N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 519

§ 519. Division of housing as agent of smaller municipalities. For\nall of the purposes of section one hundred one-b of the housing act of\nnineteen hundred forty-nine and all federal laws amendatory and\nsupplementary thereto, the division of housing of the state of New York\nis hereby designated as the local agency established by the state and\noperating on a state-wide basis in behalf of smaller municipalities\nundertaking or proposing to undertake a federal program of urban\nrenewal. Designation of the division of housing as such agency shall be\nsubject to approval by resolution or ordinance of the governing body of\nthe municipality in whose behalf the designation is made. The term\n"smaller municipalities" as used in this section shall be deemed to\napply to cities and villages with a population of less than twenty-five\nthousand and to towns with a population, excluding the incorporated\nareas thereof, of less than thirty thousand.\n