwest YMCA, Camp Iroquois and any successor in interest to any such organization for the financing and/or refinancing of the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, development, improvement, expansion and/or equipping of a facility or facilities and necessary ancillary and related facilities. The United States Maritime Resource Center for the purpose of financing, refinancing, construction, reconstruction, renovation, development, expansion and equipping of a facility to serve as a classroom and student residence building in support of professional education and training programs to be located on the campus of the United States Merchant Marine Academy located in Kings Point, New York. Not-for-profit members of the Alliance of Long Island Agencies, Inc., for the acquisition, financing, refinancing, construction, reconstruction, renovation, development, improvement, expansion and equipping of certain educational, administrative, day program and residential facilities to be located in the state of New York. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, not-for-profit members of the Alliance of Long Island Agencies, Inc. shall have full power and authority to assign and pledge to the dormitory authority, any and all public funds to be apportioned or otherwise made payable by the United States, any agency thereof, the state, any agency thereof, a political subdivision, as defined in section one hundred of the general municipal law, any social services district in the state or any other governmental entity in an amount sufficient to make all payments required to be made by such members pursuant to any lease, sublease or other agreement entered into between such members and the dormitory authority. All state and local officers are hereby authorized and required to pay all such funds so assigned and pledged to the dormitory authority or, upon the direction of the dormitory authority, to any trustee of any dormitory authority bond or note issued, pursuant to a certificate filed with anysuch state or local officer by the dormitory authority pursuant to the provisions of this section. Fordham Preparatory School, Inc., for the financing or refinancing, or reimbursement of the costs of the acquisition, design, construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, improvement, furnishing and equipping of, or otherwise providing for construction of additional educational facilities located on Fordham University Rose Hill Campus, the Bronx, New York. The Reece School, for the financing or refinancing, or reimbursement of the costs of, the acquisition, design, construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, improvement, furnishing and equipping of, or otherwise providing for, additi