New York Laws
Part 1 - General Organization
204 - Meetings and Absences.

(b) The chancellor or the commissioner, or any five regents, may at
any time call a special meeting of the board of regents and fix the time
and place therefor. Notice of time, place and agenda for all special
public meetings of the board of regents shall be publicly provided at
least three days in advance of such meeting. Such notice of time, place
and agenda shall be distributed via the board's official internet
website and specifically circulated according to the rules and
regulations of the regents to all regents. The board of regents special
public meeting agenda shall be comprised of a list of all items to be
considered with a description of the subject matter of each such item;
provided however, that in an instance of a health or public safety
emergency, the board may include additional items to the agenda with
less than three days notice. In an instance of a health or public safety
emergency, the board shall use best efforts to make public any changes
to the agenda prior to the special meeting. The notice and agenda shall
be considered a public record.
2. Any meeting of the board of regents and any committee,
subcommittee, task force, or other subgroups thereof shall be conducted
in accordance with article seven of the public officers law.
3. A summary of committee reports, any other minutes, and attendance
of the board of regents for either regular or special meetings shall be
electronically available on the board of regents website at the close of
each board meeting and shall be considered a public record. The video
recording of any regular full board meeting shall be posted no later
than five days following the meeting of the board. Any meeting summaries
and actions taken shall be posted on the board of regents website within
five days of approval by the board. Information posted on the board of
regents website shall remain on the site as archived data for a minimum
of ten years.
4. If any regent shall fail to attend three consecutive meetings,
without excuse accepted as satisfactory by the regents, that regent may
be deemed to have resigned and the regents shall then report the vacancy
to the legislature which shall fill it.

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