N.Y. PBA Law § 1475-C

§ 1475-c. Syracuse parking authority. 1. A board to be known as "city\nof Syracuse parking authority" is hereby created. Such board shall be a\nbody corporate, constituting a public benefit corporation, and its\nexistence shall commence upon the appointment of the members as provided\nin this section. It shall consist of a chair and four other members, who\nshall be appointed by the mayor of the city. Of the members first\nappointed, one shall be appointed for a period of one year, one for a\nperiod of two years, one for a period of three years, one for a period\nof four years, and one for a period of five years. At the expiration of\nsuch terms, the terms of office of their successors shall be five years.\nEach member shall continue to serve until the appointment and\nqualification of his or her successor. Vacancies in such board occurring\notherwise than by the expiration of term shall be filled for the\nunexpired term. The members of the board shall choose from their number\na vice chair and may choose a secretary and treasurer who need not be\nmembers. The mayor may remove any member of the board for neglect of\nduty or misconduct in office, giving such member a copy of the charges\nagainst him or her and an opportunity of being heard in person, or by\ncounsel, in his or her defense upon not less than ten days' notice. The\nmembers of the board shall be entitled to no compensation for their\nservices but shall be entitled to reimbursement for their actual and\nnecessary expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties.\nThe powers of the authority shall be vested in and exercised by a\nmajority of the members of the board. Such board may delegate to one or\nmore of its members or to its officers, agents and employees such powers\nand duties as it may deem proper. Such board and its corporate existence\nshall continue only for a period of fifteen years, and thereafter until\nall its liabilities have been met and its bonds have been paid in full\nor such liabilities or bonds have otherwise been discharged. Upon its\nceasing to exist, all its rights and properties shall pass to the city.\n 2. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of any general, special\nor local law, ordinance, resolution or charter, no officer, member or\nemployee of the state or of any public authority shall forfeit his or\nher office or employment by reason of his or her acceptance of\nappointment as a member, officer or employee of the authority, nor shall\nservice as such member, officer or employee be deemed incompatible or in\nconflict with such office, membership or employment.\n 3. The mayor shall file on or before December thirty-first of the year\nin which this title shall have become a law, in the office of the\nsecretary of state, a certificate signed by the mayor setting forth: (a)\na name of the authority; (b) the names of the members appointed by the\nmayor and their terms of office; and (c) the effective date of this\ntitle. If such certificate is not filed with the secretary of state on\nor before such date, then the corporate existence of the authority shall\nthereupon terminate and it shall thereupon be deemed to be and shall be\ndissolved.\n