N.Y. PBA Law § 1732
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City approval of sites
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§ 1732. City approval of sites. 1. Following the hearings held\npursuant to section seventeen hundred thirty-one of this title, but\nprior to initiating construction of new educational facilities, the\nauthority shall submit the site plan of such projects to the mayor and\nthe council for review, provided, however, that such review shall be\nlimited to the site selected for the project.\n 2. The site plan shall be deemed to be approved by the city unless\nwithin twenty days of such submission by the authority it is disapproved\nby the mayor or by the council, acting by a two-thirds vote. The council\nmay, by a two-thirds vote, override any disapproval of the mayor within\ntwenty days following receipt of notice of such disapproval from the\nmayor. The notice provision contained herein shall be deemed sufficient\nfor action by the mayor and the council notwithstanding any provision of\nlaw, local or general, or charter to the contrary.\n 3. The city may not require the authority to conduct any further\nhearings or seek any further approvals as a condition for receiving city\napproval.\n 4. If the council or mayor disapproves the site plan, (a) the\nauthority may, after consultation with the city board, revise such site\nplan for resubmission pursuant to section seventeen hundred thirty-one\nof this title and this section or (b) the authority may, with the\nagreement of the city board and chancellor, eliminate such site plan\nfrom the five-year educational facilities capital plan.\n
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