Current through 2024 NY Law Chapter 226
Section 5 - Powers and limitations1.In addition to the powers granted by the business corporation law and except as otherwise provided by this act, the fund shall have power to: (a) Guarantee loan repayments to a lending institution that has provided the funding for a small business project or housing project, as defined herein, not to exceed eighty percentum of the amount of such loan, upon such terms and conditions as the fund may prescribe, and for such purposes, the fund may enter into such agreement or agreements with lending institutions or other persons as required.(b) Accept gifts, grants or loans from, and enter into contract or other transaction with, any federal or state agency, any municipality, any private organization or any other source.(c) Enter into agreements with prospective lending institutions and borrowers for the purpose of planning, designing, constructing, acquiring, altering and financing projects.(d) When it becomes desirable for the fund to safeguard itself from losses, it may acquire, purchase, manage and operate, hold and dispose of real and personal property, take assignments of rentals and leases and make and enter into all contracts, leases, agreements and arrangements necessary or incidental to the performance of its duties.(e) In order to further the purposes of this act, or to safeguard the loan guarantee fund, purchase, acquire and take assignments of notes, mortgages, and other forms of security and evidences of indebtedness, purchase, acquire, attach, seize, accept or take title to any project by conveyance, or when an insured loan thereon is in default, foreclose, sell, lease or rent the subject matter provided for by the loan.(f) Prescribe standards and criteria by which applications for loan guarantees for small business projects and housing projects will be judged, insofar as such standards and criteria are not inconsistent with the purposes of this act.(g) Guarantee to any bonding agency authorized to do business in this state any bond necessary to the activity of the small business or for the undertaking of a small business project or housing project. Such guarantee shall not exceed eighty percentum of the face amount of any loss incurred by the bonding agency.(h) Issue and sell its debentures, bearing such interest rates and having such maturities and other terms and provisions as may be determined by the fund.(i) To do any and all things necessary or convenient to carry out its purposes and exercise the powers given and granted under this act, or under any other law, special, general or local.2.No part of the net earnings of the fund shall inure to the benefit of any individual and no employee, director or officer of the fund shall receive any pecuniary benefit from the fund except reasonable compensation for services actually rendered to the fund. The fund shall not carry on propaganda or otherwise attempt to influence legislation.3.The fund shall not issue shares nor shall any debentures of the fund be convertible to shares.N.Y. Urban Development Guarantee Fund of New York § 5