New York Laws
Title 11 - Power to Contract Indebtedness for Housing Purposes and Limitations Thereon
154.00 - Disposition of Proceeds Resulting From the Satisfaction of Certain Mortgages.

ยง 154.00 Disposition of proceeds resulting from the satisfaction of
certain mortgages. a. Notwithstanding any general, special or local law
to the contrary, upon the modification or satisfaction by the city of
New York or the New York city housing development corporation, pursuant
to section twenty-three-a, twenty-three-b or subdivision twenty-two-a of
section six hundred fifty-four of the private housing finance law, of a
mortgage loan made to a housing company, the entire proceeds resulting
from such modification or satisfaction (not including any premium or
differential referred to in section twenty-three-a or subdivision
twenty-two-a of section six hundred fifty-four of the private housing
finance law), less any fees, costs, expenses and other amounts paid or
incurred by such city or corporation, shall be deposited in a reserve
fund established for the purpose of retiring outstanding notes issued by
such city and the proceeds therein shall be expended only for the
payment of all or part of the said outstanding indebtedness.
Notwithstanding any general, special or local law to the contrary, if
the moneys in such fund shall exceed the sum of all principal of or
interest on such indebtedness or if, when all such outstanding notes
have been retired, any moneys remain unexpended in the reserve fund,
such excess moneys may be used for any lawful municipal purpose.

b. As used in this section:

1. The term "fees, costs, expenses and other amounts" shall mean legal
and other fees, costs, expenses and amounts described in subdivision
four-b of section twenty-three-a or subdivision twenty-two-a of section
six hundred fifty-four of the private housing finance law;

2. The term "housing company" shall mean a housing company organized
pursuant to article two of the private housing finance law; and

3. The term "outstanding notes" shall mean revenue anticipation notes,
tax anticipation notes and bond anticipation notes of the city of New
York issued prior to November fourteenth, nineteen hundred seventy-five
and presented for payment prior to January first, nineteen hundred
seventy-eight, other than (i) notes paid by such city prior to the
effective date of this paragraph, (ii) notes held by the municipal
assistance corporation for the city of New York (including but not
limited to notes exchanged for bonds of such corporation), and (iii)
notes with respect to which the holders thereof executed agreements to
postpone or withhold demand for payment or enforcement of such notes.