N.Y. GMU Law § 639

§ 639. City of Buffalo urban renewal agency. An urban renewal agency,\nto be known as the city of Buffalo urban renewal agency, is hereby\nestablished for the accomplishment of any or all of the purposes\nspecified in articles fifteen and fifteen-A of this chapter and in\naccordance with article eighteen of the constitution of the state of New\nYork. It shall constitute a body corporate and politic, and be perpetual\nin duration and it shall be composed of the mayor of the city of Buffalo\nand eight other members, of whom one shall be the president of the\ncommon council of the city of Buffalo, one shall be the chairman of the\nurban renewal committee of the common council of the city of Buffalo,\none shall be the minority leader of the common council of the city of\nBuffalo, one shall be the corporation counsel of the city of Buffalo,\none shall be the commissioner of urban renewal of the city of Buffalo,\none shall be the commissioner of administration and finance of the city\nof Buffalo and the remaining two shall be residents of the city of\nBuffalo appointed by the mayor, whose terms of office shall expire with\nthat of the mayor. In the event there be no minority leader of the\ncommon council of the city of Buffalo, such vacancy on the city of\nBuffalo urban renewal agency shall be filled by appointment of the\ncommon council. It shall have the powers and duties now or hereafter\nconferred by article fifteen-A of this chapter upon municipal renewal\nagencies. It shall be organized in the manner prescribed by and be\nsubject to the provisions of article fifteen-A of this chapter and the\nagency, its members, officers and employees and its operations and\nactivities shall in all respects be governed by the provisions of such\narticle.\n