New York Consolidated Laws, Public Authorities Law - PBA § 3034. Administration of the corporation

1. The corporation shall be administered by a board of directors, consisting of nine directors, none of whom shall be officers or employees of the federal government or of the state or political subdivisions thereof.  All of the directors shall be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate, provided that four of such directors shall be appointed upon written recommendation of the mayor.  Of the directors initially appointed upon the written recommendation of the mayor, one shall serve for a term ending December thirty-first, nineteen hundred seventy-six;  one shall serve for a term ending December thirty-first, nineteen hundred seventy-seven;  one shall serve for a term ending December thirty-first, nineteen hundred seventy-eight;  and one shall serve for a term ending December thirty-first, nineteen hundred seventy-nine.  Of the remaining directors initially appointed by the governor, one shall serve for a term ending December thirty-first, nineteen hundred seventy-six;  one shall serve for a term ending December thirty-first, nineteen hundred seventy-seven;  one shall serve for a term ending December thirty-first, nineteen hundred seventy-eight;  and two shall serve for a term ending December thirty-first, nineteen hundred seventy-nine.  Each director shall hold office until his successor has been appointed and qualified.  Thereafter each director appointed by the governor shall serve a term of four years, except that any director appointed to fill a vacancy shall serve only until the expiration of his predecessor's term.

2. The speaker and the minority leader of the assembly, the president pro-tem and the minority leader of the senate, the city board of estimate acting by majority vote, and the vice-chairman of the city council, shall each be entitled to appoint a representative to the board of directors.  Each such representative shall be entitled to receive notice of and to attend all meetings of the board of directors but shall not be entitled to vote.  No representative shall be an employee or officer of the federal, state or city governments.  Each representative shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing official or body, shall be eligible for reappointment, and shall hold office until his successor has been appointed.

3. The corporation shall have the power to make and execute contracts to pay the expenses of operation of the emergency financial control board for the city of New York, within the appropriation available therefor and including the repayment to the state of any advance to such board under any agreement between the board and the director of the budget, out of any revenues available to the corporation and not otherwise pledged except the proceeds of its notes and bonds.