N.Y. PBG Law § 219-A

§ 219-a. Policy of state and purpose of article. It is hereby\ndeclared that there exists within the state, and particularly within\ncertain cities thereof, an acute shortage of housing; that low income\ninhabitants of the state, and particularly demobilized servicemen of\nworld war II and their families, as well as the families of servicemen\nstill serving within the military and naval forces of the United States,\nare unable to obtain adequate, safe and sanitary dwelling accommodations\nwithin their financial reach; that this condition is a menace to the\nhealth, safety, morals, welfare and reasonable comfort of the citizens\nof the state; that this condition has reached the stage of an acute\nemergency which cannot be adequately and immediately alleviated by the\nnormal processes of construction of permanent housing and the\nconstruction of permanent public housing projects in connection with\nslum clearance, and that immediate mitigation is required by such\nemergency means as are available; that this condition requires that\nprovision be made for public emergency housing as hereinafter provided;\nthat this condition requires that certain cities and authorities be\nauthorized to cooperate and enter into agreements with a government and\nwith each other to the end that emergency housing may be obtained as\nexpeditiously as possible; that this condition requires the temporary\nsuspension of various normal restrictions, prohibitions, limitations and\nprocedures to the end that emergency housing may be supplied with the\nleast possible delay; that the acquisition, construction, management,\noperation, and disposition of such emergency housing and the real and\npersonal property and other facilities necessary, incidental or\nappurtenant thereto is a public use for which public money may be spent,\nprivate property acquired, and tax exemption granted; and that the\nnecessity in the public interest for the provisions hereinafter enacted\nis hereby declared as a matter of legislative determination.\n